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EEE Ele 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 
381 
Fellows of a rap sa aetna on application, for 
the last rs. It com o leaf ea = than other 
Black Currants, so that ss ier in one year, the correct- 
SS ay be known. No seedlings efi appeared 
 ef'equal m it.) 
po Huilebore Powder and Gooseberries.—We have r 
eeived:another commun neation upon this es 3c from a 
eoreden signing himself #. D., from which it. ap- 
‘pears, th after having sprinicled the Phe tenn 
age “ara attacked, with the powder morning, 
were soon visible in the extirpation of all the 
Sc opillars upon which it fell. There is n 
oO 
d by ori 4 
‘ 
ng chemistry to the 
e of pat: din 
certain nn mpon aoe parts 
ated in order to ascert what 
sent is absent which is Pees t produce a sigorous 
to 
nduce a arr growth. 
I thi nk w 
te 3 
estion—“ What 
hms eac ashes of lant, th 
uld. together raise sufficient to enable mist to 
kiGh ight be ace lished if 
Chronicle would ente 
en: end_all the ashes they could pro- 
of, certain. plants, to Mr..Solly, examinati 
m si ur labours, and wo 
lace quacks and quackery outside the garden walls 
plentiful, such as. Pines, Vines, 
Ss, &c., &c,, some interesting experiments migh 
umbe 
the. produce is improved thereby, we should 
: colar have the k : 
n the plants 
e or slate, and to kee the the ashes 
-of oxide of iron and oth al impurities. — W. 
er miner 
eaves.of the Laurel,—Can any 0 
mmon Laurel? Ina te exc rsion in 
Staffordshire, I perceived, in various 
» the ais of nearly all the pati destroyed, 
tub or i nsect, which I in vain 
s Ins e The enclosed Beetle a find very 
Rtructixe to Pat aes and other t s its as- 
es. 
during the night, and feeds on the foliag : d ba 
of young and old shoots, and during the day lodges 
of the ited ebeaty concealed in the earth, 
greatresem which itis difficult to detect. 
Soth last year and this 7 ios had several young vel trees 
y much injur d many forest trees, from 8 to 10 
tely killed, and others rae ga 
nightly depredator. It had ascended to 
0 
aye 9023 3 and were I 
yjec ~Foshaa Major, Land- 
orpe, me This 
nchus -picipes, ating called  Cpitalio ony Seg 
use of its eon BEATE 
AN a May swarm into a large ene: 
es died in the a 
1 ook into it, I rey Fee) hundred 
which seemed to be cleaning the comb ; 
of the Leaves of 
ndents inform me what insect feeds on the 
— is reat much whiter now than bef ore the Bees 
es i B 
ote d Sorat adding to it. The Bees all left 
om not sure whether I am doi 
rig tin inallowing the kep to remain where it is,as it may 
old 
Ot same stock as my own ; 
ry 
e Bees “ her hive, 
and went to one of the four old stocks of her n 
re 
at which the old lady ve roth, and 
ould have back again. When they came to the 
eighbour’s hive, a battle ensued, and many were killed, 
probably all the old lady’s. The old pink is now havin 
her share of the . e has set mpty skep in the 
place of her dead one, and put ere piece * bn te b 
der it. Several tiandbeds of Bee ow 
o the 
old lady’s empty skep, and the acca of the re states 
they are his, and i vs he on see them to 
to the other. The keeper ha = has see to the om 
kep bottom upwards 
me iy serve all his the é same, 
and scald them all with boiling hot water. on there an 
and what remedy for these evils?—M. H. G.—[Yes 
t t these two silly folks 
r, Ne nD upon the good pre- 
cepts there inc eeu no advice a ours will” do aa 
any ser ce.] 
worm — Da ar pee case your corre- 
should not find “ spirits of tar’’ 
them once or tw 
Sieben of the nuisance. 8 
scores ina day, for weeks together. 
have also found offensive to them, but in cannot say that 
it mr destroy them. This is a tedious method, but 
In your 
a communication from Mr. 
res. 
sapien of June 
corral of Luton, complaining of the destruction of his 
D he Wireworm, and requesting information 
how to prevent it. About three years ago I was injured 
in the same way ; anst the year following I planted three 
wl gt round every Dahlia. The 
Mian ns as shay so much prefer the latter.—J. 7. 
cheste 
Vipers —If * on ion look for the Viper about 
three o’clock on any b se he will be almost 
certain of finding it co ile a up, and basking in the sun, 
when it may oe we shot, or tched on the head with 
a stone.— 
Cypripédiu m Caleotus. etl be obliged 2 ay . 
ts will infor e best m 
pitt vt ng them when growing, I wi = * to ~iggoaared 
the offsets should be taken off and r or be 
remain on the old plant mi hie foliage secs 
in Autumn,—#. 
hange of Colowei in emeee the changing of the 
ite been observed by any 
whe Russian Violets 4 
—Cc. 
et 
numerous readers ‘tn 
the late ones white. . 
s come blue ; 
: wane 
mi 
seat bat it te Sci 
it. 
pigsty, in spite of which bees seenaest very | fon of if 
W. Childer. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
ORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
June 7th.— . Mos) Bart., in the ch 5 
’ ele sola fellow. Owing to the near approach of the 
im margined wi ‘osy purple, 
es itself tow: ards the, centre; it ye fiowered at 
was 
: ith whom it d this spring, producing a 
panicle upwards of 2 feet in length, « = ith numerous branches and 
flowers ; ophyllum multifioram, with gre 
purple; 
larly handsome, 
Brassia 
cerssattenaige and the pretty Dende thie Tmoschatum a Knightian 
medal ——— aw ane ed for Aerides Broéokei. we r. Gree 
aot Ha 
blance to C. ae rmanni, and a r arkabiy ony omy of Tropee’- 
olum edule, a pretty new species, eo dark yellow flowers and 
slender foliage; it is likely Sg prove a gone addition to ona 
beautiful genus; a Banksian medal. w warded for it. 
ue arl of es ernarvon, a a tion ie an blooms of A 
wering for the first pew these had flagged 
pet toi and “the heat of t ‘oom ; most of 
between A. sinensis and ot lh varieties ; and from 
judged of them in their present condition, some o 
evidence of considerable gy ae From Mrs. W. 
well-grown double Stocks, in pots m Mr. Paine, gr. to 
Miss Goaee seedlin mes Cactos, called fulgidus, but very much 
like to C. Rekseion anni. From Mr. o healthy seedling 
Pelargéniums, in slate pots they w ry e same ere exhi 
pret al February, and had maceived no other than common 
atte ; they were so far ee god that rgd proved pretty 
grow 
clearly tha that = a of plan 
rves 0 
be; Pichia Monypénnii, a Skee sey tr! ‘io ty Na and new 
Campanula grandis; rope angustifolia, oa handsome dwarf 
pense with white heath-like flow were read cut 
wers of a new hardy sipales s of I ntiaiaomn north of 
india, with lilac and rose-coloured Pattie ig meri Pick sites 
Whitleji, an excellent variety, with — white flowers, oie y 
re eontin ith pink; and a large collec at Azal hodo o- 
ie. 
tebfuse bloom of th 
to th meen vessels having hee picked from a —_ = som as 
the biosson s pervs faded ; reby p i plants from 
ting their energy in the te Ay o very pout since 
tip practised, the bloom has been more abundant. 
iso exhibited by Mr. Paine a piece of wood rendered 
this was fi 
There was a 
26 ioe ai. 
and lime, h 
this prepara tion; a small chip was held over the flame of scans 
for a consi erable time, without receiving any injury, except 
being charred. 
ROYAL Pee ULS a SOCIETY OF Fyre sage 
ed-in 
1.—His G Dake of Richmond, K.G., in the chair, 
His Grace th Dake le ‘Devan ire, K.G., ow ee 
and the 1 of Haréwood, Sir G. parm, 
the engagement of a aoe to get in the 
us details 
day morning of the week of the msc at "aga 
bers of the society. Sir C., 
intention of offering two at Bristol for the ae 
of “aes Giashore iain breed of cattle, Lt —For fin Bands test pair cf of 
3 
fae 
gr ee8s=3e 
ear-old Glamorgan heifers, 10/. 10s.; for 
aI. 58, — any restriction as tot the 
or “for feedin this. breed. as or to many 
others, either as sary e or draught oxen, or for the p ses 
of feeding for the butcher. The council a that Sir C. Mor- 
gan’s offer should be ited. It was de that ifi- 
ae 5 we of Enger or article of exhibition, at the meeting at 
ved e.14th of June. The ee e of 
wicke, for Pasettie him 
presid it for th ne steates de over the meet! 
t Derby in a9 Mr. Daniel, of upon-Trent, transmitted 
a list of the given to the tenantry of the Marquess of 
Anglesey; and Mr. Bromley, secretary to the south Derbyshire 
Agricu ety, and erst _Eames, treasurer of the A 
la-Zouch A tural Association, the prize sheets and 1 
Pens ig 4 or fecntetria committees. J, Barton, ao , ad- 
a letter to the Duke of Ri chmon d, on the adva 
peed a result fi 
in the a of agriculture, science, and practice in 
this country, as well as in foreign parts. He adduced, as an 
illustration of its enn the question ed the Year g ist nutritive 
value sthan seventeen ee of food for hich 
a 
Wihic: 
no les uthorities had ae nm quoted e- 
brated m esier spree sot ey in the ** = de Chime.” 
all of whieh ne three, were unknown by name to Mr. 
Barton, n d he ac quire any further rte fete e to them or 
their writings "ths } proving} how little we know fs) what is going 
on in other selves 
and others. | He therefore suggested that these foreign journals 
e society, and a review of in ae they 
contained ee made ‘ivatlante to the English reader th 
so b ad 
which Mr. Barton 
so baeta expressed “iis opinion of the i 
summar Pusey informed yes foun 
had procured rye them, through ork 
ginia, er valuable a rican Spe 
Register”; order a complete 
be mt oe Rom n in: 
ei addressed 
leasant, we have e not is fully 
The smell is exactly like that of a_ 
nd tad. - 
