Petia 25, 1860.] 
ey; these were , brought it to Worcester by 
late aay r, Sir Offley Wakeman, Bart., from reat measure tend to keep | 
my : 
bor 
once tha t "it was the Potatoes dry. 
Q 
zea 
the see in 
done, à antics ‘that cannot be ind k a 
generally pr ut 
Ter 
ende 
hgh recom mn of Planting 
y in spring as 
pre fer t 
.—The best time for 
the weather and state 
he last we eek in cannot be w 
ing 
vrovg, the fault is in the ae 
quite certain, the more waxy the Po 
tato the 
Sra s under 
uld be i to ieotuate spontaneously i in |= 
l], which 
ein s ito 
TO =A . is ke 
to Bas er p ia E 
clearly ind tin the water 
d. I always think it detrimental | bee a He York Regent Potato, m ey must 
f the ground later than us at the tuber breaking to pieces in the water. I 
et situation, 
variety are powerfully 
controlling e ioe, 
der late 
necessary. I have fo ond years’ giai 
the best ii yA saat Potatoes 
ence that, it is 
f lime, which not hy improves 
it 
theq lity of the Potato but also appears to assist 
sr iting disease. My method is as follows :—Previous 
lanting the sets I have the sides of the ridges 
chopped slightly down and about 3 inches of old tan 
placed between them. n plant 16 inches apart on 
the tan, be t Me s jana cover with lime, about 
4 inches t over them, the ridges 
so as ver the ~~ 
of t: 
are again FAD shti Gioni ‘dwn 
with about t 8 im ches of soil and tan; the remai inder 
idae up, which should be done as soon as the fae nra 
are sufficiently bigh for that ht for if allowed to 
i e is bg to keep the 
hoe a 
mischief is done; 
suspected. With yespesd be the 
fully convinced that Potato crops ane nua avier, lar; rger, of 
quality, and escape the disease more by this os 
by any other en adopted; and I think that m 
Potatoes di a oi ats was residing in Worcest 
shire 
er- | 
to direct attention, viz., 
ing. out the weak haulm and 
cutting away the bloss It 
is ractice a 
am positive that the we eight per 
acre is very 
Sage of those grown with such 
m. What 
eak haulm but to 
ea A hpa 
s the w 
ed the produ 
Potatoes? Pull this and 
you will find your Falakee la” 
much earlier; the sun and ai 
chance of passi 
Lifti 
ge, and they will ripen 
air will have a much better | 
e rows, 
tCUS IUS 
x corniesion Som, Greville’s Scottish 
ryptogamic Flora.) 
in ground, GART MUSCAR: 
if got up before any Jise take s its | Natural size. (Copied by 
appearance, the tubers are not so liable d. 9 
ste an excellent ook when got up early to place them 
ch, the 
enpa of |may give a list of a few good varieties on another 
sinks tid Hs AK oak occasion. Edward Bennett, Gr. to G. 8. Foljambe, = 
i 
I houldh e mahreah that it is requisit Oe on FO ashen aia 
bers with quicklime before covering them up; TPES I SES ETM 
Moisture, the skins more firmly, meme arg aE VII. y 
aer n. more mealy. Potatoes ote. uuscartvs, L.—Few objects in nature are | P 
dug in weather ; when dug in wet Ho o bBantiful than a a ge i fr an E grop of pu magni- 
he talidlieceinet be dried and the Tough clods | ficent Fungus, a nopy of Birch twigs | 8” 
off before being stored. Per the best way pea a bright pay “of Jigit Shining full u cc The | '® 
ating is iae the old _earth pits, “Yatiing a _ good. | co rast betwe een the brig t og na at with, its 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL ei: 
| clampi islar rge two or — may be necessar be necessary), as this will | subdued 
s£ 
ki V 
a Potato as it hoot be done. “They are | o | din è 
the 8 
bu 
in to pieces or a then, of course, ee ‘cook l 
There is | nev ming a 
h | by some of the figures. 
more RA? is required i in the w ater to gn eem in, but | distant, 
ooks 
ot | readily be 
bdued | nix ' brown, interr upted by 
mee thick white | or yellowish warts, pi in a few 
rare instances whe volva are 
moderately 
There is no sp 
confounded except p areus, 
an Agaric, which at penn fa'i not ed 
esearches of the 'myoologist 
in Bri rela 
white, 
behind. 
in BAR 
m d 
concealinen t of poison h 
ill 
e 
partakes es of them, and, incredible easi it may 
without pet e hf Bei inhabitants of the North 
ir horrid orgies. The 
mae bo 
viniera or sting eit 
re a 
loyed 1 medicinally, but it is 3 very 4 rere a that: 
ogi enti there erdiei d 
liar constitution Pha causes fod 
are not available, naa it may be well therefore | 
an additional string to the medical bow. M, J, 
—————— a 2e 
NOTES ON SOME CHINESE PLANTS S$ RECENTLY 
INTROD ne 
UCED TO 
A tn ro of Chinese plan E fi at Mr. ~ 
Stevens’s in the cis of November and $ 
+ 
Chronicle at the time. 
| England diring my travels in China from 1854 to 1856,- 
ated a 
The plants were introduced to 
and had been carefully cultiv. 
of 8 some of the most importan nt, font ch with hints as. 
to Bnd management i and America, may be 
bj vi iew I shall take them in 
| the folowing order. 
TAS, ‘* Princess Frederick i 
| r Beauty.” '—These beauti! 
cultivated 
ul eats s aiid phe over the straw, finishing 
attracts the attention a all who have any me 
in the gardens of N. 
whi h 
They are are Bd. their flowers 
most perfect in and 
s thateh ” al This is decidedly the best | mae fort anbirat Vaid ring my trav these two, with ‘the fin 
of preserving the itoy and they do not get| A. muscarius is on of those species which at i double "at Be -i Ct shi eit nly in Mr. evi ene 
and tossed about as they are liable hen | most, riai pea E illustrated, partly from its i gp waeery at Bagshot, were the only ones whic - 
an outhouse or oe When the Potat of introducing 
history. The pileus, whieh is some 
pal on 
connected with it 
to the principal clamp, which | 
Mg inches across, is + the most part regular ye 
«Yellow Camellia” 
introduced by me som rs ago nd 
not attractive enough 
in its present state “fare our Eng- 
or five weeks 
n the centre of | though widely expanded. ‘The colour is gen 
on 
placed i tre 
pat et of “hard | lumps of lime (orif the | bright tinge of scarlet or vermillion, though Siona; 
H 
* For a more full account’ of its | narcotic i pistes see 
Lindley’s V 
