The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . most closed process of sulphuring must be often repeated, ifthe cask remains a long time unused. Mittheilungender K, K. Gartenbau Gesellschaft in Steirmark, forJuly, 1891. A yeast pipe, it may be explained, isa large tin pipe, made with an obtuse angle about themiddle, and is used for conducting the yeast into atub that is stood alongside the wine cask. Ed. Societies. « SOTAL Committee. July 21.—Present: Dr. M. T. Masters, in thechair; Mr. Morris, Mr. Blandford,


The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . most closed process of sulphuring must be often repeated, ifthe cask remains a long time unused. Mittheilungender K, K. Gartenbau Gesellschaft in Steirmark, forJuly, 1891. A yeast pipe, it may be explained, isa large tin pipe, made with an obtuse angle about themiddle, and is used for conducting the yeast into atub that is stood alongside the wine cask. Ed. Societies. « SOTAL Committee. July 21.—Present: Dr. M. T. Masters, in thechair; Mr. Morris, Mr. Blandford, Rev. W. Wilks,Rev. G. Henslow, Hon. Sec. Conifers attacked by Chermes.—With reference tothis subject, brought before the committee at thelast meeting, Mr. Blandford remarked on the diffi-culty of destroying the insects with the paraffinspray, inasmuch as it was practically useless forlarge trees, and could be only applied to small ones ;moreover, it will not remove them unless it be appliedwith force, and in that case water alone wouldanswer the purpose. The only effectual method was. FlO. IS. —EPIDEN-DnUM :REGULAR PELORIA, ETC. to nip off the galls made by the chermes. Fromsome observations of Dr. Masters, it would seemthat the gall-making species does not appear toattack the Larch, but only the Spruce Fir, thoughother species of chermes attack various members ofthe Coniferie. Microscopical Structure of Hybrids.—Dr. Mc-Farlane sent photographs illustrating the micro-scopical structures of Lapageria, Philesia, and ofthe hybrid between them, Philageria. In all cases theanatomical details of the hybrid were intermediatein character between those of the two parents. Primula sikkimensis attacked by Slugs.—Rev. Dod sent plants from which the corticalchlorophyllaceous tissue had been gnawed off by thecommon white slug. As a proof of their partiality,he observed that stalks of P. rosea and of Dode-catheon, growing side by side with the above, werenot to


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