172 
manner risk is to be removed or at least much 
diminished, saa it was doubtless th 
this which led one of the Fellows wh 
the meeting is ma i) Soggest the gep of 
a guarantee fund. Thi a practical view oi En 
practical Sie and piela AANE 
ysu such plan could be devis ed the Council oa 
4 
THE. GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
C. TrevELYAN now coincides. | 
. J. | size. 1 
ch | 1 pei Lear them 
d 
7 | was oor phere? ae 
[Marcu 15, 1856, 
. The mother’Zworms ge de therefo: ve die 
a mev eggs, of © Arig far th 
ere already h ced e the specime 
o Whea o the increase 
size is enormous fro ae eee in a which the worm 
generally appear in the blackened grai From dimer 
sions o of ay by x00 the ey increase 3 by a an 
S88 ra Fall 
cr which pari not legal is aial, and therefore 
po 
Parmelia are blown off the tre ge and carried om a 
istance to the downs by wi 
mposes “sagen pae of all pe ens 
ho ope that be hen E the penal? re- 
sich, 
south-west winds, to which the 
pot where “the R, 
Arctic Vibrio. 1 do not indeed imagine that th 
is different. Ihave no details 
a 
that this 
has not been hoke 
Tue other day, at the Society os Arts, Mr. 
Are RCHER, ina very opr pram account of some of 
f Liverpool, ientioned that 
the use of Sarer has ne vad in an un expected 
wept Our readers, doubtless, , know that the 
lo dged amongst the short herbage. 
tf that of. 
Tn 
continue to grow, ns a liable’ ‘to be roll 
ua he them on 
o 
that TE attention as 
we shall be able to procure bee, spram: In 
hen of Parras, Dr. 
of pres restra] Orchids as our Orchis mascula, 
Hooxer has conceived a sry: n that it is n ot 
autonomous, but that k is a ate of some adic 
and 
have "atey received from Mr. Bai iley, of ham, a 
Cucumber ara affected by are 
similar to that which I had last year the opportunity of 
in this 1855, p. 22 
cyst 
and as in the former rari peraan re bat ‘sparing 
whi 
&c., and that they once mart a — barea pect ip be substance of the 
DGE the corners of streets arly morning | Known s ecies is is of course at present but | wo; rate upon the on the eta ion Boil in this 
Ea nima of hot ao na ae Coffee <a cejo; but as go a conjectures often lead t mets Sere that the species is | ab ct from 
now sold. Mr. Arcuer tells us that he should have | truth, the notion is worth recordin ng. At mpa the pie Wheat ae 
AA a isiin of Salon not „like s ie is almost sanpealiay to guard completely against the 
much p at s ny D d ihe ae etaa alive kaip : tacks of such minute animals. The soil may þe 
nly continuing, but increasing, had he not traced a | a5Cus, and the occurrence o is 
74 y Eier yf th pas koky of hocol one of which has a fruticose aiem ilitate a ne changed, pes ae roe of cullivation aope md ye 
t manufactory of a chocolate 8 the mote may be conveyed by the air to the youn 
maker, from which he presumes that it is occ the notion, whi “nt aoe ninar a tan eventually plant, aioe Hithata nah our precautions, The 
sionally employed in that preparation. At p epad a te the Wheat Vibrio it may bi 
" : y be extremely 
aa sas arna the manafaetare of coco mnd We understand that tei account of the Stanwick | “Toca al, e: receiyod, ha. W Bost Vibrip frown SiGe 
chocolate. is conjecture seems us to deriv came Fun 2 d has been closed—and sem his | bee: en able myself to find avin specimen of Earcockle, 
support from the re of the emai Bitebipis pair bg mses “has rected | The Cucumber Vibrio has occurred to other cultivators, 
which is Se pasa oaa f the proceeds, amounting to 2427. 16s., t ke ia ve, besides Mr. Bailey. The affection is so 
a wot’ contly ners didnt’ on e ig | ferred to the Trustees of the Gardeners’ Benevolent | strange that it es ap not to be confounded with be 
Vanilla—the pod of a climbing Orchid—valued Institution. Mr. Srrvens had previously paid over prevalent Cuc disease, whi 
daly tee: apinsa. bok ite! ldg 127. 7s., and Mr. Rivers 127. 6s., the The " éeisbton is, however, necessary, and 
e ? sums they were ee entitled to for their com- the more so because mistakes in such matters stultif 
qualities. The weak odour of Orchis roots appears 1 his ents A aN T A fal 7 
to us to be matics with that of Vanilla, as indeed the pret pore this plant has yielded to 
is the fi ne = of the whole race, however much 
cide ages er ea a we Rak agers, rope 
other “ cermin ossibly k eee wiih hi lost 
mencement of a new, source mployment for | 1) pl ee val rrr wisthoecal 
women and children in the cad aes re the col Pi he rated Ber ved 
mon ens grows wild a Sundantly ; possibly, ili s0, have very great panui in announcing that 
some of the S. African species, whose roots are so | to Mr. Verton, Exotic Nursery, Exeter, has been 
much sb than our pen may pay for collecting | awarded in the 2d Class of the’great Paris Exh ue 
an arsi Ca ood Hope and the adjacent | tion a Silver Medal, for im prin services rendere 
Another circu: was sen Bone by M gr 
; —— -* i rsa take the pportunity of both Sa the ee and new Targ along thi The figure represents the affected germens of the 
awing a ention. ere is ag aes Grass and Wheat magnified, and highly magnified 
t , the seed of a tropical bush only > of the Grass Vibrio and egge “The chased pro- 
called Strychnos. It i is used medicinally in very | “ ara k Ne i4l, recently published for the t the ti the Wheat seem to 
small quantities, but has no other legitimate appli- | Un ited ae Mr. Ver under indionto that the germen is composed of three carpellary 
cation. In the year 1838 duty n exhibitors, but “ co-ope bik s “in “tarthe ring the These processes are not, however, constant, 
the drug ; in 1839 on o ly 478 lbs. ; in 1840 on | cause of science, i er t iit ia 2. 
5 lbs. “Ten years since,” Mr. Archer remarks, | gracefully paid, and let us add mo st thoro oughly | Terre E eee 
a ton of this article d ha 3 a e | deserved, as wi unanim Neth admitted by every ON FROST SPLITTING.—By Dr. ROBERT CASPART» 
oo Lah it now EEE EEEa Mattie hoe vm of Aten a is acquainted with the great Concluded from p. 153. 
ons. Its use in icine wi t unt for this | merits of Mr. Ver 
large increase, and our sanita: cers will do ——— | aha hag ong bulk = 
l aes wae: ` has b i 
to make observations P 9 the symptoms which GRASS AND CUCUMBER VIBRIOS. gee ges a 1 i al miara ue 
attend the dying ale-drinker, for “notwithstanding H a has kindly communicated to me a’ Schiibler says :* “ When the outer layers of wood and 
the fine testimonials of the rec ipie ients rary of | curious production on some ies of Grass from the bark are once frozen, which soon happens, there is 
pale and bi itter ales, my the retic Regions, re it was gathere by Cay tain nothing ese layers to increase in volume; 
pure bitter of ae! is a Aprene aay n Pullen in 1850, a hich for rages sons d oak y will rather contract with increasing cold, as is the 
aie brewer: AS efforts vi mad a few yea — in oy ourn: e germen is converted into ith all solid bodi hese outer layers are thus 
aie’ fo an i at gt! enone Pag | browa hard fla ask-shaped body furnished with a Tone | no longer capable of Suen the inner wood pao in 
large tree producing a w n K nsely bitter as white-tipped neck, like a Florence oil- :bottle. The walls | the act of freeziog and thereby increasing in k, and 
uassi. d, indeed, this wood was supposed b inian para Se 
Bapore kei a heg oa it hin, — wi cai the a = of dI fornei: foliaot hie that t the trees are not yet 
ical: its a der dan nk dine ae Wek E aaa aes ce i eee pel ‘et, “omini of an E indiy i frozen throu re yh fag „burst, bie is, bopi 
ely disco , and this, together with th ess. “a mids H t of the mass are a few ‘eggs with a | able for the thic pty este Pfeil (% ok j ape 
of aey; prevented the brewers receiv- | young worm ar puclocily gee a Bore of much | 
high 
ing their’ ees oe bitter wood. They have, doubt- 
= und a k 
itute.” 
greater diameter than the selves s, which | 
sassk 
| Technology? part iv., "1045, p- sapii tins explains frost 
split 
| splitting : “ Frost s ting takes when enddealy 
We sores ‘this — to the attention of = this agrees: perfec tly with the Earcockle th d per 
the Custom House authori We k n casionally n Wheat, except | that the thickness ture.” This not sea precise express jon genome 
whether brewers; or rather pute are consumers of the Vibriow is 5 slightly oa ~ jecture that Pfeil also vers malin anc inei ot ‘ie 
of nux vomica ; bu ut it is certain that its e mpl oy- orca ienr re is very different. e | tree as not yet frozen. But n of the A 
iiit S x id noi ane on imeti in water, th in ainin t. 
prorata E PEE E y like | the ens have no ot been gathered quit: iaae i voy iial ae ro ote ke ie ea ao 
on Pie 7. 2 some in which P; Thi 
p lie pun ity int | is cause, pni with the stra 
tier Tor AN . ie Pag ump- | has witnessed this wonderful phænomenon, Vibrios sioned. oy a sudden and. con siderable coolin, ing ine en 
destructive of human life. Proki bition, or prohi f the onteien ERS 
, or prohi- | and in m to be confined to Wheat. | ones are still wa atively more distended (and 
sew Sige might stop the evil and remove the Professor Henslow, however, observed “ that mae perhap, ‘a sometimes or race, eet a splitting of the eee 
> become 
EOS C ZAO A T oa ; the same hole “i the grains of Wheat, w ich are 
2 Ba. have received a letter from a I 3 a filled with the Vibrio, _ The Be see “howeve er o Dael and l Buffon, i in the above gre works, are 
¢ ELYAN, LN ly small ext i spli ittin; ng 1s more frequent in wet 
microscopical examination he Mharis, ethety to i t is than elsewhere—* Les arbres qui sont Sate J jes 
the mier we have p pet — as to the ~~ of a rg n wa be t it is quite clear ‘tat heft gpenses 
nucleus consisting of the of some 1d wan e to endure a very great f | plus faibl lu „ et leur sève est plus s bondante 
the curious ball-shaped Lichen which Sa “lately | © -3 pires destined to be jon Gries after the long | et plus aq 3e dans les terroirs a ce qui fait 
figured (p. 84). It was stated that the Lichen was ble | que l'effet de I éfaction des liq par la g ero 
Í at be a form of Parmelia cesia, or some fe ble et-a’ mil état de désunir les 
é a f CPET e. 3 Jctance. 
gronp to garh that aperea belongs, | a dryness that a en touch would mong it to 
r a| pow 
s rathe: 
hay in which acne Sir 
Pome Vibrios are all as nearly as possible uniform in 
* Quoted by Wiegmann, “ Diseases and Diseased M: Monstrosities 
of Plants,” 1839, p.140. Iknow not from what part of Scbübler $ 
Writings this is ‘taken. 
