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if a herbarium were prepared, and kept in a box fitted VEGETABLE PATHOLO. 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
i 
| whoris of thre: which are often singularly beau 
GY.—No. rae ads 
as a scam ee ‘mde orner P the school. oh ot 500. Parasite Hi Erysip phe.* Mildew.) e word | Point of form and metry. These perithecia some- 
moran ay e on the paper to which the mildew thie Garik axe, pin a like the pyenidia, nothing more than a 
of minute oblong bodies of doubtful character ; 
ther cases they in 
of genera or spe cie „if the “bulbous Crowfoot” | 7 ™eal dew), properly denotes those white and m 
f 
crease in size, and contain 
mea 
fungi TA infest the leav f he a a 
(Ranunculus Dilba) wre "selected as a type of this p es of varions plants in| 
on, ino ollowing memorandum would be found Ferpra ae a rape Mtoa very cultivator, | , variable 1 numbe! er of sacs pee asci, each ihia iz aA 
j used, a Bo conspicuous that indefinite number. The asc i are lly of large 
wt œ ) A nectariferous pore, covered by a scale at the Sa cam h t fai Li to eoi ithe attention of all wae Ra as are frequent] y the spo goner i A prt 
Sitairieinss B Jise thiid each t petal. gifted with py asi ey It is scarcely poig to] 596. a agree 
Petal 5j Many of this genus acrid and poisonous. walk in the woods in a pink without seein dre! a ve then five diferent forms of fruit, three 
Sepals youn hap h as effectually powde das if a|f™ races at sg agi the pemer, of neceee We 
To piaeas Crowfoot” (Ranunculus Ficaria) might quantity of fiour had been dredged over it, ani diogh nonlin then e surprised at the immense rapidity 
be append this is perhaps the conspicuou » there are | zs n vd Png. ped, or hei im nse mise schief 
Petals a 9 } The parts of the perianth many other plants which suffer almost as ner the ir para arasitic habits. It is more 
Sepalsabout 3 po a numerous Ee apd fae Th the Vi the R } -|capecially in ary eather that the ey fi a 
ge arts A cordate) cremate, Hop, the Vine, the Rose, the Hawthorn, the =e 
To * water Cro os " the Strawberry, a arious other plants, whet he | Wis h “effectually chi 
E BES vel ts owt” C gee e ori e open air, are often damaged by the | little | remed, y be app lin a oo early i AA o poche ae 
parasite, which may either advance no further than the |” 
piga et ben us vo desista: E ee E mealy tage as is the case with the Vine mildew, = wis _ Progen es Sonnen Sue Oidioid s stage 
tow evans oi- preparation of stidi nicon | O28 put o n entirely new characters as the Ho op and 
herbarium maie rpa aira Pat | peti a as in the Hop merge and the end is the Spr 
F a 
rocure a good bundle of drying p paper. er sy S, 
manufaotted for „the purpose, is the best. But a 527. The cultivator, then, must carefully watch for the 
very first appearance of his enemy, and at once apply the 
want of | better, old newspapers will suffice. These A prescribed remedies. A very slight d f intelli- 
ing papers will outlast a long life. There i is much c gence, without the aid of more than a pocket 
lens, will suffice to him what he ore him, 
peiz 16 inches by 10. 0 ustrations represent—l. Erysiphe graminis in 
. The drying process is greatly assisted by in- the Oidioid stage, with s perfect perithecium and the 
R ae “ op I ” here and there between the ps kaaita from i . The formation of the pen 
papers. Th ay be made of t a from the am a in Erysiphe Pisi. M. J. B. 
for iae and are constructed rips of woo S a E 
o inch square, One set ys laid in naiki Home Corresponden 
pd a i aie ‘adores an inch a ane a nae o the Vine hie —Having the eather a very Sadly i in my 
i way upon and a angles to t a elec 4 7 Grapes, could you advise me wlan to apply to them to 
e ne outside oe may be alf an inch w 521, In the mealy s g t I have kept m erfectl 
to: serve as a sort of frame The strips are tacke H at anasied ic g >the pipes ant : 
ur ends to tl ingly scattered. some parts it is spread 2 
kind of oot Borers through ooo s kept up a con- | more th ‘ekly than mite aut ther e p men tie us e? hare a wa ed ete m 
tinued evap of whatever iolaire has been im- | white specks in i ree collecte d in — hea APS. | most of them late, so that few of share are colouring. 
ser? by the ying paper. This simple plan ob-/ Examined under the microscope i is fon o consist The mildew has attacked the Vines in a small green- 
ates to a great degree the necessity of continually |of necklace-like threads springing fr reeping | house when in bloom, and also the leaf ; I have applied 
changing and dying’ the papers in the packets under pee elium which either clothes th hn, ening | Epub tote aera the vin y. 8. W. [itis 
pressure.* n little suckers which adhere 
cima decompose its tissue, or pete it 
amo ongst the intercellular s spaces, sending up the fert 
p | perfectly useless, or something worse, to apply ner nd 
in the manner described in this le! roo NEIN 
rries, Ait d 
pernaps may 
some measure upon the nature of the surface, Where 
| to ade it act is to syringe the lea’ 
immediately, while a are wet, to dust th the MIREGON 
| thet mildew 
illage Botany.—In your excellent article on this 
m | subject last week you pov m the difficulty of finding 
leaves, as in the Vine, the rie t may ‘be different fro 
| what it abounds in stomates | 
leadin ample snteresliowhe eaves sow effect in 
either case is the same. The mycelium in the one case 
| teache ers to instil ithe e scie to the minds of peasant 
Ths s thi at this grave hind- 
s intended for the 
br nts of the ne 
mewhat in form, being ten omg a 
tn ye sometim: tit ollen 
very strikin 
ne 
: joi 
| dala sometimes 
| tun, but there are n ng differ ces. Aner 
time the wees join ts fall of and ger habe at and t 
he pl ith t Nor isit 
3. base au hex selected for the herbarium should be as 
nice as Hoe the Boon snk Oo on n which Se spores fall. The| 
Gra may be communicated to | 
ecklace-like threads or |} 
ina po measure, exist till these subjects are intro- 
and form 
part of the instruction of pupil-teachers. "These pupil- 
village schools, and those bes est qualifi fied to impart their 
«| ere to others. Such a course as rn a son 
opening as s pupil-teachers t o many girls who have 
, which Lp PE to o tho present 
| arrangement are ‘ndigpensal I belie 
P 
In 
ee ord “lowers, we h es with fruit. 
ps of pla ess, Whee apebiines is | 523, Sometimes insă, of the joint itself germi- 
increase of size i 
the joint, bastian es organised, and gives birth to multitudes 
endochrome. 
Hernt pieces may be glued on one | 
are 
every thi 
popular 
n | But no! It is too late. 
| eri closed to their best in 
sts. 
more 
paper or more. The s selected in we fi 
should an 
botanists 
tion within the external cell, so that the original spore | 
loo 
tere: Pop 
will have its way, and it is more for t 
who wish their wena well it run with == 
osity by vain eff 
Ti thd 
stre: to ex mod e anim orts 
ks ror a little a sl 4 in piped of the 
a germinatin; i f: i A; 
direction: 
24. Some of the joints, however, put on a totally 
different structure. They swell immensely without 
however losing entirely their original form, ithe ir outer 
si e 3 a Wal s ` +h 
P alt alcohol. "This. _ very 
am, tha 
stem it. A Consta: criber, 
Royal Ex nE “the two following anecdotes, I 
believe, have never been in print. So me few w years ago 
a block of cottages tly 
and said to have a doubtful title were put foe for 
are called pycnidia, and finally they give birth to |2. 
m the cÅ 
myriads = ai Kete oe which are sometimes 
that the 
a specimen is sti ff enough, it 
d in the EA poured i 
us poisoned must be allowed to d 
tened to 
jen 
The auctioneer ee ock 
rved a blacksmith of ‘the 
he o 
uction. 
down for 1002, when 
name of T 
guineas, and | getting no Ae gir the pr property | was 
ry | answ 
ing paper, or their leaves will be pte 
A very sligi ht pressure is now all that is ages, and a ably mere por | 
sinitati ve of the spermatonoids of higher plants. 
525, Some species never go beyond this stage, or have | 
su 
hal 
wi 
att 
ma 
agi 
ap 
Te 
ain between 
t to shrivel, 
quired. 
5. Stiff Bergen cartridge paper (about 19s. the 
$ 
bki 
bid, but men took th 
Tajes 
z year or two after- 
ards her ty bo ught the ground ol ‘ieee 
arine wien of Osborne in the Isle of Wight stands, 
pr this jaa a of mara being within the ground pro- 
ream) is, fi mparative ge maine well —_— p a park, » Tiley was asked to sell it, and 
for an ae iw y be d for gen con o pri then named, but a few days 
herbaria to 164 by 10% inches ; et Te. a school spie afte: was ani anae 4 hat it been “valued at 5001., 
barium of local British plants, 14 by 9} inches will b which sum he gladly received. He was very wrath with 
quite large enough e dried specimens should be the auctioneer for making take it, but has since 
attached ch paper by a moderately strong solution quite forgiven him. The following is anoth yal 
of common glue. co glue-pot, kept hot exchange, Four co also within the lands 
over a night-light, will be found conveni for the proposed to be converted into a park for her Majesty’s 
5 here imen is too flaccid to be marine residence at Osborne. o was asked 
held up with a p of forceps whilst being glued on the to sell them, and expressed a wi have in par 
under it may be laid in rae position on four cottages built elsewhere. His request being 
the table, and. ia being touched here and there with acceded to, he chose a plot of Teei in Barton’s a'ia 
in eine, ‘the pa paper to whieh it is to ey attached may be near Newpo! The houses uly erected, and 
the centre of the wall 
S T Bave not thought it necessary to enter into details had cut in bold relief “ The R oyal Exchange.” H. v 
with harika an db eying planis. = me Price ori but the Vunn, aeti Isle of Wight. 
Prefer as who already know The Origin of Wheat is Fairo gee —The following 
ae t been observed the case with ¢ addressed by k aperi ot, 
aad" be continued.) Vine mildew ; but a eae ein it ittle peer appear | a a scientific traveller in pta to M. Puel, V 
® The annexed cut represents a plan noticed in the Gardener? upon the creepin g threads — Soong dh ota and | of the Botanical Society of Paris, and is beans n the 
Arpt a 2, p. 164, for carrying ventilators on a journey. form globose ecia, surrou vol. ii., p. 103. The letter is 
an occupy one-third less space, Bilton. EEN Fror aee perite, more sa a rust. dated Saida, Syria, MA Sept., 1855 :—“ Amongst the 
