M E И И + sp edis cu ео a de 
(OUT. a M O MEE cus 
AvaGvsr 31, 1861. | 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE 
AND, HM GAZETTE. 
191 
under the most systematic managemen 
times presens 
рс, ж modified as to дыз ке its visitatio д © € 
tively harmless. 
In the spring of this year I 
different counties. For 
sowed six varieties, 
a time while 
will so 
„itself, and E wien к 
both its ЕР and flesh are white, t 
D ——Á—————M 
е | light bra Шеш as gre stem f gro 
Itissaid that pigs have "beon “killed by giving CUP 
о d to this extent. Such of course could 
iex or this purpose Potatoes 
exposed to [s must be housed or otherwise shade d 
т о d former class belong the changes А th he 
Aer the wild 
Parsnip, from the 19 Cabb 
tion. 
t 
ni 
de у rom 
r iu 
a А 
е mpart the 
fruitin e-house, they looked very endi, but one 
bright Y LA they were about a yard high, they 
and some of the нта! росна гіе up. .For 
а fortnight or so this tinued, КЫ to 
such an excess as to render it in imperative to envelope 
strength, a and they gained mu uch from the roots bein 
and as the disease 
keep them in the pots, allow T to 
through into the р с а pi а prepared 
d 
Mr р that th 
But under tub 
bett ter after having well bask 
many cultivators are in es habit dr г iion: 
din 
тоор е 
18 
dokn as havin 
1 o 
into the 
cun A te 
М. Decaisne should for 
under certain cir 
rm, and tł 
up, and spreading them out on the КАКЕ of E 
ground in bright sunuy zd This the effec 
of greatly кепем their quality. Notwithstand. 
i isease, really go а Potatoes can be fo und ; | but the next 10 
even slightly diseased с cs with the 
away, are infinitely bett 
which, though they have a "idis appearance, have 
vild опе, that would not convince me that е 
was үе in believing that he did sueceed by the 
On the other hand, a close observa- 
y | hich, thor 
cooked they are p and have a disagree- 
scarcely be des а 
if it should, , 1 
deleterious effects of the en principle are | 
tion of Poa fluitansin a variety of sifustions i in ки 
in mud, or almost dry, in open ris d in dens 
woods, and in various countries (mad with a dio to 
investigating the various Species fabricated out o it) 
——ÓÓ At all „events it would ceri aay b be 
should be adopted as 
has neve 
P. aquatica; and it would require — v 
r th 
satisfa gonr, — 
h as pla 
owever, ald tthat p р impossibility of mistake rror, from th 
out, and there the disease showed itself at once ds the tul ld be 1 img сї f the parent seed to t he flowering of the 
Thus it would appear that a moderate healthy growth | the d qm instead of exp i ен -i 1 fis t The 2, feeding, to se © d of t the манде Ј of the 
Melons, а fact worth attenti 
Cucumbers for winter work, if the 
planta are not already in Yt. ra ta 7 should 
the seed ; it c heu impor- 
Em nidos as an spin of food i is certain. ЕТ“ 
endeavoured to draw vei to hey subject, and үүт is 
the n who of the del terious 
Paris Public Gardens, —Y don't think the arrange- 
ments here for ptem e "зе gardens with 
flowers D de cite the adm of your Nesfields 
on 
vigorously 
As "explained. more than 
are nob; for a лонаро о it p € upon would 
ou have not 
me pim the winter depends upon a Lo г accumula- | 
piant us the - ^ еее you must not ех 
io get them ving got these леа з 
ase them wisely; take but two ог three fruit from 
plant at the same time, and avoid everything like 
Home Correspondence 
Transmutation of Species.—The article - in а late 
umber of your paper, га the - rm баре 7 
obtain and Pro 
min m 
эчим experiments ЕЕЕ 
сенн eg tion that 
is “one of the. most of living 
is and an extremely cautious epectisesiai, aR 
cordially join in, and I would add z nt t the | 
manner in which he has of late years treated (һе 
ull 
E e cuts St hid а ч the "тайы, path, 
must be г очае occasio Кеса 
bright. With t the s 
this treat 
yin ; but if Fo plants other. Rate ен 
Фоа баа. ihe first and all the fruit ад self, that the majority of our ap species which 
can get, you 43 most assuredly very quickly pay the | 21е not now found in a wild state were created s Шу | c 
penalty of your indiscretion. W. P. 4. for the use of man at the same time as or after the | 1 
^ : ы ын: belief is | 
in their erivati wi ies o 
ON THE ON POLI EFFECT OF LIGHT |apparently Ye] different, in support which he| 
N POTATOES. has given me numerous instances having come 
ТнЕ influence ofi light on vegetation is now regarded | under his own observation. And t b- 
аз а matter of the utmost im and although | servers appear to me to hay seen 
the xd А ia may not be always under- | mation of their theories by 
yev роте! e are everywhere for the purpose of proving а "lan of investi tin 
ceptible. Ín its absence Een that an open question. med "y onem 
would othe be green. that are white under- | zenealogical experiments on p аьа re liable i t Fain 
Beneath, те come green when ге * frequent attention during their whol le duration, 
rr pet perhaps red and many 
кооп ol АА ar undor bright sun- 
а кл ris acti e ta 'es, oq, ter 
Sis Va. dU. ОП», ik 
pognis ed, such as 7 mistakin 
kinds 
yc) ваме aod Pac 
h 
poe of species shows. that his ai scientific mind |t 
| w 
white by үгел. These plants ves either circles 
- d are pre 
and other ет "authorities їп England. 
hot ing like the gran of colour an = 
magnificence of effect that may м: seen in su 
aces as Clifden and Trentham or South Kensington 
| Smaller results vrac the Parisian d should 
be described pre anm not mmon 
flowers are arran gei wit skill wdonbtadi, and 
where care is taken to т erve the 
нөө of a parterre the effect is dii 
ve trimness is neglected, as in th i 
ur 
g eaming from {ут ruins of s ag N обе preci 
m may j en for yourself wha ffe 
СА wing Arrang gement 
и 
es own as itis in 
e the middle line 
the Tuileries garden. 
of. the Ded 18 pta 
во оп, Ыг e order of succession 
These standards are about 4 feet apart. "The e ground 
osely covered — the рпа sr sare of colours : 
scarlet, 2. A vp 4. red, 5. violet, 6. white; 
чт then scar! same e order. The 
furnished by s let [инг ms, the crimson by som 
Fuchsia like S globosa the yellow by Calceolaria, dé fe fel 
Geraniums, the violet by Ageratum, 'and the 
searlet is 
mus ual round du vcn gea v— 
a. i y €— 
Migr чрн p" ноор Shermta nets араны 
ower beds n broad fram 
Ivy pegg 
down carefully | an vi perd tri не by -— m 
years. Provision must b e again t spurious fer- 
tilisetion, substitution o! f'sceds, ү ерби of la 
"dios plants springing from seeds cte in the 
soil for those of the seed 
this sar are m A per there are introd 
anna; та псе so o 
a acit as I expected. y them indeed, with 
dirty red flowers, сё the reverse of handsome. sqm 
attempt has also been made i in the Bois de Boulogn 
sown, the e peris hing o of t 
-|from other plants of the same garden, &c.—all 
s [accidents Seer I have known to occur fr rn 
in "n 
. | the 
and Naudin 
Ti doni happen ed in the numerous 
8 occa- 
and е rwise 
but the leaves of these 
ters Љу wind. and - P gm й pos a га бе 
for which no oto XT e Cannas сап 
make amends. Thu кт чю means in 
extasies at the publie Tower gms here, whieh owe 
mu vases, statuary 
[MS architectural — cmq among which they 
хр т of. Buckman I have "end re placed. У., Rue Castiglion 
rom varjous circumstances of ext 7 
neous Де ecd n nd it is perhaps to some ace entai K: ume Wind Я x in RE 
r that must be ascribed the transmission to ntion of pers hose lot in life is casi 
n нь of dv feo vend oh Poa sudetica fc 
‚ | Р. flaituns and Р. aqua On the o 
E : iments a it w а 
n T 0 negative, which can never lead to a certain conclusion, 
$ E nan by waler and оп] mit 5 sx 
(Turner's * El poisonous” | when. ied о rou 
а powetfal рој сет ”) Liebig says it is (years even in the case dun itk) der 
Although the ч of condition ex ke climate, treatment, &e. Trid 
Р : toes, ing can imagined. h cases experim 
adm дын va contain, in notable quantity, | cultivated ea should be com ith z 
in its concentrated fo set ed principle, so dan us | authentic and varied Mos once on wild ones; and | such E 
ground and kept in th tubers grown under- тт) the two LU diffe aik ons bei аге manifested our countrymen and wi There 
мы ы: in the dark аге floury and w creased grounds E rep esting th ie experiment again | are are how 'ever tme exceptions, а did here thee credit ї in the 
eM quio fr Pm d Cale Км is good, and again, with every precant So зеи n be devised : due to the landlord, clergyman, or some 
з inan i 2 with the locality. 
^ characteristics of Solanine, and а “р е х Fei m Mia - int yo яна ble to furni aper, 
a ion ОЁ stem, f. But the Potato às in roire Atm 5 нА lich has fie Qué во thuch tor нна: а 
in e v it is безе са he. pus which, | asia lleve der place ina wild stato, Се те tr n 2 ort of the Did E E E 
jo Ecc a | played in window Aeon ning. ite agr 
hi з e on stems above pn EC is th erefore | wild state we find to be diri d and шу distinct remarks about ге: noval of plants йөз ус зм 
P. ЛІ ci a nurseryman., 1 cannot see the charm of hirine 
