228 ; THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. [N° 15, 
Euphorbia splendens, Cypripedium insigne, Halliday Heliothrips Adonidum: the larve and pupe| The annexed list consists of the favourite varieties 
panicea, at ot Cacia: dull d P grown for exhibition, and comprises flowers of each class. 
Poinsettia ; Epipnyiiun & black, ‘with the po etcals Lancashire H lipoghes's went 
truncatum, | en of a rust colour ; wi ‘ate dirty white; the 0 ei 's Pillar of Beanty, 
ete tomas Cot i+ eee — horns and legs yellowish, tid extremity of the former Bearers Superb, tra ine Bamana A 
speciosus, ‘Exora ‘to. black: it is a little r A CEUs, a - nee "8 az elfs. 
Bletia Tankervillize, crocata, troublesome in hothouses, g tropical plants by | Grime’s Privatee |Qthe"to, 
Ardisia i ak + Pv sa ta Eal Losey. : oe | ‘kson’s Apollo, 
Plumbago or Grmeria slongata, he tip of the tail a globule of ‘blackish fuid ‘which it soon Kies ike Meet < lesetepeistean meee 
The latter I grow with several other delicat@leaved | depos sits, and by innumerable spots of this glutinous ee 
Ferns, for the purpose of fsb with cut flowers; it is | Matter, the pores of the leaves are stopped up, and large ak one GARDENS.) —No. XII. 
very beautiful piece reat Ses Gliese of E Euphorbia splen- ~~ - the surface become blotched. I have found THE season is ni wn et adva ced as to admit of every 
dens or any other bright co hats ps Retainer bet = March the amg grown | cottager ‘eee ving a i Ik his own 
“Plants of ¢ rv aud pu large a s the perfect insect, — doors schon te his ns labour, or after it ro 
flower much better and earlier in i ide of a (These, we think, he ,cannot employ more 
than they « “Tt ¢. mel little Be nniel SiGintirre pig at rte time ie recetl-hntced but perfect 
is kept through the ‘winter and spring. either lies clos e under , OF roves about in search than i in neatrating his | little garden, and seeing that every. 
_ Bororiia serrulata, Chorozema varium, arg P I If a judicious 
pinnata, cordifolium, regio re great ave tees and is conse will 
: seonpigpape amos Franciscea Hopeana, pints mest ramet to extirpate. that gs a “labour which! a aul garden necessarily 
sylvestris, one To des roy the Thrips, the sam po Rs Se very cate | ae no — 
formosa, Abate. to get et rid of th Red-spi the. oysters y wea of them may easily acc 
glauca, aden ws application of flower of barat with ‘o In eee situations, if the wéather Ansar 2 to be dry, 
The best winter-flowering Heaths and Epacris are,— | wheel-bellow: a little water may be si ven to — fruit-trees or ae 
ps og mes oe be Epactis impr press, a as were ro removed late athe seaso! This will be 
~~ Blandfordia, hyemalis, ber to support themselves. If ‘any seeds of Rhu earb can "be | 
Bowieana, aoa oe gee procured, let them now be sown in a small bed, to be 
colores Pisantiar Gnokacetiire: | ready for planting in autumn where they are intended to 
Wilmoreana, remain. This vegetable is so gen y grown in 
jen fore Green, Gardener to Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., | cottage lens as it ought to be. It req more room, 
en Surrey. perhaps, than most cottages can afford; but where hs can 
=e be cultivated without encroaching too much on 
ENTOMOLOGY. - OR 5 required for 
ad pf Bee Turips.—Various species of these very : recommend. its introduction. The sorts mentioned = 
attack the different productions of our r Mr. Thompson in a former Number, p. 84, as being the 
field goon, insignifican t as they. are are in size, best for cottagers, are re Myatt s Victoria, and the Elford ; 
Fig. 1. The head in profile of 7. physopus, Linn., from | but if these cannot be obtained, some other vy: of 
Like most of the insects that have formed the subjects of | Curtis’s Brit, Ent. plate — Foot the antenne ; ¢, a com- | known ae for fsaerace Bos or ibe om a stalks 
these memoirs, they are destructive in eyery stage of their peor eye; r, the beak; of the four feelers. Figs. roe be tuted. The ‘or Rhubarb 
@ haces ghee Horses magni sand fo. 4 shows the natural @ free, ose loan, not we ie Seeding! plants are 
is more or less oval, they a re prepared to commence | length of —Ruricola ble t ts ; although the latt ‘ill ucoeed very 
operations with their little Laan: -saneaates differences | ~ —— = if a little care is taken in their rem ye Tees ee | 
exist in their habits : some live under the bark of dying THE AURICULA. lanted in a bed, or in iiaoaphs 6 s three feet 
and felled trees, and even beneath the loose portions of| Tur properties w which constitute a perfect Auricula in phy and two feet from one anes Hight or e Ae: tie 
ac at a attack the stalks and | th i hich ill t red when 
ears of corn; the inmates our hethouses are infested late his jud ent when examining this fayourite e the ground is shout the Punts autumn 0 i 
by one or two exotic species; our choicest stone-fruits on +2 + the folio fs they he fc 
are often covered with ; and scarcely a fiower'can be of years 
but these little creatures may To the the flower-borders, let a few more hardy annuals be 
PE en ON be | sown n in patches, as directed t  Ad- 
They vary considerably in colour, some being black ’ healthy, cover- | and if the situation is favourable, some of mee more com- 
others have the wings banded with white, but the general : . ’ | moa — oe may be tried, such as Indian Pinks, 
tint of the larve and pupze ‘ : ual ina Asters, & 
are depressed, and much broader than any other Bees — The: activity of the bees and the facilities for 
the female; the mouth is —- under and at the ,o have greatly increased by this time, 
ews emir and forms a and rendered a continuance a the feeding by ‘artificial 
means Monpenng mre ms should cane be made 
warms. New * prefe red t 
those that have been nee iously used ; at whether 
or “old, they must be a ard examined, sa if any crevice 
s discovered hich light may be — itistobe 
: | stopped with a little pres or — aie a latter 
end of the month, or early in the ne: Reoiia may pro- 
s | bably be observ: This is considered by Huish to bea 
| good sign, as early drones denote early swarms. It will 
and destroy any of a pragner which generally make ; 
the red med pests to bees. The same may be said of © 
= we them should be matched as soon #5 
boon tin and, if if possible, destroyed. _M. E. H. 
- HOME CORRESPONDENCE. | 
Mr. Penn's Heating.—Residing within a short distance 
of this gentleman’s araeesaiogs I flatter myself that I 
possess an ver many of your 
in ascertaining cote the working of his system. | 
I disclaim holding any argumen Pp my 1 
nies O92 eee, ing me to do so; nor have I avy | 
interested motives in thus laying before your readers that 
which has come under my own observation. Since Jan. 
1840 I have constantly visited Mr. Penn’s houses, and 
ee b pen chee ae rt ete ‘Some of 
ee poengosaes ape = the principle is not bane 
: acgergwgrerg ys tek de ape perfect, but where, I would ask, is to be found any 
mre ively [ostpenenpmnn gr ep teaaen nite oy god ee 
The qualities which the individual possess, | Mr. Penn’s original mode of heati principle is 
FOSECES, which hall sot Saag pg consist in its being Fo 2 peta ‘ eas ances portance to horticulturists; and the i | 
“sepa also in considerable numbers | the edge; the divisions which remed a segments of the | provements that Mr. P. has i i 
stalks of the nectarines and peaches, be but slightly indented, thereby rendering | prove its superiority. So satisfied am I of e beneficial 
wasps, and igs ; more perfect. The tube, or centre, must be | effects arising from this mode of heating, that I intend 
day when di: , of a yellow colour, filled with the anthers or | to have the apparatus affixed to my as pos- 
ey are believed. to ch ” or “paste,” round the tube, should | sible. I would hose, who have any doubts 
a Pea amma pd form a perfect of a dense pure white, clean on its | upon this subjectto visit Mr. Penn’s 
‘ , and free from blemishes. The band of colour rilsetere Sosy they wl a i pts cin 
— igh se pwc ie, | surrounding the eye should be dark, rich, or bright, joining | that will bear me out in my assertions. HM. ouelly 
e j eee 5 chink a small | the nergy Wie“ feathery edge, equally distributed all | Nursery, Woolwich. 
es round, a eswuae eee = wth ame | Poisoning by Nux Vomica.—In the 14th pageys ~ 
The margin, or must | — Gardeners’ Chronicle,” Indagator uae Aeett 
permanent green or grey our. Wee cease that nux-vomica is 
on oe ee ee considered of the blind. “Royo tn ear of poly al, t 
of bat right. to end Neppesiieel 
figares will illustrate the properties above | guard against so vo. dangerous ise 
: : - to all medical men at Nena, that pomelpete 
poeeidered. Sion Seas) pecoget to all creatures breathing the breath of life: 
