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FHE: 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[OCTOBER 23, 1875. 
is on — whether or not CErsted had got the 
myce f some dung-borne Peziza for his experi- 
as Р, чубй эмр. which is always present on 
dung-heaps 
In the observation of natural phenomena it is never 
well to follow, ae thought and vem ovas observa- 
tion, in the foo of others. In the of Pero- 
aie said ad resting- 
n the Potato aa 
ey 
cce fac 
H conidi зей n 
been described, it was commonly believed that no 
nidia exi The mycelium of Peronospora 
till lately been descri as always destitute of 
ckers, but e of the Chiswick plants the suckers 
The gus is commonly de- 
as having its threads ee ee or 
о the figures of 
this fungus 
any botanists, as Cor Bulliard, eyes еч 
others, have considered ae cystidium in Agaricus 
corres som eridium, de 
as these views have not at present been favoured by 
Tulasne and De Bary, many botanists seem dispos 
to agr Bary in regarding ystids as 
mere ** pilose productions of a particular order," which 
d and les О ~ 
finite, the granu 
Klotzsch and others have Ve аав 
ndated 
spermato 
t boxed possible that ‘the mere contact of the threads 
(ог 
тау У sufficient for the production 
De Bary, in criticising Klotzs = 
which are fecundated 
As regards the spores of woody species of fungi, 
md are poet fertilised оп Ау parent plant, and 
lown the 
eb way by the win condition suitable 
rif at once torts the first cells ot à a se 
proper habitat. If Agarics were perennial and per- 
sistent, instead pa n and fugitive, we might 
ex to see a 
really does exist in many s 
w stratum of tubes is every iti ой d 
underneath the old one, so that the age of the fungus 
in years may be correctly ascertained by merely count- 
ing the strata. As to the mycelium itself, and t 
possibility of its producing sexual organs in Agaricus, 
ave had the subject before me for many years, and 
ve seen germinating spori ut no trace of 
organs з Gn the mycelium s owing fo the threads eng 
the 1 produce of fertilisation. 
s for the ex rens juice of horse-dung, | it abounds 
with nematoid w: spores an 
nds—no drop e be examined from a dung-hea 
after a shower of i i 
ap 
rain without seeing large quantities 
SET зерта наа ЗА te 
from dung is is „зше to lead to 
dupli 
cate, anal juice, and the other with 
-distilled Ti 9 with dew: little difference in result, 
as the new plant seemed to live principally on the 
remains of the old arent, 
As a proo much €— a still ы та learnt 
respecting the life Mon е of say that 
in Sach’s recently — Test Book of Botan one 
of the very best and most complete books of its class 
ever published, there is эй mention aee made E 
cystidia in the won gn Agari and 
La Maout an e's Descriptive mate Analytical 
Botany, ж MM it is stated that the m 
never produce antherozoids, and that е oan aie 
always deprived "of ster rigmata or spicule 
d follow out these x aee it is 
and all. gone the: І 3 
Ern ave been made with. а camera- 
disagree, ed ce 
htly 15 
‘suc isagreement (within defined limits) as ^ 
commonly found in Nature, 
dimensions of the parts sl 
como 4, 
upon the lower ye of the old one, and this state 
Florists’ Flowers. 
SEEDLING CARNATIONS AND PICOTEES.—I never 
florist growing Carnations and Picotees 
does at Rough B 
duced some splendid seedling flowers, especially of 
the latter, that are well worthy the attention of 
cultivators of this representative of the Dianthus tribe. 
His garden is almost within distance ofa rifle shot 
from the Victoria Station at Sheffield, and it is a 
portion of a piece of land that i is let out in allotment 
he nei 
bourhcod of Nottingham ; there is nothing inviting in 
the approaches ©. it, but worthy work is done there 
notwithstanding ; itisa ien ани place to 
visit when the Ансы, of w a fine co stp is 
grown, or the Carnations in Pa tees tw 
flowers being worthy Ben Simonite's рен) аге 
їп коеш ег. 
plot of ground is exposed to all the smoky 
банкт of sooty Sheffield, and it is open to the wild 
ied th ome sweeping ae the Yo rkshire 
d race up the hill- oe ti mons 
bent on Noc ion. Ис an recite has 
become in and near т Sheffield i is shown БА the fact "ys 
new саа are springing up on every hand i 
the outskirts of Sheffield, and terri Dis бабар the 
i 
nk, where he r 
that in 1851 the Mid stretching from the Wicker 
e Manchester, байы, апа 
De asses, away towards Rother 
am, те a fine fertile valley ; and now it is a city оё 
and other manufactories of immense extent, 
herh t 
h 
ough Ba 
the atmosp appear to be heavily charged with 
deleterious influences, but the soil also becomes 
tainted with agencies of a диме character. М 
rthy i 
resoil his garden ae a 
and b ; trn this he has c 
its evel during t he past Y: years. 
In the current с of the Florist and Pomologist 
Mr. E. Dodwell (and хи d ke tter wri 
discriminating criticism?) h 
article on “ 2 rnation: 
Mr. Sim 
ice to 
marrow icotee, nam ummers, 
xg — to o my tas te—all that is desirable in penes 
form, and formation of petal.” a is in the sno 
whiteness lar bold, FOSAG 
реа, чм regular edging of colons, and the fall sub- 
stan f the on ode at Mr. Simonite" snew varieties 
ЫЕ ry best bis tee NS premier flower) at 
the late exhibition о f the National Carnati ing 
Picotee Society, at гака ight, 
edged seedling, raised . Simonite, as yet 
named, very Бра — and of superb dui: 
be which is Seni 
its cl Fan 
ass. 
ge of rich rose; = 
petals ; pure white i in the ground, and 
out py — s; or bar breaking in from the 
Nicol mpeg я epe а Ре 
а finely-ro is also very fine; and 
so is Mrs. е light purple edge, w 
solid in chara as that 
smooth petal de pave gro А, is variety cam 
very е indeed this season. In addition Nevins’ 
ein anny E e: ve a very fine flower; it is a hea 
petals and pure white ground, 
-— free dun ion the edge of does very plea 
ne; 
hich is as 
onna—large, 
-— due a grand flower. e foregoing represents 
of Mr. Simonite's cA selected seedli: 
he d ll to make a small selection only from his 
most — varieties, end from such a fine strain as 
that possessed by him something good will be almost 
certain "t spring es each succeeding year, 
In Carnations, too, Mr. Simonite is is esl cely less 
strong, as e has raised some fine he mong them 
J. D. Hextall, crimso m sent out 
utumn. This ve Sene D die ама of 
colour, bright а clear ground, 
ed petals. The Rev. F. D. 
last August, Seed- 
has a pure white ground 
petal, and full substance, 
, and good dari a flower that remains in 
perfection for a considerable time. All the Shefüe]1 
es are remarkable for their ae 
, and full substa 
lo 
ите "P like that of 
are of Joh 
Ed of this gra 
Mr. S M Ар 2 di n at Rough Bank 
just at the time TA Carnatio on and Picotee shows we 
on, and was much amused with the quaint appearance 
The bai сей white tin shades 
h e wanting bere, but as shad 
m 
almer's Kee Nixey's 
But there were glorious flowers 
r. Simonite i isa нні cutler, bee dee. Spare 
hows and е mo ct to the flow tends with 
uch c ite most deservedly phe by 
his brother "foret м "dh e North ; and a visit paid to 
him during the summer is time well and profitably 
spent. 2, D. 
WISTMAN'S WOOD AND THE 
MISTLE 
N my narrative of a visit ќо Wistman's Wood, on - 
Dartmoor (p. 387), I referred to its great age. 
ay's Tamar and Tavy, vol. i., 
ies] 
= 
ng Duchy of Com 
and refers to a period shortly after the Conquest, 
e eing in much the 
If that were the case itis | 
not surprising that Risdon should have described ` 
more than 200 years ago, much as it is now. 
often been asserted that this was a sacred grove of dei 
Med bearing the Mistleto, a mo rarely found on - 
and therefore esteem 
and removed the parasite with a 
been represent 
eg nam has been supposed t 
y Cæsar as a British town defe nded by wo 
ling rather sep L^ 
edenda One cannot help fe cei 
to the thickets on exposed p 
Oak, Beech, and Elm 
h 
must still be denied Dartmoor 
limatic reasons. j 
e Mistleto is a сау of low grounds in England - 
as far north as the —— И a introdu ; 
it is re os r north as Perthshire. si 
eport But it | 
requires a situation where it can ы, in Englanda . 
mean annu the least, and 
ut in point of f: 
unable to dimb higher than 500 feet or боо feet. AS 
i the them of Europe — 
that it nes from eid: рой b 
absence of summer heat and P the shelter which it 
seems to require. I 
moor, t 
above the level of the se. 
ome years since "e: Society of Arts 
reward for the discovery of Mistleto on 
-— tained only one specimen, which was 
ffered а _ 
» and — 
Ma 
of the Mistleto growing on 
the Druids held а noting more sa 
Ma" from regarding it as heaven-sent, 
their 
Brita Sorte oper . 
wind the climate was damper 
ive me air or I shall die," are words w which have 
e aptly ра into the iue d so n ls epis of Asple _ 53 
