THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [June 
believe, that one of them, named Odynerus parietinus, ; cutes her la . 
is a very formidable enemy in the hive, and exercises a | cals and August W hilst he “idle ca R — 
ascri ter value to the presence of vege- 
alle * a soil in Bengal (which contained 
very baneful effect upon the society of bees where it t the na of flowers 
but exceeding m sy 3 s 15 ted i oe 8 itself. This I first Bambi last September, | pesa Si uthors t the solitany-waspe nop A sue) inion d 
aceous matter, and in which he cultiva ’ | when a friend in Suffolk, who has had a good stock of 8 pollen, i 2 O. parietinus PPly he yoan 
from Od. to 11d. per Ib., as an experiment, for : stock taking 
worth from 9d. per 19., as katal bees for some years, informed me that one of his hives | in a beehive would induce one om — it 
seven or eight years, during which he had always a infested x insects that it was worthless, On den of fe robbing the bee to feed their cod ee 
and often abundant crops, he ascribes this pa A the inside a T iy mposed | observed imbedded in the earthy cases seve a but 1 
effect B 8 plants 3 been constantly manured | of earth and grain of sand, were sticking to the bottom; flies (7); now whether the full grown mageck eet 
with th ack, earth, so abundant in = their forms were irregular, and they looked e like brought by the wasps into the cells from = Were 
jheels ies of water) of ese oe we 3 n | lumps of N (fig. 1); but on opening them I found | eseaped, or whether the caterpillars had ieh they 
average goc xi spect h son ntal cent. of | the inside lined with a glutinous substance, of a shining | lated by Muscidæ, which had crawled forth and be, 
vegetable m and 1 r cen gh pie aa ate | dull white tint, and no doubt ay vious to a 0 r water. | pupe outside, so that when the flies hatched he ne 
* psa oldod i chiefiy by in small shells contained | Within these cells * fleshy larvæ of a yellow colour be at liberty, it is difficult to determine; indec at 
T (2), composed 'of 13 segments etd to the ead, | is a great deal yet to be learnt, and a com 9 there 
which was small, horny, and ochreous, the mouth being | of this solitary-wasp alone would fill a vol p Š history 
Mr. 1 ets armed with little i 
jaws ; the neck was bent, the body n this, as in similar cases, the A 
marks “that the ‘goodness of the soils from 8 inflated, and the tail canibal (3); these lived through | traced to a want of kno owledge 4 Pe e 
depended, probably, far more on the mechanical | the winter, and changing to pups they produced 13 | solitary-wasp when known should be watched 2 2 
structure than on the chemical composition, and wasps of both sexes at the end of May and beginning | captured in a pair of for ae a . retara 1 
that the presence of lime or any other sub- of June. Old garden walls, with a w aspect especially, me 
stance would appear of far less importance] The solitary-wasps were included by Linnœus oe be kept in repair nat well Ne as old nail holes and 
than that the soil should be, not too rich, but of] Fabricius in the genus N but Latreille and all chinks are amongst the favourite spots whic 1 
a 5 “gid pos character, so that the delicate | recent authors have named this group Odynerus, which wasps select to build in and multiply, and where such 
the roots might p enetrate easily in all is justified by their dissimilar economy as w well as by | good accommodation is met Aga , they are sure to eétae 
3 opini 5 is prol no 
from the truth wherever the climate is most suitable i ty 
to the cultivation of Cotton. i 
Dr. Wiénr, after practical caer of some fn 4 ; ‘ 
> ose, upper li outside of the 
ears, states s that aray it is in his power ap ee yellow w, as well as a dot between the horns, which are Chronicle, ofsthe 24th June last, re reflecting in strong and un. 
prefers “a 3 coloured ie star sandy slightly clubbed and composed of 13 joints; the basal selves called upon, te staan proceedings, they feel them. 
loam, and if it has bee oe g To cultivation 0 one is yellow beneath, and the rema ve are orange on | impressions which the perusal of that knee may hare ote 
n ques 
; but they 
1 os ly not far differences in the form of the mouth.“ The male (4), | blish themselves.— Nur 
ur 
much the better.“ The A 2 otton ail! = 1185 “dh ea W ong the tip forming a cla 
so much of the Cotton of India is grown, and whic ing black, ovate-conic and a d, the basal joint 
is generally considered the best for the purpose, is is Tke p short bell, the edges ha re a broad yellow pressing — e ise that a doou 28 syeh à patane whose 
remarkable for its wer of tainai moisture ; | margin 8 — t each side, the following segments are object h in hate capacity of Council, is the improvem hor... 
while of the red soil he say n I am inform edged w yellow, forming bands: the four sok? A ee ee rp! 
ed 
th vi „ eee arte De the country, bi ery sc with a brown stigma rvures : legs are | without seeki lanation from a body abou fey 
izagapa atam trie Et tton n crops, without seeking any expla on ya tio 0 
bright 1 avd thi gis kiaia exes . — the tips, and | grossly assailed. 
both as to quantity and quality, are raised on n red ee fous : or : side ede do 1. this reply the Council will confine themselves to a mere 
soils, and the redder the better for the purpose.” also exhibit — si word aes the intermediate PPC 5 argo eee 
5 3 on. 
But the suitableness of these N soils we must | shanks have a short black line — the feet, which First, with respect to the appointment of judges— í 
consider in connection with climat have e tinge, are dusky at their —— The Council have invariably appointed to each section 
Si 2er RIRE. ors . he female “is oy who in their opinion, were > best 4 qualified to tthe spe a correct 
: : is j 5 
1 Whitfield. subse- being 63 lines long, and the wi ngs dl 1 inch : it h they were to 3 10 e ju 
quently to his introduction of "his plant into European differs considerably from the male in the yellow mark. d 00 il, but th 2 ted — be ned to — 
che Council, but the we selecte e e most 5 
i attaine ings : the head is en tirely black, porte the yellow amateurs and — se ke horticulturists, nether Per 
Council—whether members or not — Sac seo 
it is a regulation oo — rhe ai that no person can be. 
appointed a judge any s in which he may be a com- 
petitor. T 3 — > saline place until the exhibi. ' 
— 2 —— A — 1 . — e menh A 
e Council who m 
the statement, that s th he ae oe nsult th 
ane me gee judgment upon the merits 
he 
turally 3 ee. of cultivating free 
more especially such as are highly — 
this Gardenia holds out the latter inducements I 
ò MIUULUCU 
iis in perfeetion. 
About two years ago, a cutting, then recently struck, 
was shifted into a pes" pot, using 1 and pointed to ju 
intermixed with .a little silver sand; it was 3 8 bs Sa to i 2 —.— nt bi Ss 2 ana pegan 
2 2 2 T 8 ze was aw 
placed in a tan > — where a high and umid | es to — Helas k member of the Council,” the fol 
3] was tly kept up. During sum- lowing explanation will show that such was 
mer it grew vigorously, and towards autumn it entleman alluded to, who is ember of the Council, was 
allowed to harden its ppointed a j in the sectic ‘Lord Lieutenant’s prizes, 
0 go to until 
* ben D mee in which, according to the printed schedule, there was 
sa Tt it was repotted with sim for Auricula e day of exhibition, the Auriculas wett 
ta, ted, when abe pot, and er ee 1 r the lateral re from this section, placed along 2000 4 45 * fee 
when abundance of culas entered for competition, and were adjudic: , 
was maintained. the close of summer it 4 — the judges appointed to that section 1 
a good growth; it was then, as formerly, induced to 6-joi with a sting 9 Dee peered yer! which, 5 already 
ripen its ö set its blooms. In order to | the first joint is Ema . — the base, with a lobe the Auriculas had been removed; he therefore did not trary 
prevent N from flowering at an unfavourable | in the centre, more or less broad : the coxæ and thighs the Lord Lieutenant's prize to hims a a 
season, it was e high t t f | are black, the ti f 2 188 | was asserted ‘ without fear of contradiction ile 
3 P 1 e tips of the latter yellow ; all the shanks Secondly, with reference to the “haughtiness o 2 the Ci 
pee — poe i to Ton a ea ee — _— black stri ipe inside towards the apex; the tarsi | in excluding gardeners from the annual dianes it is merely 
season growth, a an er atmosphere rown, i ioi 3 necessary to state that there is no rule t 
w ing only between 50° — 0° articular i. ‘dontifvine both ide be nave | who are ae rehen dipai — — rp fon ee ve 
a ee i à 5 vi p upon the some di th 
Was kept up., Ña this situation it remained during there are about 20 species of Odyneri that inhabit | . ith reference to the “ disingenuousness of d 
its 2 b t it was placed * a warmer er and it will be very desirable if Coua in inviting the public to see their show of flowers nn, 
where i lower push. any of the others are equally offensi ruits, a , after receiving their ider this ’ 
By the end of April they were 6 inches long and hang- T r it is „„%½%yi f person who nan, 
ing down like inverted trumpe i began to expand, | necessary to observe, form , arcely | charge scarcely worth contradicting, as every ify that the fruit 
A : 3 nd, 5 combs of woody fibres, con- the Rotunda on the days of exhibition can tes 125 
presenting a novel and beautiful appearance, being | siderably resembling the honeycomb of bees in st is arranged for exhibition on stages made fi the Po ated 
3 inches and u in diameter at the mouth and ture, and like that tribe also th t SiruC- department open to the public, and afterwards 7 
rly white in colour, contrastin fet with the | sotos f e nest comprises three | among the visitors, at about 5 o'clock in ree 
green foliage. Al * o> Be — ie, ale, and neuters or workers. The The last charge against the Council is that of 20 60 
A E ee rm, 0 m solitary-wasps, on the trary, live secluded, viz or as the article before them says, “the che under 
plants e ever in flower, and | female fi num * cell th ve been advised, has been committ of the honour 
3 item J i even ing | out th pets wine — essful exhibitors, who not only are deprived of th? ich 
7 e presence of e or the money which its 
was quite scen ; but, unlike the r large 5 ; e MaN pee = F m eg to them, e do not er the 7 4 Counell reel 
various species Se! ve m ‘ailing funds permit the S to offer.. visitors to 
ee flowered. Setar which are only slightly fra- | localities for their — 4 som chester ia = sandy the money o of the subscri Sr tal on money of the Y of their 
possesses nearly the fragrance of the Cape | banks, where they construct —.— the entrance to x rize; bat hey break 8 » to pay the ee on 
tum. . é m : ouncil the x 
5 y odoriferous flow is a filigree tunnel ingeniously modelled of grains of the prizemen get nothing.” This is a very serious ch cation 
ep “n forth 2 n eedings than the mere bis feeling 
2 pa 3 5 ures peso si, as a public body, 
t 
any larger or m 
peA others ge our houses and take possession of un- | May be, do not hesitate to make the follo 
e | disturbed papers, seeming to delight i in appro- facts, in answer to this charge. i 
printing to thems 7 ote negle cubed» ry ae The rule of the Society, adopted after ward * prizes, to a i 
: and acted n fi ars is, to A 
yr ete Tag a s between th of — bound | owners of or — 2 bited. Counci! do 
ks, with one laid over thes top, pretty well filled with | necessary to enter into the reasons ie faded than 19 
the muddy cocoons, and sheets of folded paper are | p30Pt this rule ; it iss — ony E awarded to tr 
equally applicable to their wants, b = 52 ae he nates of of their beer, 
n cell the f. =" Š „ and so pub ished, e ing the o the rule, 
a e emale de ts an egg, and then gardeners, thereby award the p see e 
carries stores up with it flies and caterpillars of | t° mployer, b vine 2 the P abile 25 the mer or al 
small moths, as well as other larvee, for the fone of the gardener who may have b ah The Coun» 
feed upon whe 3 x i ator of the specime the prize. hom they 7 
riag ott 8 eggs h. Sufficient provision | pay the amount of the prizes to th 
g been thus To by the d een mother, | Warded, or to their order, and it appears es the prizes bare 
<< the cell is el e proceeds ure of been books that in the great majority of case cases the Pe oak 
Piha. N ag f en paid to and ived by the en i 
See : another, to be Aer furnished, aa thus she prose-| The resignation of the i — ri seo — Sey ted 
BEES, 
Tux curious habits andeconomyof: . © Curtis’ last September, and h 
| — U— — i -attendance 
Wasps are well known, bet rg ary oF Mason | * tive Beit. Ent, pl. 187 and 760, where both genera are | it it impossible fo for — Cou nell L mas oae present Asset the nam? 
; e apiarian is „ t Curtis’s be apn 3 ger eyi n preparing their annual repo reluctantly d 
. gonna oos. of the gardeners ; 5 they were obliged, therefore, 
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