D AGRICULTURAL GAZ GAZETTE, 
Min 
^ T 
194 THE G ARDENE RS’ Lr ht LE AN versing the oclls in all die 
am 3 rv brief be g 
uppermost healthy leaves. These buds “usually go ief season. The isi»; en i — A M s n E 
through same course, eh so on until the plant is rently ex eased. —— Pants D Aao naled | brown, being in fact Killed by-ity 
den TY rr ae f in fine | ing on and exhausting 
per m Wether te 5 tne A rer ond os Poms i my i rae 8 but . that the threads of i 
ur I weather is said to E g prs d, a 
. Pyr 5 T 0 ml bez to státe -— all the [this year has been drier than usual : — eiii da vers. 
lants he 8 ma nd in T er on the | suffered, more especially Yam plantati I d ges dd ip e ig tup menti 
pase — and M e nore. ngle | disappointed in obtaining flowers o - -— 4 foret Nae Mr en - 
bedding pla f f equal 3 with ài a vrei from the same cause. In some of my neces Jon veas P these parts no i cli 
has bem rael by frost up to the present time. | I have met with two interestin sm na bee Me. to pra Phe 
Geraniums Skeltoni, Boule de Neige, Flower of the ATE A and —€— Cre * ae 0 ples a rt vi pian ue) 
^ z first has been met wi : 
Deu vand Mountain 2 . « of Fuchsias are looking Log sized twiner wi ithe ee ordate te leaves 3 ne n 3 objected. th above mentiondd It 
— sickly and dis — owing to the wind and e flowers, which are ma T id I roa kes beat have 
in. But I imagine that they are better here than the black, are produced on goles vi scan i X e" 
same varieties are in the wet and windy county of ength. Each flower » a an 55 n babe eee à 
Dev Camellias and Indian Azaleas grow and bloom : ag heus abo : SyS Pen D dt 55 ä ce ar 
i i t ible for them to | fruit is Pear-sha 2 D 1 
E = ll vd in TIT p z $ ii oris bloom of | I do not know to what genus the Cycad belongs. The evidence 0 : che at establi 
Magnolia, grandiflora from a nice speci aen plant (full stem is a a globu lar mas wa fi E iame eter, and scarcely varic us matri tits gehen a tappar 
] nr 
dà — "T 3 e ene Ai m Ma 7 p|4 to D inches in length by i inch in breadth. entire, | state “of a decomposition ng Teas the d 
al T gl zum 
to gt of last month, 
‘believe in Y other part of the Ting dors. T. Gell, 
St. adem 
E 
* As, t pl 
on 4n 4 T 
foot long and 14 inch in ai Ein 
female rather iho and about 4 „inches i 1 jer esa 
e. 
Abuti nsigne.—Can any of your — 
inform ue rete to kee ep the be buds of this i f Chesnuts, red when ri I 10 deccm —.— nat x: e omnes dien 
winter flow ering plant from T" off. Last year I living — 5 of both sexes. It occurs in a hot valley am ^et „ 
t m t ha ad 22 buds us it, | about 400 fee t above the river, and a few miles from it, | tig es e che s maa 
only three of which expand dei. This year I have bited f the "Yomba gere latitude | ‘vinegar fungus, 
plant in: my stove with 30 buds upon it, and they are r 8 north. Some Aloes, Euphorbias, and a species of authorities as the mycelium of thal — 
falling off just as mer did last season in the greenhouse ras sula g grow o cma cun sin n the same e loca ality. As] had err en Apple i : piece s fa dads in 1 W oa 
add that I have inquired of some of my cheese mig 
0 grow 5 plant, and they all make the thas of t antelopes 227 Pee er are often seen. greens ue myce in fine threads, from ii 
same complaint. I shonld feel snapas obliged by any | Se pa a species of civ et cat Jurk in the deep time ave perfect piante arise i 5 ms i hif aft of m 
who may have it successfully giving me 8, su un obe. 
a hint Mot io do likewise. I onfide xi tat ii is a elephant from 25 same part. J bad — e seen bee in the sha ape of a broom, at 
plapt which ay wants n in flower to be n E. uge animal; but never living | round." 
ted. anchester. 8 cimi The mense size of the ear in the Afric n Of fruit e for premiums, in Which 
Roses on the Manetti Stoch. I quite agree with | species is 1 measuring as it does between desired as well ooh bdo inctness of kink 
a K. M.“ th - the Manetti 
is un- 
4 and S feet across. In the same districts I vesterdaxe came 
dishes s were 
Hide 
mediocrity, 
Pp: 
Td 
equalled as r Dwarf Roses, A 
ihn iniba p ana the lightest loas, 1 by: ser t such as — viz., a stone wall | de 
rmous quan y of fibres. trung over hill and ia in miles. This | rega 
belle worthle - it does not increase | wall had evidently been built for — purposes. It | pre: 
the 
and the head dies 
is formed like ijs in prete of large unhewn 
e kind of cemen t 
ciently warranted the award o 
therefore, to all ener exhi fnis 
hich 
in size, the bark seems to contr 2 à 
I much niei Moneta to budde d | stones, with a coar: m the top. classification; i 
plants as diia ery low, and mains of re s eee when quality is the point t intended to 
strong flowering —— in three or four Set Nearly | Near one of them Resi born has a period | premiums piv. be withheld, if — 
all my plan r fo ed in taken place. Skele tons of human cd ly thickly, | considered o ecidedly infe rior mei erit 
ovember 1 urned out into beds ril, For premiums of 
D made a fine M through the 2 They small bones Dume evineing that a mas- | best and second best col lections of si 
"were taken up the week in October and pes sacre irrespective of age had taken — Isolated Dessert ue ears, three collections 
for forcing, pi Sd —— are now s pe bloo kelet e direction | J. Moo; s4., sent from his gare 
I have now upwards 300 gra 1 water, (3 ay those of — females with small bones, no doubt Sussex, : situate half a mile from the 
‘placed in bottom-heat, and kept dark till united, all of | mothers endeavouring to -soil, light lom, 8 fet 
which will fi planting y fiends in Ep C. Barter.“ undrained clay—t he following k 
in beds this season. J. Sheppard, Woolverstone Park. (To Bee ed.) young trees, on Pear stocks, gro 
Isabe. Gray. —I got a very small plant west wall: — Winter M large and 
this last March; it was on its own roots. It bloomed n juicy s and Miei ieee and gen 
_ the open air once, but did not open well; the tree is Koticties. ; Knight's Motard prave 
now covered with flower buds "i is in the north end eoii 416 — omewhat deprecia 
of a has n orced in gathering ; Old Col ar, very sugar 
way. dE. Ni new flbi 3 Feb. 3.—Mr. Hogg 2 udi be delicious, Vet scarcely ripe. 
T chair. Six members were elected. Mr. Davi lson | in Por — — atr. — 
Capnodium elongatum,—As this appears to be al gare AS 0 e, — 2 
of the Pear tree hitherto unknown in Tog prc 
particulars 
of the power of giring to the service af the Society 80 
his 
MA T It was therefore moved, 
the | office of Se ‘That the 
"en $n. Antiik vie et e noun | —— be bein Hii Aes. Ee T ite pg. 
E e had 
; t Ve den on is fruit, o ne ot pus hat Ten d » forwarded to 5 G gy gs Y rdg some 
5 Lit ie was ien oF ihe 8e jet eamples of diseased Apples, which he had received 
: dod x» AT vin from gr. to J. ford, E inster 
Peg that the headed Am f Piel n the one Abbey, Isle of Thanet, Kent, as they exactly resembled 
insect, Ha GUE Sum however he case; man, i ^ . had, durin past autumn, 
n come re the ety, and he consi “a it desirable 
“after all the leaves had fallen the evil was found te [that they should be scientifically examined. Apples 
w e — itself to the young wood, and 
ad continued to do so up 8 * a 
very recent ML. i rs and Siti Ph shoots bei 
p black. Now, Rare. er, it se to have oe 
a check, and is in some places paard ropping off, but 
the base of an pa spar, r, little 
trenes quee goed pe 2 fact p 1 disease 
d dyi ying, 
wi 
or none 
is to be found on the old wood, even ai point of 
actual conta I am not veros LZ Glink That : 
arises from E health of the t latter i 
: -— ben into id reg but that 
it is an entire 
not to be pert de to am whatever, 
How far we are justified in in thinking it it will disa 
time decide. 'arclew, 
March 
Foreign Correspondence. 
NIGER EXPEDITION. (Continued Ww acad E 
From Mr. BARTER 
* Job 
ec 
xe 
DE 
AA. Aug. 13, 
“The river has not risen so early as we 
some partial rises the water 
Lior "Nupe 
1868. 
expect: 
ed. 
fell again to its 
found, on eras yi de much softer in texture 
TERY than so 
“On 
and less 
injury: was caused by 
e mycelium of some mildew, which was not fully deve- 
ped, and the rind of the fruit in 
a state to admit er * yig stems of 
In order to 
t 
| penetra ~~ throug! DE 1 
TV 
atoes—viz, to t 
M and t thus MM. ie mildew, if it were 
com: || As la ticipated, in 24 hours. the same 
+} n 
mine 
in the manner referred to it generally been | 'fhe 
in & 
—I was o 
the presence of | been 
v 
d 
field, un 
rt 
sound and tough ay bat bol at all des 
co 
the following yen nee 
west wall; large for the enin 
J m 
mar, 
v ipaa d and melting, wiper “a v 
elting, sweet, and 
m an espalier; m 
he name o; 
Leon dbongh wt 
n exeited the discussion * 
it was aloe 
tis pr minea was dicen on that part of th 
full fructification. With TD 3 See he 
,Mu 
ery common 
N the latter is att fi 
d Aspergillus i eee both v 
first i is of a gelatino: 
then grey, and lastly, 
ned E when 
t 
Tbe water has r 
seen gs 1go 
risen about 
This indicates the river to be full only 
ing prio ds dpud ue S beer Temi 
Kew. 
. t 
rst whit 85 
80 
Em 
and 
standard, 
medium- sized for the variety 
high-fl 
ur f : 
de Davey, ^y, halt melt 
vari d Wint 
avoured. 
