SEPTEMBER 13, 1656.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONIC 
ita 1 a, NA dees A vedere 
hich appears more properly to be merely some one hand it destro and on the ree t 
“te ssa The details are far too len gthy to) restores “the ‘vitality o of teh plant which has pei 
might b 
exha 
LE. 613 
Strawberry,” a garden specimen may be covsulteu, 
n | except it be some horticultural monstrosity in hew. two 
a oalesced, and the h 
on. ‘ai 7 appears, however, that the mycelium pene- | ir spetiod in ra qual uantity would act as a poison 
not the case. The ¢: 
FECETy 
7 
or more flowers have c p an 
floral whorls are 
is 
ich I have operated protect t the 
iron is de- 
ess complete ruin, The careou 
rst Lar yg ssa pi on the pods, but | Lucerne faatyintedy: Y, 
T, on tem and bra They soon | composed where tie is prese But these are not the 
read ; ; the Sam hang do own, rand at lone rot off | | only soils on which I have pith I „have also 
the Dodder on alluvial soils, 
on 
‘traps into the Piss oimse of the mother plant, | upon the Lucerne ; — this i 
rl 
at fi 
escri 
ship which s ubsists between one 
plant is easily propagated, ı not Ked but little lime ; ; the Lucerne has not been affected by 
che P. a Cora Pel) a Ex, 17, ° ea leing 
P ?| 
of the Rape plant. Spores sp 
roduce a new crop in less than ra days. | 
The 
tween slips of glass in water 
on parts © 
a poison being only taken into the system of vege- 
tables by the roo yay and the R of the 
ee the tubular corolla, 
The re ima erika white Hate: 
hound” o or in any other rer of the very natural order 
‘a t to their 
” five pei 
threads penetrate by means aes oe arg saa very dee n the ea e sulphate of iron 
spo 
summit, and thus “form the upper portion (upper lip), 
tee | 
f rain which = occur after the application 
ord extensively Sn form the 
corolla, Such a corolla 
m | 
F 
a 
“df 
l acted upon, the sulphate |i 
la 4 
Pe 
vari ke ey masai, of iron ; but 
is termed ped ” (abit) tren its siteoung some- 
appearance animal’s mouth with the 
eh accounts fo; aaie i rieien When Sainfoin, and Lucerne, this result is | lips Aas 
were still unaffected the beginning o of June, | | not to be feared. Ponsard in Mon. des Com. St. (i Stamens).—In‘general the number of the 
is ep ey i pio aly ra peed 3 kaye pi re spores | mamoa aor Seen eee nes is ay ascertained. 
t are preserved on č e dry si aka and S] | NEW GARDEN FERNS.—No. XIV. Gaye x. noes fad ‘dinate Orchis,” aod in 
| pa atk in Tea a ey “ip ee fun ngus | 26. ieee a. nze, PANICULARIA | others (as Herminium monorchis vd the Rar 
is not confin nd arkabl rder to which it belongs, the flower 
hig =" 7 Fronds large decompound, the dye ee portions separate ; Pm paadid ASAU 3 In dhis pd RA oth 
568, The jagi ithon often infested wi ith) pian ang oroh PIER m eles a eirata en a the order t only one stamen consisting 
parasite TA ESO TEES This hia subsecund sori, which lhe a obliqne cup-shaped or | & ras r of lobes or cells, 
is oe in the. ee number of Klotzsch’s Her bglobular involucre, and form er bean raceme or prain: which stand apar rs will 
barium Mycologicum ; but unfortunately I have n tipes stout; clothe below: with: decisaows-wool. | fo How | ike example | eof ei in mistaking these two 
yet received the nu umber, is published unde the ble Fern, both o account of It has already been noticed 
name of Helminthosporium rhizoctonum, Rabenhorst, its size and peculiar structure, and leo less so for | that some of the flowers Ex. 24, “ spotted Arum,” 
The base a the roo mda otimes the z oidd e but its geographical position—the island of Juan Fernandez. | consist of only one stamen, and it ma f at 
is cov a dense violet-blac t.* g y 5 ked that th lobes of th ther are seai 
The top of ee Carrot is sound, but the base is soft are upwards of 8 feet in length, wit th a smooth stipes of | baek to falls ; gh side by Bie te F fa aaa 
and decayed, and soon after the root is removed fi 5 feet long, roundish in F oo ae and measuring | In th lier state they are yellow, and g y 
the soil other parasitic fungi establish themselves on | half bone base, where it 3 
the surface. It first the ee: ot hile nd there measur- 
seattered black specks. ese soon ing an wb ore a fenton in its broad oat diameter, The (i. e. Pistils rot erid —There is sometimes 
lads and throw out a quantity of pemk aage whieh i is| ; lat portion ror and vont A Louies | a dificulty in ing ite number o 3. 
y be traced from white and rose is =e foot saa a half long ; pea ei j a| ci When there iy t soe tan one fear pig aie Gane y 
Dai up ia vile black. The apie peer not | nearl ar outline, th, shining, and cori th e om = i of their ag ‘cing in the upper 
penetrate beyond the mies stratum, but the ceous. wer pinnze or branches have several fertile | ° sf ‘i e poreo 
cell infested ch quadripinnate pinn at their base, and are sterile | P® ranch bearing 
sion of the contained into. whnateb snd komiis, ards x; while the upper pinnæ ith | Considered “ single i 
The leaves are at the nto ulate m ue mpe e| quadripinnate pinnules, and the apex of the: frond, are | è Stigma. „The ¢ sion may l be ‘continued Br ghost, 
mould as the B Ses bat di ce Fer ished psadegtn tasav S entire] n. The tertiary divisions of the sterile sg 
ifie greater development spa sporo arto Mi oe portions, ee of signee is shown on the hand in the cag Or the cbeson e of th complete, 
with a few vertical | figure, are ovate, m Bend a xa iatd by the number comeund airan i y 
pias, ply ~- a strony -n en bipinnate, their ultimate visions small, y way Ly the auek the car, ; arpa r is 
parasi xample common 
new spores from thelr. r su , or at their apices, nly oe ot. i; ens), in 19, Airi S; 
ra p isr d till we have the structure of Laurel,” and in 24, “spotted Arum.” In these cases, 
amaria ia ich e again two or > are aas at herefore, the pistil is “single” and “simple.” In 
Thiporporium. Unlortanatoly, though the species. ie eae wine dae, MEL with ems) are 
very carefully described, th iat Ee inani ey somre] ree, and the pistils_ (being identical with them) ea 
any remedy.” The mycelium is too deeply seated to be cap e a A E A arid ig 
. ” i -A 
easily affected by sulphur, a remedy which can scarcely | a aei giri red ToS a (?) has been 
bet pe ppa in such a till it is too late. The placed, because the number of the somewhat co carpels 
dressing of li He and tl a e ba aad thon gr i i | | which compose i its) pis stil i is variable, This may be ascer- 
he sang of lime an pres Seems ion of these | g it, by in pepeeting the number o5 
cary ot permanent, since it affects only those | | i form double lines on its summit, 
rym ofthe i which are already i AT ELE | extending like rays from the centre t ference. 
gat p. v therefore a | T 17, ar Dead-nettle, daar hairy denotes 
rengi wl p diffculty, whi hav yet o k 
return. M. J. They have not satisfactori!) the four- 
DESTRUCTION OF aiei: 5 7 a 3 
Tae means which till now have ployed for To Ex. 18,“ peed rose,” there is pees 
the destruction of Dodder were either o diffeult or use it i impossible by i ion 
tedi ction of th to decide whether it consists of one 
> to apply, or not very effectual. Struck with Tie e, Wen ite T ee 
é A its ca g 
Pd egen, maica shis spa plant hes, maig eine fruit, there are sufficiently clear indications that 
a voured to find easy, sure, and cheap 
: ” avai l resent, but we should be forestalling 
means of destroying it ; for in order to be available ats bs a to the general 
the cultiv: itions are requir After | à what ought first to be shown in Fy 
‘ wi ese 
attempts, I had the g ood fortune to 
h 
structure of fruits, if we were to p 
the | remarks. 
f wel A veins “only 2 In Ex.2 one kind of flower consists of a si 
pe Aes I ys is the eulphate of iron. The mode o nn only, pe Cig Pra a ere aie hein E 
I Sai i in in 220 gallons of water about 220 lbs. of gether wanting ; each venule or Da bears one of these SUNSE Aandi koy Mabb no perianth, and are packed 
sulphate of With this solution I water the parts clusters, 50 that the entire, or two or three-toothed close together. The other kind of flower, which consists of a 
of treed a eats that are attacked by the Dodd ing gle sessile anther, is also without perianth. Game ora, 
I i ram k ly. The involucre is a semi-globular or cup-shaped | packed close together round the stalk, a little above the flowers, 
wet the plants ly with the liquid, It is pectiv ely. aris a of a pistil only. upper portion of the stalk 
necessary to perf he operation in fair weather he body, somewhat ¢ contract ted and oblique at the mouth, som posed the flowers are seated is o feshy clubsh aped mass, 
order to haste: dation of ir pa is plant is popu known under the 
for it is to re Doge: ‘dati ay I stb theres pte the enere to which family, no doubt, this plant | Ladies,” but dn iiis we of vate Siis wad Landindien\™ 
obtained, A after the g dder belongs, I It ha as been said to have a caudex as thick as kaa hipp isa are finds that professe a botanist are 
becomes black iable. If rainy | è walking: metimes at fault, be, will feel satistied Dets ie ap unexhaus 
Weather the rai bi | cent ero, bi ipes fully his d prae av ne of discovery before him, in may soon expect to 
tions of the solu igpay to plant. of por. there o doubt been some error in the t ton of fists tenaiig to im of faa e a rmtareapdoeEape grira a 
atate exactly the number of which should be Hered aa and ‘the Fern appears to be rather a dwarf- | f plants is defined. The more clearly these laws are 
k square yard of for the quantity | $ temined “plant with gigantic fronds. E RIVOIMCER | ened Se ie Oe ee areal aay or toe VA by which 
must vary according as the plant is more or less affected, | are comparatively bad 3 than shown in the e eriden opiati 
‘or naro ot three days after the appli of the plant Moy ni eke desirab make Fern for a warm | OP gould -e — opal wate to“ pe 1am tg 
is com lestro: reennouse, t, y t ass > 
by tbe ices afagizim away the 1 then | Se 5 r. Bridges, to the peste of Mr. Low, of Clapton. | sions under iso pone naomi em ote. omen hy ane regard 
i i ip A ras reen > f the rudimenta: 
éi da ge or al webinar Danica te teat hen ad branches, and still more in posers s a imentary 
in, Shes ee applied) oe sto | PRACTICAL LESSONS IN BOTANY FOR | fithero made may possibly be a mere foreshadowing of what we 
Stroyed by t the former pushes again vigor-|~ BEGINNERS OF aes CLASSES.—No. VIII. | eves to axpect: bukit bas been great. Tt ought not to be mider. 
ouly after the application, and the leaves assume s | By the cat J.S. Hexstow, M Hitcham, Suffolk. | 21200 ts of im , have devoted their lives to this 
dark hue, indicating good th. Gop lst, continued.—C. c's. Ge Cal yz-Sepals. ) In | science, as strictly such, they have not la in vain. 
Che i a . | They have placed it at least upon a ith any other great 
See E S en of. iron fo. trent s the | E. of A the f ‘ud, | branch of natural history: in some respects they have carried it 
“8 Sees ye, ae Eg umber of se in ower-bud, because they all. In every subordinate department sei 
1856, Pep att Ueber das Erkränken der Möhren, in Bot. Zeit. piper ge se i, In Bi 24, iese | U n ea kee irede 
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