January 30, 1858.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 71 
art of a decaying Beech nut covered with aj;curl, and the shoot phoned if nothing had h ap- J green sward. Do you confirm hi nd 
‘ungus, which I suspect is the cause of the whole. | pen ed. Witl we should ha rs pa many lif o do you recommend that the lime Ara als on 
waf mould had m used, which ie hi trong ealthy The |ti icky ? An Old Enae [If the Grass’ is alive a 
eech tree leaves, , and pi ood, which is | } Hy tl f lime will benefit’it, and if in April itis 
covered wit uld; the spawn ahis travelled | or ireny almost hariari When the insects | well manure¢ i with’ cited the turf will probably be 
h the — depth of the border, and where parts should be ayetnieel for if left | resto’ i a sare the place is ill drained, which is 
Sashes itself. to the roots, it creeps along them for | seer moisture fem the air, the powder ca Saps pna | pos ere In that case thorough draining is the best 
sens inches imone, EA us thr ead. Is thissu ufficient | r oved so easily. If it has become damp, p cure. | 
doe: | be tebe the fire, Dut not too close nor for too ine a arte Ess ce of Onions, §c.—Will any one be kind enough 
biy ly 17 years ola. A. yan hh 
Fungus is in sn same waa bs asit at'in 
when at 
Cas ie [Th 
which it wally 
ood eseri 
Ridge an nd Furrow mard TE Vineries—In reply to 
y of your ar correspondent »,” at pag ge 54, if 
Sigma. 
‘Ravages of the so Beetle a ag Shen 
y 
commit tted b 
y the Ay ylurgus pini iperda. Many « of the | 
nied Sto 
or essences of 
to ett me how Aes procure the juices 
s? How is it! best done? 
— Garlic, and Shallot: 
i ilo-scientia. 
Thomson’s Gas Sto 
es;—I have in my: green! 
f “Thomson’s 
ow nhouse 
nant Patent mse pane “Gas Heating 
fear, ; irretriev abl yin jured. Moore informs m 
Aipa 
“ 
> 
in ridge 
f | Pinus insignis, 
Mr. 
A fa in the ean allies is 
| nearly ruined by it. r. Moore and Mr. Wilkie woul 
I am sure, furnish the piraan of their losses. 
me it has: only just beg un, but iti is rapidly destroying 
whi ch h 
S STEN cs t sent was so defer Bhat’ it has 
bei Tepis ed b econd; but this T iiim t get to 
answer in the slivhtest degree ; ; the gasis peep | 
xtingnishec ed, and is attended with actual 
sec 
plants! The ma 
estructive 
G: grown, _ The ere are 
UTO houses on 
} “apen ’s a 
rapes have been very “Gini for several yen 
mly P fault. in this. kin: house. is the 
Reweut, Staffs., a exceedin 
rapes a 
nt of s ar i nt 
and | v: 
at | 10'to 25 feet in hei eight 
r Derby, where I believe "the 
The | th 
8 
s. and at 10 
ery expose situati 
t has also a nit orient 
rate the branches rie mt seca 4th el 
see the lea 
a my weer tere "highly condomnatory of 
the p ven now, whilst I am ing, the 
awe oe is filled with gas, and on ging into the 
full of 
yellow. and I 
43 
a shor ‘ti ime e the young shoot peste a 
ome in the roo 
ing here; and which. any be may se see and judge: for 
eae: ‘ample Leahy vision has. been — for 
ming this di ifficul Wille, Trent 
I at» first att 
must be familiar to 
um ber’ von enemies 
at the schon of = roe goa bud. 
$ u 
Agen 
i 
ralvanis with a view to restore a tet vital od poipatle t to 
coy 1 ad “debilitated plants, . if bps too far gone and 
and likewise sia >= 1 
from the vigorous it, yet pounce like | 
es upon it the moment tht symptoms of decay 
pireneng and It 
ali Z 
and to-nig 
atte: seit to ee ita aefa in invention ! 
bill for fixing the stove first sent, removing i 
&e., the pres ent one, is nes 1275 that is, i ni 
Fo 
a windstiking or. other cause might have eren one 
Eora 
wy 
Hing victims, yand T think it 
ad might he applied by aerate take ‘of Tec and 
coiled round the trees. J. B. N., Jomory, 
e Transactio: 
ly. to. your shape 
lent “ J. Duncan,” I would sugge st that his young Vines, 
pad already cut down to the lowest or i> eye, should 
be ) at once, and that for at least one month they 
efa 
mold be eranen ve many if 
Sasi on the subject :—1l. To ert extent have 
Pine ees epode 2: What species- have been 
her any species have anen 
while others near them have 
leading ` shoot is ean stacked ? 
tion? Ih 
would colleet | M 
nding 
I this I might lieve had the 
much better plan of hot-water pipes. Some of the 
fittings of the sii ahehe hepten omitted, and every 
attached to it obliged to be changed at. Mr. 
acr rostie? s sogge estion : this at my expense, too, at least 
for the present It appears to me also that the steam 
generated tl the stove for 
eee the air is strongly impregnated’ w with gas. 
tg ae ve Ash ine Burnt Ash Lane, 
explan ation Low n by Messrs. 
gh th 
Leb, Ton 
ni 
off the ends nds of the Kae 
+ 
0. the. first sl (of March 
reed ir zz a ay temperature. _ When the shoots are 
el pe 
nove them to a house cee temperati BO? to fea 
5°, where a pee uter shoot’ will’ be proditeed than to 
removing man 
omen 
I may ‘add 
rred to and 
ee among t 
seemed if dt eee prey fibre. Have ares wide pots 
pere drained, and with some turfy compost over 
ainage. Spread the roots carefully se upom this, 
=i fill up with light, rich i 
Earth up to about 
the roots very carefully, and so as | 
me, but Pinus 
hitherto — a BEREE SS BR naca the rant 
| Cedars, ani to 
wean Ar 
othe Silver F 
Speen 
with get ittoar 
e mode oÉ cultivation followed be a tne were not pra 
ed b 
is the following 
pa first pir odie today h he refers was amongst the first we 
supplied to him through; Deane & Co. 
of London. At that tim time sie stoves were made of zine and 
tin tubes, and were found to be liable edge by carriage, and 
when he, Mr tous of this one, we at once 
h copper boiler: 
x galvanised i a wit! 
ex 
new burners 
ould. then be, plunged in lor the new growth., The pots | doubt my veracity w when I asserted the spot to h ani ian The: way. the o 
plun in it at: 60° b peared. i night., His doubt: certainly refers occurres APEN llows i i 
ma 70° by day, eae the rarer ls at 85°. thet he has 5 not seen the me ne but a prove ee ne > Te ador placing the aseron TE 
A a begin to eockifiiel, give.a little air to | to all’ plant: was:in:the most perfect’ getting her light ron cady the chamber ur tubes go got full of 
en the y ort- | health, and od was’ xamined. by myself. ; course the moment in ere wasa 
St mes an n am irta : may that the- ae see ent Prevervaen 9p ep dangan todita soaps 3 
to strengthen t hem and ‘ram up | magn bottom | and. remains- as- w network after the more: t the-top aRt ehovetor he air yim 
A ea laterals ab entirely gonev The Potato disease, is- also | nated with gus,” this is s ently an error, de > a 
“the. Vinery to kene mentioned. T tidnkimyobsarvatiomeare ened cut, and a leak would soon show itself. OF some 1800F those 
ones now ii Mr; Worth’s is the only case where such com- 
ol d wet foll the heat of have been le, a fo scores“ of 
speaking of them in hs but — 
wat 85°. esp, tlie reves a| 
tle close fel and then g moist until the plants: thon 
‘teamed at this time of: Sih spat canara hed T 
ertain amount of m 
araras im some i if only- 
Es 
shrivelling, aed af i if it) was not for 
occasio! 
not be ben 
ee roa ional steam 
habitats are oti sat wise provision of 
nightly drenching în in dew a the rte a 
ue: P Ati 
to | m 
f | resid 
