35.—1845. THE GARDENERS’ sit a 593 
= h ultimate escape be | the immediate vicinity of thi he spots on the tubersare owing to 
I apparently safe, althoug’ cinity of this town, at an elevation of | dertake to say that th ts on th 
a nis. In pea second place your amrin Sepeti 200 fe; the tops of the Seed were as if bu — and | the hago ft the Botrytis fea biaren two io aiaa of 
taking up and st g the crop, may be oc feta y Ee n. the the leaves Ta black. The own of the farm ace m- dise e The primary cause is doubtless the 
o erod, b but it will Ax we leet pau ied m and I r Bic rp him } $ in th ai E 3 et, combined with poent aragi of 
it tatoes which were ripe be ore le dis s 
st i is sun become puteid in a we ox: re Hen swede itself; he did so, and is (Barly | s " Tema be tbe Mes es ire seg tig pots 
rai i is the disease) is in a few days reduced to bere looked en well; but on the cl which 
ipideti appeared bel ow the outer akin an olnute d: the Tavas og ‘ste oy" are atta ked te Bs t in- 
Bat before the present pro oof of r rapid decay I had numbe er ¢ of small pi with a stance. ae Gus: 
same aggre from the ruinous exp 1 up, in a few furrows re ay fro Pota Tangri had raed de giving ir trial to to the 
of last season, when the ie Sais ; much fees, was a Kidney Potato, aain exa elly a a plan I suggested of taking off t plats of the 
ified for , prevailed here toag ppearance. We next went to a pa art of t to t e Seeding | time, but as I shall 
extent, and under altogether different wh e Potatoes were; the to e quite | un dably be abs ent from 
own, I may cite as they oce curred. withered, aud ee — obtained was anything bet I ret some 
; t our correspondents will endeav: 
crop was got up during the bright weather in Oc satisfactor ry. On re pe sre and outside cuticle | carry out the Dade one oak their ¢ own ee . 
id in narrow ridges on the ground, in the best | the surface of the Polska vered with small Anon a a the in the Gardeners’ Chronicle.— : 
dition ; yet, by spring, 75 sacks of every specks Projectin ng from the tse of the Pot 
„mass of cor iption ; and ny, very | |’ his is just ae case with ours, even w whe re tho crop Sadia have observed several articles in your 
many others in Kent had theirs in the same condition. | appear ts he al M.) 1 co jumna, ted rs to time, about i. right win of 
E vas nothing to alarm at the time of taking up, state that all the Potatoes i in this island are in pruning Walnut-trees. An sized be 
e a too rapid dyin g off of the bine ; and the ti l you ng W alnut-tree of es per 
whi d led rm on which these Potatoes grow, is size (I do trees, for I 
e far old 
functions. Dahlias also in many parts that of i Lado the beeesty of Mr. Poindegstie, | rience), nb he leg: injury, if it 7 cut in autumn, 
ed its s 
— district rotted off during ape win ger ina most|at Moule-au-Pre Iw ill ta y and send specimens x exactly at the time the foliage firs aoc change 
precedented manner, as many c stify. Last these Pot tatoes igo byt I mu colo our, and if i If left 
=, 's fai lure L consider the most alarming hag of t y } he fields I ; if cut at in sear Bi time 
s than H at night, and the P it never heals. 5 
Peslaries of the present se: das i okle Folke- | Since former note ae ie, I have ewe Seedling Pelargoniums.—I sincere ely hope that the 
—I have read with | ialen i various ac- | on another far, the Potato c sap on which is A | regulations for rag eig oma snare which 
ie given in last sale Paper relative to th d in the other. I in the season that is past, 
ul failure of the Potato crop. Pickens the follows |! two of the upper stems, the hiner part of the stalk is is | will be a in the one to come. The exhibition he 
rs may be seh, though from every d all the way to the seg! as find the those two years old, in moderate-sized 
I myself | tube decayed at the lotët en g thei s blooming, &e., is a va poner a: 
s of accounting for such a very acm | the stall i is unpunetared, whereas that at the e opposite | ponte to Berala and. is a protection to their 
. I have myself eight different sorts of P ying The attack on the crop took place | pockets. To the seller it is also myer ss, as or 
oo ed in differe nt situation oth he 4th or Sth of August, at which period the | forms the very best advertisement, if his product 
ff b was very low, and had been s 0 fo or some | time, | are really fine. _ The e missi ing the pi ogre I allude 
i 1 my F father’s grounds at Pap pa a pr at tinued ntil 21st, in the pri 
ie fo ot of the Me ane hills. I find the Potatoes ve ry | been ai stal rising. I must also state that electrie| to be reine in 1846. I sincerely hope, however, 
erally injured the neighbourhood ; indeed, in matter has filled the air from by: 22d = ly, and de- that I a mistaken.—Veritas.—[The old regulations 
in, without thun i 
I will give you i the effect of electricity t Under ú hedges asp-Traps. SR description of a glass wasp-trap 
No. 1. Ash- jeaf ‘Kidneys, enn on a esy stalks are pete, and ny flov injured. I will Pag given at p. 473, intended for taking pws from 
ed cede dug out last week for see ed; none injured. send further Fee puie a fow pap The corn i is wall fru uit, the s season for whi ch has not „yet arri 
[have some in a damp situation, but (south) E Toura. he crop good, but ill oe serve for 
Spect ; they are likewise safe. No. 2. “Bar rly Bettie cient— ird less than ihe average.— W. az receiving the wasps i are abroad w n their nests 
i White early ge planted in April, in a high, ex. Childers, Tia a Metis e, St. Helier, ot oe The | are taken ; and if seme such plan of sue them be 
osed situation on a slope, the rock about a foot from gre: ortance of this root, one acre of which not pursue ed, the busi ness can be but half done. I will 
ace ; dagen much injured—the haulm A wal feed 1 | more people than three of Wheat, nests may genirily be 
and the ne fit for food interest. ‘Tt seems, taken. as well in the day a as pe nicht, Ds e Sth and 
3. ees an ab white Potato, planted i ion of th gi re nests w re taken 
h, a lo ow situation, Peep mould, in a south | old Pot tato dae ly oa a pec ae rot occasioned by the | squib, a pari pay Ea tl 
ect; t th tthe is sheltered. | extraordinary wetness of the season. 1e old disease | and two or three wasps were calle ayan in aa 
i ll drai der this pie ce, made roughly, has engaged much of the attention of agricultural che-} hole. One intermediate day was sjwa for the wasps 
loose stones. T' p , thou ugh mists, who may have something to say abont it ates to get into the glass-traps, which contained each 
a4 Tipe. I pive tried s 1 collected ; but this 200 to 404; or, altogether 1424 w ly 
Y Anju ees Kidney “Bos an not | advancing with such alarmio oy tipiy that no AY is one had escaped, 1 will mention parti -th on 
nown) plan ted “for Wineen to þe lost in attempting to arrest its ravages, without | ceeding in taking a very strong nest, on the 11th of 
le same nature as No August, at six o’clock in the afternoon, under a very 
ect, wall behind h nigh ee are aai ee I fear | which Send going on in many places.at once, Amongst hot ‘sun, performed rather as an exhibition than de- 
is spreading. No, 5. A p lot adjoining Ne. the > most effectual es and ibed P dent fi a hi t to have 
en winter Potato, injured and salt, both quite whole- | been deferred till night ; 
A large piece of ae Roughs, planted ae ome, and consisting of denat suitable for manure, | wished to see the nest taken. ay penny nay sah mas hag 
some ashes and refuse lime dug in in For arresting 2 decay in the ground, a mixture of | and the grou: pe bate S till m i of the: 
hese, say 1 
atng; not injured, an growing still most luxuriantly. | t hloride of lime and 3 cwt. salt per | open; it was tl r 
i k Haifa Lf, rare kind of white Po in acre, may be st strewed round the plant, and immediately | put into a bag like a a rumen in whieh the 
apm they grow very freely, and are | covered in (for daylight kills the chloride of lime). Or| inmates were afte Is 
dro x many 
aa for 5 only, They r olagtéd in in | if the weiter should, Beppily. become dry, it may be | wasps were on the wing during the whole time, and it 
h 
and May, with a setting stick, o a piece of lea | applied liquid, at the 1 gallon w: me te ol Ib. of | would not have been safe to put the glass into the hole 
over with the spade, the turf pice about eight | the mixture, upon soil so w waa the prese: ith he aid of another ria ae naj -a at the 
Until last week they looked most luxuriant ; dug apparently wae bean subject to pa ese 10 o’cloeh t ng, there wi 
blight it be) appeared in a spot in T, T, and then steeped i in the wasps on K wing,and in the glass an were in 
this place e now ' quite withered, and the tubers above solution, 12 hours, (p commotion, and some getting out, wh n the funnel was 
ound though many successive quantities | s! stopped with a tuft of Grass, the Peay taken away, and 
nO sabe rance on the roots. This is pl ot is in | of Potatoes, - adding won of the mixed salts and | the wasps drowned, 505 in number. A pint fruit-bottle 
“el exposed Bean the ground a aa pa chloride e as ee absorb | it out, for whie h the taste e may with lar ge mouth, forms 1 the best and oe p, with 
on clay about 1 ft. 6 in. from the he lip being 
a i eck, with a small part Of the body of of 
ed in va: Em the 
ed, yet on close in sr Re the ae foul = pears part shy a gals Ss ee of the a roa reversed 
its first stage j jus toni dè with the chlori ide. The chlo ride of lime (bleaching pow wde. r) Cultivation of Cotton in India — In resuming the 
I leave you to d |; f Cotton in India, I must re- 
ents—any other infor: ati I ill ith - | fe it perish ble article.. Te salt should be | quest your attention to an error — hee crept into 
and shall feel dee ar obliged on I wi | give with plea or ' use, as i is | a P a ; q sig aw ce ag had | sca ae ee a 
: Chew m Ef rel inclined, myself, t m out. | curdle d no oa or estan of any ‘kind species—that is, Gossypiu E and G. Bar- 
Mendip I find the various inde hasi lly in- Joad pie it, poco in mixing or in solution, as me- | badense, though long introduced into India, still 
whatever may be the aspect, in a | tals quickly exhaust its qualities.—J. Prideaus, Ply- | their dshinetive characte I mentioned some 
alled garden, on a G grav Be eg but ay 3 ; corroborativ v ao an sag by by stating at — 
I Py cma on the tops o of th ne Men- Disease in Potatoes.—The pean by which ie facts show “ persis’ of character, m 
ually burnt y y both in this c ae of the Indian si pa Y tone Thc ame made me say 
. 7, planted rough] 5 th d on the Continent, does to peovail in ih perverseness” of charact ‘ 
ne time since most luxu a an ighbourhood. I} d in P ection, = diction to what was befi I am glad, however, 
s Galia | o tidings of it; indeed, my own Potatoes © of recalling attention tattle on of ange jet hoping 
> owers cts salt, which I here found never more re abundant or a. I 1 that some of o y say 
onthe ary degree this summer. ceived from Dr. Montagne, of Paris, some leaves af- respecting the Influence of a or ta 
lants ; whore th he least fected: with the mildew, ts with an admirable genus in gro 
Je SF A w: į in large rgi 
x the plants was ‘applied it killed tities in the same open country. "i have said d on 
amen es i i their 
quantity seemed to ppi doen genus Botrytis, v ery great ly resembling that whieh i is so each other, beeause if the Indian Species, from t 
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very common on the Shepherd’s Purse, s te t sese, wag 
i or thus addressing Toi. butli ‘ate plants which are swasked By. U by the white uredo. | the contrary, ought to — “a influence es indedy aro 
I rested tor the Ss e of my poor parishion- Iei is also allied to Botrytis destructor ec) gory is | ing the species indigenous to India. Some, Dr Bu 
far, will suffer nt speeies | disposed to look wii pga is directi A Re e 
uefa > I shall be glad o Tans advice, zah ton Allium. I sap seen whole beds of Shallots entirely | indeed, in the very last in jester (dated yai : ich I 
 Monda n my field garden tenants whom I meet | destro: p it, and it is oceasionally Mei prejudicial to received from him, says “I am oe 
Y Next. — H, Mike pa yes by it, | thi be by erossing the eaten with 
The heard, a ieu of Pontio, Onions. ms s p site of the Potato does not appear to | thing good may be o ei 5 
very similar, 4 Dt ed before by sneansics, ~ differs | our native Cottons.” In the meantime, however, he ha 
Bid A saves fy li ot pees coe f those of the same genus | made an experiment in cross the two Pre nye 
10 dune “ss fortnight whisk Tare beet long known as attacking the leaves of with each other. Of these G. arboreum, a ively Ti x 
are all equally | various plants. Dr. Montagne purposes to to call i t Bo- indicates, grows to rs ky nature Ss A little 
and will 
tatoes being as withered | t trytis infoctant 
E veslled a far in ad eT He docs not us 
6, Ne ew- cher Bir 
