918 
Eleocharis, | 
sa ea 
h and | 
Ani 1 observe Si, 
gs to the o 
which ae 
rasses just mentioned, and that again 
springs from the Ergot of the Eleocharis 
ifically distinct. Th of the wuts 
Ere ot is rope TEn he F 
a ? hy develo ser ially by 
m overed w 
to see the 
young Suma. of corn or Grass. The € Hak Hose 
of these bodies has not been observed. The first 
jon, however, of the disease is resence 
he p 
of a thick, sweet, honey-like, colourless matter 
upon the ‘spikes, which is filled with granules, 
resembling somewhat those of yeast; and it is 
supposed that the grain becomes Erg in conse- 
i This was supposed by 
sea es which appear at the S e of the 
Fangen 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Ocroner 18, 1860, 
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“the farmer finds them prevalent he should not ed the second, Many o of our our examples are the result 
refrain from pasturing the gro rounds in which tl db 
| prevail, t ta 3 The importance of ieget ries sot ii nature must 
| Bents and n them. If this is not don e manifest, Alt hona h as must be evident to 
ie a n = ins all, and in the irgi all, we cannot hope rive at akiba aceura 
hen hn erfect at bn appears the seeds will be ye et the eyidence iie is near enough to t th” 
carried a ind and affect other Grasses , to offerusman 
if Ergoted corn is sown, the Ergot | a salutary lesson against allowing “a weed to to-seed 
will fructify i in spring jast as the ear appears ma} wherever it can be avoided, OF the evil of this 
we haye daily Bee a our gardens: on one spo 
ed-in 
the “* wilderness.” ” Or again 
ver the sg we shall se “Sew, 
art of the crop seed, n come ti 
medling, Of course the aa rational answer is 
—from seed here cn be no other w: 
a 
weeds suddenly appear on a farm orin a particular 
field, m zla Be two following cases, 
his ear a farm 
Sen, ei this amie ack ome 
The main Bee however, whioh aai the 
ye is m — effect of the Fungus. s 
Ergot so common as materially 
affect the Sarie; Fi where it forms a large 
tt was in oH over bing ‘tox that we observed 
in ibea cones : eae ious exhibition of * 
straight eed nes “over a great part i ia 
plant occurre 
| 
ppearance, 
ttake of the bread made from the flour. Serious we might term ‘poor seeds,” and we a abled — 
Seance of of health is sure to take nies eg to give their history. Turnips had~been fed off 
ultimately gan aoe very difficult of cure, two years before by sheep, served with seed hay, 
et the vet of the di JAGRSO being | slow and pain fal, put in the usual wooden sheep racks: and this, 
uch of the fodder of the stony Cotteswolds, 
by the successive loss of the extremities. The | 8T@5S was full of Lop. But all the Lop we saw was not 
specifie action of Ergot on the womb has long al from the seed then sown, as that had come up 
been known, and it is ———_ employed con- the Barley and sown its seeds before the 
stantly by medical practitioners in cases of difficult | § at was harvested ; and hence the “seeds” like- 
labour with the most beneficial results, Tt is also e sown with the Barley sapi presented in their 
given untry herbalists to procure abortion, first ya the peculiar appearance indicated. 
ei eahare the use of te de coction is long con- other a has been this week brought 
uch before Ñ by the following letter from a corre- 
ron niger the result. Pid a} papon ; 
d Wheat are seldom affected to any of woods, ig in doing so we m rk we | oblige me by some notice in your next Number of 
us extent, and, as the use of Rye bread i is 
ay rema 
g time taken advantage of o 
rest i is se partially kn Tt i wever | 
certain that the Ergot akot our pastures is 
tly most injurious to ai ae sheep, 
: ansing them to their 
“it is well , 1 known, setae í, 
part of them, especi belon; 
Rye- ay aei A or ees 
Mees by a sheep, is sufficien 
of 
grass, 
produce 
‘the | of 
g po oe 
eee 
have for a Jon u- | the i inclosed herewith? That wie wee ben hr 
ir 
f| nities as they. hase presented themselves, for | flower has » mide iti fyb appitenen us Sear.. Where Mhie wood 
making an estimate o f the number of seeds which | with the yellow flower is thick there is Ta any Wheat, 
a single plant may furnish. To this end we gi other parts of the field having a very goo ed 
usually endeavoured to obtain, 4 though not t 
largest e: An sa ch might be found of Sex 
by no means w: 
pat as 
wanting 
ee ey 
one e epsul or 
num f ea AA 
srg es a Samet heads 
ot the whole A ney ai as for examples 
book :— 
m 
a t to 
abortion. The exact quantity, however, 
‘has not 
SEN ascertaine 
would be 
madness, therefore, to turn the 
into a 
= 8,000 
aig 000 
=8, 000 
Sinapis nigra, 800 ce X 10 seeds in each 
Papaver Rhœas, 500 seeds in each capsule x 100 capsules 
Silene inflata, = seeds in. each capsule x 40 cape: 
Sonchus olerac 250 seeds toeach head of 
pregnant eas or cows i 
however, 
ductive of an ulce: 
oe Ar sme oe use. of Ergot is pro- Sonch 
onditi 
s nie of ope = 25,00 
0 seeds to each flower x by 100 heads 
f flow Figo 
Seat leucanthemum, 300 soeds to each head o 
flowers X by 45 heads of flowers 50! 
plan 
ason to eliovs e that 
they would be bee indier if agrioulturists 
: uainted with the fact. 
Rite een Ergoted spikes meek: whee 
| examinations ott tw o aan se a 
the list where is prefaced ae Sere 
these will ae ai TER oe Re the first | 
placed number may be, it is still far exceeded by 
0,as usual ois a oo 
f several 
preferred 4 give the rel al 
a 
O£ the ea sent one was Bar odontites, 
Red Bartsia, a eee See on weal: whioh j nägin 
from vite po speci we 
eE a no less than 
-|The 
whioh had either seeded Pa 
— robable 
pa bess Be on the field. 
to indicate a patchy od o 
and such patches we iian no doubt 
ntral seeded p atte Ddi 
yet i 
the more indeed i 
a and habitat, with even a 
—a position aply pror 
pretties which mut th ell re f ay epe r 
irect a 
; but. we s Aeri a 
rich in pa 
are mo 
fous iso more 
wi . 
ot poe 
