Novemser 24, 1860.) THE GARDEN 
ERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, - 1039 
the piles is perfectly smooth and free from scales or 
Icoks as it had re Be aig or 
hairs and 
smeared with Bite I aint; it moréover deeply | c 
depressed and has in gener I no frag h ts ne Np ae 
anne he ma ngin, The stem is very and 
olid; the ring slight and fugacious ; the gills 4 first 
only slightly tinged with pink, and the whole habi 
at they are tre eaves that all the parts of the Vine are formed. The 
fally ae to. as they iai had b 
season of Still the “falling ne 
n order to put an end to ei cate 
dislaved for a ani or less > are of yea ordin 
as hopes of i rae Hath aye a Fa ór less indo ee oa 
Vines are con ned a ced by a young set, ‘et 
formed from sap that must have been Enger rte 
tissues of the leaves; and eat roots do 
them selves nor dir ie from fv, sppropdatitht ‘of the 
i ma ba only from this after 
aves and again returned fi oi 
A 
has ape a the Ja 
ery distinct, The Rigid of this species are sı 0 good, 
laborated gais by the inner Suis of the 
usually ‘sass of course be desirable if this 
It sould t sober an Aes 
ld be rendered nadine sg as well a os loss of 
exist. 
a ii care nett in a Mara Ari fe aiy 
wots 
Directions for Sane formation of Mushroom beds are 
be found in y book of g ardening. We have con 
whie 
been peered roven “by phys ene should be 
eee in mind by 
furnish the hous „Be 
e 
ps during jo time ee abe young Vines require to 
for medy c however, b 
Many do; but some entertain still the 
be ascertained. foolish s opinion € that the leaves rob the fruit, and of 
The cause of Vines falling so early fi tate of them monet others say the leaw eaves, 
l i re nan into one of weakness is not | by t their pee pe ent the fruit from colouring, but 
matter hate accessible to all. We believe rueeder obvious, ‘and it has accordingly been variously stated. | this they do not. 
ome, from the appearance of decrepitude which the| We shall now proceed to trace the progress of a 
cultivation. At "present there has been no sélection Vin nes assume, say old -a; ers that it arises coe Vine planted under circumstances favourable to its 
f vari there is as much difference between | too heavy cropping; or the ‘soil being too cold, too wet, | vi goror 
them een and es of . There | or too poor for the roots. „With regard to the first a being a to, iad the length of rafter 20 feet. 1 ithe 
is a form for instance which s at the Swan River aan cannot be s lto first after planting the Vine reaches nearly or 
oon ei said to be of a most pci char s decline so rapidly as above stated from a age, for the before winter the shoot is cut back to 
capable 
ge 
part aer from foreign forms 
we have some at home which would 
e 
plant which naturally 
‘| falling off from age 
it or hundreds of years, the | 5 Saeed feet from its base, more or less. accor raog 
ust be so gradual as to be! its strength. A shoot from We uppermost bud left 
the 
his -point so ‘ oghal 
vigorous sl one hin ers 
vt 
a 
Hi wood in the 10 feet len ‘th. oft Poland ity shoot is rend 
Hors HH 38 cubic iathen qies at it of the 10 fect t length of Gao: 
tho tall elles of this | year-old wood ubic inches, Here may be observ 
Bain a bell-shaped _ pileus Pe A as great a baik o on had ie cn ah 
weer oung or half grown, fi | -year-old por was € one-t “Ok 
by e yomg or inet the n nit rod, the former would have contained twi ice 38, of 76 
aricus edulis of rd, and i | cubic inches instea ead of 59. 
known in the midland counties From the preceding data it appears that the sectional 
ider te ae of f Springers, which | area for the ow of sap in the young rod is resented 
has summer by thou- | by 4, and that in year-old p n by 64; this 
an Ax ring; and a large is nearly in the proportion of 2 to 3. Then, if the whole 
form, vieing with the Horse Mush- capacity of the p vessels of the ‘Vine is divi into 
room in size, but distinguished b; three portions, ese will be required for ans: 
its tuning red and not yellow ing on a supply os sa the two equivalents in t 
when bruised. The spawn of these young thus lea nly one-third for supplying 
may be had in almost quan- AGARICUS CAMPESTRIS, L., var, BUCHANANT, Berk, From a drawing the lateral spur shoots on the two-year-old w ençe 
tity, and if beds were made with by Mr. W. Fitch. it is the case, that whilst the young rod has the means 
spawn procured from the fields, the of appropriating two-thirds of the flo and the 
ermanence of such species might be easily estab- | scarcely get i a period | of oniy a few years. lateral shoots pa heh td amongst them, they 
fished erthro Other varieties more or less s| Nor can over-crop are ¥ Fase pa he fading s ik, i — 
distinct occur both in our woods and pastures, and | h which "thay bear are consequently 
one known as the Hedge Mushroom i is of very doubtful | more than the one at Hampton Court bas d in a the sale than those on the leader, 
quality. Most of th ee } o lon leading shoot has r for = p a 
commonly cultivated, but experiment might e elicit | more soil may oe too cold and pedas | i will cation to pen Aya orously ; a 
useful. properties, such as extreme luxuriance, rapid | very bad “ats, but where the Vines are p 
, early n=: r any rate it is an | inside, the house, and the about the roots just as 
i field of investigation, and may be conducted sin during the period i in which the Vinés declined 
little waste of onigi if the sp: inserted | it was riage that of their most favourable 
in the soil in which Melons 3 er species that ae elie reity ot th vet ed to sô 
S 1 Jee er trial, and we may | As for the poverty o 
even hope to import t e Itali lian Agariciis 6 Ziaréis, generally made rich enough, and no one would suppose 
which for Beaty and am seems to be the prince | that the few roots which are b 
J. B. 
of the whole genus. M. 
= 
ill-thrivin Vines could ha prod 
soil in whi oy found, more especially where | an 
hich the; 
pr poe si ing and man A water have been plentifully | oce 
top- of produce hones inn e 
HOW STRONG VINES BECOME WEAK. | suppli liod, oan thi rasan heer ee 
Ir is well or that in many instances Vines which Since e of these usally poy 38 cag to s ed ier ai kita, and this we now have to notice. x 
ha ave borne xcellent vigone, for several years have com- ficiently “account wa ta modiBed, i will be necessary to Tne roots, it is premised het in the same te 
Paed ta ing the 
regards si of Binet ‘an mtinu 
z pe being dag thas the previous real ak ee even the ie ines progress to their highest bearin Big vin 9an quantity. of eat ma S whan pide g 00 aman ge 
Black Ham nas rgh vari e the appearance of | those under — they Seela for by ing, 60 lates 1 evious years; the con- 
snall black clusters, ve prodaced highly | differences may be discover bas of. Peanebtoratibnt Ade! hd for poh a à Ms (the ‘sabia ADE 
satisfactory pet for several years and after th e | as regards the 4 important tet n ques d bunches of fruit are produced; the 
grown up 30 as to well farni e Vinery, iti is very dis- Be fore proceeding w with these ponies, it may be | shoots, leaves, and bunch: i patlar Eora 
ing tø witness their decline, 
premise that it is through the agency of the | ‘ewes continue healthy and uniform 
