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the preceding, being likewise a fuller flower, and of ex- 
cellent shape. 
Lady Hill (Pugh’s).—Large, with a fine petal and good 
form, sometimes coarse, and the scarlet not so bright as 
in many other varieties. 
Fox-hunter (Hufton’s), sometimes, I believe, called 
ogg’s.—It is of fine form, large, and with good colours; 
it is scarce, although raised in this neighbourhood, and 
from its style of blooming it promises to be in the first 
rank. 
Donna Maria (Milwood’s).—Small and impure; deci- 
dedly third rate. 
Red Rover (Fletcher’s).—Thin, and quite second rate. 
Bishop of Gloucester (Brown’s).—Flowers large, and, 
generally speaking, fine ; itis distinct in character from 
most others, and may be depended on, the colour being 
good and well distributed. 
ROSE-FLAKES. 
Lovely Ann (Ely’s).—A delicate and beautiful variety 
of excellent shape, and crowning well ; first-rate, but by 
no means plentiful. 
Rosea (Hufton’s).—This is one of the late J. Hufton’s 
best rose flakes; it is apt to make rather long, strag- 
gling layers, and blooms early. The flower is of the 
largest size, of very fine petal, and beautifully marked. 
Queen Victoria (Hyron’s). — Rather pale pink, white 
pure, size good; a delicate and distinct variety. 
Lady Gardiner (Ely’s).—This sort is indispensable to 
every collection, however small, as it combines, with a 
thick petal, all the good qualities of a first-rate flower, 
Lady Ely (Hly’s).—The foregoing description applies 
also to this excellent variety ; itis hardly so strong in its 
habit as Lady Gardiner, but the ribbons are of a more 
intense pink. 
Elizabeth (Easom’s).—Is not quite so good as the fore- 
going ; still it has an excellent rose-leaf, combined with 
fine form and vigorous growth. 
Village Maid (Greasley’s).—A most delicate and beau- 
tiful variety, not quite so large as the abovementioned 
sorts; white very pure and form compact; unfortu- 
nately it is exceedingly scarce. 
Lady Flora (Hudson’s).—Very highly coloured, form 
good, white pure, and well distributed. 
Sarah (Hasting’s).—One of the best-podded flowers I 
ever saw; petals large and finely formed ; rather too 
thin for the ‘‘ Nottingham Standard.” 
Beeswing (Woyle’s). — Large, of good form, and of 
course crowning well; the white is pure, and the mark- 
ings are distinct and delicate. 
Miss Walker (Ashworth’s).—This is a decided acqui- 
sition, the pod being good, the markings distinct, and 
ofa different shade to most others; the white too is 
pure, and though the flower is not large, and blooms 
early, still it is a very great favourite. 
Mrs. Pickering (Pickering’s).—A seedling, taking premier 
prize in the class at the Midland Counties Exhibition, 
Nottingham, in1842; not yet let out, but decidedly first- 
rate; it is able to cope with any of the flowers previ- 
ously described. 
Lovely Nancy (Hoyle’s). — A flower of great merit, 
and though only raised a few years since, ranking fifth 
in the Lancashire Show Book of last season. 
Eliza (Parkinson’s).—This is a variety of about four years 
standing, large, and of fine form; well marked with 
delicate Peach-bloom ; the petals are, however, rather 
thin, and consequently will not bear much sun, 
Emma (Lakin’s).—A_ promising seedling, lately raised 
at Derby ; it gained a first prize there last season, but 
with me, it is too thin of petals for the amended system 
of judging. 
Miss Molly (Ely’s).—Flower large, and full of petals, 
confused in the centre ; inferior to many of this grower’s 
sorts. 
Queen of England (Fletcher’s). — A superb variety, 
highly coloured, large, and of good shape. I grewit for 
the first time last season, and certainly it was equal to 
any which I had in my collection. 
Luna (Brown’s).—Petals rather narrow, otherwise a de- 
sirable flower, as the white is pure and the colour good. 
Lady Egerton (Low’s).—In size rather small; petals 
stiff and shape excellent ; colours good and well distri- 
buted; the layers have a spindling habit. 
Lady Grey (Malpa’s).—A fine old flower; petals larg 
and well formed ; when in character, first-rate.—J. J", 
Wood, The Coppice, Nottingham. 
(To be continued.) 
AMATEUR’S GARDEN.—No:X. 
Wuar'can be done with the limited means of a two-light 
frame towards producing a supply of flowers for the 
drawing-room throughout the year? is a question fre- 
quently asked by correspondents, but difficult to answer}; 
inasmuch as we often see green-houses, containing exten- 
sive collections of plants, almost destitute of flowers from 
October until the following April. However, if too much 
is not attempted,—for the amateur more frequently fails 
from attempting too much, than in being satisfied with 
a few easily cultivated but good plants—I am confident 
that it is possible to have a few flowering plants at all 
seasons, with the aid of a two-light frame, and other little 
inexpensive contrivances which I shall hereafter explain. 
Before proceeding to show with what plants this deside- 
ratum may be accomplished, I will first premise that there 
must be no huddling of them together, merely because 
they have a solitary flower ora few green leaves upon 
them ; but the whole frame must be given to the plants 
enumerated, and after they have done flowering they 
must not be returned to the frame, but be either thrown 
away or preserved ina room or window until the following 
summer, 
A two-light frame, of the usual dimensions, will cover 
an area of 36 square feet, and, allowing on an average each 
lant to occupy half a square foot, will hold six dozen 
flowering plants; or, as they will not all be in flower at 
the same time, say nine dozen plants. 
Supposing, then, the season, when there is the greatest 
difficulty in producing flowers, and when, in consequence, 
they are the greatest luxury, to commence in October and 
end in April, the following plants will be the most suit- 
able: — From October until Christmas — Chrysanthe- 
mums, Pelargoniums, Sdlvias, Cinerdrias, Primulas, Rus- 
sian, Neapolitan and tree Violets, with Collinsias, Clin- 
toénias, and Mignonette ; from December until March— 
the above annuals, with Violets, Primulas, Cinerdrias, and 
the following bulbs,—Scillas, Crocuses, Snowdrops, Hya- 
cinths, Tulips, Narcissuses, and onquils; from April 
until June—the whole of the above annuals, with Schi- 
zanthuses and ten-week Stocks, a variety of Chinese, 
Tea-scented, Bourbon, and other Roses, and a general 
assortment of Pelargoniums. In summer, plants in rooms 
are not so much cared for, and if they are, a list-of the 
kinds suitable is not necessary, as there are few persons 
who are not acquainted with the plants most adapted for 
that season. 
To give the treatment of all these plants would require 
considerable space, but as the time to commence their 
culture is at hand, the necessary information respecting 
them will be given shortly. In the meantime, persons 
intending to cultivate them cannot do wrong in purchas- 
ing good varieties of any of the above genera. 
‘After frosty nights and sunny days the ground is in 
a good state for sowing seeds ; but as there is little warmth 
in the earth, there will be no advantage in sowing annuals 
in the borders for a fortnight to come. A collection of 
German, Russian, and ten-week Stocks, may, however, be 
sown at the foot of a south wall, or in any other warm 
situation where they can be protected by night in severe 
weather.—W. P. Ayres. 
TRELLIS FOR CLIMBERS. 
ENTOMOLOGY.—No. XLI. : 
Tur Wuuirn-snourperep Woorren-MotH, Tinea 
sarcitella of Linneus.—People are well aware that their 
clothes, furniture, blankets, &c., are often moth-eaten, as 
it is incorrectly termed; but I find that one of these in- 
sects is likewise very destructive to the property of the 
agriculturist. I shall therefore make its economy the 
subject of the present communication, During the 
greater portion of the spring, and autumn 
months, we often find in our houses, especially in the bed- 
rooms, a Moth sitting upon the windows, and elsewhere, 
with its wings folded, and resting flat upon its back, as 
shown at fig. 4, but the male is smaller ; it is of a dull- 
grey colour, shining like silk, and on touching it, the lit- 
tle slippery scales come off; the head and thorax are 
densely covered with white scales, and this alone will distin- 
guish it from allied species ; the antennz are like short 
bristles, but ciliated in the male ; and the palpi are slen- 
der, curved upward, and pointed; the upper wings are 
rather long and narrow, grey, mottled with brown, having 
apatch at the base, and another upon the pinion edge; 
and there are four brown spots around the disc, more or 
less distinct 5 the apex is margined with white spots, and 
a beautiful long fringe; the underwings are silky grey, 
narrow, and lanceolate, the entire margin beautifully 
ciliated; the abdomen is ochreous white, the apex is 
pointed in the female, the legs are spotted with black, the 
hinder long, especially the tibice, which are also very 
hairy (fig. 5, a female fl i ittle lar; er than life).* 
ef See Curtis's Brit. nt. pl. 735, for dissections, and his 
Guide,” Gen, 1009, Anacampsis and Laverna, Nos, 17 to 43, 
aS 
These Moths likewise inhabit gardens, outhouses, gra- 
naries, stables, woollen and fur warehouses, &c., an 
believe they are most abundant in July. The female lays 
her eggs upon clothes and woollen articles ; and when 
the little maggots hatch they begin to feed upon them, 
eating off the surface, and forming cases of the particles 
to live in ; and when they are full grown, they change 
within their cases, or in a cocoon, to a brown chrysalis 
(fig. 3), from which the Moths again issue at their ap- 
pointed time. It is therefore evident that clothes cannot 
correctly be said to be moth-eaten, as it is the caterpil- 
lars which do the mischief, and this is sometimes to a se~ 
rious amount ; they are soft and whitish, a little inclining 
to yellow, sparingly clothed with long hairs; the head is 
chesnut-brown and horny, with little horns and jaws; 
the first thoracic segment is also horny, and similar in 
colour, but paler ; they have six pectoral, eight abdomi- 
nal, and two anal feet (fig. 1, magnified ; 2, the natural 
length. ) 
If clothes be shut up in drawers or dark closets for 
any length of time, they are sure to suffer from the at- 
tacks of these and similar larve ; andif the situation be 
damp, it is so much the more suited to their tastes. In 
this way also blankets, carpets, stuff and moreen cur- 
tains, sofas, muffs, feathers, and similar articles, become 
injured and destroyed, if neglected, It is not, however, 
the housekeeper alone who has to fear their ravages ; for 
I learn from various Correspondents, that they commit 
most extensive depredations in barns, stables, and seed- 
stores. Last April, some Beans were transmitted to me 
from Essex, with portions of the sacks ‘‘ which were so 
strongly cemented together by the larvee, that some of 
them actually required the strength of two men to part 
them.” In December 1 received others from some Bean- 
crops which had been housed in a damp condition ; and 
the larve, after the Beans had been cleared off, were 
found revelling amongst piles of Pea-sacks, having intro- 
duced themselves between the sacks, in sticky rings, toa 
considerable extent. Similar instances occurred in Sur- 
rey, at the end of September of the previous year; I have 
also been informed by two other parties, who sent me the 
corks with the caterpillars in them, that they were doing 
much mischief in their wine-cellars, by eating round the 
sides of the corks, close to the necks of the bottles. It is 
very remarkable, that these caterpillars should feed upon 
such very different substances ; and, in addition to the 
foregoing, M. Duponchel says they live upon the Boletus 
of the Birch, and of other trees, as well as in rotten 
wood; and in Germany they have been detected gene- 
rating amongst blotting-paper, in a paper-warehouse ; and 
even the meal-tub is not secure from them; it js there- 
fore evident that both animal and vegetable productions 
supply suitable food for these mischievous animals. 
To keep free from these pests is exceedingly difficult 5 
but it is evident that, as far as possible, we ought not to 
seclude from air and light any woollen apparel or furni- 
ture for any length of time ; and gardeners, farmers, and 
seedsmen should be most careful not to use old sacks that 
have been mended with worsted instead of hemp ; muc 
less any sacks in which woollen is spun in the thread, a3 
I think I have seen in some of foreign manufacture for 
Yam pretty confident, if sacks were clean, sound, an 
only composed of vegetable thread, that they would never 
be attacked by such caterpillars ; neither would coarse 
blotting-paper, were it not for the quantity of wool which 
it contains ; and owing to the pitch and tar in the ol 
ropes, of which our brown paper js manufactured, nothing, 
perhaps, is better adapted for protecting goods from the 
attacks of the insects which infest our habitations. 
It seems singular that these insects should feed upo® 
corks and rotten wood ; but as they will live in Boleti, ¥ 
is probable that some such productions, although minute, 
may be generated upon old, moist, or decaying corks 
and we know that on rotten wood in cellars, such vegeta- 
bles are far from uncommon. It is therefore very essen- 
tial that such substances should not be left about, neither 
should any woollen articles ; for an old piece of a coat, OF 
flannel, lying by accident for any length of time in an out- 
house, or in the garden, may breed thousands of these 
troublesome pests, which would fly in at the windows he 
the evening, and soon establish themselves in the house. 
As I shall shortly return to this subject, I will leave the 
remedies for future consideration.—Ruricola. 
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HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
Martagon.—1 grieve to find that your zesentcuc 
amongst the dusty tomes of Paracelsus, Van Helmonty 
Geber, an 
Albert Groot, and the numerous spawn © 
Hermes Trismegistus — a task surely only 
that 
equalled by 
“Sage philosopher, , 
Who read all Alexander Ross ovely 
have met with no better success. Flowever, your labours 
stand as another proof (hardly required) of the pains 508 
take to go to the roots of things+ and of how well ie es 
vary your studies, and amplify the “ ameenitates ie He 
mice’ of your great predecessors for the amusement av 
