“Lancet,” — a up — of Peas, and 
r seeds, as Paper bought u n of 
sown, grown 
are fit for use, and the en, ae — earlier, reported 
upon—a very different Pere from stu dying a 
oe cee under a microscope, man of science 
inch of ground Pepper, a ded in an hour he will 
u that it is made up of Capsicum husks, brown 
—— skins, flour of Mustard, Sago 8 
seed, Rape 
bage, bastard paves; runaway Savoys, or any such 
rubbish ; but this can be ascertained only after many 
weeks or months. In the of Grass seeds, fraud 
would te difficult to prove legally by any process 
whatever ; for if it appears that the worthless annual in 
GARDENERS’ 
rices beyond -n the * bear, if co 
to dena hones onomist’s maxim, “ to 
AN of Orchids, vid Panama and Chagres, 
by the Cie $ ae a rapid passage of 39 days from 
quil), from Mr. Warcszewrez, collected on the 
Gua 
Cordillera of the e Andes 1  Quindios, is penno by 
Mr. Srevens for sale wee A hes me 
learn, 0 Siae by kag rawings a pk 
of some, they appear to consist of Cattleyas, 
Odontoglots, Oncids, and many other genera. 
tas Mr. Skinner, to whose charge „ as 
were has sent them, has 
sent family action, = attend to them, the cata- 
Tavis will desc m fully ie 1 early 
in the week. We would onl add t t the ver 
Mr. Wa 
een ro uayaquil of 
dollars in cash, as well akin. alleen and has 
ed to 
Poa comes up inst f, or among, the perennial | pig 
oa seed, although anp y be a moral convic- 
tion that fraud has bee ractised, nevertheless, there 1 
is so much possibility of error, from natura acci]. 
ossible to onia 
— no doubt that this very kind o F falsi- 
fication, that is to say, cat worthless pee for 
er nial Grasses, is of common occurrence. 
us it seems 
mixture by fu ng 
ng pa 
| 1 bodies sticking ote the a of the Whitethorn bushes, 
now 9 4 a 
La Pa az, in Bolivia, without pecu- |i 
niary resources $ 
Peni? Yai bag ee 
v. EK E $ 
Durna the e months, e 2e gad a 
pres ar “pend — — pee 
uired rtain 8 pos aa ved 
These cocoons, for such in fact they are, are of a v. 
strong leathery texture, and are generally p 
base of the autumn shoot of the preceding year. On 
opening them throughout the winter months, each is 
CHRONICLE. 
mmerce is — with w 
ible; and private in indi r are in a 
position to undertake any task. 
public em meh seek another remedy, 
and that 1 is tradesmen a fair price 
for what they sell. he Sern live by his |? 
trade and be honest, 1 will abandon it; we need 
not state the converse of the Ne If the 
possible cheapness, the pu must be 
content © suffer ; and a 2 richly deserves it, 
e de ; for it renders 
its head and tail being brought almost into contact ; ; but, 
about the end of April, the insect assumes it 
er — at oe sides of the etn It is represented in 
this state in the art of the 8 
woodcut, and it will at once 83 seen, on co g this 
Oia with the e 
toh, 
placed it in his window as t 
who sii it, ‘that baker pao wg oh remedy ; if a 
| = which the abe eae enclosed 
whi 
9 
That there is a 
Any species o 
e difference not 
under a 
73 
ose moi aa ions are called 
e e cocoons — * eggs of birds. jaws 
aid ‘that it is diated S make its 
fine of TA , by selling a ae 
wise! man is required by his e 
to sell ‘fae 14. what would cost him 2d. if it 
red 
win, he commits & fran E Te a ymenopterous i ing somewhat of a 
Which hi Baila hg Nad or lant 7 dal y 8 semblance to a bee, but with the body and legs rat 
The world does not see the analogy between all | rater ood * baje fi 
oa peal : ; iei 
cone it is the more fitting that it boule be | whole breadth to the hind 
e curse of our age is the 
nny worth of adul- | circular cap at 
he could live other- | esca) 
c the point of one of 
jaw of the copes after r whieh it works aon 
conjointly, like a pair of se ts 
Orax, 
eagerness 
with which everybody attempts to knock down | 
the th 
body of the female is furnished on the e underside, 
agen it is by their | 
clothed with 
f 
ovate 
legs, an 
often peesi 
n paras 
rm, m 
ton of “which the ppe — 
all the parts of the perfect insect, the antennte legs | lying at o 
ving opaa the hpna each a distinct m mem- 
s case the win mall size encased i 
oon. 
| = he distinct — of . froth one cocoon 
redo 
The 
ee, of “the | 
s | head being of a black dan, the thighs black, 
reddi: 
yellowish een, the fore 
stigma, and the extremity with clouds 
jaws of th al re long, and ver: te 
tip, with two small teeth in the middle within: 
wo basal joints an ve t 
the third long and slender, the fourth and fifth 
and of equal length, the remainde 
| ovate k upper f 
rounded, and that of the female sma 
h to el 
æ of Linnzeus, hide 0 
Clavellaria but the si ture of the a 
d the solid e of t 
and biting sods other with their jaws, which wer | 
ach - 
ns of A 5 
rm 
unsuccessful, 
2 the cocoon filled with the 
2 specimens both of an Ichneumon 
d b 
ast three N j- the e body 2 rather 
hairs, n the males 
d 
sh brown, the wings slightly stai 
re-edge darker. 
The u 
ip o 
counter, fighting furiously with e 
In e 
Fa: common 
smaller ns of Iebner 
which have lived Daraa i die s body di ð tf 
are to C 
end of the in fact, obtain 
rom another cocoon | hi 
and à 
ucorum ; and f 
de oie fe. 11 
The 
Gip ia the wns | Sse to aoe the mo —— another 
a general 
male of the Tenthredo (Trichiosoma) lu 
parker jad 
re; 
S 
m ote h with 15 
rae ugh with the blackbirds ; and 
icke 
— befor re Ega ne es | 
e his tin Bib not found Wy 
Our’s, now, isa“ garden A of delt“ 1 „ 
nests; then for eggs; vp for young, sia awe 
They are are all “ at home ” with us. r a 
* a yee ý é s q 
the extremity, with a double instrament, like a pair of 
(Ca 
No. LXIV.—As the days gradual], 
ffers | we perceive signs of renewed lif 
ti 3 symptoms of nae activity ain the 
0 
ae ng much to be 
cocoons 0 parasitic ichneumons, 
corum 
BRITISH SONG BIRDS. pe d 
GE Breds, No. 47.) „ 
gradually l lenghe i 4 
ourly signs of 
ever 
rushes, aor “single” r 2 sss A 
vows, and at 
w to our weekly task, In the matte 
