August 26, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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leaves, nine to twelve lines long. As the name 
implies, the leaves are smooth and dark green. Un¬ 
like several of the preceding kinds, V. diosmsefolia 
is of a bushy and spreading habit, with oblong, 
yellowish green leaves about half an'inch long. V. 
pimeloides differs from all of the rest of this group 
in having deeply glaucous leaves of elliptic outline 
and only a quarter of an inch long. The plant is of 
dwarf habit and grows slowly. The leaves of V. 
elliptica are much larger than those of the above, 
spathulate elliptic and green with a grey edge consist¬ 
ing of short, downy hairs. V. parvifloraaugustifolia 
may be seen here under the name of V. ligustrifolia. 
The latter has linear, oblong leaves, really shorter 
flora, V. salicifolia, V. Andersoni and others are 
very successfully grown and flowered in sea-side 
gardens of the south of England close on the beach, 
and these finer leaved kinds might be planted there 
to great advantage. 
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EUCRYPHIA PINNATIFOLIA. 
There are three or four species of Eucryphia, and 
that under notice is not only the most handsome but 
the hardiest, as the others require greenhouse 
temperature and give but little satisfaction, even 
there. It is satisfactory to state that it passed 
through last winter with little or no injury even in 
the open ground, while many other reputedly hardy 
plant forms a bush 2 ft. to 5 ft. high in the open 
ground and grows very slowly. 
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A TERRIBLE VINE DISEASE. 
At the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, held on the 8th inst., 
specimens of Grapes from a garden near Dorking 
were exhibited, suffering from Anthracnose. 
Mr. G. Massee, of Kew, who determined the 
disease, stated that the vines were affected by “ a 
mild form of Anthracnose,” which is caused by a 
fungus called Sphaceloma ampelinum, De Bary (Bot. 
Zeit., 1873). The fruit of the fungus is developed 
during the winter, hence, before this period, all 
Eucryphia pinnatifolia. 
and broader than those of the former. The leaves 
of shrubby Veronicas are usually entire, but a 
number of them have serrate leaves including V- 
Bidwilli which has small, roundly wedge-shaped 
leaves, serrate along the upper edge. The stems 
are procumbent with ascending, purple shoots, 1 in. 
to 2 in. long, and furnished with two rows of white 
hairs. Few of the above flower freely in a small state, 
but V. Bidwilli is an exception and has white flowers 
with lilac veins. Totally different from all of the 
above is a small creeping species with miniature, 
roundly ovate leaves covered above with white hairs. 
It is V. canescens, a herbaceous species which 
covers the ground like a patch of Nertera depressa. 
It is therefore pretty and as interesting as it is 
uncommon. The solitary flowers are of good size 
and white. A number of the larger leaved, shrubby 
species such as V. speciosa, V. decussata, V. parvi- 
plants succufnbed even under the protection of a 
wall. The leaves are pinnate, of a dark shining 
green, and more or less evergreen according to the 
severity or mildness of the winter. They of course 
accompany the large and snowy flowers, which are 
produced in August or even in July in such seasons 
as the present. As the centre of the flower is 
occupied by a large mass of stamens, the bloom 
resembles a white Hypericum or even a Rose at a 
little distance off, whereas the foliage is somewhat 
intermediate in character between that of a Rose 
and a Barberry. The plant is a native of Chili, 
from whence it was introduced in 1880, but is not 
yet half so common as we should like to see it. The 
genus belongs indeed to the Rose family, but to a 
tribe of it which is but very little represented in this 
country outside of botanic gardens. Our illustration 
of it shows the flowers and foliage natural size. The 
diseased portions should be removed, and further¬ 
more, such portions should be cut well back, as the 
mycelium is perennial, and works backwards from the 
young shoots which it first attacks. 
The Chairman (Mr. D. Morris), stated that no one 
knew until a few weeks ago that this terrible Vine 
disease was in England; but now it was reported 
from an Edinburgh garden as well as from Dorking. 
In America, the disease was most deadly, and it was 
also the source of much trouble on the Continent. 
Notwithstanding the above statement, it is possible 
that the disease has been lingering for at least two or 
three years in this country, as Mr. R. D. Blackmore, 
of Teddington, called attention to it at the Grape 
Conference, held at Chiswick in September, 1890. 
In the Joimul of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol. 
xiii., p. 49, Mr. Blackmore said a disease which 
attacked his Vines, " resembled Anthracnose," 
