GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 
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sent state; or shall I adopt some other method? In short, 
please to advise what course I had better pursue, for I am in 
sore tribulation. 
SlJRREYENSIS. 
[We had not heard before, that the Dahlia has exhibited 
symptoms of an attack from the disease unfortunately so very 
general in the potato crop, but the above communication fills us 
with apprehensions; though from the excellent condition of the 
blooms we have seen this season from nearly all parts of the 
kingdom, we are disposed to hope it is only partial. The best 
remedial course will be to take up the root at once, cut all the 
infected portions clean out, and dust the cut parts over with 
quicklime, and afterwards pack them away in pounded char¬ 
coal. The great object will be to preserve them as dry as 
possible through the winter, and for this purpose a clamp will 
be unsuitable: we should prefer a dry closet, or the best part 
of a good shed, if the collection is large.] 
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN BOTANICAL 
DESCRIPTIONS. 
(Continuedfrom p. 227.) 
Cirrhiferous, Cirrhous. Furnished with tendrils. 
Cirrhosus. Curled like, or assuming the functions of a ten¬ 
dril. 
Cirrhus. A tendril, an organ proceeding sometimes from the 
stem and branches, and occasionally from the apex of the 
leaves, and possessing a spiral spring-like power, by which 
the plant is enabled to cling to surrounding objects, and 
support itself. 
Citreus, Citrinus. Lemon colour. 
Class. One of the first great divisions of plants in botanical 
arrangement. In the Linnaean system they are 24 ; but 
in the natural system, now of universal adoption, the num¬ 
ber is reduced to 2. 
Clathrate. Applied to the veins in the foliated parts of 
z. 3 
