THE 
GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
Nov. 13.] on 
HORTICULTURA L 1ETY OF LONDO the published result of its proceedings will afford a | the entrance of air, and then co building 
NOTICE is ber is hereby given, tha pre! ecg ges Dn thie mais of valuable and Siabentininfatmstion: thickly with a thatehing of forse? One-of-the'teelk 
- tee bane 7th vand P igre Rogaias Wig In another column, we have p inted a brief abstract | repositories of ice which we remember to have seen 
nie 2k al ‘Aug. 13th, 1 part of the och of the Committee. the | was at Cassiobury, w! the ice was merely heaped 
int 
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The Gardeners | Chronicle. 
r-|up in bres one _, of a eceere sloping 
a neigh- 
ver t iekly with straw. 
1 eeekeae sort Upon aoe —o oe rt whi ch we hav s oauneers always. spond to us the simplest of all 
: 6 we find it recommen here i 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1841. ubscription should be raised from 1Z—a pro- We have several friends with houses large and 
MEETINGS IN THE ENSUING WEEK. position not only rea easonable, but "indispensalily neces- a, and we observe that yes very other season 
“ __{Eianean Br x sary, if th whi aha dae is a failure. "Where is not regarded, 
Wedareday 7. Geological =. : : : pM is —o able. It would have ae we think, advan there i is no difficulty i in peering i the great desi- 
Friday +--+ ° = wenl © se we 8 PM pri zes for particular bj 
first report of the “Frorrcuutu RAL SocleTY OF The Soc ming 8 4 ENTOMOLOGY. 
THE 
eres. was read at the last may ane has since 
been circul: member: ay public 
eof the sje oft socia- 
“. * 
Canno’ AF 
of stating briefl; 
e it was instituted. 
that me i Society of 
aes rewards for first-rate 
for w what purpose 
It wn — known 
Pe deh 
nued from p. 
“Genus Creaa. ‘(Curtis )- Wen roy venture to ole te 
the words of Mr. Curtis, with whom it originat ed :—* The 
Cin arse haw ve antenne shorter ‘than the pride proboscis as 
cting im- 
do tl 
sheng no florist, wishes well 
be hoped tl that his aie wll b be ‘follow a a 
Ser death in the 
with the co 
others antenne Tonge than the body, 
necessarily led to for 
one of t the first duties of whic h si 
sale. For some years the florists coors dnd er an 
name of the — litan Society ; but, for reasons 
too well known 
sic rs. males. "the an id 
eos season just past | has been one of much prospe- proboscis much shorter, especially in the rice males, 
t ¢ anterior cose; with the collar 
bert ta the Society. Lett us — that its career will long in the fale. But this disti stinction is not to be 
made without some degree or bes rarer Danas oy eae 
summation fail to occur, whi its | Species of ‘genni Aphides which have is short 
affairs are eerie with = zeal and good se 
so intelligent a secretary as Mr. Wildman. The tubercles, I ege deg ppendtee tr "a . sited re ap ered 
_ We would, _ however, _ Suggest: t o the Committee ‘8 
— length 
eed orm of the antenna ; they are re not + cay uch smaller, 
ine isbes aan may be brought before them. unless bat onal farther apart, and nearer to the sides of = 
such seedlings are named. It is 7 by a slap domen . Cinarse than in Aphides. The shape of 
that the agp gee and the so differs ; that of being in ge 
flower before i 
2. 
is judged is a ae to the p pi 
that when it ‘is cold, it will be that it part 
ticular v 
In the last number of the Philosophical M: 
trical instr rume ent he has invented, which 
Mr. ase Solly has published a ae ‘ription a| 
thermom 
pre 
less cloageted than that of the 
in sali te and the antennee not inserted 
argin of the e they are 
a woolly covering 3 ; these we sh all take the liberty of re- 
Cc 
Th Sunil 1. 
the ye Ericsomata 5 whilst other species agree ee with genuine 
» ba 
emit — th —— —. a 
si cannot be used, has pt ets felt, ths ey 
as it 
e advisable. 
that the sale of florists’ flowers has become 
oe 
ar pioeltbvable branch of pmo, | = Fetey requires 
agai ower-s| 
— howev 
ver good i in theory, | DAY been more or 
essful in practice. 
Th 
p-,ecrartin 
subdivision of “i eed dr igen we shall bere 
arrange thet Cin wecinan ok considered, upon’ the 
uate: a transition cloak betw e proper Aphides and 
La ore) y the means of measuring Sempre ures in 
is applicable 
th 
1 DE TS; 
tere 
for their productions ; and that protection would 
be afforded by uch a Society ris . an by any ane 
© which no rea- 
a anger that ae = properties of 
Sg pease Psa will be made known by fair 
cet by Petits their task. 
is, skill, without known ho- 
igo ay Sg pocsraed name for fraud. About 
the kill of the mem e Society no man can 
ses as it — us to know at any time 
temperature of a flue, fire, wr 
ramonel — ce, sad shows us wt 
the chan in 
s used for h blie 
ents Eaiitiogs, om ates ies, 
taking p heat. : 
will, therefore, be valuable in "regain th bo heat of 
_—_ 
the Eriosomata. 
lst Subdivision: Cinare which yer no cotton-like | threads 
our far-famed British 
‘Aphide 
rato 
saw 
is not improbable others 
occasionally inhabit di! fe rent parts of the same 
shall begin 0 our list of era with core discovered 
upon the nd th n proceed tot he description OF me stich 
tories and eh ving an accurate indication of the 
comprehends call the 
t , the consequences too frequently at- 
For 
respectability of ang? oe of the 
w that in in 
pane A 
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al 
ie 
5 
545 
a 
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HH 
i 
f 
recommendation is se- 
which come "before the public | 
Society. 
4! 
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2 
re; 
al 
ri 
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e 
Fiat 
endant on 
~The common “mercurial thermometer, hung ina 
species, Cinara ‘Roboris, which ots Cate” 
meals’ in his * British Entomology”! as a type of ae 
genus. His description is so accurate, a dh his representa- 
tion of the male insect so beauti wal correct, t that it eval 
gata es eusekeare > 2) 
F 
1, 
L j 
ing place in the source of sas ‘chile oe > eter 
electric the increase or 
species, ab pha pa during the sum. 
Leon ans autumnal months on the pn under side of the | haven 
of ¢ 
thermometer, et 
eta. 
ceous, amor ‘in this peters from those ot the treat 
d with alt ernate black 
apparatus is thin copper and iron. wire ge aged 
Iong cag from the source of heat to the p 
inielagorts hr the temperature ; nda | m 
join 
ae | Sone: — that “of the elder i 
winged ani nd have cca some 
 caeiiion: two little magne- 
all coll of « if wish 
small coll of copper. wir, @ fine silk thread. 
iridescent. 
3d species, gn oe estar sooty Black 
tudded of the abdoinen with 
apaekaiee indicator of any 
tic needles 
This i 
of the 
‘ 
instrument is 
current of electricity, vabowing: by the deflexion 
ay iaghter ohadils abdomen acuminate, hat sithout 
apis tabere les very short; antenn® 4 about” 7. a 
a 
ae 
| tricity ’ passed a ate 
E 
in! 
the of tne wane 
pa dew wi 
for | To gard 
| Teena, hon oman a this curicus in- 
| vention seems 
ture of a 
ry lil more # re tha <; fn oof 
y 2b. or Be. | 
i They are found in groups en' enveloped with ign 
leaves of the comm: om Dc, ep comegeenca 
of their punctures, We ha 
uals amoug 
Ne ak, oe b sects 
species, 
_“ the Prag very strongly hoes ridges 
the back ; antennz and tubercles eats ses upper 
f a hi light culour, with the j oints and tarsi 
h 
seems likely to be of no little value. 
another column wil be found some giod observa 
ee ri 
We} 
economical plan for 2 : 
ith our wee 2 ¥2} essful. 
seru- | of our ts built one ge Fa 
eae: square shed or box with 
slabs, draining it with a trap-irain, so as to prevent 
aay 
| female, cs fag ra pace wings, ont ae ch the 
stigma This sp foun 
are rather fuscous. 
of t 
om 
brown ; wings tr: 
in boc Sexes 
