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624 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [ae ie 
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and the answer was—“ Oh! thej the ‘Monograph of Potatoes, ” published by Putsche | history of gardening. There are, however, st 
Seats of thet ~ is very different.” ” So that the | and Vertuch, Pe Weimar, in 1819. LEN or, Len, some points not wet ee 
small (!) addition of 5d. foot was made for a| “The ‘plants which are affected by Les greys have oped ed x 
z an e mely meagre appearance. e stem is un- roducing di 
_ akak, in, quality which bowen praia we branched, brownish green or mottled, and here si Aa And one oct “hot t the Teast ‘of vp i cr pag mye at 
= be there rinkled with rusty spots, g h 
e will i wo! nderfully improved by the applica- pith, so that it is 5 not ie Kat ebk -eoloured, e an es : cate Beneath Beng the 
tion fafa som The gee of eg es ihe T P 3; but even 
ARD 
We pep e that Messrs. Cua 
l bar ent hy wrinkled, baled: or cr 
and H vw 
—_ age lluéion in their teeter | w their mtd [pi 
We, th 
pled. The leaves are far 
‘more ses e than “usual, ‘and 
buts 
The accompanying w cer Sin shows a Melon pit, con- 
strueted a pet T this object in view. 
ned in the cham 
utters of 
, therefore, presume ss be. Wi 
ier ashamed ofi it, as eri well ma; 
| starved plant often perishes 
sho 
hem in a alleys eo 
| di Sahel, « r dried even in the you The 
“the pi is sade 
to escape, when re- 
plants, The 80) il in 
toads: 
uire ed, ‘into the pit amongst the 
early in a 
| tubers uld be making the most rapid growth, "These 
yee 
see 
oi tå Ik about, although t 
discount” which the 
king instance 
rat pot > English Miro than fase esa: 
nthe reconstruction of an old greenhouse i 
of the Horticu 
oT “ 
8 
was K for 
"The at of such glass, in squares 
Messrs. Cuarer and Haywarp’s 
ist is at this beeen 371. 188. 
. these dealers t 
es? 
W | Even the colour of 
changed. The same tuber is in pai 
way 
- | to the 
co prones A thani in 
sp cen appear upon t 
’| which are at first small, but nenir increas 
eaf. As 
of | kno 
are scan 
the outer coat of the tubers is 
by strong slate, which, pantletely shuts pol ” moisture 
un! 
dia 
“Thane 
eens pak 
J d 1 f hriekhat: 
arts be wr in 
of a dirty gr pail Spree the tw ints run into | s 
each oy Som of Potatoes are more subject | 
Sie talk 
aes ; itis 
more 
elevated districts 
The second disease mentioned I 
which. pelea as in the case of the curl, ray oh not 
is more beer in flat e 
Me 
as to the roo 
The 
ing from dryn 
water thus cate aE itself over pp ae 3 
of the €, pro m : 
slate, odusing Bea t oisture so co 
t enio 
himself had an yaa a Ne obse: 
in the monograph quo pae ve as s allie d to the rust of 
Wheat. ust-coloured he pe es, 
at 
length overrun the who sle the respiration of 
the 
desirable 
only supplied with the proper amou: 
main tain t Ae plants in luxuriance and health, and be 
this ture can be withheld, when the pi eriod arri 
g 
the leaves is in conse sequence impeded, t 
thin, and at last w. Wh 
en, however, this died not | promote the ripening of the fruit. ere water > oa 
upon the bed Sufficient to reach the Pah so as to © 
t th ould become 
wit 
take place, the fiesh of the tubers is infested with black 
ts, which resemble ulcers, an 
the rest of the flesh. The cause of this 
nown. Itis nia only of short duration, and | 
is ameliorated es mild rains, so that the produce is no 
mu uch a 
a than 
is evidently very obscure. 
It is pro ably re = Be 7s “that mentioned by Stau- 
ee in the Isis o occurring ai AAT ona. 
lan 
war 
t simply anil efficiently cured without producing any bad 
a para et and healthy action pacts soon 
cease; 
but in the mai above desc: 
ribed the evil is very 
t 
+ 3 £ An, 
y 
tiar ly | 
f 
ne Correspondence 
es manured w ith ata The peasa 
and Alt 
Hom 
tato Murrain. nhe d 
nai as“ 
d we hav 
e long a 
d English 
e just Te le amed 
e abin 
said that he would do 
Y, the 
las sma, ks already broken through E 
mburgh Altona ae a the rust in Wheat t dextenoiinn ar S Potato 
è introducti n of Pota Holland an d the mono- 
paige! Pòtaldes, anā panes otc er ees H Tam so spade , has reac ched here, but not bee 
they ‘dopedad n a home supply, ai aad Po Se fti hat tl 
lar largely cultivated on highly manured lan aft ter th hp artas are dug out of the ground, “and 
quen a rise in the price of Wheat, they believe that one bad one taints every one it touches, there is n 
their Wheat. became infected Le ith ayes st. _ rhe ea pal mene how far the evil may extend. The e 
ls o have suffered most here; the A: 
| which bears the same name. Kidn aoa the varieties raised from it, are the 
Brue Pock. Martius has not | I have seen. I apreni d all P i 
describes it as first seed on a piece o h 
self observed it. Hampe ap- 
is under the form of blue s pots, and elevations on 
the skin of the tubers. At a later period, dark rhiz 
my 
e ground, so that they scarcely 
| touch each yei and s every se pa or third day the; 
and e 
thaice given them of executing orders at foreign 
tubers, o1 ven "pene trate their substance. 
| Blue son = oe a at lenp appear in the flesh of 
are eatable. It 
> whic! 
such as saw ust (whic ch i in the infected districts is used 
pi ic 
said that it |; 
| arises in very wet weather, from poral sre matter, | P 
hai: They have “tried it on,” as they told 
they would; and they = —— as mgr deserve. 
<4 m. hoes, regard of a our 
discuss accom he our 
leave eof this brittle subject. 
ON THE DISEASES ted POTATOES. 
CTED PRINCIPALLY FROM Kan ToFFEL—EPIDEMIE 
the dung. I M.J.B. 
(To be continued.) 
CULTURE OF THE MELON. 
_A NEW era phen. —_ mone = oe sprung up in the cul- 
yon Dr. MARTIUS. Munich, 1842.] 
and atmo i ber can 
Tri is not a matter of surprise that a a plant cultivated 
be readil s than 
by fermenting manure, “which very considerably dete. 
these have 
Some of 
present 
aecount of the t two latter we are 
riorated the flavour and value of the fru 
Dr. Martius. 
_ The Curt is described in 
“Hanover Maga 
Pp ATTS,. ss PE EE: after their 
the shoo 
the Maga. 
s Soon 
e c 
W. 
al 
_ The system of culating Tiras on | 
gardeners, even at the present day, should i imagine “that h 
got up, there seems to be littl 
course, t lan is not at 
tended for eating ; but for those in 
it will be found excellent for 
re were no fe: rot i 
excitability to the Po 
when planted ; but pre moti is found it gives 
tunity of lookiug them over time 
ing out all those which are tainte 
ut into a heap, and covered up ( 
are only a few bad ones at first, 
they touch tne evil will go on s 
is, Probably, n e fit to ee in 
You ay, Me hae ee and th 
tion, mains be ehind —Will these Po 
and which in sortin 
sound Pots 
very weak ones, w 
They produce no tubers, or only a ———— 
These, 
bercrombie and Reg adop 
aw; 
ery 
ai pias ir and sweet atmo- 
vegeta 
being expo: eit ag sun, ton on 
ex! ARTE is ak increased. 
the tubers infected 
fate) have scar 
that it is that mois ist i 
which are stony and unfit for food. : 
disease. _ Tt is said that at the base of the oots, where 
the set, there is a sie which the 
agen some insect. 
extremely ig e in wt 
such as are pace wi gp l the stages 
prac ag to the sweltering fumes of a dunghill. 
this season, seen Melons grown in pits heated both a 
top and bottom by hot water, and without the aid 
dung 
of 
than | g 
of their |p 
I —- 
enial circumstance a 
share should commence j 
de; egrees o eat an 
ite extremes, as the P 
r the most t part, ulcerate 
xam p 
to “the opposi 
year r, the ey, fo 
: disease was 
towards the end of the 18th ce: 
‘effered for the disco 
3 ioir a most Bona. ae bgp Hey secon: ed 
n durin 
| althongh i 
pF og A aeaea ana difficulties, 
g y g whatever, finer 
I ever saw them, and most excellent in flavour. 
K n th 
oy ao a 
which I hope to conclu 
r| Ga 
tuted 
or refutation of this opini n, Í have > 
de Í j in time 1 for rag 
ack, in 
strides which gardening is now making, for 
in this case we have struggled lon; ae 
_— me LP 
new light | 
no preventive measures necessary 
Fe ngan plats of ground which have borne i 
