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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
not yet been noticed there. 
ical , has hitherto been found in 
T. brumale, if our plant | 
жер Ти both » France and Italy, on; ;the | 
bor der vds lds, where they are ploughed 
ioa d, it would 
England of too small a to be worth sending t 
market, In Italy there are s other kinds, ‚ опе of which, 
magnatum 
eain as e in EREN that has been stirred and 
аз in that which has been left in its natural 
aùd i in the southern parts of Italy, Sicily, Syria, and 
Africa, another species, Terfezia leonis, is of comm 
condit: 
Somo r notion may be obtained of the extent to which | 
the trade in Tru files i is car cried on in France, when we 
specimens of these spec 
them я while quite xen ur some 
indigenous inds, to asc 
whi 
tha older and Va ra miorosoopes, P some- 
what a Trufflein miniatura and 
cs uy mat ure plan пф w 
f the 
of t 
lar The Tulsa asnes pee 
proved, however, Ed аба Б чц that the 
germinate in the same wa do t 
ind of impr regnation, which is sas Y vet, notwithstandin ng 
sol the er amou 15,000 
kilo ogrammes a Rx 33 3,000 Ib. p ight). p rding to 
another unt, the Department of Vaucluse yields 
from 25, 990 t to 30 0,000 kilogrammes annually. The 
quantity that must, Ашер ы һе m oeured and s 
М ое French provinces where 
hisce E E T M 
pieta to the proprietors i s tian аста to 
iss 
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tabl 
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The fact of the existence of a mycelium in Truffles, 
КАН dhat af Ma t ho tak int 
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The Soils iu which edible Truffles are found in France 
бон 3500 Ib.) are E for gale every Mb) in the| b 
h помеуе er, 
M. t 
They | inform A: aaa 
ve 
Tuber mesenteri- 
sands, as is also 
generally with my own experience. 
сіт o Lgs however, in ferruginous 
he case with another species, Hydnotrya Tulasnei, 
which, or a closely allied kno is largely sa мио in 
Bo| hemia, under the name zerwena 
Messrs, Tulasne, describe the si он, а Trafe district | 
near Loudun, V: pos 
sawdust, in which, „whe n perly, moistened, mature 
es n er whole or in frag- 
ments, and that, after a ji] P some fime, small 
Truffles were found te the compost. 
was discouraging rather than otherwis №. 
successful plan pur in sowing acor 
extent of 1 
ES 
and of A Petareons злез ;an 
Oal "YA 
of pa careo ous matter, же irra 
lying a thick b Prud marly Mes M 
suy Splits an into "enin v pep 1t Ta Rcg in 1000 
p 500 of calcareous mat зз ciay and, „iron 
1509 f quartzose sand, an "a of 
egetable aou But they attribute A ай gei 
inflaence in the production x Pe I the 
t iti 
р 
to| by Dicet ripe specimens in the earth ; 
years, тее. меге found 
es 
mpos red of pur 
table n. [n with [5 leaves and |r 
spo 
But the ees 
Th 
ned the age of f 10 9". js 
c 
their increase, as givi 
which to 
udun, where Trufle- "à i Ачан, — 
| fact € the aptit 
In this 
tude of the soil for tbe purpose. 
no attempt was made to yn 
uce Troie ев 
they sp 
up of themselves from ee probably contaimod | ies the 
f Lou 
but where they had long ceased to be productive—a | pr 
trenched spaces, and then alarin {a 
roduce their mycelium, Ani 
rounding trees again eo Es "the кек 
they pA che ereda y deg еер. digging айан 
ma: . С. E. Bro 
their growth, in order to kee P ok “the To об the vk 
sun . Our дуля testily, indeed, that not | soil. The young trees were left rather wide арак ап =) 
always rd tali: and I have веёп йды. M ui up | were cut for the first tinte about the 12th rro Home Corr espondence, 
on the bare sl ides of the Italian mountains, the sowing, and ЕМ at intervals of fi sev Iresine pua alias Achyranthes uu 
Some persons have supposed that these Fungi a o nine years, Truffles were thus obtained ir a а period Iam pleased to learn that this has succeeded so wal 
parasitic on the roots of trees. This the Tulasnes|of from 25 to 30 years, after y we He lantations| at Heckfield, and д je 3 domi. |: 
expressly deny, o ength of observations and|ceased to be productive, owin Li. to the establis hed fav in ti 
inquiries instituted to that end ; and I can confirm them ground Paing us mne sanded pe E branches of the|n ern Cen jog in Фат piii oi 
in and would remark that the frequent | young t medy for which mig t have been man ers re specting its culture, and. сојот, dic 
presence of certain galls atta. ache d to the small гоо ots | of found by: Коз pas the ; but Dh dul 1 
the з Оа ks, resembling young till all the оа years called **galluches" | however, that all the plants which proved паў 
y have given origin to this 
e trees appear to be more potes to the pro- 
DA of Truffles than others. Oak and Hornbeam 
are especially mentioned; but besides these, Chestnut, 
Birch, Box, and Hazel are e allude! d to. I have generally 
The bru shw ood, ‚у being tbus 
fa ctor огу һауе been in an open We. e юш 
the. Traio rounds rendered permanent | like е those of 
Nevertheless, I have n] 
in | saying that atmospheric influences bave | little to р 
Poitou, which аге commonl 
of lofty заа It is the opinion of ES Messrs. Tu ший g 
that the regular « анаа of Tru in ge ON 
situated und er 
found Tuber æstivum under B 
er Oak mad b brumale 
be во su ful as this so- called indirect ido 
at 2 е; 3 un they think that a satisfactcry 
E surfa ace, the ca 
thi 
gen. £A suitable c^ by planting 
m Truff: wooded Maren 
KE d e other conditions of the 
(Е. 
taking xe EN ti 
Y edet aue be басай 9 those of the ees ч А R 
ruffle наб: ms they recommend a judicious 
h 
three miles from here, masses i 
ured as those at Battersea. Apul 
iles from Mit they are re the sam. 
E 
Worksop, 
adly 
Handsworth, Le-m 
while at Os ber 
magn e 
Crai. Palace 
tins nin; gor the 
contact I т wo €., which t e beneficial effects | of it, says, 
owe lves, by cene e thei ач Ws rain Eos of the direct sun ads d is added that | and a more shady position th 
ku similar ,to , the Rhizocton nie; but more this ecies. of industry has added m ito the rie them." It bas doubtless, as I 
sterility is the frequent diggi which were | treated in most places. Of this 
to which the TM grounds are subjected b © the poro ia comparatively vertices and has Кат: for instead of being planted i 
collectors; „for, as Truflles are not truly parasitie, it жү of its proprietor dis ion w make periodica] sow- exposed to burning sun 
t d а thus brin УЛСА їп a certain portion of І think, їп a position {о prove 
eir my celium f 
de estroying all the epe (ыы Апа же 
may remark үш some apeo occur in grassy places, 
as in e forest of Vince t ; ап 
so with T. macrosporum an dT. brumale, as I find them. 
succeed well rum ere they 
from other vegetable growth, ieu. from causes inde- 
and 
nó& the са use, of this sterility 
ey 
ud a comparative freedom | they are thin 
ruffle-grounds AA, year. At Bonardeline, 
for ie the annual а from, danai in a plan- 
tation of less than half an acre m 4l, to 5l, 
Another case is ан їп БОР Ee of Apt, 
dry and fally « 
the successful cultur 
paratively sunless we 
beds һа ауе had, ha ave 
бут ег 
effected. a marked impro! 
circum mapano bag 7 
where several proprietors have made „Вава tions: tl 
trees are left a ehe: 5 ог 6 yards apart; and so soon as 
what I have Er yos that shade н 
tbeir branches meet and iade the grouud too 
ned o ut, 
ТІ Пу suited to d 
d 
Truffies w ould thus appear 378 be 
m 
whe osed to el e 
hasa bro t, but lanted in 
кана i is ma y. E ў 
since 
wonder fully improved repent t ihat 
hen g^ 
Even m, 
In common with many e Fungi, Truflles do not 
banig. in Morbo that th 
usly did 
island from the south-eastern сог 
the 
in their early stages ; of Wash in Norfolk, anl RI the not be 
careful in their researches ager the | country that lies to the south-east of such a line, 
pe арке, as T. «ша and T. mesentericum, including the counties o on erset, Dorset, Wilts, s Mr. жерше ар 
not to stir br ground more deeply than is absolutely | Gloucester, Ha E "hia Kent Hertfordi hire, иа 
wha àt T pretio 
under tood, а. зав th 
requires a ene t sha dy X ү 
e dee 
во doing they Ime destroy the winter 
aud parts of No rtha e rg and Lincoln; and 
to the proprietors of lands in those districts that | p 
rop of de Ec гаар inds, 
brumale. Any disturbance of the soil in the win 
^ ter, 
us ше tter are mature, does no 
arm, but rather | 
aids eir culture, by rendering the. mould more 
suitable pos the germination of their РЕ and the 
growth of their mycelium, om Mes 
| we must rm for any аи attempts to cultivate 
su сан 
ге oportion of the Trufiles exposed for sale 
| in Covent. Garden come x Wiltshire: and Hampshire, | - 
be 
be poter pua Edw nd 
rede hav e much Mery 
ity o 
1l ana 
Fro ess 
observations it would seem that three or p: e nth 
the lants ; they 
of Messrs. 
coll with tho 
росі. p ee been infor 
suffice for se p tate Í hav ud by one e 
that they have met w ith Tuber mes бета akost as | ик теп, that ытар а plantation of Beech, 
large as grains of millet i in the Бева “= qms eech and Fir, is made on the chalk Ка of Salis. 
m must acquire their full size bef end of | bury Plain, after the lapse of a few Truffles 
December; for and that these багов Maro produc- 
its mature condition alone. Andi it is d that the | tive fora ы iod of from 10 to 15 years, after which 
rains of August are highly conducive to the | еу о to be. 80, It has vac obser ved that the 
fertility of tho Truffle-ground, and that the abundance | sp bl та us is 
n he crop буи very mu e Tuber а species consi idered | in Pean e ns of far 
v un- 
and T. ИНША; and | 
less vive Шай т, melanosporum 
it to obtain well-matured 
ight be worth while 
Rt, e m 
This sample is very finely 
2 it y and но › Grp " 
difference о ot pif nion d 
your correspondents E: н Чә ош 
Grape which I showed at 
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