. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nly about a thirdof the time it was above the horizon. The wind wassouth-westerly during the first two days, westerly orwest-north-westerly on the 22d, 23d, and 24th, andnortherly during the remainder of the period. Inforce it was generally moderate or fresh, but on the2ist the south-westerly wind blew strongly, or wilhthe force of a gale, on all except our south-east coasts. Gardening Appointments.—Mr. Bran- DER, late principal foreman to Mr. Jamieson, gar-dener to the Earl of Crawford at Haigh Hall
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. nly about a thirdof the time it was above the horizon. The wind wassouth-westerly during the first two days, westerly orwest-north-westerly on the 22d, 23d, and 24th, andnortherly during the remainder of the period. Inforce it was generally moderate or fresh, but on the2ist the south-westerly wind blew strongly, or wilhthe force of a gale, on all except our south-east coasts. Gardening Appointments.—Mr. Bran- DER, late principal foreman to Mr. Jamieson, gar-dener to the Earl of Crawford at Haigh Hall,Wigan, and for the last twelvemonths gardener atSkene House, has been appointed g,ardener to the Earlof Fyke, Duft House, Aberdeenshire, in room of thedeceased Mr. Mackie.—Mr. Joseph Moir, late fore-man at Dunecht, Aberdeenshire, has been appointedgardener to Mrs. Christer, Brooklands, Bromfield,Essex.—Mr. James Smith, of the Gardens, High-field, near Leek, has been appointed head gardenerto Mrs. Richardson, Kings Standing, Burton-on-Trent. May I, 1880.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 563. 101114 ^ffrrespnifiut. The Grape Louse.—The Phylloxera of the Vine(for there are other species) lives only on the Vine,either on the roots, or (as a form) in galls on theleaves. To prohibit the importation, or exportation,as the case may be, of all living plants, is, to mymind, simply giving way to panic without judgment,and judgment is generally at a discount when panicarises. As to the earth about living plants, it couldbe suspicious only if taken from an infected vineyardor vinery. A far more serious matter, especiallyconcerning inter-European infection, and I thinkoverlooked in all restrictive or prohibitive enactions,is that of the earth-ballast commonly carried by is discharged at some loading port. Supposing—for the sake of argument—a vessel in ballast fromMarseilles to an Italian port obtained that ballastfrom some infected district, there would be moredanger of dire
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