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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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Gooseberry destroyers, although two of them differ very | wild state ; and when cultivated, it is all the better —< rae Their pirat value consists in the nitrogen 
essentially in their econom supplied with plenty of water. To be good, i it is necessar the soil, the former 
The Ist, Phalena ‘Geaicit riata (Linn.*), is one of our i | ydrogen or Or oxygen, 
most striking and beautiful * « Geometra,”’ called the Mag pli sag 3 a 1 by} is in a state to be pos on Be! pn mre: able to enter 
i th th iv ir tUwo “may ices contaj d 
Alying in Si sete towards the end of July, or resting nae. across the | trench a as a ble siti a ke tger or smaller qua all animal matters, are, 
eh its tions, the be coming into a bearing for the most part, thos ich, being derived principally 
After pairing, the females lay their eggs . Go over them occasion from the vegetables on which the animals feed, 4 
during the 
upon a eat (6. 1), from which _ little looping cp 
lars hatch in September, and, li Changs the: wi 
i t 
mai 
d, and secs by small 
and a 
May, ‘dod sometimes it is 
the end of June before they become pupz ; in about three | 
‘weeks: m that time the moths appear, 8 and are cons e- | 
Ware any feat has attained a ouny! size, it should be 
cut, dhd not allowed to rem 
than Receasary 5 ot 
nm any long cr 
therwise they. will greatly weaken it, t, a a 
egetable 
was 
or iter, according to the temperature of the season. When 
Marrow, i in some respects, will require to be abedlasty 
-onlyeae or hedges, the: pete strip the Red Car. 
pee as | the main branches 
r leaves, nothing but 
the fruit 
the “footstalles being left; ; they 
nihceapep i tree: it is ba iad 
aterpi Har when full-gro 
them, pokoge we “cannot d 
‘ abe 
for ‘the sake f their eatthy nstituents, pa also a3 
= ing and fore sg ammonia from the 
ey are likewise ervice to soil by 
regulated and secured. Some —— the decay of vegetable matters, and thus assist. 
; gin their pes i into the substances capable of being 
i de of d g E eshed by plants. 
fai Wrhhilet 5 ially animal 
we "ars in 
ake ‘f wake (Se. oe from kek circumstance such insects 
have 
ic 
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eometra 5 _ it is ee woh of 
cream caro the middle ; , if large, cut it into three or four slices ; take 
the sides, so that ii : ; half through 
which is very mere Soa arrived at matey, it ide of the sli then sel a =“ - the fat of c 
spins a ecm J loosely constructed, that the | b put it in cepan with s Parsley and | tit 
pupa falls o Shallots, A pense <i pas and let Tsang fry a little; 
cealed in crevices in ais an &e. ; the shige rs 
add abou’ ta tal able- -spoon: nfu 1 of fio our, with a lit rbeiread 
co 
pra black 
of the The moth i 
Black (fig 3 9: the thorax and Srey a nee near ibe 
Ma nto a st 
soning hie ae, — let the whole stew a little on 
fire y becom 
ew. -pan ‘with a cover, and the fried ph 
— 
sof a ne orange colour; the horns are a 
- fate th thet thickest i in < Pa: but not pectinated, as 
often the case in this fam 
rope 
wan ‘te bees w 
tender. 
edie the month, if the weather proves favour- | 
illresume their former activity, and oe | 
deal of ey will be Sear ea I 
ottager 
e Cot ust keep a watchful eye u 
completely defoliated aay etre of the ioe ravages of str: amped 
moth, so that it was impossible the fruit could be worth bene ites wasps. The er now ’ begin to be very trouble- 
; this might hav 
ing wh y dily tah ; es 
rely fll dwn Duck brews as. have several up sn vill also b prud tract th 
may be nd | possible ab as 5 ed 
as 
y bars 
If ts peecenticas ta 
d 
‘Oo in and out. 
Dut into. jug with the vet to be destroyed, with boiling | th 
‘water, or at 
Wh 
once crushed under foot 
sna ng fl ne | 
ee a | 
ie 
: ga 
the hive ‘: "and when once obtained, a Aiech ver cea: 
from aan nig the hescones Ata “egg e eit! ither dri 
in rhe. mat into 
se 
fy, the Lor | “scomaden ab tect 
plunder hoards 
its pene In an 
beh ec pane it is not uncommo: 
aged, and not properly fed, to 
3 and bees that 
the of their own species 
or L: 
wthe Red 
two yellow lateral lines; 
His doted with little black tubercles, which produce > short 
wasps, 
and een best neta 
against their attacks will be found in in poe ag the same 
precaution of narrowing t in the case of 
or achange in the situntion of of the eth —M.£. H. 
* RURAL CHEMISTRY.— nog 
ANDIAL substances are far more liable to 
table ma 
to lifk 
the peculiar pgeveinen of nitrogen, which, . ativisaly 
stated, has 
than vege! 
ag bey web, on the surface ofthe earth 
are brought 
as injurious a: 
fon ibe Norma oe ee collected by 
from i rng ickansie and so 
hes nigl 
then 
wever, the Sirege i is not 
Tee state ; but whilst | thus ere sant 
aot em circumstances, howe 
in a fre 
and | ees, it almost always combines again Spey ts 
cording to the circum- 
stances under which the ef oan ae rg Tt is always 
z toipe ieee : 
hay binati 
creased when they‘are brought together at ‘the moment 
when one oe nak or cane end or ed from 
combination. Substances whilst thus being set 
at liberty are said to be in a nascent state, and are e able 
they would be totally unable 2 to do. Thus we sinew & that 
* Abraxas of 
_ + Halias of | 
Leach: vide Curtis’s Brit. Ent., fol. 515, 
Beta nt Conte's Gide Gen: Sas 
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| This condition of substances is 
atmosphere, and ; yet they are unable to 
en 
containing it, under conditions 
mann able to take place, Rove nitric P acid i is phot 
» Fuchsias, Myrtice, Chinese Roses, Aare 
- drangeas, &c. 
bout this time thes, crops that 
will c: in etre posed 
plant any of the rey it Piso’ ts with alk 
advisable to mani he g 
dug, and to plant it imme 
d moist. Atten. 
ie and see that they aren 
of water in dry pls k a ; 
t not be neglected. It is @ marshy p 
greatly o nd 
rature or we of heat to ) which the ‘substances are ex- 
hen matters 
be tortion oe a form, during 
pidity 
upon the access of air, 
pc “figs are re decayi ing, t 
mell : 
ni ‘trie a cia c can cause th ion: OE en t some 
bstance must, at the e time, be formed. The fact j 
that the nauseous odour given under thi 
ed fo! 
posed of sulphur, d hydrogen, which, 
though hard! ‘0 combi h each other under 
i circumstances, when brought together 
to. bstances, 
ig small psc n es of sulphates, decay, a a portion 
of “the @ hydrogen, whilst set at liberty, combines with 
tained in the sulphates, and sul- 
ph 
eras ed hydrogen gas is formed. This only 
an exceedingly offensive smell, but is also very poi- 
onous, and would probably occasion many acci 
were it not that its strong and vei odour 
on warns us of its presence es us to adopt 
easures to disperse it by ventilation, or other means, 
This gas is evolved in considerable antity during the 
decay of eggs, and likewise during t e deco position of 
frequently almost overpowered ey he strong pungent ° 
mell of th the same time. Whilst 
ae 
and rei 
3 and 
nly useless, but even ob- 
jectionable, as it is is highly i cpeloue to the plants.—£. 
ee 
ott ats is not flowers alone that the 
members he Horti eer Society of this place con- 
a basi! attention, A increas as take oa 
gre. 
umber of house-plants ; 
was es small to contain their collection: of plants, 
number got small frames with gl eed tee: but *ithall 
their care care many of their best its died uring winter. 
Instead of this circumstance damping their a it only 
served to increase it. A few have erected green 
t| sila hes of bee vourite flowers ; some may 
if thi: <3; i 
ey preserve eir Pelargoniums 
ender Cal: 
so farmer's 
ceolarias, Hy 
ghill is 
ine or earthy bases, which have a strong afin | 
decomposition, 
2 lessons i were 
ix characters of the classes of 
endeavouring 
: pat 
nean system : vox at we boys was coe 
into 7" but 5 
= oo. een knowing to what 2 sana the 19h 
as little about $7 
Simi ia Satyrus i 
Pg ‘West Pies 
