THE 
igh bland drr Society, vol. iii. 
at instance the 
T would add, that ie is 
analysis, as compar 
ted in the common way, the root — 
ered in value to the extent of containing a small per 
~ — — ——— 
GARDENERS’ 
was published in the Gardeners’ 
an illustrated account 
Chronicle for 1846, p. 740. 
es of insects which feed upon the foliage 
es, a oben such an extent as to strip t 
0 —.— — their growth, and 
10 
Hae noctua, Noctua 
ne Geometra, Geometra (Bupalus) pin 
centage more water, the qu antity 0 solid matter 
being displaced in the same proportion, while the quality 
of the food remained uninjure 
t has been too much the fashion of late to desert 
ogy for the allurements of 3 and it 
ned that ae gps 
seemingly more brilliant than 
it will be found in the long run that the a ei 
be separated ; or é thal if one only is to n as a 
guide, vegetable physiology = safer, the moment 
the erialism modern writers 
mak 5 8 pa 3 of * and its 
effects fully recognised as 20 oundation of t 
b as people continue to 
, if not irreverently, the 
of explanation except upon princi 
force ere: mem controlling ikat; ‘td 2 
them subordination rtain 
we can sg appreciate 15 their a 
mmi 
n or 
8 8 
it tells in practice. 
The Life of the Plant,“ a little memoir by 
Hermann Schacht, who regards this subject from 
we believe to be the only just point of view, 
in some respects too hypothetical, is well 
worth studying by those who have been misled by 
the spurious physiology of a great eet in 
chemical matters. Mr. Schachr clearly 
ints out the separate vitality of 
matter, sed compounds 
and how e that of roots, is rende en í 
of elaborating fecu ula, sugar, gum, oils, resins, 
colouring matters, and so on. He points out “ the 
constant a ST t ” of such cells a oe rming the 
matters they assimilate, ag he insists upon the 
alts emery A. ia from their“ . Dhystlogia 
ases life 
vity.” 
extinguished, and fa-the & cells remai 
skeleton, or “ghee 
an 
end 
diges 
oO 
3 
3 
parts still living. 
eavour to find room fora translation of this 3 
ted treatis 
1 see ree Mr. Srevens is about to sell, 
t (see advertisement), another 28 > 
eth e of ( Ce 4 it may be as well 
to state that Epidendru um, of which there 
— 55 was found by the Indians 
rees in i 
D 
und by Mr. 3 collectors were 
uried in Mosses 
Fors. and only 
the brillian ancy of the flow 
X ~ ENTOMOLOGY. 
ured, S, Smith, Lois Weedon, | species 
y that but Tittle general 
also several 
injury is produ uced by them. There 
of saw-flies belo 
the at and . — autumn we 7 e, how 
ed several complainin g of 
3 
w-fly 
P. austriaca 
which ore to belong to the genus Lohe 
The ne 
and measur 
nd | to the N b risk poor gs a 
k | about three 
nasamerei 
work destined to hold apres : 
us, dsias, and 
caught the s oyes of the Indians "esi 2 nen 
h 
positions 
3 the ae and a male of 5 5 Pint of the natura 
about an e in length; they were of ` dirty whitish 
ns (one of which is represe 
affixed to one 2 the Fir leaves), within which they 
d the and underwe: » er transform 
cae ) is represented in 
ah In the foll llow- 
e their way out of the 
circular cap from one end of it. 
cocoons by gnawing a 
Unfortunately only female insects have 
been produced 
rom the specimeris sent us, which survived and attained 
“pene orm, which is the more to p ernie as 
ters in 
from those o 
CHRONICLE. 
them li 
timately rag d 
ely, 
oak seeu 
caterpillars which were forwarded to us in the 
e face being st 
on | writer, a sin 
3100 eggs) would, in 10 year 
hich (magnified ‘to | 
ord the more 
n | this ieult paas and as the as arena eass us differ | has 
n | condition congenial to 
ee ee 
first ma an incisio 
with her ovipositor, 
wards th 
— — whole 
twelve spe health y 
from the young caterpilan 
g and they 1 atts 
ays in immense broods, wit 
9 to ‘Muller, these 
erase = 
J å- 7 =” 
F. 
S, produce kag 
he 
nearly 200,000 billions, a number, 5 
bi fe the Ge rman forests would no 
ong th 
— for the — 
roots of the trees must wee 
the , as it is there that the insects form 
cocoons. Children should re: be employed to i 
the — as soon as they appear in May mi 
J 0. : 
_CURCUMA ROSCOEANA. | 
Tuis, ag perhaps not one of pe 
ts that could be nam 
— deserving * a place in every collection , 
eans for its proper culture can be e 
ere for few plan gayer or more ae 
than ingerwort, whose bright orange bracs 
guard . p, will retain thei colour for 1 any 
weeks. To grow it successfully a Mes 
avid is ne and bottom-heat is of gm 
advantage ; _ when ‘had i in flower early i in he hi 
af 
van 
is easily done, 
conservato . 
ry, ouse, al even the siti 
window, and in either situatio 
1 1 . 
temperature of 6 
the _ from amongst the roots, in 
* 
unnecessary, bu 
The rhizomes are im —— . 
and unless this is applied ra . . 
been k for months, it wae . — 
d "Title or no water need be yen "id 
ant 
the parts of the mou 
joints of the antennæ being of the latter colour, as well 
z the dila! 
ted sides of the pn, the sides 
val oe none Mame, and a 
penul te altin 
middle of the fore, and outer m 
nd win 
93 e Pe rary g the e wine of the female is ts Fp re 
or an cut represents a sprig of the 
Pine tree, with two of the PK tt > nature 
size in itions ne of 
e sty month, by which time the buds will hay 
to growth, and 
when this is the case there 
don mead ore safe — 
it will be advisable to defer pa'l to 
till another when ithout reals 
in size, and will ad admit of being bab i eine 
> 
early his 
entirely 
dividing the 
g tue 
plants, if 
dre d eee one o 
re highly magnified, and 
es reared by us, about 3 | natural 
lengt 
Kollar gives the following particulars relative to the 
istory ef Lophyres Pini, which, doubtless 
now befo 
Komop: 
ies or two days, until her eggs are sufficiently matured, and y 
then begins to following manner. | fic 
to deposit them in the 
ajam 
n the 
- | their beauty in a cool place 
p te watering * 
d ota and potting give a mod th is eride 
ill active growth oe 
keep the atmosphere lose till a in merely mä 
e summer mai a moderate a 
water. cae a ajar 
r ible, for 
