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at the roots after this shift, as 2 recon: 
mended. ue ane b cand ng ns are desired 
it will be in s nibbling any over- 
Be if poa ‘plants are er by a 
te 3 
t advice, 
d aps wi 
however, is to 25 as 8 fag E growing 
ne handsomely- 
ading ga be 5 
e plants and we „ 
F 
are 
to winter. A tempera of about 45° or 50° will be 
ey may 
If a portion of = e plants i is required 
for Tate Wess ming, this ma by giving such 
properly ripened sai id m 
as 7a pa of rA e alone are of a blackish- 
colou s furnished with re pairs of 
jointed pectoral ek 7 four pairs of ventral pe one 
air of a pro ro-legs. At the stig d, alarm on 
3 al s from beneath his and hur 
song ders leaf with the greatest , to = edge, 
hich it lets itself fall by a ead, 
ing convex, 
ive at the co 
th whic 
pletely roll up the arak of plants, had led 
that this little caterpillar 2 ingenuity, after it has 
spun a few transverse thr nak 2 3 ba leaf 1 
little il little a on onfining it w us pre 
a thread oa Hast eaa to side, 
and thus keeping i it in aits place soin which 
the threads are so closel 
merits e: 
bod attaches at that trea 
and then bending iti in the — eee , fixes the A 
owers as the 
E 
nths of winter, an 
affording 88 blossoms for Bouquets, Plants 
tended tobe removed t 
- | side, where — preceding — 75 attachm 
ble advance in the for * direction, so that ‘the thread 
shall now be fixed just beyond the poi 
n this manner it has pup ts thread i 2 8 
* the — arva inereases of course its —.— 
—, is mis sufficient size,and, according to Reaum 
spins longer threads in a differ 7 direction over the 
* „which it destroys * er. ter period, when it 
is still further increased in Aton obtained strength 
enable it to roll e the leaf, when it of course 
in bloom should ‘be aduall re 4.6 te the 
ge and aee be plac 115 8 f the 
a 
hem back rather freely annually 
i d no * need 
using the knife over freely; 
weakly, ill-placed shoots should be int out altogether, 
and stron — 
n the 
Gains of of the cust joie pieces o of the youn woo 
if selected in the proper stage of m he youn g ed 
ina brick ‘boll heat will root freak, but if left to 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
-HORNED TORTRIX 
ca 
of which I Ae enabled to 
The long-horned Tortrix. 
becomes more injurious to the trees by 
rtionof the leaves. A eee similar 
as been ee in one or tw 
consuming a 
change 
ently 
ur Entomological 
Gailery o place, because 1 ts a 
Species now for the first time as 
to the Pears ; in the 
retreat form 
Meneville and Boyer de Fonsco 
8 5 1 on their 
When full-grown, the pillar nace a me i white 
| silken cocoon on one eof the geri ed ee and becomes 
a red brown pupa of a very simple form, the dorsal 
the 
to hich belongs the Tortri 
iilst en 
fi 
xamining t a es growi 
pime vot th e . in the Horticultural Society’s 
en at the end of last May. der e 
history of the ral species æ 
: ha 
ore than anything else. Thi 
occupied a space of gon half an a 
quarter of an d ben eath these 
surface 
en cater- 
along the 
m 
The fore wings ant of a 
yellowish green 
> a aed longitudinal paler ental! siem 3 
AL 
; | recurved points, and the body terminating in a minute 
point. 
é 
The perfect insect appears about the middle of July, 
and is may detected on 5 the Beg ibe: of the 
which it flies off in account 
wing of | e 
its very pale general wE It is the T Tortrix q 2 
of * 
d forms 
of Fabricius (fagan: 
1 6, Eb 
üller, „ Verz 
of itself a a ae Mior 
y . 
‘bright yellowish red colour, 
cases: the cater- | wea’ 
ms en till the following spring; hence be mere 
washing of the — wee hot water 3 of servie 
in. — oying not only the eggs of this, but tin of — 
i oe species, as 2 as the chrysalids of such as pass 
e winter in that state. J. O. W. 
e Correspondence. 
ar — 
t ikkin We regret that Mr. Mas 
3 room published his — attempt at cult. 
lants, 
ting these beautiful 
n, n y ins 
ines naturally e thereto, but 
from some injudicio ode of tr 
of which we canno 
h i 
long y À or 4 
untain Jarene ae Mr. Masters 5 to 
f sn 
very p attention s required, when in their young 
state ; a large amount of moisture, a cool temperature, 
with shelter — the sun and wind are indispensable ; 
and itions are not artificially 3 
eulties greater than wi 
the most ordinary kin ds. If a variation | of treatment i isre- 
of moisture during their growing ‘period. The fallen: 
ing hints will perhaps be found useful to those 
possess plants, and who may de e esirous of Ang 
in their cultivation, Procure some very rich peat; it 
exposing them to a hot 
are of sufficient size to place in the open 
should not be done till as are * least a foot high), 
-r ee 
should be take 5 time for planting, and if the 
goes should 
The: 
m ponds drained and filled up, 
or Lad surface-drained, will be the most suitable der 
hat héi e greater part of them will be = cary. But 
should some n the midlan 
counties, there many plac wall, on *— 
western coast of England — Scot land, and in Ire 
enjoying a very humid atmosphere, with very Reue 
frost, where they will — well. Standish and Noble, 
Bags shot. 
Diel 
me more of the hardiness 
ra spectabilis.—I should be glad to hear some- 
ess of this plant. Some S 44 5 
ood 
rrespondents have been giving it a go 
this Maal, and it is recommended i 8 wee poe 
Calendar as a bedding plant. How did their prai look 
pe! Friday night's frost! I live south of London 
k mine were e 1 spoilt, though not 
a handglass. Surely 
no amount of cold. 
as : 
How do they grow soil, and what aspect ? 
ried with purplish . and with a bright yellow | No plant be more beautiful for a pot, it lasts so 
ate in the middle of re margin, which, as well long in bloom, and d frame is, ient for it. It 
as th w 1 ac considera’ çi can never do for a bedding plant, unless every shoot is 
the nsity of its m 2255 ings. ur figure is taken tied up as th p Gerani for bition ; I 
from a Mth richly coloured ind ‘dual ow, fro experience, that very little wind will 
Th erent specific names which have been given to | break off every branch which is not so ti I may 
= 3 . the 1 5 the food of its mention that Veronica Lindleyana stood out these 
terpillar. The authors of the us Vienna - | two last winters in open ground without any pro- 
lo e have given a detailed * “of ity t they were | tecti 
unacquain e curious a arities of its 
history detailed above, representing the caterpi 
residing in a rolled up leaf of Fagus sylvatica, as ser 
above. Fabricius, finding it in the Oak woods of Saxony, 
altered the specific name to quercana, which has been 
s | generally a d The late Mr. risa says, 
meo, forte my lit 
| 8 we upon the Pham, he perfect inseet 
hirds of an inch in the expanse . 
. 
and young shoots, on which they 
8 etiam in ort ulo 
tle 
. n 
y deposited on 24 with a quick . varnish, to prev 
remain wii | absorbing m 
hen dry, it is easy to 
effect of a =. — abe lle . is nest a 
upon it with 
ent them from 
moisture. Of the s Fd sent, the one 
