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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[AUGUST 21, 1875. 
once, where the subject would be understood, and its 
merits judge those who knew. Dr. Alfred 
Carpenter letter is secede ced, from the 
Gardeners’ Chronicle for September 28, 1872 
and on още to this communication it will be found 
to be the well known letter in which it is said „Ше 
tuber is planted with e resting-spore in its eje; > and 
tit sends up its hau ч 
&c. The letter is Aat e 
storing, washing thespores outof the eyes, and plan 
ical inform m : р: 
T 
=ч 
to by 
are not descri size is given, whether large or 
; no en white, brow ere ; no shape, 
round, square, or triangular ; surface, whether 
ooth or covered with f any 
disease com ES to h 
sure w 
iter in his letter humorously се m human 
os, where he “t Just as 
мөсү raso pd human 
in — 
their external surface, as РЕЯ зр ап 
whither or not they produce zoospores on germina 
tion. Your practical restr (as well a: as КОН) 
wi 
ways Lee 
ground з (Peronospora Vale 
rianellze) the бос aprile ‘hes ves germinate at 
once upon the ground. W. С. pen, 
ects Sas uo R oyal Hort. 
kar 
ear off the ome money diffi- 
culties, | doing so, and 
this mainly by means of South dap wales; 
but I think it behoves us Horticultural Fellows to in- 
quire what is ollow is has been don 
Having gone through the rry the revolu- 
tionary time, turning out Councils, &c., are we merely 
to get back hat e ars ago, 
and be mo i 
but at no stage of its car erous 
ture has more perky step ne through Pe country e 
any one of f the many objects for which rich, com 
able societies exist and flourish ; UE qu ier 
great ieties has no 
the sails of the Ro tural 
— of the mes important work of horti 
can be done only by a great 
whicli h all mad of aa ‘country m send. The Society 
— will, neve e in a sound, prosperous state 
rests on a & broader base than х has hitherto— 
coun 1 think that 
= comes in and joins it 
country I 
the pem «s South ens, 
whatever may be their ees a a recreation nd, 
horticultu: I would suggest, 
of 
Gardens (which is outside t 
should be borne by the neig gibourhood which has it, 
Her Majesty e s Commiss who are 
of keeping it up. Beyond an ea 
reasonably say that they sengok accept guinea 
Fellows until a certain large number of candi- 
as many name 
Sea Fellows : we е shall “thet be in readiness for any 
псу. Geo. F. Wilson, Heatherbank, Wey- 
bridge "Heath, August I4. 
Ae Tree Struck by Lightning. —The V eee 
tio 
lightning struck the Beech. It has been. repeatedly 
e^ rought forward in your pion ar Eat are I 
ve never seen a reply in the affirm m now 
able to state that lightning does not evade the Beech, 
and that a Beech tree 27 cubic feet, 
ee b 
o be seen 
middle of a small s е Dingle surround i by 
trees of similar age and size, north of the ** Downe 
Arms," Wykeham, near Scarborough. cen ics 
Wykeham Abbey, York, August 10. [Mr. McNab’s 
point is that bee Beech, if struck: is not а rent 
by the lightni o this rule the present case pre- 
sents an Е E Eps s.] 
he Vine Coccus,—The rods of an outdoor Vine, 
is house 
n 
question, How 
first half of the present year 
causing - visitation. 
should not know се coccus by nam 
some B^ “ the Gilbert White's account o 
it Не says :—*‘ Бем! м the us boughs we were 
E y were coated over with 
d ed a cotton- 
like aree surroundi multitu eggs.” In 
imself quoting from a Natural pond P Gibraltar, 
written by the ene ae White, he says :—‘‘In the 
i suddenly overspread . 
with large ‘ian of a white “fibrous substance resem- 
bling cotton, mat con- 
but many. ee oval, husky shells ; 
чар 
of a very clammy fast t 
em eras that touched it, and capable of ne spun 
into long threads. ... often pulled off great 
ymouth, had never seen occus but once 
he gives the e authority of Linai 
eue em it an horrid an 
oathsome pest.” Sennett papiers 28, Westbourne 
Park Road, W. 4 
а, 
The Potato Disease,—After reading over with 
t Mr. Worthi: ble 
great interest проп Smith's most valua! 
= Gardeners’ Chronicle on the Po 
disease, so well timed irecting attention to the 
actual condilo on of the s, I examin ine c 
= ee I had ai found the new second early 
riety i in my kitchen garden, the а of Wood- 
stock, nd cdi leaf and hau I had the 
rop dug u and foun а. lae. Mesi of the 
Paterson's 
Victoria, ona yos m of an old on which 
tos have ee dn suc- 
set in the middle of Taly quite free 
tee spot. Before the expiration E the month the 
ves e general, and I carefully 
haulm, which was apparently of a 
bright green, and entirely free from the brown patches 
which sooner or later follow the spots on the leaves, 
On August I — our rows, about 30 yar 
= 
skins — t quite set, the usual sign of p; 
but, o n boli eode he. table, they came in 
satisfactory a state that I de termined on . having the 
haulm drawn from remainder of the crop, and 
iier removed for burning, eventually leaving the 
of t ubers in the ground until the usual season for 
different modes of treatment, at the same peri of 
growth, carefully noted, to you in due 
time, Charles Laurence, Cirencester, 
Notes on MAG pier rura S е тапу 
hich raisers s have 
during the past Pu Ves piven to "e pres I 
be с 
ite also oe m Mr. doces 
most ive у эшл up r roads 
E - n carbolic acid. If they ate only stragglers this 
and well deserving of selection for general culture in 
the season's crop. Peas: William the First, and the 
later, I had it 
asket, Maclean's Best of All, an fot 
eneral crop. rench Bea Ша i а 
lific, very dwarf, and most suitable for forcing as well 
s outdoor cultur eler's Cocoa-nut Cabbage, a 
good and distinct sort, Veitch's Autumn Giant Cauli- 
e e very best for imma prod sown in 
n 
Wit standing 
er vicisitudes Pir „the sels bees than any other 
t I with. My friend and near 
lop of Auchenhaglish (who, by 
r most successful vegetable cul- 
represents its full size, as I recently measured several 
12 inches, with six arge Bean ns in 
which was sown at the same time, and 
г to Hales Early Peach.—Notwith- 
we 
for bein b instrument whereby we have 
ining a lar e 
e (July 
x of delicious E ripe and luscious, + 
and quali 
in size Poh api and qui 
early The colour is авар , being bea ан ally 
marbled with red, a point adi in its favour, as 
at West these 
new early Peaches lead the Hale a few da ays in the 
ripening season hat, with additional earliness, 
increased size, better те án and freedom from the 
rot, we must certainly feel 
greatly согы to per- 
severe, New York Tribune, August 4. 
Black Ants (Enquiries, р. 5 —If the **black 
ants” of ** Rusticus" are the For 
ex established, he hasa a most tronblesom 
УО 
saucer of oil, and any other method of attracting 
the wand is iceable, I should strongly advise 
the use of carbolic acid. The nests of this s 
f great and fo: in timber or logs, which they 
completely riddle in time by gnawing them in er- 
secting, blacken ies, and the colonies are 
ensely MM I have known them intro- 
uced into gr mall piece of their 
by 
timber nest being lef near, and the only remedy I 
have ound Шого уе effectual i е хш carbolic 
fer Cd С 
all their 
wool wall 
ll almost certainly get rid of them very soon, 
e if the headquarters is near at hand it will be 
an e 
ins of ants passing to and fro would gui ide 
to it. О. 
Bees Attacking Ripening Fruit. — Yesterday 
and to-day the bm а А, EUN. i our ripenin. 
Peaches and Aprico savagely, so much so that 
we were obliged to pr ‘al that Wife anything like 
ripe. I never observ is before. eard 
of any similar com plaint? © Wasps, so fat d ave not 
been very plentiful. W. Miller, Саде y Aug. 16, 
The Royal Honec Society’s Great 
n has been called, by - 
Summer Show. w.—My attenti 
on Jule 21, to an acci- 
dental omission in your report of the edings of 
that day, viz., the accompanying vote shacks whicli 
passed to the exhibitors of plants, 
чекчейди Эн тезен бн» David Wooster, 
seconded by Dr. Masters, that a special vote of thanks 
be entered oh the MNA to all ann 
exhibition to-day." J. 5. Deve to the interest of 
exhibition to-day.” eri sig eig fe, in 
[By an “ accidental omission аро: 
exhibitors who | 
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