T 96-1845.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, gy 
BRIGHT YELLOW BOUVARDIA (Bovvanpra FLAVA, DNE.) | peelin 
BRIGHTS VAN HOUTTE, ees at Ghent (Bel-| not thing to “pate through om the sn mae a nee plant, has induced decay >r iputrescenc® 
fo gium), commence nding out, on the 15th of Sep- löse. amate z aloe in nap stem, sometimes in tie leaves, and - 
tember, good ‘bushy plants of his new bright YELLOW h cs yurmg metimes. i a the tubers sps eme matter or 
BOUVARDIA (Bouvardia Bh manne, RT, sane üniwiig he remain, as soon as Potatoes are quite dry contains Mtegeen: it 
A ee “ie stone plant of this YELLOW BOUVARDIA | f surface, they may be removed from ‘the ove en. fis, in fact, the a lates miw oe of the phat in a 
dad previously left his Nursery. Price 21s., without discount, sutid from | 30 minutes long ough, when | state of deco ition, and wherever it has tused 
fanless four Plants ‘be taken. Orders ‘also received at'Mr. | the temperature was such as I ae described.” | decay, it ae 2 so sing the d 
og eer drawing of the above Bouvardia is alsoto| Wê are unable to how long Potatoes thus | albumen of that pet of the plant to enter aha 
“Pe seen at the Office o: ui ak a ainsi treated may be kept t we tinadine that there |a dular state of decomposition. The = —— 
he following Gen mT ave already 1 “Plants will be no di g on that head, if they are stored | which begins t to change‘s the cellular 
rie fg in a aps ly dry place. The >an iestion is, er the j nfluence of tre putrid 
ill render the ņ Skral pense es also; and lastly, the ee al 
‘Gh value A A a 
Mr. ergo the same change. | 
mas ka < Rendle, “Mr © Ply Others recommend a eep of some kind a to saan, this effect in a eo 
Hancock & So x eer} i | Rai E SaaS + | means of stopping the mili. This, if it will commence, it proceeds rapidly and with increased 
Benderson & Co., Pine- Tooting. ...... 2} produce the effect ; but we | power, n i a gs oe mha . f the tuber itself 
appleplaomn. i. sisri 114 Veitch & Sons, Exeter. .... -1 |'are not aware of sore sitive res ‘having been | to decay, i 
‘Yvery, Mr, Wm., P ham.. Willmot & Chaundy, Lewis- obtained by it. Fo lve h —— ounding 
| Knight & Perry, Chelsea ham ith y or ourse ave no at at ones, the, Aineet Juico being fally able to develope 
ig Lawson & Son, Edinburgh. . 1 | W ood & Son, Marestiid. -. - 4 | expectation of advantage. The ulil- Y i sound tubers. ogma value o Potatoes 
a Brass, pa a T | Young, tC, sq: Serigar e eed is now working so much havoc upon afp huitated as as food depends on the “flow and azo sed matter 
unds ..... 1 con samon, buries its spawn in the tubers, far, e latter 
ene vi be eg the a pe fees sA d as ‘to its |is ai cay des troyed; the eaae ér, hr r, remains 
i 9 seeds, why they are finer than t es in a sun-| sound, and therefore by proper means may b 
q The Gardeners’ Ci Chronicle, ponte and will ‘insinuate themselves. everywhere. rated from the other substances which in Shiedy 
e shall, howev d. 
SATURDAY, ET deen 20, 1845. | mee saim any of the pirn that have been } proposed,| “ Water is essential to this sc of decay, which 
pene oe ote scl FOLLOW ome account of the result. Mr. Pripeavx ‘has would not proceed so rapidly f the Potatoes of this 
RY SHOWS. 
ipavaimay, Sept: asf Samer SEE ami Professor Monee also di ; hence t e decay m a Age beck ked, or» or alib- 
S iaaa means of Tepaling the fist gether arrested, pi drying t the tabere ; this prevents 
seoa attention of everybody is so absorbed by recommends th utrefaction ; but it doés ‘not 
pravo-MUERAIN, that we should be wanting in | Cokpit of 7 a of lime, 41b. of sulphate of cop- | at all remedy the mischief already ‘done. 
d t continue | per, 7Jbs. of salt, and about 25 gallons of water.|  “ The t plan at present appears to be that 
ct. Not that we | But if the Potatoes are to be eaten, the sulphate of | of separating the doe from the fi &e., of 
by of advice or c oppe left out; in fact, he s the dise ased t tubers. Those Potatoes, the haulm of 
lation ; for the topics connected grasp the disease | the steep for seed-Potatoes only. ere i eady dead, sho aken once, 
ch » more or les tance connecte: _ with the supposed acti tially dried th is will 
orespondents s and | of salt that d t d. In another check ne progress of decay, and not int terfere with 
J us that re is column will be found a letter from a kn nown c sequent - om of the flour. The fol- 
inions we | signing himself “ Ambulat of the process requisite for 
of the | healthy state of ie “Potato « crops on the ihe purpose 
nsive t “The tubers r must be washed, an 
the unt itted it l ach of the sea|or reduced t ulp. -Machines T- 
shall te exceed ‘the ba influence. We also Kef in a a Belgian newspaper, | pose may be eha from agricultural machine 
rorth the dig- | the following statement :— “Ap rs, "ak will EDA a go a ks 
n s more, | travelling through Belgium, lly the ge when any quantity of Potatoes is to be o 
mentioned | Flanders, n remarked that nr ast, as far upon. The pulp as Pista iy ‘a ay one should 
certainly broken out in Ireland. | the air is impregnated vith alise Particles the be „collected i in a n the juice 
co ndent near Potaka are sound an rfectly healthy ; but, | wh 
poor people here, | elsewhere, more rar the epidemic is raging, a drain aw ay T om = flour and fibrous 
wo days ago, 12 | the Pot become m ore rotten every poata of the tuber. The pulp must then be 
w gone.” Ger-| day.” these coincidences? or do they indi- ed; this may b ne ina 
m, are in the same state | cate any tecting influence on the a f aut ponerse canvas e pulp being well stirred 
ntery, which has already ap-| The question eee onsideration, any one | whilst a small stream of water is suffered to run 
zette de Cologne, | used pe A pl is Potatoes? and F so, with piema it int tub or other convenient vessel 
otatoes. The | what placed beneath. The water comes t ugh miiky, 
pers speak of cholera, at Ghent, pro- e find, however, that Public opinion ; is turned | carrying with it the tect on bag ti in the sieve 
l ording toth or bag L _ tubers, sa = 
ed by famine, that the | which lies in -t and which te I ba ly Ł 
r have been | important part waa its atv o quality, coke 4 to an th att a open to deat fe Siar 
ures for keeping processes | for saving rs by heat o r steps, be give a first. The floury water, 
ation out e Prussian terri er ei for bout 10 minutes, is 
y, the e authorities of some „districts It is a fact, oe in spite of the Tayages e| off, when there will be found at the bottom of the 
and Getta ave either proh ld the progress of putre action, the | vessel in which it stood a quantity of impure flour ; 
ened to prohibit t the exportation. ia Potato internal flour ii of yet uninjured, and that it is prac- | this must be washed by stirring it up ag ain with 
ther should be no seed for ano other year. ticable to extract it by very simple and cheap Tanur of fresh water, and then all 
to uch is the state of tie a It is i R now | processes. This wae is recommended by the|the lower part of the flour will Ses p found to be 
.Seculate > on the first cause of this murrain. Our f th armers’ Club, as will be | pure and white, whilst the u is dark- 
Original Opinion (see p. 575) was, we believe, cor- | seen ge m "resolutions printed in another | coloured, and co a pi of decayed 
at least, we have not axi aag te any-| column; and w received both from Mr./ fibre; this should be ‘separated from the clean 
— confidence in it ; dnd we find Beatties and vee Henstow, excellent sam- | flour, which is to drai and placed to dry in 
ngle exception: ‘of Profess ssor Morres, les of fine Potato flour, extracted from decayed a warm room, but not d by the artificial applica- 
ion amo wo eae Puia The latter gentleman found that while f tión of fire, which, if incautiously ; be 
eas ours, excep meteors, electricity, half a bushel of sound Potatoes yielded 4 lbs be very likely to spoil it by converting it into gum. 
kno forces, ea appealed to. Itis| 100z. of flour, the same —_— of diseased and | By this rocess good r may be obtain 
a Minute fungus made matters infi- | decaying y tubers furnished 3lbs. 1 oz. We have | Potatoes which are brown and perfectly unfit for 
3 but that is, we quite elieve, a-se- | al re y ot Phage ut D it is difficult to sep: r 
e. The ideration of this p bread mad bya a labourer 3 fi dec our in these tubers, it wi 
n m y, however, be very well deferred d rathe half P: y pre- be as y ine a much as as possible those 
haye ‘now to look to is an immediate | pared from very bad Potatoes, ant some spengo which. a “gen otten from those which are but 
Sake e, worthy of GUNTER f such slightly tainted b before grating. 
ery begi ginning we we have pointed t o| four by Mrs. Patreson, tag mistress of Hadleig h| “The quantity of flour in different kinds of Fota- 
this essas the at means of arrest zi the itré workhouse. In fact, the labourers’ wiven in in Sufolk to toes abi ly ; on an av . yie 
disease. We ey n o suggest kiln- ree gga in good earnest about the bout 18lbs. of good starch ; but some kinds yield 
and to pie it the flou consi y The quanti flour in 
oniteur, that a Dr.| This cat so, we think i t important ie direct | Potatoes this ap rather less than usual ; 
mentally the er attention to this practical point, and in| but this'is occasioned by containing, for the 
ing is his aeeount | ¢ with fe we t the following valuable | most rather more than th pr 
T'caused an‘orven y Mr. Epwanp Sorry, who is  direct- of water : the average prop eet ri water in good 
rature of something less jing his attention to the chemical facts Potatoes, i sa ae t 80 bs. per ¢ ` 
in it diseased Potatoes, | wi urrain. The great advantages of pro ° 
to obtain an |  Attentio m is now generally n an sg ge ia the diseased are ‘cea the first = 
ed and | m anufacture of Potato-flour, with a | the process is certain ag me in the se ond, 
g been ex-| some portion, at least, of the useful ; =e Py the | that it pore hing beyond : Tite labour of 
minutes, a crop, instead of losing the whole, ried and sue an apparat 
r 3 
r cted. wi aas oar oases ripen, for that an old coarse file, or even rickat o Soa 
a ldea pesi nad or even stored up with others which are sound. The | thing having a rough and hard substance, m may 
i utrid pipans which has been formed in certain | be re Pa = ect or the Fotitoes may be crushed by a 
ceptaislight brownish |. | parts of the plant, chiefly inthe underground stem vy instrument. The arm of an old shirt, or ha 
a cone removed by | ar Oa par a pair p worn out-cany 
and roots, having been circulated through all parts 
as trowsers, o 
