JANUARY 24, 1857.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONIC 
LE. 58 
lime in an evaporated state, without any admixture 
whatever which I have nea to be a valuable applica 
on, incorporated with dung, to Peas, Fon Potatoes, 
Celery, all the oe = &e., as 
diffi ing the appea vale 
r on — plots, aad penny 
fmm ard. 
same compositi ways ¥ diluted, they not 
profi 
, other species serene ns ran do in pe form of the spores, , 
but ne. in n gen 
. Septori ich rr mse in eo 
probably 
acts 
Amy amine the pods before 
bimi to perfecti on, and „preventing = development of | 
rs them 
but 
the seeds, ading the 
as soon as they are expanded, This i is partionlariy | 
destructive in ieman Py I have seen 
inj 
only pev most k vigaitinsley ‘bat displayed a vast 
f blossom. 
as they appeared 
for the papm of mriang air pear sun to the branches 
intended to mature fruit. : Each ap ant was mar in 
o 
ntity of fruit. As it it was impossible that 
mmense qua typical species omy dle septa ptoria cu- 
above a tithe of it could e to oyna gon I thinned | ans, Berk, in d. Chro ary p. 676, fea fiiline, 
out a ‘fom the bunches and removed the| the species which Ayran rapes, agrees with the 
extrem shoots when ie had. pension the | Gleosporium of the Apple just mentioned, not only in 
age te 
of the 
top of ran paling, 6 feet high, in order to throw streng 
into the fruit. The effect prod the 
numerous flowers, and then from the hanging red 
Apples, was exceedingly beauti 
pon ga — the following quantity was mor 
—from one p the 
the weight of the whol ted 9 oz, 
a pretty fair * » The 
crop however did not all ripen at one time, some of it 
ne been ber and A ber, and 
remainder early in Nove any was 
Ia 
and fecundity of these plan 
mber, befo; 
may the astonishing vigour| 617. Pes 
re nutri- 
he plan e produce is thin | 
and shrivelled, like that of W bak Mected by mildew. 
Another affects Grapes after they a ia peal folni, 
ey ripen, and 
spores, but in eas 
n the other “ag spor 
icta forms brown “Bar spe ods leaves 
z hettar of plants a and has large uniseptate spores, 
ostly of an irregular as in p% figure of Phyllo- 
ten Fra: agaric, Most of th 
eeds, 
attract aam ae But the Strawberry Phylio- 
sticta is + sometimes st injurious, as in cases noticed in 
the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1855, p. 616, the coarse 
mycelium on converting the tissues into a putrescent 
mass 
talozzia is remarkable for the great beauty of 
which Pets their growth are at present in grea 
| measure unknown, and since they attack plants no “oat 
in umonltivated spots than in = artificial soil of our 
we ot ascribe their presence entirely to 
high » iahattog or to other sunlisees attendant on culti- 
| vation s Md. B.: 
a WHICH J ATTACK THE PEAR TREE. 
TH onger = constitution = . are riety of Pear, 
ae h will the tree suffer from the 
oper stock, unfavourable 
soil, or a bad sy a ove pruning and manageme tend 
i health of the tr nsequence of these cau 
racts the nee aad in ‘t they ake up their blide; 
masking aA "e rey. 
must oe obse 
soil and aspec ms 
have an sides of a multitude of insects of all kinds 
a are bent upon the tea are of the tree and its 
aea 
examining t ost healthy and vigorous 
Sahas the fall of =" leaf, various nests of insects 
and larvæ will be fou the bserved on the 
on choy nd in the axils of the shoots, 
They will ne be found round the fruit buds, By 
rubbin ary a mage dipped in soap-suds, the 
insects ark may be destroyed ; and b 
means of the iiih many of those situated else- 
whe a ove fortnight afterwards, on 
visiting the tree in the morning after fog, on sur- 
pri iders’ webs between the 
branches. On closer sven a thin diminutive — 
spider will be observed. Whence has it come, and what 
re it do there? Destroy the tno, = next day you 
i find another ; but one only on each tree, 
spider remains there till Febru on i vie p De om ATS, 
ts in a great me to the | its spores, which are surmounted by a delicate crest. and is replaced by a sort of acarus with a striped back. 
application of the guano and soluble phosphate, b saan ips from place to tines hadd isap in 
of two others that I grew al inst the paling by its tura about the end of h, and is by 
way of oa eye te was wa the same r acarus which forms a nest in the axil of a 
manner and at the e periods with merely liquid branch, and there it sticks, In the end of April, from 
cow ure, and the other with water alone. ‘The t, co egion of sm 
former certainly grew as tall, but ot nearly as which disperse over the tree. are the first which 
much fruit upon it as any of the and that young leaves, the latter 
was mostly of infi The other plant did not t the same time by the Vine 
reach the top of the paling, and ripened but few of its 1), which rolls up t ves 
for its eggs. At the time of, or 
he exposure also has, no doubt, had a good deal he opening of the flowers, these 
to do with the ripening, for several plants from the same m sought for and destroyed ; and it is advisable to 
lot that were placed in a less favourable situation of the \ ch for them after the fruit is set, thin- 
en uced hardly per green fruit when ning out a portion of the latter in order to isolate the 
overtaken by the frost. These half r To tase I Phyllosticta Fragarie. A portion of the plant showing the | fyyj mpletely, for if were t 
have found to be excellent for pickling. with- sporophores ier SAE tha sy Aa tasr: g Ouspie ieee together, the insect, passing from one fruit to the other, 
wever their being in that odlike meia c. Funerea, var. heterospora, Desm, All more or less magnified. uld d y the whole, The isolated fruit being in 
a good of them that were on ee con with the air, er and is thus preserved 
a _ in a eed after a time ripened perfectly. i Di appear to belong pepe to frou the attacks of insects. vi and hardy 
4 ur to I on a e = plant Krs I have several from warmer United | the tree, the sooner w mit safe. About this 
slagle Apple upon them, aio they grew eee State SAn nd a very fine form from "the heart of India | critical period, and re pnd ery of June, care should 
the blossoms ha dropped we after the ye xpand - near Secunderabad. hort time apie ee the | p me to the s iind laterals, 
T for the Camellias and Coniferæ in one of our lea ries especially in a cold spring like <a of ee an mature 
Pechape it from my garden being thoroughly were suffering from one of the species, si ciren stance | shortening or pest: chin summer shoots weakens 
drained throughout and his not, Mine has 4 feet pipe which surprised me as I had seen no native specimens | the tree, eakness favours the mPa of insects. 
drains at 30 feet bert which I find to answer capitally. before, I asked in consequence whether the Camellias | Instead ‘of eosta raon the end of the first flow of 
The il in some is good sound yellow clay. were not imported, | sap is waited fi d till fine wetther is édiely set in, 
The surface is a good iS Mo depth of from 12 to and this proved to | before th of breaking the ends of the 
18 otherwise the soil is š be the case, and | ; dace amend i 
An Amateur Gardener, A iog ae prenna of all useless shoots is with. These ions 
ion wi em m perform imultaneoual rowing 
this little porasta — een into es rr a eile Ae as n 
VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. CXLIX. eget some hun- | abortive, 
6137 Parasitz vons OF pounds) These been completed, and the 
Pestalozzia, r Nean tae apa gak aly, rreg s soon sustained. | fruit securely set, no furth > the 
quoted as examples of the laie fut rf Pe It is difficult there- | insects need hen Towards the end of 
natural order to which the rusts iğ aled peat fore to say that any | August, however, the sublate y be again 
belong, as destructive to plants, and traly itie of these obscure | to causea reflux of p into the branches to strengthen 
Some of them have proved formidable evils i th m bt particles may not them, wi btaining future organs of 
tivator; while others, though injurious in a | pits cage pem a | | fructitiontion, or, in other words, ispose to 
important as not to is noti TAR ea 
It is true that many of the heere a Tuer vi tony 618. Verm Inthe last few years, leaves affected with rust have 
call that is complete ant tii might seem at first rem oe What is the cause of it? It is not 
= rare in their perfect very different vole et loom so affected. At the same time — caterpillars 
ers ; but this is a point which affects the ist ve Seen trae, | 22d eggs of other insects should be destroyed. From 
or sy8tematist only and nothing to do with the to a be rad of hite this mg to the prem of the e fruity a healthy and 
question re such noxious plants vigorous no ake 
cultivator must poms guard st. „i Onions,| “When a , Pear which i Kepta telean in summer 
614, Glaosporium (Cylindrospora con- while y yes por: a ee at ot spring by various 
centrica, Greville) than which few plants have been less Sites <1. | insects, the questi be asked, whence do they 
understood, is etimes plague of Cauliflower certainly Paver cu e? As there p effect without a cause, it must 
growers in spring. I have wearing the notice here, è | be sought for in eggs opust either in a Thorn hedge 
most unhealthy aspect and materially injured in pome to | or in of a wall surrounding the plantation, 
duce, by myriads of these parasites attacking every leaf. peeve. Gas. the | ag may. be: m large trees 
The structure is most simple. is merely a very liar Species | planted in the vicinity of the orchard, and others out of 
i lete sporo- which affects this ground, where certain i in at a great 
lindrical spore. ‘ Onion wae. im: | depth > doning wi mole-cricket and slug can 
oie ara ba seed, as it was con- "Le an satel Fata are i has has not en 
s on om | Vermicularia circinaus, oan i eigen toad io one variety | inio aa pian to r E fa Felation to 
occurred in| entomology, a which da iS pocia! attention 
pere more than one locality on plants raised from the same | of SSN E of fruit trees. ra de Jonghe, Brussels. 
paee of seed,} a which is not without 
ts parallel in the annals of horticulture gia i 
Y) 619, The main question is how are such evils to be Home Correspondence. 
remedied. Unfortunately no fa le answer to this| Roses. —I observe 
question can at present be gi The evil is in general ee Non eee “poner 
; alj r e o 
ee a ] Elam Bat ropas Seis incline ape ne apen 
Inen known, m O i some ieti d i 
