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SEPTEMBER 6, 1856.} TH 
E GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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one anticipated Į had called G. gracil 
Baine or ied Somme poi political stihi ae ane i | eit S every E cpa the W pis MP tte omege af te meat 
rise. The h pon ons 
gie disea most cases, ne Lily th most | Nursery, h m Mr. Linden. ‘The =i borne ve perfect fruit pE gard e 
ches ecause the soil was of a ature. 
eee Tae pal Mins vel pii = ot reduced |a foot raa across the base. Their form i is very irregular, We have seen ee ise dare | “a so sock, in PR a 
to a dead patch, which spread in all di f nfroquetifiy becominie fork ed; and garden of the Messrs. Lee, o 
crops of the Botrytis sprang up like Fairy Rings in a| are more yet divided pf elegant ia cutting Kokri ire mero EERS and aa LN rie real oe tee 
G field on the circumference of the exhausted soil Gthinitwiss Scovel t, indi atos, The aadi 
The tissues of the s were rapidly involved, an onds are quadri re ais oi wie indica: e| quality, $ 
finally th superficial portions of the tuber. pin secondar) do ules being nt ith the h obl il, her compact but rich 
Where there was no superabundant moisture the deca lobes quite vi te arate in th Milo, soa diy their $ on wih tO Pa Cates, te oir ah ood bat "ae 
of the tubers was not so rapid hat of the n po th est we aikin rege veille Se te (ie niitis ot a yai hei 
parts of the plant, but under less favourable cieum. | lobes Pes other 5 ae a timate peni or pear ince of Liege), a light i! sill: to yield perfect 
GF tee Je woduond an Uktehordinaiy slfset | lobed ‘are AAN s Fre es ai their ir larger | fruit as a standard on the free stock, PJanted | again a 
and in some cases whieh were iah by the Govern- ars Aan a sey i ren vices Ce phew > wal ea Me ving fer fruits Kaags pane thi hes é 
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ment Commissioners in Ireland, bay n e of j$ white iy wder, which cage be stat the lower | Rance beco alee enormous, my iioa the “Bon 
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a th as the Botrytis e existed alo; a the all ne Agen she a Ge vets of but pepe in| Gm aaah ane roars be Se oe ee ee 
tee pata with the Fusisporiun je 
aa of unpropitions sooner nder he cases, re otrude, forming “indistinct linas bones : E$ gene a good variety fof Pear raised in a cold 
sue ag ; es a Fe ng bl P climate, or “Ti a cold atA og Keern very well 
een mat nei Gt enets ses SSR, gant sler eee consi erable size and | when Fe oe ae a Wi ly ituati The fruit 
the most part with ver tl Eee ted there improves in form, Pe n presen varie’ 
pe gg it Pe Aap nd mca hate applica- | spores, j increasing, moreover, readily from the raised ina warmer climate than that of England and 
tions at the cost of additional labour and expen- Belgium does t erally succeed elsewhere than 
diture. The most effectual, perhaps, was the cutting 25. HYMENOPHYLLUM DILATATUM, ts; Lepro- | 284inst a wall with a good aspect, like some of the 
off of the haulm before the fungus was estab. CIONIUM sororium, Pre: varieties which have been obtained in our latitudes, and 
li bo Fr e low growth, urrence | Fronds erect, decurved the poin vate-acuminate, quite whee? absolutely eo a the protection of a wall to 
of the fungus principally on the ager surface of the bees tripinnatifid ; pri sey A, ovate lanceolate; ulti- | Yield fruits perfect in every respect; and further, the 
lea‘ f, it is almost impel ible to Iphur fairly in mpe eaii bro: roadiy Hag, Epa elongated or subcaudate, | trees must be trained in the form most suitable to 4 
Where "the air is natural] rl Toping, anil bens 2 what wedge-shaped belew, ne ber nee TA A stock, certain varieties must be 
impregnated with salt, i in n the neighbourhood of the sea met EA espias clavate, inlade d; stipes and rachis green | 8°05 88 à 5, some as half standards, others again 
or eel ac! with chemical vapours, as near opper ake inged almost to the base as stand The hes of some may occupy a 
works, the disease has been wholly baent or far less of the most be antifal Ferns of New Zealand, zontal position, ore Bey Sper my 7 ae 
virulent. The whole surface is there a ible, a con- a it is very sory m also occurs in Lord | ^t 20sles more or less only on con; 
dition Se Pallas a iaeiae, There i Aucklan as Islan a, era The fronds often dition, all others being bsmndy ‘tnt the teed PEIEE 
much reason to suppose that the disease is graduall E ts perfect in form and fi our, and without being 
dying out, though virulent at ks, as at 4 present | an d thei Baa y pikes deeurved, The fronds Mi d in any of their characte The constitu- 
moment, have occasionally occurred in almost every punea as it were, of several series of _branchings or en and mode of growth S udi 
i rine, intermission since its first prevalence. ` | forkizgs of the rachis ent | callie at s prope in the op 
e Schleidenian theo: | and as as the red with a green leaf 
the tissues of plants, which saat pari A axe eee on each sae, i os het pi isdie are z The r Beurré,} worked on a strong wilding, at 
and partly of proteinous matter in t witl h, | natifid, the first divisions ovate-lanceolate, tailed a an r feet kom the ground, and planted in a free, d 
inuline,. gum,’ sugar, and other’ an Marable af | te dived arm soil, ge long, nearly upright shoots, a nd bears 
fermentation or chemical change, are easily deranged at Louvain excellent fruits of the form of a handsome 
nder any alteration of their l ingredien Tf, Bergam mot. Against a wail this variety will permit of its 
then, an increased dose of nitroge oea Git fame shoots being inclined toa more horizontal position, and 
the soil in consequence of the use of highly nitro- | bears perfect fruit of the Doyenné form. 
genous manures, the balance as Seater tonne These examples will be sufficient to render patelian 
sequence is derange putrefactive fermentation y on the necessity of having monographie 
ensues. The difficulties in the way of this t are notices, stating the soil and ct in which a pas of 
quite as great as in the other, and when once the pre- e Pear ought to be planted in order to produce fi 
judice is removed that ungi can only grow on decay- | possessing all their TEES that its non-suc 
ing or decayed vegetable matter, a ion ioh ig | not $ attribu we to degeneration, 2 
sed by a host of facts, there is little objection ntrary t see tion taken in consequence of 
o be ught against what is commonly called the observations sf the cultures of Van Mous, at 
Fungal theo The one cause, however, may great) Brussels and yg we, about 15 years ago, admitted 
vate th e other, and the Foret toe should be into our collection about 50 varieties of Pears of 
instruct ery highly without the French origin, or said e such. tivated as 
prospect of danger. His di rebel, uhaad ba Ri | standards, without shelter, 15 successively died off, 
rather to more frequen nt and effectua al stisring of the soil, these are again branched into short linear lobes. Each barren, and suffering from various diseases. 
and the thorough extirpation 
which survive ed were, for t 
n of all obnoxious weed 
Under Singhal stem he will insure a good return, eat along its centre. “The fru ctification is borne towards the Origin, or ot hich a new 
at the me have a healthy vegetation, while sete | apex of fo fronds ; $ the sori situated at the s of name had Seii given. ark parse vi aha on a 
ring poor not yet having borne frui „The Duc e g. An 
comfort of i ee base of the involucre is sunk, its free portion being 1 
E nage aera B ti sgt hee — valves enei nag me h cE rise and eon- ce Tes ae es 
= ing of two valves, enclosing the short clavate recep- | J 
NEW aS FERNS.—No. XIII. sdis. Pe AA are a we dee ep olivaceous gr D, lZ Ze nd De Feron soon dec cay. Van Mons-Léon le 
Fronds ovate, irre ularly ramose, tripinnat. adri fi i i smooth, d tr: ia t. FE: REBA an | native of ‘Nantes ; which has ao as 
g , tripinnate ce i i ripinnate; | fami 1n, in and trans n a 
pinne alternate, the lower primary ones unequally ovate- prove ing aeaa requiring etidan Saitas | is the Beurré Clairgeau. Pi had not received the 
lanceolate, largest one e posterior side, Slongataly narrowed seedling tree of this variety, which I do not cease 
from the broad bas ee nules all alternate, second nes isture. 7. M. fi reliable hi ES 
ovate, about half an gia lng a eeply pinnatifid often pinnate pan in Se aa on ura arg admire, from a Na . be in- 
below, the agen aa oblong, inciso-lobate, the lobes | clined to believe that it is may result of a seed from our 
usually bifid; sori narrow, indistinct, often forked, lines DEGENERATION OF RER S OF THE country, and sprung fro several times regene- 
spore-cases potrnding from the white pulverulous coating of sie = be rated en our E pomels 
pe pei = Mag RE Bc" pathy ye get oie ental |. TS 2 variety of the The ties of English origin, of which 2] have like- 
Jens, and grown under the name e "adopted, a, in its TES Dii iei PSO meia as well as rp in gene 
which. however, we have not pr Lea It me som 
th G. rosea, Desv. 
form, size, and fiavour o! of the fruit? In rote we 
as poll ater an appearan vari f ‘Belgien 
obtained in the peg of the Jast century ; : but the 
affinity w ich the G. conspe: z 
tiv 
og variety t by 
scions on the Pear stock it i 
dition as regards soil, oon ae situation. Tf all 
these 
conditions are insured, a variety, 
t to be 
Ta > 
ieties last raised by Van 
ions to yus peltence must he given for reasons 
ly h es received from Ger- 
many likew x guceeed Márie with us; but, wk the 
exception of several summer sorts, oe are chiefly 
varieties of Belgian origin to which new names have 
paar ve, others certain respects. 
to know piesa “the Toeni ity in which a new v varie ety 
has hepa a from seed, and in what ve 
a t bas shown itselt in full a on. Itis 
only b y p f the S that 
z 
From what has been alread y stated it will be under- 
stood that varieties cultivated in climates analogous to 
kak in which they were raised will, in gee etain 
cha aracters, pr rovide d the trees anted in 
tails, unless, in deed, he make very a and expensive 
experiments for hi Gon e us add some examples 
La Fortunée. 
f the degeneration n are to be ascertained, 
Pin paai ye recent and foun 
use of rece stocks, which have no 
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to rselves bet tood, e a| I. In the 
coiling whic fraited ie ee fit time in 1829, isa afinity with the graft. 
derate vigour r, and be: n the > open groun nd, . In the e use of grafts badly ewes either taken 
esd as ; bur t fı r from others 
| pied is arger, and ripens aikaa, but the flavour i is no! 
small Bergam in a gravelly soil the 
m ai tes smaller divisions. It is a stove Fern 
and is sup to be a native of South Am sy young | 
lants of what were probably kei same p (which w 
*Further views on this subject will be found in my article 
pp domy” and wader the iea of we Horticultural Soelety « of 
b 
of Agsicnitur r the word Potato in “ Morton’s Encyclopedia | 
ai pani planted against a wall with a south-west aspect, in H 
Worked on Quince 
weak anà affected with various diseases. 
z artificial manner. 
, Ina mode of cultivation unsuited to the nature of 
pi variety. 
a ae me moist soil, it will p 
the 
© (Glou ae oes n 
succeed on the best ata stoek in a light | deep oil 
Ta 
e name of one of the gardeners of the late Van Mons. 
$ This ariety i n France by Doye 
siver. I was Matey H "the po a of the bale at Louvain, 
now the Botanic Garden. Van Mons gavea seri of it i 
in the “ Annales des Sciences. i In 1825 t riera iree wn 
existed, but since then it bis disappeared. At that pis it w 
uaknown in France 
to M. Noisette and the late M. Poi 
