avout 1874] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. | 135 
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was nearly double the average—193, 196, and 190 
respecti 
Mar Hy i —There aoe scarcely any French 
stations where the fall exceeded one-third of the 
1874.— —This month was almost the opposite 
: it was very dry in saigh elgi nai Holland, — 
i 
f ; and abov 
er districts, Faaot the east oe Eagle 
1874.—Rainfall above the avera ge in Belgium 
nd, below it elsewhere, especially in the 
a of France. 
Baci fc from the beginning of tapers to 
1 ai of May, and the average ratios 
ees -May. Noy.-April, 
: 47 4 
7 
50 57 
72 84 
51 71 
52 55 
41 45 
-48 58 
e from his values being 
so ‘the totals: fe for pew Pete pts from the 
parts of Paat that near Paris 
u, has had for six successive months 
vo its isdat _— E 
nd Holland may be taken Kener the 
) very siniilir, and a piei ns the 
‘ ee ened, D Arei maeh Teit 
fe than in France ; t, January had an aver- 
l, and March geer iien owe it. The 
re the arer emnah worked out in the same 
those for F 
74 
Lsles.—In ee of these islands 
no drought wi wateren in others it has 
y part PrE area under 
The ie TERAJ are 
-n n oy Nov.-April. 
3 8 
5 
II i 97 
87 88 
49 56 
126 108 
105 95 
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75 
wi bei seen that in the south-west of 
n Scotland = fact in wet ——_ the 
been equa eater the 
at dry Stations, like e London and North 
ssi at Pari eens e fall has 
than half lf the av 
erefore, ecto lieve that in the 
of. ngland the the sy of water in wells, 
ill u 
gna -o although 
north- -eastern 
erie hasti indicated to indi- 
of infected or threatened vineyards 
“The dry period may be considered to | 
to push its legions me onnan, "slowly, inde 
maki , Tt gains ground 
unceasing 
by destroying the infect Vines, but he met 
a 
their déstractio ion, in spite of the just and previous 
indemnity ed boa Pi vie to him. Nothing less 
han a law i ary to co 
which, at the ‘begins: is bee to be made to the 
appli cation of measures of public utility, It is urgent 
hat such a law should be promulgated as soon as 
possible. 
in | „M. Boul iley, in the name of the Phyl lloxera Com- 
er 
Academic des hain different resolutions, = 
were voted one after the other. This r report, w 
E is extr remely clear, has been forwarded to the Minister 
Agriculture, At first sight, it seems that the 
Philloteet | is much more formidable than the cattle 
re 
nglish m 
row flies). Ina few months the cattle hai 
lett to itself, would cover the whole s urface of France, 
terri 
ard ‘ 
The report of the Phylloxera Commiss n propose 
the following measures to the Einni itko- 
ies :— 
Every vineyard porne shall be henceforth 
Jequired to inform ee mayor of his commune imme- 
‘diately t the Phylloxera appears a his a The 
prefectorial authorities shall nam experts to ascertain 
Seb existen os a ae vil, and to okie the ravages 
may phi 
numbers of the insects, future safety would be far from 
red, since one si e Phylloxera left surviving is 
- | assuri ng 
t n | capable of nderi le ions of Phylloxeras. More 
the Department wished to stifle the evil on the spot | 7 rag ria i 
certain methods are required. Itis necessary to burn 
the Phylloxera, to make a clean asep of all that can 
portage it, to remove its sustena: ce, and disinfect the 
soil. On th 
A 
pest cannot be too strongly insisted o he contagion 
must be held in terror and r repulsed W every possible 
ger 
o the proprietors who are made to suffer saa 
lated of the law, they do not seem to have any 
ag justifiable god of complaint. If their Vines 
affected, may consider them as abso- 
foe lost i th do not occur the very year of 
he attack, it will the year following; and 
will spread from field to field. They can only, there- 
ante n on one single cro But State 
ures them peeppeving inde eir 
Po deplorable in the st, 
on pr dial i their private interest, by facili- 
tating the sprea the evil in neighbouring vine- 
yards that still foam healthy. 
ime presses, the disease a ground, 
n one word, 
This year the Phylloxera is at Lyons. -It has only a 
few stages to travel to enter Burgundy. Iti is Pash tly 
to be desired that the National Assembly would 
i Ae Bill proposed by the Commission, 
pass it at once, as was done at the bare for tg cattle 
plague. paraad pi must be met by exceptional 
re 
are supplement to the preceding lucid statement, 
we Fiy add that the Bon Jardinier mentions phenic 
cep Sap temei i of calcium, and especially soot, 
couraging results. Meanwhile, sundry 
viticulturists, piia that the E ge 5 Spo 
its ravages underground, and t other 
hand, it attacks but slightly or not "i pit Aike that 
be made ; 
ascertained. It might answer fot small growers of 
dessert Grapes, but would ty epai to carry out on 
the larger scale of viney: 
Vines, whetit eir dekróciioa shall have Wee panes: Sin ae the above was written ee hota o, riel a: 
necessary to prevent the agation of the pl has registered th iW 
The Vines ought to be dest under two prin- | prize ff 
cipal circumst P x its w. inventor at an e 
s transported by the wi s ms Be econ 
isolated settlements, sometimes at c rable d Art. 
s from the Vines cia gen’ ae the 
i d t l attent 
Lovie ee ee 4 ae pag h Sire ape shall H praa by the State to 
multiply the centres of infection. But besides this, | &fficacious mode, omy eE n ba Ee te 
t is very at from the principal centre of i ki is 
fection, from the vineyards ravaged a a. ye se 
7 Art. II.—A commission na 
destroyed i in part, there may y escape fresh re SAA E which iculture nial C ommerce shall 
in apiti. x the successive destruction of the gaiiyiig pea ditions 
tacked. It is He Sead Bigs? to se ee the 
rate Eri É erra barrier the sou he evil from the | to aw rard ae 
neighbouring wee ty $ ward 
E to A attac cked, 
give 
ction comes t ae valua uation by experts 
of the revenue ghee uced by the Vines, and adju- 
dication to the proprietor by way of nii of the 
— n moe that revenue has been estimated for 
Hee nt yea 
Disinfection a the soil = fena A pro- 
ceedin ngs beføre beginning to grub up 
destruction by fire bra , leaves, «al 
he ground th that ae cleared, until a fresh 
erop în a bouring healthy vineyards shall have 
demonstrated the certainty that no further infection is 
to be apprehended ; finally, the most absolute 
o allow 
refusal 
ion out of infected ae = 
ae which could possibly serve as a vehicle 
the eataa uang agent, such as Vine- stools, roots, 
manure, Vine-stakes, &c. 
Such are the preventive measures which it seems 
So 
p! 
d authorit ity of 
nag the ding nea s ravages. In g de Parville’s 
inion they are indispensable, and it is difficult to 
ae how the Legislature could kdd p quiet from 
1865 to ere without taking ae more ence ee ma 
lution. ` Ever since 1866 the Phylloxera has adel, ba = 
ng manifest progress. 
year, ‘and in the face of thi 
people have decei 
ACORUS CALAMUS, “THE” 
WEET FLAG. 
Dr. ere has Pate 2 taken up > this es 
again (Gartenflora, May 1874), in reference to its- : 
native country. Some years ago Professor x 
a pl combatted the view that it is a native 
of Western Europe. It will doubtless be a matter of 
surprise ore many readers that its title to 
in the indi, 
Mr. H. C. Watson, iene spn is hie 
yhele Guio oe true 
~ good groun 
originally introduced 
cient would no 
o 
