Novemser 3, 1860. ] 
but from the prooem e of the 
plain pao ien that this was impossible 
e have but s: aan tional ae to make. 
seems surprisi sing hat me 
tneir 
obvions matters as the ‘difference between sap and E 
eart which na 
timber i is ex mie One of the officers examine d 
says, ‘‘I do not think ng I should know sap-wood 
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service it appears though it could scarcely have Dren ı expected to be so superior to others planted in huge ¢ ditches { filled up with 
delicate. gie ee 
with which hare possibly hav: 
ex All other a have 
975 
oo 
the ged mixture Fie ‘ie named, 
s questionable if, any other point connected 
with hortien Je the schorlinaster is more needed 
abro oad the un nder consideration. 
m 
have been puffed off b 
who could boast “ we keeps a poet.’ 
rn mvs het but it s the business „or duty of | mens for this purpose must be chosen, a as free fro 
worms as possible, and dried carefully so as to preven 
bility 0 A | th wth of mould when ent i nt shape. 
says, 1 Iam spe ae a Mad perra of nh h city betulinus may be used for e same 
ose. 
N no knowledge,” We are not K eree ee s at 
_Pre epared specimens may be seen in the 
t Kew. together 
a ‘cae of eathie Vines is iri credible. Not 
many years ago Iw was p nishe d to find—on a a 
y vay from London—a ditch 
(some 3 feet Ade ai as deep, running Kalir 
m | extremity of a Vine border fi G 
Fori wow on E 
Mi iets aaisa useful m 
wi ith the perfect plan 
Polyporus squamosu. at once known by its fan 
shaped pileus, which is rol a paliid Sehnaceies yad and 
o 
uch a 
the fact, aah ths. too in September, y the Vines 
were leafless an rest. The wood was as He ag 
alg ae Bo gh need yastly more of the 
have been pri S, OF We | is blunt and ited lack ; the pores ‘lie or than the butcher. 
should otherwise refer it to >the ol e of “eyes | broad th though shallow, and papag ie arg the | - With the last om have removed ser a 
and no Own a Srne a stem. It varies ‘greatly in ap ge thickness, and the | dozen of old Vine bor = thd majority of which had 
commander adil; io: be well acquainted with | pileus i is not always equally been made of ret tive soil and the drainage defective, 
poin ars Cosanta as es anaty of timber ti ile i f them graves had been made for dead 
pe is liability h oe gee ae and such quadrupeds. In every instance the 
nstances of such | iad either races abortive aa n or very sr Vines were “weak, a : and t e oe ort shanked “4 a 
might a OF e tei im teh ones. Deaanopany it Bar pee apparontiy from a mass | fearful exte: ost o ese borders were from 
know rede Gint lead to hon importa, > | of coke, but we belie = examined, it will Hr to 20 feet in width aisis 4 e 7 deep; but I 
be a way fo ioa ph instance find a single root more t) yard from the 
Ey attached to rotten wo She similar pilas on which the C front oe 5 supporto ed. And 
ose to the 
pranin. i —No, XXXIV. 
ood. ungi i 
situations produce branched thin: Aa without any 
perfect pilei. Agaricus o streatus for instance has bee 
any active roots that could be seen were a 
kta dy nd stone work as could be. well as 
i instances, goes to show that it is not a 
POLYP SQUAM Fr.— No species of t 
-E lie Polyporus, which is distinguished i 
si ehsin by the porog: not being easily separable fr 
and the ilen j 
is more EREN y 
on almost ever; 
s 
ua 
(BBE 
si 
g 
p 
A 
5 
A 
Ba 
1 
bivi by the name of sa 
2 
an enormous size, having 
been Aon 7 fet in eir- 
pounds ins Dwele. A single 
mass has sometimes Boon 
2g 
com es soft and white, being 
monly called tonchwood, 
insomuch that its true nature was not apparent till a 
n apy, and in many instances matter 
that Vines delight in. On the contrary, they a noe 
shallow, open, and consequently ¡warm med ; 
ra their chances of fruitfulness and longevity i in 
of the latter ope 
cription are a hundred t 
sy inst carrion raters 
or any other that are deep, 
retentive, ill-drained, and 
cold. 
In replacing these bor- 
“pe I filled up _— a 
18 inc 
‘aed with stones, pese 1 
~~ ay a ready outlet for 
The compost I used 
iat 
2 jet 
FEROE i ; 
HER 
unn 
H 
3 
a 
g 
ue 
5 
been 
years in 
a 
= 
se 
fa 
BS 
co 
rate eight 
bunches to a Vine; e of th e mais of Back 
Hiin pppn ae o weighed be. and 24 ie 
arer r ent, as I ie ae 
leathery substance, would aean > ae of heny er cropping at so early a stage _the 
ra Ag $ ar sight to E Srn will ki ip pit ‘of A it to sho aa ten Vines 
ent n mi "Tade eed if tsil wed from thre to five bunches each, | None ‘Tess than 
one mi 
as Mes. ae sale fap dapa, jas it, is aN termed, that after petig i tbe Singar 
as 2 . . Or 
Tt ghee A Fungus or scissors to cut. The tendency OF carrion 
eaten the Continent, : ` Bordons” is ie very isean of pei And so eo fany pe 
pri is oaen ae where , Porxrorus squamosus, Fr, Froman | @uaded am T of the suitabil Sa Saab bt x, 
hij > ~ . G ai 
veral popular original sketch, I mix in a tity of stones with the 
‘Ki bor gal n soil which I have named E oryg b-t enad m I use is 
in Poito peed taken from a and is very light and fibry, 
of it with ienci few imperfect pei were produced under the influence | 0nd t I h ipto yai E S 
any inconvenience. He re- oi ght after it had been remoyed from the cellar, | never Seen h ye at oe ter in kA east wet, I 
marks how eve sgir ewik M.J.B. gan ba in its natural the rocky and 
ibe Aar l 3 iong time to get rid of any nox- Ido not yri it difficult how it is 
"Teresi T daia VINE BORDERS that in such a poii mega the Vine will make as 
ever it could affor holeras food it ould h M a considerable amount of experience in re- | strong a growth h with shorter joints, as in a rich mass 
year, when it attained E T Wt de the manner yó habe of soil. In the first place a far greater proportion of 
aiy inconceivable rapi = We have s f r columns of the 27th October, I can | active feeders will made in_ the open border; and 
Specimens on Poplar, as tender and brittle as a common A every sentence of your withering condem- | these will perform their functions with avidity, 
Mushroom. e taste of these when raw. was was by no ierarh 4 Bx such sigs Sa ing. J am Aih while the medium in which they are placed is an 
ag ae ks ant, and we could have wished t} number o —it were far better for | excellent A Tepeitory for an that is chen a and 
venturous mycophagist than oursel oh at ttempt at making | necessary for t e reverse is 
Sg fn beans hig We ba no doubt the by egg he contain of Vines, ti A nd have H no dient infin cold, heavy, ah ornate he i gs I would much rather 
it in z slices, steeping them in nm der the you san 
in = the oisi aprons believing hie Mesti, Wilmot, “Glendinning, and a rder. In fact the earliest “and finest oes 
i lke that th, à wholesome dish lg have rat prepared, | Crawshay’s Vines, as well as those in the great con; |1 ever saw had their roots Nea Pees tiie b sa 
bii Which is is yielded by Hydnum repandum, | servatory at Chiswick, have produced Grapes vastly | such forms a most excell nourishment 
