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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[N° 25, 
tions now form the principal 
We know + shee the Society ati 
tion, ne 
forcing garde ener, iad sh supply will be equal to the 
an had. scarey, last week, dismissed for press 
our observatio n os Jo fF’s_ si 
Orage (@), eeeed we were favoured with the cna 
n the ruben tay from the Rev. G. C. ik 
the Royal Geograp hical | Society. 
= attraction. | the cut! 
ff from the branches as 
this process may be rendered more effective and Bala 
med neatly, and di- 
h 
her shoots besides lateral: pre| 
by prema across with a sharp kni pg marry 
below the fourth or 1 fife h joint from the top, and dep 
repared | gai 
lants 
Gen Tae ome aye resort of the flies, and samen 
rdener to eradicate the mischief by removing at his 
chante the affected bulbs. 
pest Brassi 
n the 
which 1s to 
next oii) called set eg 
acre-fiy. 
ev 
Some plants, such as the di 
varieties < Hocket. and Wallflower, strike more es 
dis the p er a Seago rath h 
f eabb ty d 
ee 
lay 
in which they feed as well as at oF ke tae 
Lam bottom upwards are made in the bark of the 
d, as a was tol, by a 
att as sent 
te f a friend at Haile, a wile in 
the neighbourhood, so singular ini appearance that 1 
7a 3% f th. 
hall presen! atly- men mention. Boghos Yusuf 
i. e. ie. Pal J at Joseph) is a most estimable Armenian, univer- 
was employed in his youth under the 
at *Sayria - pee therefore, —" ad 
lis tree from t! t in which the 
2 The f fruit sai a me had the si 
Orange with two or three 
mon neatly Pea on it; the colour, almost 
Pieces, being distinctly 
the respective fr nba ig 
which, as in a common Orange, was all of one piece, t! the 
portions beneath the tag red parts had not only 
a considerable degree of pgied while the Orange had its 
pornos spread open, and in 2 short time emit roots.— 
mee or pipings of Pin ks may 
but ~seees them it ab be remembered never to 
n the oes oa the Fens as is frequently done, and 
es the ci eee ilure. When the ground 
These larvee were abundant last the aa in eight days 
= er the flies began to appear. oe generations 
Ni he later families lying in 
e pupa state t th rough the seer wd most probably 
creted in holes 
some of the flies survive that season, secre 
and crevices. 
When the ty -leaves assume a lead or 
> 
al 
The earth is be pi 
them, and a saan watering ape to the sala 
nd droop ‘in mid-day from the effect of the sw 
ts bei sould be wea up, enced away, 
and burnt, — brine put into the holes as before 
recommended: Gard erste in some instances, have col- 
te: 
hem, 
situation is exposed t to th 
aa 
oops bent over them, sf fre gore erga! or 
Pec wabarbs | rl as mentioned at p. 1 
. P 
they will ee until they have taken 
ot, and are i for transp plan ting. 
ro 
d bs Baga * a — rier rom the poate: | 
onde digress ts likely 
ing y rapi in eir transforma’ ioe, Sadateet 1s that 
it may have a very materi ar effect in ening their i in- 
crease, and givin, the succeeding 
escaping the fate of the prece: ani one. 
In order that these flies may be no lo: 
the Des weeds ; draw-earth and 
aah’ ae ree that nase to be so treated, and 
e Weal 
igns | sufficiency td fod for the winter. 
Re hive. “The pod b od bet fi 
: fof the fruit he saw pert it isles, Sand therefore twill be nec 
¥ necessary to watch hen 
See ica oe one occasionally warming is over. In performin 
and Lemon were limited ‘ini -| anguiperations wists Bess, great core tuust be taken. (0 
colour and both which-are the result of wend sic tpi eetint dal id iki est 
attende Oy be hi } 4. 
liar not of distinct organisation. What Mr. | erate EE 
St. John’s account seemed to us to indicate wel 
in one common rind the bore an O a ENTOMOLOGY. 
Citron, anda Lemon ; while fact seems to be, that No. X.— — Onion anp Cappace Fires.— The 
withit oné ion of the lobes pos- two-winged fly we notice d in a former | Article is not 
a portion 
sesses the aay of a Lemon, another of a Agora 
another Orange ; 
pilots, atiien ee hai 
are contiguous and reddish ; the face svenp-nhite hor 
blac pk s line s down the trunk, a 
Sha: te 
the 1 wee a a garde ee are pin we think, who 
might not possess a hive of Bees ; and those who 
are desirous of fin ing so on yh ave a better opportunity 
re peso ; as soon as it has settled and been hived, 
if pr it sho uld be removed the same evening to the 
ere itis intended to remain. In: favourable sea- 
tock that has survived the winter will throw grey, Wi 
| off swarms; and sometimes the first one will throw | black bristles; there is a black stripe down t 
of another, or what i is ane ‘ ig swarm, the same | middle of the thorax, and a curved one on side; t 
often placed by many body has a more decided black stripe down the cent 
ore less_ vis nibh e in. ieee aint 
tranaparent, slightly iridescent, — alive oan iat, 
b P 
bee-keepers, 
uncertainty of eather prev catiog them laying in a 
legs and antenne blackish wings a little smoky. T 
will gen 
eee 
nut- coloured stripe on the crown ; the wings are 
cceed if thrown off early i in the season 5 
to those of the fore; going species, but t the ‘nae 
aRue z ar Pate £25 
and “this is ae Poy wees andl 
we 
shall now relate are to the 
the females. 
363. oe 
ps of onions and c: abbage es. 
and ‘ The first of these flies is aie by Bouché, Anthomyia 
= there be any analogy between singular -_ Ceparum, after the garden oni nion (Allium ium Cepa) ; of this 
and the not con Se RRB are many gene! the summer, 
eeping up a constant succession of the maggots, which 
coming a a Nectarine « on one half ofits eurfaee? We are yellowish-w chile, with a ted head and toe tail 
very much wish (fig. 3 ae), and —_ — into ba paar it decays, 
= the slimy m secreted ese creatures, state of 
onion to grepereie event oe dren and most = ‘ 
psa > P d, is breeze of 
of ono, have ther whos duibe Finke as. well indi to the Alps. It delights i tl = Gane 
|} of oni have fallen a sacrifice to their insidious ope- | these vast heights, growing in gay luxuriance i ‘these 
wis “ ec 4 to be deposited os pacp neni ee Fount hed 
lumns of : Vie asa Fe sea “lg to posited upon the leaves of | to be found on the sides : % 
y. We are indebted for it to our ex- none ‘o the surface of the earth, on as noon carefully oovsidering what are the nataral babitsand ion 
“ Dr. soe ties of plants we.-shall. in all cases, soonest at’ in to their 
skill as a 5 <6: * 7 PAP ee ts Saremys ¢ This in the most especiat 
and wh get, and de i ce ey ct ce | ee yn eo ; damp, 
| gregate 
, | (ig: 2). 
y in 
= ee Sen 
the 
families, varying 
These maggots 
ts have 
mesa and Thave fou nd them alive even i beecnben *t 
bp aa ae ee 
ae 
fourteen days they attain their full size, when 
Bed proper frame. 
a eek 
Aw 
— f therefore, of the ders be 
si 2 ro framee, &e., which a2 
7 Fe 
a cigar atl (Ge. 5: thas pertain’ 
they r remain from 
nto twenty 
ivate who do n h di P npr 
a gardener, but who take the Pig ohare i totam Sep oe porn tie 
eir flowers into a their own: hands. anes minier in that torpid state, and the files are not dev 
eS until the em of April and the beginning of M Sagem nego 1} 
~lo ial leading article of last week, p. 379, | bred this “yer a a considerable number, at 
on Serer polite Shoei and line 21 from | three males to 
i : “thus concealed.” | Eiurae fnacats sec ainted. to be in light | 
: | Semana ge i to make 
rs vipglanr ees Sapa rr and this ap| Perabo 
erally they th P ree 
: aac ak. When onions a: d by th 
are | the first ermplon is the ieding: of the outer leaves, which 
become yellow: it is, to detect such | _ 
