THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[JAN. 29, 
by Mr. Don; th 
ritical | is so called in Cabool and Afghanistan. The seeds sent Smithiana (Khutrow) as supposed by e 
pa “hoo fortes prendre eb on fay ia 4 the es by Mr. Griffith from Cabool os der the er of Chilghoza certain are a ips pea that sisi in shape, but 
vi ‘act avy timbers overhead will necessarily | are identical in form and size with those « f the ay va ta e-sixth the : 
have the effect of dwindling, by comparison, st r. Falconer. I was er as srg oe es pNTOMOLOGY —NoX —No. XXIII 
trunks of the trees below, which it were surely desirable | I had seen the seeds of the Chilghoza, as both have edi “ Priv "thd Gocansen ¥-00 ‘saoull 
should appear as stout and portly as possible. How ds which form articles o and grow in muc and pcbauasers Tocecied over this veountry, that it 
more beautiful, as respe he roof, was that luckless | the same kind of epee ising our gardens do not suffer its destruc 
edifice the Brighton Anthzeum, in wh re was nothin 39. P. Gerardiana, 0 Pine.—A three-leaved spe- terpillars, especially as it is well — nm one 
like weight above or support below to destroy the er en cies, long confounded with ry longifélia, but very distinct use Z aia acuak staat ta 
ment of the scene !—But to return to rafters. Thes rom it, having the leaves not more than half the length ‘aumur that, in 1735, the devastation rte 
are covered, it is true, with trellis-work, and are shunted and cones more than double the size. It was a intro- moarket-gardens in the neig 
to be “ mantled o’er’’ with cr ; even then | duced by Lord Auckland, transmitted seeds to Eng- cat inredthie: ‘eind that duriag the 
heavy opaque Sm) will still ser which — attract | land shortly after “his asrival: i in India, his Lordship being eT oe afl tha Th . minous vegetables, leaving nothin 
the eye to the roof instead of ting it at once, | aware before he Jeft England that the plants in nurserl ies thn stitke ae 4 sca atin thr gry ’ g 
and without molestation, on oes sores Ne a of tropi- | or priva talons were nothing more than P. longi- their ravages were not limited to one district, for th 
cal vegetation ness e already uprearing haneeaktes félia. seeds are much longer than those of. P. longi- vic cammerdds et 76 = ’ be f 
under its shade.— félia, but not so broad, and form ai article of food as well ee isa F Apndyse viggetaneaem 
re 7 tinued.) considerable trade for the hill people of India. Dr. "ited ult a ke Ten Broad-Bea . 
eae eco Royle in his Illustrations ap yr . is reer a pe Be i ting any esculent plan 3 
ie no rier face of the Himalayas ; : 
con Gonuned tom p36 reas ag ales toeod in Kunawur at an elevation of from 5,000 to | *©s ehore hore pclgroaeciuany bread stalks and pods 
Secrion 1V.—Asratic Sp 0,000 feet. The young plants grow slowly, and have ie thea ed were abuclitely re dvining: # 
In this lathe: ‘like om preceding, few or uch the habit of _ Spruce Firs, with se on < ik on ite bg aaned over from the ficlis whickaae 
occur, but still some of them are well worthy of | the young shoots recurved towards the gro This aa : sa “a sa teibolasies € 
notice, for to it belongs the Him r ies Deo- | species is quite handy | ‘bt saahabte, like the posh Pine, iene a aaa teat 
the most valuable of —— ; it bas, | will not attain a any great size. Grasses, and Thistles, Wormwood 
however, been so fully described in former Numbers that 3d Division.— ” the Silver or Spruce Firs. affor e them a'dainty repast: In sones de artments 
I shall only here notice it for the sake of stating oe: Ihave Webbiana, or the purple-cone Fir.— a greene is ‘ : f “ia ie ! 
never onee a iation in the and I think that | This is one of the most beautiful of all Firs; it is found See rie Be th oe b .. = is nbs Tt 3 ia ‘veiahoele 
saw what th posed a wiay or | growi e Himalayas, but at lower elevations than P vow? tin . a dele eed He “ e, 
nearly allied species in the native forests, were misled by | excelsa, in Gossainthan and other northern parts of Indi ; eles same the: Lentils, deen: when the 
trees in different sit ns and of v s ages, for this | and ebb, who first discovered it, state hat it is one yet ea , mey Beans,‘ aa 
kind, like the Cedar of Lebanon, presents different appear- | called Oumar (purple-coned), and that it grows from 80 : F tak che heediacds ic alll aia it 
$s at various sta; — ts growth. 90 feet high, with a trunk or four feet in diameter, ; rippe a oe icin By Biers at ee ie rt 
Ist Division. e robust two-leaved Pines, or those | and that the wood equals, i re of its grain and | less singular, an Ee 7 VO ee 
‘tom ranches are 
orthern declivity. 
attaining e same size as P, syl- 
—The slender or long-leaved Pines. 
36. P. stout, or the Chinese Pine-—A handsome 
species, 5 with the leaves mostly i in threes, but sometimes 
m form of i ‘Cluster _— 
india and Chi not the 
plant described by Abel, which hemes to the rosso 
section. 
= P. excelsa, or the lofty Bhotan Pine. 
Pin muc! 
leaves nearly as 
This fine 
P. Strobus, very straight 
the tree is quite hardy, and one of the most ornamen 
tal 
of the genus. 
- PB. longifoli ret — species is = well known that I 
ung plants of Chilghoza 
much hardier than those Of longifvlia, and shorter 
te b 
in the bind-det in th —[Note by 
r. Royle.—The Chilghoza, if different from P. Gerardi- 
ana, must be more allied to i n to P. longifolia. P. 
ngifélia is found on the southern face of the age 
encil.-wood. oung cones are said to produce by 
expression a purple pigment, or indigo. Thi cies is 
be found in some collections under the e of P. 
spectabilis, and in the Himalayas it is known by that of 
ilrow. tree is hardy, but suffers from the late 
spring frosts, which destroy the young shoots, omy is 
0 ir. 
41. Abies Pindrow, or Royle’s Silver ery much 
resembles the gg ag but differs from it in the follow- 
ing particulars : are narrower, much longer 
ea rro 
and wpa thes grsoeaea nat nearly of the same 
o shorter and 
Its properties are the same 
bbi An excellent mae e of A a is given in Dr. 
oyle’s « Tlnatrations, Table s etimes con- 
founded w cara meee Sse pa a viene state; it is 
very rare 5 pre 
42. Abies Pichta, or Sibirica ; the Pitch, or Siberian Sil- 
ver. —This is one of the dwarfest of the Sil ver Fir seen 
eet, is quite 
rought in most places during 
ber is hard and durable. 
aes Hemlock Spruce. 
ock Spruce, but has 
e 
ian 
maon 
he wor Ns ena ag 
and Abies dec 
tain in favourable sitmtins in Nepat: ie height nat 70 
eet, and is qui 
utrow ; he Targe-coned —" Spruce.—An 
mbling the m one, but with 
u Sirm 
ruce, st j pT by the hill people Khutrow, the 
pene adopted by Dr. Royle for the species. It is quite 
ar 
mn 
3 
agi Mg aes 2 Indian Spruce.— 
ce 
and la n proportion. It 
— a distinct variety of the preceding, 
me as this, and certainly not a silver Fir, 
may be varieties of it, and I believe are, The Chilghoza 
‘a aaeibea by Dr. Ledebour, or a variety of Abies 
; = t they are long-lived, and possibly th 
sap Iam aware 
ining. 
surprising that we e-do not fre equently sa 
sion of these voracious animals ; 
the timely aid of numerous parasite Ic 
birds, amet they are pee vin jeer to 
ful e 
their —— 
ns may hybernate; they fly by da 
aoe ry common about fields and heaths, 
visit our gardens, where they hover 
creep over the flowers 
nectary with their fine spiral proboscis, oad pis 
honey ; and n it becomes dark they r 
heir companio Th 
r 
i the ce 
whitish, and there are a fe oales 
-. ba an of the abdomen (fig. 3 represents the 
The female is calculated to lay about 400 eggs, 
an hemispherical shape, and beautifully sculpt 
reticulated when viewed thr 
six pectoral, four abdominal, and tw 
termed semiloopers, from t io 
hen, by bringing the hinder portion 
imperfect loop ; 3 having arrived a 
thin white web in some secure spot a 
* Curtis’s Brit, Ent., fol. and pl. 731. 
