THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



although they are sometim. , 1. I t . f u ure sti 1, » 



■ For pot-culture the Tea China Roses cannot be 

 strongly recommended, as they are so grown with 

 greatest ease to perfection, taking care that the 

 used is rich and open (turfy) and that good drainage 

 provided. Indeed, I think many of the more deli 

 ■weak growing varieties, such as Elisa Sauvage, &c, 

 suitable only for pots, as in the open borders they 

 often subject to failure. The comparatively hardy 



Josephine Malton, Bougere, " 





I... . - 



MENT OF SCIENCE. 

 The Seventeenth Meeting of this body was held this 



our regret that so important a subject as Botany shoul 



V. ,:!,■.-,! 



Zoology and Botany, including Physiology. The 

 iV - : - 1 - come when an attempt might 

 cience of Botai IJ -. 

 t mixing it up with the other 

 ge a portion of the subje 



Luseum, and the following is a 



Strickland, Esq. Vice-Presidents, Sir W. C. Trevelyan, 

 Bart. ; P. B. Duncan, It. Brown, Professor Henslow, 



and Sir J. Richardson. 



T. V. Wollastoii, and Dr. 

 of Canino, 1 : 



Ho,v 



, Professor Nilsson, Professor Esmark, Lord 

 iamat Allman, Dr. Acland, 

 C. C. Babington, Professor Bell, G. Busk, 



•: : 



Sir W. Jardine, Rev. L. Jenyns, Professor Owen, 

 . 



I apt. Widdring- 

 t-n, W. \.. ., G. Newport, 



t<" r '.\ K W,-.:-- .::-.-, II. lVnnv, J. O. Westwood, 

 " "*. Egerton, Bart., C. 



. White, who °had°seen°the 





if these orders. Sir William Hooker 

 it to the Sapotads and to the genu 

 ortions of the wood of the tree had 



iu-iu- 



>d by the Malays for making th 

 I i been regarded a 



property was that of 1 



quite soft at the temp 

 <uyadh< 



;■ 



•bably very extensive. The 

 Malays use it for many of the purposes of wood and 



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: ■■ ■ 

 be probably, .: pose to which 



ropertyof softening by heat 



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tpw «« On g the Use of Gutta 

 his plan the author did not use the gutta p 



i object, but used 



it is to be carefully pressed with the finger point, or a 

 uniform adaptation. In moulding 



animal bodies. The gutta percha does not seem to be 

 applicable to taking moulds from very fragile bodies, 



site pressure, nor admit of the removing of the mould 

 when rigid without risk. The most delicate objects. 



peculiarly adapted for making casts. He had written 

 to Mr. Brook, of Borneo, on the subject, and that 

 gentleman, in reply to one of his inquiries, had 



gutta percha could be supplied from that island Mr. 



Crawford, formerly Governor of Singapore, stated 

 that the dark colour and hardness of the gutta percha 

 were given to it by submitting it to the action of boiling 

 water. It exudes as a soft substance from the trees, 



sula, and also in the island of Borneo. The true way 

 of pronouncing the word was pertsha. G 

 was a Malay term, and meant ragged gum. 



- 



the Ivfiuence of Light on the Growth of Pit 



minate under the influence of light separated fronTthe 

 chemical principle with which it is 



i being effected and the fii 



r'ne reproductive e 



vegetable 



of the solar rays is more 



light, during the spring tl 



s production of chlorophyl, or t 

 le leaves, was shown to be due 

 lit and actinism-the first beii 

 the carbon audi 

 n of this deposited carbon. 



great a bugbear as the Aphis vasta 



deed it has been confounded by one 



ject of the Potato disease. Our i 



insect by t 



Correspondents, Insects, 26th June), by whom they 



We had t 

 m the Potato. 



[ as it appeared i 



i upon his Potato p 



given by that gentleman, and proposes in its stead that 







basal part of the fore wings of a leathery texture, and the 

 a P inder a I il i the I w 3 - n - bran0US ; WhilSt "* ^ Homo P terous 

 over, tL^wing e sTtCfo e rmer ir a e re ^ted&nipon^e 

 back, whilst on the latter they are perpendicularly 

 elevated over the body. The position of the sucker is 



* SirWi;-ia , n ' - his reeentiv r o i, ' eoris or plant- 



:"V. ' ' ' ' " ■ ■'" ' . ■- ■ - ' ■ . :■■:. ,: ...-. i ■ 



. ■ .the sapotads, and i 8 a species of length, when I ' .., t one . th i r d of 



*** lnht - i an inch, so that it is a giant compared with the Aphidw. 



[July 17. 



I^ofap alep -^.*. 



and rather opaque, the surfi 

 clothed with very fine bla 

 of the fore wings is rather darker* with »* '** 



maturity. 



In company with this species, we 

 closely allied to it, being rather s 

 polished surface to the body, a brighter '„! * 7 

 S«^S^t rf of^e a fe n ^^2 



generally on the Potatoes it 

 occasionally prefers to feast on a ripe RnJ^-l 

 which it, bug-like, imparts the disagreeable flSoS! 

 is occasionally experienced whilst eating that fruit. 



the Potato disease, it may be further mentioned 

 the last meeting of the Entomological Society, on the ii 

 inst., another gentleman exhibited some Potato plum 

 and professed himself able to destroy or preserve the 

 at pleasure. This startling proposal was illuatnteJ kj 

 surrounding a portion of a growing plant with a psu 

 frame, and introducing within the frame a number i 

 insects, which would in a short time bring v 

 nto a bad state of disease ; whereas, by sprintE* 

 another plant, with lime, he was able to secure it km 

 the attacks of the insect. Nothing, therefore, appeared 



. ••• > -y 



Stephens, Professor Milne Edwards, fa 



atomologist 



y • • I* 



Home Correspon 



of Pines, which must certainly have been ****P 

 fruit ; a 6 or 7 lb. Queen is a sight I have^ ^ 



mmon, although our friend « Mirabile &JJJ; 



Lid d£ fii J mention whether his P^/.^ 

 peat previous to being turned out of «J"'J^ 



-.- . 



finTSthebauCr'rooS 



nation, after the fruit has been cut, to» ^ 



a single fresh root, whether grown in po^ ^ - 



:., ... /:.,- ' '. 



Pines. A much better jWf&v * * 

 judge rightly of the comparatn 



