660 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [N° 47. 
the night to During the time the | leaves of plants exposed to the sun, when they skip and | leaves h b gunto decay; sufficient time should be a 
Vines are in bloom, I . a rather higher temperature, | sidle along in a very peculiar manner, their wings er these may have withered for the roots to dete a 
about 75°, but as soon as the | slightly elevated like those of a butterfly. They seem to | u sk a de, Br of 
berries are fairly set, I let the temperature fall to 70°, | be greatly attached to Thistles and allied plants, whither firmness come ¢ 4 ichit 
which I consider a good average hea ip g f| th y resort to obtain food waver the flowe rs. Th ale: does when they are pee The ‘node of 
the fruit. f the species b apex of th nen ther point whi o be 
8. Seit the Fruit.—In the op ir there are many ished! a horny, sche process pisos “he | peter attended to. In various parts of ‘the: ‘country 
i ies to assist nature in this needfu 1 office, such — wt if it were for depositing the eggs between to pit the ; Ince, 
as, for instance, ong erous insects, and | the calyxes f such eS ut it is otherwis n aa ae bdvasing them wit th straw, a lay Po 
changes of temperature, which cannot conveniently take Celery-fly, which, il umed, lays its eggs upon thrown over them of sufficient thickness to pent 2 frost ; 
place in artifi treatment. It is necessary, therefore, | or in th leaf. It i is WAAL gf there are two or more | but the most effectual method, perhaps, for the cottager to 
ual operation to effect the setting of the fruit, | broods in a y' »for I bh observed t the flies fro mm the | adopt is, to stow them away into a dry, dark shed or cellar, 
and more e i in earli rt of the forcing | middle of May to the end of J where they may 2 tire ae frost, = u 
season. I use a camel-hair pencil to disperse the if urel oo as well as as various ‘flowers in gardens, occasionally when daw n to spro 
po : 
on the stigmas. Some kinds of Grapes have vi little | and I once a ~ enna in M 
, ip abel 
os 
while others have plenty t en In confined to the Celery, for I h: les of the fly bred tere i fi zg do lected altogether, 
a sheet of white paper and hold it under the | bunch from blisters on the leaves of Smy trum (Al d 
that has abundance len; anders) d they freq ly infe he P: pl 1 e young pect! Aaa raised from t 
and then, with the camel- hair pencil, Be the eens “ | that w ein Au = They = — sek oe 
such kinds as are deficient. y these means I have plantion. hit should be perform e mame 
seme of © as s directed f m Gabbages—ith as dierenc, bac 
9. 9 they will require be place ey Se a 
and begin to pa it is time to thin them. For thie warm and pd a situation, Soanpe a setts dead 
operation there are proper scissors, g tion sgt be given to them during the severe weather. 
short blades. Provided with these, ( — M. E. H. 
i th something to catch t! rries in Be Begs se 
make e yin oe tarts, &c.), I commence thi ‘HOME seg a ab ee 
operation by tying up the shoulders of such bunches as The Primrose, Cowslip, and O. —In y 
di r; or, if fo the proceedings of the Bota apn "Sci of I Edinburgh 
the bunck I in lal p- 645, it is stated, in referen spring 
tot to shoulde: e a Polyanthus seed, that 
a thin piece of Tath notched ig each end op the ages that the varieties ——. from Prime ermal and 
he main body of the bunch ; but I d ay 
e sO Wi the matting the props, they being species ; but that the Py veris js a distinct and well- 
apt to drop out. to have large berries I thin Sikes species, never seen to amalgamate with, or pass 
very freely, so much so, that the ee hae like skele- into the others.’” , bearing on this, point, one or two 
tons. Of co urse T thin Se ae he kind ; 3 some my notice which seem to lead to 
sorts, ce saw a number of seedlings 
size as others +} 1 tk di ma ‘the Cc wsl p (P. veris) among which there was as 
i d 
10. Watering the Roots:—As the wie ot border =. 
recommended is well drained, during the bot el hart 
1, especially while the Weare are spiral (fig: 
reti 
the 
The male flies of low Onopordini of Fabricius | through all the gradations, to dark red; others, again, ap- 
a few ct bristles on | proached the Polyanthus in breadth of corolla. On the 
the head ay thorax, which are ade ochreous ; the lower | other hand, the Primrose (P. vulgaris) does not appear to 
part of tter droop | vary much in form, but only in colour, when raised from 
is 
anit far = bristle 01 seed. At Kiplin, in Yorkshire, the seat of the Earl of 
black, except _ the The eyes are bap green; a Tyrconnel, there are Pri agian - itr = a dozen dis- 
ary, £0 over it with a ht 1 is pi which | tinct shades gaara originally have 
prung from seed ; but sthough ess are thousands of 
gated | plants, Ih of ever seeing one — 
ve of a very smooth | is Srieie, is rusty | brown and dow! ny; t 
ay ie ‘stirred, the less w , iridescent, eset 
eee rine 
} a ry bet 
nferior margin. | ing any ‘is sposition to assume he cupped abe 
2 legs; these are ‘pu- Cowslip. io not the “Orlip (P. cation) be a n bybrid 
Coverii "i z . e furnished ¥ with between rs of 
: a with ; Pied 2 } the flower-stalk ae oP Coad 
pues oF achont Sarcoun fn the ional 5 find it it = the female is larger and darker, Sechey the | would be a near approach to the Oxlip. It is much less 
necessaryto gee at Joogarmabes severe frost: I have abdomen, — the browa markings‘on the wings. | common (at least wherever I have been) than either the 
used aioe straight wheat-straw, and narrow tar- Forti rtunately are parasites which are destined to | Cowslip or the Primrose, which seems to indicate that it 
paulin ; they have all answered pretty wi well, but the tar- | prey upon these destructive ‘maggots ; one is an Tehaee is not reproduced freely sf seed.—J. B. Whiting.—[This 
- paulin is the best; as it keeps them dry, and, of course, | mon, a figure of E it % d botanists. ] 
- renders them more able to = aes: ure frost.—T. 4 ppleby, | pl. 141, under the name of Alysia Apii; several of aus: The Vinery.—Though the papers “ On the Vine” in- 
, ‘Macelesfeld. were bred from the pups in June; and last April and May | dicate your intention of pecs before your readers hm 
ches era eg specimens of a bright metalli 
green Lamprotest (1), of the fealty Rieke, d | your attenti | time to t 
othe: The snd ae 
ber. By tri he Celery crop y un-| fruit in my 1 nretnerrey is Produce I understand, 
Seiiecgices Salo i eee ea fe rye mir 
ata asa 
sa the maggots sch so cau: ba senarad Dnjeaitrsalcemoad | duce the Pont Vie arena first is removed 
P and — secoeds tothe 
pa ic ‘oy -the ii It has been asserted that planting | ra The third is, of 
Celery 4 ec gr mage 5 preserve the crop from ther. the cece the second occu; B coxdet ing the other; but I oe 
z, bok erg I cannot think would be the case 
not heard from the ski Iful cultivator himself the precise 
bject of my 
ng 
f thoi 
tion i to request that, at the proper 
and roa a of the eggs, when it is pasieee other | time, y ill 
aac to diminish their numbers, od present in use for producing a succession of crops, and 
Ser Gai vi destructive.—Ruricola. pene ite for Pru  ecceni of yo 
yeaapomactircride rs 0 house at the same time. Many ex a) 
COTTAGE GARDENS.—No. XXXVIII. on their cultivation have appeared in the G 
Tue ‘up and storing of the Potatoe crop usuall ich inform us, whether any, and if any, 
form at this time the princi i what tender sorts may, at any period of the succession, Ne 
got will form a patch spects, be consi is harvest, from the ci yator is more certain more 
EVs eral eral frequently live iieetier or ap-| of his being more dependent upon it for the support of | scott + of ercks of the different 
te nig is may ppen from their cells uniting, himself and family during winter, than on any other crop species in the border, and as to their stems, canbe ado 
heir habitations during | which he cultivates. Such being the case, it becomes a | to give a hope of ess, which is at present out of the 
progress to maturity. Tre found them at work a | ‘of t hat th questionon the absurd plan of mixin: in one house & 
— , but in July most of the blisters were empty. rations ‘are made for securing the roots it: the best condi- | variety of ies of di t habits, requiring very differ- 
Se See and October that the plants | ti they are ripe, and before they get | ent tem ? You will, of course, reprint the lists 
: 1 most disfigure: , when the maggots are aan rach yre ane The pro- | already given of the varieties, in classes, as to show 
in revelling in every leaf, and have not disappeared ig F ji f h | which may best go together in the same The 
even in November. : d very opposite opinions are still entertained | union of other crops, or the use of a house for other PU™ 
theali engaeernil nh a a an tery rs = seems unattainable, if the Fon 
atoes intended stock should | of cultivation is the object; but very many O77 
their habita- } be taken up a fortnight or three weeks before being fully | 4 the nt effected 
Jact rho ome, may plage t the | i I have just bui 
D3 br ink, rafters 1 
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