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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI 
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(Manca 30, 1896, 
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the diseases and distortions known as finger- 
and-toe, and which is botanically known as 
Plasmodiophora brassice. Speaking in general 
terms, these cr reatures are more nearly akin 
Atone 
Mlustrations—Ths Editor wilt n receive and select 
photographs or in these 
p trees, 
Local News.—Correspondents will greatly oblige by sending 
to the Editor early on of local events likely to be 
pers Po rtm readers, meat 88 to 
intended 
and plants for naming, 
Wellington 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK, 
EETING. 
THURSDAY, Apart 4—Linnean Society. 
W. 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3$ 284 8 Soc. Spring Show 
SALES. 
Roses, Azaleas, Ferns, Palms, 
Tuberoses, de, at Protheroe & 
Morris’ Rooms. 
MONDAY, 
arm} 
i days). 
Avant 6 { O oom at Protheroe & Morris’ 
FRIDAY, 
COBRECTED AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENST- 
ING WEEK, 5 ange 2 = OBSERVATIONS 
OF FORTY-T! YEARS, AT CHISWICK.—4¢, 
Bort for the rather important fact 
"Taa that it is doubtful whether the 
N thus called are fungi at 
all, the epi more generally acoept- 
able than — Myostonna or “ Myxomycetes.” 
The work to which we would now call attention 
is intended for the use of proficients, to whom 
such names offer no Complaints on this 
score generally come from those who have no 
. the fbi nr pi 
Experience shows that the obstacles 
verrun within a v f hat gar- 
déners call “ flowers of tan” ¢ Faligo, or Abba: 
lium varians). This is to the naked eye a yellow 
frothy or foamy ae developed 
decaying tan, and, we imagine, deriving its 
nutriment rather 2 that than from the living 
plants. Mr. LISTER, — tells us that he has 
seen the swarm-cells” rade their arms (psea- 
2 lay hold of the — bacteris; and 
are daly ——— ri very animal-like procedure, 
The general use ot-water pipes and the disuse 
of tan as a . medium are reasons why the 
creature is now rarely seen in propagating houses, 
Another plague belonging to this group is 
thet which prodaces “club” in Cabbages, and 
period of their existence » the ey are m mere 
jelly or contractile protoplasm of irregular form 
and size, without visible structure, and without 
any indications of cell-wall or vessels. This is 
the “ plasmodium ” in which & 3 flow ot 
fluid is observable, and which has a very ked 
ooomotive er. Presently, the jelly-like 
plasm breaks up into minute fragments, arout 
each of which a cell-wall is formed, and ulti- 
mately either a spore-case or a spore is formed, 
and the creature comes to rest for a time. When 
„the cell-wall oracks, and 
in the form of a fine 
to form the plasmodium as above d 
We cannot here enlarge upon this outline 
sketch, as without specimens or careful drawings 
it would be impossible to give rege notions of 
= extent and direction of the variations in 
structure Pirar in the 
different genera and species of this singular 
group. The details may be most profitably 
studied in a work prepared by Mr. Anrava 
Lisran for the trustees of the British 
by the 
at Paria and elsewhere. Considerable 
— of names has in consequence resulted, 
but as this is based upon a clearly-defined prin- 
ciple, and at the same time the synonymy is v 
fully worked out, the changes will not be — 
ob 
jectionable at presen nomenolatu 
will soquire in the future a stability pr 
Rightly to estimate the value of such a mono- 
graph, it is necessary that it shall be used not 
merely looked at or referred to—by the student, 
Anyone scoustomed to use and consult mono- 
hs, can estimate the care and judgment 
which have been bestowed on this, sm in- 
deed, may be cited as a model to be followed 
in — productions, 
are numerous small wood-outs illustra- 
— 
— late Prof. Froupe visited this beautiful valley 
Auti 
4 a full ru 
held a s and did hold abundant mullet, We 
found a bower formed by a twisted vine (Entada 
scandens) so thick that neither sun nor rain 
the scene remains upon the memory like some fine 
finished work of art.” D. M. 
LINNEAN SOCIETY.—On the occasion of the 
meeting on „ — April 4, at * 
paper will be on the Cyrtandrecem of the 
Malay r by Mr. H. N. Rx, F. L.S., &, 
THE SURVEYORS’ INSTITUTION, — At the 
ordinary general —— held on Monday, March 18, 
1895, „ Mr. J. Suaw (Member of Council) in 
passed to Mr. Laxaw for his paper, 
TATION TO Ma. W. G. HEAD =a We 
tho Palace Fiower Show, and 
at t. Victoria Station, S. W., on the 
evening of the ad inst., having invited Mr. Hran 
to dinner. In the una Mr, 
w who was confined to his bed 
Mr, Ricnaro Daan, the 
chair, 
Head's 
Ipewich, in 1856; from whence Mr, McEwen sent 
bi Mr. gare 
thence he went as gardener to Castle Dykes, 
bat owing to failing health he retarned to the 
South ia the opriag of 1003, aad Wook A SEE 
place at A t, South Wales, 
becoming to Me. J. Wilson, at Arundel. 
In 1567 he was on the staff at Chiswick, from 
thence he went to take charge of the flower 
garden and general decorative department at 
Kew, In 1872 he went out to Calcutta, sod 
there formed a new garden and nursery for the 
