NOVEMBER I, 1856.1 
transformed 1 rvs, which will devour it if not; 
oo up, nee whieh will produce a new generation 
min That each species a Truffle has its own kind of 
Oak, and its own Truffe- 
6. That Truffles Srey Give n species may be 
duced at will, in suitable soils, that 4 is, in free Aa 
soils, by the planting of Truffle Oaks, and by the 
importation of the Tru rufile-fly proper 
hee ane retend to deny that the Truff 
is a ` fungus, having Š distinct organization, but h 
that itis ne 
certain insect ; so 
that unless the roots are punctured by the fly, tl 
THE GARDENERY’ 
eee 
rare all iar cae distinguished by the structure of the 
parir diffe f the pl 
pro- 
ous | 
to the species of | U. hyp 
flo 
ings "for 
y rial. 
CHRONICLE. 
725 
benefit ot light, moisture, that mavure can 
etimes on the pare and stems, as U. longissima, | 
„and the fruit at me's came ninia will be raised 
five or six inches above the dirt an eae $ scarcely wy 
„ will } h “ed o 
iypodites, ee ty es, b 
f fi 
g pots in 
other, laity 4 
fee 
them, 
I filled the em rather’ tightly pedis with 
bar U. ay in a similar affects the 
of itni maliog them totally unfit for thatch. 
which they are the best and most durable 
589. The smut again of the Indian Corn is b; 
the fruit. 
tence of the Truffle would be as ropo m be 
stem, and s large swollen bam 
y no | flav 
It renga S ogee the 
any | dirt 
tish Queen into each | pot. 
Ar ‘pow of the plants was soo! 
and the follo owing year— 
leni 
‘ Jntact wi 
and form 
inches in diameter filled w ith Spores, the eer oe 
} w 3 
, then, modei to his v tony is the 
The fol lowing, The fice to M. 
e originates. The flies, 
m Great Britain, | but i in some cases where the cultiva- 
ie y - 
the experiment, ee contrivances fi 
m 
re seen skipping continually, e en in winter, over Pi 
“gph Kane s, reach t us roots and pun 
this dreadful plague. 
or 
P BE, as the process whi 
I had to go yaen (with the loss of about three Fn 
to the two dozen) would not answer, neither d 
590. All our Cereals are more or less subject to be 
, Wheat fo 
hodt 1 te eir eggs. 
Ps cy juice, which is tl ‘the firs 
rishes oat “immediately, and the vt be 
emains Hola ted ; from white it sooon turns to y; 
hen ene and. finally black ; it “eros at the same 
me at on expense of the substan rich in nitrogen 
and carbo: worn t toe 
ear the 
If at the r moment of formation several 1 milky drops or 
Wheat i 
mbryo ; the slender fibre of 
pore: 
f ae of the ahah of the 
orming no cone though y 
Barley an 
well A the; 
made with A rim on both ends. The pla 
quantity as to 
iarly Sp during 
e prese some gerar ves 
beth ranore gen of “the ‘Batley crop. 
debates so abundant that when a brisk wind had 
on cely felt. 
ersed the sj s the loss was 
from 
A 
spiri = Spinei 
in summer, as brah om 
up, above the border they get dry much sconer 
Curtis, Kilkenny. 
mpas Grass (Gyneriw 
of this is now in full bloom at Shortgrove, Essex, 
Grass in your Number for Nov. 1854 
By 
the x act that the gr 
of an uniform 
sort of ¢ compound one, exhibiting an odd figure 
ave to M. Ravel the responsibility of h 
lves with giving 
as not the s a 
iS: T the fo rmation “ots be klk 
theory, 
oubt ; ; but he adds 
is 
rnae E a hgs ps | 
| what the water was mixed. + 
oe oe 
which was attributed to the smut ; but as no competent 
person examined what fell, it is not quite certain with 
ough smut is wisai, meiri where it 
rvested grain as 
of ag rey or gos rears follows: :—In December 
of tus put into nch pot, in ri 
| loa stad tt oatily pt rd Th 
| following February the roots had filled the pot ; it wa 
then repotted into one a size larger. In March 
received gerbe shift, which was seperni in Apri 
p this time 
chen On 
geass mag ero the puncture f 
abouniis 
Tiai, 
| when it was put into a aa ne 
up to abou athe aaa 
if instead iiam 
an insect, the springs li e Mushrooms 
spores, the spur of the Tate fy would not be the 
3 its office would: be to bring nev spores 
dirs which they could 
| the 
broken up 
e spores of which are ee not set free til iti is 
by the flail or thres eshing m achine, 
May, when a large hole was made for it in the open 
is ground, and filled up with two or three wheel mpi 
al peat 
lant was the: 
which is 20 of offensive i in the bun 
592. The nner of most interest 
of 
© 5 
fle, 
he would prove by ex Epi t tha 
inaccessible to the fly will pir Song ruffles. 
is the reason wh nly abund 
pingue, for ‘toa he may 
speak of itas a good sign when there boy but ae ve 
which ofte: 
ropitiate so 
goo od Cai a sO wig? as th 
thei 
This y Truffies are o } 
p'an 
e farmer is | duced 
experience, no one would prete: tend | a piece of 
It was not at all injured by the wi last year, and 
now it sre in oo beauty 18 i ples of flow wers, most of 
the 9 feet in height. What at 
more noble or attrac- 
rains | ovcterring at the proper period ; that aris are 
seasons when the soil is to a great 
pr toe by it. The remedies are, undoubtedly, the 
same as those of which we shall have to speak under 
because | agai 
grounds, William Chater, Safron n Walden Essex, 
Orchard Houses—Much 
iant im t importaba, and thus they cease tö appear 
to form nr selves when dung is spread upon the 
sarface, or is dug in, for it has the effect of Tasiving 
away 
It récita from the above, upon which we do not 
the seed is not so apt 
persed at a 
o be a las the eae 
pri must n 
eat. The greater part is 
on ly period, per falls to the as nd, 
spry 
attack the uting have; heave 
d gardeners, when talking to them 
| growin g "Peach trees in poy * that it was the tes ech of 
venture an opinion but which is at all events failed in 0 btaining sm smutt m seed purposely | folly to attempt it. fe them in your borders,” sai 
very sageniven, 1 that oT a i i which is A © ever the case with bunt, | the; a “and you may h fruit, but never think of bere 
contains the eggs of a certain species of fly, that the | It is said sometimes to affect boon e as well as the in li at of sticking m into flower- 
development of these with that of the | florescence, but we have never example, _ My hes se however, ; of having 
Se, eh Oa ree com- fhe We ot ap any experiments hav had one put up in October last 
pound of vegetable and animal su statement of smut spores taken as fi i . Rivers, It was 
which is supported by the fact of t the” ‘eae Pores. The Uta alia affects the common Reel is ail t0 to | 25 foot in length by 12 feet in width. swe s 
extremely rich in nitrogen. The eggs hat vere headache where the Reeds i N i ring con- 
the Truffle has arrived at maturity aod k is a for t the Infested. M. LJ. B woe 1i collection of maiden 
n of the worms which are ced within aeea z m = re bearing all 5 primy ree 
it; these worms afterwards become pups, which i hig y actory, consi A 
their turn sformed i ies. M'I avel under- je aiga mg Tiles TET fan tan Piei I a it 3 -rn e remembered that in bt abore greir 
takes to supply the larvæ or the chrysalides of the xR : 4 aoa of Fifeshire, he ve a dozen 
Truffle-fly, iad ies the acorns of the ffle Oaks. aa have En struck pg ad tifirst in so sarang unny throughou' every- 
Abridged from the Cosmos. [We give this, not because anner as not to admit o! mai Hg pri ni body I knows that abun of soni light is eseential to the 
or novelty, or its truth, but as = specimen k ind | age ction of good Peac es. The fruit, in poin tof flavour, 
f 
Ak value that belongs to the statements 0: Beenen y| halt “toswered ‘he purposes fr which they ti thee I must however confess that a desire to have richly 
SP aay vf creien: i ama jaden trees tended to produce this result. I doubt not 
on 5 suggestions may 
actual yonli 
about wh: 
gradual progress s pe 
admit of as aaah | improvement as 
that t we shall yet be able to improve in the m: 
of these structures, ani and notwii 
~~ 
ig adimg PATHOLOGY.—No. CXLIII. 
587. Para: ilago*, 
genus con 
Dust-Brand). This 
mmidable and a 
ere called “ Straw wherry tiles.” The as nsible sine 
as to preserve the “ee fruit from dirt and damp | 
by: rais sing i it from th e ground, „Experience, however, | . 
circumstances dh & Sinell nck ‘te past, 
there is no reason why we shoul: discouraged ; if 
others are we at least are not, for we have determined to 
xtend the e: ion of again 
and of those domestic animals which form so import 
A part of his food. They differ considerably i in petra 
charact 
cal value, and I have not seen in the Chronicle (on 1 
take it regularly) an 
ip 
ow how many years. — These Strawberry tiles, ie me 
xX 
tai! a suitable return. J. D., Fife 
en Glass.— Ae Sat last year I 
re feet of 
ends I used 
es which affect Cereals are 
capable of improvement, and 
hat improvement t I think 
I have hit prasi: The only fault I ever heard attributed 
a 3 
bodies, however, which are conse known by th pine ag was, that that they excluded too mueh light, | pp light oases sytem <a = r keep ie 
tala placed ede peer camels E them cobealiny 3 3 and Sn Eonar rA t vent scorching were, in the first place, 
moisi K ilation ; and if this had wered I 
tie mee, anid ils. rw He gra ee e| PT y of experiment,” said I, “I knock par bottoms should Have stretched ‘iver the house miske 
second order Ta Ustdogo Tè aculorum at wa | det coupi a nen two penny pots an urn them | ret used for kee: eeping birds off fru it. This T imagined 
ae ip meer ‘lee f though not pre- | Upside down rich border, sinkin ne broad celts ens the Toci of Sar, hg any, and at the same 
cisely the z: a AEAN Miana end 2 -inchen in the clay, then fll them with | Youd cut sun's raya to penetrate; but this latter 
pics § same origin, these very rare! g rich loamy t, such as the Strawberry} ) y t although my Vines 
Sia ie en te A oe distinghidhed frö delights to revel in, — p t pp couple a ea — Y | grew 9 pe 16 teet tn pas eid: nee? eat » 
Uredo | runners in each pot ; ap “lose ‘A the glass, I had not a score! f; this 
die 5 a eer = their minute dusty spores] he the border through the pot, the plants "ill ei, all ave all the I bate S plants being în robust banh i 
at a very early period 7 f growth. Thecaphora, Poly-| -F There why there should not be showers of black | thorough ventilation, a well construe! 
ich fro! the vauistare S of smut tas well as showers of bard rain | border, no flesh or any raw material having been 
“tis, and Tilletia, which See patron of the — of Pines, Oaks, or Sallows, & not very bata 2 ich i ia gh aio of. 1. and bre 
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