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An eleventh largo Bilver medal was awarded to M. Chate for a new 

 Pelargonium not named, having the habit and character of Gloire de 

 Paris (this last truly named), bnt the colour, instead of being scarlet, 

 is of an intense bright lake, extra Bhowy. 



A twelfth silver medal was awarded to M. Durand, horticulteur, 

 Bourg-la-Reine, for a collection of hardy Fern a, very clean and healthy, 

 though not large, the best labelled plants in the Exhibition. Also to 

 the same person a thirteenth large silver medal for a beautiful col- 

 lection of Yuccas, very good. 



A fourteenth large silver medal was awarded to M. Telotte, 19, Rue 

 Pascal, Paris, for a very large collection of medicinal plants. 



A fifteenth large silver medal waB awarded to M. Grand Jean for a 

 gronp of stove and greenhouse plants, small but very healthy, and 

 well selected. 



A sixteenth large silver medal was awarded to M. Chevet for a 

 beautiful group of Vinca alba and rosea, well flowered and healthy. 



A seventeenth large silver medal was awarded to M. Batillard, 

 horticulteur-fleuriste, Boulogne (Seine), for a collection of Pansies not 

 named; healthy, well-flowered plants. 



An eighteenth large silver medal was awarded to M. Yvon, horti- 

 culteur, Rue de Chatillon, 20 (Moutrouge), Paris, for a good collec- 

 tion of herbaceous hardy plants very well selected. 



A Bilver medal was awarded to Mr. Walter H. Hitchcock for four 

 dishes of Grapes. The varieties were Muscat of Alexandria, Bowood 

 Muscat, Josling's St. Albans [Chasselas Mosque], and Black Bur- 

 gundy ; the Muscats were not ripe, and the bloom was destroyed. 

 They were placed on dishes with artificial Vine leaves. 



A second Bilver medal was awarded to M. Eugene Girardin, enlti- 

 vateur, Argenteuil, for one bundle of very large Asparagus. The same 

 person also exhibited a Fig tree in a case, the variety being called 

 Figue rouge Dauphiue d' Argenteuil. It was stated to be from out 

 of doors, bat appeared like a plant that is kept in the house in winter 

 and put out in spring. It had a few leaves and a few Figs on the tips 

 of the branches, and I rather wonder how such an unsightly object 

 was allowed in the Palais, for although there were a few autumn and 

 fewer spring Figs on the points of the same branches, it showed nothing 

 contrary to the rule of nature. 



A third silver medil was awarded to M. Dnvivier, grenier-flenriste, 

 2, Quai de la Megisserie, Paris, for a splendid collection of Pyrethrums, 

 double, in twenty-four varieties, all in pots. They were really well 

 worthy of the prize. 



A fourth silver medal was awarded to M. Grand Jean for a group of 

 herbaceous Calceolarias, very well grown and healthy, but not large. 



A fifth silver medal was awarded to M. Creste for a mass of large- 

 flowered Mignonette, with a card stating that seed of the same variety 

 could be obtained for one franc per packet by applying to the catalogue- 

 seller at the entrance. 



A sixth silver medal was awarded to M. Larsonnier, Rue des Ca- 

 pucins, Chartres, for a seedling Pelargonium named Eugene Larson- 

 nier, a French spotted variety of robust habit, very free- flowering, and 

 undoubtedly good. 



A seventh silver medal was awarded to M. Yantrin-Narcisse, Rueil 

 (Seine et Oise), for a group of Pansies, well flowered but unnamed 

 like all the others. 



An eighth silver medal was awarded to M. Dufoy for a group con- 

 sisting of dwarf Dahlias flowering in -18-pots, and about a foot high. 



A ninth silver medal was awarded to M. Louvet for Pelargoniums, 

 well flowered, but, like all the others, not large and too sticky. 



A tenth silver medal was awarded to M. Sourain for a group of 

 Fuchsias, very healthy, half dwarf and half pyramid plants, but not 

 large, and very little variety. 



An eleventh silver medal was awarded to M. Yvon for a beautiful 

 collection of named Irises, very good indeed. 



A twelfth silver medal was awarded to M. Giroux for three enor- 

 mous plants of Chrysanthemum frutescens in full flower. This is a 

 plant much used for beds and borders where white flowers are required ; 

 it is very free-flowering. It is called in France the Anthemis. 



A thirteenth silver medal was awarded to M. Chevalier aine, arbori- 

 culteur, Moutreuil (Seine), foragroup consisting of a basket containing 

 a pyramid of Calville Blanche Apple and Pommo d'Api Rose, with 

 various branches of Peach trees showing the manner of pruning and 

 disbudding, and also the thinning of the fruit, &c. He is one of the 

 Montreuil Peach growers noted for the cultivation of the Peach. 



A fourteenth silver medal was awarded to A.Bernard, tieariste. Rue 

 Laffitte, 7, Paris for a very interesting group of plants composed of one 

 large specimen Araucaria excelsa and various small ones; A. glanca, 

 Aspidistra variegata, Chamerops bumilis, Dracamaiudivisa andlineata, 

 surrounded with vEchniea fulgens, Nidularium splendens, and Bill- 

 bergia pyramidalis. 



A fifteenth silver medal was awarded to M. Goutier, successor to 

 the Maison " Guenot," Paris, for a very nice collection of annuals, 

 bienniaU, and perennials, also an award of a bronze medal for a collec- 

 tion of very good Irises. 



A second bronze medal was awarded to M, Yvon for a good collec- 

 tion of herbaceous plants iu flower. 



A third bronze medal was awarded to M. Durand, jun., for a collec- 

 tion of Aucubas, in about thirty varieties. 



A fourth bronze medal went to M. Chate for a collection of double 

 and single Petunias ; although there was variety, the plants were 

 badly grown. 



A fifth bronze medal was awarded to M. Plateau for a collection of 

 herbaceous Calceolarias, well bloomed, but small. 



A sixth bronze medal was awarded to M. Hornet, horticulteur, 

 21, Rue St. Blaise, Paris, for a collection of forty-eight varieties of 

 double-flowered Pelargoniums ; Triomphe Lemoine, Marie Lemoine, 

 and Gloire de Nancy are the best three, the others are merely shades 

 between them. One new variety amongst them may be a step in the 

 right direction to get quite another and distinct shade ; it is called 

 Victoire de Lyon, and is of a purplish crimson colour. 



A seventh bronze medal was awarded to M. Chartsonnier, Avignon, 

 for one box of Green Almonds, and one tox of Bigarreau Cherries 

 from the open air of Algeria. Two boxes of Cinchona plants were 

 exhibited, but it was not stated from whom or where. They ranged 

 from 3 to 12 inches high, and consisted of four kinds. 



One collection I have passed till now in the medals of honour ; it is 

 this — A gold medal of honour, given by the city of Paris, was awardedto 

 M. Van Acker, horticulteur, Ris-Oranges (Seine-et-Oise), for a very nice 

 collection of dwarf standard specimen Azaleas. The plants were well 

 flowered and in good order though small. In very few instances were 

 the addresses of the exhibitors given. — Aksi. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PEAR TREE. 



No. 2. 



AMPHIDASIS PILOSARIA, PHIGALIA PILOSARIA, GEOMETRA PILO- 

 SARIA, GEOMETRA PLUMARIA, GEOMETRA PEDARIA, PHAIkENA 

 PEDARIA, BIST0N PEDARIA, GEOMETRA HTEMARIA. 



Entomologists have described by the preceding eight names 

 one and the same moth, popularly known as the Pale-brindled 

 Beauty. 



The male moth [fig. 1), appears in February and early in 

 March. The extended fore wings are fully li inch from tip to 

 tip. They are greenish grey, with four wavy dusky lines, with 

 whitish spots between, and brownish spots sprinkled over the 

 whole. The under wings almost white, but banded as in our 

 figure. All the wings are fringed. Antenna, or horns, feathery. 



Thorax downy. The female (Jig. 2), quite wingless, dusky 

 brown, with a white line along the back, and having angular- 

 placed tufts of hair. Feet long, with alternate circles of white 

 and brown. 



Foliar thus notes the proceedings of the female : — "As soon 

 as pairing is over, in March, the female seeks out a small 

 side twig of the fruit tree, scarcely as thick as the quill of a 

 pen, on a high tree if possible, and deposits her eggs round it 

 in the same manner as the lackey-moth, Clisiocampa neustria, 

 in rows downwards, and covers them with long grey hairs. 

 From seven to ten eggs lie in each row, and more than twenty 

 rows are in each ring. This ring is rather broader on one side 

 than the other, and looks pointed. The female requires several 

 days to deposit all her eggs. As soon as the leaves begin to 

 unfold on the twigs, the young caterpillars are hatched." 



They are variously marked with brown, yellow, and black, 

 the head, legs, and tail being red-rust colour. Small pro- 

 tuberances with a tuft of hair on their summits are on the 

 back of their fifth, sixth, seventh, and twelfth segments. They 

 are found on the Pear tree, more rarely on the Apple, but 

 frequently on the Oak. They are hatched in May and June. 

 They descend into the soil near the tree, and there pass into 

 the chrysalis state. 



MR. B. S. WILLIAMS'S VICTORIA NURSERY. 



As a very full report of this nursery was given last year at 

 the end of October (see pages 340-341), many subjects even 

 more ornamental now than then may be passed over ; but there 

 are some, such as the beautiful Cochliostema Jacobianum, the 

 still more beautiful Tillandsia Lindeniana, and other new 

 plants, which have a special interest at the present moment, 



