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saan int) the tissdes, and by their decay, howeves coal cole SNe a 
penetrating the tissues, and by their decay however well established will go a great w to their ) from 40 to 60 dozen of fruit (p. 14). My expectation: 
acting as ia pteefuciva ferment, from which death confirmation, and when the fasts why once ree ceived as | were always more moderate. “Fora een an 11- inek 
ensues. S indeed at present , the whole subject of m gy but n this 
theoretic, a it, pe og wi eh Taportance that ‘it pire aan, In a transition state 
worth stating in the al P be worse conf 
o of anton Teie tte. aA wae hoch (ie aad A ot the cise wipe ever, ge nthe Much of a afier “lune eet beet: not 
whether sulphur acts upon these carbonised moulds as | cause of t irs b M. J.B. mainder then begin ns to swell. =~ ue sway an early 
speedily and certainly as upon those w ich like the Grosse Mignonne (probably the ourpre 
oidioid state of Erysiphe are of ‘a deli white, and we Hative Veritable and a most ‘desirable we) set two 
bare evidence before us that delicate plant Home Corresponden fruit—one fall oo weighed no less than 
imes be ne ped by the application of "sulphur, a| Orchard Houses —A gn tim age advised | 6} ounces. The trees have been dul y supplied with 
fact which is not surpri ising, as the effect i babl, rs to inspect the iret fen a at Chiswick, | g t A er which 
produced by the conversion of a portion of the sulphur and i in truth it was wel worthy a visit. But there was, plain water or soot- water w was used. Peake i it may be 
into. sulphurous acid, a substance which ti when at the same time, an object in in e Society's Gard stronger orgs and I purpose 
so produ ed ay easily exist in such a attention, namely, gnificent | repotting the trees in 13-inch pots. As to the quality 
concentration as to be fatal te elicate pris he | P Peach wall, covered Bosse trees i x Flies hoali, well | of ag fruit, the nea may equal E average run of wall 
effect of brimstone fumes, which are the same thing, the very b Sey uad ee ed with fru’ ut certainly does not surpass it. To conclude. 
on plants of any delicacy, even yeaa slightly mixed | fine fruit. As Chi IIT teur Zath as no walls, but who takes per- 
with the atmosphere is det more or less by fatal petioles ver many oi other pve in ‘ae lley o of the | sonal —— the cultivation "of fruit, an orchard 
experience to — cultiva: The great deside- | Thames, this unusually successful Peach culture must | house is a most desirable acquisition. On a cold spring 
ratum at’ present in the aale ain of plants is to|be attributed solely to the skill of Mr. Thompson. day it is delightful to take refuge under glass, and see 
find some cubetance. which will act upon the „dar ‘ker Upon © comparing the health of the trees on the wall yourself surrounded with bloom, with the promise of a 
hich they | and A the orchard house (and I may also add the crop of Strawberries, Figs, and Peaches, all in their 
are developed. Since however when once generated they Aon f their r crops), the question naturally arises due s season ; bu t to those who have already an ample 
appear to be eie difficult a control, the great are Į T eki not recommend the erection 
point is to pre their growth at first, or at any rate ged re an asda ge For a year o; £ hard h b 
to preclude haa Spate ofa Ber generation. To th ications havi pea in your jou a a om Am he experiments oo ae bis ET 
first of these parti lars it is needful that all the | par who have sf ar ructures of the latter fhe: detailed ir in ak sar, on the “ Use of Amı ain Vege- 
mai of which soil is composed should en in a sripton and have been ‘ane than satisfied with the | table Economy,” the charcoal absorbs ac) ammonia 
thorough state of decomposition, H half q rib sults. I regret . say I cannot add my testimony to | which it afterwards gives off to the roots of the plant ; 
fragments of vegetables t eit theirs. And as, at the present time, many persons whilst i n the absence of the charcoal the ae 
roots or on the Borate ce, mischief is frequently commu- | are proposing to build orchard houses, I would wish al, 
nicated’ by the moulds which are generated upon them. | not to dissuade them from building, but to pre- |as you are aware il absorb many hundred ae its 
Where plants oft the ia same kind are crowded in pots and | vent disappointment by moderating their expecta- pei ume of ammonia. A New Subscriber, Croydon— 
em perishes and becomes mouldy the rest are tions. If any c choose to say that my want of success | Has any one ever tried the experiment of growing a 
f ignorance, so let i ane ae: ply | plant in an atmosphere containing a considerable 
viden valeat tantum. As as Bir. quantity o of ammonia, taking care to prevent my atmo- 
Rivers s 3 paniphlet: Zipesrol I read it, di no S het in contact with the soil in which 
ver charmed me more; an orchard house was soon the plant grows ? “In M. Vill e’s ier nts, T beliove, 
built, and cultivation commenced. In pos to c the plants 
pare my progress with that of others, the orch: il Aay roots, „ and not = the leaves as 
houses at Sawbridgeworth have been several times s | some people pose. aired have a number of plants 
visited, as also Lane’s at e e A A age oe the | growing in is rid, bend some of them on one side, and 
subject is likely to interest many aders, I| introduce them under a glass-case in which a small ` 
will, at the Tis. k of being thought prolix by. bie te piece of carbonate of ammonia i is place d, and introduce 
mainder, as } 
scriptions it. St erries th eae veer compariso! en 
and much further from the glass than gardeners of rn between the. rai dity of growth of the plants in the 
olden time thought possible. They stand in front of the | ammo: atmosphere, in the common atmosphere, 
JR larger pots, and therefore may be said ke up no |and in Ti ppg atmosphere uninfluenced by the 
i ever. They ripen several weeks before protection, ng te he glass ut e 
N Strawberries out of doors, and most desirably antici- | inform m e Toons of red experiment proving 
ey pate the fruit season. Those who want very early by the leaves of any plant? 
3 l fruit will of course take Black Prince and Keens’| J. A. oar pons Sutto’ 
(s Lawns 
\ X Seedling, but those who prefer flavour will wait for and Daddy Son Legs.—For the last four or 
RA British Queen and the old Carolina na The | five years ou r lawn (down turf, ) has been infested with 
plants of the latter are always vigoro d | what rly this spring it was 
the quality exce ellent, Gree n-fly and “the. “spittle so bad Amn grubs that we were fearful should A 
ob) liged to relay the whole of it; but by t yt e use o 
| Of Apricots I have had f eed, b were g 
| superior in quality to iy es ever inte, I observed | the ‘lawn i is looking as well as ever, and we had hoped 
| that Lane had no crop last year, nor f the pests. Within the last three 
| Chiswick this. The trees flower ab shee Behe some set » da ys, how weve x bt have made thei eir appearance more 
but soon drop. This year niche lowed the advice given | numerous than e Will 
in your columns, mely, to place the ‘trees | therefore give us ‘the eran history o f this pest and 
h il e kill all 46 inhi, eum 
x sage fruit, I have ried. abit them in the open |a any beneficial result. y Gardener, Broadwater, S 
and not; Glass for Garden Structures.—1 have sient PN Pine- 
pating them into the orchard house until the loges i | phate ah all well ventilated, glazed with Hartley’s rough 
show wed colour, but „ without success. Plum ighth of an inch thick in large squares. 
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in cally to good ‘wall fruit. Both they and other and too lial ‘he also thinks that Berg Bs isch not 
varieties have an acidity mixed with their sweetness, | grow so large, is inferior in flavour, mpared 
| Showing an unkindly maturation, The cnly exception I | with that grown under crown and Beith peor: All 
have met with is the Jefferson, =e pee ripens to the succession plants look green and healthy and are 
the d r lass is y g rs g pidly, b + ‘of T S +h y a 
Performed their functions from crowded cuttings. | lavourless. Coe promises well this year. I may | little. Some of your readers doubtless rt tried this 
Supposing, however, these moulds to have become in- ofl gap that in the later pe rien of Rivers’s pamphlet | glass for et and if they would communicate their 
Yeterate, the „only ho ope w. will be i in the removal of th it is recommended to exclude Plums from the house experience i would confer a benefit on man sda H. [We 
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the only remedy in bakehouses where breid is subject | Pears, the cultivation has been limited this succeeds well asa ars plant. It produces its 
a ropy fermentation, an evil which is due to | enable me to say much. rom Figs. ad an pore beautiful rose- ‘a oR in great profusion, antil 
the developme nt | of „the spores res of some noxious em house, without heat, a oy Serta alone can be expec cted, destroyed | by frost in autumn ; and when planted in 
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i may | be said of those silkworm e establish- y |E fad good. Ha aving t tried aia all the well known sorts, to be pman adm The bulbs should be potted 
which have b ruinous exten e 
the m mould which produces the ee pedis lut may | heat. I put three bulbs in a 3-inch pot; when they 
be ic Rec rr ie same may be said of this variety have grown about 2 inches I shift them into 4-inch 
574. In conclusion of our remarks on ‘yphomycet Mt ut one, at leas pots, and gradually harden them off in frames with 
it will be well to advert to a paper just Tate by i warmer parts of England. The small his Ischia other bedding plants. They are planted out about the 
e in Annales desSciences Naturelles on the dualism Figs when you can ied them are perl erha] aps the nicest to middle of June, et which time sera dove be erg vi 
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brought forward to this effect, commencing with the | and set sufficiently Sek The trees l 
has hen ODS of Fries some 20 years ago. The subject |free from blister and green-fly. , when th hey a Table to be blown oft “Oat hs ants h = 
pes wry foliowed out to a a great length by T ulasn ne, who appear, are easily crushed. ‘The band spider is the only bl a d th y i 
Pm pigs the ly idabl y- In order to keep him in check, T | rath 
been anticipated. Not only does he believe th yringe the h g d be chosen E oo as or aoe 
greater part of the naked-spored P ng fand keep t ilators closed ‘for two or themselves to sais advantage nine bright sunshine. 
pe Noes conditions of species which hree I i William Adderley, ariran to W. Harryman, Yotes 
digg et in definite number contained por Aa sacs versie dislike. At Pairk times, pre en ventilation, | Court, Mereworth, Ken 
asci, but he believes that far the larger part of | watering the plants well at the roots, as also the earth} Potato Disease .— Havi ti like many others, paid so 
black moulds, as Helminthosporium, Graphium, &e., | betw ween, the pots. With res pect to ventilation, the attention to this disease, a medical a 'joeularly ‘ 
the conidioid state of Spherie. Nay, more, | difficul of me one day if I had dise its 
Stilbum, Atractium and some other genera be-|at the same time pobre e fruit too much. It is cause. My. reply was, «Have you, doctor, discovered 
nging to a very different series belong to the same pini that ‘tie Tt should a rather before, ? because I think the discoveri 
‘gory. It is evident ese notions can | cer foe ma forge than the same sorts on the ll b a 3.” For several Lows have cand 
be confirmed by long series of observations. | wall to the pear tity of fruit to be « x ke the interest I c ious scourge, 
bein een unhappily can p te A iad A npc pected. Aive ts th; but I am g 0 r p g, althoug 
them in many instances. hold 20 trees, which will gives natn in full bearing, | I fear the explanations given are still far from satisfac- 
