THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 20, 1856, 
brown bodies formed on the under side of their | Stamplyliom, which ru = ver yrs dt gina a in the with wh ch heat was obtained tm the 
leaves and which we shall at the risk of being | according to the luxuriance of its growth more or | plants, thongh no So at 
taken to task by our botanical friends call s. pyn s rapidly ex ia -> vitality, so that a t ast | per erienced before in a ous ctice Sulphur 
These seeds are not, er, what meets the/| the slightest shock causes them to fall, ini the | was indeed applied to the ta, at then ‘of itself it 
naked eye when the under side of a Fern leaf|stems quite bare, wih the e optio of little is not destructive to fun , though sulphurous acid 
is omar nd arts which are so easily seen cet tufts of "Jen The itself is|is.f A specimen of the raw tan before being 
by the naked eye the seed-vessels; Fern seeds esting because it “exhibits ‘fee “isin Beis in the propagation house now before us is full o 
are little angular bodies to 00 minute to be visible, orf frait, all capable of germination, wh ic ch e ned i 
and are expelled by th ery a econdary fruit of that genus. The As spergillus 
seed- vessels which then remain empty bon It | reduced Verticillium, a Dactylium and fina ally a| was not, however, the only enemy. Penicillium 
n that | Stemphylium. The matter is still farther interesting | glaucum was almost as TAE and as speed 
when the brown gaw from = back of a ofan leaf | because it tends to pro at some of tho oulds | in its operations, a fact which is quit 
sown, it has seeds mong it, but consis sts | which usually grow on decayi experie of fungi. r indiscriminate it 
entirely of erriko of th In stances are capa able of feo song injury to living | may be in its attacks, it was never suppose capal 
this way th f is point has been carefully con-| of making inroad on healthy tissues, and since it is 
gg attends the po ar of thos daia endeavour sidered by De Bary, and we think that he isl so widely ram oeni in the animal and vegetable 
se Ferns from dried specimens gathered in at which he has — e of the fact is v eat. 
ies. Such specimens ng rere 
ir seed befor ore they rea mae 
Mr. 8 
RS reque ted 
Mr. Wanao ce, the distinguished aban Jaa at 
poe e to adopt H Parae ve ya A littl 
modera! ing pet flat, , the under 
aot: 
tages of securing erfectly|f 
seed, an dof aoe it caries its passage as 
na situation necessary to main- 
ai “Th onl precaations 
e to be certain that the seed is ripe w 
take care that the ie 
which 
considered capable of 
weet i emphylium n is so sm 
the naked 
and to 
e 
cs may be now procured with the 
raised something 
persuaded that the mikani result was gjd 
accidents ace ch all who are c 
mith great py 
rote or some so 
that at | articulations, attenuated at the on and about the | | rman 
peat d in 
ile 
on 
Pepin 
A third point of interest is afforded by the li 
is th a 
parasite w. AA has 
mportan 
speci m ns, 
T 
d of spores; 
pen pouring out its s granular 
thrown upon 
b, a ‘porti on of the 
Š Austr sites plants, as 
the cen war bs ae pean with s sporophores ¢ and 
and even Conife ers, as and 
ng 
ster eai d, the ih ie sterigmata, 
| spor A] M.S. Bz 
WATER F FLANNEL (Conrerva a, 
Two sources of aniey — their : apparanc } 
simultaneously in 1854 e waters of the be: 
and picturesque 
a us 
afectin ng mite ag ca es. 
ae ier o be quite 
en esi ws in some 
elie ate colourless mycelium.t 
h 
yy 
5S 
+ 
wi 
is als fraa now 
e pins stick into the the 
shaft of these is withou ¢ Chronicle of the e 16th ult. attention is called 
sie majors byt refer rence to an arti ele in the Mo mitew r 
le Comices 
The 
tural Association of Paris 
Tva ; and as 
| Subject is sufficient I beg" 
| valuable matter it gopiains, quoting but one 
ge explanatory of i alytical properties :—“ Ts 
es he waters on the e edota an with 
ne in | | every 1000 Ibs, ra is sf it 400lbs. and upwards of 
hi .of erases ae a at least 15 lbs. 
Being thus prepared ve 
I ‘will ‘endenvo our 
and fiftieth art of an 
po ape air called nae 
e 
nal ysis of its constitution, 
cece to the year "1853 the channel of the river 
Trent ran on the east side of the lake, and with e every 
e stem > 
head = spores which is 
onaly geo Oe ata 
ly species with which F "cat be compared 
us o 
t ita. shallow wind inge; 1e 
su = ace o afected, west si 
peri shen eag “flows into it, eat ‘t “aid not E 
D 
Yet, in the face of al 
on ods, a stream 
i tolerable force wak sweep over the entire lake, p50 
| carry 
the spring of the date mentioned that course was 
oo od- rain has been 
ments. We f 
the Liverpool 
nts, Some years ago the late Mr. Gror RGE 
withsta 
them 
stance 
the same with our par: 
that many species of mou! Tga 
ot- [av erted, the water drained off, and when sufticiently dry 
tanding the difference = locality, we semen r| 
2 ite. Lag ell known | consequence between them is tow. wards its extremity, 
n any where a dam-w 
grow o . - 
uficient moisture, and as 
which affo rds s 
| abel in an erga pran if any one could 
have raised them he man. But the 
t. was a suiplets: fa fellate 5 the seeds would | 
ma ay be 
which oc 
fested 
servation of mi 
nute, it is one that it | 
e very common “though it has esca e o 
ost botanists. “It is he | here 
ccasions the mis earn When the fruiti is per 
mation 
at “what 
not grow. 
We do "h mean to say that Fern seeds taken | 
from plants recently nee in an emer wer 
will. 
already _been accomplished. _A Hue d 
w being n now 
F has 
th 
rfe } 
m pl 
will never grow. Probabl But it cann 
be denied that success is ter 
trouble for a sag ller to secure sin 
proposed by Mr. Wirson econ and su 
adopted by Mr. ooo than to dry Soniai a 
even if, when dried, it were pel anne | 
ey would g 
ho 
ar blky ae of dried plants would certainly do 
ifa 
coat pocket would do well adaty which |+ 
lea 
errearen kura 
on Jits consequences than the 
manent its 
tI 
Daban 
isa 
leaf. be the course of a few 
5 |24) the leaf oe discoloured and s 
may be destr 
ae | AP 
porr clear that the mould first originated 
i. (from sight to ee is lined with 
oon shows | Other trees, whose branches, 
t | into its pre waters, are used 
1. The whole extent 7 its westerD 
Oak, 
a fine arra; Beech, ang 
s Camellia 
the same video gr 
It proved to be agent 
after a few days at an alarming rate—a yellow res 
mass bubbling and gfe i itself into Du 
ridges. 
This was in the sag oy pa the al 
course of the ‘Trent, aad the first 
il 
times was d there w: as nothing to 
Se Ws aaoi aillity "iS de winda ol hemen; and 
: ys those from t quarter 
er 
events occurred last 
year, but as ‘I had ‘ae to do with its management 
uring that time I can only speak of on 
bours and unsuccessful ex cerinte it poiat 
i, OMETE TERASA Fs was bro but Hit ie ae eps heating. soot meee 
specimen transmitted the wn, sulphuron , before 
aortne too wih the paras oi he tx at | be feted in ma bile, sod = moisture applied to bring on 
State of Polyactis vulgaris, one of the commonest, of moulds, | the 
uc 
destroy the | 
ime being, on te Aa re mis- | 
at the sa raged rse in|. 
ad i 2 fis per- | ¢, 
The whole” crop of mould 
y, but a fresh crop may | 4 
e sensibly felt. | 
ts effects: 
oyed 
i AAE ai 
