` tive histological character. 
Max 19, 1860.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
substance of the arillus, which presents a very gue’ 
This i is one, of the m 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTF, 
459 
visitors to the Fal 
are small and greenish, the fruit-clusters are lar 
fru obos 
Is of Niagara ; for, although its howe 
arga, 
jt owy in their colourin ng. The uit is glo 
í 
and 
e, pora a 
ory. 
part 5 etime two or fou 
ee ey mass, consisti ng 
ge brown seeds are envel 
ur valves) to display a deep sca! akle 
of the E m which 
ope ed. The chief point 
pit ai 
mo 
portant ee E collected in the volum: PEN us 
all the written evidence that he pa been able to dis- 
dens is found in the tissue of the meee sapien presents a 
of the value of landed property is in numerous case of tr ees, the evil i is not detected for ee while in in 
qare, “represente ed by that crop, some poor estat in, 
d being worth fro m Aa to 20,0007. for | most, „a few months; and the difficulty pas ex oe ense 
the fre alone now ye them, according t he case of tree seeds is ack 
Mr. M‘Intosh, provided the be prove sound. to afford endless intés for the nurseryman to 
Mr. MInt Peh jap has had as much practical gl s a 
ledge as of the facts Phage to this ent the other hand, we not ascribe the who 
do 
blame of this evil to the nurseryman ; 
cover, wath 1e view of thus comparing different and | fault in thi mat he rage no s for cheap 
ffering nions on the subject, and ogee the forest ae and cheap planting by contract, has very 
He Man 
entlemen run from 
(fe aaa his own 
Here we quote 
n from any 
e itself, as 
kind of colouring matter of which w yet know but | gathered together the unpublished 
few examples in the ge le ki : the pulpy | foresters supposed 
arillus, which, although iffer AAA eHe strongly | tree in question. Opinions then we 
reminds ae in its Pepine characters, of the yellow To wha conclusions do they lead? 
pens Oe e perigone of Strelitzia. M 
the esis consists of more or less elongated oblong | “That the enr in the] heata uf hd Tard, in what- 
cells, w d quite e tr ratis- | ever for rm it may appe: , has 
parent. The 
and Sune itself in the form of numerous minute 
elongated granules, can a well- ee ret 
ider: pe uniformity both i and 
r, between linear anid lance eo ite 
+} 
Tto see where 
n pur 
eral arser’ they c rchase 
their tetas pole phe who will contract to furnish 
and plant per acre at the lowest figure 
T y 
is compell 
if he does not he lo; oses his busin ness 3 and ther efore ag 
asserted by some, is a fash resan sh y phy 
[scieneo bi antes 1i} 
wing to mi smanagemen nt. 
zei his oe in A ae way posible, He 
sy present feere is 
to endeavour to determine in ran 
either acute or more 
They are for the most part str raight, but i in 
Es 
“< 
and, in order to h our remarks in 
the clearer form, we shall hot pron under the 
and, more rarely, the curvature is so gr reat-that the two 
extremities — et, and then the granule assumes the 
form f'a ing. Thes e granules are all of a uniform 
bright eiet colour ; usually, however, they are quite 
Ts Total neglect in procuring seed from healthy and fully 
— trees. 
II. Pla tiag i: ae and in situations unsuited to the nature 
of thi 
Ill. Want of po drainage in waterlogged land. 
t all particular about mas nin or 
from whom, the seed is purchased; the one requisite 
is that it be a a 1e seed-collector, again, knows 
that stunted and half-dead trees produce the Piscean 
quantity of seed, and are also by far the most accessible, 
and with such he is quite contented. Here begins the , 
mischief—cheap trees and an unhealthy progeny i 
= iiy a a fortunate circums stanee that = this indis-. 
| criminate mode of collecting the seed, there are some 
chances a a wee vane got from saith te ees; and 
ood, bad, and indiffer ae so pea Ae mixed 
ain ng the mani a rene 
centage of healthy trees ind thet 
ray 
aning, R 
r way 1 too ns gat: 
bes found, although surrounded ni ae uina 
ased state. 
“ It is not absolutely impossible to get healthy Larch 
seed of native growth, but certai nly not to the amonat ? 
at present annually sown, eed is re be 
a 
re kn but the “cones os from pe tides are 
aa only difficult, but even some aac collection. 
Healtt uce few co wit 
nown to exist; 
rate, an nd lie without or rder Le Te as: crossing each | IV. paces planting, neglect of thinning, and injudicious 
other elongated cells, ing. 
whose diameter is less thari the length ‘of the contained Va lanting for thor Coniferous treos, as Sagan ia D 
granules, latter are ly arranged conform city BF VI. Pampering young trees in ric aie nurseries, with 
lying = the longitudinal direction of the cell, just a: a vie ove ented attaining within the least 
we find in the case of the raphides aie occur in| eaible time ane 
elongated special cells in endogenous plants. On war The period at wht the dieace alan then. Pee: 
oo Saat 5 tag 4 ahr the zogth of | IX, The stacks o! misfortunes — ee eae | 
an inch in length, by yg}zoth of an inch in breadth— t insects, paas sip 
g thus about six Sites as long as broad. e niin: the bask, dying away:of tha-branches, $e." 
cells in which the granules are contained are ede do o not quite see sed Pliny se fh eo at which | 
somewhat variable, both in size and form; when attacked, of disease 
quadrangular, not mger than broad, saipe give ahs author’s w e re find em 
they measure abont gth of an ey in diameter ;| It will cates strike most t readers of this catalogue | 
but, in cases where they are elongated, t i i 
breadth is proportionately Gece caned; as is usually |e! and in fact Mr. M‘Intosh himself sess out | 
the case in pare tous tissues. gery? a low the fact Bye? snot are two maladies ent | in | 
power (as, ta, example, the lowest pow £ Nac het’s yn) ch t 3, the one an internal dr rot 4 the 
microscope), ur. pen of Celastrus PAAA also pre ow in considering a que: 
sents a c! ie aspect in its ASN embossed Gon ‘like o this the two should be carefully distin- | 
aries colour. On incre ver; | guishe d for they probably bear no nearer relatio 
rees pr un- 
healt thy ones; and, ms a consequence, s healthy seed can 
only be procu ured ata stly iner ased pri ice, compared 
surface of a fin 
iti is found that the embossed 
Cheap trees tgs a healthy stock are things quite 
- | of, 
incompatible.” 
REAY As the 
fall 
Larch, when of large size, is in ine 
h other in the constitution of the Larch tl 
ei at which mie te seed is ripe, a 
“et 
upon the slightly eae” surfaces of the sci which pis wath and consumption in the constitution of] ¢ onsiderable s upply of good seed pon be very conve- 
are act, regular-sized, and eofcigntiy distinctive | man, It is rea sonable to suppose that they originate ejz niently procured when trees are down, as at 
to lead to the pct of the tissue | from distinct cause ona therefore Rey, raa that tas their healthy or ‘anhealthy: stato em can i 
vegetable tissu pe: section of | si is certainly caused by we readil. ee than te ae Bi 
ws proven forming the seed. covering _ (readily | action fa ng how th the old larger 
obtained I i t F hes tl the Lar rg Ulceration, | ease, the more likely i is pektar ea iaria 
ed), pr cont mts a peculiar striated appearan: ce, wh ich is | which is aape rinri to rss gum of Ronin trees, is| These views are ortified in some measure by 
imperfect actio: of t of pd De Candolle: — “But it be 
oc sama istic ; enough. The cells of the albumen con- 
in 
probably caused by. an i 
tai y Weare | 
By Mr. William Mitchell, Associate, “Botanical Societ y. | not aware these two diseases accompany each | no 
Mr. Mitchell remarked that in the classification of AES they- p bably do in some instances ; but they 
natural objects, of which our knowledge is limited, it | certainly do not in other in . me years 
is desi ave the decisio pabl embracing | we spent si 1 hours in a t Larch plantation 
all that the progress of discovery may make known. | in N. Wal years’ growth, where the trees were 
This advantage, ever, we cannot easily gain unless | for the most part showing unmistakable si of dr eee 
it is in our power to make use of the number, position, | rot near the ground; but we failed to discover a single | that a 
presence, or absence of Feet or organs as essential | instance ulceratio Pe pees ood Pin 
charters ics a our arison of the the os in 
ques _ Bu t 0 n glancing over he mo mo 
ot havi 
y : lyes 
ong 
planting it among tl pret 
ntly 
ago of t 
ion | Her be sr ade ind the key to the sec 
e disease, 
es we adhere to pa peop pach s opinion, 
he causes of dry ro > sab ore 2 of 
the most active. fe ~~ Sans = ee 
Ives ; witnessed th 
ct too often— that if a dond 
dry rot, 
dmirabl Slur ‘Intosh attaches t t tl ti 
tive of sakiy tact in seizin hold of such leadi selection of seed from ` bealthy "trees, and we scenes es inte nations ok et tic st 
z ng | of f this on recaution is one of michief to came, in its oF agen expecially 
own provinces; and singularly enough these d st cert: tatio to thos: and that no se such rapidity 
generally come out in threes. A eas aa arrange- vel importance of a heathy, render es trans msp! y trees =. 
oe Seeley sc scone ti Soe stock. ek ze which al pon eas This is in al! probatility the explana- 
; but clearly enuncia sieu when he — when wis! mai in n of the . 
miaa in that Seas and ever-m a le 7 Tesni £ “The a, like every other tree, is liable to d ; 
the Dicotyledonous, Monocot; Pres mone at “Acotyle- grower selects the best-formed bulbs to plant for ei from its earliest infancy ; even in ri Bat are not 
donous ni e could now pass at once tò the | the atg rst wer the strongest plants; sith, if | always healthy. ‘I have known,’ n observes, 
flowering plants, pe. "pase another trichotomous | as variety, gather their | ‘an instance of diseas sed trees from pete: Vining the 
manner, which he did in his | seeds indiseriminately. The florist is even more par the same aieas ome several 
arrangement in the i 
za ypetalæ, ale, Monopoly, and nee ale. Mr. Mitchell 
ustrate his remarks b; 
edeny ue a favourite flower; ; 
vouring to continu 
roceeded to i various rid our t stock-masters incur almost yr ex- 
instanoe of tri Aedia in the ‘vegetable ae ens n procuring the very best sos mals, for a similar 
Mr. Burnett exhibited branch s gathered |r Is it not evident poe fhe sh 
at ibit reat variation "the form: sof taken with the Tar sin if w 
s were so eh aitorent that they | even to rı apai 
ı regarded as distinct varieties, and ve | pe who 
‘aration occurred on the sane ieee -profess to do so; but 
more than mere ` j 
= attaches to selling trees warrant 
Notte. } nits stock, when the seller knows well that | 
g = Books, whether the Sa oa or the best varieties; 
The Larch Disease, and the Present Condition of the | hoe ct vest he has onl : 
facet igen in Great Br By Charles | often asked, of the it 
x Intosh. 12mo. Pp. 136, W. Blackwood & Sons. | often women and children, and whose only core 
t is now many years since attention was dra) fill their bags with co 
the unexpected alarming fact that the eat | that a wi 
when ready to be felled, i to be unsound, its centre | cones were sae 
pi -a ked b Pips ar as torender the | know that a m moself liable b “ie ile 
os wto 
„o£ constraction. ‘This isa | ranty, renders bine over D AA able to 1 the 
millions of trees must now 
in ‘Great Britain, and how large a 
sence a bag of inf 
spurious Turnip or po seed. Untrteately, $ in meteor 
plantations in the “neighbourhoo rhoo n asserting this, 
= ever, I do not mean to say that any respectable 
kate! i n would be guilty of sending diseased trees 
of his customers ; a Ido 
Fi 
with a ia punt a 
the sh tere and Bieler soil of a ‘rte or nursery to 
dete and m commer > siati 
ten than weer; mu i 
“and if thet eal 
