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ely, iu a proper soil and 7 and is more lasting, E guia SEGA the remains of the injured pei numbers of insects, of all o — 3 
Ew TUR — the Almond tha n on the Plum stock. | her stop, and Iwas w ondering whether it | the edge of the perpendicular eilte nen Observed qp 
The culture of the Peach in en south of France, and | was 3 ed ome the fruit, or the w asps that were A sane at the time sit hes si gently from the lam tue 
here in orchard-houses, will Went this. I may add, devouring it. I had not long to wait, for, in a moment an instance in which a humble bee Pi 
that Manetti Rose cuttings may be budded the first it swallowed one a the wasps. I was thinking it had cliff had impaled itself on the sharp noid rde 
Season after planting ; but the: ores a not form such sound mee a mistake for once; but no, for it soon made a dart which had pierced the hard covering of its bag a 
well-rooted plants. Thomas Rive at another and or it in, a third came within its reach | instances of the impalement of insects on k, 
eeds d preventive of Potato dee ease. . occupying | a — * was soon out of sicht ; it appeared as if three wasps mentioned by Messrs, Desvignes, Curtis were. 
a house in this neighbourhood for t —— and were sufficient for a yt for it might have had more. | 0 other — in some cases evidently b dull aad 
autumn months, I — in the — vaii five pia s of When it found shelter from the sun I took the part of in othe y the insects flying agai y — 
P s; symptoms of the mamas appeared m or | an injured — and 5 it a little and put it near Mr. Buenos exhibited specimens of various thomas, 
less in every plantation, and I took the — the toad; there were san plenty of wasps on the Plum, | lepidoptera, chiefly from the neighbourheod of * 
adopted means of saving the 2 — by cutting off the and within . the toad ; but Bufo vulgaris appeared including Plutella horridella from the 
green tops and earthing up, to secure better drainage, to say :—No more I aier you, Natura paucis contenta Napier, of Ockham ; also Bede 8 i 
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ickly an mpletely covered with weeds, 2 and 3 Tomato Disease. — A ae is attacking Tomatoes | subject to the attacks of Lehneumonides, Fagor of 
feet in seve ig From the ee — — 1 could paa e similar im that which is affecting the Potato. I planted larvae, 40 were destroyed by the last named ot af. | 
get one good Potato—they were wretchedly diseased— | a considerable quantity on ihe south side of a new wall, also specimens of a second * of. Parasites; 
— - ö scabiosella, reared from -Scabiosa columbaria, 
upon digging this I was most agreeably surprised; in appearance ra the Ist ef August. Last year I had Augustus Sheppard exhibited vario ious rane Ms 
102 tubers I only found se merely | some mie the same way, but nothings Seer Lind from Margate ; Mr, Edwi n Shepherd, cabo So 
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The haulm was comple * ithered, — ew ery| Hollies Destroyed by Mice. — IJ have had a great lunigera; and Mr. S. Stevens, specimens of the 
d.harsh, presenting an exhausted appear ;the number of beautiful Hollies, v varying in height from 1 soled 22 butterfly Callithea Batesii, which had. 
weeds were deeply roo ooted, and from the — — must to 8 feet, stripped of their bark about 6 i inches me the | been paia 2 Mr. 2 Mr. 
have prevented all atmospherie — with the stem from the ground. They were growing in very exhibited : . of v tes found — 8 
exception of the heaviest rains. I do not recommend small plantations under Fir trees; and it is “ae we evident | and aes in the Zo Zoological ae 
anybody to cultivate weeds in their garden, but I can- that the work has been done by mice, I would feel Regent’s Park. A communication Was read from the 
not help fancying that i am indebted to a erop of weeds | obliged by haing informed whether this is a common | sec ott of the Museum of Natural Hi i 
for a crop of Potatoe „H., Betchworth, Surrey, occurrence, and what steps should be taken pis prevent | Charleston, South Carolina, Mr. Comte MAUA 
ber 8. { — r to the exhausted soil laid dry further pee s fh the oceurrence, near Tunbridge, of vast quantities 
by the praporatien from the weeds. }/ Apricots on a North Wall.—I have been induced to of Scæva unicolor, all of which cereal to be 
A’ Word or two about Spiders 1 I was walking in a offer a few pee on thie subject, from the frequency of | males, and which he mow regarded as only a variety 
young el day or two ago, I saw a large . com plainis regarding the uncertain nature of the Apricot of S. Pyrastri, He also mentioned that 
or Daddy Long-legs, fly into the web of a f England. | specimens of the pale variety of Colias Edusa 
suspended between the branches .of a young — g paa scarcely say that the Aprie cot 2 deserving of C. Helice) had proved to be females. also k 
Presently, from underneath one of the said branches, I some attention, not only for its excellence as a dessert | a specimen of the fine Sphinx 79 of Drury @ 
ived the owner of the web, one of the Epéiride, | fruit, but also on account of its qua eee as a preserve, | native of Trinidad) which had b een reared and fow 
te hi than Which there is none finer or more beautiful; they alive in the gardens of the 
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one of the supports of the web towards the field of old tree on which for three successive years I had | leaf of Viburnum Lantana, covered with a flatt 
combat; and having satisfied himself that the game was looked in vain for fruit, and planted it on a prepared | of galls, Mr. Stainton communica 
nearly dead, he made a dart and came down upon border on the north side of a wall; the result has been la a paper on microlepidoptera, — 1 The Tauschrerem 
to the manifest consternation of Epirus, who a good erop of fruit, well savas d, and of excellent | —— * and Mr, Wi lkinson exhibited some » of 
retreated a short distance to ponder upon his future | quality ; » — ess is the onl difference between them | eu found 
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retired part of his Py rapes Epëirus, however, | derived from having the meat — a north aspect are, „ Ne Georgics of Apink a Heroic Conjo $ 
seemed quite aware of h opponens i intentions, — ud that unseasonable earliness is prevented, and shading 3 p E Cobbold; AEA. e W sG 
seizing a opportunity, he quietly dropped on 1e | syringing ipe after a frost, previous to the sun bold man who nee . * er 
body, an d No. 2 prudently retired. ‘the movements — shining upon the trees. I am also of opinion that trees in a modern agricultural dress. ee 
the latter were now especially interesting. Ile evidentiy | grown on a north wall will not, as is usua J, die off Jet succeeded, and * never , er tee 
limb by limb, but in this 1 have not yet had sufficient reason—that a poet is not a eee 
ving permitted him rest some time, he very | experience. I am ever, so satisfied with my present Poet, nor the combination of farmer an 
qan y approached within reach of his fore- suecess, that I intend 3 moving l the Apricot trees be er, a botanist, and aS 
ws, and with these he most dexterously endea- that are in this place to the north sides of sch The best version has hitherto 
foe to a roll in the web, G. J., Stansted, King, noticed by. us in a previous volume. 
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simular to that which he had bestowed upon the poor Te Potato Hisense, at and Cutti the Haulm.—I lal is a new candidate for public favour, 
Daddy. Epéirus was, however, on the alert, and at the | paid a visit to Mr. Diplock, of 2 ifini inn, Fletching, bardlz be reg mae 09 p 
—— . — he — away and again retired, 2 have done for three years in succession ; — standing the cleverness with w 
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uvres were repeated for several minutes, and it sat had one diseased tuber for the last tl pore i 
was quite er who would remain master of the | while his neighbours around have had to deplore n erbe, An, tis Werbe y miare 
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end of the Larch branch, be dropped down into slightest symptoms of disease are d 1E 
the Grass beneath, As I considered this 4 virtual | and before it hae-reaahed ra . le te . e Piaget any gee — ae i 
abandonment the contest, I went my way. Two | cut off close to the soil, at the same time in n passi — —— — 4 Rg t nad digitos len 
honre gee I returned and found the body | presses in with his foot — top left behind; they a 
a carried to the point from whence Epéirus then thiekly earthed over, to prevent bleeding, and it the 
dropped ‘the Grass; and upon examina. | soil is observed to be damp a few days after, a fresh 
„F ‘been the | bleeding that Mx. D. attributes ecess, ni color, At soelecatum 
— : a ase Ee t e pace ge e n 9 — Di ie est pisem tanta tazique nocentes, p 
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body was quietly enjoying his feast at the other, And eager Mz. Diplao ae one e 
Im upon w had seen; and I t — — 
* i crop of toes, an itful soil may easily bescann’ 
Machiaveli n instructed the eaters they could not bly erop while — — — 2 noighe Tn tha ig erambles not pe th — 
have evinced more skill, or arrived at a move satisfac | baurbood fi r . 
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Woodlands Nursery, Ma a son Wa. Wood, And oa the palm Ar 1 of 5 
tory —— ‘of the dispute. C. N. Bree, Stowmarket. | resfield, near y dase — a strength. 
Sulphuric Acid. I see it stated that vinegar is largely ome : Tas 1 Mma yon 8 
adulterated with vitriol (sulphurie a and this is An ‘may 5 et of — es 
ing injurious The. near 
of as w ave n peia — nown full wel 
— ee Ag make Raspberry — with sulphuric So kieties. 4 me own endahe * a we ‘we stay to tell 
acid mixed with water, till about the sou of Lemons ENTOMOLOGICAL, September 6.—J.0, W Of colour caught at ; rely known : 
Ea arma 3 A 82 — sious to _ if thie FLS, President’ in the Chair, — — — 1 rr e there Ted, 
1 ions. 2 n under the received si h i i : Ivy rise to y! 
impression oe spi oP pre — ei ved since the last meeting, as a series of the publi- And darkly frowning Ivy r 
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eaten Plum, a number of | T 
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mem Mr. Weir exhibited a number of rare beyond its strength,“ is not in 0 
ieralepideptera from the neighbourhood of Tunbridge | late neu se prevalida prams she 
toma J and Mr. E. Bon da series of interesting Coleoptera, show itself to be over pred os 
alia. duces; that is to say, a Aan 
he President noticed the oceurrence of immense | rather than to ear“ Nor can we 
