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is constant for the same tube, it eould be ascertained and . Roses on the outside with equal virulence ofj The Cuckoo—I am much gratified by the notite 
allowed for by the maker in the adjustment of the scale. chara taken of the cuckoo note. I have Hved nearly 40 yeas 
nt reference being made to the observations The iminediat cause of sea upon Peas, Cabbages, in this distriet, and have been very attentive to bi 
which have been carried on in = — of the Hor- &c., is the or ce of sufficient moisture in the soil, yet I have never observe e ae before, 
ticultural Society since 1826, it may be proper, whilst with increas ed humidity of — — to tare Labouring people are not much to be depended upon 
on this subject, to state some — respecting the the weather i îs hot ry by day, succe y heavy | for — e ; but no one, so far as I enn 
as the observations are | autumnal dews, — S — temperature — ight. If a make out, has heard this note before. May it be 
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all corrected, and will consequently exhibit a lower dry and bright atmosphere in July be — by an individual peculiarity # The song of young birds 18 
average than others uncorrected, with which they may | damp close weather by day, with cold nights, Wheat is | deficient in volume and extent. I had hoped that Mr. 
be compared. The internal diameter of the tube is 0. 45 liable to be affected; this is su pposed to arise from the | Doubleday, or some other good natural historian, would 
inch, and the capacity +4 tion is therefore | ordinary vegetation of the plant being arrested, and an have noticed the statement. Este, Welling, July 24, 
readily e by adding or subtracting one hundredth | undue absorption of moisture by the leaves from the at- mmer Pruning.—When I penned the article on 
of the difference which the mercury has risen above, or | mosphere taking place, which moisture is carried down- | summer pruning the Vine, I did so with the intention of 
fallen int. The next correction is wards by the same vessels by which under ordinary eliciting from competent authorities opinions as to the 
0.009 ineh, which is constantly added to the —— circumstances it ascends; this produces disease in the real connexion existing between the branches and the 
height, on account of bres age action. The cistern is plant, and parasitical plants generally are observed to —— of a 88 under certain stated conditions; and 
with — — be dips 1. 1 inch below the sur- follow under such circumstances of diseased function. | “ Lumbricus” misinterpr my motives W ien he attri: 
of the mercury, ad: I shall not enter upon the subject of spontaneous | bites to me the concealed intention of criticising the 
in it — its temperature. The proper correction | production, although I feel inclined, from some observa- | practical directions of the Calendar, merely — 
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measured by a column of mercury of the temperature vegetable matter certain plants of a parasitic character and whatever grounds there a appear — r tho con- 
of 32° Fahrenheit. The position of the barometer is will follow. So with animals in an unhealthy state, "ome at which?“ . Lumbricus — te Te 
nearly 14 feet above the mean level of high water in| parasitic insects abound on them, increasing in numbers d not intended thom 
e — at Chiswick. The —— are taken | and magnitude as the diseased animal becomes more till till the appearance o of Mr. sys —— and the las 
three times a day, namely at 8 A. u., 1 P. u., and een and more reduced. The decaying branch of an Oak correspondent's letters. I had hoped that the. dans 
9 and 10 P. u., and each observation has the three above- tree becom es partially covered with different species of —— of that article sufficiently — ne ae 
mention tions applied. The b us fungus, increasing as the decay advances, — the e a — of truth. Thad chose 
situated, the average height of column, the new plants. an illustrative example of a practice said © be based — 
20, „ was Whatever these minute organised bodies amy be, — — cries spe which principles and 
29.930. whether seeds of — — or eggs of insects, or com- practice I have been —after giving the subject much 
—ů — bining to a certain extent the specific character of both, consideration unable 2 . The passage in 
a am unable to — or how they are 8 to the Calen to me to a similar 
ON MILDEW ON GRAPES. ants on succeeding seasons, I must leave to the inves- | based on precisely the same principles, and I 
Mx house is about 46 feet long by 18 wide, — of others ! have more time —— myself to to it as a i mple of what I considered an 
divided a glass partition and door, and heated by a devote to the 8 still it is a subjeet gly | incongruity between a principle and a practice 
Polmaise stove, the smoke from the fire of which passes 92 rthy of our — * and espe- from it. It cannot be denied that it is a — in 
In that oe Oo eS , as regards ——— current garden literature (and a most exce ractice 
portion furthest distant from the stove my greenhouse 5 ting*the Vine. Tast y a few | when rightly — it is), to ascribe a — — as the 
Plants are kept, in the other portion plants are — S — in this vicinity ow ena were at- | basis of every gar n. e lay down a certain 
tered until foreing commences a 2 The Vin l . 8 I have ascertained | practice, and then tak about for a principle as a 
are now in — third year o f fruiting, and the crop that most of the the district are be- | foundation for it. No one will deny but that the 
— well in 1849 in that portion devoted 232 affected, — — — to show that it is principle should be ‘correctly established. My 
n originated or conveyed z aN argument was (or at least I intended it to be so), 
and pb al —— those bunches nearest the stem 88 influence. N pam Pa A that the practice of allowing Vines at certain seasons 0 
of the Vine being worse. send a sketch ff ° ~S< their growth to produce laterals did not augment root 
This year the Grapes showed sap of mildew — . ai of these r N action, as is by some said to be effected ; but that, on 
first in the department, immediately after amal vessels, in ‘the = 88. ~ | the contrary, the practice weakened the whole fabric of 
the Grapes had been thinned ; in a short period they be first, second, and third stages, being made at intervals the plant. And the principle is applicable to the 
came mildewed also in that portion devoted to forcing, of four — betweenthose still upon the Grapes re- | greater portion of the vegetable kingdom. With the 
and although the fruit had become coloured, it ‘is now \ maining unchanged. I production of fruitfulness directly my argument did not 
also send a EN of the apply, but merely to the connection existing, under ar- 
edge or dise of the Hn tificial treatment, between the branch and the root. 
as it appeared when mag- The pae A ‘summer pruning in general gardening 
ifie i e ry much rema j 
| is as yet only in its infancy, Ve h ins to be 
* > a i, me author as- | correctly established, erything in the well — of 
* 3 the of w a tree depends on a good system of summer pruning, 
— a N 14 hours ; Bagg om (in an unsessoned state), — rem ang dormant and future ers in general, like a few in the 
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ringed Ww water, portions | ears, will tated state give life to er day, will e winter pruning to a an ie 
* ut didn and Wr 2 latter destroyed the Grapes, | a a iilis of Fans, tn ` their routine. Neither Mr. Toogood nor “ Lumbrie 
no injury e leaves, rop.is notwith- kaye alluded to the uestion, or at least but very im — 
spoiled ; * ana another house, at a short 8 —< ich i 3 — 
isease is also committing its thing con in this 
to be done? You m that — The whole genus Ks attempting to establish the same routine of treatment 
‘ to effect a cure; if so, how is Boletus is found to spring from wood in its last for the Peach as for the Vine! ‘although “Lumbricus” 
— — adopted if a stage of decay, and therefore we may infer that the would infer that I did so. George Lovell i 
obtaining. a appearance of the white mildew on Vi a The Potato Disease has attacked the gardens situated: 
— — spots the moment they of symptomatic of — — “at tet in the villages under the balk hills which form the 
— Vine itself. Robert Baker, Writtle. — outhern boundary of the vale of Blackmoor, in Dorset- 
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have been payi ihe utmost attention to th . : . 
Apg A apee e progres e Correspondence am sorry to say, is an imperfect measure of the 
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of cold and wet, after previous clear and sunshiny| , he Bopalier ? 2 AA 8 Gooseberries, Being | zin in; 
: ` esirous ected, and are rotting very fast. D. C. L:==— The 
weather—this season was remarkable for its changes of — ng Goosebe n the greatest pos. Potato 5 has — 5 — in its worst 
temperature. The disease was first apparent on the ble “And Tegards favo ot, and having observed fem in Wilts and Somerset. especially near Bath, and 
10th of June, the weather then excessively ary, but S seen, without exception, that the the lants neg badly. In many instances the haulm 
nights had been cold; it, in spite of our applicatio espalier form is recommended for the purpose, I was; “aa y. y 
a 5 i A espalier | 
upon th r surface of the leaf—first a small spot, ron rail facing the S.E., open to the sun on that |; 
then a kaa * little hairy substances, like mould side, but shaded by trees raters 3 P.M. Until the fruit . 
or decaying vegetable matter; but that upon the 23 ged apes ee 8 were carefully watered bot — 1 
2 > a 2 b be 
~~ pes is a fine floury substance which, i a meung Notwi . Vin NARE bese cinder-ashes had been used. Wm. Fisk, ——— Early 
en ifying power, appears of the form of birds’ partly split, and the — 8 der not over good. Now, : : ; : bear in 
eggs; . — — small oval oe — the question I wish to ask is, Do you personally happen mind 2 in — = — —— 
estes "so by hemi ts, being, like them, to know any — ` in the dry southern counties health 1 a — > ar ousands of 0) 
— Small — pe Saa toge oem — a Where the Goose has succeeded perfectly as an — 25 — ag ily glutting our 
“A and have much the appearance of the ae aes 3 jori, He . — 
me being strung together espalier would be the worst possible form for the Goose- Wine &clreumstan 
— ‘ie I left a Eton of these upon a — — h birt being — the 3 an of the — up a medium — — i 
er examination, as I. ow that it is incapable of bearin f : 
is not tell then — the solar rays. We know that even e natives of E to: this coan ih — 
xpected from youn 
dently — Same ti . wood. The case may possibly be different wh l s : 
not very unlike 2 —— —— 8 = wood pe a4 a mull íle of confined p ojecting uce of one root; the variety is Egyp 
adhering similar to the small fibrous roots common to | nags is employed. It is evident that Mr. re 
those plants. This convinees me adopted the latter plan, for he says u keep the branches — Te ; 
Parasitic plant, produced fe a gaan ag a foot apart, and spur them in.“ Being plagued with sample sent, two T the mp eaa aiae 
cireumstances, ae to = whieh affects Wheat, - * A po ae up wy espaliers, as they — —— which 8 — oes 208 — 
ance, us contaminati 8 omte 3 the a 
every branch and every bunch of Grapes im or near the It Mr. Baker will refer to AE — 1847, p. 779, he i 25 per cent, diseased. The 
Vinery where it commenced, an d extending to the | it ag a muh more exact account — 2 parasite under the the a — n 1 Ib. 3 oz.; the 
