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Jabour and money they hey have expended during the үш New Zealand, India, Germany, France, Russia, Denmark, Ports could be exhibited at any of the three gra 
0 eavouring to imp nd r уеге, &о, down, I оша | Summer shows at Chiswick, which i 
2 в Mr. Paterson continued—*' Before sitting. down, wou ава were res] 
most valuable of all roots, the Potato, and in Semi say a word or two as to the necessity of close attention being ba mmer “assizes”? for fruit and flowers, and y the 
nition of the success which the firm has нек this | constantly given to the culture and propagation of the Potato, | judged right there could not be gainsaid 
season at the Dublin International, the Liverpool and | апа Lus selection pi proper emde. EN Sat, piao сае It was this centralisation that ga 
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Manchester Agricultural, and у furt {шеге тя апа: Md iod all of: the ваше kind; but they had al apparently PNE lants, flowe: 
Exhibitions—they ha wing , bee arded the sn ef | one fault— they e bluish i» the inside. had almost | Whether amateur gentlemen or humble gardeners: 
: "The e in ais is to bear the тае up our inds o condemn them, but thought we would | I recollect well that in the orticultural > for 
О Затоа give ш РЫ chánce, when on cutting them up for seed | Rooms i g treet, Dr. Lindl 
8 p H I eame upon one which, t fide ugh apparently similar to the rest lecture on the plants th , • 210016 
At a publie dinner, given to Messrs. William & George Pater- outside, € n on in being white within. I mpg eie p'ants there exhibited, a running m. 
son, this Epergne, along with a Claret Jug, was presented to —1 had accidentally, I imagined, fallen on a ees entary on the list, whereby the quaint peculiari | 
Mr. William Paterson, (to descend to Mr. George Paterson, variety of the blues, Thus. 'incited to minute observation, A plants apparently unimportant were brou 
should he survive his father), id the name of the subscribers— able to seleet a small basketful of this kind of | and credit given where credi g 
landed. proprietors, farmers, potato merchants, and other сә eap of two cart-loads, and — ME as dre SAL ltivati B Ц | 
frienda. e a mark of their respect for d and also of their төн At the end of the sea we got from vnom perior cultivation. Before the Horticultural Sog; | 
admiration of his successful exertions quine the past 40 yea 5 large crop, of first-rate qual, p from diseas i of | Exhib e pupils | 
а нал and renew the Potato plan rong goerie na white within. Veg ca Mie botanical knowledge, the native talent for Engl 
Dundee, 10th Nov. 1865. bine "Potat Б ducite botany, and the practical knowledge necessary to | 
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Yeaman) observed :— been able to secure this y ons. | low ebb. en Mr. Green exhibi iwi 
) Now, gentlemen, iud value of that prc were prie of mine piphyllum a yard wide, and ted at Chiswick ап 
“This mA MN ng "has been brought together in the most spon- consists in this, that it goes to show us that many good and hi х id шшр а à 
and I believe on account of a thorough | healthy kinds p vdd ay, pe reg want of observation, | high, literally covered with scarlet blossoms, it was 
appreciation af the great services which the dc ihat wil have been lost to us in the past, and that we unt E the | hailed b з а new order of thing 
have rendered to the country. There a future to observe and select carefully. In the vegetable, аз | ey Gy. 
challenge the great importance “ the Pota to to this country in win xd id the айта! kingdom, the inferior predominate in |? ard ad now idea that CAE UD, Whether in їп plani : 
mostly all points of view. We recollect the year '46, pesa the | number over the superior kinds ; and therefore the necessity agazine 
severe blight first attacked the. Ро о crop, and the great | for rejecting the bad, and choosing and caring for the good. and ardeners' Chronicle the property of the craft; s 
calamity which befell.the supr d ОУ at that time, but | The Chairman spoke of our Government taking up this matter | that the сеа „ере got aiti from their heredi 
ie we сме d Qo; n WHO. E e Pota i ance, | lime-rubbish into rich loa ung ; and the Ving 
appointed in order to discover the cause of the Potato blight, | You all know the value of the Potato as an esculent, | leaf, as Si a үзем, " gar to a lat tl 
and gentlemen of science were engaged in trying to discover a | to mankind: Dd know its great value: to the farmer for | the old hands heli, eved would have burnt. it tọ 
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interest, а nd I believe no gentleman in the country MA th hout ою " h and еер н d the land, the pla 
many а Шы a nd scientifie men devoted m шер уыс tbe un fatal blight. Suppose that the e brought from ENE hill to Че, 8i lb. weight, 
to trying берен ө in order Гу: restore that. etu was again laid on the land, it would wt mpossible to estimate Mr rs. La AWI ence's splen ndi d speg mens ot flowering plants 
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about growing the Potato from the pluin or apple. Itis ealthy kinds of Potato? Even this year disease has existed in | 30/,, 16 behoved the nurseryman to “ consider the Lilis 
nine y ntes pt neum dean cente, this way, Er several places to no onn {Че Dex Sy ses t of the field, how they grow," so as to in 
a; ni proved varieties m done the bet do overnment could do ; i i 
of thi: Озу s esculent, grown from #] w] e had | but possibly Ў аа gut get pu parties appointed over the € y commodity without delay. I mention thes 
himself prepared. No tlemen, Mr. Paterson has, from ntry—call them Inspectors—whose duty it would be to | things .pegs to r progr s 
-— € купа, plants, 3o t i pi ddr : sivc o due m means to secure the e bor a à aad pe АУ е on " not conversant with plants can form no idea of 
strongest plants, eU тне AME ош of Eho plaut: And Ero to us the best апа hoalthiest an ? 
to the Фрс state of perfection—quality with the greatest aonya Tinda; fom sci tss foo they! "bel sot] Quad lare fib When, mod men " ме, late Dr Dis еу m 
health of ОНР аон: ; во that it might T the climate of мен is of first ооа bata a judicious and M RUN appii- ave leit when they saw planis in perfection, je 
our country, or indeed of any country ; a vL. X dae L. ght tion.of-dun ely of less ortance; and here, the Cedar, graceful as in the Vine, and 
have the root restored to its former state cellon du g, Imay "remark, that I think the best m manure for анов fragrant s A. in the Rose, Prage А magnificent as in 
has succeeded in bringing forward several ion; qualities, and is farmyard, with a little guano added for a ф юшшд& Ido ч ары e Wat er Lilies— 
these bave heen ен, г" the length and breadth of the | say that the disease can be wholly warded,off—in my opinion 
land ; andif we can c the great Amount of ge good which | cannot—but I think much сап, and oug ht to to be, done t Such ti joy that warriors feel 
the result PES Pate мо mi labours and enterprise in this K- gate its evils.” 
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пог арам le to 55 imei d titu Кы, E PT MNA add fro e Dundee Advertiser some further 
remarks on tem em жетата iL 
To have lived so long, and to have seen - much 
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Mr. W. Pat d of the 
The n heid by Mr. Paterson is that the Potato plague | luxury indeed; and as Abe v Dor war itor 
In the course of his remarks the latter mme read т E I [e^ to (dentes сылат "m. that the d Es chief medium - of c же n ntsmen — 
the following statement Drek by his father : a rable. T eges es. nks, іама аа P Е ке everywhere, it beat e ER dr all dei i ар, гані ча f 
“ From early life I have taken a deep interest in the Potato can Anie ciae SAE ева ШУ their rievances, һай to be laid a t. In his 
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Lope cosillas Ae imt uà нанне Дие mis e encres of hari ED mim Чо replace sivi that have become, through peaceful path lived ho € ik v pe 
the growth of the Potato, from the most delicate gardem оона торса е а е Ды е fom vhe circle asit has seldom been the lot of any one to 
variety to the strongest kinds grown in this country. M; Fred dre uri the чна of the. dibease hut is vietories were peaceful, with none of the 
Hosen жа first ed by someof S earlier sorts weakening | «5 ita blighting janis robust EE eT rein plants райо г ot | écla "oes D derful labours | 
ать аы Ron MEER e eis eene setting its inroads at defiance. He cannot tame atmospheric | long keep his огу green; and their name is 
next turned my attention to "the more robust | feld varieties о нй НА is Mun rede, red eee e а legion, vio, iko myself. have been patronised by Dr. 
bes EM UE EO ew I then formed an opinion fully to withstand the assaults of. the atmosphere. is pos indley, and who therefo ore, as in duty bound, sp 
a: А oni pue end veia eel that tho Potato in this direction have been remarkably successful. To rear hin friendship ym gui ude, and hold his name in 
AAO. AA wit RC P сегуш | Potatos from the plum. requires a series of years, and to rear ur, Alem. e 
eectint might Ue Met io enin opens А doen fequires an tomes rin ird LN орга on LU air cy 1 Clay, together with Ва f 
m ost to mankind а! er. ears rceive in your nolite — 
termed ‘curl ’ attacked tho plant, causing it to | ОП. Ibis not a difficult matter to rear Potatos of so M 
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become quite stunted, veu in haulm and tuber, and ever since spe ái a rit consists m nis h avin 3 done it in such а ac ы of the Scottish Arboric Bree UM | 
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үйө Ое. (нөт as way o pr of Ъ Potatos capable 
decay aer storing, &c.; and some season only resisting pto retettn iiy e olio, wd of superior quee : 
then the plant has been liable to visitations of disease 
in one p her—such as soft rot c Nes m und, niferz, M votis 1 
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iiM It is a source of no little satisfaction p ourselves that the TIA laid down as a к ше by 
difficult but almost impossible to find a A г o ird, eere ed 1 
whi le wh ol АРА agia total blank : egalar TARI | Tarious repo air of Mr. Mr. Paters ed — ES disposed to aimn that od clay is , плаш ей for Conifers 
very preventive and restorative of which I could om my ow rsona pee nce 2 
есте Т tried, in order to regenerate the plant, but with | ®Р0©. ooryphal or at lens exaggerated, have boon fally о i coteh 
little satisfaction. In 1846 we had the first аіл оп of е | borated by the testimony аа. tho no moat арс ; as grioulturists е clay, ALS cedens and sound 4 
fatal blight, which nearly destróyed the whole crop of this | and "horticulturists 8. drtestad noo 5 th i ese | Fir will grow rapidly, an Spruce | 
which has since then annually manifested itself | 78192016 seedli t bo Я "in he d ve t h РОО | for t 70 years on 16; that Larc lc — 
overto a greater or less Lied е 1847, in conjunction | ductiveness and quality, bot ed n the garden 2: iind grow vigorously and rem sound, the former for. | 
with Professor Johnston (who commissioned by our | field; they have been exposed to every variety of soil and he latter for а few years more—fi 
Government to inquire into the sin. of the epidemic, and if climate— he d pony roganing Medo КА» 20 y ears, the lstver. 7 2 tif pe MH 
possible find an antidote) and other scientific Жаймен. we | they are greatly superior to t ES Lee th ine old ind new | which А d the conclusion that i 
ei various and extensive experiments in order to attain the КЕЛ урны ГУН favour Li тени rmi fina a : буй трд сана Coniter e planted with profit on reteni pee ^ | 
end in view. Asto the cause, many conjectures were put forth, n newer 
but.as to the remedy, that never was arrived at. My wn | Super£cial obse t is at Teast P "ind of soil E am sing d 
convietion regarding the Potato blight is that there is no а есас lso succeed n 2 T so should choose | 
direct cure for it, but that it is entirely due to atmospheric a foreign [^ i tive s 
action on tho plant, it having the seeda of disease within itself, Ho Pus Correspondence. ould as nearly as possible gem Lees 
s it wi always more or less subject to it. Before Г ww 
arriving at this conviction, I planted ME year all the ~ The late Dr. Lin dley.—What Nelson was to our but I think, from what AI hatosi all yes soils, I amsi 
varieties I could obtain from the coldest and warmest navy, and Wellington to our army, Dr. I was to | trying new Es д Of toos on ЖЕШ wi i 
meam used all the manures I could think of and tried | our bota tany—a leader and director; cannot rem asserted that Ja n tho exceptio i 
ki nd. Jerem e prr d e Pal ae aei easily estimate the loss we have pore rg wi his death. | effects of vinds s0 ыы: yn it dose о fe > 
Ене growing season I have microscopically examined | Thirty years ago I we remember a r. Lindley at the | or the Austrian Pine. Living, ав € 
t at all its stages, and I have remained in the | Horticultural Society's ц ал] t Chi iswi ick, when | shore, I fd. that ihe Өзен — especially 
field in July (tho growing season), when the (Plight would | they yes but in their infancy, a iai 
and seen the damp or moisture ovaporae fom the MÀ attend and see to eve ор pov with botany | ing high above Oak, Ash, Boeci, pear 
when the became stayed, and no recurrence of ш “horticultu ure that was to be exhibited. Alwåys Бойшан ас Apparently of the 
к UE ыас „чан. the like weather returned. From us to be courteous i uta Ut nM be, and obliged exposed si In a le degree А 
tain аба тор?о И еШ. за dg oo ed d id. peto. rule and order everywhere, м was no Larch, Spruce, d май end os 
was tlie first Potato that answered in this quarter after the bog sk, but it is to these beg inp ings tha Ее jured by li 
Blight, in in preference to varieties from Archangel and: other | we the present exhibitions of оке uw liability of certain Соп ife rs to be inj 
к" тоне у e RE M 22 Мерк ЫЛ. fruite 1 in , England, with all the latest improvements. | I ca тоа, аер at this рас» ей m pir 
and vigorous habit, it proved the ablest variety to reset tho m evan far 
disease of any then grown. but from its rough appearance and | belonged to another generation, before the balk of our | the following kinds of 
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its then inferiority in quality, farmers would not take to it. аа exhibitors had been educated in the art—ay, | even in Devonshire, have never been. : 
Now it has become опе of the = useful varieties grown, | before бак any of them had been born. ` Never had any де gc Amas Pinus prem Са Mats 
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and of excellent quality. In 1 ed fi al has been 
country Vine the Potato is Mund. a сойо of 1 ihe bota uch opportunities of examining онн as Dr. Deoda iv ted near 
best sorts, and planted them side by side in the open field, in Lindley, for e: CES was ever in koh аш ари terly E 
DUET oo EST, M dE ы to | healthy 0 st Pin vas 
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| sud ise there thor ixture, ke d * iren r gar sed TS, Бен they | а mere bush by re — ij njary to ather 
Senor anple then produoed Tr these TRES joties could -aa ген nt of f themselves, - did not dis- | from late spring frosts follo "ed wing mild wi jn push 
ve now given o e public. agh t е grace the. blue. shalloon apron—the only badge that I ing, until last year, w 
tole been. "widely реа otherwi public atten Hg ume n чын; to d en any one had carried | к MP did leader, followed by ап 
s been very тете to VPADI Тани esful p that as the head 
oranie K S seed have ге А received vorm man, у parte. ot ihe | Po eri ise ү successful issue, either with | this. year. ~ I hope. бал 
world. We have sent considerable quantities to Айла | f oj ver Y Абы сала. whether the | ont of. the influence of hoar frosts 
