1842.] 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
299 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
OTICE is hereby given that the NEXT M prima bg 
of the Society in REGENT-STREET will be on Tvgspa 
May the 24th, and not on the 17th, as is customary. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1842. 
EETINGS IN THE ENSUING harper 
Zoological 
Medico- Botanical « . << 
Koyal Botanic + 8% 
Ir will be seen from our advertising “columns that 
the first meeting in the Garden of the Horticultural 
oud alte a -ntine 
bra ry yey % 
+ + © @ 
P.M, 
P.M, 
P.M, 
that when it is cleared in the morn- 
ing, is this Pies altere d 
EXHIBITION WILL BE AD 
LATER THAN HALF-PAST EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE 
MORNING, 
§ different, and has cared oe about the matter. The 
nek ie ee tained by many tied that mee live 
cases hermeti call sealed, 
air or ae oo therefor no food, and id thet neverthe 
flourish fo c 
confess, sw 
e attem ow in 
hehe that Soren should 
han twent 
acres in extent, is enclosed ; the ground is halflevelled_ 
— trenched, and the boundary and intersecting walls 
re already in an advanced state. en co 
theke will ben wre 4,000 yards of wallin 
for training fruit-tr lon 
d smaller forcing places 
In front of 
road 
r as we can judge 
ope eoatielie papal te ng 
contrived with skill, and to reflect 
much a sind ie Ingram, Her Majesty’s dati: 
to w he Sen pahene of the details has, we pre- 
Wet pe confided. 
eared, t 0 
he origina design of the 
Beriishie e 
room 
e, which, if it be no pettine fault (and it 
ve rahi t be on account of the 
conse- 
ksas they are 
tle-hill or “along the 
ent, the s 
Ige which bears the name e ‘Queen Adelaide, and 
us add the mass of rock-wo nstructed, 
cascade, “and Et bexins of limpid 
~ 
en. en 0 
Steep sides or the ae of a bleak chalk rock; and 
‘d th Slopes, beautiful as they un- 
, as a Royal Shrubbery. 
EveER since the day when ee are so Ww, 
cases were first —— need ne vance = 
reservati ivin iach. on tion of 
world has evinced a little Posany : ors 
bing to Babee cee quite marvellous 
a ; useful . 
athird has declared them o be unspan, 4 
ageable; a 
e | impossible to 
eces- 
e | pose t 
= 
class of 
a i In elie te giana is extremely | ™ 
useful, and on to DWASs, 5 e Fores eans are 
taken ; but it has been r ae ,, i 
ception and anysition tan. "We hay 
ar surgeon, residing in We Sr 
a small open space at the back of the Towe 
don, surrou h houses and smoky entibaliechotiaas 
It is impossible to imagine a place more e ropitious 
rden 
for the formation of a , because, although the 
dryness 0 atmosphere might be itn ays it would 
under ordinary cir n very 
e was anxious 
to. procure “ nar old wall covered with Ferns and 
es obtain this a — 
formed, he was m “i trickle 
were procured—but i Neth ey 
he attempt was abandon ed in "despa. At last, an 
ered led him to se he contrivance which bears 
his ham 
sin | had buried a the ek rye of a a Sphinx in some moist 
mould contained in a wide-m 
with a lid. i 
midi mt 
sect, a seedling fern and a grass made 
the surface of the pte! could not bu 
the circumstan that very tribe of plants, which 
I had for ea fruitlessly attempte cultivate, coming 
up sponte s 
rious 
To this the answer was— 
soot (this I well knew 
light ; _ thir 
h 
e ey, remaining condition to be 
ulfilled was the change of air. 
The change of air requir red no contrivance ; for it was 
revent it without hermeticall sealing 
the apperains 5: and to omit such an aa closing was 
to secur uch variation as the plants required. 
Those which Sou up in the bottle accordingly con- 
tinued to grow, without ne 9 attention, for four years, 
we they accidentall From this time — 
places, with the laps of 
to fit tight, air ile ade ub pay t 
admitted, w ome 
sphere were excluded. It was onl 
y ga 
their i are developed in the sage luxuriance ; an 
most of them contin for two or months.” 
ques' 
whether plan moaned i in such 
ants, 
ir growth, seat all Ferns, if 
ee in small. cases where the w escape, 
i to flourish for = ci I Dalines that a 
ombary might elapse without an water being re- 
quired. Cactuses, and most su ciple ants, would be 
gee independent. Tn larger irouses, where the surfaces 
very varied, the water will drain from the upper parts, 
rat fresh supplies will. occasionally be wanted. If we wish 
our plants og with ga —- eyes 
of course, at all times, th 0 give or withhold 
water u up to and during the period of er arene and 
when the facie yb is oe o be kept nearly dr is is 
easily € d by ne a the cover, and all the 
moisture we prepared by espctiale of the case for a short 
ime to the sun Tt | is desirable that there should be an 
us moisture, 
giving us the opportunity of washing the mould with th lime 
water should slugs make their 
n be e; now, it 
must be Mem: from all hat. i been sid that whether 
the plan own in a closed case or in the open air, the 
natural pla must be filled to ensure succes 
pe complain that the enclosed oy si a become 
ouldy ; this arises either from excess of moletan or defi- 
ciency of light, or a combination of both 8, produc ucing 
diminished vital action, or else from the 1 natabal decay of 
For the present, we refer our readers to Mr. Ward's 
work for full information concernin 
which his contrivance may 
important of which is the effectual m ords 
of bringing plants alive Holy. very distant countries. 
let ob we shall have some observations of our own 
% ENTOMOLOGY.—No. XXIX. 
ON THE USE OF NETTING, AS A PROTECTION OF FRUIT 
AGAINST INSECTS. 
Ir eceived opinion that insects are to be 
driven ‘way by pifensive odours ; and this cto to a cer- 
tent, be correct; but if. we look into the economy 
2" a vast number of species, it will be found ea like 
some of the higher orders of ‘animals, they de 
thrive in filth: indeed, thi Ts them of ae greatest 
service to man, brs by spiedily “tedieti 
tion of animal and v s in a very 
short time remove, by their united labou such nui- 
sances, and thus, in fact, are nature’s scav . Net 
one, a dea , a cabbage, or turnip, but as s: 
the vital principle is extinct, becomes the habitation of 
a variety of Beetles and Flies, which immediately lay their 
eggs, and increase so rapidly, that the muscles an in 
pulpy tissue of a vegetable are soon 
tes, and olfactory 
y a odours; “but such are not 
the grea sonia ie arden 
The idea, therefore, that it is necessary to immerse net- 
ting, intended tar, to render its 
tec 
Flies (many of which, the Blue-bottle Flies 
id carcases,) may, I think, be traced to 
cause. 
It was a fi fact well known to the 
even through woollen clothes. This 
was, however, quite forgotten until feeenitie when it was 
ably discussed, by Mr. W. B. in the 
cannot be any doubt upon 
the taibieet Tf, however, a mirror be Lapig opposite to 
d light, 
BS 
from vliaitg 
Now I aupketiend that a me being poe, over a fruit- 
tree upon he 
t of preserving the frui CKS Of 
rg insects. only a tree witha 
net, and if that keep out the Flies and Wasps in the same 
then, indeed, we are other 
made of white 
water. Numecows us plants mo ink a “s well supplied with | at least inch 
On the Growth of mix woke igre A nae ByN. 
set esa | 
Ward, F.L& vo. Van Voorst, - 
ogee i 
