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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
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Se ENTOMOLOGY.—No. ; —No. XIX. 
ly 
m drought dening t e gails, ‘or from the a 
is no bay ta of Hymenoptera = 
rect than the ie 
s the ‘ Grapes of 
spans the Oak-leaves of Britain: their operati 
confined to a small portion chee the table kingdom | 
> might afford 
e to 
species; some forming the A 
the little spangles es upon 
i are converted into 
species, and at the re of 
trunk another forms its habitations. ‘This subject, 
per eg: altho d with gar- 
ening, cannot fail to be interesting to those who, like 
rere 
} will Ut daily 
of 
} 
t har the 
4 the individuals ar them from — their bape! 
ortion of the 
vent them from throwing up sucl 
ase kers, which 
materially affect the growth of the pla ants, and rob’ the 
fruiting 
out. A great Is had h oles them 
various sizes, Soeine t 
— eres but from th 
me, e 
bas e pie are alwa 
this respect, and gr reat care should be taken 
Ne ef, 
| pect that parasites had found = 
this is extremely p roba ble, 
reread ie underneath the part which the ec par 
degua: r Rose, if any one will, aces ce a“ Robin’s Pin- 
as it is called, iy a tumbler, it will soon be 
aur by various parasites 
1 
cut without dis splacing 
mplete, 
£ the hark 
any p 
A Bes spot is next to be a and got r 
quan rT 
| Diplolepidee, onc of the genus Callimome* which 
ready for them; 
and if it « can be obtained in a situ: ation that j is rather 
——— 
emerge from | the ga all. 
Up 
i o 
inches nner and two or three Fotkes deep, and the 
either 
red m arl, on the road- Ane e; and some e years 
E es simi clusters were ang up i in the Zoological Gar- 
conga aga Park, 
earth with the handor 
of the row and treading 
it F tevin one end to _ the ether, hemes whole neatly 
s aptera were bre = but it was not ascertai 
ig recently noticed the singular galls represented in 
we pa we shall proceed to their history, after givi 
~ oA 
= they been attached to the roots of the tin, 
Beech, or Birch. —Rur 
ontinue as before manure and dig 
vacant ground. In di heehee ess r any a te that were 
affe cted with caterpillar, we should a athens careful re- 
h of family cont: QUERIES FROM SIR FI FRANCIS MACKENZIE 
the in epoas of the family. containing REGARDING AN INDIGENOUS WILLOW IN 
iti THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. 
rie, Grow1ne on nearly perpendicular cliffs of rock, and 
for the nidus, render a history of Balls ee wel] | above the altitude where the Scotch Fir thrives will be 
worthy of our attention. The ovipositor is not unlike anks 
that of the Saw-flies; the oviduct is slender and , | of Loch Maree, a Willow of the most valu mle tia, and 
ing received into ac the abdomen, “f fadigenoal 2 the Highlands. It may — be seen in the 
ing from a sheath below, and g between two large s of Killi sand, Bi cae 3 Beaufort, the seat of 
nd the a ha in ts 
= ‘some qe earth ‘iden another part of the bor- 
der.—M. E. H. 
OME C piri iter pcreabers 
Tr 
; : : 
rrated, the female pierces a nervu f, , but is F. H- Perkins » Esq., near the above api whe grows the 
os f 4 hic Will rh nm r ses we ey . 
into the vend ed pai wth a certain fluid, pos- In rable as it to al 5 and it is They. were sent ithout i I f 
ly an acid, which acts upon the lacerated vessels, and papell « by siiating on breez of o b 
travasation of the sap 3 3 and thus coe s- | the, m os sed ge gpl without the the slightest appear- Notwithstanding ‘this t teak: voyage be sea, oe the 
ce 
cences or galls are 
— the Prickly Oak-galls of the Leva the Gallas Pe 
by 
isan, and as an importan ingredient in good ink, &c. 
Tt is caid that the — of th presents no or- 
; they assume, however, a typical form and cha- | 
ae ie entatny 
he 
land carriage in this country, they ¢ arrived at Cintererth 
at the botto ; ded b 
an o measuring at feat t 30 solid cubic 
feet of timber mil not eg 300 yards dectank from 
a see stands anot ther, n 10 yards of the public 
f rani te; 
a ne a8 
racter sO constant, ‘chat from their extern nal _ appearance, 
on 
“of gravel covering it, a 
d expos epee 
blast gas comes from the Atlan tic 
ing which, and its being tilla few years 0% much peel 
in| constantly ey eee by cattle passing sage the road, it is 
| vigoro ts growth, and the i nches next the sea are 
their shoots and as ed by the wi 
of =haisnben exposed inable, as if it 
as rm. win 
on one spttica imaginable, as 
were in eo sheltered valley. Sir F. much regrets 
that tho he has ever felt an anxiety to pro) agate this 
* [now our trees for certain situations, i is only 
Lite +, 
here: the latter proved very ser 
superior 1 to the American fruit i in flavour, but the bunches 
4 
have seen this season. The k 
a, Syri ct a Nice, and 
andria an, St. Grizzly, Black and 
White Frontignan. The 
yrian, , Muscat, and Fronti 
but the 
latter 
a for which cite are 
kinds posses neseated none of the arom 
rized in this country—the Whit pres ‘ontignan tasti 
sweet water, ‘Although there is iittle probability of Crane 
the Atlan’ yet 
tic, 
shows how easily, by proper oe a 
t to i 
a Posie Chatsworth. 
Effect of Charcoal on Plants. — Several notices have 
propagatin uccessfully ; for his own = soy for the 
i aes het ih almost sag — Wi ith cu} tings in 
—_ way ne 2 in 100 eed, 
seed, 
pagete ny and grown on - e 
tance will, perhaps, a bee 
| About two years ago, a pone Roe “quantity of Larch 
the bra 
y long, filiform, T4-joined, and ence ue ts. flo lowers, re no 10 seeds |* trees were cut in this pr ane pred es were 
base castaneous ; the head is begat 4 the fires happened to be 
ith three minute ocelli on t sg are oval | abortive; yet es ie tevea ines found fran 10 t t; wh 
and pitchy ; the thorax is narrower than the head, and ob- | Small seedling trees of vote Will Fn pei n his hazel ca was secon Seb the stump in a charred 
and in one cop dale, at t om * t tree; | It is now nearly covered with Cryptog ts, t 
a I E young tr are generally ms, such as the Poly- 
Id, about 20 feet high, and th t oe tricham commune, several species of Tor and Mar- 
ous ous shoots tects bec 2 t few seasons from 1 to 3 feet ere are sciehal deep cracks in the 
Jong; th a sheltered bank, and in a rich pres which will serve as reservoirs for retaining the 
gravelly I loamy soil. Sit P.h hopes he will be excused . water that falls upon it, and the plants will, perhaps, 
making the above lengthy | statement, from his désire t d x 
we which may fa: I have sometimes tried to grow cellular plants, especially 
a the propagation of this m uable le Willow, those of the order Jungermannia, but never: succeeded 
g failed i in all his applications ~ Prtate Bay See so well as I should Seca liked with ee ar interesting but 
; ‘dy Sei bh he recat little ga daar et of our. nai ee can 
foresoing 3 statement can ovis the means of inereasin: I uke for it i bab! ies some 0 of your 1 readers 
3 fi 45 ified. Seog Te of increasing et you ow, for 1 E38 pro! e ent, 
, i root’ smi us, | to F. and the public, either privately be? thro the The Rust-coloured Truffie-—Some ‘time since ‘* . 
which had infested by this Cynips, was : irculated Gardeners’ Chronicie.— puso ass- | inquired about this p lant, ne orca ee e of Tuber ferru- 
foot long, and aad ning together formed «ures shire, 29th Oct., 1841 an snd we an that iE was not known f0 ble 
that of a walnut, and uniting together formed a Saban ett ree gin ting the Rev. M. 
smaller masses; they aaee outside, COTTAGE GARDENS.—No. XLII. : Berk at such a 200% been recently dis- 
gals, 1 I na ey oie. From 2 to 6 cl e opening th ie mt Son last week suggested that some of the Currant le a mycologist has 1 fee 4 
ad cells each : berry reserved fc i i : 
2); the external layer was woody or rather spongy. | te Sy ele oy the Rev. J. 
3 Le x- | Leefe. at Audle End. It is the Tuber ferragineum of Vi 
ee ee that 1 ri Ps = beracearum, one of the best myco- 
the borders, either by the creer decay ts eae of the fogieal® works. There is, unfortunately, very little inte 
unfruitful. To | course between sc Italians and the botanists of’ 
against these contingencies i is not only highly de- | North; th i refore, of Fri d others are 
— but rae eg in every garden, whatever may determined with sufficient precision. — Taber 
its extent ; and as they do not take w much room, we varies very much ppeara cog 4 
. ~ ery. Se8- | times perfectly smooth, sometimes distintly warty. 
ras of ose Gooseberry | In ver i a curious cavity at the 
n Sowing the berries; but the base, wich leads one at frst to suppose it Tuber excane’ 
: altration, se well as those: of The is s! and ratings *" 
kC are td be continued that T can at once, on receiving a letter eager scent 
from mens, s, determine positively what it contains. meer gd 
pee spring, The best mas to get sath -mpeetatindn of the white Truffle, and of 
- pro} ropagating are those that. are folly ripened | smooth black Trufile, figured by Sowerby. Should yous 
strong. leprived of about | correspon: to hear or see a 
to lengths of | d by 
; been the work: 
’s Bat, Ent, fo, and pl 636, agar 
fu Soc tse | 
perme that Mr. 
t letia: Brockleburstiana. Mr. 
many 
euied have se 
na © Bestuas Ovehidcnai>y 
Wank first cag ep 
a. 
inds were Muscat of Alex- ; 
periment 
aie in Led = 
se distan 
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