June 7, 1856.] THE GARDENERY’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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integuments, and. soon effect the destruction of the yes 
animals on vee they grow. 
493. If we turn to the i ait et world Samra of “i ple 
re, fir e believe, 
<i 
Ser the posterior branch of the 
s fertile also, and the two sori then lie close 
side by side, but they are never, we 
forked, The 
Pe 
take “pos ssession of other: 
bodies or 
from their victim, 
pie own uses. No 
aë connection with the earth 
decay of the root. Other 
throwing out wart- like 
which 
sooner 
does this take place poll 
is entirely dees lved by the 
cases occur of plants called false parasites, as Ivy, 
Woodbine, wr rm! &e., which beer these exter- 
rived from the 
hich no natrim ment is 
os but i crib 
‘ested affo ot 
plan psy tree bi 
Fs ars ham 
a “proper wpe 
times, "however the ‘pps S nutritious Ioatter 
are derived from the r from the moisture which i 
pa iene in which case drik cack peer serves as a 
undatio on on which the roots may run either to keep 
as purveyors of nutriment. 
the parasi ite germi inate 
In other cases the seeds of 
_ ma 
on the 
trix, their radicle 
and is thus ape rofit eanga eree re 
Such parasites may e ither be clothed with leaves, or 
CE Riv = colourless s cales 
, how wever, harm les: 
which the ere ee its os 
sane oueieiy within the substance of the plant, and and they “always extend quite to the margin 
deeply incorporated with its tissues. 
eomplete destructie on at le; 
The more or less 
the hairs are probably very easily detached, as we do 
ast of the part on whieh such pe 
not fin nd t hem on our gl The tex xture of the 
» lower; t 
veins are sometimes simple, | in 
+} 
Sir | Fe 
W. Hooker describes the rachis as nig! hairy ; 3| Lastreea 
one fr cm which re sketch was taken, the tank 
and about to inches deep ; near the top in 
, into which mr the 
Wardian case for 
this groove it 
ith al 
rich, soil, in which rys a my aquatics 
ery ri 
this purpose | Valisneria spiralis, gist n distachyon, 
and N, mac 
soil I put i inch of well washed cara or sea hte 
which prevents the insects or mollusks from —e 
the water foul. I then introduce the water through 
„into which f emd 
gold fish Siae or Dasa wane or cart n small 
fish, molus! ris, Plan corneus 
eee and cornea ; 
Hada- 
t > 
7 in ticat, the soil is 
2 in 
ie pwi uaia round 
rns I 
ila 
shire FE Asplenium Be a and trichomanes ; 
Asplenium fontanum, &e.; Lycopods Willdsnovl um- 
8 
p is always consequent on their | P* es brosum, stolo; niferum, mutable ATT apa argh 
ost important diseases of s phyllum, When planted I cover th n imi n of 
tables depend upon their growth. These belong | CU! tivated f for arene years “ss Bir. Henderson,o of We a rockwork with bay 88 nd pebbles of at oe om yg then 
most entirely to fungi, which are capable of growing worth. Equally mie the Grammitis Hewardii, this | give the wholea good w. atering before placing the dish 
on plants which were in perfect health a to ing | Plant appears to us to belong to the g genus tis, | on re, patented the whole is then covered with the 
tacked. is fact has frequentl but masses | hell-g] One before me at the present time 
there is not the slightest foundation for * the meer n that 95 mee ças not having any pth rs “become s! sa me ape eight months, the water has never 
then cannot ao on healthy tissues, The e prese ce of |f been changed, or any addition made except a small 
i A AEN Sh Tts creeping rhizome is a fea quantity once given rns, , in the dish. 
h a kabene, ; bu rtp aga do not ot think | Should the water e green in the summer a sro 
the more vi orously ; but Ms ie disease is ain ro- | Suc erences afford sufficient ery or, separauion. | pj ha pipe, with a small rose at the end, 
duced in os first vty at ct spores. Pe Tn allusion kt this hi Ris the ant pad been a "Fems | will draw of t the » apa may be replaced. 
495. Amongst fungi there ava i ith benefit to co 
| Gymnogramma repens in a pa a 
ued published, of whieh the earlier port 
praod some time since. Sir W. Hooker, at t 989 3 of 
his * sa Plantarum,” bas figured a bipinnate variety 
this Fern. 7. M. 
are false parasites 
as amongst Pheenogams. It is fendt every fangus w sich | | 
ats upon a Syn t whi ch is is really parasitic. Where 
grow as upon any other putrescent. matter, an 
aeighibdiie tissues may a the sooner in conse- | 
quence of the presence o - the ungi Such cases are 
constantly Siess i in rrio } ne: 
WARDIAN CASE AND “AQUARIUM 
COMB 
tabli being aware that a ig -water aquarium has | 
og te pea with a Wardian case, I beg to | 
with a sketch of a contrivance combining 
Nor 
themselves und part. Othe r false par befor 
alao infest th e en a trunks of trees, as ee $864 you w 
, which derive no nutriment fro the 
the two, which I have had in operation for some time 
m peng ad “doubtless when these are very a nt 
they may be injurious by exclusion of light or air, or | 
_ 496. As animals have their 
Pree | 
ya mals. The Ban of] 
insects, for instance, are yaa Ary in the young tissues, 
and multitudes of sas islrengoms of various forms are 
rated, ich ar n 
e know: 
d 
or eot es 
wa t mi 
e storing up € of nutriment for 
the less endaring eo of those to which a shorter | 
existence is allotted. M, J. B. | 
W GARDEN FERNS.—No. XII. 
23. PERAS AURITA, T. M. Gy MNOGRAMMA ef Menem 
ee mane Plant, t. 974. 
elongated, 
amental as hothouse Fe: 
Khasiya a and Assam, 
glossy brown, ai, adhere: 
ern, native 
It has a slender creeping hizome 
rah ney grow 2 to 3 feet digh, and have a | 
long brown glossy stipes, es, the brown being also 
ht gr green of the frond 
shes s and have a peut appearance, “hd these 
tion and the enlarged size of the 
Lisa ; these a l or pinnatifid 
FEFELES jE Ei 
oe 
iry. The sori are short oblong, formin pparatus consi ‘our parts made of flint | 
ar the margin of the segments y distinct and ! slano wida a eie coant gas ng a Con- 
rne by Vile aiea rasei only of tho torkod vema, | t of this kind are made of various sizes. In 
plants, and a sprinkling of water given them. Henr 
Baines, Museum, York. 
Hom skrig orresponden 
How to Enci e Melon Plants to male eu 
The siisi of rier the ace in 
Melon pits with RE i ape stones, yee of tiles, 
slates, &e. t the roots of ws pen re 
8S! ractice the plan 
e material as garde 
| po ts are made of, and as porous as possible, t y ae 
+] 
| bores ang the der to = something more aa 3 in 
leave a lied between sont two of not le 
o inch, tubes should 
F 
HHEH 
egular towards the front = The 
ob; ect in ong a Souble tube is the having, as it were, 
en surfaces fí fo or iberan to ramble round; they would 
then introduce them- 
aar over the outer tubes and then 
selves into the ini miaa the small holes, 
and for their encourag during 
roots collected in abundance round thi surfaces, as 
y benefit the plants M eniai by the 
rising up amongst them. W. H., 
Belper, May 31. 
New mode of Bread Making (see p. aa a 
the country, and pe of the way of yeast dealers, 
raising of bread with “carbonic acid > hat 
or some 
my testimony as ei its efficacy 
— on and complete nutrition. 
ae mmonly used. 
It is to be regretted that this plan of baking is not 
brought in into general use; it would be an incalculable 
J. Hamptcn Court, 
Fumigation.—A notice in your paper (see p. 358) 
ity. 
