866 
over that this fangus is entirely under his contr ol, } 
and he believes that there is not the sli ghtest 
difficulty 
it ei habit and nauseou 
Within a few weeks tay we j aatia have been 
entirely of the same opinion, b mmunica- 
out 
to assort positivel y that we ha 
Bunt b 
Ex witht there i is not the slightest difference 
ides: the Carolina and European Bunt, = 
when rubbed between the er there is the sam 
disa agre eeable smell, thou rice - not so perm 
w he older parasite, 
still 
how 
oe in 
When the diseased grains are divided en 
but little difference. The Carolina Bunt has, 
ever, its spores rather less closely packed, w 
when viewed in a body they are of a Sean more 
samples of Wheat, one of ‘them, | which w e willy: 
call No. 3, mixed largely with grains from mil- he rab. hod i 
n the sediment of the first after | ; waits Ge 
washing we find abundant spores of Bunt without a ti noth comparison of a 
fungus. The second contains | Ve has sprung up in some of th 
those of an S > } . ties of Scotland. ch e 
Bunt-svores in almost equal quantity, mixed with the "batt pee » and which is 
a few spores of Macrosporium, one of the fungi} 4 4 Me at em? Setting all 
which are found on W. hen the a nd is | calculation eu e . m 
ckened or tagged e third poe, like the | easily maintained plonghmen 
sporium, and amongst these, after some search, | fi f° tho iw! 
we detected a single half-grown mildew pore. miserable a partment is made a 
There were spores of two other fungi n , so that in some eounties as 
Ea hich we could not refer to their ait, z seven es aA Lot here men are th: 
proper species. — So far our assertion with respect | a’ ‘The villag: swept am 
to the of many mildew spores being ee ale : 
attached to the Wheat i is borne out. ‘such large Arian worked by Si 
shee 
There 
whic 
are effectual against Bunt are powerless against ao nil 
mildew is therefore no a advan- ne 
ing th 
the leading object bein ing to raise 
mare hired from 
| effect what they promise as regards a nt. 
rag mt taiit Irae ith bier Š B so certai ss thet they are eflicacio ainst t this 3 ? rule they are 1 
‘Sais ae Peep Nog mat pert quite gine and are | Lhe experience of bt per Pia is certainly not pe 
i ad in thei rfavour in the distri which iye. t 
owen the thos co Trofea. he se oof the | Bunt has been aby nd on inquiry it ap- | left his place anc 
’ Bunt, on the contrary not'so re pears that wherever this has been the , the |® reed i 
size orform, and are perfectly smooth, containing | 0!d paths have bee deserted. Compositions have | oy fined him 
itiaentof aiti ins. They are accompanied been bought at considerable expense where a single pae 
by a few scatter simple or branched hyaline bushel of lime would have guar d the crops 
threads, which are doubtless the remains of the against injury, and the aero: “IR is that a ~~ $ country allo 
delicate spawn or mycelium from which the spores | POPO the produce is bad, no unimportant | are not bo 
origin a Similar threads indeed sometimes | Matter at any time, but a serious consideratio. i 
occur in common Bunt, but neither so abundant jrn the best Wheat will scarcely make a co souple What crowns "the evil is, that 
Paid È of hpto 
ole eo ff sang sey eG ess aha old methods till he can hear of some that are | employed a corresponding number of 
I differences may inly better. Let him indee ways be open | and. they are Bp as lodged in a similar 
tion. In the English Bunt, the spores give rise to | ©" an stot sA e is not 5 ie fe he Eo bothy. ‘The paper at. AA 
long spindle-shaped threads, which aft time | oe h eh the times but let sy ak the dal > le various bag of the con , and one 
become d with each other and have secondary | i Seta: wok to halaa aval apirt h pro-| Year in East Lothian in which a double 
spores capable of germination. At aa a| De Seu ULOUs: NA zy p pe | brought to light—a colony of 
ithe dean fesses to be in possession “of secrets which he will | mpatairs, oni lonyo fad 
and cold weather is not favourable for Saithe not part with without a “consideration.” There | every reason to believe that the system is 
in this direction. We shall however take the e pam are Impostors on every side, trying to take him | yt might pee ve been anticipated that 
favourable opportunity of completing as far in with artificial manures and vauntin —_ tions of all s propriety would 
can the history of this curious parasite rI - | For the former let him go only to the m spoot- | lamentable resulte, and undo 
it EEA ourselves. with stating that able seier pinen that the faig at will that for the sake of a paltry EE some who. 
the ina Bunt cann pee att the end prove the cheapest, andi ranked with the first in r 
Tilletia, which was i asy | recourse to the ais let him them hi a phe i ay of being forcibly anal to the } 
5 i seale hee Ser and = moer put all his eggs aiy state. It has long been known 
for the reception of the common Bunt. We/)* ? scenes of ke 
therefore, for the C parasite the |23 the sayin, in the same basket. M, J. B. | po 
name of Ustilago Curtisi, BERK., in honour of Dr. | 
M. A. aapi who a b nish it. 
or two more | 
— 
SYSTEM IN SC 
CIE 
pooner mae ge = erred 
| Ge 
HE B . | 
READ BY THE REV. DR. BEGG BEFORE THE siamese tin 
“Ty so sie as vier towns of Scotland are concerned, 
there are no fea tures of very m a A ce, uliarity. The 
cterises Yistricts 
oe all the large | piee of Britain aris eni r e 
nrgh a 
oe eg leave to call the in some parts of Edinbnrgh and @ 
Kideen sr o our pi a to a subject not who olly |an the ‘Seo tch wi awi she has not the same mod 
irrevelant. Man any o of age making experi- bestir himself i in acquiring a house of his own w or: 
Sorgh saccharat tum, 
which is subject to a bs ito whioh is tot Fa rechold Land Movement of Birmingham, inasmu spa 
well hidesiod in ths coat 6A Arg? eta fe aa hy the ce coer Franchise does not exist on the other | 
side Very much remains to be done, ‘on 
vo sary doubt. to the same genus as | the state of towns has often been agen and i 
oce 
(3 
who have had the plant woe tivation for 
formation as to its 
t- | artisans mi 
m 
for each yc our 
pouty elevated, and be each 
landlord of 1 his own | ouse. But wit thout zelf. denial and | 
parts í 
being nets eve y A- i Pee 
following taie a ly issu y 
proves that the north-east section of 
the chief seat the bothy system, 
of ba: ae y. 
Number and Proportion of Ill 
Dieions of Scotland during 
_185 858 :— 
ne rg 38 
ScoTLan 
Norina Cou: 
oe jo eaters a Counties 
h-E 
South- Eastern C 
Southern Coun: 
c 
rren 
have 
to be on the look out for it nex xt 
it would be ve danao that its chia parasite 
should be prop: a 
land, | ° b 
“ But very cua pecu uliarities come out in 
| nection with the rural districts of Scotland, "where “the 
caustic is howis all 
vs o difficulties in the way. An 
3A that Te 4 
We have jus 
of every intelligent farmer. Tack moat es hasi ii 
own favourite remedy, whether Ta or jerene 
a 
comfort on us e part r> the w 
“ 
Sth tt Paes 
TKI men. 
Through most of the woting mer the ploughmen 
Sian Sporto had only one apartment for a whole family. 
poet Burns, in comi 
bu ness remarked this as 
Scotch farming more th 
writer of thi 
although the 
acre, there was nota j og man 
t smut. an ew * 
fore 
and is Ustilogo theres 
E N 
make 
we have just nal om body pall 
Dr, @. Jounsron by Dr, funeral. Matters "agg om. rae = 
conseque 
use 
meof them were 
ts |an 
gard to the 
bei 
bothies. The 
a wrong. 
mpossible can 
owed 
ded, onl re require the strong 
many of pet 
and so 
so frail, that the was told by the people that the bed 
were the nd props to the — 
fay berpsotl 
vided, 
le legislative — 
iz remedy th 
which | go fi 
bse ndian wig 
—there were ozoasionaliy five | 
as also 
oa six children, bese T em There 
dwelt, in health an When infectious 
separated from the re till 
they ali | Dew 
| mos 
and elsewhere, 
