THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONI 
15—1852. ] CLE. 231 
scented ted kinds, as Apollon, Baronne Prevost, Chateau- | yaaa hee of ew jhe many of which have floriculture. a body, our Northern florists feel that 
s d, Cornet, Duchesse de Praslin, 2 6 a ve ranc t one was remarkable | by this kind of har pa. alone our favourite can 
Duchess of shes gr William Géant des for having the 9 strongly feathered.— Mr. V d; and they generally hold the opinion that 
1 Negrier, Sa re extract from a lett m Mr. Na should he 
= Queen, S 
es, Gen 
d'Austerlitz, Sn 
Angelina, Paul 
Belle A 
sent three Ripley Qu 
ctively 4 ibs. 2 8 3 Ibs. 13 0·., and 3 Ibs. 
am Mr. „to E. J. Shirley, Esq, of Eatin 
ton Park, Strafford-on-Avoa, came a dish o 
eaches from trees gro ma in pots. They were quite 
Des peal which, how- 
o Mr, McEwen’s experience, was 
ing ; ee oe gma Monde A Certificate of Meri 
was awarded.— h gg 8 and 4 it 
were produced by Mr. 
Pa re Nantwich, 
was aw warded, 
ty 
description of te ue pla 
pasted back to back ; it is then 
sus 
vas by differe — e ag te 
bee 
. | observ 
ts cg 
e. * 
— . — of the 
ens M. 
. | Cochineal fond in 
de 
anthus Russellianus s t ee Bearedly “hare a T 
that Mr. Cuthill, who is — 5 & — its > 
cultivation, raises it in pans a foot wide and 8 r and ommon Fert Moy t, EE n ene ud e 
r deep; erocks a in the bottom, then a os —7 ow ye š ue s. This ee e j 
em ie Epacrises h consisting of one-half loam, and the other half i is — r — — 2 É ee. n — Es , 
Si ap one or two 91 r a up of leaf, peat, or bog mould. On the top is placed N oug 1 55 ow e 5 2 win awards one by 
Lue lf an inch of sand; the latter is . eee merits we See 
miam, April le Bown, Engs i shar. then sown, and a little sand is sprinkled overit. The however, still of opinion that where p Whey 
A paper was read by Mr. Adam onthe nen i : i aea of prizes is to be jniedi, every variety should hold 
of cold on the vegetation of ee The author had his are then on a w 0 x CA p ti er its pl ie specimens at command 
attention drawn to this su by ag Te ee 3 bd will maintain its supremacy. It should be clearly under- 
pan, eee —— kept full of water, the form reed ihar thie! laud af e et e ta Shelia for 
never being watered overhead. The Lisianthus — M ponpon ee 
somewhat —— is a gross feeder, a has n ana fo thai n e me * ee n 
regions. d to = very fond of rich sere water. Few vests at of “i vilties for Wi se i 
other writers jeti ber have given greater ion ee special pr m 
age Hales a and drew. pirne than Cath’ ‘Black $ — which is exclusively grown is always made by the formation of ceeilhog d. TE 
” e | here t is a certain cropper, and has 
to Linnzeus’s: nivalis, Bocks RECEIVED: house and Garden“ (Birming- 
F The a ing been found fo fore aa Plants ts put 22 ig mache ham) for Mu 2 en 
s was followed by a discussion. Dr. Hooker covering the trellis, CataLoeus RECEIVED: From Messrs, W. E. Rendle and * 
fruit in t — The latter bog all Piymouth, J £, 
— ly instance he — en of a plant ‘grea ab Ba * 43 * Cinerania: JP T. Tavistcek, a bold, coarse: 
flowering under snow, was that of the Pernettya 2 picked off until such iime as the plants acquired ~ with palpable indenture in the Ley of every petal 1 the 1 
nata which. te had observed in Ber under the snow, areeni strength to keep on bearing t ‘hro oughout He pa a r ARRS gire gori. 
at Terra del Fuego. He said it was frequent to find -Tha maa this years hy siya a pe spilt hey: edi k Min prove en de 
Plants vegetating under ve snow ate canes from the | they v eee ee 5 bu es s occasion, nit 52 co inane prodgs mera jion m 4, 
= il being warm enough itb fone n has pa 3 with y ton of p TA of which the p all we have hitherto 
the plant.—Mr. P maae erae haa ta vat dt mber has been found = me exceed gly fond. The seen. The flower-staiks are so short, that v unless the blooms 
r plants flowering under at Cham and uit great decrease af oot are Kept own :by |... e vel ae — 2 we N 
e p —— 8 — bantams, has enabled Mr. Cui "for the first time, — a neat looking flower; but he petals — what reflex, whieh 
ATead from Mr. James Mottley, a to L. Dillwyn the same mould over again; b t, before pue ng the 4 k jia only drawback 7 has 1 5 * 
$ a á „ i 5 i vement on 
l accompanying specimens 1 the substance known into the pita, che surface of ihe bed, as well as the walls, Lady Vc 
boa camphor, and a po the trunk of the ver with boiling water, with a view to and small, er ay Ss of Be little value. — . A 
5 eee Sphere eg it kill any s lers of this troublesome family that might —— greyish. biue tr ree ie 
he . Baty - édbadiin in have been d, and aſtery pots d upside fanas and compact — 5 oo “a flower,” ina : 
T ss PEI ice eee — are placed among the plants, in order, if possible, shriveled a fee Ao sa —J Sand Sons. í 
per A ry 911 also, exudes from, the treat wiih is effect their entire extirpation. This succeeds * Pint 4 But few of the first or early b 
habs varnish a di tee setting the pots in an e gett ee put ee weil h Y 8 will not show their 
e e 3 e nade git og aoe be ay or d the em. lack Prince and oiken colours at all “antl the plants j 
Seeds of a plant hor nly mine * 2 = Strawberries, h par ontensix ely here, established, the white —.— mosty at this aei d> 
. j e purpose of ing — spirit si w in > = in the open 28 nd, promise abu ndant and — weather you w wil doubtless. on 3 
e eit nt e In t this will ha a good iit bag is at their “true colours.” Do not. “stop? the ‘main 
fa 3 aaa ya apr — Sut present — opinion w: every Laps pay remave only the een later ahd, for — 
leave the camphor of no value. op ody. — td 1 ; do not ke 
i Potatoes treated a ing n ri Cath’ plan, as laid 1 ry, co . „ 
ono, April 5.—J. O. WESTWOOD Pre- down in his pam nies. e planted on the Ist o „Portan * > 
— ah the chair. _Amongthe donations ae an exten. March. None of eee are a os bed ie before ern iy mith ruin 
ive series of Brazilian insects, presented by Lord Gode- 
itish Microlepidoptera, Š Mr. Bedell. 
of De 
exhibited | 
peer 
kama 
Dr. 
hoe De Hane a 
Ha ii and 
(both male and femal), 2 
also a * 
Hyleeus rubecula, which i 
in cells lin bran 
but 
he yd such a 
— on ths 
uglas ex 
of several species o 
— rl habit 
2 lepidoptera, includi 
and a 
7 
5 
erne 
which ve the 3 ramble 
rom Zell revision A the 
jost x published, giving 
different British rE Moai 
Wroughton 
bo 
2 
ts of eer rent orders.— 
Gu 
the sou 
insec 
spec SA 
dese 
in k 
same hander as the 
an extra 8. one 
8. Saunders, i in Albania, giving an account of the habits of iin or subdivision to w 
cer ce 
upon arto which had 
ird; 
as im e, and 
— 8 believed hae t the force of the 
hibited 
g Gele ntigua and 
sp ones x ery the larva of 
He or read 5 
Pte oridee 
of the sate pr the fal 
2 aptai 
of the Bengal army, sent for exhibition 
ok filled with „ 8 ngs of Indian 
—The President exhibited 
8 s new species of 
of France, ribed in 
specimens 
ig We where p 
itchen 
ommon cockroach, ‘He pe 
alt Oy 
cognised a interest is Betray 
t e single blo In our last only ex- 
| pressed our views s generally : but 1 present "prevailing 
8 ling, as re ass-showing, des e than 
2 all 
e Ge mie i a! 2 t sg net i wn that 
a 10 or 12th 
pres it is i dee, inferior % that elding a x higher, 
aye, any have 
e taken 3 
police mstan 
attending | its production, discover ihar thé were 
many or few from which the selection ade, 
above all we 8 > honge that the subject in 
rowth, otherwise 
e sorts abound in 
re 
f 
on y well. 
wilich should induce censors 
da 
e destruction of = last- named insect, in 
mple 
Pp 
ar 
and mentioned Ja 
„he had 
y * 80 
ann 
return of Dr. . e sual 
18 mon uths i in Brazi 
many other i 
L; 
1 peci 
reply 
ar yn ae were pion i 
nt. the 
at, pen. 
ngs 
brin 
in all its give an illustration. 4 
ceiv a tenth 
3 
May, we 
rize for feathered byblomen Byzantium, eatalc 
i by Mr. Lawrence of H 
seven individuals being observed in one specimen 
„ er 
rd 
L’s, — RK-HILL, 
r 
FLORICULTURE. 
. A 
p- eres Suowixd. We resume this subject with much 
interest, because it intimately affects the we 
of Strepsiptera infesting the body of a wasp, as many as 
ease v 
3 * ; 
Mr. Cur —As — 
this is — — time when seeds mä the dans oor 8. 
may mention 
bat percep ; — 7 it is 1 
bition table ell known is this 
