534 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Aus. 24, 
blishment, with a full sized leaf growing from its middle. disease in fea tubers so ripa that the portions of each Erpetion reniformis, Gesnera libanensis, &e ; to Prof. 
Are such pesani common, and to what causes are | which were sound when the sulphate was applied, were | Dunbar, for Achimenes Jaureguia, | Calystegia pubes. 
they to be assigned? J. Butcher. [This circumstance | still aad pe ood when the 3 of the 9 cens, and . 2 apd Fuchsias OL Anderson, 
is not eee The cause is supposed to be the heap was little or pgp ng but a mass of offensive cor- | Esq., for ral exceedingly interesting plants, 
growing of a leaf to the side of the Cucumber at the ruption. Is there correspondence between 12 re- including Cal litris splendens, and also a very curioug 
very moment when they were first formed in the bud.] sult and that of the application of sulphurous acid men- | hybrid Ge eranium, h th the leaves quite white on one 
House-bugs and Ants.—Your columns have recom- | tioned in your Number for Aug. 10? 7. °C. Atki Pat = of the plant, an Srian or variegated on the other. 
mended the getting rid of bugs, and certainly extreme Danby near Grosmont, Fork. Many pecan bats taken r. Veitch, for Ferns and Mosses, the latter eoms 
cleanliness alone will effect this oe oe purpose ; 8 eir P p rd | 
besides this, in some warm coun it is a common | Where the tubers Have been sto tored, they are roning to Lady Grant, for a flowering specimen of Brunsvigia 
practice to destroy these ame | insec a by pouring most rapidly, and in a — space of time there will, in | Josephinz, and a basket of Myatt’s Seedling Straw. 
quite boiling water on the parts of sere infested | all probability, be no sound ones remaining, I N berry ; to Mr. Nicoll, for greenhouse plants, a plant of 
with them. In this way a first operation may not this day seen some in a Liew sorry condition; they are | Bishop’s Dwarf Cluster Bean, showing it to be an ex. 
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and their eggs are destroyed. Furniture and | nearly ripe when taken up. I am anticipating some | golds ; to Mr. Mackie, for flowers of Orange, African 
places the most infes sted with them may be 2 8 from you respecting some diseased Onions | and French Marigolds; to W. Gilmore, Esq., for a 
by soluti which I sent 
cleared by . The bul d four specimens 
sulphate of copper. _ Corrosive auge * no} emitting a most offensive stench. Strange to say, the | Vegetable Marrow, with a fine display of Ten-week 
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8 were it not extremel sacl and its use | garden, is all of it withering away, and, as to | of cut flowers, and one of well grown vegetables, in- 
3 — ste Mn the same — The prevalence of t the | cluding Robertson's Golden Stone Turnip; to J, 
Pesti ve copper is also a poison, but only when taken | disease amon ong 3 Parsnips, &c., is oo eable. | Renton, Esq., for a dish of Strawberries and two large 
in considerable quantity ; 3 it bas been SA with] I inclose some young plants of the Migno: W. | Snake Cucumbers ; to D. Anderson, Esq., for Peaches, 
he m ceilings, | Watkins, Chichester, [They are diseased ; but Winther Neetarines, Apricots, and Strawberries; to Mr. Adam- 
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floors, and furniture swarming with bu The mode | in the same as Potatoes does not appear son, for Mayduke Cherries, Fastolff Raspberries, and 
in which it was used was to pat a few ounces of egres | i: cla — E Elton Pine Strawberries; and to Mr. Addison, Gosford, 
basin, pouring upon it soft water, ee for large ams, 13 varieties of Gooseberrie and 
stirrin i i ion Sortettes, a selection of the varieties of 
became saturated ; a small quantity of the sulphate] CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL, August 3. —Stove and | Potatoes chiefly cultivated at Gosford. Thanks were 
i undissolv icates that the sol reen ants ikewise voted Mrs, Grei 
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saturated. Has i Innes, Es or h her of native Ferns ; to a è 
tried for the destruction of ants in dwelling houses? -A | repens, Cuphea platycentra, Begonia 3 Za —.— of a yellow Picotee; to J. Mood, Esq., for two boxes 
i ashes years ago neria i i alosant occinea, Achi- ahli M ig * i 
. resorted to to get rid of a small species of this insect, menes : Ist, Mr. Ritchie, the kinds * i emi a box of Picotees and Carnations ; to Mr. Mackenzie, for 
and was to dislodge them from the apartment and patens. Fuchsias: Ist, Mr. „ gr. to J. Hollyhocks, dwarf Cockscombs, and a tall device of 
they had invaded. In the south of France oil of | Wood, Esq., for Nicholsii, thei Miary Dr, Jephson. | flowers; to J. age $F Esq, for a stand of cut 
— — —- Roses: Ist, Mr. White, gr. to J. Russell, Esq., for flowers, and blooms of Dianthus ; to Mr. Goodhall, for 
de cade is uently used in granaries to pro Mrs. Bosanquet, Madame Desprez, Coupe de Hebé, Ne an elegant display of Larkspurs and Ten-week Stocks ; 
corn in them ants, For this purpose gy ad. is plus Ultra, Charles Duval, Paul Joseph, Aqueline to Mr. M‘Connochie, for three well; grown Pine- apples, 
sprinkled on bare parts of the granary floor, but occa- | Celline, George's Cuvier, Paul Perras 5 de — Queen, Ripiey Queen, and Antigua, and two 
sional renewals of the oil are requisite. It is also often Cazes, Boule de Nantieul, and common Moss. Car- Persian Melons ; to Mr. Anderson, for three dishes of 
mixed with the earth in preparing the aire on which | nations: Ist, Mr. Henderson, gr. to C. K. Sivew wright, bie: kept Apples ; to Mr. Lyall, for a dish of Citron 
corn is threshed, and in houses ants have been dislodged | Esq., for Duke of York, Favourite, Count Pauline, de Carmes, and green Pears; to J. Russell, 
by huile de cade being put into the crevices of floors, | Lord Pollington, Lady Gardiner, Ely’s No. 6, Hero of rsh for Hollyhocks ; to Mr. Lauder, for Gooseberri 
and at their junction wii M. Middlesex, Lord 2 Earl Spencer, and Princess | and a dish of red Currants ; to C. K. Sivewright, Esq., 
Potato Disease.—In this district (Grosmont, York- | Charlotte. Picotees: Ditto, for Duke of Newcastle, | for Carnations and Picotees 3 to Mr, Veitch, for Holly- 
shire), the disease is spreading in all directions, and in| Masterpiece, Juliet, Lady Chesterfield, Lady Alice Peel, | hocks ; to Mr, Scott, for seedling Hollyhocks ; to Mr. 
many places with great virulence. Wherever the land | Isabella, Ne plus Ultra ira, Formosa, Prideof oo rp = „and C. King, for double Carnation Poppies ; to Mr, Young, 
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is wettest, it is most apparent. I mean on particular | L' Elegante. eee Ist, Mr. Smith, gr. to W. L. Pater- for Carnations and Picotees; to Mr. Thom, 
spots in the same field. Thus, one field near me, un- son, Esq., for Black Ham uburgh and White Frontignan ; — ; and to Mr. Pringle, for seedling Goose- 
drain ut with a considerable slope towards the | 2d, Mr. Baxter, gr W. Gibson-Craig, for Musca 
not a wet piece of land generally, a week since of Al a, lack Hamburgh. rries : 
had not a green blade over three spaces of curvilinear | Ist, Mr. Lauder, for Whitesmith and Hedgehog; 2d, Meermas ar Worton Corracr.—We wish to call 
form, nearly in contact with each other, which must be | Mr. Lyall, with the same varieties ; 3d, Mr. Thomson, | particular attention to the Holly hock, some > ezhiblis 
likened to very shallow irregular shaped basins of 40 or gr. to Miss Graham, for Green Hedgehog and Golden of which will be noticed here . This flower has 
in diameter. where in the field the plants Lion. Peach t, ender, gr. . And reached a point of — ot a ieee known in the 
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were all affected, but comparatively only slightly so. | Esq., for Royal zen ; 2d, Mr. Mitchell, gr. to Lady | country at and it is quite time the poor things we 
Again, in another field lying on land through — — A sa Keith, for Nobles: Nectarines : Ist. Mr. Be * b d in very lar tablishments 
drains had been driven, and, in the oceupier’s opinion, | Elruge. Pine- sain Ist, Mr. M Connochie, for an | placed by such flowers as have been ang «be 
é dried the land, tho prevailed over the | Anti Queen, weighing 5 5 Ibs. 4 oz. Melon Mr. Messrs. Chater. With this observation we will p 
whole field, as must be seen maht pe closely at the | Mitchell, for 8 Netted; 2d, Mr. M Connais esed to à detail of what have .* submited for e 
plants, yet here and there it was strongly apparent. In for Beechwood. Cauliflowers : Ist, Mr. 8 for | bition. A va riegated Geranium dueed by Mr. 
these spots I saw Equisetum sylvaticum growing. In} Walcheren; 21 Mr. Anderson, for Oxenford Castle. Layton, of 8 of ar. habit al with 3 — 
my own garden I first detected it on the 5th, among | Peas: Ist, Mr. Addison, gr., Gosford, for Hairs? Dwarf shoe ene ee oe ers scarlet, and a 
some white Po „what are called here “Golden Mammoth; 2d, Mr. Thomson, gr. to R. Sym Wilson, W. N.“ Ground colour yellow, ak 
They are on soil that has been well | Esq., for the same variety. Six 7 y A Vegetables : pra stripes a blotches ; throat too large. PHLOX : 
d F dug 1 foot or 13 inches deep, Ist, Mr. Pender, for eis Early Cabbage, French |* A. O. vt Too n mondii oculata, with which 
Aneres in depth from 7 to 18 or 20 Beans, Carrots, Robertson’s Yellow Turnip, Long Pod it was pared. Carnation: “J, Scholefield and 
by the superposi of soil brought from and Globe Artichokes, ae Medal to C. K. Son.“ ene edling S. B. has all the excellent quali- 
other parts of the garden. Here. where the land Sivewright, Esq., for the t and most improved ties observed in it at the pogs meeting ; the petal is 
is virtually subsoiled to a depth of 25 inches on the Garden Implement, his e being intended to of fair shape and texture th, white pure, scarlet 
average, it has, to appearance, scarcely extended its facilitate various garden operations, such as hoeing, bright, and well distribu ted. gg ee Pet will no 
ravages on the bine at all during the 1] days which|grubbing, &c. The prize of one guinea, offered orthy of its name. PICOTEE : 
have t i In another part | Messr e and Co neona. the Society), | Bright purple of medium 2 ; white very pure; 
of the 1 ich xfords, an ocal for the best Cape Heaths, awarded will prove an acquisition in its e HoLLYHOCKS $ 
early light purple Potato (which I never saw elsewhere, | Mr. Read, pto. a Syme, Tan. tor 2 but well- * . Chater and Son, of Haverhill. Suffolk, exhibited 
y have heard is an excellent Potato, and | grown plants of jasminifera, eximia, tricolor Wilsonii, | a very beautiful spike, shortened to 20 inches long, of a 
hink, — experiment, earlier than the Ach. leaf), and a variety of Irbyana, designated pulcherrima, | seedling named Queen of England, with 15 flowers 
the d is making rapid progress in the bine, but so | Thanks and awards were voted to Messrs. „ N 3 
far the tub tubers are almost entirely unaffected, Indeed, Dicksons and Co., for a collection of Exotic Plants, | pink colour ; a full and com- 
I have not taken up a rotten Potato this year, nor even embracing Hea ths, Tabakas, Achimenes, Seedling Cal- | pact. Mr. Chater, of Saffron” Walden, aes a col- 
ased. These | 
that I could decidedly any a dise: ceolarias, a new species of Angelonia, and other plants | lection of cut blooms -well worthy o 5 
Po in October, and are, as 2 interest, besides cut blooms of Pelargoniums ; to a t them many seedlings, included in his cata- 
the garden. \ iekson an large number of | logue of this year fo ime, viz., 
idneys, Regents, Greenhouse Stove ened ae, Lilies, Achi- | Purpurea Elegans, dark purple; Suowball Superb, de- 
te Ash-lea menes, and Fuchsias ; to who | licate whi g „ a flower; Walden 
and Son, 
e | al:o sent a large collection of e ai Abel flower — ee deep ruby 
fact, scarcely a Kidney | ing specimens of Hæmanthus pubescens, H. coccin 
e 8 Barron’ 
from St. Petersburgh, and a a flowering ir in 
Bartonoides ; t to pas . r lsams, |“ W. J. E. Maidstone ” sent spikes of two seedlings, 
and Geranium : oat ird, but nicely formed: 1, a novel dark purple g vi 
8¹ England, 2 
Messrs. Ballantyne and Son, 4 but it is not so full a flower; its colour x oust fa 
Roses, and Hollyhocks ; to Mr. Handasyde, | more delicate pink. Raisers of the Hollyhock must fr 
Carnations, and Verbanas s to Prof. Syme | to obtain more substance and smoothness in 
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