CHRONICLE. 
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292 THE GARDENER: [May 9 
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‘olly ite new to science) might be | grown in July; De Geer met with - 
herc r cargo into a vessel lying off the Folly-house. But | kind (and many of them qui == 
err by observing some of the apparently most and October ; ; en last y ED 8 p 
what of that? In the first place there is not a tittle | ce eee 5 6 x — bf Hi himèy ound the leaves of the 
of evidence that the loam carted on the Monday had 
anything to do with the guano carted on Wednesday. 
Neither is ey ou to show that the guano 
was not gua our own we maintain 
that there is ar e that it was guano. 
As to putting it on board the * lying off the Folly- 
3 that has nothing to do with t 
as well be pretended that the guano shipped a 
mi 
ise tine ace on b ner,of PAAP 7 AES 
Capt. Pore, which sailed for Penzance with 100 ton 
in bulk, was leam. e ought to know hilt 
Or 
valuable arti- 
. Indeed we ksen 856 t be — if an unfa- 
a 3 = 88 of the cargo of 
Pandora, Capt. 
Berwick with 150 ton 
signees 
of these cargoes, ccs eir customers wer 
question their hon bec 
nesty, ds the con . of 
loam in the metropolis has become enormously x 
greater than it ever was bef 
uestion. It p 
which loaded at the Mu ad- h 
n bu 3 
It would be a pisat thing, ily, for the a 
p. 4 
y 
s connected with some of the m 
logical er ; indeed it may be sa 
scarce sk pri can enti d dite h its mar- 
vellous 
sire, not mere 
mens for . Gre but also a real Bars of the 
98 yee a. 
e but that our micro-lepidopteris 
w ears past eee studied r 
hs, were entirely ignoran 
several ye 
of our minute mot t as 
to the species by which the ated of ses on Rose 
e d. The hi T 
d 
i le 5 
insect that De Geer 
common Cabb 
~ a rat 
at a rich yellow colour, pee the n Caterpillars 
8 80 wee er that it was o ariig sed their 
co 
À lf that 
silly the lansa of Lepidopt ime py 
iy ove eai bord étre des whe oe —_ insects. « J, 
They a 
n the species before us, 
with ot me species. De G 
ne 
t his bee 
interval, the result of “which cause Pass 
these eater 2 illars differ so entirel fro all other k 
nown 
species tee 2 7 eases étre ‘te onfondre 
les faiseurs de systè 4 72255 
n full mae “the little pee fom 1 the 
un up Sole pellicle of the leaf, an 
A 
‘eee a 
a ag 
e 
é 7 d ll pleased to be able to |secure spot where it 5 undergo louie 
We greatly regret pe 1 8 of announcing assert that it w. ly oth ; „out of 15 | selecting small crevices in the bark or the angles formed 
that Mr. WII II AM Gar r, the well- wags author | cater mars, only this one moth 1 ad been developed, the by the branches a larg e with tem, I 
of 4 © Flora of Forfarshire, g “ Lessons on Mosses,” remainder having produced a small black Ichneumon | however regul To observed that they selected the base 
kta Maiba m Bacia? y | fiy. I have, however, been make fortunate ; having not of the leaf-stem, which is generally gars whee. 
Wehi wok ; 11 9 k delicata Stat only su rearing the perfect insect, but having leafy de age on each side, toge ether forming a 
Se ee ee ee captured several specimens at lar; the - well fi isof 
of health, and in circumstances h requiring | bushes in the middle of the month of Au ugust, the aibe olour and of an ova al form, with the u Wc 
pecuniary aid. Several benevolent individuals have jeaves of which = . supplied me with he nearly flat and the sides bent upwards, and havi 
come forward with subscriptions; bu re 1s larve for observatio in margin extending a nd. Within this cocoon the 
eeded, and we hope will be contributed speedily. chrysalis may be found of a remarkably short and rather 
Those desirous of delpiag g the N: mae lg t may depressed fo: ith the wing-covers nearly extending 
remit 0 subscriptions. to EORGE Lawson, to 0 body. The perfect insect itself is a 
Botanical-r Uni 5 50 Edinburgh ; or to Mr. beautiful little moth, being indeed one of the 
James SN il, Reform-street, Dundee. of its family, uring about one-fifth of an inch 
(23 lines) i expansion its fore wings. It is 
FOREIGN GARDEN GLEANINGS. known in English collections unde ae. 
pa 
num 
dodendro us Ponies. 
e i pais 
remarka each. 
plant has its own Saige which is aera and consists 
of an engraved flat stone or bric sk. 
m. one variety o klaren, the 
— of which 1 „have forgotten, measurin oo rly 5 
ari d with greyish ml one of these trusses which 
part rise one above the other, are 
r deep, and not too moist ; plants for commerce are le 
eed | in them 
I ought here to mee 6 Makoy's numerous 
a EAS on our trees and shru en 
ed résambling the toriuous cou 
Dyri ick, fate chit pardons at os > royal 
Brussels. Althou gh it is — short 
ma ge Pa 
der dea dopali without 3 
near it. Each fam ara 
u 
rank. Masson’s — 
or ENTOMOLOGY. 
Our figure represents several paperia of a — 
apita one of which will be observed to arked w 
f slender black Vtt: "Hess 8 
rom whi h 
the pulp or parenchyme, w 
rmed by the liquid ejectamenta of 
t havi ted. One of 
unders e le 
eats ty gir» ahs half the thi 
na de r that port 
115 the u e of the leaf. This curious instin 
also proves the extreme minuteness of the workman- t 
e SHIP of chess miners ; for though a Rose leaf is as thin 
as this paper, the insect 
ion of it which bel longs d 
t tubers, and ee 
As 
e 2 inches high 
hog p hairs ; but, 
dividuals are 
aey 23 with black 
Zeller has ga 
e 701 
ime, and under 
ecisely similar circumstances, 
only the red- headed mage er pss also a reall x 
speeimen with the fore wings o 
violet colour, having a transve 
fascia bya N tips of the w Sink agrees with 
Zeller of N. centifoliella. Tn pe rank 
— veket of — little moths has yet to be determined. 
O. W. 
GESNERA ZEBRINA. 
ve ee dere oy elegantly ote 
ta 
e spikes 
worthy a the fine —— from 
ay be had in 
ture of about 65° or 70°. 
on ve the soil no more water shou 
aars serve the soil in a 
plants from 
* ey ib P be se separated lants in 
$ use shallow 8-inch pots, and place five p be regulated 
e number of plants ts toa pot should be 0° with 
pot 
ece 
ube 
rse pale oleae — 
