32—1849. 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



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"CTPBESSUS FUNEBK1S. OH FUNEBRAL CYPRESS. 



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y have been successful in obtaining 



!Mdi of the abore beautiful weeping Cypress from the north of 

 Cam*, ind are now ready to send out fine healthy seedling 







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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1849. 



£**. w say that the Potato Chop is still unsafe 

 ts apparent soundness. At the 



thf M° a f PPear near London - At Putney, on Friday, 

 evpJt °! , Au ^ ust ' i1; was suddenly noticed, and 

 Jjypost has since that day brought some unf 

 «oU w Sj? lnmcation - From these we sele « 



P^X ? 11 ^ NEAR Bath.-U is makinj 

 ^E; th » locality. IV.Pippett." 

 neiVLkl.. L I0NE — II h as decidedly reappeared in this 

 J ^b and S lks The Sme11 and P™"*™ *»«* of the 

 the T4rio eaVe D0 r °° m for doubt - l speak above of 

 gionin* „* 8 x? 0rte of Potatoes planted between the be- 



;, particularly in low and 



*f«SS." ? h ? cr nat - on of my own field pi 



rhite skinned Potatoes, for I have an acre and a 



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t N.nfoik, all diseased, an : 

 liey were looking splendidly. Ou every side 1 





, and 1 will take the t 



other in this neighbourhood. It is an old rich 

 pasture, broken up five years ago. Most early kinds, 



crop and small, on account of late fio' ? >• i ., 'C ■ 

 drought. Since the late rains, second crops, and all 

 late planted ones, both earlv and late kiivis, are 



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irst spots on leaves ; on Monday it had bo far pro- 

 cessed over some Knight's Early Blues (as here called), 

 hat I had about 10 square yards of haulm cleared 

 away. That evening a lot of Dorsetshire Kidneys were 



rident sufferers. Yesterday we had a very vio- 



e state of these Potatoes this day (Thursday) is 



f grown-and excellent eating. 1 

 ti-leaf) are most excellent, and tl 



5 parts ; and if it agrees with reports you are no 

 >t receiving from other localities, it may be some 

 e to you in forming an opinion as to the general 

 alence. I should, however, assure you at the same 

 , how luxuriant beyond description all the field 

 itoes are everywhere around me, and fast progress- 

 „ low to complete a crop. Still how little ground for 



five days can bring forth the change I have witnessed 

 jwn garden. W. M. Rowland, Vicar of Bishops' 



s when I had the plea 



is to say certain salifaaW 



the absence in a greater or 



it is cultivated ? Some e: 

 made, during one year oi 

 expect that such is the f; 



useless for me to mention 



had progressed rapidly yesterday, 



sandv loam, looking to the south ani 

 yet observed the disease, or heard a 



various periods, at different depths, i 



vptibl'e. Hosier Hollx 

 We have also before us the following extract from 

 a letter of Captain Smith, RN., Depute Inspector 

 to Captain R. Elliott, R.N, Inspector-General High- 

 land Destitution, dated 30th July. 1W9. "I h*~ 

 now,with deep regret, to state tovmi tl at on Fn< 

 and Satmdiv I inspected in the several distncts 

 the state of the Potato crop; 

 Ardhoule the old disease has made its appearai 

 in the shepherds' lot there ; at Carbost, Fevnbiar, a 

 Borlin, in Skye, a new disease (at least so to n 



^TSf cVrrespEwTth Captain EuWs reports j m any Potatoes w 

 from Ross-shire. It is, however, proper to add 



On the other hand, Messrs. Harpy^ 

 report the apparent safety of 



have rarely come under our notice oi 

 blight, and of a formidable character, 



te reasoning. That mere "m . 

 apable of dealing with it has been proved by 

 incidents occurring in courts of law; where one 

 " practical " gardener has been known to swear that 

 le spray of Oak trees has been killed by frosts in 

 January and February, and another "practical" 



take advantage of the present < 



; lately i 



ted some seedling Po- 

 planted some in land 



! broken fields that have i 



