THE 
AVGUST I, 1874] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONIGLE. 
139 
vegetation | of the grassy hills about Moffat is 
d Set bike dane of 
wdrop actually on on 
Be eo om 
4 Alchemilla vulgaris (Ladys Man 
sti dade 
ice spot Pinguicula Kad st 
ti T 
ere a few ge specimen Dr 
far on as those pea ioii but Visible 
the light pa Pingui cula, How t y both 
and feed I shall hear in ‘time, for a a rder 
was also in readiness, and experiments to commence 
e tho: 
spring border than when growing in its native spot. 
—.. of Parsley fe (Allosorus crispus), on the 
in the freshest beauty, the whole oe 
of loose ston the Fa 
to see a when iks into A Aves ree 
mined y off a good clump for my friend, ae 
I removed sto 
e, ne after stone, 
until the mat of saa = —— those of the Fern) 
away f i è = 
o! mass, leavi 
large enonghi Soe a hill we or ner at lea 
Down amin by the aw (Annan), where coke are 
l 
at the botto: 
g Water, which keeps it free from 
mbs it 
mud, and as 
same way, swaying gracefully 
th the ni een cas see the fairy-like plant 
rundo PEt a with broad blue-green 
a Eimas and Carex S were also here to 
found, but none of these were in n flower 
ight land by the 
ivi soft do 
s Vulneraria (Kidney Vetch), inst Rape 
open 
ae ays sau violent 
en. Allis 
a Sis re ih 
$ sfy the eye (for 
a doe doe s that), and yet — go: satia 
of poaka stereotyped rules 
eaf), Tansy, and Avena 
L T is, yellow Rhinanthas: 
ogee purple 
e Vetch, yellow banys s pi ns; Pink ie Lychnis, white 
ae white Cotton-grass, r ; Eh a 
and Cistus ; Foxgloves, here Seer "Hyacinths, 
mosaic ; 
end with Daisies ant RCDE 
aM F. 7 obe Wardie Te og 
THE FARM. 
TPROSPECTS : WHEAT.—Careful observa- 
moo mada fe from time to time of the grow- 
, we have had to 
«Darel Se 
euch and the ear, aa of sy 
has assumed the appearanc 
most useful for the Se De and 
and Taie a sorts require 
fully into them we are 
When this is the case, not only has a large deduc 
tion to be made for starved and scrawled Wheat figi 
during the summer of this year that we have heard of 
a farmer hiding his p> sa Py placing it down 
upright in a fi wheat-field on 
the Oxford clay ; wa eve ae we hear of 
young partridges having perished by falling into 
crevasses of this kind. Hence, then, the yield of the 
stiffer soils will not be more than an average, but, on 
the contrary, the lighter sandy loams have a promise 
much beyond that which they usually present; so 
that, on the whole, judging from the appearance of 
the ripening plant, we were able to predict an average 
yi of Wheat. This yield, too, gave all along a 
promise i Pa being seriously interfered with by in- 
sects. r do we recollect a season in which 
insects eel se so scarce as a rule; the Wheat ears 
have scarcely been visited by either Hessian fly, 
aphis, or larvee of moth Whether this paucity of 
Hirun- 
dines, or the swallow tribe of birds, this season, we 
cannot say, but we have seen our native insectivorous 
birds dying in all i from the combined want 
of both food and w 
Well, harvest is in in fll progress: ! ae the hook and 
reaping-machine have certainly sı i 
goodly array of Wheat stooks, a as w 
made aware of dié fact that 
the ears are mostly long, especially where early and 
of the 
farmer calls full-chested, that is 
of containing from three to four plump grains, and as 
all the pie are plump, we may look for each ear 
to yield w 
The full pea of the whole ear is again a et 
of great importance, for in the generality of seasons it 
will be found that there will be half a dozen a totally 
ita locustze at the base of each ear, but this 
or at most three, of these will. represent ie 
arido to be made under this hea 
In late thickly-sown Wheat the ears are but small, 
and there will be much of whai is called bee Wheat, 
but the thin-sower, even 4 ee late, if he has not so 
izontal increase, si more than 
ii arger grain. 
We have this year an any piece of white Essex 
Wheat drilled in ro inch rnb which certainly beats 
that drilled 7 inches apart; and a plot of Golden 
ed at wide intervals will well compare with 
e same field sown quite early, but 
with 7 inches only ‘bebe the drills. 
So far, then, as gress towards the in-gathering 
has : 
good 
test of the Pite Pe determine this important matter, 
and at in former a large over- 
a insatl Bas ech aera ENO SSL so now 
we feel convinced t m the general absence of 
diseases and blights, both shee yield and quality of the 
present season will justify our expectations. 
Aotices of Pooks. 
Science Primers: Physiology. By M. Foster, 
M.D., F.R.S. (Macmillan). i 
of the series of elementary 
scien entific ee published de Messrs. Macmillan, 
— com _ by men of the eminence in their 
rttments. The present t volume is a 
wer thy “companion ne ena piresi and in saying this 
much we are paying it merited com- 
pliment. Dr. Foster's iaie hagen comprises an 
introductory chapter Pone he e reason why animals 
m and amt 
feel and will.” 
Peck. lee information conveyed. * this book is of he | 
aey of us, and as 
conveyed in the simplest, €l 
in the simp 
cannot too y recommend 
once t Sake nee 
instruct their 
be 
manuals on- 
arest manner possible, We 
‘end all school teachers at 
ajab cruelty t m—nay, even , their sense of 
tin thoiri m nite are all so many indi 
that a knowledge of the structure and mode of action 
of their own bodies 
and medical studen 
the pasation, = others, of s as 
Hux Less in Elementary "Phy ppg; to 
whichihe present pe e may be r “gail as tro- 
nnot too s fim urge all poet 
sbi, to avail themselves of the means 
now led: A within their reach 7 ne ages i a know- 
ledge so essential to ba preservation of a sound 
mind in a healthy fram 
Compendio della Flora Italiana; compilato per 
cura dei Professori V. Cesati, G. Passerini, e G. 
Gibelli, con un atlante di circa tavole, &c. 
Milan: Francesco Vallardi, V ; 
a del Fieno 3 
(Compendium of the Italian Flora, &c.) 
This corititates a portion of a magnificent work now 
in progress, and devot - to the veel of eo in its 
= aen, “polis, literary, ar entific 
Compendium of he Freijas Flora con- 
i apai Pt apean ka Italian of t , and 
ecies Bae yr plants 
ya or ex- 
oe The plates are engraved a metal, and 
contain ses of onl several gen 
scicles hav ublished, yen ining 3 
pages o i 
re Oe of the genera are the work 
Professor Gi ibelli, and are of great utility. 
seventh edition of the London Catalogue of 
British Plants has bee 
. H. C. Watson 
(Hardwicke). : The convenienc 
and utility of this a a have long since 
to be incontes We only y 
original series of numbers. Two lists are given at the 
including ‘‘ Aliens, casua culti- 
c.; the other ‘ i s it 
i and extinction It hard to 
i "n r rng g ne in the list withou fying 
what are to be so consider and w Under which 
rent for instance, is Lycopodium complanatum to 
included ? 
a current number of Litt ge sie 
ns inier a 
Review 
the iden d Sees wee 
of the botanical world. — 
oe Pt pri _ gonidiv 
F nee master (the hyphz),” and cites ry’s 
ceca x, -i ti = theory were true, the 
Saar pantie would, in OE 
exceed many 
though nothing sim elsewhere occurs i me 
2. The theory is zeanotble; for the algz in which the — 
fungus is parasitic tae display the greatest health 
and vigour, and at the same time would ae plied, 
which:is absurd. 3. T t the theory is 
expressed t 
the other hand nd the eu observ: 
the inspection of his preparations, have con- 
bse 
some very compete a aei view 
organs proposed by = hwe vit those 
who are not ialists this department the — 
best Se at present eels to be one of — oo 
hundred fined” she nourishing n 
