THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



[Sept. 



i was mounting a 



"The immense n 



gnishing a fire as soon as po 

 The rapidity of its progress o 



i after discovery 

 rapidity of its progress" over inflammable mate- 



i is such, that afire extinguishable by one gaUoi 



JlaU^andinten minutes, one thousand gallons/ 

 A supply which it is needless to say there is gene- 

 rally no means of procuring with the necessarj 

 promptness. An annihilator of proper dimensions ii 

 in effectual and incessant guard against all sucl 

 That this contrivance will come into universal us< 

 we entertain no doubt ; for that it will perform un 

 crringlyall that it professes to perform is certain 

 Of its merits, then, it is impossible to say too much 

 and we earnestly recommend it to our readers, whi 



I their habits ; 



Hybrid China and 



(one ^s u 3jr ta robMt°Md ri 



here let me remark, that cut Roses at 

 are altogether a fallacy as regards distin< 

 in grouping, it is only in the plant wit 

 stinct foliage and habit that a Rose_ is see 



y one Rose 

 ve been open in a 

 ,nly some^few of tl 



si,ht - 



fruit; yet several distir 



■which decay takes pi 



phenomena are exhiDiiea, even m m 



housewife has observed that her fru 

 rapidly pass 



t loathsome 1 



M^whileat 

 ck mummy. 



ri.ibly 



aii;. -lit! 



ange, presented itself 



frequently there is no indicati 

 of any parasitt 

 An appearai 

 a few days si 



thataspecimenwas at once brought to us for examina- 

 tion. The whole of the outer surface had assumed 

 a pale grey opake tinge, as if it had been scalded, 

 the substance meanwhile feeling extremely hard 

 and glassy, !■ of the Potatoes 



described by Martius affected with the dry rot 

 (Trockenfiiu'le' " 



indicating the presence of a fungus, but as they did 

 not proceed to any further development we could 

 not ascertain of what species they were the mycelium. 

 The grey tinge soon assumed, in portions of the 

 surface, a deep brown tint, though the greater part 

 still remained pale. A section exhibited three 



but rapidly becoming reddish brown, and collapsi 

 in a very different way from what would have be 

 the case with healthy tissue ; surrounding this v 



■ dead cells, and beyond* this 



stratum of pale grey 







iincri, 



In none of these 

 gus threads except 

 )ve mentioned, we 

 granul 



contents, and the walls of the grey cells were 

 irregular and collapsed, so as to present a confuse 

 appearance under the microscope. After exposui 

 to the air for two days, a crop of fungi appeared o 

 the cut surface ; but, strange to say, the centn 

 portion, consisting of the two internal strata, wr 

 covered with a species of Oidium of a greyish tin 



;; u ■-■-■ 



:ircle of Pel 



ve record it with the greater pleasv 

 how much ground there is for observa : 

 objects which we tread every day under 



im is a most beautiful object undi 

 It is a form of Oidium ' 



differing merely in its rather greyer tinge and diffuse 

 mode of growth, owing probably to its having liberty 

 of free development, instead of being forced 1 

 break out through the cuticle, in which it forn 



- 

 type which is admirably figured by Corda in 



ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF ROSES. 

 I have but recently read with attention the letfe 



'■ ->3, and am inclin 



■::n: 



i carried too f ar, i 



„bbage Roses 

 Hybrid Cabbage Rosea 1 

 ' ' largely |— ■ 



confess I cannot go entirely with 

 nipt at a new classification. Our 

 •ell defined ; also our Moss Roses. 



■w' '• 



\\ ! i:ili;y, 



Rose garden would 



mask Ro S 8 e P 3 a with e ! 



has diverged into 

 flowers, but the grc 

 leaves and pa^^gr, 



it has often painec 



•ii .r: '.;::_' V, ■- 



i are overdone with grouping. The 

 "- 'igether, but, then, wha 



a few straggling 



le end of July ; the same " rest 



from these young 

 tnd October. Hybrid Perpetual 

 y in June, for they i 

 ional flowers during! 

 3 the end of July i 

 till September ; ther 

 the shoots always b 

 rough October, and i 



tender. Noisette Roses, as at present grouped, are a 

 jumble of hybrids, but there are many good climbing 

 Roses among them. If " Crito's " suggestion is fol" 



cally) will be mentioned that are used by the operati' 

 perfumer, and Buch as are imitated by him in cons 

 quence of there being a demand fa 

 at the same time, from circumstances, he is unable to s< 

 the real. The first that comes under our notice is— 



Aimonh. — This perfume has been much esteemed for 

 many ages ; it may be procured by distilling the * 



> pass through it : 



»th the watery vapour, and is < 



Allspice (Myrlus Pimenta). — But little Med a 

 other spice oils for scenting soap; procured fc. *»n 



er oils, it greatly adds to their richneaB, udgimi 

 :etness to spice oils attainable by no other an, 



I such compounds are much used in the mott tykh. 



proportion of about £ ounce of Bergamot to I pint 

 jpirits, it forms what is called u extract of Berpa< 



II covered with orris and other extracts, ii a the 

 ding ingredient in the famous En 



celebrated Ogilvy's Pommade Dh 



used in the manufacture of pastilles, which are bumj 



in the chambers of the sick, to make which we isi 



Cassie (from the Acacia Farnesiana), is one 

 It is procured by maceration, the fat : B me r\ fa 



: . : ■ 



so-called " oil of Cassie " is prepared by a***". -^ 

 flowers in pure olive oil instead of »»"»*£!, Cll i 

 obviously only a solution of tto real «■£»£, 

 Cassie flowers in the fat oil ; it forms' > , re , 



for the hair, and has a fine , odour, thoug ^ 

 great favourite. It is a good deal used bj ^ ^ 

 perfumers to mix with preparations of 



I'lrom the° bark of ^^Su 

 Cassia, used much in scenting of soap, «JJ^ - * 

 which is called "military fioapj it » ™ ^M* 

 than flowery in odour, and, therefore, finds 

 the handkerchief. , . k nf the &+ 



Caraway, drawn Jrom Jje^ fruj^ g^ ^ 



The fruits roughly ground and mixed w ^ 

 weight of doves aud afterwards wi^^ ^ » 

 weight of Lavender flowers, make a^ ^ 



times called Citronelle) to P^^^tL " 



wood in odour, but is never ro * de .. U f afHue nt, * *' 

 split «d used for matchee , by t* * , «** 



