46.—1845.| THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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FOREST-TREES. ERGREEN SHRUBS, ns 
VIT- -TREES URSERIES, AA TEAN NT, HERTS. fh n or eurying them and Lape measures to be | was vas mitigated by the s slowness of of _growth, ,or compen- 
PACE ik eh RON hate 4 large Stoele-of the aliowe Ph en for sgl ng the all over the pi | sated for by f the soil 
e in famous condition, to which espectfully invite the —s apaw which ka ve been made public] _“ iieo at the late varieties of Potatoes are more 
| pttention of Gentlemen planting. pa oie others Peer would | since our 2 dise ed than ea rly ones. 
mention in particular :— “tb, —That the present disease seems to be confined 
urels 18ins., per _ 8s, Elm, Lo ed, 4 ft. to 5 ft, Tiani Room, Bopal Dublin Society N Nov. T, 1845. | to the northern parts of Europe and North America, 
eston 00, 30s. s] ord, l 
x 100, 52. Do., * Wych, 4 ft., per 100, 5s. 
k, Py euts ft., per 1000, 60s, | Lar ch, 4 ft., per 1000, 40s. views as to iie best means of storing the Polato, and we are right in the conclusion at which we have 
“x 2 ft. to 3ft., per 1000, 20s. do., 3 ft., per 1000, 30s. con vertin ng t thus arrived, Filan not be ea use for r seriou s alarm 
6 ft. to $-ft., per 100, 403.| _ do., 2 ft. to 3 ft., per 1000, 20s. as to the crop of jae arh ye: 
Quick, per 1000, from 4s, to 15s. 
Eve er kind equally cheap. the honour to bring py ap your pie Da Fog ques- | favourable season should be" perien woe or the supply 
wren PE Esi ke- OSPS, PRUIT-TREES, and HER- iiam of seed for r a future ye ear, If, insur opmer aparin, of healthy seed should insuficient, y “that the para- 
neha PLANTS; Catalogues of which may be had on os found it difficult to determine what course, | Site should be found to have so en rely tak ion 
i Eee: nclosing stamps for postage. 
en possess: 
r the peculiar circumstanees of Ireland, it mig = of this year’s plants as to fe the natural power 
sable to pursue, we are still more em E ng of living bodies to r repel the attacks of fs enemies to 
The Fhe Gardeners’ CHroni y rassed, on eare present occasion, in Bote re of tl ~ ma aye 
se 
g y we must turn in the hope that a. 
E Ha € all dai } of th Shou the i = n like this may not be visited upon us 
Batata dia ai, from Shou! $ e "Almighty, i in, his infin nite mercey, avert oh 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1845. | ean visitations oe eee same natur rey ‘also renders it * 
ETINGS FOR THE 1 LLOWING WEEKS mpossible _— wm in what manner the Potato may be cine sources of danger may be guarded hh by 
mosto, Boe, 1Bohinnoag o aa EES ae So P g of the next few months. human foresight and dilige enee, 
2af Bo tanieal (Anniversary) .- + BPM. 
e have, ages SEK, endeavoured toascertain all that| “ In providing seed for a future year, we may look 
Ws are, much indebted to Si r Haney Verxey is voxel E known upon those subjects ; by the ex- with confidence to s such Potatoes, of larrtas 
. 3A. RI Da 
the evitas proposed at nt oon 3 7 3 by cogs pe svar il by ag be a that ig th th = 
sufficient number of such returns S eer an tie scientific spain 9 hall have } 
eceived, we shall Wier Pri to abstract them and a 1 and one entertained by We ao not Poom any ELOR in the use of them, if 
publish the r res sult. enture to say to saaa Be whose nsive kn Karoly Po it to respect, | they are [planted early, by age if, before being 
Po ie tafe mation sou ught for, ches, inp fang similar in ~ ee to those | planted, they are ex light till they become 
] early communiestion ns will b . | which produce mildew an eal cause er Another source of pth may, doubtless, be 
_ We also have to acknowledge ret arrival of a| of the malady. tei is TR tliat o one of these Pants be- | found in the southern parts of p where, we ng a 
e number of letters, amphiets, &e., touchi ing | longing aaa as “Bot: pt Aa 3 and similar to that |reason to believe, the disease has not shown itself; 
: n. | Which some years since produce parm hief among | 2 
whieh cere stal pe tk take sent impe cheep ds iler the silk-worms of Biroa and Italy, has maris the uring what may be p q 
ar a- | Potato erop. It ribed as entering the Potato & It is stated by, M. deen, secretary to the com- 
4 at mr CRET OPPS so by the Secdiiing poss sè fee leaves, and th i a 
We have much oia in een the rbex a a Lk gris 
p P 
Sy dog pros 
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th 
port just published moaia ape m the Potato Ae, 
3 ap- t d in the warmer coun- 
intment of Dr. Warrer Annorr to the Regius ing the cell rating paps ik al tries ; d the crops about Mar- 
poms = nen” se in the University of Glas- a te pypite pra sy ‘in tide chemical condition I healt efore, wi 
e Dr. ‘OUR transfer red to Edi nburgh. and t thus producing decay. In other cases where the | conclude, that mereantile enterprise will make up by 
nae ines is notapparently distinguishabl di d a large part of the deficiency to be ap- 
by Sir mran = ern AM. Sois of Potatoes, peni T the most jikan ob- prehended, 
servers, it is suggested tha 
be vitiated by the parasite ‘whi destroyed the leaves, 
eet, to-day the two last views that the ood that particles ofi it vt re to be distinguished | a 
may be circulat nd pro- 
been ascertained by actual experiment 
Fo Potatoes, seca diseased, ne aa grow and produce 
apparently healthy apres The Reverend "Mr. Berkeley, 
l above other naturalists e 
heyt € f the P The presence of the para- | Uni i ; i 
5 Se on of Seep for a future yea ar. e | site is not to to be deteeted by the naked eye, unless it eg a oS ee portaerei e 
an we eoi 
í a ato in the states, that although there simer ty: be some 
i ave prepared their final report, in which form of f mouldy tufts 5 but its spawn may a detected | risk of raising a diseased progeny from aen 
e object will be treated as a purely scientifi whether any | stock, yet the growth of fang. so aiias donee 
on, we may now offer a few observations of ee indications of its. presence can. be perceived or | atmospheric conditions, that it does not follow that be- 
d, wher tee within. It is, however, within our knowledge, that = i 
esan inporiance shg Be a © of the Poata when apparently sound Potatoes are pitted in places |. 5 We muh however, recomm end the bs of dis- 
gland, a ve y large quantity of i a tio in eases of absolute necessity, and it will always be pru- 
i li f th 5 ‘4 i 
been collected | b the Royal Agricultural Society en eee te eae ane a — lime bef Bea 
ha 
dent 
somes — at every point where their surface es ` 
h i c been wounded or br dead and that ere such circum- used. ee adhe tt ities do bed even when 
he disposal the Comping” he ia A, the patente immediately extended through | i: us wat dest uote aaas 
ewspapers have also been filled with letters sus- the entire mass. raem which may be ie fraka to rier pran assist in 
pesting all manner of plans for stopping the disease,| “That the spawn of inp i present in large quan- | |. wie those 4 whic oe lying in the ground—of 
f converting the decaying Potatoes to useful pur- | tity in diseased Potatoes oubted ; tbo omens. of | *°P° oa olds a : 
eS g te wi a 
some of real ts acy Bath highly clusive on that point, even if we had not esile the Aeon; Aw dhe aha > aad benoe attend 
We mor be permi ited to con- se Mp peroni esaminatu. "Wo pHo WEI EIE Where b be em 
very other erop, we would with very grea 
fidence the adoption of the sy stem of autumn planting ; 
the i se ing advo poer d; the additi onal ex- ‘sap y to ie donati ully i by n iG . gous in regar io th emo which has been proved advan- 
lence obtained b seer A } aa bydin | 
e unusual ex whia h seems particularly adap’ 
: rengtion ned th it has 7 očentred te Teda. has pni of the disease has been well ae a ia me i, tothe eire x tances o il asi pin F; ay 2 
a e Royal Irish Agricultural Improve- th ntly affected ; or papiy y sual ae Dinners I rthumber- 
Be having unanimousl d a vote i tit ne ed 
e in the ak edi i gis y passe ‘hich, 4 a fit bated th thts the TAk pi Potato for in pen ity by ‘his an aon rent that ort has no disease 
measures which ha in it this year. umn pla crop pro- 
mende th «os t oo whieh appears to have suffered more iehadabrely daet 100 a nd 1 na ne i, — the "sume quan tity of 
rhe ep ang disposed |* other. We are also unable to reconcile with sti planted paze e R 
—_ the aeey of the Potato disease being caused by para- | (= 
out teadese ; these 
f the 7 hepr kamiora in shine opinions we have | opra ; 
pi pes ape Pare such circum pa 
se g 
epr re n the present — this eo 
+t Was not, pe: per rhaps, to be ex: d that the views | ¢ —- the ——: >a m o nt man stall, acon his n eee, ne-third better 
the C oes pecte peanya modern That it may have | han his aaa a io 
ommissioners should meet with universal | always paang is poaibin though o of this we hate no ri. pes Festi There cat; ke 
~aton. Well-intentioned persons imperfect! f; but at least there no doubt that it has ral aap ASEE aa D y Ben Domes md er 
ted with the subject ts seine he AEREA ari a hin | ised. On this occasion it has these 
ect, littie wag Te y y yuna S that it off find l p 
pean ™selves conspicuous, partisans who the last few years. We cannot suppose the Botrytis aan ase oa sve Pa aitt Oaths 
haber! i mene stevie political specta- ack hace vers find to be the kind of fungus that chug the ovida ae Mr. Be keley is ag ive. 
ma Bai FERE oppos — Feber. to be. a recent creation, We must |P yee tbe mu-planting? he stat ee ae as offer 
Ay Rilo tt st a of these o havı e been co- existent with the Potato the best chanee of obtai ia Ith y sets. What a 
ith not knowing that Pota- _ | now planted w 
be guarded from frost, others with operation favourable to its in-j i ; requisite for the growth of epee 
5 crease to the present waning site in the leaves can be realised, and bese — 
sera — s ke anent which| .. Without pretending ois ana what poo cause really owth, the particles, if present, will be too few 
ated to tem some mnected with | ng 
eir directions too emes g others too the ore Salen much evil. I think, under re _cirametnces the 
g m north of nar g i ie aakit- 
ne cotters d directions for _starch-making no dione highly un unsuited to the constitution of a of lat plan ting? orn artiog, ss ad rey ig 
fe ch, like the Potato, rm, dry. 
finally, Mr. O° Consert called them Saxons. | country, and ine tiaseas f for the dei sage Hon the tubers. SORR E 
: ig perio of ae Krish pasita emen | Without adverting to s 
J yt ae eobw. ebs; woer th f 
i Oficial re early thot giving to them, we may state, ‘that amidst the mass of t ore the HE3 of Janua that the sets 
aan of the q were ined. spona ull con- 4 tained, the foil at any timi a ee a Sa 
power to ad 
Au iab wej seer it necessary to state » with 
J 
gosia, and all t owledge of f Tin aaia | should be hee dried by exposure to ligl 
be acqui 
p AY nt Dos 1 RS dat € o be well dusted with 1 
i Sake as an sen poet ey g en ri f that: frot fe should be ra in dr ills 6 inche s 
in in relan i Bets 
selves they Ped aaya eat gi < Sy pina any cared less. in dry, ele- | | farsayard manure below oe Ven 
oft wv iarge, 
they at once adopted A sews vated, sandy districts, wi reng the season 
