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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
owers are for the most part lar, rge, fine, and = ~ 
paraaig ras this is ore: what happens, and 
large ; every one of these black tubercles produces a hair 
they have six oy mer — feet, with which they 
always Bole fas 
tute uf fe ix foll 
> 
Pi 
to cause them to aes: more st er * pe word 
e branches te 
ther s, by augmenting its pa in the upper 
paste: rendering it "subservient to the greater productio 
of frail 
a pair of ‘feshy es which assist them in aig and 
Fiyl 
(fig. 3). 
There seems tobe a succession of broods, from the early 
spring until October occasion tte ‘ 
M 
5 
I unders 
two parts old esi a two years igi and one niger 
old frame manure, three years old, with a sufiic cie ent ad- 
hen y have c 
mage in a vi ng near Lowiee. in one season ; 
but in the neighbourhood of Blandford, uiaet year, the 
d y! he G Je d Au 
Pures sods reduced to mould are preferable ‘to soil taken 
from agreater dept bh 
gust was, if possible, more devasta 
tating than po first. 
he 
e 
Toes. 9 f the A veo pre pir their gradual decay, | excepting the foofstalk, and somet mes a por 
fF f most acceptable aUaongear es n rib, and being arrived at maturity, they cast their 
I 1 y skins again, and then lose all their black s spots, becoming 
the fl of a uni pale green 
ever, that tho a more important engagements h m- | head, the spaces behind it and towards the tail retaining 
pelled me e puiey resting awhile, ag 5 devtend, into 
i sp 
di ismou an a Costaike hobby-horse, ee cath 
al 
ho 
ae of knowledge.—F’. R. Fforner, WD. ast, 10th 
Ang., 1841. 
* ENTOMOLOGY.—No. XIV. 
THE Fr cab AND Cur RRANT Saw-Fiy.—Most 
of the Hymenopte era, 
1 €. 
“| 
less than 
the h d f silk 
dg f hat it is impervi ‘ous (fig. 
4); from ta = summ vols sted flies come up in 
three weeks, but the nal ones remain in 
eax? 20 curled up in the larva wate, ati by renjoat om 
spring, when they change to sont 0 produc 
leaf. 
From the 
pSot ins pie lower than the hie in every month, 
The amount of rain was greater than 
it ey more tha 
T ‘ Saar. 1: “7 7 ¢ 
- Ss J 
this terrible scourge: to catch the flies, or search for the 
the minute Dintolepiien and the pow ou eo ad-w: asps, 
being all parasitical animals, whic as depositing their 
upon the skins of the larvee of nox- 
ia 
a 
oe 
o 
i=] 
4 
~ 
o 
a 
for 
tal, eowny gopaea by 
our plan is, therefore, to look fcr the terpi illars; for 
small as they are at first, they are eae mane ted by the 
perforated leaves; and when half-grown ae are visible 
enongh, | and after that | oye they commit the greatest 
havi 
fro Sikes glut 
tight t that they are obli ied 
nays attende d wit th son success in small ph ao 
Secor of 3° real pha é&e first fortnight of August 
A chan nge » much for the peter, "> Hp en; place i in the 
of t 
cts tha 
congenial seasons. ‘i is at a fen ee since whole dis 
of 
state y infer 
» it must 
be in Pah 7 fine psc os ‘before. the n height 
of the barometer can attain even its lowest sna aver- 
age, taking into account its hitherto low condition, it 
ta 
must AVSEIER as hig h as 30,000 during the Sie of 
on. the ere is 
Brit. Ent. pk 627. 
3 ia, Pars ro for the dissections, 
iors af Tarnips | were comp letely co by Athali tis oer the leer es, hi will destroy th the edd the se That will not average this, 
spinar = subject to the | terpillar; ors syringe es well, an 
aie of five different species; and, amongst them, Hy-| with “quicklime, ie previously laid a good tag A fall of rain is hel limited. A fi autumn, 80 
intone. . which skeletonizes the Trane 3 then much wanted, is therefore likely to oe ote Thompson, 
Plum, Cherry, and Pear trees have the r I d 140° Fahr. 3 and en Garden of the Horticultural Soci 
re so complete: rubbed off by the one slug- ne 
like of Tenthredo Cerasi, that a eee especially stow -pot, will kill the without injuring the ten- ae CORRESPONDENCE. 
Ftelap often ially injured. oe. Raspberry e other method alluded to Roses.— f your correspondents inquires how the 
bushes also are subject to the invasion of another — ; | is, to destroy the pup ; and oe seems to be best effected Hybrid China "Rose ‘*Fulgens’ is made to flower? Simply 
and the coanaa oe y of the nen a ay | by scraping away the earth from the roots early in th ingly in the pruning season. 
are fresh in “wee of every’ culti TT seine, and dra ay a 3 p trench between the | If you ent back the ‘Hiybrid Chinas, as you ought to a 
lieve Eo the eran still a rer bushes, covering it over mpling it well down. If | ordinary Roses, will n 
This insect, was s described in 1823 by a French makes | boiling hot rei be pags either i mm autumn or spring, to- foment the next season. I did not discover t this for ian 
Ea Pallet, ONT, kill the pu 1 3 ai growth of wood without 
trimaculatus ; and it is also called N. Ribesii, Tenthredo | 5th gel a esis be 1h ites two inches d d y fi ; since I have shortened the shoots of the Leg 
Grossularie, and T. ventricosa; but the first name has, I | S90nas the water is poured in, th di of the 
believe, the ‘right of priority. The fly is of an ochreous | it may destroy the animals encased in thelr real ch have fi found this rose bloom as freely as any. The b 
colour; the are almost as long as the body, seta- | Ruricola. : le of training this rese and its brethren, Beni pe 
ous, brown above, and nine-jointed two basal joints inion (hes. Bemomeloaps No, XfII., Vauaria is Billiord, Breanus, Legouvé, Triomphe d’Ange ie, 
8 crown of the head, eyes, three large united | Misprinted Van Hd roses, i phase 
pots on the centre of the trunk, as well as a large pa — and place against them an iron stake made 
on the breast or sternum, ae, black; the body is orange,| trig mun ta the Cottage geri, wh thus. the feet made square and flat and 18 ¢ 
sometimes bright; the win; hich perly man 8 » Wien Pro~ | inches lo g, the stake branching sup- 
an inch, are iridescent the reticulated nervures, ree he cigs port an iron ring three feet in eter; 
thickened costal edge of the superior wings, termi nated’ "oy § | Dahle pt bolas nado great variety so Rae Soreinal hich should stand about two or — rae 
i sie than the head of the stock. At the 
See « of the hinder shanks, and | their tarsi, or feet (fig.5). | pic Eetae sal i tgirnas “oh “i — inter gy a sufficient numbe: ee 
hei bs the begi . ; shoots. must be brought down all round the 
ning of April, and th sais deposits her eggs cl | time, as it is nec ssary in h pis prom of thel Fuh wea carcles aud tind weith tect r 7 
to the sides of the rule Fa ey nervures on the under side of “~~ | thus treated, will present magnificent heads 
the leaves (s 2), aka bch is. very anshable for all the support i in stormy weather. In general, however, the Ope- | Of Gower the following su = . ius 
with an in- u Bees.—A correspondent informs ns that he 2 
samen nt cl the wore puryos of cating nt | Sronlytoofong closed, or ao sateen erormed, | Oberved these insects two of three times this ast Wig 
= 7 ES ead in numbers under lime-trees in fio ats ne 
| i -bee among . car i 
ders or beds in which they are grown prese shod one instance he found a honey: 
He s whether this arises from any d 
abpearaate althoagk parted free ina feeds cad neath = : are 
kept i sy ee other respect. Thos o undertake = quality in the Lime-tree blossom, or whether they. are 
i! arise ? 7 The rst question we can answer mn pelenie® 
po ‘s see serra pode  tealectad and injurin g 01 é an. es eg ve the ae we, commana. {2 SUE eer enon 
four ei spree pa foe "the aes which, £L 8 of Gardens. —Gardens are Ragannty named 
gure them. fis greatest art in staking plants goon de- x Nab eae apy . xcept 
Leak pins Asc onceal, as much as poss ible, t the m terials ~ I 
support ye em, pow 
in tele natural position. Each stake, therefore, “any suse sires * plat frees in so used 
be nearly straight, but no larger than may appe: the t protected: by the exception as pr 
vate cen and an injunction st entering 
placed, nor 50 high by | ‘several inches as the plant soir them for the purpose ots highway may morsel a 
all straggling shoots should be remret,. and no more | 12 the one case as the a stan os a recently 
left on each plant than there is room tages. neatly planted brea a "hl to eden within Of 
‘ena fasten ahs the stake, hong bundling pata gether so | W#th po inet 
commence feeding on the leaf on which the close as is usually done. Dahlias aed Holyhocks bat heen keh ct. a Subscr inform 
pris pratipmosn ea ‘riddle them full of small holes; expecially t the fecracr: whisk are great favourites w as Rabbits—In — op of of July y al, you a e I on 
skins as £2 on and c their suecessi rs, should only be permitted to hav soe hee dex ation con: e best cateping i : 00. (0 rem: 
Fe meh eae soe gee leaden three-fourths which’ will invariably produce mu uch 1 tad finer been in the habit om and. the 
edges oe a partly: eh “found Peake suitered ploying others to do so) = the last eight years, fer 
lane h theirtails tarned ¢ leaf, holding by their fi rage on the plant. If our former di setibie were actinides Following i ip en, rari sist, Pa apres inl #0 aap 
thee teen tine they are dull) ‘Die Bens Se fg sow ide. Be ©, these : and similar ‘tall-growing plants will only now re- a price from rept oe 10s. exe col 2. me sree os a 
7, toe ed eoricie see side shoots tied u up’ and regu. an choain am ma sre 
Tours Che: head! feet, anid : e of the oom ae were not sufficiently advanced the = last time of a ourself, a good supply aft nme : aries 
is dotted with the samé colons aaa ards k ~ ony nee : pe 
spots rang oe = rows down pden tes | regs we oie down and trained eat? over | ae or ane. ong patentee of folding the-pet 
being more irregular, and one near one : re te i acedgeregeaa r them, Pom gs may be made of ‘Ver- the light sticks 
Oo. 
[N° 34, 
—_—_— 
_ THE Fone aci 
Terr foll. 
g oo a 
pressu BOTY peg 
from the] _ of — to aay 15th of we inun of wrt 
sent year, compared with the average mean of | 
ceding evhony eat 1826 to 1840 Seon me ae diteren 
is marked (Tt) when above, and (—) -w wo beleniine the 
average. 
sof 8s lle PS 2 Pee pee 
BBS /ee8!l seers =-\e.¢8 
£33 |52| 825/588) Fe | se 
ag@)es2 | 285 g53 | &* |) ee 
ars < e 18 <3 ane 
1842. | Hato. § 
Inches. | Inches. Inch ei 
January .| 29.757 | —0.106| 34.25! 911 | » 6° tai. 
February .| 29.770 | — 0.166] 36.60 | —3:71. | 9.76 | 10s 
March | 29.912 | — 0.032} 46.35 | +4.19 | 2/39 vd 
April . 9.838 | — 0.045) 47.09 | — 0-85} 258 | Ly o 
May . 29.860 9.106) 58.094 +2.93 | 2.16 | +¢o.59 
June . 29.922 | — 0.049} 58.43 | —9.48 | 945 | togz 
July . 29.81 144) 59.30 | —4.14 | 3.56 | 4175 
‘August ito s 
15inclusive| 29.719 | —0.232] 60.51 | —2.92 | 1 32 
110! 50.08 | —1.08 | 1631 this 
it appears that the mean hei n height of the 
I i eee 
