THE GARDENERS* CHRONICLE, 



SJcely Sufficient to rectify. In science it gives 

 birth to system upon system, obscuring often real 

 affinities, and makes mere preliminary studies the 

 business of years. In practice, no less than in 

 theory, the habit of premature generalising, and, 

 indeed, the consequent popular phra* 

 a- an impediment to the acq 

 views or of actual improvement. At least one-half 

 of the crudities which were put forth in the thou- 

 sand-and-one pamphlets on the Potato disease arose 

 from this ; and many a vulgar error springs from the 

 same source, as, for instance, that of the influence 

 of the Berberry in producing mildew in Wheat, 



bihWheat an 

 mildew, though ««»» 



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irasites by which the diseases are respectively 



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it doubtless on th~ ^^.„. 



i Berberry are extremely subje 

 as gre 



thepa 



The word Mildew, r 

 parasites, especially to mo 



l on Roses, Hops, &c; and in the 



■xtended to otJ 

 mealy strata 



on Turni;^. 



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or meal-dew. Hung in common 



between such mildew and that of Wheat or Ber- 

 berry, except I fir belonging to 

 the same tribe of vegetables, and to the same primary 

 division of that tribe, in which the reproductive 

 produced externally on the tij 



- lU tore or less developed and com- 



or less simple and rudimental, 

 same family of that « U\ i -non . 1 :i 



the leaves of Turnips are affected, the fruit forms 

 but a small portion of the plant, the mvcehum or 

 else the fertile thread being highly developed, and 

 the spores which separate from the) 

 greatest ease, and are by no means conl 

 the spore-bearing threads, as is the cas 

 mildew, are of a pure white. Unless a] 

 of such matters are wrong, and our observations 

 deceptive, we have no more reason to 



of Turnips could produce disease in 

 Wheat, than that the seed of a Ranonc 

 produce a Rose. We may, indeed, in some instances, 

 consider the early and rna1 



eed their deve- 

 lopment with sufficient care, but in the generality of 



threads, whether i 

 plicated, or more 

 though not to the 

 Wheat the roilde< 

 reproductive orgar 



On the whole, then, we thin 

 hat no danger can arise from 

 een adopted with good eiFect, and respecting w] 





viz., that of ploughing 

 Mangold ' 

 dressing for land previous t 

 in a year like the present, when almost i 

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There is no close affinity between the I 

 mildew with which the Turnip leaves are affected 

 and any of the prominent diseases of Wheat, nor is 



picion as to any more latenl 

 between them ; we may, therefore, at once conclude 



name of mildew, though it indicates some common 

 circumstances, by no means declares identity. 



Our readers have possibly heard of a certain Ros; 

 Ianettii, famous among gardeners as a stock. " Last 

 ut not least," says Mr. Rivers, in his excellem 



best of all Roses for a stock. It was raised from 

 seed by Signor Manetti, of the Botan 



may be prepared and planted 

 exactly as recommended for the Boursault. All the 

 have succeeded 

 admirably ; above all the 1 1 



scarcely seem to know when to leave off growing 

 and blooming in the autumn; indeed th 

 remarkable for its late growth : for it may be budded 

 during the 



. th;;: i 



it will, if cut down close to the 

 in one season, 6 to 8 feet in he 

 form fine standards. I have a s 

 growth, larger than a stout broor 



-•, and dry as well; 



itiff loam highly n 



dry, is so often 



thrown up by t] 



Every year's 



i Rose garden is light a 



apple Place, planted 



' ' -; in tin 



CULTURE OF THE PINE-APPLE, 

 of English Pine groweis to the practice pin-.* 



al w « 



ley determined, i 





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that in gardening, at 



reward of victory in his hand unchallenged. 

 ileuing is greatly in advance of 



fatigable, persevering, and 



staggered for a time even the belief of our best gar- 

 deners with his wonderful Meudon productions. Some 



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ig in England. But another 



been produced 



was not a Queen, more especially a Ripley 

 le thing was an impossibility. 



Ripley Que* 



decided, and thaMoo most satisfactorily. ^ Mr. 



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y hot-water pipes. No 



Trtu 



I had probably t 



the care and coddling 



the actual expense incurred in growing n 



ntajned. ' There is 

 ;h the damage the 



,v'. nu 



plants in consequence, together 

 leaves are liable to sustain, which 



potting through all their various stages of progression, 



The proper situation for a Pine plant is unquestionably 



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the roots can then stretch themselves 

 ruptedly in search of proper food, instead of being 

 crammed into a pot with a hatful of soil to feed upon. 



tained in this country by the planting out system of 

 •by no means admit that this 



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Fleming quite concurs. Some contend 



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3bjecticn would be raised to large Pines in any 



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s may at first ftp 



Queens are° v 



tits with those at Trenthain, OT u° bt f U| - 

 ee, neither will a really good cultiv , ' 



, DISEASES OF PLANTS. 

 Gencs XXvlf^r^p^^'pHwe^ 

 disarticulation of Vine shoots.— Pliny, followi™ tV W 

 phrastus, gives the name of ArtieukuST^A^ 

 which attacks the nodes of Vine shoots, bv wV^k** 

 severe colds they will separate like the epiphyte i if Z 



analogy between the two kingdoms, ihS^fo* fo 

 my principles, are not admissible. This disease c 

 be prevented except by protecting the Vines, "h 



[ the Vines are attacked 1 

 runed down to the quick. ■ 

 io early pruning promoted 



icieats . - .■ . 



liKfiS: 



-. hy no 



nt, but > 



riant so treated is th( 



the winter is mild aD J 



luced by the weal 



ieta Italiana. Referring 1 



le organs of gei 



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This disease, the promotion 



a3 are double fl >»<-rs .« 



sought after by many persons as are oou ^ — 

 propagated by grafting. It remains to De in 



diet, placing it in a less fertile sod whilst i is ^ ^ ^^ 



also might be o « • » ^ them . 



grafting the individuals bearing suC V™I. ed y is easv, 



difficult to remedy it. unless it were by ^^ ^ ^ 





GOSSIP ABOUT GRA 



Importance of Leayes.—I may sa ^ 

 Mr. Frost's early forced Grapes Jj^fc Vi* 

 permits the lateral shoots f .^™ tbat these vo<> 





