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beyond an intermediate temperature. Though it has received the name of Apple, the 
Casimiroa is more strictly an Orange. The foliage and the outer part of the flower are 
studded with transparent oil-cysts, as in the Orange, but the leaves are digitate, and the 
flowers are less conspicuous than those of true Oranges. The tree is a native of Mexico, 
where it is found in a wild and cultivated state; it has also been widely distributed 
through various parts of America. Seeman, in the “ Botany of the Herald,” says it has a 
remarkable tendency to accommodate itself to different climates; it grows from the 
lowest coast region to an elevation of 7,000 feet, producing eveiywhere an abundant 
harvest. The fruit is said to produce a somniferous effect, and the seeds are reputed to 
be dangerous, so that caution is needed in the use of it. It seems likely that in 
many parts of India, the Cape, and the Australian colonies it would prove a valuable 
introduction. 
- tlie last meeting of the Woolhope Club (Oct. 4), M. Maxime Cornu, 
of Paris, described a New Disease of the Vine^ which had been brought under 
his notice in plants from the neighbourhood of Narbonne. It is there called 
Antliracnose, because it appears like dark burnt spots on the leaves and branches of the 
Vine, and even on the Grapes themselves. In the flrst or conidious stage the spots are 
white, and in the second stage they present the blackened and charcoal-like appearance 
that has given the popular name to the disease. It belongs to a fungus named by Berke¬ 
ley and Curtis Plioma uvicola. Its third condition is yet to be observed. The disease 
has been introduced into France with young plants from America, and has now been 
observed in several places. The Vines are also attacked by another fungus named 
Cladosiooriiim viticolum of Ceesati, which is recognised by its dark brown velvety spots, 
which have been known for some years; and now it has been pointed out by Dr. Farlow, 
at Boston, that the French Vines in America are attacked by an ally of the Potato fungus 
in Peronospora viticohim, which attacks the young shoots and branches in the most de¬ 
structive manner. M. Cornu dwelt on the importance of the most careful attention to the 
study of these diseases, and called for the assistance of English mycologists in their 
observations. The remarks were illustrated by most carefully executed drawings of the 
fungi named above, and their effects on the leaves, stems, and fruit of the Vine. 
- ^Jhe following remarkably showy Phloxes of the decussata Pjpe were 
noted as the best during the late flowering season, at Mr. Parker’s Nursery, 
Tooting. The pride of place must be given to the charming Coccinea, so rich is 
its colour, so neat and floriferous its habit; next come Madame Thibaut, amaranth-red, 
with crimson centre; Madame Domage, white, with carmine centre; Danae, creamy 
white, with purplish-carmine centre; Madame Cannart d’Hamale, salmon-rose, vdth 
crimson centre; Madame Autin, purplish-crimson, with purple centre; Lothair, bright 
scarlet, with crimson centre, a great beauty; Madame Andry, purplish-crimson, with 
crimson centre ; La Candeur, white, with broad rosy-purple centre; J. K. Lord, salmon- 
red, with flue carmine centre; Gloire de Poiteau, clear rosy-lilac, with a white centre, a 
fine old variety, with a rare constitution; Sultana, dark salmon-pink, with crimson centre; 
Mons. Donnaud, a salmon-red, with crimson centre; Kichard Wallace, white, with a 
bright carmine centre; The Queen, a remarkably fine pure white; Baron Duruffe, pur¬ 
plish crimson, with crimson centre; Lucien Tisserand, mauve, with crimson centre; 
Madame la Comtesse de Turonne, white, with purplish-lilac centre; Princess of Wales, 
white, suffused with rose; Sparte, rosy-purple, with crimson centre; Professor Koch, rosy- 
salmon, with rich crimson centre; Menotti, rosy-lilac, with white centre; and Madame 
Moisset, bright rose, with a rosy-crimson centre. Selecting from these a dozen of the 
best for bedding purposes, we have Coccinea, Gloire de Poiteau, Lothair, Lucien Tisse¬ 
rand, Madame Andry, Madame Moisset, Menotti, Princess of Wales, Professor Koch, 
iliehard Wallace, Sparte, and The Queen, all of which have a fine branching habit, and 
flowers of perfect form and purity of colour. 
- JloT only are Double Pijrethrums attractive in appearance, but they are 
also continuous in flowering. What is best to be done with these during autumn ? 
In an open and somewhat dry border or bed, the plants will do well through the 
winter, for their great enemies are wet and slugs rather than frost. The stronger and 
better established the plants are, the more likely are they to stand the winter; where 
