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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[Marcu 5, 
ran cenmasintnnneanamisnonsnmsi 
Eclipse se (Widnall). Scarlet red; a good and useful flower; 
sometimes slightly serrated. It has a 
she in most of the winning stands during the past 
comer 
Dp 
Eshieee (Caan Veruition. apo this is a fine dee 
flower, wi of first-rate art 3 the centre is a 
little Prseileyg town the grea ion in the 
beginning of the n. The cow is very beautifal 
and distinct. It is Dwerthy of being grown by every 
China (Atwell). 
Eodid fd (Ward). Shaded Fhe fine iby and useful 
Dark shaded flower; petal too long 
Shaded rose ; 
Fama Tubcentiog): 
and narrow. 
ral ‘hea 
oc ( (Standens). Yellow-tipped ; 
gota nall). Crimson; a Ser flower of good 
a useful second-class 
Grand Toaiieiiihe ( She tbe Pees rabbi faintly tipped 
le; 5 rate, a 
Haidee (Wildman). V White rene prontns 10nd} too 
Highgate Snowe 3 
on n the Mar arquis of Lothi 
useful pecond ate varie 
Highgate neti a soar lilac ; bad centre; of no use 
coarse. 
wer. 
Taaivvee (c Caulier) 
Indispensable (Girling). 
Crimson, 
Deep rose; worthle 
u 
SS. 
Rosy le ; good general 
second-rate, but occas 
al “denduid-rate flower. 
er (Parsons). Micke 3; very bad. 
Little Wonder (Willmer). Orange-red ; too small, useless. 
ot (| . Dark ; fieall; and useless. 
Liacea (Gi rimson ; hl 
Lady Johnstone. Blush; useless. 
Lady Flora Hasti: illmer). Primrose ; flowers among 
the foliage ; u i 
Madeline Bray (Atwell). e tDean’ worthles 
ci cereeg Ppa od). White sipped with 
: acena, Nas flowering among the fo- 
aterford (Newton). Pale purple ; , worthises. 
French white laced 
a rithed te broad sab sallow: said ot ed 
It is, however, a very constant and 
wer, and has been a a great favo cite dusing the 
ving been in most of the winning | are 
Magnet i (Rawards), 
ste Mrtizeers! “White ¢ edged with purple; 
Oxfordshire — eau seless. 
—— a Chewtali, sometimes producing fine 
3 
Peruvian Chief (H (Harrison). Rosy salmon colour ; a flower 
—o properties, and useful from its distinct colour : 
er on 
Pound abt Whit ey a Fee 
oun: iva ‘hite tipped with purple; uncertain. 
Ansell). White laced with pi zak si seedy eye; 
oon (ian Colour peach-blossom ; very constant, 
and occasi very beautiful ; general form of the 
flower very" 
Queen Addai Pit) Scarlet ; useles 
— = rimson ; a constant shit very useful 
haere. - 
Geacans (Cox). Spang 
Rival Mactan B ‘bine 
hitee's 4 a desirable flower, of 
Rival Waits (Wi (Whit Worthless. 
Rosa perfecta (Whale). Too thin of petals. 
aes Cous: 
fisti ( ENS A tgesntr variety from the 
itis a welbfovikaa and wi oe 
= -le-grand Ce Thies petal of this flower is 
rst-rate form a WA rere Boat: it has a hard eye, 
and is never to be seen in showabl. > useless. 
an 
-red ; a avey of jae 
well in the centre; 
Ae ta dei dley). 
esta (Hedley ats 
Ss but s0on shows ite Gon a pretty flower in its early 
Village Maid (Gaines). Blush white 
— ag Walters). White edged with iad? a very use- 
= Magne t (Catleugh). Purple ; a flower of good 
stance ; occasionally confused in the centre, but 
’ show flowers. 
haded crimson; too 
. Retin of no use. = oe 
max (Wildman). Fine colour ; uncertain; oc- 
show flowers. 
, — The most con constant and best of the fancy Border 
Crimson ; this flower ietan? 
Crimson and white 
Modesta (Girli 
rg, Gi Set be Light ois beautifully 
Lady Rae Reid (Girling). 
tipped with white. 
MOLOGY.—No. XXV. 
R-TREE CHERMES. Celt re is a tribe of small 
ides in size, 
em 
species in nhabit a great vari 
ff in li ttle | swarm s when disturbed ; 
however the 
ing their aking once or twice, Seog become fattiah pu pee, 
of the Cimicidze or bugs 
ree 
_in their first stage, 
h rudimentary wings, as most 
do; and fixing upon a young shoot, they penetrate it with 
their rostrums, or rather om a bristles which pass 
— them, and by pum up the sap they cause the 
mischief.as the eahidee when the pupe have ar- 
ri ived at their fall size the skin bursts open at the back, 
and the win args ga s forth. The male s have an 
pe rea apex to t abdomen, with several Ban lobes ; 
but that of the fe iit is pointed, horny, and contains a 
sharp oviduct, shane by an upper and under, and two 
lateral sheaths. umerous speci ies t of this 
gen 
juri Ww ur atten- 
tion: it is the Psyl ri, Linn.; the s brown and 
re nha the head large, su btrigonate, the base notched ; 
es very t; antenne rather long, slender, and 
t. size, 2 magn.); g 
thor stout legs, terminated Ps claws ot a 7 pale villus. The 
of pat ides, appears to arise be- 
Align three-jointed, 
and tana four fine sender lanoets, called setze or man- 
dibles a axill male fi 
wi 
the three ocelli form a large triangle ; the 
are slender and a) nner to be only nine-jointed ; 
the two basal joints wie stout and 
is black and a little clavate ; 
strip 
s; t 
the superior are much Senger 
bo can clipe a slight with a fe w “ong 
tudinal nervures, three of rhein forked on the m s, and 
ade isa pat wn spot near the _— of the fatecialt aight ; 
e under wings are m , ovate, and colourless; 
the nervures very indistinct, with a Sie wn %% = Bie e 
the thighs pitch colour ; ; the poste r coxe xe hav 
the 
spine beneat tibie have abort 
ci 
ns Vv reatly in c oe eee ing to their age, and 
are macaroons of a livid 
The perfect insects, eh we often see paired late in 
engetsne live, no doubt, through the winter, and come 
m their hiding-places when the warm 
on the under sides of the 
drop of inte “ and the deus and 
blo ssOm- 
leaves, immersed in a 
oie: S me 
buds ; and as the asic een and was 
search of foo 
em to appear black, as we 
euces vicinity of London, owing to the 
smoky prtierenraies adhering to the surface. 
The female Psylle are, I believe, only oviparous, depo- 
siting vast numbers of elliptical ty wd close to one another 
upon the young le 
Pe ws wis t 
pollen of the flowers, and hatch in a few days. om the 
pigmy larve to the perfect Psylle, these insec e ex 
hausting the sap with their beaks, which are at first thrust 
into youngest rest parts, preven 
nde 
velopment of the flowers ; but as 
they increase ins 
they attack the last year’s shoots ; 
if, therefore, the | trees 
* Curtis’s Brit, Ent. pl, 565, fig. a, + Curt. Guide Gen. 1059, 
be young, they soon meer sickly, the growth i 
bay leaves om and turn yellow, and the shoots 
estructive insects are 
ripe fruit. 
cape 
sued eveaite are still 
cult to deal wi Ravi la. 
ee THE TREATMENT OF THE TREE- 
Rete te 
a 
iby ered ent and its varieti 
°o 
open border. 
natural order Ran 
rich 
during the scone ay 
flourish Ses the bi -groming season in swampy situations, © 
they will soon perish if they are in one when in a dormant 
state. A deep trong soil, with a dry subsoil, 
should be selected for planting th tan Peony, anda 
ght dry sandy or poor soil avoided, for in this they never 
flower well, as they always suffer from drought; but even 
such a sit they may be made to flower by adding 
When plant ~ 8 se rpemper in Bact ripen 
nm which 
ome of the longe 
th 
o 
Be 
< 
freely during = of May, and 
will be more brillian 
The Tree sty slave is easily poakegr and i — 
e and old ; 
y part 
; i plants a 
cient size and strength, they may 
hose deans 
First —Take up one = 
of October, and after 
separate each of the gos whi 
attached to them, with a sharp knife ; ‘then 
of the mos sai eminent horticulturists — the 
ord a 
, and a 
N ACCOUNT OF ITS Mien ; 
e 300 varie 
mon 
beauty, and when p i or pit, wh 
they can be protected during the winter and spring, the 
plants are excited still sooner, and consequently ge 
drawn, which renders the flowers of short duration, and — 
wn, whi 
paler,in colour, which is not the case if planted in the 4 
b 
The Tree-Pony (Peonia Moutan), like all the shrubby — 
paige Te 4 
oamy ey with Be a m 
yD y 
of the ASA belonging to the order — 
open s n the leas 
by suas plants, rhe y ey will souies little more ‘troubled 
be increased in the follow- j 
the largest plants about the ¢ 
haking all the a from the roo 
oO 
is checked, 
S wither. It 
Rs 
g 
© 
a 
Eeee 
ready 
tt imei “aiff 
PONY, 
ate of w 
‘ice Gta 
aa most 
the cnoallla 
; t shaded © 
e shoots, be- 
od 
