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« SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1842, 
MEETINGS FOR THE TWO heh ora — 
Tuesday, Nov.15. . . aise - Gre. 
Wednesday, Noy. ae ; 
Saturday, Noy. 1g 
practice in regard to the proceed- 
fro ordinary 
ings mts Societies, by giving it a prominent place in our, | aff 
columns 
The pa er was by Arthur Hill Hassall, Esq 
Rapid Decay of many 
ele ” ** © The ramified filaments were to be ‘Te- 
garded as those of a minute fungus, or of f 
by hip of the fait, themselves between the cells 
of t 
wit chain of png je 
fo hehe ve relation ng ge the cl, Ff: disturbed, 
proce endosmose can onger 
and the "sieulation fis ek ‘the truit 
consequence either ce 
themselves ] aoe detached, and the cireu- 
inion hres — interrupted or altogether annihi- 
» are now unable to 
and | sistent explanation, to the fungus which he had that 
es 
hard “ pan,’ 
extension of the sound 
attempt at an explanation,” he might be 
B 
wise could the e: e decay to the to ado 
Mi of the fruit be accounted for? “Buta a 
Planting 
d | tual drainin 
ave. recourse, for a con- 
evening int to the notice of the Mineola! 
Societ 
Mr, Hassall then described the several stages of 
development of the fungus, or rather fungi, for several 
t menee, it wi ss 
sealers attenti th 
thoroughly breaking up the land that is to be planted, 
whe i r can 
fatal to the success of plantations in many parts e 
dis- 
ften we hear 
matter 0; rtance, and th i 
of oa oralions Kg * Rigg Pershing yet oo will gr uriantly in one place without the natural 
ne reps Teel va oe disturbed, they will thrive 
w 
springs and pools in winter although it is so plays, t 
A frequent cause of these evils is the pre 
a short distance ees the nies a, als 
as is re seoneiied in the accompanying cut at d d, 
— - aaron 
7. —. 
lie ok 
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Sa 
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tna te ee 
a ves to 
bee nse, 
but pen without subsoil plowching 2 oma 
body nows ntry 
near the Sou ampton Railway may find such Ricoto 5 
without great trouble. 
It is not Re Gu to tell 
the gentlemen of England 
what the cost 
r acre of subsoil plou 
m 
epemiion of See is ge nothing m 
_ = soil from sr 
ae nia ae 
uggard tha ahyibing 
received no e ragement from manure of any kind, 
but depended entirely aif their support upon the 
gonden of the natural so 
m this statement at persons may be led to 
Pig that the preparation of Vi 
, united wit 
’ . that essential ap tte bg vegetation would 
t, continues the author, “ it,may be asked, is SS Ree = oe for bord 
not the fungus, to which allu made, an SSS therefore, remains portance, when 
effect, and not acause, of the decay? Iam o opinion, either the situation or | i is 
or ons presently to be stated, that it cannot be , if pose a field to be in this state, it is favourable. 
regarded in any other light than as a cause—not the aie thet the e hard Jayer dd will cut off the upper We oa oat ly had another opportunity of in- 
only one, indeed, but as the principal and exciting | soil from the under ; the effect of which will be, that in specting Mr. Crawshay’s Grapes, and we find our 
cause—of the phenomenon of decay in fruit. All hot series | ihe upper soil becomes an ms ; for | former Castiote of their excellence to be fully 
causes, for there are several minor ones which concur its own moisture is easily exhausted, and it can have | out by t t appe larity and 
in producing decay in fruits, may i no assistance from the un : 
mate, ong 
the apr og may be mentioned imperfect develop- 
ment of the fruit, an over-ripe state o 
Seuides of the parenchyma, or 
causes are inj 
while i circulation, | abused for or, 0 ap or some 
which brings with it the coi pore detailed.” thing else, wil is ewok blaine ‘Ties pen the land- 
he author next drew a p between mortifica- | lord. Few shallow sand on an iron 
tion occu in the animal Pits, and that peculiar | pan ; most EB gy do a well on sandy land that 
form of decay in = t arising pee fhe = peoeie of a| is deep. The reason of this too is equally ob : 
fungoid production, which ~ Let ee repr. ction of this , n of 
Ww for 
designate vegetable mortification—-the spe prs difference 
be cation Sonne in 
animal form, it being the result of a 
cess, in Sovenation and its co. 
in the vegetable form it is the effect o 
ted 
tuit, as well as that of an 
opposite Sesertption “ed Ps from this he concluded 
that the cause, vaaterer } pens | be, was of a 
and not a constitutional characte 
Ys 
explanation ; since, if that w 
a fruit, an Apple or Pear, for 
decay, ou 
ved. 
the case, every part a 
aa eee about to 
simultaneous] aa 
the 
unless it were argued that 
an inflammatory process: for 
satisfactory ; that fruits ie 
subject to how other. | 
wasthand-basn Sa ge na is 
& 
g 
pools in 
pire of which is, on the € contrary, most favourable to 
washin ng down of rain and its mingling with the 
val ty 
surface, is su 
is perfectly mena but sti 
There must be drain 
ts they 
are amphibious, like the Air tice, 
not free access to ne air 3 suc. mes 4 cut off when 
th stagnant w. 
i. ce ag watery did ts and sponey 
timber, which is long in consolidating, and which i 
i te frosts, even 
thus urging them 
: that Bap 
. Elm. , | fe 
ms may cry hn Pst oat ‘of such 
for planting as 
ces betw 
the of essential benefit ; io currents 
of air passin < ea h them preventing 
ation of motiur ro pon the glass, which Legg takes 
Aieaoes free 
: ‘Scena to view 
we 
2 them upon the Vines at Cahgy Hatch. 
A SECOND peta ON pet, jag Messrs. 
aa cae the French) Rania p72 
if their roots have | *F€ 
