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t it has lid characters by which it is distin- relate may possibly (for I am too much of a ty o in 
d pete bon the two last ; ; first, that the, internal gardening matters to make sure of anything) dom 
gru ract or at least modify that dictum. In the 
immediately att ack, and the 
pletely destroyed. By р. g down the ets es over 
the vacant spáces ungi washed by the rain 
from the -— on о? оч E soil, where, wanting | it and serae Д А distinctly from the barren | sp ongy | pate 1858 I was led by some м: which appeared in 
nutrition, they perish, a С tubers are protected | base whether р approaching the nature of а pes Paper to try the effect of sulphur, by applying it 
from their destructive eect stem, and then that plant bursts at the apex by a powdered to sets mi £ сч — - ea ately after they 
И tirely | large irregular aperture. | were cut (in order wounds rapidly); 
in accordance with the erede ions of science, I feel | L. giganteum is y its smooth | and by dusting it Ria pleni pon the sets bo th 
anxious to make the new system. of Potato-growing | outer peridium xc enn p dts 2d ing by the n and cut in the drills. 
known, feeling assured that 16 will prove a great boon | splitting away of large angular patches, and its|to the earliest, kinds then known, the Walnut-leaved 
to the community at large. | differen m gen structure, not to mention T ү id ETE ^ Kidneys, an eg of the suc- 
size, while Г. saccatum is easily recognised b cess Midsummer Kidnc The whole 
| a Nn stem. and glo bose peridium sings wW ere e planted at ad same time on wasnt of the same 
MYCOLOGY.—No. XLVI. icate ben y The result that 
..LYCOPERDON PYR IFORME, Scheff—'The com 1 11 d diff tf hat of any li d "Potato. was discovered at digging time am ong 
species of Puffball occur in all -— of the world | spec. tł while in the ba: qn row of the 
except those which are capable of nourishing little to не apare, РА pus int which is not a éommon | Midsu Ki neys which were planted without 
more {һал a few асе тий ог the lowest Alge, British p is ја ibed һу бә flaccid obtuse sulphur, зн тА were found affected. Moreover, 
and under varying condi tions of , temperat ure and регі ting crop, which consisted of Prince Regents (not 
bark, id i. is at lengt xh ed. d slightly ди, but | the Yorkshire Regents), which were not treated with 
difficult to recognise. Т he outer ium varies in above all А ie v sedie terile bas with | sulphur, was ot damaged by disease. Now, the 
He manner in which it is clothed. metimes it bears the capillitiu = Яо ie ве only. one o which year 1858 was a peculiarly favourable year for Potatoes, 
pille so minute ав t to ap smoo a an ile artio f food, as|and I was therefore loth to draw any decisive conclu- 
while at others it exhibits large well shaped warts we have —Á— fully а form 39 All аге ! sion from the difference between tle uce and con- 
long prickles, ог appears covered with dense apre equally E кезт те Chloroform. | dition of the sulphurised aud unsulphurised sets, which 
bristly poin The spores and their threads L. a urpureum, which occurs in the nei Кер inclines me also to think that the term * result? I have 
differ so little as to afford no good characters, of Brictol. cannot be — with any the | just before used may be inappropriate. Still the fact is 
except in а fe н а» n are either above, asit has brown purple spore сеа үсү үш with a | as I have stated it, and you may form your own judg- 
roug with little points or inequalities, shortly stalked short stalk, and rough with little БЕК И. J. B. ment on it. Of one PA however, I am certain, that 
as in Bovista, or Аай соот, instead e erm | no slug, worm, o ga f any kind will touch the sets 
the variable oliv: peo at r less on | каксы сз. асран which have been pickled planted with sulphur, 
yellow which is so t ee ed уол. | REMARKS н THE WEATHER OF which is no small advantage, unless equally гач 
ries was the first paint out so rome a racters | ed 1861. | baulm and tubers can be from 
for our common species, while Vittadini has accurately THE mean te Beie e of the month was 41°.03, or | a mere "shell, to which = early sets were reduced last 
of the underground vermin 
defined several which form sure resting points in this nearly 24° above de average. The temperature by | year by the devastatio 
very perplexing genus. .L. pyriforme is one of the best day was generally high for. the period of the season, but a i ai 
them, and I mean to try it with soot this year, equal 
cold ; the ia ук point reached by the thermometer in quantities of each, and I will again test the sulphur as 
you of i 
the day as 57° on the 17th and 18th; the lowest 39°, оп | I did in 1858, and will inform you of the—i c 
the 337.08, was | “ Теш” at lea st, condition of the crop thus trea 
likewise. “above the average, жаг оу so to the|if I live till it is lifted. Rusticus, Thornbo evt, 
extent of 17.39, and was also marked by no афт. Buckingham. 
уши The highest рени ч the night was 4 
„оп the 5th; the lowest, ights of the 11th | verify what your беча, c Corditty » has said 
гапа 15; о аў 10th the i ode to 22^, and | on this subj About the latter end of last November 
| on the 12th t With the exception of these four | I йашын. аа ба а (including 
consecutive ni vs ts there was but little frost during the | almost ev iety that is n wo , and some 
month; indeed only other occasions did the |few days a lar t with long 
| therm: ag Fs below the freezing point. ure, The result was tbat I saved every Rose, in- 
| temperature of the gonia at 1 foot deep | cluding Gloire de Dijon, which I lost entirely in 
was Le f the preceding | October, 1859, from the effects of frost. ся which I 
|16 Thi is was ав the earth has been at | have left in the nursery are pushing vigorously, but not 
я depth i in an f and. огыр month, ери! во those which were cd transplanted; tliey are ЕЕ 
1849, when it was equally warm -— 1 18 59, when all de ad. The s spo ot v whe e the former were moved to 
dt was 45°.21. At 2 feet deep, je n in src and within 50 yards of 
the severe winter were still apperat. y tho feed cade same pl ice іп which they were previously growing. 
| meter, Mg has ean at that depth was only 41°, ora |l have, killed : La inus, Cupressus osa (fine 
quart Pu omae above the average. In th T z гане | plants, 6 to 8 feet) ; and very much injured: Portugal 
| of fros o snow, with tl as | Laurel (1 cut to the und); Cedrus Deodara, foliage 
Soil, rare lands may be expected soon to Tie кре e|lost. Thelatter I see are breaking afresh ; they were 
| fresh food for geiles so much needed in eu sud rof | plants 6 and 7 feet in height, anc well established— 
the scarceness, and, in — instances, bad q y|smaller ones are not so much injured. Araucaria im- 
a | of the hay crop of last sea ricata has the ends of the shoots for about 9 inches 
Winds from the warm quarters prevailed during the 74 and drooping; they feel quite soft. I mention 
N PYRIFORME, Scheff. I It blew from North 2 days; E. 2; S. 4; №. 2; | їШеве matters to show how things close to the Roses 
Pei ope cuni Greville's Cryptogamic Flora.) 5де ; S.E. 1; S. W. 11; N.W. i Strong гоц. west | have icon affected. s rles So раа, Clapham. 
lo айй ачаа | inde have the greatest effect in warming thesoil On| Ulex strictus согтевропйеп{?в ex- 
e which occurs | the 19th it blew a hurricane, and again on the "24th. erience is di iet all 
recters ve Vall MINE of Fungi, and while giving its cha- | Great ы effects from these lite been recorded. Ca ameron, the т їс у орва ыз P the еы 
Aa e 8 m ка of — The barometer was high in tbe beginning of the | Botan anie Garden. E сае (Phyto). = 1, p. 76) that 
жө e other more co п month; on = % чем, т 30.618, a point seldom | he had *saved seeds of the U. strictus n 1839, which 
с in this country. e mean pressure for the| were sown under glass. i 
. pyriforme, hendre o — less | month was 29.776, or 0.120 inch below the average, | there- is not the gue dria pints сене 
m Mp hme оона ре peridium, which he 18:h and 19th tbe mercury was almost | {тот that of the parent." In the face of such good 
y at outer 4 bue m ыйы few vtm дыы mud € a lul before the|counter evidence, I shall retain my doubts он 
JUS S weather whic ed, and during which | the plant being “оп! i » 
of an MES n teu 1-4 poine aA whioh ^ was, as c: = such —À босбайы от but notwitlstandiag feeder d it will bo with 
most can 1 t from L. it never fell very low, not below 29.296, notwith- | all the rest of such things; ” " ings ” bei 
нй a and on which indeed ment standing the great $ commotion which took place i in the | I presume, Siod рыл, A" 2 cgi nien 
that the flocci are so disposed е 5 тето atmosphere. and U. strictus. Much care is requisite in experiments 
ier nne s onioni * дә о of r чө as 1.41 inch, an amount but | ОЁ this kind. Many of the best intended are known to 
columella rising upin the centre frost tho base. The 8 же. - д ДР t " average < of ао preceding 35 years, | be valueless from the want of it. Many mistakes also 
cies grows in large de Ме эб qM c rly f an inch fell on ny x ipd чы mM E In proof of this, I have 
нр Bases е Аа m like S» х "moro On the whole the weather has been favourable for змей ski ше ай U. pubes я pe 
the base а mass. ut Wide c ereéping bra ached strin cum ga iE operations, and quite warm enough for | discredit it is, of giving a specific name to U. strictus 
like th isot; from whic dig i ЕЗ, i le clu tion. In. the third week this was being | does not belong to me: Mackay in 1824, кч I in 
€ there new individuale It is t Е uh i fruit trees, many o qiie are = » y x ле xd [Our & ге mr eer) че) ee M oem 
he o pus» м мм and has yellower spores | is consistent with their safety. The buds of dia Haw that. t is n mt. e ad veg ш рш TER 
bees ther perceptibi тда reca — - that even this | thorn are showing nd and the blossom buds of|as certainly that of the ^ Irish Furz е T was raised was 
ot E. p gemmatum. y Strongly echinate variety | Peach trees on walls are almost exhibiting t the tips of | always understood to be what jsmeant by Ulex itriotas ] 
L hich i h h the petals, yet their duy ciegas ought not to be| Early Horse —' is i iie то 
species of ай, kas, like E йн; s yx Hes чыраан саг ор warm coverings, for by во doing the the Lyndhurst ham, а Horos Chésuut ires, 
bonate mouth, and a basal pus dne ат ы гт ет ee x endangered. It is quite € which every year is in advance of other trees of its-own 
having the bark clothed with minute deciduous scales, are folly exbanded, 1686 trees when ад? the blosoms species as regarde Ше expansion of its bade. "This 
its auy substance is studded with о qned y expan ni 1861, on the 1st of February, I noticed a few buds 
more or less decided Md oepa Я онаа just commencing to open; four days after there were 
LM { 2 pines А s 
ктеп т rather ier than - 2 mass of пиа sp Home Correspondence cine " thee outermost лы се Pa ot 
ате АБЫ yellow. С these| — Suiphuring Potato Sets.—In your © Notices to Cor- | March, when I last observed the tree, the ger 1 d 
some c rg AE онда; pany eq y variable forms, Aedui » (see page, а there са к аан ad- | fallen or were reflected from the majority of бе fono 
respecting the use ч 
ce Seed an piscis Ae this da won, Aere others antidote to is Жз diga. Your reply to «3. js зт дн € vro em dde Sole E Ote of the 
possible interchange, e debe distinct enmen mion zi that “ уоп have never had before уоп any proof that the | leaf lobes measured at this "era fully 4 inches 
the sev. several bina ix possible. on o dr s be removed by sulphur, but e уса have|in length, not including the sta None of the 
I scarcely ^ | pho s that the substance roduces effect what- other trees of the same species in CENE jeighbonrhod 
1 y 2 good or bad.” Now Que fot 1 um gui ic. show any further sign of pr ogress than a slight 
