300 
importance to learn if possible Pakai the Vin 
become of late years a prey to a malad till n w | 
unknown, for doubtless it is better t to prevent ines 
an to cure it. e list 
| ma nec 
the 
made its AA in 
n t i 
their Vines, renew 
to the action of the weather, | man ; 
must decrease, I thin 
ak 
Vines ge ery befor the fungu: 
n October 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
tually pru 
pr mi properly “dsnterat the 
thei uch evince 
soil to effect | rar an of plants ; 
[May 3, 1856, 
wledg 
fa are those ofa pas cal 
; and cannot fail to produce an import: 
the neyards where Mr. Dow’s 
d he recommended the heavy lands 
thoroughly drained 4 or 5 feet dee 
the 
be e be 
ected in the case of the Vi sea 
rs 
of the last vintage not more May vein be and luxuriant; t ur own g rs will do well to study aus 
e evil evidently becoming popie in h | Vines produced branches of twice or thrice their | what Mr. Dow suggests, for there can be no doubt 
succeeding year, he observes usual length, a and formed le aves of n s size; that what he recommends for a vineyard is equally 
“ There are several circu ces which lead to | these Vines vil } rue of a Vinery. They may also that = 
the opinion that the proximate cause of this so- | increasing :— | perienced men in the countries wher bc Vine 
called disease is be found in some abnormal| “In its altered ig hcg this pacing | most at home do not recommend dead h Ses, s aa 
condition of the atmos sphere, i in conjunction with a Mr. Dow, “the Vin well p red in| pigs, and all ip sea oe arbage to be introduced inta 
diminished power of resistance, from other causes, | the following yea com easy 7% iio the | the soil. he writes as if he had 
vie Den itself,” Oidium Tuckeri, which, unlike other fungi, except | been a kars ap our r skilfal ‘friend at Lois. Weedon, 
upport of the opinion that the fungus was | mildew, which les, is not so ceremonious 
deri ived from the atmosphere, and that the weakly as to wait till its victim is dead and decaying} A very terapan oim catalogue is now befor 
x Soap gh condition of “the ines was the | be fore making its attack, but a a. on the con- us, co silanes ing a grea mber of hs novelties 
of aa ng attacked, he produces rtinacity than we hav moy ied recorded i 
following noes o grea t that o weakened ‘resistance of. “the ‘Vines nursery list lude to a priced e revalide 
- = ob toch 1854, 0 ee the Barris of the fungus | beara has not been In cold | of the Japanese plants actually cultivated in the 
catel and others), I rf one ifs damp loc: lites here SrA was most hora] | nursery of Sre & Co., of Leyden. As is we 
alente off eTii pitticle’o fit with a clean soft-h ariel pears to have revelled in <nown, the Dutch monopolise the intercourse of 
ponies s kii (pinzel), before it had time to faste 
he skin, on the juices of which i it feeds 
eer 
be "The 
quan tity 
the ‘series, be 
average 
district throughout he peu ury, as Lames “ere kel 
Y, | been:about 70, -47, | 
ees 
nnual prone a of the. Dour 
ntil the 
and 48, when ne ieee Fe. the ex mnra aes 
106,000 pipes, that of | 1848, the last of 
orang infinitely richer 
own. mellia, Ce phalotaxus: Cryptomeria. 
Aucuba, Chimonanthus; Clematis, and Pyrus japo nica 
indicate ay east 2 wig hardy a the 
ing ni ,000 pi pa 
t but be additional cause of 
ag Ae 
area, cold, damp, 
surface. It was ‘ate a visible that with ree incubus | 
= Grape to i 
e to pr 
ye weakn 
o rain of oy consequence. 
ess. The three following an brought 
For 
successive 
had dry 
natural size, prih metimes it i diidenre months in the depth of each winter we had 
struggle very hard, and “occasionally succee l easterly pol sunshine, and n whatever. 
was, sa perfectly successful in ripening all| Wells that had never been known ae te dry gave 
my Grapes, b sy hing to clear off the water. The electrical state of the air must have 
fan s Tana ARR: and fogs, on whic b I do not recollect one thunder- 
from 
prese: 
oot, grown well, and 
| storm during 
e| vintages became comparatively -ahon 
the bunches - ron es much s 
he Shole of those three years. The 
t in w quantity, 
f e than 
ant of sufficient at food. „o 
. Dow considers to be the remedy for 
object, 
pruning having had qu 
for its 
wn 
be To iate the Ving: then, I iowa conclude 
ust be the ee object of tr 
eatment, to enable 
ower of pela ance to th 
Flora 
hod ; so curious 
mblage t a brief account 
will i sisi to all lovers of gardens. We 
shall however confi ne our rema rks to what are 
ti ioned the other day by our correspondent 
antity vt ee than strength 
nece cessarily ‘Pr rodu ced weakness ; the 
f fungus on Gor leaves, for fruit 
of gpk cher ave no m has also been 
observed that, on Vines in with the disease, 
bunches of hire and coe of | the Morgha ell- 
irom 
ospheric fungus. - 
distris in the ee of aoe which fie 
ot been hitherto visited by the 
ation has been bouior§ and even in this present 
ik abundant 
It has never been the practice,” 
apply manure of any kind to the Vines 
im, and I believ ay with just reas s as 
a adds, ‘ 
effectua 
n | efec 
fungus, whose | 
ow. ves. 
o n lea 
me they and 
the vi 
broke’ 
en up wit 
ett yee be in the 
th h 
the prunings should as early as 
eel ba mated, and the ashes scattered over 
must in 
r the roots of the fu ungus 
soil, which ought to be |c 
ine a the actual | “ 
general mode of |a! 
The last however has no price 
and AP one 
Acer japonicum 
Te 
which is held b 
and to disso 
surface—an fA ri pies 
lly expose 
n much neglecte d by all— 
ve its lacie me y year, in po 
val defective and 
o 
t to the ape io the eakat, 
a 
a ilk formed ep and pices ae d 
l and buried around the Vines, one foot in depth, 
álni ith all the superfluous shoots or branches | 
fectioner , Surpasses in flavour a heni 
gardens.” santon moreover is made 0 
pegy of Peac 
broken into small pieces, which only weaken while 
on the Vine ; n buried in this green s e, mall placa trees and shrubs form a consider- 
at that time, are decom n less than thirty ies part of the catalogue. The following bore 
a to t to be the most remar: ble : — Aca 
n othe 
Th +h 
ir 
wine countri ries this behets |G 
its fore 2; ani if mAy read, to main- | wee 
s adopted wi 
en tne ry 
manures usually talked of are too gross and heavy 
and are quite ete s sapian om ars p iinis 
Douro _— roduce 
vintage i is not greater 
ui 
eyer 
than can in ea , in 
i the soil effected iyi ihe operations |5 
the ey in hoeing and breaking it ip, so as 
; i constant action of the weather and 
Yea assis tt Sp r 
mag: $e natural era crate 
the s ary ve a state in whi 
will easil 
Ey 
some years posone 
could ast, afford the expe 
into the Vi “ess , with suggestions as t 
a a 3 ane fes as Saunders A 
carrying o 
(Sa 
off th 
practice here for time immemori ea 
0), 
rt of its produce instead of 
e whels, as has n the uniform 
The A Argol 
the and 
in reco’ ring 
dition ; x Bit ‘the 
nt integrat tion of the soi 
nitrate ‘of a if ey and sparingly iia 
ong the Vines, and mixed 
pase aut pou nded), vould also be of g great service 
with the soil in small 
them from their p 
t (Asit 
ama must be in ad 
o aeange its hivfatd ree 
sta 
an easily assimilated.” 
TAN 
ere 
doubt that 
hese 
diligently carried out e 
in which they can be 
views heme rt adopted, and 
very year, I can scar arcely 
he Vine will spe 
niece 
eo) rus yo Camelia gf Sener rupestris = A 
Tam Ai nen. and a great many sorts © 
$ Poa 
Tre 
Clim a shrubs i ag clud Aaroin ecoma Thun en rgi aoe 
true Bignonia grandi BHR UNBERG ; 
Wistarian ; Arset f eka Kempferi, and Ampelopsis 
of her- 
re is a considerable number 
mon several 
whic h are included 
effective ea m, wy, am 
seal ite fotrer PRAH wall be “al more disastrous. te 
It t be owned that thes 
L du 
Polygon 
cou + 
a S roots are a eabetitate for Aspa 
P 7 
a eens nn EEE 
