a ae 
Decemser 1, 1860. ] 
Charles Dix, which equally can be made to 
whiten, but with bunches of flowers not so fine 7 
the Lila: s de Marly. The Persian Lilac will n 
m} 4 re 
e far the best. 
keep the apai salted H 
con 
The i ear SRE: pr enta 
m3 for 
zA 
y he 
he produce, and the teks s Tikel to k 
pie of Tight ` 
bottles, such a 
ee of heat befor 
Why th 
poet pass er p so dissimilar upon plants so | 
nir as Lilacs is a 
k 
ouple of years without growing: 
me up readily after having ben thus treated. 
MYCOLOGY.—No. XXX 
AGARICUS eres i var. elon, 
figu. 
E 
n 
tion. The figure 
simply introduced here to give 
— the cultivated species is 
use. 
s a good Ena to” pA it always i 
a good degre 
im 
3° 
®, 
ommends mode of preparing it, 
ms us is far vapor to that in general 
e Mush rooms, bein cleaned from all 
extra aneous matter, and those bi 
Tt | ma 
in small stont i 
Ce sor 
is sometimes 
fin 
were ers! cleaned to begi 
the 
commencing to clea: ral s B 
S mber, when the aieia Stephanotis, Francisceas, 
and similar plants re matured 
aids a Shall ow tub 4 
catch 
eptem 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
established. We 
time, laid on re wa be the 
ere very much pes pestered with it here. 
inly it was ira E to get to such a head as 
es eje A 
sen 
ye the labour it took to keep it 
In the spring’ of 1859 I 
lf of it.. I put 
the di bere rink vl here prior 4 
n the gen 
their grow 
7 pro- 
feet 6 inches in diameter; this 
the Gishurst as the plants one at a 
tub, were gre 
proper spices have been previously thot This is | 
were sufficient to se onl “the en 
“ge a the proportion of 5 oun 
was owed t aktar 
y. 
pletely clear of al 
only a few s 
aste, and about 
The Gi ts 
0 
agoi wo ge 
pests. Where, how 
mall ‘lant “affected, iligently sing over 
would where 
A 
there is a 
is a mista 
I Saki eethel | they may | be priami © 
g ear them 
ts i nfeste 
clea Ih 
than is usually supposed. Se 9 
» Dr. Badha am, believe, first use "Gishurst once or twice ve atrong, 
alled attention in n this country and then say it would tiot answer; they 
4othe fact that th gh Agaricus njured the plants and the bugs made 
campestris. i ne nerally re- their appearance again. This would not 
ceived mn and oe have been the case if the mixture had 
Species, not pass been used weak and with perseverance. 
everywhere nwithedt ee cha po I find that it effectually wh 
In many parts of Italy there scale. from such plants as Rondeletias, 
is a strong pre judice c, against Gardenias, at one or two dressings, consist- 
sit. Micheli» ing of ounces to water. 
that it is The plants should be cut to the old 
any, where it Phas Gacy ee ames, wood, : not stand the 
-while Vittadini states that it is strong ‘to kill the scale. 
little: known in the Lombardo- Two a half Ounces to the 
Venetian districts, oe was only gallon is quite ra ranes San thrips on 
introd: be the lists of Fungi Foe Noe tit i — or > 
cognised the olies i in Milan infes! e stren 
and Pa ed it is instant di AEE Page 
tion. In Rome it is not merely dressings wi he 
«despised but is PE ely pro- gallon will Stelle ome ace 
hibited from appearing in the of mildew. I find it to answer either for 
markets, and prejudice ie should spider. Upon Vines of course 
against it is so universal that it sh fore the fruit begins 
at is, according ti Badham a common saying of o colour, and ti vig xture should T be washed off with 
any one who has enmity towards Sy rarer Bape he die clean wat is allowed to dry on; it however 
of a Prati iolo !” the nam ebra ia ich the n Mush- leaves the a + slightly Et and t fore would 
room is generally known injure them for exhibition or green fly it 
It is Just posible thet it may rises obtained its bad jui. less than four ounces to the gallon of water, 
charac ere m consequence of its having been 
pies with other species, but it is equally possible foliage than when ‘fully exposed); I 
that th e difference of qualit A ay arise from local si a si FOARA its use. - I find that to es 
of development strong eno to ki fly on Calceolarias, 
hich th Cinerarias, and Fuchsias, inj ie leaves so 1 
ies Pot “bad aas depend. Peida, there is a as to render the plants worthless; it also y 
tp t, though kills the young leaves of Melons and m We 
it was once placed kindly i in our hands by Dr. Badham, hear it recommended for Orchids applied in a strong 
ing t lather; I should be very to it on 
true s there any reason to believe Agaricus meen hie Dy oe ELONGATUS, Berk. = all. I know a collection on w wi 
that; athe ae consequences were due to an accidental | (Fro: sketch by Mr. W. Fitch.) aar and they w - e very much injured, Neither can 
ti pecies.: The Mushroom moreover | said to o keep be and to Stee its full aroma | Ferns stand it—it appears almost poison them. 
is regarded with suspicior in y and is seldom | which is apt to pass off in the process of long con- E tried it for er scale on Apple trees in the pröpor- 
cooked, though. B ory inferior Fungus | tinued fermentation or boili ing. M. J. B n of s ounces to the gallon of water, made intoa 
in, our estimation, is In Vienna on kind of thick paint with soot and clay ; but it did not 
‘dee fats is used without any scruple. DeCan ndola 0 m x ee eee ie 
indeed. us. ini p on “A. 
= ne (enya, ch ieee) th that. allt is belon hag of hich Cc. met ede ‘eae y infested. with brown a ee 
have a com wits complete ring with t first Gide ¢ Pame of opinion j| went cautiously to work applied it to a single 
rose-c: om then ar then lets, and to th ts of ‘thes one person states t first ; in a few days the scale fell off dead, and 
black, are equally whol p Eps incapable f blog it will effectually mye call mrs mildew, et all the buds as well. mea Sep vedios taro 
onfounded wit ny poisonous species; but °Michelt another that it kills or every plant al „it va b Seg ee owen, 
s of one agree ing in sectional eh peng ey song ties which it is applied, wii without naling ‘aie insects. It is | that has yet a os ee, e = a 
ame of Fungus perniciosus, nature is highly | from reve! ere cine i _ most ene ra ee regent Ae a . ‘place 
suspicious. hastil, ed at), t any things in genera ; tried to show, 
ra of the principal uses to which the several attic which arer n properly spplied | | it is not by one oa two vi jo agi Ace s: 
of Mushrooms are applied is the production | and u: Catiga: saving em ploy z weal th and: ing. T. "Bains, Gar. 
of ketchup, a name of Eastern. origin. For this eer on a considerable number of plants under | medium streng s a Bt . EERE 
purpose the allied species or varieties are in general | vari ae ARN ainena cn game with mst of the eee We have a plant 
used indiscrimi A | w wh eners GE Aare m “4 
sinha i ih con Sl | ayo a cere nat ame Seo agi 
mali ment from do iya what it will not do. I wil wi whose la A 
pu A The t e" of our om, diferent | p bag, y which cnuetionay ~ Se the worst of all 18} ee broad; it has mere meter a one 
those varieties which afford a red juice when bruised | in terminate where once it gets thoroughly | nearly as large. ar a 
