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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
[No- 28 
not the case with regard to the base of the bud—for if it | bseus, and is one. of our largest and most beautiful beetles t d diff sligh ly in 
be torn away with the eg resting a hole or pit instead | being of a bright burnished green, often reflecting a rich | ae solace proportions in which the: 
of a prominen oo. who! y be thrown = Be hy use- | golden or copper tint; the horns are short with’ a small | bined together ; oe althou mar sugar, gum, and 
less, and © bud m ate taken It i = aan club; the scutel forms an elongated triangle ee tarch are certainly very different substances, and not 
to care that the porti ion of w ote agent are very long, brownish, and folded benea horny | possibly to be perso for each other, sgt : will be 
emanating Pe par connected with, the base of the p ona wing-cases, which have a few scattered hie ines ie Peres readily understood that they may easily be ange by 
tiole, is not mistaken for that proceeding from the base of transversely, snemplive. eracks in the erm Nothing 
the bud ; : 
downwards, which encompass those proceeding | from the 
under side is 
gree 
ne copper tint, ‘often inclining to 
can : well: be more distinct than wine and vinegar, and yes 
the 
Tose colour. 
mis Vied ¢} 
54 
1. PAE, 
the petiole and leaf drop off. 
being, prepared and seen to be ae, an 
opening is next made for its reception in the stock. On 
ooth » as at b, a horiz cutis made; and to 
3 + middle, one is drawn upward ndicularly from 
to te gtr Parone Eld 
attached 
Mountain-Ash, Peony and Strawberry, the flowers “Of 
4 the latter were attacked this year 
at the earliest period I ever remember, f ‘or 
by <p i under ie ce circumstances ; 
Pech the air by the ye contained in the win ; for the 
s 1 and vinegar is, iy tht the 
whole difference between 
rather more oxygen tha an the former. 
In 
it is easy, 
Ma: ay the Rose-Chafers were in such prodigious 
a 
i = per 
paar in cases 
penetrate no dee: 
ge ol 
leeper than just through the inner bark. 
5 eg i 
sae pee 
é iid: and the space part 0 he shield eat soo are, 
to coincide with the cross ela at b _ The 
garden them collected and killed. The sae 
pine ete the anthers, eating | them off with ¢ 
what is the same. tSiag, diminishi ing the quan- 
ci of ett ae bs en in ienin, to couyere it into 
= rt gum rch _int o sugar and these 
dexterity, p 
nectary, so that by their agency immense quantities ro 
cause 
are rendered ragnmet when one crop 
has flowered they take the eir flight to another, and this 
+} 
means, are gunaee's tae ya naturally in the organs 
of plants. 
oe soil or aa is, as will be ‘supposed, very variable in 
when near, it soo! es the ela suse sap d 
pts from the Pain | on ce a upper part of Phe stock. 
ceeded to a bed of ° rnips in flower, “which was reserved 
for seed, and shea Se now making a repast of the Roses ; 
until 
position ; ts nature is always a good deal dependent 
th 
the comer many of which are "slowly _decomposing or 
crumbling away and adding t to th 
t if wet and cold wea- 
but 
ther sets in the ey become Jalatgesd and die. 
The fe male Rose-Chafers la ay ed fs in the ground, 
ften pot tere 
1 4} 
The whole is then bound closely with ae eh of ~~ 
matting, missing only the petiole and point of the bud 
This must be loosened when the swelling ft stock re 
quires it, and retied till the uni sharapeas Sire to bear full 
eens 
In selecti: ing buds, those that are b 
avcided} for i sone as one they ar ya connected with 
the greenish su m posing nae pith at cam ee 
age or the Pea "producing them 5 3 and o nm this tance 
they th en, 
with those of the Cock-Chafer (Gelolontha vulgaris), 
being as large and very similar, and 
which they. were ghey mo The constituents of soil may 
d +} 
and inca which fds form: the pra bulk ‘of: mab 
soils ; metallic oxides, of which the aan ones 0 of i mport- 
er blanc”’ they 
be safely d epri wie of it. It is 's a sign that a are duly 
constituted when they begin to emit a Penge yr 
and this will form a criterion of their fitn © shift fo 
them 
roba ss Bot nder the name of ‘ 
tributed in no small hake Seo augment the 
navegeshi tia Rose nurseries of France. ae aie 
these. larvee are very much alike, ‘it is not diffic ult to oe 
being downy ani 
rs, ig ae 
The organ’ 
matters in the soil are chiefly derived Poet the ees. of 
f air 
selves. 
are apt to fail owing to the eae of reais 
which will not produce shoots. 
—— oI 
COTTAGE GARDENS.—WNo. XXV. 
ut va pel omega be conceded that those charm ge wha 
th 
are pointed, whereas the ae or the Cock-Chafer are 
naked, and the feet are blunt and rather dilated at the 
nder 
and moisture, are slowly wan te the kind 
by ‘ee before alluded to, and evolvi arbonic aci id, 
maggots are fat; the hea 
toral feet are rusty ochreous; the tips o ‘of the strong jaws 
si black, the extremity of the abdomen is of a pale ink- 
colour "fro m the _fo od si _ shining throu pov the birry sates 
The abundant prerwen ye of 
oils is tei silica, which frequently forms 
nine-tenths of the whole of its weet beg this is by fe 
to be cakes so useful an appen —— 
always the case, for in calca or lime: ston 
we ee d soils 
flix hil } 
erage 
have neither the ta taste nor inclination: to attend : it as ats 
Tn ori ‘last I pemeta some of these larvee near wit 
ion of alediine. These differences in the proportion of the 
earthy ops ie nents « of the : soil st rise to the varieties of 
light or free, 
sbetancnt Soils ‘ities greatly i in their pari as well 
“chemical nature, as the same substances ¢ con- 
to do, rE as bo figure 1, which _ — dug up in the 
little they may “esonphae for — ee a themselves and fami- ring o vine-border. >, _put two o of them into a 
lies, the former ‘ with an abu eae tambler Roy some earth, ring bes face 
supply of fruit and ¥ reget copageaes for the time and | of grass, the Se rs which ‘mer soon go t, and 
labour may have devoted to their culture. See of | dragged the d tache d fibres into their retreats ‘daring the 
these, Gooseberries, Currants, and Raspberries, | y, wea a 
will now be approaching maturity, and means should be | gress b y laying hol hold of the grass other small objects 
. them from being destroy y — The | with _— jaws, and when pawns ny such “dienes they 
wey well adapted for this pa bei 
swings = rted b tebe and | n 
is they are form of — grains, like sand, or in 
very. fine ont This sta 
oved very readily lying on 
S, ay eae 
Ss 
their 
teacting numerous rings of muscles, each ‘of which i = se 
ad soil | containing a ies antty “4 
light and 0) ‘ae ppo y 
admits plen are of and air to ripen the here 
ti pais tre ciation must - ~~ to the young shoots 
intended for the bearing-wood of next year, w will be 
growing vigor 
aot a t this tina in every di so and 
a 1 fy 
of ine 
2.), that bed oe Machorged their tales and so 
erable for its great retentive a for water, 
whilst those consisting principally of silica and oe 
especially are 
deceived by their appearance ; with these they | likewise 
rous oa and far less retentive of 
¥ a 
po 
water. ann nob soils ar 
and retires to its 
whether 
of some are balanced ty the close retentive mete. 8 oy 
the others, as they are then most uniformly suitable to 
ca and alumine in soils are of course almost 
free and ptionarenel with any acid, as the ress 
a base, and the —_ = nt any affinity for th 
weaker acid, such as small quant tities a 
soda, & potash, ees those curious pees beto 
y the part “of 
wh top suc! 
ni as well as any eek shoots which have since ma when it is full grown 
their appearance. If these’ are not likely to einen, — dni is monk rapes to become | a pupa, which 
sakere them sneer: hea di rat — ite la terals as be- any o of t ; bat 
fore directed. Where they 1g tles this year is, 7 thin » uncertain 
pee or nunroe tan i upped the fhe i ts, livi b 
nourishing properly, we thinning | under r ground for two or three years, must t do as much, if 
to be made, and the smallest of them cut away. Itis much | not more, mischi ef than the Rose- Chafer ; and I suspect 
bese? to do this now than to overcrop a and 
ine for the f fi beds, for i have ‘seen very fine oun lants die 
quently ¢, and often pr he health moa 4 af berms 
beep "he petit pening ofthe fra the a 
, Attend to ‘otatoes, and see that they are not the 
ed for want of hoeing a nd earthing up. y ee ney was sian foana a litte below © spot. 
rface, 
> 
acid ; ‘oi never contain more than a very small i. questity 
- a 
: which are 
grass, whieh contain ater must obtain it from the soil, 
ali dis- 
more T 
Pe 2 ‘di stances. Gath P checeae Flowers in dry 
er, and pre ei pon with the herbs that haste 
ome be cut for drying, such as Sage, Balm » Min t, Thyme 
nnyroyal. ion — 
g in the 
or in dull weather ue ‘the day, 
for aor ty very well when the sun shines, which renders 
solved Lime magnesia, which bo both 
pevesfal atinity for sel are never haa in the soil 
some acid, and this is = 
before they come in! 
search is ended, the contents’ of the vessels should be 
commonly the carbonic ; A gf fo rmer is geri not wi 
rm 92 
—" shaded poten nap sun re they rh thorcighiy 
dry. They are then to be wra pped i in thin paper and hung 
up in bunches 
of getting ri rid of the Rose-Chafer or checking the increase 
es wanted for use. _ Chamomile-flowers may be dried 
on for swa ming, which m consi- 
—The may be 
‘the pny aportant pased with Bees, being now 
der: nrg 
over, all gf will require for Some time to come \ will be 
the sun y Zz wasps 
{ may occasion =; be seen to attack them. Huish 
and that most v: 
that. 
states, that the Drones are very often killed i in this month, 
tres sho es which 
their rag hechay in on account of their pro- 
duce being than. thos mich do mot Kill thei 
the aidan AP. E. 
€ —— 
oe ee Gen Ros Coie AFER, oR CETONI 
Au —The partial, and in some instances total bahar, 
of ti tue "Strawberry crops this season in different parts of 
the mag been ripest 32 Us Causes, pope 
no notice has been take 
nd te grubs; birds are, however, of g' poe in de- 
‘ing them, especial Blac birds which hav 
ic acid, sa ba 
gypsum, or sulphate of lime. — of iron in has 
soil are usually borne arena as adios 5 ave not sufficien! 
atiel engaged in searching for them -: the iinetionler 
befor ne 
combine with that always 
present in They in reat measure 0 agen the 
angst 
edly assisted in diminish Fy pe: of this racial 
em its history, connected it is. : wok Maas and other 
ts, will prove not devoid of i intarest te Hheteetioeuaeer 
e Cetonia aurata is described by Linnzeus as a Scara- | 
e alluded to, eae was full o larvae this S spring. | variations ote colour observed am soils ; for ace - 
The Roses and ‘Apr in. France a or © peroside it ee 
the att for which, as to the soil a black, or reco rey per 1 
| ag geuaal ee the Gusset re we mad gfe on supposed, howeve r, that the eacaes ars soils is “a 
‘o Curtis’s Brit. Ent. fol. and pl. 374.—Ruricola. dependent on n the iron which they co ontain, or that the ne 
indicative of the presence 
protoxide of i iron, t } etable sub- 
i uantity are 
usually of a brown or black colon and therefore not un- 
fo soil which does mot 
contain pags ate of iron is also ai 
present in ica in —- gee quantity, bent er 
the ppadaal oxidation of sulphuret be! iron i 
Pd very minu' wi uan 
of iron confers u upon ¢ soil p 
render it gaan ro particular 
iner, 
ease of the quantity of the salt t in 8 
wit bad results. except in very mL te uantl Yo 
‘can i : hence such soils are invatl 
it is oisonous to 
a3 Se of: orting healt! y vegetation. 
‘Tre 
which constitute 
? RURAL CHEMISTRY.—No. XVII. 
principal vegetable substances 
saline matters in the soil are principally thesulphates, 
ewig en, and a eens f the alkaline and 
ae 
