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GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
137 
Owing to the kindness of Dr. ОЕШ) e have 
i ing this 
sible condition, 
tered leaf natural size Am with the füngus at A Mies 
is almost invisi unaided eye, and can only 
печ see n with: a Mone lens as a. fine white иени! 
A ve a really d et e this damaging 
fungus ^ is necessary to c t inconceivably 
thin transverse gen out of thel Mini of the leaf. It is 
not every one who can perform this fea ds perfection, 
but аве and perseverance at length overcome all 
difficulties, At C C is shown one of these extremely 
b 
are still further enlarged to e to etter 
show the one, two, or ее азы" with which they 
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FIG, 20,—PEACH BLISTER AND ITS ACCOMPANYING FUNGUS, ASCOMYCES DEFORMANS, BERK, 
— 
thin transverse slices from a part of the leaf where 
са р D shows a similar etre 
the tamina’ 
needs no comment, тиа at a glance 
that the whole of the cells in go eed portion are 
morbidly enlarged in size and m y increased in 
number. If our had Mem coloured the cells 
would all be green in the healthy slice, and corroded 
to crimson one. The fungus is clearly 
са 
species of eziza, some members of the order being 
amongst the e largest of known fungi, w whilst Ascomyces 
are furnished, and which remind the botanist of a 
ulis structure in the sporidia of the genus Propolis. 
various other es of Ascomyces met wi 
this country on the leaves of the Pear, Walnut, &c., 
and one on the with ас- 
аге 
uainted, which ws u the leaves and fruit of 
de Pha. The latter "c RIVE not at 
recorded from this country. W. С. Smith, 
VENUS' FLY-TRAP. 
By Тноз. А. G, BALFOUR, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.P.E, 
(Continued from ф. 103.) 
SEPTEMBER 26.—At 3.50 P. M. a portion of litmus 
was placed on the ! internal surface of a leaf of Dionze а, 
vii previously 
fiiy pressed, and no 255, in colour. ‘ll 
The litmus 
pplied 
as before, but without any change. The moistened 
litmus was чает placed between the two mensem of 
eaf, and these were y and strongly compressed 
by y the fingers, йн yet the litmus was unc 
o 
Sg 
ou 
What secretes тан Ellis long ago stated pee ^d 
surface of the lea гората over with red р 
which secreted what be rded as sweet аша, mp 
whic now to be OF x yer nature. T lands 
are among t the most "beautiful objects in Nature, — 
their lovely colour render them most attractive micro- 
scopic objects. 
s 
of ciated zd flies, thé we have a 
sufficient object of ной insects, without 
having recourse to Ellis' secta 
spines d most abundant and in in the 
mediate neighbour: of the sensitive h: ey 
are somewhat elevated above the surface, and have a 
dome shape; the larger cells, which have a crenate 
m ntain in r numerousr 
cells, which seem to contain the secre 
That Ellis was right in supposing t secret- 
n scarcel ed, if we consider 
their structure and the position which th py on 
the leaf relatively to the fluid which is poured ou 
But there argument from analogy which seems 
quite legitimate and conclusive, and it is this: in 
other genera the same natural order, as, for 
example, Droseras, we find th e secretion in 
their case is effected by glands 2 a эмы colour, апа 
there сап be little doubt that thes kling vegetable 
rubies have a similar ultimate niin viz., to attract 
the insects within the reach of the secretion, which is 
in that ofthe Тола, the Drosera, but 
answer to Mr. Mire 5 first n: :— Ў 
July 4.—A piece of wood on leaf of ocr : piece ` 
an menn leaf of same plant, and a piece of 
n on 
Tuy ё 6. — Exactly forty-eight hours afterwards no 
fluid was secreted in any of these cases. 
гач when a fly is shrivelle du he secretion be 
E out in any quantity whatever it is long delayed, 
nel lime on anot 
aay 7. —Piece of Fuchsia on Dionæa leaf. 
July 8.—Leaf — -= a 
. July 10.—Do., no secretion, closes readily. 
Ju —Fuchsia leaf with white fungus on it; this 
leaf and the bottom of the leaf of Dionsa are moist ; 
flui y aci 
e mere moisture, the faintly acid character, and 
instances. 
out either 
changes so as to be igih’ less acid, or the subsequent 
uid poured out has only a faint acidity, while that in 
contact with the insect is intensel 
Examples.— ionzea leaf сайа ntaining а fly 
open on the seventh day, and a great deal oL аша 
was found, gem at e distal end of the leaf, 
where the very acid, but fluid at 
petiolar end aly f feebly red reddened litmus, 
What amount of secreti 8 pe out? This 
seems to vary i to t creature or substance 
introduced. it is a such as a a 
spider, or a sm 
h caterpillar, or a fresh yor 
c the secretion seems LR but 
if a shrivelled fly be indosed t et is, as we have 
already seen, little or no secre 
We know the Sra ral ing about “ making our — 
water," айда ^» o the i 
saliva which is joel. ош when a choice пені i 
before ж or placed in our mouths, or, as French has 
sho when it is introldcel into the stomach 
by a fistulo e, without ever being in the 
mouth. um em he also bears eren qc 
amount to igested, for a good spider is not 
tasty article of diet, but contains a large 
erial available for nutrition. 
inclosed in 
vae in mer Атон 
apex of the leaf. Six of secretion were wil 
seen dare oe а in 
mopped up. The first two 
tubes had clear йш, bat the other four had a whitish 
appearance (all more or less gummy to 
= and the fluid was acid in all, The leaf was 
ante о close, 
—At 3. 30 P.M., spider again surrounded 
tubes of — жез eren 
id and me eh 
slightly opalescent, One of the 
De ntt v eee 
ones used in vaccination. i 
