‘108 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Fes. 19, 
‘daveso 
at Chatsworth is immense, and in the number and | and sand, in eqiial proportions. When the a come ih 
rity of the: ts is surpassed only by that of the | contact with the ge oo the pots, a at léast before ay Be 
M mesg gen It is cocinaaly rich in East Indiah | matted, it will be time to shift them into 24-pots filled 
species, Seanth fo he labours of Mr. Gibson; who was | with a° mi h tre posed’ brown tu on 
employed some ao since by the Duke to ransack the irito small pieces, leaf-mould, and. fresh sheep’s-dung, in 
forests of Ne ual parts, with a little sand. the season is far 
He is is said to have ig a egg a a gs eB the | enough advanced to the plants to be put out befor 
Yesalts of his labours ries roots get matted, again be shifted into 
rmerly in. the St 
untley, aa which, report says, 
flower by making it 
m 
robia. Oh 
bear this treth 3 in mind! at 
the he former pa part ay it 5 for even to this 
eo 
itself to de ay "phick plan 
do if not checked in their ‘cae propensities ; for 
fi 
" 0 
no doubt th 
tion of the pi plant; bat t 
which of 
es frequently lead to the destruc. 
there- 
othe notables 
cas > plants of the 
celogynes, especially C. Gatd 
ing strange to gaze 
n the for ering ‘boake is <4 plant ‘of A Amherstia 
"the Principal object of 
ission : it is still small. } 
e; a Kyanise 
placed baving all os 
Ambherstia flower !— 
d tab in which it 
but re its death. When 1 
- 
- 
will this 
Pity be continued, } 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE PALMA 
_ OR CASTOR-OIL PLANT (RIC CINUS COM. 
MUNIS) FOR FLOWER. ERS. 
_ Tue Castor-oil plant ij - sgeverly ase B it: 
tender annu nah te the prvsahetes duri ti Pepa ert sr, 
height, and er 
are ona Anti 
y leaves 
otbed, ree from steam as i 
as the plan n : the seed-leaf are apt to damp 6 
young plants s — be shad i 
bun till they h ot than mane ¢ noma 
r 
they will require suBing into Prwners filled with 
ture of decomposed turf, leaf-mould, rotten cow-dung, 
from the roots in shifti The frame in ey are 
placed should have plenty of air during the day, and be 
covered with mats during the night. the last 
shift they should be e into a cold frame with plenty of 
head-room, or i reenhouse, to harden befo ‘ore plant- 
ing out, and be wate ‘a twi -week with liquid manure, 
made in the gpg way: into a large tub, or cistern 
put a barrowful o (a g to the size of: the 
vessel) of fresh fees ’sidung; to each barrowful ad 
? 
ck soap, and six large panfuls of soft 
water, and stir the ingredients well. This manure wan, 
till the time of planting. ost in the pits 
should’ be well sti sd ee before planting “ind the ball of 
the plant should be kept entire, 
only spreading o racer roots that 1 may be matted. A 
oe watering tea be given after planting, and each plant 
ould be covered with a hand-g a moveable 
ape of P 
of this species will intalibly ~t oh feat, 
sh me 
r an 
lant will, i a a x favourable séason, attain the height of 15 
f the border in which it is planted be well 
"Ind ian Corn may = = oe in the — 
with as much —J. Drum 
ardens, 
ENTOMOLOGY. —No. XXIV.’ 
o  Nucum, the -Nut- ee. ce sg 
here the loss. is sapplied by seed, wliich « so fe uentl: aiea point 
a ut a a3 appo 
even 
we are cracking nuts, are the fspring - a ekg ms pe 
culiarly breed that it will be ily recognised wh 
nder nuts to 
ph n; employed she will not 
stabil fale ah hvestigation, 
rom which it may fairly be presumed that it was either 
an abortive bud, or it had p ‘inoculat 
i 
there good reas 
leving that they, _ - vepecies nul relitod to ibn 
I never t heard of any maggot 8 
* pia Chronicle, 1841, p, 299, Bg, 4, 
being mares a te seca in Pm but of Acorns from 
foreign =r s I hav n once been shown me 
cimens taining the bs ots es urculio. The ny v 
‘maggot (fg: Dye: fat, foe’ of an ochreous white ; the ba 
is horny and of a chesnut colour, with small but stron 
black jaws; the first thoracic segment is large, and tingal 
with chesnut, and the rest of the body is wrinkled with 
umer seal m 6 its which assist it t , €8pex 4 
ts re an ~ hom i 
-are ten punctured striz on eac 
e | wings ample ; 
nh rovi ve e le in 
ut nut-groves in search of their — but the female | 
Fro 
bie Of | Plane have been 
0 
. large trait (ile m 
3 
cially when it esc 
short ats Ly nie are » wedttter ed ove 
series on its bac 
Lin 
us sonal * 
wny- -brown colour, rate clothed 
he airs. The head which is shor rtyee 
ong curved ros trom, ed ee 
emale polished tad bright chesnu i. 
i ell 
tremely slender ; Yay first joint is long, with a Tittle ‘daa 
at the apex x, and i 
gr Ww aft i he’ bas 
The seven following joints graduall 
and project in an elbow at their union 
The four apical ones form a small v 
the eyes are black ; the tho 
n d oval; the elytra are much 
thorax at the. base, the shoulders bei 
rounded—they ean! narro t 0 
elongate triangle—they are clouded or variegated w he 
her : 
ochreous and reddish- eh ale transverse marks, and there. 
UUSCUr 
the legs ie st rong; the thighs pets = an 
nk’ ar 
more thes one ma 
I hay 
maturity minute dot: ts (ig. 
Soi the eg: 
vs 
THE PLANE TREE. 
an early period in the history of botan 
universally ppesct vie ” 
; re 6 inhabiting the east of Europe and w of 
tal Ww 
Linneus, in his reform Sa Systematical Botany. adopt 
these Species, and ugment t 
clusi ely 
each speci d how they are to be 
par — aco nepwameasy Meroe) 
ers core ges the Oriental ee yt ‘ 
res d th ore gen ane », 
its npeys ruit (pilule 1 Shr ‘ whic added 
orm of t 
the o A 
the divisions of 
not shaken they must alwa. 
| net division i in n the em whether 
rtis’s Guide Gen., 355 
Brit. Ent, ‘ma ra 
allied genus 
tion, ie of an a pl. 562, for the apes of mands 
