Vol 6 - Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian ...

same remedy might also be used for the onion mildew, which isTransactions.jgspore {Oospore) with a hard coat, is also formed by the fungusnsK e the leaves and stalks. These are set free by the decay of'f''t,'" f '' '"'^ ^" '^^' 'P^^"S ^^^"^^"''^te and infect newfound to be of service are easily explained. First, it is obviouslynecessary destroy, by burning, all dead or decaying remainsSecondly, '' earthn^g up » the tubers prevents their bein^g infected^Lrn'u rT"- Ti-dly, a remedy which has been foundt^^oughly satisfixctory in the case of the American grape vinem Ide also caused by a Peronospora. consists in sprinkling theleaves with a mixture of 8 kilogrammes of copper sulphate IGkilogrammes of chalk in about 130 litres of iter. This ne dm b tVrl .1 V'' ^^^'" ''''' ''' ^"' -d - b-om dippedniethod. It IS extremely probable that this would prevent thepread of the potato disease, as the mixture prevents ^he conidiosporesfrom forming swarm spores, and so infecting the leaf ThedesirTble""' ^^^^"^^i^°^^^' ^- ^^/^/-^—,and a trial is highlyII. J Sfra,!ge Atmospheric Appearand. By Mr Robert Robson,Penpont.On the evening of one of those splendid summer days in themiddle of July last, half-an-hour before sunset, a party of five ofu a lady and four gentlemen, were standing in front of PenpontManse adnnring the beautiful landscape directly in front of uLaview which embraces the greater portion of Middle NithsdaleIh s view IS bounded on the east and south-east by the Closebun;nils and on the south and west by the hills of Ke'ir, broken i^by the deep gorge at Anldgirth through which the Riverenters Niththe valley of Lower Nithsdale. Owing to theof the configurlhills and the low elevation of the manse, no vlw canaLTi ,1: r'"' 1 '" ^^"^^ '^^^"^- ^' -^ -- --• rf"".'" '"' "" ^°"-and, "°S^""S ^-^ behindas if bestowing his parting blessing, shone forth with speciat^^I^often does before .sinking for the night E^e pa ty to the strange appearance of what at first sight seemedto b the sky towards the south. Another of the party pointdout the vivid outlines of a large field, with a wood to the'sS of