1080 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Drcemsrr 8, 1860. 
eter at aise a Roclincil ic atian hick tase Gee Te e ea oF eal reach lami ail ec a Loe ee 
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meaning the term Acclimat{iz ati on had been Bog of the earth in the climate of London is | reqnisite length, still retaining Ay leaves on all the 
also examined. Domestication strikes us as s better | ab t 51°, but in winter, when the early forcing | buds left. Exp: pose the plants on a south aspect until 
expressing ied meaning of the promoters of the bes “the Vine is commenced, it is. much colder, and the f the approach of frost, and iat ine them under 
Society. But to tha we may refer hereafter, border in which the roots are extended will frequently | cover for the winter. 
y * | be below 40°, and if we even say 45°, whilst the Formation of Border. — Having now prepared the 
| has its Tfsiichðð and blossoms in a temperature of 70 plants, we will next 05 ai to consider the formation 
OLOGY.—No. XXXVIII. | still we rage a disparity of 25°, sufficient we ans a | of si pordoi; and _ a vast mg o yee iia pre- 
ount for tardy breaks, spindly bunches, and general | sents itself, one gardener ma ing haa orders 6 fi 
Faugue whi _epuareo 5 at ol spaa Beret | debility H win, the AN aA of covering a. Vine | deep, while a second is content with them 16 ines 
und on old Pine stumps, in the autumn | border “and making it waterproof early in the autumn, | one gardener crying “give aie all | kin nds of soils 
both toh tery ot arik past year, by Mr. Currey near | | before the heat of summer has been lost by radiation, manures ;” a secon saying, oam a : 
Weybridge, a place which a cre abounds in rare | or the ear Pak ains have washed it out of the ground. ja third objecting to “any preparation bd all ;” fourth 
isti is om other British | For protecti or, ms ate that 
Hrane by its Pirene oe oe hich respect it | but it is not s 80 efficacious in preventing the radiation of | “old bricks, old mortar, charcoal, and bone s, form the 
mbles Auricu 9 , and other Bisse gelatinous | heat i i = Y winter inte feat ete of ge ert ste fea gern aes Vino can be sues 
8, i or ear! orcing, shou é conflict} 
Pongi with which i en, in its defi te hymenium This, if the Vines are inten y d directions befo ore us, what i sto i acting 
tl i foot at the least, and then if the ł we to follow ? T, follow no 
18 iG beally eva AREA ‘on all play or botanists t fall t y the water quickly pd it may be areata one; phos, to Nature, and see what Nature’ will direct 
it ae : wheat-straw or reed, but if nota weather boarding | you ‘to do. In makin ng a Vine border we are e working 
Mr. rrey, the specimens on. te neces cou This will be "tek fixed by layin g | for r posterity, and therefore no a of con- 
fr taken, ea she attention to | rafters at pro) tances apart, and then, commencing | venience or expense should dive s from pe rforming 
melloid in tha on mae Jay. on fon ther ed boards so as to over- | the sopa ation in the bes ible vith er. 
= ic, tht a ton does h Seyen oes zi = | lap the moi Teig A covering of this} The first ha most i mportant advantage i is to secure a 
dry foundation, and therefore the 
must be the thorough drinage of the border, To eet 
this the sutface on which the border is to be placed 
should have an inclination of at Jeast 1 foot in 8 feet, 
with a drain running parallel bed iy front of the house, 
UTT at the border. If the si 
Yii (y AARNEN AMN pte i ; Bos i 
(Ad Vy VAAN VV i y Mi Wy pervious to the roots of the Vines, either -by paving it 
UY vat with tiles or stones, or siii, it a good coat’ of well 
N. iiy th d t my own practice I use concrete 
6 inches by: and “im imbedded into it opposite each 
ith Pei 
5 
foundation bafa the soil is Ena on a Corru; 
p Pees [Pa S 8 N fon and furrow appearance. This drain: 
Hvara is ila panes iva 4 5 vered with litter from the stables, to a the the 
fi `| ble that iption | proper time, before the heat has ri getting into and c€ an it, and over it are 
will be i in all the pernan aerdato escaped mee autumn n, will keep the soil at a tempera- | placed large turv: aint say sy side down T, 
The peculiarity i is perhaps a nec ces saqsa À attendant of the ture Aa co to 65° throughout the entire winter, and I | = situa tions where ra is and of a strong 
which ure that such a husbanding _ of heat. i is pra „ as in the iy of the Thames, 
hymenium is composed. th t be n cessary to render the bottom of the 
may, 
n ordinary Hymenomycetes Kex fruit- heaving TH ae eet of forcing, as dung is irregular in its | border i Siecle te the roots ; | 
3 ak ten peoeibi te each | other all upon n the e same heating, and lna rainy season the border is liable to|remote chance of the plants being injured by th 
Zerel, Thean aro, someting g Locke ese E aac bak DoE ak. the border 
by procomes which project onthe surface of the gilis | Propagation the Vine i propagated by layers by | should be paved. On ste naturally wet and cli 
but these have possibly a function of their own. AR euttings, and by eyes. The lat ap is the method most | would always be advisable to form the border entirely 
y rate they do not bear female fruit. In Tremella | generally practised, and consists o ing a strong | above the surface of the surrounding soil; indeed itis 
on the contrary the threads of which the substance of plump bud from a well irae shoot with about an |a question whether under every circumstance it. would 
the Fungus is i ff branches of very | inch of wood adhering both. above and below the bud. | not be wise to place the under surface of the 
s are 
ese bi 
less deeply divided into four lobes, from | consisting of turfy loam, leaf mould, and. bone dust, | So placed it would be “impossible for y 
‘the tip of tei aa whiti Die thread is sida off which | in large 60-sized ts, ‘and are plunged in a brisk sureharged with moisture at any season, while by 
ultimately bears the spore. Precise] 80°. I set EILA t 
e 
ins in thé hymenium of our Hydnum, a fact which | buds will to break, tepid then be|sun would have much more power to warm it in ‘the 
ects G easily verified by placing s wth bor horizontal _ ss apple, wi ae a ns Buds 1 Tare made a reas early pa art of the season. W. 
nder from 6 i ong. ge Pinar ah ae tinued’ 
of one of the prickles of the nium un bn aa A buds are put in $ ; bey ce (To be continued.) 
this — 
of glass and slightly erus shed. Mr. Corr observatio Sen Piin plants a foot or more e ng t, and a ee. ere 
ther dıs- | time they will require to be m scat! el 
ee eed N lend farther Oi wing as "rie “fen ernest tg np THE SPECIES OF SPECIES MAKERS. 
inosu ere object of h ms , | pieces as rough as possible. Iti is a bad = to por (Freely. translated from a paper by Carrière in the “Revue 
repay Tit gotta’ hy i vs as ful econo an the Vine ‘daring the time it is in pots, eaa and re J] tig 
qualities, The pileus is fan-shaped or pen > aar frequent shifts, as it face the roots poe nam N observing attentively different beings, you ies 
attenuated behi nd so as to m ake a sho rt spuri stem. direction, “ich is anything but fav ourable to thie fact, that not oy "their yaad type i is A e, 
In an earl aa] f of the plants. On the co contrary, the ya x4 that their different organs may be altered in various 
a “faray an ae at the point of Arep young “Vines “shoal > moved. from a 4-inch. to an according as man finds it to his interest, 
The surface is of a bistre brown, uneven with frequent | a gc po n 8-inch to a 13-inch pot, or hes citi level in individuals those parts which he 
depressions, and rough ‘at first with little points, but | anger ifi re is s required for pot cultivation. mes thinks desirable, This i is done ‘every day in pla mts, 
at length nearly smooth. ‘The hymenium is either at will, in — 
pure white, or shaded with a delicate blue tint; the | 65° ew 75° in he day time, and risin to 85° or 90° in | sion s or in any ot ther way that is thought advisable. 
les straigh ht, of moderate length and very delicate, | sunshine, with an atmosphere l with moisture, | Bos for example, can m, pit eb relies size, aie 
: drying, the he piant shrinks up chaired, and loses all | and a brisk bottom heat of from 75° to 85° or 90°.| or colour. It is the same w regard to animals, a0 
x Under such circumstances the Vine grows with the | with them tte power of sas seems er beer ee 
è laxurian i 
; grea ce, arıd'if assisted liquid manure | ried to a higher degree; in fact, by particular combi- 
- | will produce strong fruitful Vi one season. | tions, especially by judicious crossing, we have suc- 
CULTIVATION OF THE VINE. K Petete meray Tam oadet <iis in ary aon, m modi ying orm as well ss 
Ar a time when on of the Vine is excit- | shoots or laterals, and when they have made shoots | size, the defient 
ing so much interest it may sect s not he considered | 2 feet lo ong, Sopa eee 18 inches; this will | of another, ‘whi A iait le E Ta: Such 
out of place to give an abridgment of an essay written | induce the plants t make a cond leader, and by | ar h ur notice mar’ and upon them "it 
some years back, and ren at a mee alci of the “ “ West concentrating the aen: of the plant will increase | Gonads dandy ia ehs to 
Kent Gardeners” Associati on” the strength of the Poy From t the > second shoot We may co consider that Ril Spe species offer a ‘certain 
1845. There may not be much novelty in the article, , | rem move all lateral branches charige, which once overcome, 
t y that sound p rineiple es were | and “eaa this siattiog until the Vine is of the | each individual of which it „is composed becomes Sr 
fully recognised at that time, and that neither fing pis errr aah Oe strength. As t f bei ra 
theory nor pasa of suceessfa cultiv: ation has b or even recognised b evant I | consequently yields more ‘readily to the changes t 
much improved since. Divesting ts intro- | may d on th are imposed upon: it. In fact it is known that am 
ductory matter, and assuming that the natural co ndi concentration of the oes. by y stopping t the plant iti is species of ea which have, been culti for ý 
tions under which the Vine flourishes mo: until it breaks and this} considerable length of time’without varying have 4 
in its native country are fully un eed it will | concentration of the sap tends aaa t to ee rengthen | length shown signs of a slight change, which in a sho H 
readily b ived | bu Indeed by it I have seen Vines of| time has resulted in something far more impo t, <2 
tively cold and sunless climate, to subject condi- | incredible. strength produced in one season. © When | all this without man’s having done any thing more 
tions approximating as reat as Sreumstances will| the growth is completed, and this should’ not be|sowing the s; such is the case with Da th 
admit to those to ong it would he, eot in pio continued later. than the middle of August, the | Chinese Chrysanthemums, China Asters, &c. But w of 
ost favoured poi ways how: ripening process must be commenced by gradually | some other Kinds it is quite different, and these chang” 
enn oa we own In Ses p artificial eat ation arna oor moisture until the wood is | cannot be ms: except by taking active mona 
Emma is lant, ml er t and hard. me however to give | that is to say, by fertilising the flowers prip ap De E 
ore i we ese t the | the plants suitietéiat moisture at the roots to prevent | are Gloxinias, ens but in all these ¢ases it ee fected 
mue a na ape as sir Aitgghin bat t bring them wap tori at fat ha Pewsey feseinilien Tiia sit not been CrP at 
i which “aill prie in eer as possible. When all fear of their breaking | between different s species, as ‘otten supposed, 
rent 
a fruitful Vine. The é bestia time is over, the plants may be pruned to Ga peie, half breds; that is rege Says e between diffe 
