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■J'llE GARDENER'S MON'IJJLY 



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frrcat an eiioniv to npplo cultivators. It is a 

 black <'annil)al bpotlc, the Tenrhrioides Inticnilis, 

 whiili oats up the «-at('r|iillar and ( inplifs the 

 chrvsalis of the Codlini: M«Uli- 



AiuKs UKOix.E AMELKE. — A correppeiulent 

 of the Cnrdener^s Record says that in Greece 

 this species will sprout up and J'orin a new tree 

 after the trunk has been cut down, and that it is 

 th(> only species of Conifer that will do this in 

 that country. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



TiiK DwAUK June IJEinjv.— Mr. Sereno AVat- 

 son kindly contributes the following note : 



" The 'Dwarf June-berry, 'of pap;e 141 is doubt- 

 less Amelnnchitr alnifolin, Xuttall. a species 

 very distinct from any form of A. canadensis, 

 abundant in all the mountains from Colorado to 

 California, and fruitinij fully. 



Another correspondent says : "There is a very 

 good account of the Dwarf June Berry in the 

 American ^IgricwZ/MnV, April, 1871, p. 14^ I tried 

 it f<jr three or four years, and in all that 

 while did not get a quart of fniit. At the 

 first hint of ripening the birds go for the fruit, 

 and not one do they leave. I got out of patience, 

 and threw all out but a few to keep as dowering 

 shrubs, and they are very floriferous and worth 

 growing a« such. It suckers very finely, 

 which is an answer to the nurseryman's question, 

 'Will it cut?'" 



And we have the following from Mr. II. A. 

 Terry, Crescent City, Iowa. : 



"Since I wrote the article in regard to the 

 Dwarf June Berry, in your May number, 1 have 

 learned that tree agents are preparing to llood 

 our State with plants of the true "Whortleberry or 

 Blueberry of the East, which are entirely worth- 

 less in tliis State. Now what shall we do to 

 prevent the people from being imposed upon? 

 Dr. Hall, of Davenport, has been gx'owing this 

 Dwarf June Berry for several years, and sending 

 it out as the ti-ue Huckleberry, making it appear 

 that the Huckleberry succeeds in our State ; and 

 now the tree agents are taking it up, and the 

 people will try it on the recommeiuLation of Dr. 

 Hall. If you have access to the Report of our 

 State Horticultural Society for 1877, 1 would 

 suggest that it would be very proper for 3'ou to 

 publish the resolutions on page 205 of said re- 

 port. Unless I forget it, I will at the proper 

 time send you more plants of the genuine Dwarf 

 June Berry." 



Hybrids. — A correspondent writes that he has 



"crossed Amaryllis JohuHoni, and Richardia 

 .^Klliiopica, and last week planted four perfect 

 i-et'ds." Tlie families to which these plants be- 

 long 'ire so very widely separated that it is more 

 prol)able that the seed-beaiing plant, in spite of 

 all care, received some of its own pollen. Slill, 

 as our correspondent has the seed, h t him by all 

 means wait and see what it comes to. It takes 

 two or three years of very good growth to tlower 

 a seedling Amaryllis. 



Lightning.— Miss B. a.^ks, "can the Beech 

 tree be struck by lightning?" AVe are almost 

 sure we have read somewhere of an authentic 

 Ciuse of a Beech being struck by lightning. There 

 is really no re;i.son why it should not be liable^ 

 and doubtless people in Indiana, or other States 

 where the tree is abundant, could give instances 

 withm their own knowledge. 



Robin Hood Plant.— J. (r. D., King of 

 Prussia, Pa., says :-^" I wish to know if there is 

 a plant called Robin Hood. Have been informed 

 that it is used by florists in the making of bou- 

 quets." 



Gall on the WildCiierhy Leaf. F.McM., 

 Fair Haven, N. J., writes : "Would you please in- 

 form me through the GARDENER'ei Monthly^ 

 what it is, and what causes the growth upon the 

 Wild Cherry leaves enclosed ?" [These are pouch- 

 like galls, made by some small fly in which to 

 deposit her eggs. — Ek).] 



Rose Gall. — A correspondent sent us, some 

 time ago, a beautiful burr-like gall on arose leaf. 

 Any such pretty thing sent to the writer of the 

 following letter from any readerof the Garden- 

 er's Monthly will be appreciated by Mr. Bas- 

 sett. 



Waterbury, Conn., jtfcy 6, 1878. 



"The galls seem to be the Jihodites bicolor, hut 

 this species is not common here, and I have nev- 

 er seen young galls on our rose-bushes, and tho' 

 mature ones always appear to come from a bud 

 rather than from a leaf. 



I shall be greatly obliged if you can send me 

 some of these galls late in the Summer or in 

 Autumn. 



The gall-flies of Rhodites bicolor winter in the 

 galls, and the flies made their appearance ten 

 days ago (here) from galls collected this Spring. 



I should be pleased to hear Mhether the 

 Strawberry has a gall on the petiole in your dis- 

 trict, also if there are any affecting the canes of 

 the various varieties of red Raspberries. 



Dinstrop us tursidus, Bassett, is found here on 

 the "Philadelphi;i" and the "red Antwerps," 

 and farther north on the common Wild Red." 



