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[AUGUST 7, 1875. 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS, 1875. 
AUGUST. 
— t d eset hire Horticultural Society’s Show 
= at Com abe Abbe L^ Bec. Thomas Wigston, 3, Portland 
e, Coven 
18. е аво Society, South Kensington. 
of Fruit and Floral Committees 
24 and 25. Mi e E Floral v s Exhibition at the 
Alex: andra 
айыт 
: Turn 
—Ro on Horticultural Society of Ireland. Autumn Exhi- 
xe | io A. Balfe, 28, Westland C qo 
ow 
Meeting 
$ 
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Hon pe C D — i 8, рте 
26. W antage, Bocek Soci чу Sec., 
C. Stroud, e eee Wan 
ortic dud. “Society's Grand Floral 
я elvie, st, Reform Street. 
27. — Bishop foe ral and Horticultural Society's 
Annual Гло Sec., у. C. Hendy. 
28. ан Horticultural 'Society's Abad Exhibition. 
Sec. 
SEP 
1.—Royal Horticultural Society. South Kensington. Meeting 
of Fruit and Floral Committee 
2, 3, and 4.—Manchester Botanica ari nd 
Exhibition of vw c Vegetables, and Autumn 
anager, "Bruce F indlay. 
Horticultural epis 
Flow 
2, 3, and 4.—Great Fruit Show at the Alexandra Palace. 
Manager, Mr. A. McKen 
7.—Crysta Буше. Autumn Exhibition of Fruit and Flowers. 
7.—Littleo E Horticultural Society's Exhibition. fec., Mr. 
бсо» and M 8 hg Horticultural Society. 
Autumn 9 Е. С. Dougall, 167, Canning 
Street, Glasgo 
Gardeners (тшш, 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1875. 
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 
lay Cross Horticultural Society's Show. 
TUESDAY, Aug. rof Sal Sale of Imported Orchids and Greenhouse 
Plants, at Stevens' Rooms. 
Canterbury Horticultural Society" s Exhi- 
bitio 
THURSDAY, Aug. 12 Sale sa Odontoglossums, &c., at Stevens' 
ooms. 
Carnation Show at the eara — € 
Old Trafford, M 
FRIDAY, Aug. 13 
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fne report on the condition and prospect of 
the POTATO CROP, which, by the courtesy 
in 
It is of a nature to re-assure those who dreaded 
the worst, though it must dash the hopes of 
those who hoped for the best. Fairer promise, 
indeed, was never seen, and to a large extent, 
and in certain favoured ане чыр promise 
bids fair to be realised. elus 
everywhere abundant, but in it is 
seriously diseased. Local conditions of ч 
soil, drainage, 1 mode of culture, &c., vary so 
much that it is unsafe to lay down a general 
Neverthe- 
scarcely less fortunate in 
the English counties, we fin 
western, midland, and eastern counties all fur- 
nishing bad reports. It is only from some of 
perhaps never better illustrated than it has 
been this year. The early varieties did well, 
and the late ones also until the prodigious rain- 
fall lately experienced in certain districts. Then 
the disease нан rapidly. Now, while the south, 
western counties were Desde with 
‘counties, and - d in 
whole year. From July 14 to July 25, the same 
correspondent informs us he measured nearly 
inches of rain. 
only one exception, in the interval just men- 
tioned. Now, these are the conditions 
under which, in consonance with all former 
experience, the Potato disease specially 
manifests itself, Under such circumstances 
rapidly; it 5 
he air 
their twofold Pur AA "one the plant to 
an almost unlimited extent. Of these bud- 
spores too, one form is specially otoridad with 
minute locomotive organs, adapted to swim 
about in water, and these, in such weather as 
we have had, have doubtless been рож 
active. 
seed-spore, as we may fittingly term it, and the 
organ by which that seed-spore i is fertilised and 
rendered capable of germinating. What the 
precise conditions are under which these rest- 
ing-spores, rae are the true analogues of seeds, 
are produced, 
We know а 
for in vain, and therefore the presumption i 
that they are, under беч circumstances, to 
say the least, not co 
We know, too, тч queden under which 
these seed-spores were found in the Chiswick 
specimens, and the ЖЕНА form of the 
disease which was observed in connection with 
xu in certain varieties of Potato. But we do 
t think we are justified, at e in stating 
җае that that particular form isease, 
be it the old * curl" or something different, is 
necessarily associated with the existence of 
resting-s Further experience is required 
‘before coming to a verdict on this head. 
Any pla n that protects the haulm- from the 
invasion of the ЫҢ рор is пауы io be useful 
in mitigating, if not entirely preventing, the 
disease. The good effects of iis off the 
haulm, laying it, earthing it up nearly to the 
top, covering it, ‘all 
W. d 
perhaps the seed-spore are within the tissues 
of the haulm, leaf, or tuber, or of all three at 
once, and from this coign of vantage they can- 
not be dislodged. Now that the life history of 
is one not to be lightly esteemed. 
thing to be able to know what we can and what 
we cannot do towards a remedy... We need not 
Sepe. about at rodon now, · yoke ve certain 
wich Am in Сө} od ибен and it is 
not unreasonable to hope that they will furnish 
the clue to a more efficient method of treatment 
than any yet adopted. Meantime, we can only 
reiterate what experience has proved to be good 
practice—to trust as far as may be to the early 
kinds, and to lift early. 
ur article last week, at P. 140, on the 
Thence or INLAND WATER ON THE VEGETA- 
TION OF P SHORE LANDS, there are 
n the — the printer having omitted 
the ral of the temperatures give 
The р part t Yelarted to ould read thus ; apros to 
ei Neh the upper stratum of the wa мег, ofthe Lake 
of Neuc! 
же з= Соче 
also are som 
near the new Victoria-house, and where 
or Almost all the 
The South 
се ин e species in view ar 
we believe, E. serra, pandanifolium, mit pan ictum 
They all dew tall. poe he ate э like inflorescence 
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owing over like the 
ampas-grass, and its inflorescence bu toa height of 
7 or 8 feet. Judging Кор the 
should consider them reat 
—— One result of the CITY FLOWER SHOW 
petet зба only available assets has 
money taken for the sale of tickets and 
of the ex d БЕ already promised to become 
members, The minimum annual armored will be 
fixed at a low aii, in cdi to enable all classes to 
become members. 
—— Dr. H. BAILLON has been making some fresh 
experiments on the OR N by the Roots of 
a decandra, the results 
in t “Bulletin of the o 
"Soci a aris, We may note that. this juice is of & 
Tm purplishred colour, and previous mh we 
пише а as to the facts of the case. 
Hy r. BAILLON found thar ifthe 
peor oy and not the i of bt bulb, were allow 
to come in contact with the juice, not pee slightes! 
e published i 
hite. Cut how o 
any severed portion or eive patil may absorb 
the colouring matter, but this is no ways the 
bats the roots of the Hyacinths absorbed the 
r the evolution of its leaves and 
necessary 
hec from E) juice, vex er of the latter increased 
in B N thinks we may deduce 
from m the function of 
B 
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absor 
holds m solution but they also have the powe 
separating and rejecting inimical substances held in 
solution by the water, : 
bane на a schedule of prizes, 
amounting to about £500, fora GREAT FRUIT SHOW, 
to to bé held p THE ALE EXANDRA 
шш 2, 3, and 4, the entries for Min ae on 
A 26. The ne are in 
divisions, and being on a liberal scale, good show 
should result. 
PRO | Revue iin of the rst inst. we 
learn rm NDRÉ LEROY, t mm 
e m died i in that city on p 
as probably the first pomologist in Muro pe, 2 
Баео to пане ѕсіепсе к= eomm are 
numerous and weig is pers character 
endeared him to his friends, and his арны е know- 
ledge was ever at the service of those who co nsulted 
M, LEROY 
and his 
interesting шы " = — T = 
CHARTS Times 
ricultural ET was lately end before 5 A day 
rts by Mr. R. H. Sco Director of the 
Meteorological Office. After explaining that the wind 
flows from a place where the pressure is high to one 
oí кз s low, the lecturer observed that on the 
n of the ar areas of the “су rot 
and the шы" or hig 
changes of the weather 
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