THE 
OcTOBER 2, 1875.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE: 
433 
Бау of the [vius of the leaf. I never saw, 
ubt if Mr. ver saw, a leaf of one of 
эң буе- Че" еа Ріпеѕ pire’ was in section boat-shape 
or wt. crescent shaped. Тһе sketch has evidently 
been ta ino a two- leaved Pine. will 
please me if I G. Sym о Еталон 
Nurs m E seh [The leaf-section in "the с 
too concave on the upper surface. Eps.] 
. Reminiscences of the late John Standish,— 
report of the Pelargonium trials at 
t awarded to n bedding Pelargoniums at 
Chiswiok; that one of — (either Richard Dean or 
ing, or bo hav - o paragraph to 
refer to) is bracketed “Е, С. son & Son.” 
is is in consequen the rule that prevails at the 
iswick Gardens of attaching the sender's name to 
allthings sent for trial. These two fin rgoniums 
were raised е late Mr. Standish at Ascot, about 
1870, wit e — which were named under the 
he summer of (I think) 
187o, Mr. Harry чета drove me from Slou 
King under the 
name of ing, on the di iui that it 
named after Harry King, one of the Queen 
ot into 
Araucaria imbricata at South Lytchet tt. —I 
have intended for some time to send yo 
r, 1874, sooner than 
s fillings; or setti ing ea z the 
I was obliged to kee p 
e as the 5 т et: 
early as fast as they 
fell. On September 25, 1874, I sowed — pm 
i intered them in a cool vinery, 
ch I have now fifteen healt plants, making 
rst cs of branches. Onthe same 
wed remainder in a 
P 
Gi 
^g 
ale form, and M 
a 
ver borne cones 
e to have been 
Ir of the tree тоди g the seed. 
M d Gr. to И. R. Fryer, Esq., Lytchett 
ous 
$.—How is it that we do not get 
cted of wood with the 
hose 
ut Ta pe “te of the 
$ ot thirty years ago are frequently requiring 
repairs of plates and rafters ; both have had the same 
n as to painting, since the latter = 
Put up : previous to that the older erections were n 
- well d for. Are the old Memel forests 
are the trees felled in a younger state, 
m d Ne He t Reade: i 
eee ascum erg: for Gade ns.—Have 
s tried Verbas 
i shrubb 
3 i think some of them wo p 
. Vith its tall, elegant spikes of white or yellow flowers 
as large as a shilling produced from Jur to Graber, 
according to the time of sowin 
in April a square yard in m 
the ers, and they did not resent this 
ough treatment, thoug „some of the flower-stalks 
were e e ame tru 
‚ C. И. Dod, , Eto 
The Resting Spore of the Potato Disease.— 
At the meeting of the Ro вза * роне tural Society 
held on September 1 last t v. M. J. Berke 
was made, of шк, at a time when little or nothing 
reh AD Me but gm body is posi- 
wey identical with the 
Mr. Stephens 
ng of his own he ia bl dba S ярјарано on of 
pentagons 
m 
meani 
this one is as follows:— 
outli ugh е ако 
is a section 
Fic. 93. — THE RESTING-SPORE OF - POTATO FUNGUS: 
FROM A DRAWING MADE THIRTY YEARS AGO, 
maging mycelium ; the fine hair- 
r the picture are crumplings of the 
oreover, 
thréad, which i is tag ee as I spoke of 
the thre ads when nearing the spores. On comparing 
некі агты Sketches of the 
e 
ublished or Mare publicly exhibited), I fi 
been 
to correspond exactly. So precise is the UR hoes 
of the Чез ia with the cell ie that I am able 
to give the number of diame 
e figure is magni 
0, viz., tly 350. The sketch here reproduced is, 
from its singular песие of the highest interest, 
t 
as it helps to act of the now 
resence of the es, which may by search- 
ing be found ius jv e of diseased Potato 
plants. W. С. Smi 
New Heating Apparatus.—I have e. host for 
past that we of heat have command 
esent system of heating eihouses but } 
ор 
а have 
range of glass, and my pu Ur permission 
to have the heating apparatus fi на p^ to my satisfac- 
tion, My first wish was to have all the divisions of a 
range of glass to heat at once by one boiler, if desired, 
Each rom the boiler 
to 
pipes insi ouse are 4-in ewise 
connection with flow and я in "бом of а = ce 
cir n the 
ide 
t 
the house, which enables us to stop the Sue « without 
the least danger, as the water from the boiler still cir- 
culates Should we have bright sunshine when 
pi hot, and 
ide ipe house, and the other lets in 
the flow, which cools down the pipe 
about 800 
feet of piping, and at the most distant point from tha 
iler the water pen S н, in fifty minutes from 
cold boiler, Tung 0 y 56 lb. of coal—all the 800 
к аз һеа ted а "that time. We can work the 
h of its own, and 
aa уз ep each house egrees without 
e past six weeks, 
and it has given єз satisfaction, and I consider 
that we have fu d of the heating without 
having to bank u the ‚ and it certainly saves coal 
d labour, which is a consideration. I have learned 
that Mr. Adams, who fitted it up, has now patented 
it The work is Ау very imi nic ON and has 
given every satisfaction. Ada п, Miil- 
bank, = Berwickshi ire, 
Potatos,—I must first thank Mr. Worthington 
Smith ‘tr his able and interesting ы оп {һе 
ineati 
Potat of “Һе 
pestile: de sickness 
that d at noon-day." I must also thank Mr, 
Tillery for his valuable hint of st Potatos with a 
sprinkling of lime. "The Potato disease 
has visited me lightly as compared with my neigh- 
bours. І plant at the fall, dig early in July and 
Augu S 500 Potatos are dug up they are 
well washed, whether they are for the pig, , or 
the table. ig are boiled up at once 
d salted, as Mr. n recommends. e seed 
about. e sme i 
like that of ** stale crabs.” erefore wash my edi 
Potatos well before storing to rid ma of TET 
i difficult to em it 
m p contiguity to 
days 
diseased tubers. After and a few 
elapsing, in which they are atn looked over, 
ari ac laye: 
than two or three — together, hay an 
t р rr layer. 
of ie true Lapstones 1 
ms e is m Before the 
yea same 
Сой, either before” plating e "aller 
up, at the rate of 400 | bushels per acre, with a view of 
of destroying 2 any resting-spores. in the ground. This 
Y, th 1 
much suffered. „Placing dung n next to the tuber at 
as 
Inste oeing und when the plant is up, 
use Parkes’ fork, and | then hos п as you proceed. If 
your land is ix g,t -trench ной is the 
m ting.—There is no кедес ity 
doubt about the success of heating hot-water pipes by 
iln, making gas of excellent quality at the 
same time. Whatever the opinions may be of those 
who ha the kilns at work, or those who 
have -— he system, the opinions of those who 
t 
mething about it; and those who witnessed the 
three kins y work with their glowing fires at Garston 
on the 17th inst, are unanimous in its favour. Mr. 
ra has so а Ф апі Шу — into the details and 
ts of the indi at p. 390, that I need not further, 
= site it must be fus a 
o ora one for рени; yet, in dn 
or weather, my kiln was a success, n Ажы: ты 
