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and hope that му from an extraordinary abund- 
ance save at leas 
may giv results some future Jo. 
iym Чоо] George Dod, Woodstock Park, А 
bii, ые 
ry prospect of their 
being cleaner. ae "i year. Sohn Clews, Headfort 
оь Е ge 
cr to m the Potato disease has m 
its sonido m , but yet to no great. extent ; they are in 
general here a full сор, э es verage. D. Ander- 
aron's Court, 
WATERFORD.—AÍl ut ' Potatos "as taken up 
well; a fine crop, an ше tubers. d Er 
look very бле and healthy, with no jode ad 
blight as yet, pe it is reported to have oad its 
Carrick-on-Suir. ге Fairbairn, 
The Gardens, Curraghnor Portlaw, August 3. 
Pot cr we in this neighbonr- 
WEXFORD.— 
hood promises to be ve e as yet there is very 
little disease. P. Braund, Courtrwn House, Gorey, 
August 3. 
.—I am sorry to inform you that the 
Potato disease is spreading most rapidly ; Dalmahoy 
nd Ke o be the worst affected, 
Regents, too, look very bad. I will forward you a 
report at taking-up pw and also let you TN the 
effect of heavy lime dress ing. Last year it a 
well. Thos. P. Turner, Killruddery, Bray. 
AOT ND. 
ABERDEEN, —Potatos in gardens are good crops ; 
very fair for the season, 
in the fields they poA 
Disease is showing - , 2T places, РЕЗ E not as yet 
Mo, nor so prev as I m it. А. Far- 
guhar, Fyvie Castle Gardens, cn 
a sent, for the pl p to be perfectly 
developed in every part “ы. stem and flower ser 
vigorous, a otherwise, as 
season favoured the сме х E sets, being vy 
dry and warm—the rainfall in I inch, and 
that of May, 4 inches. It is true Jun in rather 
and wet, with little sunli iet and continued so 
to the end, but withstanding is the Potato con- 
tinued gr , althoug mewhat enfeebled fr 
the absence of sunlight; but still there are по 
indications of fungus i though rain. fell 
during the month to the amount inches, 
July in a clear atmosphere and south 
wind, wi arm genial showers, and though the 
sun-heat was intense, the wind shifted to the north 
ev now and then, which produced a 1 
reeze, v ducive to the health of the Potato, 
en during the past month, the 
E from Potatos of all kinds, in this locality, 
us hope that this Mad =A so, and that 
neither relies spores, nor any of those diseases 
ing the leaf of the Potato may trouble us. ойл 
Сай, Inverary 
AYRSHIRE.—The Potato crop in ri gest ж 
finest that has been for man 
eariy mar et. Iam 
е” mu 
more especially on the heavy 
ave not seen any diseased tubers or heard 
‚тарла eaved Kid work, 
s, and for y on ei 1 чел усу Тышы Bog— 
f good analy. Rintoul’s 
es grown 
j wn 
prit 
yatt's rolific 
‘teres 
$ ип in early 
on principle, 
disease. Yohn Gray, Eglinton 
in 
ТТ 
i 
; Smith’s Early Round, 15 tons 
tons, I am 
f 
no sip of the disease, ойм Webster, Gordon Castle, 
[4 URE. Facas come away very indifferently, 
but they are healthy and have no a 
disease up to the present time, Peter Loney, March- 
mont House, Dunse, July 28. 
CLACKMANNAN. "RO cur an average fair crop, 
and no disease so is known. Zhomas Ormiston, 
Alloa Park, Alloa, ара 
CROMARTY.—The Ро 
о 
^ 
lexander 
ust 2. 
IFE.— sor om crop of Potatos, and 
no signs of the ded as yet. Robèrt Adamson, Bal- 
carres, Fuly 30. 
FoRFAR.—The TEN crops were never finer than 
they are here this season ; both garden and ang pric 
are оба апа past K, Amon eat 
kidneys rounds EIS here, of the former the 
true old 
and quality ; and of pontine) Rintoul’s White D A is 
our best, Balog a splendid seco writ 
no signs of disease here, nor in the neig Крд do 
far as ий earn, d season has avourable 
—above in general, Gin Fohn- 
ston, Glamis б, ү 24 
Тренд Potato crop is a good one, 
nd fields the tubers are still free 
from AS PE a But it pepe ould de 
disease w make its appearance, as are 
clear alk Bethe of it on stems 2 mM Andrew 
othwell Castle, August 
Early sorts are 
and up to this Me qu 
fields are rather blank, o 
ne crop, late ones promise to зо, 
i di ome 
ing to the sets not starting 
during the dry weather м April and May, or being 
attacked with curl in May and June. Since the rains 
came, n latter une, the cu quite 
n it, but |. 
Regents, Dons, Dalmahoys, &c., were attacked 
b Жы extent. Malcolm Dunn, Dalkeith 
29. 4 
RENFREW. ? "The Potato crop both in fields and 
gardens never pr better, PE both abundant 
fine in quality. No signs of the disease yet. 
gohn Methven Gardens. bd 
seem 
Roxsu URGH.—Up till now the Potato 
ree from the disease. АП the early kinds, un 
kidneys and rounds, are ripe, and are very ex 
in quality. I hear of no disease as yet in any Dui 
we are in hopes of a good Potato harv The 
Pw s geo hereabout seem qd тар referred to the 
We have su t varieties of 
hardy prolife kinds of home raising, t PE seems 
superfluous to foreigners ; in reality, 
after trying т ge those u are glad to 
make acquaintance with our old friends 
p as first-class Potatos for 
this quarter, are the old Ashleaf, Smith's Early 
Gloucestershire Kidney, Flourball, 
Pa n's oria. 
exception, and hence the frequent disappointments. 
E ortnm ны а i ugust 3. 
dors out well as уе, 
арреагапсе, 
observe the Potato disease 
lier than last 
e if not 
m 
ERN 
ym pts 
Fue tall, Seems Gardens, dard 
Wictown.—I did not 
WALES. 
, ANGLESEA, —Kidney ge Lye; and free fron 
ase, arieties show of disease, odert 
any worse were a week 
Sohn Ln Abermaide House, Aberystwith, 
August 2 
CARMARTHEN. — The 
Potato disease made its 
pernan ey ped 
t€ ryfie C aeri a the La he Lap 
ae gash T nor ж ше, the pony Flourball, Hund 
е best. 7. Ticehurst, 
h isea ose 
vM. crop, but it is not relished here. Rivers’ 
cim Aai Mont nue Lapstone, Paterson's 
Vi te Rocks are our favourites, james 
Bennet, Rhug Garde пз, comi August 3. 
are much diseased 
in e places about here; my own are only just 
spotted with the о, and Í am taki ing up the 
early sorts as fast can, Вр all sound 
at this time. 7. n Rove 
Welchpool, August 4. 
Leighton Hall Gardens, 
CHANNEL ISLANDS, 
GUERNSEY.—Much disease has e its Е 
T. С. Brthaut, 
ance amongst the Potato crops lately, 
Richmond E. Fuly 28. 
Lori dto e а о т. ЕЕ А, а 
bey ly бу E sloping an and ig pelle vote onal, 
med. ciate a good crop, on an average 
and in эы гад м 20 tons to the acre. 
William Melville, me Phurió; Уну 30. 
ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN 
BOTANICAL GEOGRAPHY, 
XL PH THE INFLUENCE OF THE DISTRIBUTION 
TE IN Past 
Thess ON 
Specific Centres, — We have seen that to a very large 
extent plants are influenced in their distribution by the 
at the present time. E a at the flora ofa limited 
tract of country, like , the effect of these 
seems ' The be- 
tween the floras of Sussex and Argyleshire, for 
instance, be accounted for to a large extent 
by the differences between the present climate of the 
two counties ; but if we make the comparison between 
ween t imat 
and very great differences between their floras, It 
seems quite clear that types that have the same 
climatic constitution have — in different parts 
of the world, and thus that the flora of any given 
has originated fr 
fact that supports this idea 
o ug 
Actual fact tha the few apparent exceptions cannot 
appari ns cannot be 
Serien uf ingle эрй, ай and another school calls 
fen ditas эрий We have a good instance of 
