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___ Wasps.—The statement of M. Van Hulle, men- 
i a A kee 
624 THE ’ 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[November 14, i 
Thapsia anica, L. ; Sprengel, in Beth to Ferula 
fiatia oy ; Link, in 1808, to Laserpitium gummi- 
è Dictionnaire g’ Hist f, Naturelle, to 
h mis: ete r 
nclusi 
en n 
ag it twas ‘a ‘tak allied 
of Silphiam on 
the position of the 
The 
ery distinctly haki on the 
Rees on nthe ancient coins, The le of the two 
ts, especially if we take as mparison 
a 
he same in both 
p e umbelliferous type, 
Doigh i in the rude figures it salt belong to either 
Ferula or Narthex, ft the general char latter Sad hab 
genus. the general character and hal n 
of the plant forces. 08 peo yg we — y 
the genus Narthex. , howe’ niei nsiders that 
it can scarcely be a eer identical arith Na 
the 
d, though 
matter. Æ. B., 
intering Echev shaa —-Heheverite oc have 
Wint 
served for 
pli are S Ushia to rot 
A. method of preserving them, 
which occupies p y no room whatever, and 
which avoids the above-mentioned in i 
to shake 
inconveniences, is 
out the earth from their roots when taken up 
iniisa and suspend them, hee wards or any- 
how, tied in small bunches, on strei hori- 
n y, on linen hung on eine to dry, beneath the 
roof of a coo ni j out the 
frost. Z, S. D: — 
sollte latifo is 
ee On p 591 of your last issue, I 
si fe m 
ae ation 
ting if Tex lat latifolia, In reply to his Ler 
a specimen of it at Carclew ?” 
om that we have a plant here of I. afta, 15 feet 
, its 
iflo 
dipyrena some 20 feet in height. 
1, that he saw 
w 
abers I thir gp 
Eaten aor as awe 
t 
ENE Eh 
the thicker 
His 
bloom, perfect; shape, the 
cept oo for neck, and 
the nose; the flowers remaining 
ie ec 
the better ; ; colour, dark 
Reports of Societies. 
Royal rere ge oe : Nov. 11.—W. A. Lindsay, 
Esg., in the chair, At this m citing the Rev. M: J. 
Berkeley directed attention to several of the subjects 
exhibited or brought before the a, Committee, 
her 
| a report of whichis appears elsew 
SCIENTIFIC ae bee —A, ray, E 
ë chair. The Rev. M, J. B cieley ionieni oh 
some “omer of the ungus (Hemileia vastatrix) 
now causing such ravages in the Coffee pliittations of 
Ceylon, and which has been figured and frequently 
u 
= 
. 
mns. 
In fag to this subject Professor Dyer read the 
followi 
kes ae a Letter LA Dr. T: ahs it to Dr. Hes 
a, Sept. x 
HERE paris = the Ana ” Associate on 2 Ti 
as sent me for perusa to-day some r ae rom the 
as t Coffee as 
lean Tit tle jews ‘from these 
ot 
hk 
rtain parts o of the aig the 
outbreak of the disease in c 
intermediate parts seeming to be quite free from it 
Mr. Berkeley showed the scape of an 
Allium rotundum—which had tent partially broken 
, ad produ all b th 
injured spot TA not very unfrequent occurrence under 
similar conditions in A, vin p c- 
species in question does not ioually pan è bulbils in 
the aE i as some other species do, 
Mr. Berkeley also showed a ae of “Apple a 
n affected with ne hese un 
om ae Se ated sequen 
dy, keley expressed on pee E m in 
the ro ra of a mixture of tar and grease, such as 
is used to prevent cracking of the hoofs of horses. 
ebb forwarded s oe imens of Pears attacked 
by Helminthosporium pir pirorum. 
rofessor Dyer then read the following note rA 
Dr. Kirkman Finlay, of San F 0, to 
Hooker, on the Dehiscence of the Pod in a Pp. of 
Swartzia. 
‘I send you the pod of Swartzia grandiflora, the 
deliecenee of which Le te 
of the pods lined with a row of see rpri 
me, for the pods had not changed a at all in outward 
appearance. On pressing them, however, I felt they 
wére empty. Itook the remainin ds that had re- 
mained full, and hung them upto dry. The morn- 
ing I found the exactly the same in outward shaj 
as when I had them up, only one 
side a certain n seeds hanging by their respective 
funicles seeds were very glossy, covered with a 
, to 
pod. "latte as I said, rae 
coaptation of he s sides es through which 
the seeds had slipped was quite perfect, while the monili- 
form appearance was wholly pres erved.” 
Dr. Gilbert contributed; on the patt <a Mr. Lawes, 
a very suggestive communication entitled. 
ah sd ka Pigain ce of Fungi on the S aoe ar 
to Experiments with di 
Permanen! Meadow-land, in the Park, Rothamsted, 
y Lawes, C8 
3 and 
poe RR radii aid 
any fu 
in 
° 
er matter (applied as cut ae 
ed. On pl 
and where the limited growth of these 
deficient supply for their requirem ents, 
or of both, 
e question obviously arises 
prevalence of fungi und 
relati vely ia ien 
Mr. Berkele determined the fungi 
follows rey dt nmanured plot, Boletus 
Hygrophorus pratensis, H. coccineus, H, 
garicus g pes, A. æ 
hate of lime alone 
were Hygrophor 
aris. e plot manu 
new f species found. 
which pag is excluded Gy ig two sedat . 
Agari 
ound. 
ineus. “Whe aer e oe 
pede (plot 16), eaters =o 
I 
Agaricus furfuraceus were 
pao il Bai a the only fun 
ee 
m consists in the 
enous ma à 
Mr. Renny considered £ that the phys é g 
of the soil had m a a on the ve 
fungi. Ra ankepediging nearly : 
able for the oak of th of fan zi aa ol pasture 
land. 
Dr. Masters alluded to the gr ey. 
ae b vas vaca ion wich elicited 0 the $ 
veces very ~ g pore we ere known t rosie a 
berre ed by Mr, rik that ap be og i 
