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fibre of the inside of the stem of the the vine, making ing a mn number of strong plants has reached birds daily. 1 know p A plan similar to this 
cavity from six inches above the ground to the termina- | this ere is a chance of its becoming better | might not be carried out 
tion of the principal root. When the insects become | known ; and doubtless the well known skill of English blesome. I be 
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—— decay. The insects are known in about the boles of trees ; for it isa climber, with dark | soon learn to manage bird-lime, and instead of being put 
be perfect | state from Mexico to New Vork.“ green leaves, resembling in appearance a Smilax, to in a garden to halloo until he is tired, which is 
which it » allied. Its * Lr thick and fleshy,| very soon, he might learn to rid the place of а pest, 
— facts noticed by Miss Morris are new to scien 2 like those * the flowers, however, unnatural. excessive, from want of counteraction. 
beau hey are bell-shaped 
interesting, as we know no case of a weevil residing | consist i Е ndants, Francis H. Lascelles, Merevale Parsonage, Atherstone, 
ia its early states in the stem of such a plant as the | of the richest and deepest rose colour, a measuring} Cantua — For the information of #2” 
Potato. Unfortanately no specimen illustrating the | some 4 . ing description, truly, but a | (see p. 312), I may state that Cantua dependens 
mode of its attack on the stem has been for ed to | eorrect'one, Now a word or two about its treatment; up | been covered with here for the last three weeks, 
ге нень however, able to illustrate the larva, pu to the present time failure has been the rule with those and it still has а mass of flowers to споса 
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— Б Schönherr (Cureul. v. 3, p. 718 ; and v. 8, | tigate the causes removed to the stove early in spring. S., Lancaster. 
171), — the name of Baridius cM of Klug. | and habit uire. рне ei, i cool, moist and Tallies,—One of correspondents inguired, in your 
1. had received several manuscript names, but | shady w paper of the - fore last, qs one Ny. recom. 
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Say had already described it in bir Descriptions | in an artificial climate ‚оГ a directly op — character, | mend a good tally or label for flowers, fruit troes, Ac, 
el [aee or 4 North Ameriea, p. 4 n. Li under | viz., a d airy tem . light, I have tried some made by Mr. R. Williams, pipe 
the name his s t| it would exhibit its natu health and vigour, On the | manufacturer, Gloucester, for more than a year, and 
to be retained The] perfect insect is t two e Bis 21 contrary, it did exactly what any other plant of a similar | they have answered admirably. They are pag any 
oblong, black, clothed above with gray pile, and beneath | nature, and under a like change of condition, would 2 or size according to order (I sent him ш 
with baff scales ; ; the head finely punctate, те tection do-it cast its leaves, and otherwise indicated its | patterns), of common pi wae wri 
srched, rugosely punctured, gibbose at the base ; | repugnance to its altered circumstances. If the several | with a common De 3o loo — 
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Wik Conills e Good Fruit or a Good Vegetable? greenhouse it has while in a cool and | As the ing features of this great display of fruits 
—I am surprised that the horticultural world has never|shady one at Kew it is succeed well. From and flowers are given in another column, we will at 
set up a standard of а и which fruit and | фе nature of its roots it is, d ess, a t | once proceed here to particularise the various matters 
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| tenacious destroyed 
such a thing is much wanted, in order to decide dis- og — like many die fine plants, it requires | 1n өмү of 20 Srove and Сиккхнопак 
tes which are constantly arising at provincial exhi- peculiar cu re for its perfect development. When that | the Large Gol d Medal was awarded to Mr. Же эч 
„ Опе Р... 2 (for there are generally three ог | has been — . it soon will, we may expect to | Mrs , Larenco, of Ealing Park, for the following, Vis 
ws), contends for large Leeks, another | behold its noble blossoms developed in our gardens, ав | Boronia pinna Leschenaultia major 
medium-sized ones; another says large Onions are | in its native woods оп the mountains of Valdivia, апа |  Priostemon — iti A 
best, never looking to quality ; while а fourth із the cmm — And of its orev the |  Pultenma stipularis Aphelexis purpurea grandifiorn 
content with middle-sized ones, provided they are | open air in this country, if situation be selected, | Cho roses varien — 
аз to quality, Such eases occur every day. Argument and олт plants ployed, the there is белд from рма Gem barbiguram 
the character ofits native жее * every — acuminata Ixora evocinea 
the lity. In addition to the local con ditions—the Azalea Lawrenceana Azalea Gledstanesi 
where it rem g nt расгіа n ici 
of three judges at a horticultural show, where 1 had to roy medium tempera prominent e ieran — All these plants had 1 a Size and which 
on, and iscuss with my brother | the tract of country dr t inhabits, Many parts of Great ood eultivation, spread over as the he PL ne — 
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vegetables. ore we could agree about | degree. We do not acquiesce in this com or example, y" Е 
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neglected ev ng hp rovineial shows (a thing much | have no hesitation in saying birds become a great pest. and it was во full of its delightful flowers that it 
to be regretted), and yet I think few will dispute the Such being the case, it becomes a question how to get really one of the — срчана о 
fact that it is " uisite to have a good crop of | rid of this pest, and by destroying this surplus, as I may The Bossiwa was ub ehe бозо 
і і resto i ili blossoms is uy bright some tastes ; 
* = why not strive to have has been my lot to spend some years of my life on а and the Hen . well cultivated, 
This matter has sle mountainous range in East India, and I the | is sel 
LER Leslie Gn ben my ана мао way in whieh man was com to war | this as it may, however, it need hard] 
aroused as to be alive to the real importance of | against animals and birds for his very living. altogether, this was one of t t F 
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article on this subject from an under-gardener, at Raby and from that day until the егор 
Castle, may I be jas to ask why they we not | one contineed watsh. on the. part of tho bmbandman tember, when it was brought 
their Grapes there in previous years! A Near | over his field. course he makes a fence, which |18 
Nei; 3, чина iE lean, i but he must watch at night to | Was 
spageria Rosea.—The history of the artificial treat- | ward off the hog and porcupine, as no fence can keep | plenty of sir and light whenever 
ment many of our well-known plants received,|them out; the latter nn through, an - the former | favourable, and it was | : 
—— and when their habits were little r through, I may у, suything ba a stone wall ;| ite natural way this spring, without 
known, would afford some curious and instructive details | and by day he must keep of the birds, Jon, Qi plan | Messrs, Fraser, of Lea B 
for the i been adopt, a is feasible this Their plants were :— 
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until some lucky accident or fortunate ps has танау pitch on the prominent shoots or Как " v MEME | Choros vads 
it to develope its true character, and to indicate | have remarked this all over the world. The natives of Adenandra fragrans 1 
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Hitherto but little success most, and breaking off all these prominent perching | nevertheless, excellent examples of good cultivation. 
ies ded the attempts to cultivate it among the por put bird-limed twigs in their place, and flush the | Indeed, the great disti feature of the show was 
* who are fortunate enough to possess it. But to them, thus destroying sacksful of small j that there was not a A scores frc m 
