298 THB . 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPTEMBER 4, 1875, 
existed, either a or elsewhere, and there are no 
reasons ving that it has not always been para- 
the same extent 
e 
Potato disease preys upon other plants in a similar 
way with the so-called human diseases, whi 
о 
rst AM or where eri came 
fro tell how the typhus 
Ani, r, tc fp x, or the Len qoem first came, T 
have all been suddenly bad in various places, 
probability is that they cave existed from 
others ain rope, 
M Des consequence, compared with the ссе 
of a knowledge of an exact diagnosis. satis- 
ilme " fellow 
ects 
t W. С. S 
Now that. = ` know the life-history of 
ED Potato Dun a 
y 
ernels, On Au Em rs Tet ie 
A a break 
of 
Prolific and Pink Regent 1 Potatos a 
good coating of newly-slacked magn his 
lime is of a v i 
ppeared then on the foliage of any of these 
кым but a portion of each sort was left unlimed, 
b 
ighfield Observa rig egies that 
quicklime will ound а e for t if 
applied in time, det is, before the cath io the 
Potato’s when the Peronospora appears. 
al the years when the disease ha been bad I have 
ickli usted amongst the ар 
storing them м pis, 45 with the 
The lime dries up the diseased ortion 
tubers, and prevents 
rotting the sound ones in the pits. 
lifting of all the nearly 
all being well ed on the 
top of the boxes rd as nails. These Potatos 
: pl very early on the border on which they 
, and er jured by frosts in the spring, 
beg ympto ipeni 
on some soils, for your correspondent, Alex. Dean 
(p. 272), says his early sorts were lifted in an ap- 
ntly sound state, and now one-third of them are 
ee the ten d уз uS reath here has 
rj 1, with the nights cold, and 
suit de Por preventing the fungus from ing, but - 
its virulence is y the destruction and 
stench of the haulm of all the Potato crops in the 
can sort, was excellent in quality as a second A 
but this year it is uet fit for the pigs. 
of Woodstock, one of th 
is no und tuber of it left. William 
Zi еу, August 30. 
—— Having egg idm a remedy, ues „ре 
E рге of the Potato disease, if t 
Ms Se o all 
appearances good, I am prepared 
md all doubt 
Potato 
my preparation 
year, most 
Mamm d the gà et der d I Бк 
the bad in the same 
diseased. I ha: 
separated from 
placed 
room ; those I have NEA my pre uen 
tion to are 
keepi ng perfectly sound, the others d 
are going 
or 
Respecting 
rapidly, and becoming quite unfit for use. George | 
Brown, Spencer's бац Shinfield, near Reading 
the above with full reserve, 
nima : 
ociety at Kensington, or at the Potato exhi- 
bition at the Alexandra Palace on September 29 an 
E 2x 
growth, but Ae genere stop 
when attacked. Rain-water has been used upon every 
occasion. Sulphur has been used, but i is of little use. 
Is it mildew from Rose ich were grown in the 
same hous If it is a disease, what is the remedy? 
И. Pike. [When leaves of Azaleas, such as those en- 
closed, or sim plants, in any wa cted with 
disease or insects, are exa ion, they 
xa are in is 
f the sap being 
kom - them Ms. eS over- IT mate а 2 
appear 
a шо 
g the plants, vu particulars re 
ing them, it is impossible to say what is the reason of 
their unhealthy т на which — s be brought 
about by a number of causes, 7, Baines.] 
ees Feeding on Apricots,—It is жу not 
a common thing for bees to attack Aprico 
manner descri 
still т very vivid reco 
lection of э enormous quantity of bees teet ye at | their 
onslaught 
over their disastrous — which T alm 
total wrec ver heard of bees 
Apricots before, and ny em 
Viscountess 
le distance to = = as 
эн were t torming or feas — of 
the bees lasted one rr only, thay not even returni 
rning 
to nich sh what few fruits were left, Edward pores. 
Rabley Nurseries, Herts, 
The Slow wit ay ау E this Year, = 
This is a puaa ity o 
ber the enormous yield CK A 
ripening с slowly. 
of эж richest sitis: colour, кой yet we are sil 
ing. he same feature has been 
, Perhaps this is frs 
ы been cropped 
ry w 
exceptionally dry ali d nage = the fruit a 
sudden stop, which they pe 
come mo: 
an ten to become nuclei of decom- 
position, thus threatening with destruction perhaps 
he most serviceable d ruit of the season, 
Neither does the plague of wasps or flies cease. I 
is singular, however, how local such things are. I 
ad а саскан lately stated that there w 
ewer than usual ueen wasps spring ; o 
ut e thay were рма і 
d the frui 
es among others—were without 
On po ting this out to the = ee he | 
seen any wasps yet, 
bak Cee were the fruit, 
N 
Large wo 
ыкты uw qp picturesque, splendid 
juncts to country sea ut among the dra anb 
sts o e s, fli 
hundred blackbirds and thrushes in a ings. hdi 
a hrashing our choicest wall | its—Pears a 
and w ere it not that gentle blood i is inherent 2 the craft 
I verily believe t 
be annihilate 
eason in most things, and there is ck of 
of kindness and true humanity either, і in reducing the’ 
number of those creatures whose 
is the destruction of our produce, AD: T, 
Rhynchospermum jasminoides,—In reply to 
the inquiry of “Н. Н.” (Gardeners Chronicle, p. 272), 
I beg to state that in my g arden at Saint Marychuroh, 
i рут with 
at least: 
tion, nor any sp 
ws on p outside of the wall of Sal p 
m -houses—a stone wall, through Ming it can. 
жетс, extract any artificial heat, P, Z7. Goss 
Black Ants.—A few weeks ago І w: a ў 
plagued ir these incastrioni little pests. 
up their abode in a agating frame, which was full 
I fortunate to find in the Ga 
Florist, and Aerien vol. ii, p 63. I procur 
or, а n broken it into small pieces | | 
my which were 1 E ickly and | 
HR ; now ie vigorously, = are as 
full of health as I could wish to see them, and not 
g 
o be seen either in the vx ornearit, 4., The — 
Mor. n Staines, August 2 
ese have been eaten long since ; E: 
being fe few, h 
and if the pigs continue to subsist on Potatos, they - 
must be obtained elsewhere. mple truth is 
found on lifting lis as that they 
this: Mr. Fenn 
were sound, even beyond his s greatest do opes, vu cel 
others so n ds " im _ascribed—w hether 
rightly or moig y—to of growing his 
Роне oh m that is not the — 
ridge system 
idea of yenoriig, m um with him been a practice, — 
always succes cir more than twenty years 
power 
iseased, Mr. 
Fenn cii elatus. for the ridge system of cultivation that _ 
н 
= 
5 
ight and air, and also ы 
ring or promote the Peronospera n 
fungoid spores from the S 
ming wi ees Mr. Barnes — 
that is saying 
ridge сау Mr. Fenn is E 
his own ing: that Tur has little тооно prow GE : 
