May 5, 1860. | 
segments b behind the head and the others in the 
Sdo ea sie ents. 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
409 
some Algæ or the Infusorial genus Euglena b 
forth, fi 
reaks 
on. well, the pane will be sufficiently strong to be 
stopped ; number of breaks or shoots you desire 24 
h the aid f- pats i 
this at 
t “iy 
k -effected to 
SS s upon is R tt fi, 
Apa arts of the 
where the stems of te 
+ 
it moves ae ce 
er atime the 
ady puts out threads 
when it ne ely re- 
ordin 
i- bam the sprin. pre de escribed, 
mbles an A 
f t ke s 
or where there is a greater 
ter than is presented by the leaves 
Eio > 
- Now Sanl be 
an 
it 
imals because of the, similarity oF von! Ay acs. = 
as unreasonable to consider Algæ 
ary | more 
eugure must d luna d on oe vigour of your plants (and 
| here the operator must use his own judgment), but I 
rik i six 
ved 
Taft 
to remain E “chances are that the 
ey r if they do they will 
Sack wea ag Remember “that in proportion 
to the attention be wage on training in the earlier 
rd 
stages 
en the larve have acquired their full size they 
Jobose cocoons for themselves, compos srg of 
and its allies as animals for similar reason, or ‘because 
code, 
R w th will be mes re reni as regards 
rieties 
2 
ake 
eile ji the substances on which the, = hav ; 
has been hitherto det 
ected | only i in animals. The se 
knowledge o 
ti 
ture. a the geen teed ing w aot 
mber of thes ented which 
beon a by thie tava oth of the i awings 0 
of a box which had been pao by 
yy the wW 
mposed, 
sulplurie and an 
of cellu ulose, w 
which 
alls of pally 
s} 
e 
turns blu e when treated 
iodine, and known soe 
as once suppos sed to be c 
onfined 
to vegeta es, | 
loubted animal A storing 
Such productions are not | 
inactive 
the 
Saitceable e numbers of 
Within thes oons te larve bec 
having ge ings, oe and inte of the 
nre beetle eiut in separate sheaths and folded 
Saa regards the allies of Æthalium, it must be re 
bered that some germina! ate gre other 
Fungi, while | 
was on August t 
upa ras 
i 
both T and s 
thei eir fruit jn distinct sacs, in which the sp 
ar 
, ti 
rms of É phase 
hat all 
ation, a 
at The wis 
them o it. 
blow WS, 
G itted 
| shoots freely from all the eyes you left at the perked of 
at one into ze pots, 
ess they have push 
larly from eve tye eye; enie the lower eyes 
upper ones, Sgn in order to 
either 
fro 
‘om the sce li of 
found to infest the magazines of mea a 
Versailles to an alarming tit the lave forming | 
Fun 
Oncthie while: then 
e fr eely g 
mission of shoots have recourse to 
the sacs, as in a vast variety of 
F 
the ay ot plan of gently bendi ae the heads of the 
| stem downwards, Aring, it in that position by means of 
r returning it 
t | De Bary may be 
ustify him in “removing these productions 
tent a o not, we think, 
s from the 
soni ith ther. materials as well as coatin ng t 
pel od rs 
` dithalium septicum a 
as pro oduced in stoves is, we 
e, always yellow; but on old stumps in woods it 
is probably ‘that ROROA iy pe 
solu- 
in herbariums 
et 3 mamiy Mo the plants with a 
assumes a Mrs as La 
as cinnamon, ru and 
om ous, 
hothouses, and = 
urs 
uisance in 
destroyed by dusting the plan 
to its original position as soon as 
your. ‘object is attained. The plants will r ere uire the 
protection of glass till the middle of May, but remove 
oceasions previous to that 
time, ‘or you will not ensure robust growt 
after treatment will make u 
ion of corrosi ya aes mate or arsenic in spirit. believe nee ef roe re in- 
e figures i acco’ ages ae bagi a at when n young with quick lime. No time, however, inet corpora ting it with the f the ) uld 
—Fig. a, the riea b, mass 0 ly d it dered 
cocoons the pa ie ge (eat ir sce pe ite rapid. M. J. B* sulphur. Green-fly should also be watche à for; it 
and d, the perfect insect, nified. SS eds greedily on the new or sappy Byte of the wood, 
In addition e Pti com-| AN ESSAY ea THE CULTURE OF THE |and sadly cripples the progress of the plants if not 
petent authority that another beetle peloni to the CHRYSANTHEMUM. speedily destroyed by fumigating wi 
same family, namely, Ano aniceum, is a still | (Reap BEFORE THE rede METROPOLITAN CHRYSANTHEMUM In April if previous directions have been atten to 
more obnoxious enemy to the herbarium, and oo ene PRIL 23, the plants will be assuming a bushy habit and daily 
another species of the same ia, A. REN Pi 1 propagation of ae flowered | exciting interest. The in which they are to be- 
also lly destructive to such A  vhattobtes ke specimen plants on ‘single ster 11-inch | trained m therefore now engage ge for on: 
J. 0. | pots for exhibition, my practice is as fo Arar this no mean portion of the of ‘a specimen. 
eee s soon in November lepend that you may at better preserve- 
MYCOLOGY.—No. XVII. Is elect the one whicl ost v s from a a aoalthy your plants in good condition. regards foliage do: 
~ÆTHALIUM SEPTIOUM, Fr. —One of the most curious | plant, and remove all ig s sth a K hA ife so as to 
t the plants from jaw mai suckers till they | do not water too copiously ; 
world is ER z A cal curious or aa anii by i have completed their ae son. I then insert the colour of the foliage oras green to et nd 
us. 
t 
“ae 5 indeed are they ofp 
discove r De hy i has ect 
joan with a good 
pots 
question to be r 
plants in 
vegetables a all, thereby in 
impairing ra peor “ean tet 
mg t 
A little rotten teh pte some nice mellow 
vinkli 
sand, | 
They are 
the foll 
are the result, in ‘raining for the first 
anly, 
ng of shai silver 
with att clean crocks. 
a : ime yo a stick to the main stem 
shoots and then proce ads some of them, down to: 
the the pc alter te ra 
tw 
h: 
"When 
you ge ve com peek is Aob aa 
akapare roe | or such sor cp te 
consider to require it; the nent at gipas they are'to- 
oporti their strength. Do’ 
of the tw branes ich not let the plants be cramj for sia of top 
their walls are composed, o the they will become spindling and long-jointed.- On 
protrusion of the second coat through fine mornings they may now be syringed with ‘clean 
the first, either by a positive rupture, water, this will free the foliage from any dirt that-may 
or through an already existing aper- ave settled on; but take care that your plants are 
ture. Now there is a large group perfectly dry before you shut them up for the night, 
of Fongi_ egr rt of which for fear frost ESk find its te to them 
the germination takes placein helen As soon in May as you discover the break cansed ry 
different | a | the last sto ener g shi to 8-inch 
few species belonging clearly w e R the same | the purpose the healthiest and stronges of y os are 
group it follows the on ordinary comes. ant For this potting let your soil consist of as much turfy 
. Fungi wh contain a mass of dust loa ible; mix it with, the formerly mentioned 
threads very much after the fashion or the puff- ‘balls ingredients, also pound a quantity. of oyster shells 
with which they have long associated. They | mix them with the soil; they will assist in keeping it 
differ, however, greatly in their young state, when porous and sup to the plants, as they con- 
instead of exhibiting like bes puffballs a cellular mass, tain a good deal of the superphosphate of lime; 
with a ough concealed hymenium, they i likewise use a little charcoal in hve rainage— 
sist of ently struc ptireleas slimy threads form it helps t 
collective a gelatinous ua ebid ultimately After potting, if the weather will permit, y 
i — rise to one or m aining spores ALIUM SEPTIOCU the p Bee ants from under oe toa sheltered pot in mabe 
in various a k : garden ; towards the 1l latt end of the month. shift 
The subject of our present illustration is one of the ee ate cm ied vy prison iom Smaa t tin Kaiz tbisbe 
of the ares being often some inches across, someting of the kind under 
so common in hot! upon tan or other sub- | then placed i in a cold frame or on the shelf of a green- | the pots to a worms from ng it; 
stances a evolution» may be examined with | hous a where no cold draughts can affect them while ‘the ey gain admission they would | destroy the activity of 
great facility, a rtion of the yellow e soi the d i 
A horlo TT a mae and placed in a if in the latter part of December you 2 find that thay | InJ ng 
glass with alittle water, i be throw | are admit plenty of air when ing fast 
out threads in i many of wh me | w a a bele to prevent weakly. growth, and | of it; p 
incorporated with each other so as to form a network. | nr pe the je pianis be short-jointed. In January | a 
dee the threads however are thrown out some of roel choose the strongest of those plants that are well) constantly turned so 
are * frequen 7 ek into the original m rooted, pot them into large sized or 5-inch pots in | 31 
actly after the fashion ion of the Gating vobatance called | the compost just mentioned, and en wth as | pyramid. rycen is gen pa wey, 
e by Dujardin, of whi ute Infusorial | much as the season , but take’care that the | drop the ers in which the plants are — 
ih Ame x ee This substance | Vigour i ess of the plant are in proportion n to |a size larger ; that will check the rapid 
snimala clled Amara ae composed imperfect cavities | its hich oth d take place from the soi 
filled up with dark c spores, the outer | I would i — ‘upon beginners, and that is, do not | Ck I 
of the general mass isting o kii ject them bottom o0 Pap hea’ f | of o account let it suffer for w it or 
b fragments felted together into a Chin bristle sea aa on re growth ; SF fros luded th ou e beauty of your slani, n very 
mp mbrane covering in erable spores, | iS enough. By the middle of oo tena if all has gone | hot weather let the ground round them 7 watered! 
which when exposed I Ay about everywhere like soot. a fine rose, by which — a genial moisture will 
: also syringe 
placed in the ou 
and a ttle. body, scent the ere ot 
’s Memoir will be fo 
foina, 7 X, Part 
Annals and Magazine o 
14 
und in Siebold & Kolliker’s 
There is an abstract of it in Taylor's | 
f Natural History, April, 1860. 
with 
ect and refresh the plan 
lth 
em night and morning, gtr will prevent the 
