37—1852.] 
rogeny than the females of these relentless devourers. 
When — to la converting her silken 
her 
ew use, the spider-mother constructs with 
it a beautiful globular basket or on in which she 
treasure, en binds the | 
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remarked — of 2 1 which Mr. — — irsteclass ditto to Holiyhock White 
Barnes intends 3 ext year (by the 0 sul, And Certitonte ee. . A 
way, a valuable foreing ‘plant, “slide Mr. Barnes — Sere of these flowers will be furnished on 
knows —— En) and Cypripedium spectabile, 
„ Maxpspore FLoRICULTURAL Socrerr, are 
2 “interesting — 2 — -r do culti- to be able u è to state that this Stciety is fn am exceed caine trio 
0 
of this, which he was wont to show at our metropolitan | of the cusreat year — 3 — mms — ome — — 
exhibitions, b the | remain to the oredit of th than 
deposits her p: and 
to some part of her body, or 
it ped to her breast ; no r how she — — 
engaged, she never leaves it, even * at the chase in 
no dange 
rough ers 
At the back “of each bondi is a row of Holly- be 
‘Sena ounting t 
1001, This is as it — 5 — The following i isa summary of 
the principal c s in which a were made, viz, :— 
. es deal 
= 3 — to desert arge entrusted to her side. and 1 s! con 
When the youn ed the spectacle is | hocks, with Dahlias in front ; the Holly mH — in n Pak Pe . a 20 — s Mra 
2 intersting, for the new-born progeny, as they | fine condition, and well w orth i nspeetio e most | third. lers: Mr, “Rees | st, ani Me. iteh 
1 r out upon their mother's back, — — conspicuous amongst em were Comet, — — of 3 ae 24: Ist, Mr. Watte; 2d, ©. ; 
» “ said Po 
carries i es the t and defends them with b tiger like bright crimson, very larg f good is: in Monckton, Eg; mn Hea gr 1 22 ey 
courage, until — become strong e to proc 3 est lti y A eo sing the several collections, were, Admiral and 
their own subsistence.” retty flower, of a pink — Sulphurea perfecta, one Star; Barn earless; Drummond's Tom, Booswing, Sir Ri 
Spiders, unlike the true insects, frequently change bf the finest of the sulphur- ties ; Whittington ; Keynes’ Douglas — Tria 
their skin, and t themselves in a new and enlarged | bonum, a oe kind ; — deep pink seas Sa ae, tarde ant Ma 1 une e 
dress as their 1 manner in which | and showy ; es Baron, a lendid large flower, of | Sir C. Napier, Shylock, Guten 208, Wit 
this operation is effected is thus described by Mr. Black- | a pinkish A nme — ba, very pretty; B d; and ell’s Queen of Be to these may be 
wall, to whose e observations on structure Snowball Superb, a benutifal white. — k cer oe signee mm: n 22 1 
— — Pst of 3 we . again ~ y Queen, mee ag Gem, . d several other J. “Prank ia peters Queen Viotoria; and Mitchell's 
inde or an account : repara ne 80 Barnes some and, 
to casting its ts, the spider spins several strong | seedlings, from which — — — is expected, | Claudia, was staged. F 
lines in the vicinity of its snare, from which it suspends Behind the Hollyhocks are long beds filled with vario were pleniital, mood a large col * 7 de poled. — ction from Mr Bragg (not 
itself by the feet, and a filament proceeding from the | plants, among which was a fine mass of Roses that had | 24 bun each ; Mr. Epps u — Mr. Mi un r taking dig 
spinners, A ing for a sh me in this been “ worked” this spring, and are thriving famously. | for 22 Roses were d plentiful; 
situation, the horny 2 of the thorax gives way by Among other things, there also a bed of a fine — * hey poe gin contributors v Stova and re, 
a fissure running down side of the body, - poe mer og er — blue, which was very striking; and gave evidence of care and skill. 
diately above the i mandibles and legs, so and as this i wanted in a flower 
nof the 
that the head and thorax are the first 
with the 1 of the 
erably shorter than the ! 
t undergo 0 — alteration in tare the 
— during the process yr 
on y dadasi from its original horizontal direction 
position near at right angles trusses of 
posture, 
t assumes a 
with the thorax. By this . attended 
e 
with numerous 
s them, it can pre 
m re-entering, by slightly erecting th pe 4 — nes, and 
thus bringing 1 extremities 
gro 
t scarlet; ad King of Naples, one of — 
13 The n 
and a third, about eet long and 17 
variegated |G 
Flower of Day, which i ~ equally 
is best 
surface of the 
a state of great exhaustion, suspended | 
solely by a thread from the saan connected with the 
interior of the abdominal portion amt ny 5 
The e 
— Pelargonium — Cottenham, which is sai 
be a freer grower than — old sort called Golden Chain. 
e there isa stove 
wide, with meta pit in the centre and 
rked Achi- | 
the beautiful 
on 
feet wide, con- | Do 
tained all the best — of fancy Pelargoniums; on the 4. 
| front stage was a fine stock of that beautiful 
ards, Dealers 
General Faucher, Joba Edward 
— d, Essex Trium 
R. Cobden, Annie 
ederick Mrs Herbert 
125305 — hoy k. 
Trium 
e about 30 feet 
Books, beare S Beceibed. 
Poems by the Hon. Julian Fane, 2 Pickering, 
1852.—A beautiful and chea volume, full of 
rkable alike for 
A child’s ad a Man Ph b. 
\27—The Black oF 
(A pretty child’s book).— The British Bmpire 
(An Elementary Catechism). All 24mo. 
las 
5 
Garden Memoranda. 
Mr. Barnes’ Nursery, — a sre 
BERWELL.—Few men have had mo 
e need r, 
the short time he has 
i to 
. —. 
— onof these 
We ple; 3 homed 
Dey of Bourbon Prin 
our metropolis 
Mr 
xara javanica and other stovo plantse — 9 — 
apan nto bloom, amounting to 
n When fully blown they cannot fail to 
make a fine —— is walled in all 
e aaa 
fine stock of young — trees, 
dwarfs, Other hardy plants are also pretty abundant, 
FLORICULTURE. 
Tue Daunia. —Havin 
ng been a very successful culti- 
vator and exhibitor of this fine autumn flower for 
several 
n up to 
be very much cankered or 
a | CATALOGUE of 
The Fancies show 
n by Messrs, Keynes (I), and —. 65. 
were unnamed. 
Tro DGE ins anh omg a 9 Aug. 25.— There 
an i — — ting meeting bis asion, the Society, al 
quite in its Tefatey, eing extremely well attended both 
pes = nd visitors. The Poe a provincial one, was 
282 the Beat w se Me y of the 
was 
h 
eee being ery wall cult 
— v. 
poe in many io instances —.— not * Med 
exhibition. too — soas 
generally 2 
re A 
3 farnished us, ied ae . 
names of the subjects for which they were 
F re 
Mares field 
Peg 12 WD. pran — as yours are not uncommon 
one 
i y > Finean 4 —— 
PorTTING PELARGONIUMS FOR 8 JH. Mr. 
excellent little Treatise says :— 
the plants (well rooted 
tops pin 
8 pots; keeping in 
commended in potring them oe 
crag dy in stopping them, w! whioh pea be d 1 to 
the time they a toy emo Jane is the 
e 1 
pong ey will nire no m fting 
down, when a they may be prepared for making spec 
| Pucnems: A 8. Not ng 
colours “now in — —— — .—J J, Cirencester, 
Your seedling, though handsome, is no improvement on 
apu * 
stored, they are found to 
warty, 4 A aie nit’ 
th soot-water and soapsuds the roots 
ean and free from all insects, and 
ers may be expected. The most 
uccessfu wigs I have found to be the 
bloom s y of ioe: 3 or e Ko. . e in 
milk ith, which earwigs are particularly 
pouring scaldin on them, is 
the quickest way to 
e, of so pre an . E. Bennett, Perdiswe 
ll. 
Nat — FLORICOLTURAL Secrery, Sept. 9. Mr. Perry in 
the Chair, Dahlias aud Hollyhocks formed the . iin 
jects « — exhibition, w by a fine 
e last meeting o this 
1 aud Verde ple nice 
Dahlias Mr. Ja * a collection of 12 blooms, the best 
A Mr. N B id, 
te: 
ah ＋ 
1 d in lake. Fir 
Fase dal, ee to “Dahlia lee . 
class to 
bright scarlet. First-class „ 
Ditto to —— Mies Caroline —— 
We tion to Dahlia 
Unanimity (Edwa Certificate to Holly. 
soften the pit 
fond 55 3 raaa out of the stems into Poils, and | 
Morus to fr F S, Aberdeen. Al too mu 8 
oe anying like a correct apini 
ached from their footstaiks, and the 
yma ishing “humbers released 
VERBEN ae AP, Crimson King is jargo, but Unie’ Al 
esau * a misnomer, the truss #0 n being of a 
pinkish blush ; individuaily the pips possess W merit, 
—]— a 
S2 ̃ — 
to obviate t pine mg og 
Afri- 
— of resisting structive action o 
