subject, not disdaining to call to their assistance prac- 
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CHRONICLE. 
469 
Grape, and with the assistance of a cooper r from re 
they 4 insure a d 
— ts which they have hit [ We shoul 
— ‘ti any British —— would profit by this 
remark 
_. DISEASES OF PLANTI 
Ba: — MELiLEA 
A ieren MuRRAIN 
success incomparably | 
tremely interesting and * 
Gaudy eatin ers 
may catch the vulgar eye, 
t a more refined taste will 
fund of pleasure. an these no class of plants is so 
peculiarly eligible for small gardens ; ad occupy so 
a vast number of them 
This 
rs of the last century 
carried off so many Mulberry — ly, has been 
designated by so many different names, that I have are 
nara] ana 
layin aside 
Salvanello, Dropsy, Moria, Seccher ella, &e. uch has 
n written upon it, and there is not a cultivator or 
i ll i — ed on the poin 
But with all that, is it at 
disease w. 
rated in this 1 or is it only the 
one of them ar as my obser 
vages were not confined 
Mulberry Pomel beyond the Po, but extended also on 
this side, an much on the hills and mountains as in 
ol p:a 
The cam attacked commence by turning yellow and 
sickly. Som gua — s the top —.— and fall 
off, especially those turned to 
west. This h 
hene 
n Mulberry trees —_ 
s it will always descend into the roots, som 
subjec when full grown. 
Amongst other symptoms there i is also often a raising | wil 
of the bar 
Some an been of opinion that over 2 was aa 
cause of the disease, and; on that account Cattan 
Bune 
ted in the 20th vol. of the ( ine sory sulle Seienze z 
sulle Arti” of Milan, an im by Dr. Moro, 
B 
8. 
222 
2 
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oO 
Š 
rst thing is 
kak and to cut — to grt pith all 
t portion of substance which is | tinged 
1 
cow-dung and clay. This o operation should be — 
formed at the end of summer or in the commencement 
course proposed off the ches or stem 
as far as the er even below it, and to 
graft the stump in spring. In choosing the grafts, care 
must be tak ones, and from t 
free from t this or 
analogo i ious times attacked the 
ho 
cultivato: one cannot piers placing so 
liance, an men with whom I have poss cit 
on the subject, join in affirmin the int. 
From the few observations consigned in the present 
essay, it will be seen how useful may be the study of 
diseases of plants, 4 ded, however, chiefly ti actual 
observ 2 therefore, one conclude, by im- 
ploring na . to te themselves to the 
gricult turists, who, amidst their num 
ju Se gia likel e 
lerous pre- 
vhich 
asce: t, Hor! 
may lead * cage useful truths. The amateur is rarely sufficient; in man s sdils and situations the 
of rural matters who glances over these pages, will| roots re-establish th lves so quickly as LW. 
1 e convinced the necessity of pre- the tree grow too lux Pi k and th 
venting evils which though Fee to climate and to continue growing too late in 
ie are often consequence | are facts 9 and those who have not Pia" A 
of our ignorance, obstinacy, pea idleness, 3 mody n may 8 Da Cal : 
of the Leading Article in your Number 
VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
Tuar but in their way really beau 
bl 
those of Falchett tto, Chanore, Mosca, e 
< consigned to the pot 
i| are found in — where * 
the black line, will be found a 
Thi 
„their growth, and increase the richne 
admi 
d 
tried for this alas 
wi ith black or des 
, and consequently —.— 
from the severity of winter, for mon e year, 
a` snowy man = These — ecke 
ee the diffi ulty of keeping alive 
e species — — 8 splanted on our roc . or 
in our humid and n elimate. 
r to preserve these interesting plants in health, 
Wee WF pla ant them in poor and dry soil, er. | 
p 
o feetly 1 the latter item is absolutely necessary | i 
with all that are difficult to kee sh Numbers of them 
sto 
of using brick ru 
inage may occupy three-parts of 
the pot ; or — in all cases, s 
with a chin 
srt: from w 
not be — * to bear upon Al pines. The contr: 
the fact ; for with care an i 
as raa judgment may ran: E and the case will 
Pharo. 
Home Correspondence. 
find in these lowly — of the hill-side an — | 
be shown | made five 
them. To return to the Peach: when the winter root 
ing has has not been nid 
in S 
rong to be fruitful, it is 7 excellent practice | to 
stop the 1 of these shoo 
the habit of the tree 5 very gross, it is 
I have said, that gardening skill can- | i 
| compounds of ma “languages used in 
may be thoroughly ripen — and the e der of the tree 
directed to the formation of blossom-buds. 
atters of practice.] 
good’s letter has . me et on two points; 
first, us was angry w e wrote it; a 
n 
„see condly, — he failed — the principles, 
. | or rather the application T TEPER alluded to in my 
ir | former communication, 
He will understand that it is a physiological ques- 
tion bearing directly upon practical horticu ture. 
If he has watched 15 hort ro al pre 
last fi be at 
ee. fief Tin 
— 4 d in 
sent instance they are directly o 
L must beg to add 
er pruning as 
. that 2 1 d ar say more. Goi 
anical Nomenclature.— It would certainly be a 
to persons who are an of baron 
be sim 
if er, names of plants co 
e not had | opportunities ¢ of . — up their 1 Latin 
christening 3 
19. — I observe in * 421 an article 
by Mr. 3 avowedly on the su of the 
Vine, but really on that of the Peac and I am 
‘of | the 
= mos that his remarks should not be ewi to pass 
ced. H 
. given in oo Calendar of Opera- 
3 p= easier 
tions for June 22. I hope, h 
could be done bape deranging a whole 
give 
in the 1 of the plant tri tribe ; yet 
v cagar 
any difficulties to contend with, it will be almos t 
ose nam ce stamp it as 
ston attention 5 rye fica “as own pe seemed BS 
ts management, as a general rule, for that o other 
| fruit trees, and particularly the Peach and Nes 
This will be ‘seen by considering what is the 
t the wood be of the 
strongest and most luxuriant growth that can be 
ripened by sun and air ? he heaviest bunches 
largest berri produced upon such shoots, it is 
important that the plant be sti by 
eans at root, an t the ches be weakened by 
| stopping as little as possible. Now let us turn 
ch, ra . the difference. It is well known that 
ee it even 
congeners grow muc gross, 
ee . without being sae agra and the 
grown 
ses should be = ely pru 
utumn, 
ea g, taking care of anes 
But winter pruning, though 
ie im en at, ys bringing the methods of 4. 21 i and 
summer t pruning before their no 
tribe of plants, called Alpines, deserves the attention o 
the amateur botanist, The study 
they afford is ex- 
ce has co’ 
first briefly point oak ut the inappliesbility of * Vine a aa where 
va N of a tree so bled, asa in . lt 
. A oe gem 
uned at the l 
a less 3 growin i in 
n rune 
g the same language, by common 
nsent, particular hias might be substituted for 
any great inconvenien ci but 
a ton t be used 
on. ae seems 
most excruciating names, partly from the | 
ary, and part. arly from the Greek lexicon 
es n afraid o f taking up a egies. 
case sual class of respectable 
enai hase an difficulty in compassing their — 
tongue? Fal 
eee 23 
of su = 
source 
moderat oduce fruit reatest that colony. The sugar is obtained by cutting off ‘the 
asi 225 25 exh ‘compared wi the vine, e Cocoa-nut ower stem, attaching y it, and eva- 
232 vice versa, ana 94 course of treatment pur- | porating the liquid; it flows over in q great 
E must diffe . In the management of as to t incredible, an ve samples of 
the Peach, so as to secure Kelle, healthy, moderate the equal to anything ever ee 8 the 
growth must be secured, and everything like ess 3 ae uced in b geren * 
must be carefully e d, by pinching the shoots at tree as pro: aaa — n Rappers! n 
top, and by pruning the roots at bottom. tree which owner of it Would you kindl ag bo. gra ap bi 
i zagar to full bearing 
aan d will e vigour for 70 to 
00 years in 8 producing from 100 to 300 nuts 
ly. L should imagine so tapped 2 live 
5 verness. 
8 
ping in eee 
agal base Those 
E Ea will do al te ald theie:fectionony in 1 a 
Ae all th pa 
entirel; n and, after 2 . e 
— the locality, lam a to learn why they 
