280 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [APRIL 26, = 
coal, an any other scientific witnesses on ae then becomes an excellent gar rden manure, re, of g go sele vame of Erineum ; and finally it ma ay arise from par- 
other “ne asser tn that it was not coal. It was a| mechanical texture, pa quite as strong as is ticular conditions of temperature, as i 
gen n a dise as whi 
strange business, and did not redound sel the atisar rally required. If a ranker Pad azotised) s manure | is common on Peach leaves, resembling very doad} the 
of science, for simple- minded people had an opinion il med o any trace 
before th 
a i is d is wanted it can be pi sony myisi aspect, but without 
t before the parties went to egger a s sh would | materials by saturating est wit a ie e 
have been desirable to yr fine ord coal | only difficulty in this operation is the exorbitant _ 472. The affection which I have now which is comet in 
really signifies. We forget ae ‘Se ial ended, | price of peat charcoal. That the cheap Boghead ie : hic ch is 
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na sabe b how riety sss 
itself is likely to throw no little light upon science ; subject of big by ga lers who live, near the works 
for it now appears that this Torbane mine ral, other- in which th Cu: 
wise termed coal, is 
so 
for gas making. at Mr. TITTLE- extent It has Aa sas it arises fro 
Mr. Jones informs u t the gas supplied to | BACH, of the Royal B Botanic e Garden, "Berlin, has been | irritation produ Arer bý SA hides, = the exh 
is arg Same Palace and tus yous of joi ane g the hitherto | of the pim which compose the lower stratum of the 
de from this coal, which yields ds S£ | sncuvable aloe Pails d Broom-rapes or Oro- | leaf. The under —— it is Pati» contracts in 
14,000 cae Nigh rton, with a higher ominating banches. rs that he sows he seeds of the | consequence of exhaustion while the upper 
sei hat of any coal gas. It is the re esidue | annual fs ie i A the same time as those of the | increases, and Fineasi the leaf curls inwards, 
sa = aye after the gas is ae. off which ine on which they grow, or soon after. Thus beat the Peach bliste pe ant unable to procure speci- 
e name of Bo o ad Charcoal. |O. ramosa is sown with Hemp, and O. Pi irod mens of the Peach blister, I have obtained eaves aad 
s analysis is with Picris, and so on. As to the pare fe res |no thickening of the sub ora a th a 
Voltio’ caatter 69 they nn, soon after becom ripe, | here and there little ballasts swellings Ba sandia 
Charcoal 1 N consisting of on the stout roots mi the plants they infest: Mr. | complete exhaustion of the "Tt is not indeed 
EE ES bi ITTLEBACH finds src the eit f 0. Picri icri dis will to be denied that the presence Ai 
Carbon 9.2 TOW mes cause a great alteration of texture. I have n 
Ashes 21.75 = 70 5 not arrive at meee pi to nukes squamaria | before me Pear leaves attacked by a large black aphis, 
oa y do very well without any arti- | which are so altered in appearance that no one could 
31 ical Hepp pee be what = they belong without previous acquaint- 
with the fact. es are bright red 
The ashes consist | of 71 per ia at sin 21 per] We learn fro sm a correspondent in Canada that shaded atid green, folded back and swollen so as 
cent = penak sia, eE the mr eee Sean 1c Associa per meets ook | like little boats, while the substance is thickened, 
min Alba third week in August, an t , and juicy, with a considerable lustre.+ The 
sulp e charcoal has t to e peenliar property send aion to 20 or 30 T: the le eading “savants | affection in this case is evidently due to the aphis, for 
bleaching up Ae osinean | matter ; by filtration | of Eur rope. They will ask these gentlemen to | there are no ar on any leaves except those which 
ort wine may b 
3 t to feed on 
eco cept as; 
In the Pinta "ot the Journal of Gas-lighting | America and back. It is also at rare) that the| _ 473. In the tris Peach blister the leaves are in a 
for March 18, Mr. Mara recommends the use of | Grand Trunk Railway of Canada will pass these | similar manner altered both in form and substance, 
c with i ee. The “A 
rat tons ar r E Erp , n h extremely 
have actually tried this manure on such crops ; his | 16th Sept. ; Upper nada ditto, 23d Sept.; State | dark gre It bas been observed frequently that 
opinion of its utility is merely founded apon the | of New York ditto, pr Sept.: all on the river St. | this affection takes place upon sudden depressions 
ing experiments e four Lawrence, and easy of access. of temperature, whether are eer or not by wet 
Charcoal, slightly impregnated with the ammoniacal| The Canada Exhibition vie good one, and | or iyi strong wi gs a a confi cage" ae: © Spring D oo 
te: r the soil u out of it they hope to obta A ordada Garden | may occur even 
for greenhouse Pone age ers Rose d and | anda Floral Hall or glade ‘Crystal Palace once produce wit the devel: tte nurse v. ai de des of 
“ays, ease oes Se. aphides from their superior succulence ; or they may 
sre of th be attacked by white mildew, but the aphides and fungi 
efore to be considered as the effici 
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measuring n y 2 feet 10 inches in thei New Plants cause. 
nig ap being stiff and rong “ike those | 5 foliis j Rebate he ` a obovati sa aan The malady in severe cases is not confined to the leaves, 
of a shrub, and their. foliage very lar lar, deep Saris Biyene yaari spica lo p udâå term 1 piculatis | but the Ton wood is is equally Sore and when once 
green colour. His Hyacinths and Tulips in the| This addition to the pretty genus Beherera hasbeen | © 
use, also look remarkably healthy. Pis aa boreal ie by the Horticultural Society from Mexico, | fa] 
rarias last year were often covered with gree Y» | where scar Mr. Bot tteri, It has a 
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y prun: 
it w. t IL tem covered with s obovate apiculate avers mae it is pretty certain that the malay 
with Tobacco paper, in order to des in oT wai pond ta bya ber spike of flow wers, 8 | ig du ue to the cause just t named, it is not easy to 
= nae nny te long. They appear h a aE Sees opty 
been discovered. Some coal tar which last s dried specimens from which alone they are at | oF the upper iria of the lanes Racaies 4 
he poured on the surface of his Vine ‘eosin ing | presen i Sma pa den ie neath yore ned | effect is somewhat different: the leaf as in the Peach 
then well mixed with the soil by turning it over). ecule 
i fork, caused not onl meh lth i ood (ee FIPE sa and long bracts giving the | ees convex, and at the same time the cuticle sepa- 
with a fork, y | spik 1 f y: 
produce in hi 7 e aata ile a tes from the parenchyme so as to present Apei white 
ful effect in freeing them from the attacks of the | 170 P E a Ki otzsch. Rchb. f. Xenia, p. 48. specks coated with a delicate film. In the the 
Sodni A 8 h t SEA e Ts A pct little thing, deliciously scented, and beau most part comparatively Al ight, m 
z eas TIO See A A tn the same | tifully form althou ugh a its flowers are no bi er sia I have seen instances in which it cig 
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house on the wa all, whi ch. had s werage manure veg le sem re ms a yia 
given to it 5 5 &e ed | ear of Wheat. From a few thin oblon ng leaves, not | was S not recovered for three or four yea eo J.B. 
spider, and a whilst : om tha len leaves | unlike those of Rodviguesia secundas its natural com- DEE A: 
of the Vinesthere was not a red spider to panion, f whitish VARIETIES OF AMERICAN ket” 
From the above conduc he is led to infer that E | flowers iett like a a peta of the Valley. Their tote How many kin de of Grapes are native to the United 
naceous pgm conduce to the sound healt aS Bice ea Š 
wth of certain plants, which are consequent! aia tegh on take and one hundred 
oe 5 the D pny of insects and fungi ; "md A i inflorescence ‘the Sinan are not ieee U tee ga little hap peek Ger: Vin a published in 
Charcoal is a “carbonaceous manure” | fairy shells. The rest of the blossom is transparent 1830, which he offers “as the res alt of his observations 
ie aE S it will actin a similar way—a ade | white except one little Band ee hw at the base 
reasoning with which we are not called upon to each s It of Wares “ne “ae ong. t Eor poll much new territory me, = 
deal. It is, however, hardly to be doubted that | ments of ane o arezew t's sal es, an SRS ae a added t to our al Republic, $ 
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unattainable Peat Charcoal must be equally pos- pleat i ie Dr eae a Broke ~~ ers in Texas adc cid orca rote 
sessed by this peng Charcoal, a mere refuse jun i to the wonderfi poi 5 ife, wine is already mand- 
material as we have shown. Our own personal | of authentic dried flowers grim jovica: < he freaks | Wet OME oer ee aah renal 
_ experience tells us that no better garden manure | flower por us to correct two points in our learned Pe fow 
-need be employed for ordinary purposes than what | friend’s definition. 1, the lower double sepal is by no | ae 
is formed in the tically’ ony neri neg grea tip ue es aed ere raising ninety thousand sagak sy 
i i the house swee angular on eac] “si e near e r; e wines; 
Sa aei Ated re spoiled portri middle, but is toned enapan with a short unguis like Grapes sonvaly: ‘no Sag abet Pat each. 
weeds, and refuse of all kinds are daily thrown. | that of N. aro Their G rapes also are represented to be larger pe 
To these is added Bet daily the fluid re- a urs—large as Plums,” ‘and Reem in colour Aea 
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fe ahe ick. Yon leaves, VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. CXVIII, flavour. The berries, too, are very ten 5 ear 
&c., detain. In order p si a down the offens 471. Puiceitesia* aren nes moe ny. te are | thin. The Vines are pru aod own to er ar nt masses 
odour of the mixture peat charcoal is scattered over — a wind round a ue: pp piei err m= 
it as often as is Dee and with so good an |In some cases the sataa ts AA wre peculiar | Of fruit rest ware e lap of Soe Catawba,” bY 
effect that although the ditch is within a nd — epaia or variety, asin Salix annularis ; in some it is palhe Gra se ob ae Seiten are oblong, €88- 
of the drawing-room windows, no unpleasan’ constitutional, the P 1 t Swee tbe 
is ever experienced. All this rubbish peor simply from the puncture of insects, as in leaves} f Pear es es the, buds first, expants ov ox under oe 
thicken 
o face 
takes 
ditch i en it is turned The substa mediately 
E a = jr i it is due to parasitic fungi, as in a very curio us affection | superior development of the upper surface along ane ie tw 
over and cast into the other pee: ee thas l of Peach leaves arising from the attack of an | side of the midrib soon causes ih fe scien Ne, the folded 
riper errs y = i k jayoltite mangis aas hen continu till the border unfolds ot 
o tw 
WD | hypertrophy of under D 
it pertro y the hairs which is known un e to form 
and ready to be cast out and mix with wood- | ~ pel prog aur y 
A name ado; a ne Ré, derived apparently from ¢vAAcw a | protects the socks he and i pring 
pa e siftings, and burnt clay. The whole | leaf, and waco to s m y P afavourable conditicn of the atmosphere. 
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