June 14, 1856.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
405° 
Esq., 10/. 3 A. Anderson, Esq., 10/. 10s.; Messrs, tero has fi 
it 
Lawson & yia 5l. 5s. ; Mr. J. Veitch = 5s.5 3 J.J. plan 
Woods, 
figured amongst his Portuguese, tuguese 
tab, 165, a species under the name of Cuscuta 
eije enpm 
Hom 
British Oaks.—You blame bie t having d 
tinguished the British Oaks, ‘but ie Probi ha 
t | forgotten leek in a P anir number 1 asked for informa- 
T mn the permanenoy of most of a 
fear 
rs given at page 134, that Dr. 
Mechi, Esq., 5l. 8.3 R. Esq., 5l. 5s.; J. Mar- Eats barba” Uvæ, 
tineau, Esq. Foses 10s. ; 3; Mr. J. Spencer, 1o. 10s, 3 and of the Vine. It does not appes ar to be very tuee 
R. Hanbur. 5l. it istinct species. As 
After ne bes healths had been dri the Chairman | is confined to the bun inches, it pg only th 
proposed “S o Horticulture,” and ig Md rt h are very near to her oil. Iam no t| 
with it the name of Mr. Spencer, of Bowoo d. as been noticed anywhere Sapi in one or two norestes use. 
Spencer, in a short but excellent speech, replied, iat places i in the neighbourhood of Lisbon. 
‘de in . The species of 
was the pioneer of RR ai ant allud 
at m „of in ing our 
1 principally Greville (Edin, Bot. Soc. ron oe 5 pl. 4 and sam has 
>the e more temperate parts of the my They 
national resources, ly | 
| 
iscovered the | 20 or 30 feet in height. 
nure ‘applied in the best | of erat = alm 
sh 
Species. 
e same relation to 
d, 
e shape 
Dr. Griffith reports one which ascends trees | of the mn the length ofthe e piui Me length of o 
In the Tropics 
ost equally desttuctive habits i 
th + 
+] a Bs] 
f con staney as to be inapplicable 
ifie specifi character, The direction of the 
age | 
vail l themselves of it. In fact, sa abundant. as 
nly goo ood g ardening on | Cu scuta has n Bit ndwee: 
the only diff 
hee ated 
} h P 
y be of more e 
wo, are ther 
ably to fo llow the prie so well set a nent succulent calyx. The | n 
gr 
After some other toasts were drank the meeting | ment is derive 
ted. 
d principally if 
separate lant h i A 
on whic 
The room we should mans was beautifully decorated | acquin, 
with plate, root Geraniums in pots from Mr. 
and fy ert was amply gore ed with fruit ga] h 
ren ntham, Dalkeith, and other great plac 
See eee een, “| 
VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY.—No. CXXV. | 
497. Parasir ITZ (l. Phenogams. Dodder).—The 
genus Cuscuta, and its cognate er or Sm 
which contain many species, are amongst the 
N any reader of 
ae known as 
Bindweeds, and differ er in the sia emb: 
the entire absence of seed lea’ 
h 
Hähits rotting from 
ly s are produ 
| smaller numbers, but there is no doubt tha 
ry few are such a 
°> Asa general rule the "plants are aie ae 
a super: rfiui uity of confined moisture, ‘and 
such 
WORD OR bids ea WARDIAN iniae 
ced in 
t the enk. | 
not actly from th 
iP Ws. t least is the 
report of ised it from seed, and 
Turner, canting had aope opportatity of asce Sarge] its 
abits. M. J. B 
aret t three speci 
Martin long since ped plates of tine e (Fiom 
Rustica, tab. 10, 11, and E ; and the late Pro 
n Fi 
e | Don described three € (Leigh 
those 
compassion upon m ignorance 
prany mtrl d the proper ponia of a intermedi 
Sess. Cha rles C. Bebington [There are only two wild ‘specie s 
ey are perfectly distinct. 
evident that our learned friend has never seen Q. sessi- 
bas you are examining and about wh 
l TURE are but the repre enin aia 
ha: h 
rishes 3 in 
d 
Py ur opinio 
an 
Bener olent _Institution.—1 be 
sug ested to 
la 
ases are entirely “ignorant an pray characte: 
-| = of such plant rece Sosa And not pale a situations, an 
|B sy hat I am not 
Swe ig 
vendors are equal 
The great aim Foal 
the ajoi of on. would seem to be to rei 
in accord. 
ible, 
what I may eK a good connexion or interest, stands 
very 
a in description 
n these re 
ption. 
t whic 
he plumule is pores fairly a 
it nourishment. inside 
bear 
plant capable pe eve ng ia 
498. This — relation to | 7 
pulang ore of parasi Sasa posis on thie 
to be nice as to the objesit on which they oyo aironi Wards ai 
or genus, if th ii ‘This pecu- Now thes 
prey. 
s 
on 
much meas 
e po ular notion that t they should be hermeti- | 
P 
| cally sald aged that, these ey ae = = 
hav 
ng 
o insu 
jabe evy. ity, cera 
the belief of nine-tenths of 
But 
ers, the middle « dle classes 
Re cate In 
y advertisements in your Pipe 
for conformation vat rd remarks, Very su 
qualifications are required if the salary pire above the 
typed 20s. per week. Those nondescripts who 
t 
reat mass 
that community, if I may so 
instances the scale A 
cure 
e for it | 
f to 
a: to living rooms, wa ie 
the distribution of eae se permites, which would other- a 
pe Sap tw cma al — 
Th 
ety 
of perf specially upon eat H oe 
at 
Ne 
and sometimes, KoE Several | 
fi 
from Dodder, the most i pane species against | 
that which attacks Clover. | 
thie species was origina alti importei from Affghanistan 
mixed with seed of Lucerne — at ag it has 
ter, £ as in 
the ‘age wail apply, nany should 
eed 
crifice a 
ors e sc legance o "desi n com- 
srl bination with every facility for affording the necessary | gardeners vr a to pe well = 
ments for ealthfu m call 
very | wait at table and 
"bith 
conservatory o: a grean 
? ý gr rowth and he alth. | 
port fa | 
z and in “which certain naar may enjoy. 
the necessary aids to 
, to iently pla 
ina TEE rom; ry biher = situation where the TEA 
here conditio to 
Uhel a 
g , boo! 
| and other kindred ne Fog and s 
| kind are not te oat ad te a But let the scale 
of wages be gen nerally 
to. dig the teh of goo Ss 
rae in a Wa ardian case will 
others 
d th. 
condition 
be e! 
cojoyed i in situations re the 8 
lan CA 
Pstiication » would ry 
2 
Vee sy } 7 
t of its value, but another and I am 
z aie » OF od agem Te. Pinal different one has possession of “the. 
with it, the surest way is 
be screen: 
with a sieve sufficiently fine to prevent. 
the passage of 
l ‘Let, I I say, these matters justed 
mers would exert 
to say |a more re liberal basis, and garde’ 
=_ i 
able | and Barone Bie to assist their really 
di I say really oreo te, for 1 have no sym- 
broken- 
the Clover 
seeds are twice as long as that of | oa 
pate attention is ep First take into con- 
léhfel 
pany for the easy of own who owe 
misfortunes old per conduct, 
be foun tion gene: 
rally 
to cultivate. 
through. As these 
Dodder, and one-fourth broader, a d 
of the purpose. One of this character 
trade as No, r 
This with a merta of the prop 
ti to the most industrious no 
“t ~ pep 
1 1, f decayed gardeners prota i 
ssianieabt ‘Threw away all ideas 
seed a plan 
ak 
Bi 
of the Tua deen y- 
I hive e mienas d 
ati 
pow ting in such a e 
| to plant, developments, and consider the 
of an any talisman 
ant receptacle with respect 
ecreased, Pasi à petit Voiseau fait son yo en a 
Oa for Insects. i “J. M.” has a dislike fill his 
in reference to these cases. 
Sofar as ho plants themselve es are concerned, except 
the follow- 
ing, which Ihave found effective in the destruction of 
insect life. Procure a bushel of young Alder shoots; 
they may y be found now 3 bruise them slightly : and add 
or the purpose of rproducin atid 
though is lleedis yield oil. g Une = se pede 
macerate for two days, and apply the so with a 
Meyen is of opinion that the ted down to a stand are to be 
n ae does not de: erive ma whole Pits nutriment bella is plants aly be pakah i oe but the | syringe. If, however, he wishes to 
hatia e thinks tendency of inexperienced persons to tiers “glass to | tobacco, the sooner he can af et Bs house filled filled “ah 
that they are often too delicate to penetrate, and that | pem sta bie ng periods without bein oe te öved is I d the | it the sooner Ka 
whi nutriment consists pear. ally of the moisture to’the enclosed plants. But hahapa Pn nthe pial [he effect his purpose. a ing ghs my ox: rs 
m tien ested matrix. |The opinion is not, | kind is that in which a tall bell-glase to cover, the head | Worst herp! yc sonore ne ist ee ae 
‘i Ee Wee » AN J j Eo doable Duf Wa iigh the 
po rie inconceivable that the infatosimal | 5 p intr rhe roots anda stand. Tha Mgt several HAT. Saa Saga reo perfect I would consider the 
quantity of nutritive matter contained in the evaporated } retara Avoid them by all means ; they are application. t iia Ta 
n P ife'of.s plant | lant nt epee, Ev an case should maas _ Ross—Having a fine plant of a Rose 
a genus which i fiuids Pa 5 
buds which, however, never came to perfection, I I 
already elaborated ft TT hrie: 
* See Dr, P 
4 and transp spla: 
grina ini vatory against a a villas 
[dade naianito ipoe well, on ine Unie A 
watory. 
a conser 
of Agriculture sa tanih geme t "of any fers case, i if iare So 
figure of the Fh Dodder in English bota diii g qegr 
uekers are repres as very ai d must mer Bog G. W. L.| 
