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— ling season, but,| adjoining omi м. Ayr, sd: bao PC 
regard "from 15 to 50 per cent. I am; with the blight, as in the preceding seaso mr the fruit 5. 
pre н КЕСЕК € the substantial tans of my | fortunately, I — wo application r de qid A ер pp ere кед чн Жа back, and i um ith are wood of 
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Momm to prove + оп {һе bn to any leen iii | peer s of this liquid in destroying the Grape blight| I have oubt that many of your readers of frost, 
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E ri d Mr. Kennedy is in some degree | I have again had an opportunity of proving this season; myself, йе e a loss to understand what Mr, Мрка 
inchided Ls condemnation. ' There dei one or twoother | for, upon arriving at home, after being some time| means by saying that his Apricots and Peach 
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importance pont to betray the general animus actuating e man, I am satisfie n ts ni ng e A ite, (od Mr. MET ov. Lie TUR Pda m 
osure hile indeed, that I д тах feared they had got past recovery; De eulzia луба "By ihe aid of a. pocket lens, 
т st ome divison e нА e gen diee not s0, however, as it turned out, for ere beautiful starry bodies may be seen on boi 
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i iti t nd {һе syringing, as before pne I destroyed it, as you and under side о 
вети 35 WDD: А ы viter эү йө, to zu roy by the s ll Bunch of Gra rapes I beg|not hairs, 1 think, but have more the, ap e 
this that Т founded m - statement, as I conceive I was | to send for 9 inspec iua n, on which even the bloom is | erystals, perhaps of silica, I cannot on eet 
quite entitled to do ds the siédotnt given me by the uninjured, although the blight tay Hi mf L^ МЕ. of апу оше i plant O^. whieh L mm i 
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-surve is f and that this can | the fruit, where it for a time vegeta also e 
hardly be у endi — a fault. The опу |а small phial of the saturated үт prepar fro m. Botany, ? but without Баре Able to M 
other point А which I need refer is the question of | M'Adams' composition (a quart o which is directed to | their exact nature ; nothing under the 
drainage. This rt to be on the whole inefficient | be mixed with 12 gallons of water). here is is clearly ог that of Biforines appearing to 
and eompara tively worthless ; the referees are of a sulphur largely present in chemical solution, but. it bid il objects. Wil eo dh inns t0 
different opinion Tech dotiert their admissions bear | vella: ре hardly fair to the inventor to analyse it too pn what is had га these interesting little E. 
out that. р ts at least, it isas T havecalledit. This, Vend as 1 € be obtained at & moderate cost. [These are gen ally under. oon ym be stellate: h 
: i$ vy greatly a matter of opinion. What | oniensis, or. [The effect of the wash in question pron yi^ some er fias £e retio 
would have' been considered efficient wwe 30 "A had undostiediy been remarkable ont the rre = Stori —A Lon erchan 4 
ago, would hardly now be rega hat mild when fr ay gatliored Ка the tree, алк ; 
may be regarded as sufficient in Alice Holt Forst ad Bela Ь, d juicy арр n 80 h 
in more advanced localities be looked on n exploded | and e ий. айу Кылы ster the "orm e had barrad for the. best ж, of а year, give 
barbarism. James Brown, Edinburgh, M. Iw А.а to ascertain the minimum temperature | system of storing as follows :—* I provide a пшпђег о 
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many енеке in ће | time on the 26th ; and 10? on the morning of the 27th. | have Ше least apprehension ob. heir bei ешр, jin 
| Water in tanks And pools had ісе upon it as thick as a | them put, for two or thrée days, in. aw m 
as rame and. Danecroft Rival, and much | penny. ossoms on Aue ue insidet Pears, Plums, | kitehen, or, for one or two days ауын = 
more so than the Long-pod Dwarf, to which it bears and Cherries, which w fine as I ever saw w them, oven, which, perhaps, is 5 bette Pao im with 
some resemblance ; but it differs from that variety in areal killed ; and the Apple озшдш Вагу was expanded, | this jar- -drying process, I pro ushel aea o. oí 
being somewhat smaller, and the plant of а and what was not, I find has bee uch injured. | sharp clean white Eg heh I богу và «Thus 
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че babit. I send raw specimens oth sorts, Gooseberries, which меге n? dun Tog much for the пра inaries ; in 
to show their difference, and the preeocity and prolific | suffered materially, and ide crop is now fa lug Iw vish to pr iu erleetly 
habit of the Prodigy Pea. = — found it ап admirable | Black and Red Currants Й Ralgbusctéd appear to | not de YU Pipes. but үшү so m ^ NT flavoured 
variety for cultivating on the beds of the large fruit | have dd Peac Мей, Né MP, Pears, an erries | eare refully go over the » sunny day, 
house at this en e, and I А ен it n dpi e either | against south-east and west walls 8, where the young | which Туй Efe olly E die тера jj nine, sel 
for pot or frame culture, or for grow е bottom | ш were in contact ve the wall, are pne while the | ing only the handsomest and best fruits 
of of fritree wa walls, where a protection. еа М t be t upon spurs projecting from. the walls has been | | саг па d eparate om. the tree by slightly 
from the inclemency of the vaer: James | | killed, as well as the ана of the eie г Peaches | in a direction contrary to that in which it has, 
Basing Park, May 14. [The Prodigy. was and Nectarines The leaves of Figs cae а south | | for, if they are ripe, zc will readily separate. 
covered with small pods, containing оп an average four | wd are all turned black, &e. The , which was damaging the stem ; if they do not, I leave them 
Peas each, while the pods on the Long-pod had scarcely аз large as Filberts, has shared the p of that оЁ anotheropportunity. As І pick them one by one, theyare 
rmed, and. of course contained по Peasfit fomuse JO [other wall trees. Straw berry. blossoms, although d ase di жан» in a wide e asket, 
- Sikkim,—The- Rhododendrons of: this -distriét have еп expanded, have, I fear, been all К Шей, All the my m es for me,in the bot which is 
been represented, previous to i | Spring-sown Broccoli, Cauliflower, gre Brussels | pe thick. wadding; to prevent the Prise 
hardy, save: only: Dalhóusise-and' argenteum; Can amy | Sprouts upon south borders, both firs second e ntingeney which every precaution m 
of your correspondents favour us with a T Of the sowings, have been чүт ; og ay Disl aam мее Well, I have enough fo г oné 
case now, aft i;dtwould been all swept off, and so every head of Aspa- process of filling р) e — 2 
be very acceptable, A. 4. | ragus that was above ndr Linnæüş and Prince as 3hundred. 1 firs layer of: må 
AMeAdam's Мад Сторо Blight” Орта tion;-—'Fhe| Albert Rhubarb suffered considerably, while“ Victoria | over % bottom of ^ jen bons, hri »-ineli thick. 
Grape blight pestilence, which appeared again in the üpon the “ваше” quarter uninjured: " Young Upon - ы place. ав пу it 
Channel Islands about.à month since, has again — shoots of Box edging look as 3f Fey had been scalded. | upperm DA ZU зере uud 
us in Ше West of Eng inca mo Peás of different eec: ven those їп bloom, do не itm other (ey sbonlà » айл. врат), 
from -past experience. there: eano be: little doubt of- in ; exhibit signs d tas bm y. M eephaloi ica, Webbia 8, or the sides of the jar. І hold perfec t isolation, with 
again rapidly spreading through the me and breadth | and Deod feet high, & low situation, sur- uy v each other Түке e item in m system, 
of the land. It is for this menaren — ak very rounded with a belt of dit trees of 50 years Upon this first layer p fruit 1 val iui m а : 
feelingly upon the subject, from havin; ge quan- | gro маа had all their young shoots killed, although | fill in ipa иж Ba Bier em, to form a layer balí- 
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tities of fruit sis ор from tb Tibe ves al I "mom | they were protected with mats; Abies Pinsapo and gn.inehthiekabove them. Then another layer of Apples 
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maritima, uponhigh grounds in the park, were uninjured, insure the Е h айй іп between. and 
ence тола Berch, had ера considerably. Oaks, Syea- Apples, as each ya ing. placed: ger 
a нэн p ore,a T ide T nifi the s eri this will rs consoli inat Ki d 
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disease after vu lul Sd eem : rator "ea t erue e НОН c JP 12 m A N E eet, р ET line ы Vip i арса-арса 
without the yn end to re which, on the | they are Е except one Sycamore very 
contrary, appear to grow more usly а after the early variety, standing at the head of a ^ed of 
- Application of this remedy. dva | water sheltered s е ан $ Poder € Fem 
‘of this over all others jus I ын T€ of is that throu r the s tree, 
i dedi A © а иа st te (prepared from a powder | |а а ак опе, 30 feet pu геч all its агы Trend and 
ommon garden engine or ts killed, I rts of the park, especially 
П ны 4 pe ‘only a vast deal of time and E m т; prn the сан has been killed over large |; 
(about i i t to es of squ Such a 
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ini ' tin reeable odour so | dp. night -of "the "d. ult, the  selfregistering |: ' ' ance become TU" 
given out, is avoid but I will proceed now in a few tl ~ at Worcester, on the Grass (100 domm wilieh, ho; пй pum bad “Йе. чөй. и 
words to state s the resulta o of the application of this, as I the level of the sea), sunk to 229. There was ice оп r 
have fom it, valuable composition. юш mention in | the pools more than one- Mies ч of an inch thick. 
ihe first place iat I - th metieally ced" urs | 
e deal a t I have two rather large V. fineries close, сбесі ог on zapisie has been very trous—Pears; | tempe: e fluids of y fruit have шше to 
Vine di hicl | Cherr nd Plums, are all ent off ; Black Currants with rem aira agency. Crayon йз н A | 
visited by the Vine sease, by which, the y year before | ana ометан injured ; but my Red Currants have jo А friend of mine i 5. Gloucestershire. 
st, шу. crops were entirely — notwiths NIME escaped. .I do not yet know its effect on the Apples. | mne TI Md: experiment on the night-fow 3 | 
‘trial wd d st oposed ven "e n, by | "The e Goose eberry caterpillar is devastating all the gardens Cereus. which; b cutting off the pistil (stigma 0 185 cm 1 
advice ening frie ined to ч y of this neighbourhood ; and, being the second year, its flwettg the А day. Гат notaware whe #6 
мдаа, ара rs Sault ap "зай Мет тевопішева | | effects -— likely to be most serious, if not promptly | : s heth «Nel is anygenera p Farr the nest 
se, according to the given | | stopped. І have tried nearly all the receipts given in ^ bs га - айс rel. Sho I 
ghly with the diluted КС d Arun enim rhiie bell bore AM day" are perhaps mot T vanum de : 
wi e diluted liquid, as soon e white helle Since d th : à 2; 
ү е ed a fi rtnight before (at, I free ; — oniy ills: the pa a F oR as Trev the att = 39 арай 
in bloom, and again the berries | caterpillar, but, I think, prevents the fly from settling E 
Att size of a small Pea, and after Hd on the leaves to lay its eggs. My- i two 
ас of the Vines and fruit, | years | 
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> Аг, ЛЫ ud „1 beg |2. 4th ult. How can that be vu A Rss pr 
Mr ) ; y remaining Vinery,| was so much more over the country in general ! Wher 
hich i i оке. 
ха M bees exposed to precisely the same | I live is about 10 miles from Castle Semple, and we had | than 
I purposely omitted (by way of 10° at half-past 4 o'clock that 
o) ЙЫ with M*Adam's liquid in Bob. average e erop of fruit i is left on dE ai us is Ben 
earlier part of the season, and the consequence th though | 
the berries, when about half the full size, were idee in aey were not protected, and since that time I have | in — aye vast tracts 
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