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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 16, 
the Oak and 
me flower or on the same tree 
wage ute ot ee ce Mr. Billington’s attention 
to the difference in er the . athem 
the old wheelwright, he may have o erved 
Athes fake since then, * and may ae a be | 
a Soin » Townley. 
ON PLANTING AND eb demas POTATOES. 
A number of articles on the culture of Potatoes ~_— 
in the Chronicle that 
2s the sae must lie until the 
ro! sonsadiit plan’ deers e space 
wt ran ttle, Siiiy a vill ith the hoe; 
ym red with 
o in north 5 
the ep . any of the Sara 
hronicle c odoso. It might 
were dippe ed in, or saturated 
; at least it might be interest- 
alla, eseertncth arouse se, near 
a Three-fingered 
the bleakest walls, fm: tem. aie Bases 
Sow grand a name is thine and wp soe Saat te t 
y on ! The Sto 
they have v we res ve ll thee, as the itl learn 
-plain—one wo expected, a 
flowers, ve ey Tasaliot raise 
ready in crush nate ocks beneath it. Ton 
ae than ae mot Pine-tr 
we hon Ston vere aise applicable, ywchen ssiihs 
i ins W they spiit as 
tere grow, come rend beneath their weight when they fall 
helpless ba. ou, little flower ! 
on art thou called S e? Is it in mockery of thy 
ess, or why? “Rens If, poor fragile child, 
‘and tell the tle is not always to the 
e batt 
ene nor the r race to the swift; point to to the time-worn 
yearly ‘displaced ah thy little Toots, owe | boldly say that 
“thou, too, art a stone-breaker. Feeble are thy — % 
4nvieible te steps - hich t 
a pur- 
Smee pseehons aes d rocks sr crumbled by 
_ Such were the th 
day in April, when, er rambling et the tp of old 
; walle, be found the of the ruins 
lites, . sath on first 
“flowers and d sparkling as it were with’ crimson I 
was not without cause that somebody, in pec Sam past, 
y uniforml aes 
L 
called this ‘the ‘ Three-fingered,” for its 
leaves : mly divided Sige parts, in 
dry are thick and firm as the fingers of a stout 
glove. pac in no inconsi e 
of t y of those we com: 
lents ; and hence its power of establishing itself in’ places 
resort, especially the 
im tie had ia’ form of food for vegetation must 
rand dew ofheayen. It isa pe aypicnge 
inches ar 
covered with re 
ied glittering in the ‘The lowest only of its leaves 
od thdivided “lobed ; as they rise upon on the ste 
Me n size 
ym ost-are not a quarter the size of chies t the 
ef frit the bosom, or, a8 botanists say, e axil, of the 
és that the flowers grow on slend:r stalks 
lest, but afterwards erect. They have ashor 
age bs ee ve brim.is neatly clipped into rob 
he inside of the brim five small 
of other Ww. 0 di 
trees hich have a stamens, each a — a golden p int 5 > an 
can lodge, and where, consequently, linea in the males, the segments c 
of s vee 
a ik the bo ottom of t Kj 
from all danger of pe 
ee ee aug’ rishin under the “ge s 
he plant inhabits ntil 
its allotted ti on shal eave 
arrive 0 
ats myri of 
fine for the ‘nassted eye 
to examine 
Small as is this abs 
fort, looking quite at \ 
large pales some of the sisters of which I wes some day 
the 
intr reader’s acquaintance, w 
look into its pedigree, and see w sat sort of pelatiet it can 
boas R. E. 
Bo NTOMO “enter — fond 
THE — Eh po —E — Hav- 
ing Mabovert ecies of fly ates ices destroy 
the bulbs of the Onions, I am desirous of making gar- 
deners acquainted with the fact, and even t those en- 
gaged in the study of cates it will prove interest- 
as the of the genus Eumerus remained 
a 
each side with a horny trun 
(fig. 2 magnified) ; the head was never ee out like 
many other maggots whenever I obse ved them, but re 
spiracles down th Ss mote visible 
December I found of them had ied, ‘owing to t the 
remains of the bulbs having dried up, bu w of them 
were transformed into pupze (fig. 3); the skins of th 
maggots had now become indurated, more cylindrical, and 
somewhat elliptical, but slightly curved at the tail; the 
were of a reddish ochre ee freckled with dark brown, 
and there were two spiny processes like hort horns upon 
the female at nak for I did not see ine 
bee thorax, in 
t 3 but it is possible that the piece to which 
¢ ey ‘migh been lo hen the 
flies made any: escape from pupa-case; for when the 
urst 
period s for th 
the headpiece, which falls off as represented a at fig. 4, 
nified, and discover a es aero 
icate ‘membran a pearly 
“the tail exhi- 
agg 
e fly hat male i 
ly | ie. 5), and i > ely ystnguished by the 
on the fore ts belong Sie tee fa family 
octet cone i are recorded as inh peg ts of 
country,f and t page ss strani appears to be 
described by Siciont under the nam 
L shart h irs, 
ickly and distinctly. punctured, soe of an olive-green 
polcar, with a brassy tinge; the antenne ba entirely 
black, ‘the seta naked ; the face is very hairy, simply con- 
oarctate or coniatilatea 
base—at asta ted*to the apex in ee. ago! with 
six grey — marks, three on each s eae pad 
-meeting on the k 5; wings eaiepueae | 
piceous, the apical transverse one som sri bilobed ; 
isers 
and black, the hinder orange-co othe 
=~ ws are small and the suckers bilobed. Fig. 6 
ensions 0} re 
The ma sititn of this fly d o be confined t 
the Onloa. tor | bred one in ie imiddle of May fr Cab. 
ee 
* For 1841, No. 25, p. 296. 
+ Curtis’s Brit, Ent. rol, and pl. 749. 
oe 
—_ eee om 
| Miserism among moral evits corresponds mati ge) ja 
males 
n the | bage-roots, and specimens have been taken flying about 
hedges in June and J uly in the eae ie te of London 
ale 
has not 
in co 
a 
In addi to the reme ss 
is said th ting soot e the roots, the Onions 
will be effectually protected fro maggots ; and lime- 
ater may be applied to such an extent that the lime may 
lie one-eighth of an inch upon t surface without injur 
the crop. Itis also believed by some gardeners that 
s with gas-tar or any fcetid liquor, as 
be that 
be more offensive t th 
live.—Ruricola. 
FLORAL ANALOGIE 
ichum aureum. Golden set Pl 
ant.—This 
ndian Fern analogises particularly with 
$ expressi the disposition of the naked sori upon the 
forked veins of which Pe Fee! to ee ble 
oreig cters. nogram 
an chara ym 
the Acrostichu um, he. anlogca etyiologis vill 
nae forget the Delta Moth, so terme its having im- 
pr a its wing, as though it h sab een a student 
insect, and had so loved inwardly in its heart the mystical 
triangular t third letter of the Gre 
ek aiphabety — the 4 
xpr body. r will the 
analogical peat omit to cecal the riage musica, 
ical har i ich 
beautiful bars ibe els 
me of this list is derived from 
‘ount like shape of 
ifs indusium, or membrane which encloses the thece 
Ferns. It analogises ~ the prosperous wealthy man, 
who always carri — is purse about with him, and whos¢é 
ways in the present state of Hetiestonrelét existence are 8 
smooth as are the stems of the Balantium 
5. Isoetes lacustris. Marsh Qu wort: —A cry yptogs- 
mous _— whieh remains the same throug 10 alll the season 
the yea n beings 
who is "amaffected b y clim pd 
6. Agaricus he Parag ei inuie-coloured ra ; 
; nd fi ued, an 
senting that rec of feeling expressed a ; 
only found co-existent with society oT 
of one with some m tale 
oe ae Be until he i is ruined- by him s 
8. dalea quercina Dek: -growing Sphinx ate 
0) called from os sinuosit being as difficult to per teh 
as was the D n labyrin t is thé pogo 
vegetable world. We have etre termed it 
grow inx. 
9. Sastees confluens. Conflue a nat meh 
plant is fragile, scentless, and becomes yellow “ Ng 
thus a analogises as yellow is the colour of gol, a ogee 
many perso come misers ahiee 
among phy-ical disea 
10. Helyehie um coro Crowned Garland pr Let 
—A plant which re a zon pots to m 
freely, ee ens with those indivi ‘duals “sho 
