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either formed co- 
t 
b po 
were e lying on the "ground ; and ey th 
e third week in Sep 
ber. The web containing the chal > ‘esutally aes 
= Fence tae constructed: the fixed 
rfa leaf, it Pig e exce a na 
S, mi alf an inch long, med — or 
arp about a line wide, which being attached et 
ices the leaf t at certain salts as 
Beige ers; it then spins a similar band, parallel to the 
fine thea 
| sess this most splendid plant will, no doubt, be induced 
by your _— te: ge and do likewise.” This is a very 
diffe 
flowers of K 
fort, is now donee ing in Baron ~ Pare cinco 
there : of tha ores white  Leucospermum. — The Pinus syl- 
vestr 
a country. Skinner i 
an enthusiastic net ae the Gudibienks ; he has 
long studied wel 7 noe nomena in their native 
wilds, and also i state, having col- 
lected into his own —- at a aera every species 
— 
aa and from all parts of the interi 
frist, indeed like any one who dev me his, atten 
rticular r object, Mr. Skinner excels in ae cu altive- 
is both ends; beneath this web ane caterpillar forms 
eel uppermost, of a ver ry fine, close 
rs 
vourite tribe os plants; his suggestions a 
their shecdient in this country > ther efore: >» be c 
_ Lelia rbie Od 
in airs py soe a of a bluish and more ; z aucous 
colour. Rintz has also raised a a splendid deep cocuphi var. 
pan = and a fine sine hybrid, between 
od. cai mand Arbore ron ge devoid of 
ms your’ 
irch, i 
| their obserration Tam in 
whi ch Th ted ai attention, viz. of cutting down birch-trees 
and a upw tation 
fidently relied on a super! gl 
texture, each end being placed att 
bands 
with a | 
brown, shrivelled filament attached | to one, ick is the 
3 he often n regrets 
pe letters that we injure them by giving meg too mach 
ii 
ars ole wards ina mixed plan * 
em feenecers On future occasions, I shall be carefal 
in a letter 
rmth. Speaking of the Lelia superbien 
cidedly 
ry ee the pupa state (fig. 4): within this See | 
hich 
now before me, he says ‘it is de a vedebaiens 
plant.”” Its native mee va state of f Quesaltenango, 
~— Chantla, is very col 
uggested 
and I trust I may have opportunity to communicate the 
result OF this s ystem. If, however, the failure in the 
the little moth emerges a Be the opposite oy as early | so hot by many degrees as our ar English summers, the ge- as is supposed, ] I would beg to repeat the inquiry whether 
fi t, I bred two on | n chy = at Chantla pe from 55° to 65°. This is one 
t t their usual tim the end of May or the | of the few plants whos agnificent flowers attract t Being on this subject, T would venture a remark on the 
i e, when the female deposits her eae, it is | notice of the — of + Sg ; they carry it about with gteat importance ; in all cases where a renewed growth of 
neath the leaves; the yo maggots soo ge inthe them, and plant it before their doors, as those of Su shoots is desi 
and immediately penetrate the under cuticle to upon | nam do with "Oncidiuaa Lan m. I have cat cut, w without shattering or splinter. This can, in general, 
ted this noble wae along with many others 
Pines Clerckélla is a minute but acti tk (fg. ccording to Mr. Skinner’s dreton, of downwards, as ‘is too generally practised. T am aware 
resting with the superior i airy oy house, where it flouris that thi and that it is diffi- 
presented in the magni ed ‘fig. 6; it shines like pearly very “Tittle attention ; when it a its growth, I re. = calt to induce labourers to follow ‘it. __ Indeed, it is not all 
satin, the h der, s shoots more perfec table t 1 
the upper wings is beautifully ornamented, Bt as I thought, bat I _ jeten rable manner in which coppice oa hedge-cutting is 
a being a em rset a leaving a silvery spot on the t to swell too much - ines destined for | fea performed, and the injury andddecey that result. 
argin, with a black spot at- the inner angle, edged | next s growth, andif I had n rss — toa} —F. aa 
caereally with a oes and lilac metallic semicircle, which ins wee it would have made a paasehcere —Pereeivi ving you an the fate of Roses during 
is bounded lik the autumn ; this would not only weaken the pres but the late. severe winter, I m ention - a’ Macartney 
bie Sed. Id y | Ro the Bones 3 bal: a W. t, was to 
centre of this extends an orange p pla — from 
h radiate four black eredaas eceniee ie the tips of 
se, trained on 
= of the seaso’ f good appearance Gi at it is ah rs out in‘all its 
tel long white fringe with which ~~ erpparged : the anagement can be tse. on ‘for the "Orchidaces than to ches, and recovering itself... It was the February 
lance-s aleadcolour, ae ard.| frost that injured it, at time it was covered wit! 
and deeply fringed with fine h: shatecitetiae.t time ras poe oat to rest; unless th’ the | buds. I always rmometer (placed at the 
The late President of the Horticultural Society was of case, the _ will require stronger ee “a excite | back of a eelle i spect 
opinion that which partakes of forcing dat 9 nd P. d th 
d it rip rather than n assisting nature ; besides, a we are com- I saw it on n the nooaians of Wednesday, Fe! catty 
acquiring either sweetness or flavour ; 3 and thei led th th, the he 3rd once also as low as 16, on the morning 
attacks for agg years had the fi of Mr. | est or foremost of them takes the lead, | and robs rt deat of Friday, Sr 8th. — is, I aaa say, —— 
ye er RE tg 3 
Knight’s Pea 
of their nourishment : whereas, if the buds were all ready 
I think it probable that though the mag 
Ges ge ey leaves, a oe ey may spin their pa se 
e bas eof tl walls ; these ought, therefore, to 
ae ate ll 
little excitement would induce the em to 
of t the Nemsphile insignis, self-sown 
be requii uired to 
make “eae ext growth, and if they were kept rather 
stirred i in the winter ‘ll slang the wall . many find shelter 
ranches, as wellas amongst 
the mortar between the bri as it 
h 7 
¥ oa 
trees 
of Ma 
pai ri ag 
and allo eggs for a future progeny ; y and if a net a 
sc tree 4 the bili: “atv lea 
ht be aye and burnt 38 soon as any spots 
e only p 
agen at the commencement of — their 
re com 
3 but ss colour a the sasom | is 
gone, and ‘it is white with » cely a — = 
ng res must mihagegied 
can Lied be Ey 1 
thename wrens Per. 
next oot, all the buds would probably grow with 
= ual vigour ; pio these» were once 
vend increased to the right sta’ tandard. 
“ma people especially young: beginners, are — 
guided by the ‘sings and general appearance = the’ 
plants, without any er Aa the state at the eyes or 
buds at the time of se lants to an dis- 
ie I ought add, respecting the climate, that itis 
high ground, in ‘lotitede 52.15, and West longitude 2.35,— 
A Subscriber. 
— iene Nineteen produces excellent Mi 
lons, far ing. all | others in size, if not in | flavour, 
May i is the season to ss eo and we are rather sur- 
eing made 
n be wn to show Shek a ser “plant 0: ought to 
pat to font ars plant may —_ done “- growth, ‘and t to | to raise them in pr aorey 
rest lon: 
although “well aware “that 
climate than . ours, and that Honflewt, 
all appearance is ready to go 
is sheltered from almost every 
morning sun, is 
faci 
wind om down the Seine. Some 
- hil 
?  . 2 _ by 
iets may 
to state that 
e beg lea 
thi > plants are raised much like Coemtahens:s in England ; 
weather becomes warm, in oo are trang- 
, two or three 
tecmpecstes sien necessary for them. tt is 1 not un th 
comm state plants Soweto off their 
September, with a young shoot risin g up from the row 
rt into many other small hot-beds covered with 
i i mould, ee oe 
E CORRESPONDENCE. 
late shoots damp off in the winter, and leave no eye to 
kept covered with hand- “glasses till the — 
succeed them next season; the plant gets into a deranged | strength, or till the summer is completely set in, when 
state, which will take two or three seasons nurs- | they are allowed to grow in the som air, lice ete 
to bring it round. again, and many of not | or Pom pio 2 regularly tered as m may. 
sufficient energy to push forward their latent buds at all. 
The way I would treat lia superbiens this early | to the sun, to prev vent ee colds. We have actually 
period would be to place it in the warmest end of the | seen ait resembling fields covered with Melons. at: 
greenhouse, and there let it remain till all its shoots were eoienks some of —s weighed 20, 30, or even. 40: 
th lwo pounds each, which are more gst for their rare ‘sige: 
aoe ra f Praseplntng late Edward Bellamy, 
ete a most ies ae at Starcross, in 
ahi productive cof every. kind _of fruit in abund- 
then eel it in the stove, and let it have as much air 
possible : this would enable it to ripen t the young shoots 
ing the river Exe. and el ti dt 
W Sea i 2 RS ae ers 
T would 
deners, 0 one = John 0 Barges and his son ; yet with all their 
Care, coul Mr. Bellamy, 
ar 2 aah, we: suppose, took up out of this hothouse kin d 
2 cooler seas em allow it to go — to rest as the 
season declined. If all has gone on well with it, the flower- 
than the Aawer, as _ moderai e3 are 
ferred. We believe seeds two-or three 
re they ~ sown. By choosing fav 
aspects in valleys, and precautions, French 
Melons may flourish in summers in England, al- 
gh they be expected to equal such as 
Pi e remember sowing English Broccoli at Hon- 
fleur which th aemate econ at 
Pe tis nee in Dorsetshire, ; a cold, bleak, chalky, mountain- 
ol istrict 
plete rest in x rtervie 5 at this time the same heat — 
ur eyes.—J. B. 
Tree Guards. ne x aheny am and Pexpedious fence for or pro- 
re searcely ; a blade of grass, only for sheep, appeared till 
late in May. It is remarkable that nog ee 
year, poe — cold rtation, bore abundantly the 
finest frui maginable for three years. When they ceased 
mg ny and grew like Willows, ,» Mr. Bellam y had 
them 
&ec., may be 
Sita hes alates ve shakes about aap thick- 
S ¥ 
abe given i 
QQ 
pst its om ae or no water nee 
ness the wrist, seven feet in ngth, and tolerably 
ight h alittle fi ; then get some 
fin 
om in the drawing-room. Nine-tenths of the Orchida- 
und by Mr. Ma Sonn age states and in 
i a 
than 
iron ‘hooping, : a little thicker tha: 
coopers are in the habit 
of using ; for barrels ; inches 
punch set through it six i 
treatm 
su 
old mode - “permanent stove culture 
after he v1). # 
he - 
40, - always moving 10 of fran sei in oie pe 
& spo % th, 
on, Gardener to Sir] WwW. Middleton, an 
sa st t.in Germany, 
qu. from 
—D. Brat 
Mir abelle Plum. —A very commo: 
si palled Michell 
most toon ao or the It isevi- 
dently the case that it a cea rekthonpae: 
duced fruit instead of wood. Kip 2 
ou .—In your GIO Page | 
suspended 
bis ee say Loe saprbiue is eet to be 
Those 
Orchidaceous stave of the Horticultural cores 
i gone nidienedin-a Deauens des enough to pos- 
for nothing else. 
Speen 
—< side, one _ gg Lng Mp of them, ~ an 
from the bottom a; and bend i circularly 
round the tree, 
Myro- | nearest the tree; ie <a left at each end ie shu beais 
rer seg a ‘it makes an excellent pi a 
white Slee in coun ee 
—. is smaller than ae these, though it is larger than the 
mon purple Sloe.—S. “5. "(This is doubles the Mira. | 
belle, which is excellent in this country f for preserving, but 
with a nail, and the 
plete.— W. Brown, Merevale Hal tl, 
Carnation 
guard is com-, 
bl to have late fomer- 
ing-beds of these, this is a Rely eae ee to 
them for that purpose. Neither ooneniis 
the cattings: 
eee 
white Azalee indica, with large | 
out where they are to pre Beppe 
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