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-. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1842, 
ee ek FOR THE TWO a gah WEEKS. 
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_ Tux varieties of the Vine, when well suited to good 
cultiv tie attract so ‘nich, attention t in- 
£ tish th 
: ber that s 
Bath, the ilies of whose Grapes was so s 
" those of the Black Hamburgh, a ‘ishonieh 889 like 
that variety in form and colour, it was pron ed 
od judges to ne something new and better; and yet 
at Vine was really pei Bag but the mea. Ham 
burgh, with an old stem, some 50 or 60 feet long 8 
branched, and eit in an chest favour- 
So, the Tottenham Park 
es unwillin 
are ca =e 
senders rd ¥ oa tim 
mn what 
e. There is a general 
woes oo Drtech and we Rae it 
oyal Victoria Vine,” 
ee ~~ brieth y ote: —A reverend gentle- 
called 
d 
| says Mr. 
| man, well kn an i rape gtower, 
a t 
| _ in the course of our conversation on Grape culture, the 
= - cae ed Gra ape Pe under notice; and, if 
collec serves me aright, he stated that - 
Buscot Park, a 
ally e by the Black Hamburg 
general cultivation; moreoyer, the Vine itself 
: old one, aving b 
n the inarily 
3 Sas fraition ae oni is season 
__ bore equally fine frait=-and th it was that was 
__ brought before the public as a splendid new Grape. 
In the ensuing year (1840), according to my in- 
formant’s account, the fruit was not so fine as in the 
= first eceding year; and in he saw it, viz. 
1841, it was (as already een not finer, if so 
eee ts, the common Hamburgh— e assured me’ 
. ft n point of te i was ath % more 
» Black Hamburgh in common cultivation. 
information I have n 
pesecto cs. 
of this Vine— guns 
ae 
pa vi of 
e, common 
= Salo soy oe a ce respect to new sorts of Meaty or new 
varieties of 0; 
it had 
mproved — y at "Totten. | be: 
| wire-wi 
readers on their guard against implicitl 
» | Patieving that every a ee is new that i is eal alle 2,9 , 
9p t they will farther saree 44 
espect to the Vine, it is proved 
culture that is sith rather than improved so 
E great wre of we vets 
ate, than with patty m4 there is nothin 
phy Ps beta of things which Bi. arrest the 
tilence. Accordingly we find 
all 
repel- 
em much neglected ; nine es heed 
ving been taken of the effect of smell u 
It is alwa 
e only two Ipélénines in 
matter in the iy of vapour is 
are t 
e common remedies to which they now more 
pray have recourse, and which are so often in- 
_ Theva ree 8 of oil of prpentin e was this year stated, 
to destro 
cco 
aphides, of sulphur the red spider, and of turpetitine 
t asp—should not other kinds of effluvia prove 
equally destructive to other races of we insect world 
taveet, it has n asserted 
ed Laurel-leaves prove fatal ko the 
an rn tha 8 a ale odour of coal-tar } woe ood the 
» and many aos that attack the roots 
0 ery 
Wena cannot but connect with this kind of probability 
. curious circumstance mentioned by Sir Chas. Monck, 
s havin, to himself at Belsay Castle, in 
bee 
Northusnt rland. 
ceeding the 
of their — Sir 
infer that this dispersi 
owing to the ‘Ohiainomie: he 1 
to the circumstance, in order that far nts 
may ied. us, however, it no 
means improbable that the powerful Chamo- 
mile may be as offensive to.scale insects as Sap r 
is| to the Anobia which infest pesbaris or as 
or Pepper-corns or Russia-leather a eee 
that attack our fi 
w 
We therefore e again is exceedingly well worth 
the ee of avdenere og try all kinds of e — 
ments upon this subject; and we trust they wi 
repor the ented in our columns for their mutual 4 
n 
Some time since there was introduced into France 
e 
tender. 
ny 
mentio eral mi ieres iol ones fer the orth 
taly, and that it is, in fact, one of the hah Juviotios 
r the table. 
‘We e are, Le inclined to believe, from what we 
high! of fi 
| like a Norfolk aiid "Tenis deen 
being above ground ; the colour of of dh ini dep 
rts.” 
We trust thet this little history will, once for all, 
scarlet ; the flesh is Jeade.. and Suey, white. ee 
roots may n the 
field- Tornips. We : should also ex 
reach, in damper seasons, a proeere anger size Ps it 
has sistiat? in the past dry sum 
TO PRESERVE SALVIA FALENS 4 aed BEMTEAR 
THROUGH THE 
some writers conten t d oe 
hers s in the o 
border a lowed = 
nin y der 
not one of which lived through the It is there- 
v th h have suryiyed with 
r been protected, or otherwise 
fayourably circumstapced, probably by being in a dry 
situation, since the roots of Salvia patens suffer much in 
winter fro - A great risk is therefore run by 
ving the roots in the open border; but following 
ethod of preserving them is certain, and within the reach 
at 
0 
and let be cut off as al e soil 
haken from their roots. Lay them for a few days in a 
she dry, and having p a r old tub suf- 
ficiently large to hold the roots, bac ad pare ae get 
some dry jeer peat, finely broke: layer 
roughest of this, “pgp an inch thick, shal be laid at ne 
bottom A the box; the roots packed as 
Peg as pane in layers, —_ the spaces 7 ween am 
filled , peat e is fall, give good 
ie and press it well dow with the hands, to stop up 
all cavities; finall ring the whole about two 
inches thick with the rough part of the peat. The box 
ma removed ellar ther conyenient 
place, secure from frost, where it wit! 
ady for turning out in th 
borders, when the apteen: of spring frosts is over. 
way, and with much less trouble, will 
and stronger plants roe those kept in pots, or cone 4 
from m oy mgs in the spring. 
n ame manner Tockalen “ Pelargoniums, 
ey Dahlia roots, and similar plants may be preserved 
the winter; thisisi ¥ ns who 
ty ot sufficient r. to them ise. It 
gentianoides, not one of which surviy winter, 
I bey found dry peat seer broken to be the best 
rial for speoesping bulbs and tuberous-rooted plants, 
dam mp, drovght, pt 3 ~ Nees affect them, when 
— closely in it oots of 
ex 
acke 
mildew will ever injure them, although the 
were slashebt in a damp situation.—Georg + Slew 
+ ENTOMOLOGY.—No. XXXVII. 
a BRINDLED Beaury- “MOTH, Pit heed La arin 
+h 
Ear 
around the Metropolis yet I never heard ‘of is kocarting 
= never, 
n any considerable 
