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Lans] THE GARDENER’S CHRONICLE. 
735 
à ORS of tHe PEAR anp otuer| spread over the field, and not collected into heaps and uentl as F 
Pr KUTSA “DESCRIPTIVE tice of =e sr "or t he Ga a .. boomer cary t aoe tine te 
T. rly signing himsel fora 
te, by of th ee eee cae Cu tage oat be d to lie upon: the field for a period of gated leaf should be Biao a with white, Si pale 
cations, enc’ eo ix Egat nys 
T. R. flatters himself that 
mayer as it thei 
tention ; 
allo 
time not edaseahn ng three days. 
The Potatoes, em being thus dried and improved in | = iki — ly 
eir power o of re: ting disease by the means proposed, ri 
tam H 
thi 
thy a 
AAN pi grafted on the 
show any toata. ‘to decay. “Those Potatoes whie 
eee 
part ina a layer, 
h| 14 ol f 
avVurs Ul their foliage 
a 
a 
} WW 
f ra mould 
vd re 
wm 
A 
hea 
Vari 
— dover ; itisa marah 
or 
2 ry 
few inches. 
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1845. 
ESTING: FOR THE ster Ai 
Noy. En ene e 
Ax H 
Linnean 
- Botanical 
—Royal Botanic. 
£ Commissioners es krpland; directed to in- 
e ase 
hen or "wae ans to we om 
l be ———- bed me peace 
aor 
pundedtes 
fa 
oes, 
aza ner by a dry al 
g 
oe 
= 
o 
iq 
ly se 
terial ; 
‘should’ be ‘spread in like 
euqhoyad'y ie as 
four eda re gies thus be placed one art the other, 
s oes ted, it should be covered 
upon this b ed, tthe an wi re 
d to the 
many-c 
| par 
rith bad healt, and i 
is unconnected w 
nat flow oa w nieh i it 
t 
to protect it eiris 
Tn the event of ‘on weather beeoming 
ciate moreover, mport nt particular, om 
may Kopeeri feeble Tigh ore even in pes ver 
of it, and that he light 
wet these d where 
p in the United Kingdom, consist of commendations are not applicable. Tn that ease we would of the e sun t no > direct action—a very important 
Prayrair, and Linpiey. Their 1k 
t report, directed merely towards the prevention heath ed, and well covered ; in such a grcaboates, In such instances, variegat ated plants 
ethods of storing the crop, has| Situation they anial decoration. 
Ve rep and shall conti-| j}, 
to give our readers t ceeding reports 
soon as they haye been made public. As 
ll that is consid pe re- 
f hs 
g ticable | under the cireumstances. , Where samen 
exist, 
f pere 
We must not, however, be mis sunde rstoo rd. We 
packing should be carried on in those places. If there 
> 
advan ntageous to variegated: as to othe 
We, however, particularly recommend that Potatoes 
should not be r 
ct eX ae treatment of Potatoes alrea ay 
ked with the a disease, we have to state that in thi 
h | eariy stage o t feel jstifed | 
spi roposing t to your Excellency any mode of positi 
| Ai that we would repre: 
plants 
esent is that t 
others ; but is m 
we béar th 
Deufficiont proof of t 
ited hes a most miae A rhii extent, ca of ‘the | 
of the view we have always taken of its 
1 ebyn s blame those who, disbelieving 
the se of the mischief that has been - eto this 
arged 
ta Roht P 
may rem: 
z 
eeu. 
3 
e 
Professor Mon p of the greatest of 
remarked that even leaves 
bis ark that 
in all cases retards the progress of seating, such as 
e the ugges 
refore s t tha! at 
all such Potatoes should 
as red as the eee r the Purple Beech are in 
We do not mean to rieta that caus recommen- 
some measuré green, although we pa not perceive 
He has fou — t iu all such cases the pecu- 
of disease in Potatoes, but we feel assured that 
e Potatoes 
taken 
££ 4h 
dis the de- | ba 
y | cay will extend less rapidly < less extensively under 
than if t when 
iso which 
thes the culls; in which lurk inn 
green globules, siap means of which’ the “ery ee 
ratory | action of the foliage is effe cted, and t at 
ill give us ‘credit for 
iry is e p Ka aided 
5 r 
q e, 
j| asa final means a ee RN x the oo Log bows as a 
a method of retarding the p 
rah nemy whos 
We would, perc invite mt attention rof beri 
vators to the whole variegated ra and we nti 
ny 
J 
ascertain 
we endea 
the inquiry. They are seRsinty among ihe 
rtant a a collected by Tee s dili- 
iall; ;: 
Agricul. 
ti and re 
most zealous and useful 
he a g bas Hepes. Dublin 
ety. In “England the Rev. M. J. Berxerey 
id Mr. Epwanp SoLLY are ve ipie RE ET 
; estigation vs et subject for the oS 
N 
E ety, in the mycological and chemical points 
iew ; and in Se otland, the Agri Chemistr i 
ut forth a circular inviting the 
ndred pounds (!) i 
cofa mons et nico-Chemico: 
examination of i the 
he “phen ing is tiie 
d + 
ere at Duin Society, 24th Oct., 
ned Commissioners ap- 
x her if tee s tesa to report to your 
alency on the state of disease in the Potato crop, 
honour 
F 
pr 
Em the means 
we trust ma: 
e enabled to oier f 
es of adoption, | US; W 
ther recommendations. | = Bes 
d faith- 
ful ee SS 
Rozert KANE, 
Joun LINDLEY, 
Lyon PLAYFIAR. 
To his aes Baron Er V &c. 
A SHOR 
r to the 
pletely counteracting its iájarionó othe if aay sah pom 
All yan ws e submit to your ca sgt s considera- mony < 
most fagi ai all things. rapt we do not 
rto hay 
bush grown by the Messrs. HENDERSON 
name of Ruellia maculata. Its leaves were of the 
| richest deep green, overlaid with broad symm 
patches of a very pale but well defined clear se: 
green. They looked, arte if they had been 
partially coated with half tra ent silver w 
ith th a Yam ( Dioscorea), a climbe 
hi 
flower, but Fenk AbN for r varie; Ear iliage, 
sions ; ; ; its leaves had a most singular play of apas 
p 
was exhibited te the rep ong Society of I 
The as a hay 
e has rarely 
kad 
HE 
treet, which e er- 
Pony means 
ty ts are ibs 
by 
Thea } let us cubed a to the 
h h 
opics, whose, green leaves are inters 
4: 
ied we 
Whe n plants are ba pr in maata for 
ornament, it is because 
owers, or the singular 
proportion to the brillianey of the one, or the sym- 
metry or = other, are pe valued. 
are desirous of oii a few | 
2 det 
| considering “thei eir cms Appearance ster 
parison is no exagge — To these (the Ana 
chilus setaceus of 
upon. raritie 
resting as 
ore | mation; ye 
h 
the . old- fashioned, neglect ted femsa those 
colors” which once Pary canny every green- 
‘maul m fashionable col- 
i twe 
kh 
And, in fact if filed 
progress, and that yA is 
leaves are ‘yatiegated, 08; as botanists 
34’ ol Lilaa 
whose iea 
at | say, colour 
like Balsams, and watch the development of their 
vivid reds, and y ellows, and greens ; it will be found 
one should ever be produce 
ed, it 
flowers, though none get pear ced. 
toast oe er athe — e ipe ee 
are already tain 
Sh mah, ae ame termined, as 
many plani with variegated E a me 
ther the fragrance of the — iat on the 
hand, many flowers are, as wi 
‘of | who never knew them. 
that) For 
other 
w, destitute of 
huey Pig re for 
be eauty with their variegated lea And re te 
men prefer the cg inelegant t Dah hlia. ew 
specimens, now e Iro n Conservatory of the 
‘who have now Le a ancient friends, or 
paea of gardeners such plants may be 
stove, the greenhouse, and the caper 
le of prod 
them to the fi consi- 
ene, or if tthe soil be naturally 
sweet 
It is is not, however, our intention disparage t the 
: 
they 
ie 
which Potatoes 
dinary pits are precisely those which tend | 
Potatoes when dug should be | 
arto ay that end es are hand- 
All that we wish is to dra w at- 
‘avourable 
nrk would have their gardens 
Sipán terete sire 
€ have for some time past recommended th 
who have decaying Porarors to grate them tie 
r than 
| tention to the pA that, i om the v 
Ty great so 
e of rmanent | beaut š 
por ity, ppa 
starch from the fibre and other 
2 Eo 
á 
© 
ked after, 
them ; T eae ae being fre-! 
A pi oe exists pa 
been misunders 
