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Camellias in flower this month. — A great number of fine 

 varieties of the camellia will flower this month at the Public 

 Garden, Mr. Wilder's, and at Messrs. Hovey & Go's. As 

 lovers of this splendid family may like to see some of the best, 

 we name the following, which will be in bloom: — 



At the Public Garden, Camellm japonica var. eximia, 

 Bucklidna, Floyi, punctata, eclipse, Gilet^n, Colvillu, Gre- 

 ville's red, delicatissima, picturata, anemoneflora alba, conch- 

 iflora nova, ^osa sinensis, speciosa, Chandleri', elegans, &c. 



At Mr. Wilder's, Camellm japonica var. ochroleuca, celes- 

 tina, spoflbrthiana carnea, Vandesj'a carnea, Donckelaeri 

 tricolor, alba Londoneusis, King, Palmer's Perfection, Gilesw, 

 eximia, Colvilh'i, Fordti, elata, imbricata alba, nobilissima, 

 Henderson?'/', heedna superba, conspicua, delicatissima, Cla- 

 rissa, curvastifolia, Grunelli alba, Eliza, rosetta, Tamponedna, 

 Carswellidna, Eleanor Campbell, Emelie grandiflora, Juliana 

 formosissima nova, &c. 



At Messrs. Hovey & Co., C. japonica var. tricolor, coral- 

 lina, elegans, Floyi, imbricata, candidissima, Gilesn, Lan- 

 drethii, althaeaeflora, ignescens, Chandleri, Ross?'ftn« superba 

 (fine,) Colvilh'i, conspicua, nobilissima, Vandesia superba, 

 speciosa, Graya nova, eximia, rosa sinensis, anemoneflora 

 alba, and C. reticulata, &c. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE, 



Art. I. General Notices. 



Destruction of insects in the vight, by lamps. — The vines of 

 France are infested by an insect called the Pyrale, a species of moth; 

 and so injurious are they to the vines, that they often destroy the 

 crop through entire districts. The government of France, deeminj? 

 the sul)ject one of national importance, engaged the services of Prof. 

 Audouin, of Paris, to make an investigation in regard to the insect, 

 and, at the seance of June 14, 1838, he gave an accoimt of his Re- 

 searches for the Destruction oi' the Pyrale, to the Royal Society of 

 Agriculture of Lyons. This paper has been published in the Jln- 

 nales des Sciences, P/ujsiques et Naturalles Sic, at Lyons, and from 

 it we gather the following information, as translated in a review of 



