orrespon 
Home Co ndence 
Mildew. cin looking os a rece r of 
Vine Num mbi 
the “ Comptes Rerd he {Frenc d Foam acts: of 
Sciences, 1 obse a very Pak paper of M. 
Mercieul, new mode of t ting the Vine disease. 
ars to possess 
atme nt 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
up; and after a 
{Ocroser 13, 1860. 
taken to do it this. I have an oblong bed containing 
ooh ee aw contain 2 lb. of syr 
the re sen number oi 
should. b e i abe ile i and set a 
f | 
t for that hive only. 
gst t 
reached its velvet 
condition, while another put n before it in lighter soil, 
thus be pron Ae ge ith c 
ds of feeding, but ty 
The feeding- an noat 
as robbi ing 
bi! periny: a the food amo 
ary’ m: 
Ther ere r5 rey mak ods 
ing at the top of the hive. 
seldom be placed on the outside of the hive, 
d about six times the E nony square, will 
hardly be rea sad for inspection when the writer in 
ie “Florist” comes here. However, they will both 
ntouched for his critical examination. Our 
r 
be left untou ion. 
principal 1 maon, pai is of opinion, fom Pe state of 
will be pare to Grass for 
many 
hith lopted, ane as it mgs perhaps be of i 
to your readers, I venture to send ya the following | 
brief abstract :—* M. rie, goat the Vine 
eren pam mmission p present 
» has ing 
me interesting experiments on diseased Vines. | 
aa hel a number of stocks which the previous 
feedi: ing i n small quantities may be resorted to fora 
short his at least, when all the stocks of an at. em cg 
| fed simultaneously. Each stock should, in dors 
be supplied: syru, time 7 
i] 
Alfo ra. Vicarage, 
in many cases as orge Jea 
DTAS A e are obliged to add that on our stiff 
supplied wi a ou 11b. to4 lbs. of s 
and if r aan 
1 
He 
year had been so seriously attacked b 
not a single Grape could be gathered. He divided 
them i The one he subinitted to 
be mage Kr the other he left for the sake of compa- 
im e beginning of August the Oidium began 
ak 3 
ook can iow appropria a liru 
|In the absence of a better thing, the syru may be | 
given in a straight-sided dish, dating Tables or 
meee Aner: corks, for ins stance); bu t whenever floats | 
rg Aiat 
+h 
FA 
= th _ groups. On th 1e 16t} 
t 
h he submitted | | are u: 
n this 
red to A good | pon 
i fe in in 96 rhe ours. 
from 
ooming, allow 
e advice given in your 
ith th t 
undr: thes pil blooms, an 
the earth | around the stems of the Vines a distance of 
a foot, 
of ven ches ness ure | 
res ens 
on The feedin 
large handful | 
around the 
aaka ade he put a 
— 
the destruction of canine ‘of 
n the depth of 
e begin: 
as they Pees $ accept the offered 
shel ee d per day will be a sufficient 
. When you es = that 
MUE 
The 
in a most pitiable condition. The 
Oidium had made rapid progress, and the: 
esey reason to fear that not a single Gra ape ould "he 
a 
e of food i 
the ist of October- tnt six Soke sould fae > 60 Ibs 
and s 
red poe T “Of liquid for Pish tin, 
bees | to TAS d 
0 lbs. hive 
of 
ba: 
ning of next | de 
cut town as soon as the ae of the flowers was o 
efor g- ing 
your advice, therefore, we not only enjoyed the Tang 
spike of bloom, which we were afraid would be the 
e find that “the s plant is 
aka rs ought to a 
on | destruction of the plant Aa 
Behe 
ee 
business of fee ng bees is 3 fs ihs ier ng m ists t 
erally oon ey be by rien who have had n 
experience in bee-keeping. Ten pounds of syrup is 
Bd 
5 
Ps rie adopted during the winter, as the otis would 
then be ready to act on the sap ‘at the moment of its 
Be 
th 
r hives; and the bee-keeper wi 
ey f his sto “eh with so lai arge a quan- 
t. Ge Archer, Finedon 
L 
bea ent of Peach Trees.—There have been 
any failures i in Peaches this aa and AIR ve been 
vary successful in obtain excellent otopa of, both 
Peache es and etar may be interesting to know 
ree years n; T that 
apply 
tity of food Should not delay it 
author 
principle of the 
Oidium ae Dal or upon the sap? A series of com- 
paratis ive experiments lead to the conclusion “that the 
ascent in Kea spri ng. The question the 
oes orbific 
hour, for, the cold weather of October will soon make 
the en ie 
ye 
the Peach trees | here had become ain worthless; the 
nd the tre rees pro- 
recommended. Jo. 
Almon Trees.— 
of the Almond tree is brs anh nee a sg) must 
Bn Lowe, d Oak ad 
A coretpenent asks if the Sect uting oot 
was T had no ead it. k 
_ Thad: all 
uced nothing z a wn 
ripen. Fiete 
immediately ae r ‘work to remedy the evil, 
requires constitutional treatment such as is he 
ie Henry Medlock, 20, Great JEE ES 
5 
be more hardy Sot So 
though ‘always a t does, 
aor always i ~ mort south of anglana 7 mt rabieltared 
situ uations 5 AE oP ve t I remember two near Windsor, at 
h: phen a 
the depth of 2 feet, and 9 feet in witch from on 
aly the soil ea very bad I had it whe a on to the 
quarters of the råen, Ẹ next had the | bottom made 
ring s eason 
—The of 1860 has hit 
en S Be 2 for bees, that very. few, if any, | boy 
stocks can be found in any part of the me which 
ee. ko rar dy $ failed 
are sufficient ntly 
FE 
of beeke eepers s will Tenable ee to preserv: noe 
from imminent destruction. In a yearin v whe ch spring, 
summer, and autumn have | all alike been bad, no. bee- 
eeper 
throug gh fam 
ris stocks at this time; and it is likely we su hear ins : 
a n 
Vicarage, Lincolns. 
"Beech Tres ‘and Lightning.—The eae as to t 
ech trees ong a 
immunity 
ew 
renths of the stocks now alive, if “they age not soon 
a | were struck by lightni ing. | 
during a ‘ints she er storm here, in June last, two 
labourers, who sought for shelter under a Beech tree, 
is si ngular that the 
the 
htning was solved | with a 
when 
Probal ably it is north a ; yet | outside of the 3 foot gia was to be the pie of the 
I have one Roem ekpeol one = very s 2o Aaa the border, where a drain was made 1 foot deep the whole 
which set a very lar s od the | length, in this in tile was placed at the 
and the w ean last | bottom, above that laid st 4 
But the storm of EEA clear a ie of all| broken bricks up to the level of the of the 
Data a few fruit, which are now slowly pening. The der ; r these were sth inches of the same 
apn =~ eon a lawn, and is me Jordan variety. patada, from the to the outside of the border ; 
wall 
p tee first spit vy a eas field was placed over the 
ith the gra sy side downwards, ae ien up 
vi oa por aiden loam and about one-sixth 
part half rotten ssc the whole being Vion ly well 
ipost porsiei together. The soil was rai inches 
the. level t 
wis 
sae sp? 
Mee 
men, 
r legs, and ex; ate Be temporary paralysis. 
the ioc ina Seek roots a: i 
as | bad, were pruned and Sp read out in very shallo 
f soil. Allw as then 
The troe fae not appear to have been inj jured. Thom 
o 
wn, Fur: ther Barton 
to 
precaution of woog ue otha he should act on the 
assumption tha t evi ery one of the em requires to be fed, 
Beech whee was struck by ee 
ae. February 6, 1839. The Beech was KasA 10 feet 
from the 1 to d 
t li ght 
ok 
ed as their \ anarie on the Ist of Eba next, 
and { the —— of food afterwards allowed for each 
stock is intended for its veen the 
made 
pa fant 
ere peng way a 
ld ones Bs but itl the first year, but last year 
ad a y fair rop, as had also the young ones, 
the = were Preis to Keep of off 
Som 
, and 
e roots. a the es that wer 
forked chained together with a strong i 
chain, i “this an done high up, an nd now, October, 
BY 
with eas and almost 4 every y bloom, set, =A Sie i the alt fait 
lich 
n the: ey are 1 
mos | kind correspondent may yet s 
inquiries except the ‘ollowings 
erha aps some or 
Doin 
than doing all at one time ; although The season on has 
beon so unfavourable, every 
ung wood pro 
(41 Y. eT. 
be 
weigh 20 he if made of thick canis ‘or 
ight 
Is Calluna vulgaris the por of Mac ont or zat 
tions of hives vary so 
ir weights; but 
of stoc! 
screws, and seven bars) .. 
Weight of contents of stock section (including 
10 lbs. of food) 
Weight for floor board 
oso 
ee s. feos oo 29 4 
art, hive that at falls below the given standard should 
hav anis kpn without interm ission, nntil the 
s made up in food alone, aot may 
ll? And what is the badge of Mae D. 
br ep) on 
sougak 
I beg to send you l 
seedling Fuchsia = aun 
process on each. oa 
snes I shall be 
fall, I lift all the young trees, pru ater ts and 
replant then, whi ch eo areva the cued s from 
making over luxuriant growths and keeps the r roots 
quire 
much obliged by your sabre me if this F 
e A C. M. Vowell, Minster House, 
ver soa saw the like 
& 
nnatu do ~ A r in the urner 
Spa Riora t” a Bes decided ia on was ex- 
insl 
el 
pressed against its ever doing for lawns. a ge it is 
t to decide either way. 
to be lifted, except they ad to be grow! ing t 
im st Ap ts by Sing 
t from the stem. 
damp, being 
te spring frosts. 
use a coping m 
se) fixed unde 
y uded 
therefo vi itor nib fo om la 
nerra of the bloom i in AiR Lu 
premature 
following recipe :—Sugar Lib. 
Ky piut; t5 boil for a a minute or tw 
it 
on its Sdr 
pone 41b., m nild ale 
I hi have sometimes 
ar 
as to its 
ect 18 inch 
rmi: 
promised of it. 
though I sowed a seed a 7. before Ex — 
e yet to be ure. 
Mr. ey author of “ The 
regi And t soil on 
rum, 
gives pooper recipe. He says: “ ay experience has 
e that a most excellent aud cheap Save 
in the following manner :—1 lb. 
perfo: 
Iam inclined to think it may, but i 
Bo a. rain. i 
is at on n down when t 
e tl 
acke 
fruit i is cafe “rom frosts. 
ant I hay A Sue clay well enriched suits i t per- 
Feely. But the writer in the * ‘ Florist” i is mistaken in 
of May, by gt thog the leaves are so far adva ving f 
to p T g fruit. I ans this mg E 
fc ering I 
ek quarter of a piut of water, and 4 oz. of 
hone eke minutes.” For convenience, the 
in light coloured glass bott 
tles; + filled up is hee spaces in 
or oe a life, 
the 
Patches pi, in of the same “and at 
e distances, and at the same time ia t year, 
one-third the time they have 
Treks 0 r any o 
tried, as it ase tke bloom and shoots qu nite dey 
wet weather, , and bein of tl 
Bes ides the advantage it atiords to the pone 
Ce cREEEEE SEE 
