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THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
(Arn. 13,1805 3 
vaccine legend i r almost superfluous, for down to 
the minutest poin ea detail is true to Nature. 
Not s so very long ago eap kind of witti- 
cism on the part of chs Philistine to ask the amateur 
photographer whether his picture was intended to 
represent a horse or a church steeple. It may be 
ly amateurs’ work left 
e science or art of eee 
graphy has made such er strides — the p 
ten or fifteen years, that bad work, even on the ven 
of the T ges- now argues a total absence of artistic 
feeling or “ n 
No m ase 
beret subject is s 
ut fo 
to spoil 
ts as Foxgloves, Hollyhocks, and 
other heady ’ en, co; MARN to nod until the 
next gast of wind gives resh lea 
vexatious animation, 
rth the time expended 
upon it, but if Job had to wifes his Book of Lamen 
tations up-to-date, he would have to give the photo- 
grapher a considerable space! “ Standingi in a cramped 
the summer clouds,” Oh, the 
r a good deal of lanterns Mr, Towa- 
send comes to the conclusi at as t fore- 
gr und studies 795 order, so with a 
square-shaped camera much of the plate i d; 
to work with anything smaller than I plate, as the 
detail, wh ch constitutes the great charm of these 
studies, is liable to be lost.” Small n ee ie can 
e enlarg nipulat 
A single lens, in an 
ordinary way, would be by far a a bué unfortu- 
nately, the necessary exposure arely practicable, 
Some of Mr, Townsend’s most Sect photogra aphs 
of foreground studies have been with a 4 nd 
5 long-extension camera, provided wich | len 
of 93-inch focus and a single Grabb Jens of 7-inch 
focus. The . of “ exposure of foreground 
studies is 
Nothing is more difficult 
than this in 3 ith a satis- 
d finite rules 
to determine th 
d so forth 
sight-seer overloads his albums, 
ist 
astles 
h, with which the Paripatetic 
Toa 8 trotting 
botanist—if he escapes imprisonment as & politi 
“spy” —the camera may be made a most valu able 
adjunct; for a fe 
ew of these 1 * 
helpful reminders 
Clearly, que a new 
opened, 
appeals more closely to the 
to any oes members of — commu- 
nity, we haye great p in referri 
would, in after years, be more 
than pages of written d 
easure to Mr. 
Townsend’s Studio tele, where ths fallest 7 — 
‘ound, W. R. 
ASPIDISTRA FUNGUS.* 
(QUITE recently living leaves of Aspidistra lurida 
1 ER N 7 rless 
size, and differing v mate- 
> okeani 
n the leaves. The irregular blotches alluded to, 
which, had they bash 8 would, in all proba- 
bility, have conatituted the basis of a new trade 
®© 
= 
elonging 
living acre and twiga; as a rule 
seated o ore or less extended, pieds ds 
absence pey Ae being due to the 
chlorophyll of the leaf by the mycelium of the 
In Aspidistra leaves, the earliest indica- 
minute 
into each other, forming irregular blotches from 1 to 
4 inches long, and spotted here and there with short 
black Seba which generally run across the leaf, 
The merous very minute perithecia or spore- 
25 580 are arranged in scattered groups on the 
bleached spots, and contain myriads of minute 
spores, which germinate 3 twenty-four hours 
when placed on the moist a 
into the interior of the le 
ü a minute black spot, 
A is impossible to save leaves that are ert 
e fu 
a 
af, and soon an origin 
e presence of the fangus 
is so well marked, even in its earliest state, it should 
be a comparatively easy matter to pet it out z 
burning infected leaves before the sp 
tured. As th s an unde scribed species, 1 
2 diagnosis is given in the footnote, George 
Mass 
FLORISTS’ [S' FLOWERS. 
SEASONAELE NOTES | ON CHRYSAN- 
TH nae URE 
Ar this season the wth of Chr rysanthemum 
plants being more rapid thee hitherto, very close 
attention to them is essential, for if thie bə 
given, the results are sure to be unsatisfactory, In- 
experienced growers frequently err in certain en 
lars, and it may be usefal to these if 1 point out a 
few of the common errors, and afterwards remark 
upon the immediate requirements of the plants. 
My remarks will principally apply to the growth of 
planta for the prodaction of large blooms, not neces- 
sarily, 1 for exhibition, for ideas of public 
showing are no} by any means in the minds of all who 
8 g maelves inthe culture of nthemums; 
5 are grown pi for t 
purpose, no doubt a deeper intereat is sirdan take 
their culture, The firat mistake I shall allude to 
growiag too many varieties, In order to 
satisfy an abnormal craving for novelties, too much 
space and attention are absorbed i 
eas or otherwise in cultivating all varieties, 
but especially those of the incurved section, depends 
* Ascochyta Aspidistræ, 1 —Maculis variis, latis, ares- 
cendo dealbatis, vix margina s; peritheciis, geen 8, promi- 
nulis, len mie initio im tis » 15—100u d 3 sporulis 
cylindrato - fusoi 1- sep tatis, ad septa e 
hyalinis, 9—15 x Shee 
very much upon a perfect maturity 
N ot only 
this an error str wad have proved its effect, If 
e poor, the growth 
mer when over-luxarignt 
giowth is productive of injury, owing to to the want of 
time to mature such ehoote. that i injury is done, 
attention, The regular and early removal of 1 
h are not required is 
produce twenty times as many shoots dari the 
season as are required, and this because early atten. 
is “a not been paid to the removal of the surplus 
gro 
eral in ae waterings is another common 
istake, Too often the plants while in A el 
pm be seen epe their pme hanging flaccidly 
down, thoroughly flagged, a 
riences as this will oiai “ spot” on the leaves 
of many varieties. Again, others thinking that because 
Chrysanthemums a 
u 5 
and this is the result of a 7 $ the roots by an 
excess of moisture. Such honld be placed 
on their side, and only e water given them 
a few weeks will elapse before they 
thoroughly recover, 
aud common errors in 
8 upon b 
esent time. 
shift the compost sh 
fibry loam, and if this 
remove the bulk of the fine soil by passing it throngh 
a fine sieve, retaining only the fibrous parts, one 
part leaf-mould, and the = amount of 
artly-decayed cow-dung which has De i 
dried is preferable. If the loam lacks lime, an qa 
oyater-shells should be re freely, and a ush 
handfals of unslaked lime. Some soils are m 
infested with small earth-worms, and the 1 
it a thinly, wil destroy the bulk of theses | 
Coa 
the plants should be kept ra 
them to make new roots, If th 
be, no water will be re qui 
t, as cold erate of air produce 
the lights entirely off the frame for 
the day when the weather is suitable, 82 
ene growth as far as p 
