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size of one of the seed-vessels (acrospore) containing these — 
six or more seeds, when Professor Caspary computes its 
breadth at +45 of a millimetre, and its length at ys; of a mil- 
limetre ( Monatsberichte der Kénigl. Akademie, ete., fur Mai, 
1855). Seeds, so minute, can be readily absorbed by the 
roots or even by the leaves, and in such abundance that the 
very atmosphere may be surcharged with them. A few of | 
them placed in a drop of water d applied to the leaves, 
stems and tubers, by Dr. DeBary, produced in a short time 
brown spots, and eventually the disease. a 
The remedy or the prevention, what? Perhaps none ® — 
yet discovered which will be effectual, but the entire de — 
struction by fire of all infected stalks and potatoes looks toa 
suggestive prevention. 






DEER AND DEER-HUNTING IN TEXAS. 
BY CHARLES WRIGHT. 
In the States east of the Mississippi river, the number of : 
persons who have seen deer in the wild state is compare = 
tively small, and they are exceedingly few who, by per? : 
experience, have learned much of their ways. And, as thes? : 
animals are fast disappearing, so also are they who pe 
had the opportunity of studying their habits in their nativ 
haunts. Hence, it seems not inappropriate to put on i 
such information as I have gained, partly from persone a 
perience, and partly from others who have had far mom 
better opportunities of knowing them well. jis pe a 
from the hand or lick the Sijgers ga not suffer > ta 
upon the back without shfinking: Of the very Ad the 
degrees of domesticity to which aifimals attain, 
doce is among the lowest. According to the frequen’y * 

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