788 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[Nov. 26, 26, 
“yer at rest, form a deflexed that,forin- | with that of the rim, is therefore equal to 968 cubic cubic 
a bay fe <p pert 9 ed w ty ochreous and black | stance, at Fotteot the pes oe are with guano pre- — ee about 34, of a pint short of 33 Imperial gallons. 
scales, the costa and nervure roe the rior having os not a finer and darker green, but the Grass wa as EVE contain two alf-sieves ; its diameter is about 
black ’ undefined spots, forming li ii nes and bend ; three of | close more rich, so that comparing it with patches ot | 15 “ane ce and de pth 8 inches The sieve and half- 
these uniting towards the posterior margin exhibit a waved guanise m9 te produce of the former may, without exagge- ly known on markets, and are 
but and generally distinct fascia ; the fringe is | ration, be stated to be double. To give an idea of the | more uni iform i han several other kinds of baskets 
spotted ; the abdomen 1s hairy and o us- extrao dinary forcing qualities of guano, we may mention | in which saeteatcaual productions are et ge ed for sale. 
a very variabl species, some specimens being entirely that at Flottbeck, , on a spot of _Grass ee onan the € BUSHE E measures near 17+; ins. in diameter 
fuscous ; but the colours and markings are always bright- ces- | at bottom, 17,5 ins. at top, a d 11, ins. deep ; its contents 
es e males, in which sex the inferior wings are more sarily f a days oat the first, while the Grass § growing vane being about 2703 cubic inches, which is considerably more 
or less traversed by ochreous and black lines: in th by (which had not bee Siyroaye see healthy and | than an Imperial bushel. When filled a little convex it 
female, the wings par of eenish ca beg tei nica rieained a he time to arrive at the same | contains three half-sieves or a heaped Imperial bushel. 
and they appear oa be partially hyaline in some’ lights. | sta f prog It deserves vs be s tated as something - also employed, but chiefly for 
Length poem n inch ; ; expanse e about 2 inches Cig. remarkable, that on the guanised spot, the dew arate | Apples. It is of a different en from either of the preceding 
2, the rning much stronger on the tops of the leaves, | and varies more 1 dim se ts form is that of 
lated to protect them egiiet the chilling blasts of oe sak than on the part unguanised. In an experiment made by inverted frustrum a = eats was 94 
springs thelr bodies and wings being covered with rough | M. nger on a barren hill, po of granite or | inches in diameter at bot , 144 i inches at top, and 
and wooll The female srobably oe her | quartz, the guanised spot exhibited a dark bluish green | inches deep, containing 20895 cubic inches mae 
eggs, which are oval and bright green, upon the tender | sward, while round about nothing but barrenness was about 228 cubic inches, or “rather than 
buds; they hatch in May, I believ d feed upon t e seen. If, therefore, a landowner wishes short of an Imperial 1 bushel. As ihe. fruit is cone 4 
leaves of a great variety of trees, as the Elm, Poplar, | bleak hungry pasture in a short time with — Grass | little pees ay the quantity contained may be considered ~ 
Lime and Lilac; I su , that the Apple and Oak | for cattle or sheep, the guano certainly is the thing to do | equal to that of an Imperial bu bus q 
are not unpalatable to them. By middle or end it not only produce a plentiful fodder 1 in th PuNNE e of various sizes. e made of deal 
July, they are full-grown, when they are about 13 inches | autumn, where cattle can be well nourished and prepared | laths, split exceedingly thin and in the diveseiba of the — 
long, thick as a turkey’s quill, and ae from a grey | for the winter, but such guanised pasture will bring ilver g ew ross nnual layers ; for al- 
te a brown pitchy colour, somet epest | heavy crop early in the — has also been though these layers easily separate, yet they fo not coal . 
tint: moa are striated on eee have a Aes collar | used advantageously on on a sour meadow, overgrown with | subdivide so as too ions of the requisite thinn 4 
of spots, re are Lome tren e colour on each metry es it produced, instead of Reeds Bull- | and uniformit Punnets for Sea-kale are inches wae a 
segment along spiracles he sie i “of five | rushes, nse turf of sweet Grass, and the setail | at the bottom, 8 inches at top, and 2 inches deep. For — 
of the abdominal segments are LB ell also (Fig. 1). almost anppented: “Thus in the first place, more Grass | Radishes, to hold 6 hands, the punnets are made 8 inches 
is obtained, LAR y be es a as double the former | wi 2 inch deep ; and for 12 hands, or small hand- 
rops; and then he Gras much improved in | fuls, 9 inches wide ae } inch deep. Punnets for Mush- 
quality . Of course neeed de mee must be attended to on ms are 7 es and 4 inch deep; for small 
each — 3 the result is i ae to be comp Salad, 54 inches wide aa } inch deep. a 
n using must be careful to abner it well, Potatoes are sold in the London markets by the Im- — 
cause on count of om poaenity it _ form into lumps, | perial bushel, or a weight of 56 Ibs., there being 40 bushels 
ces ere es too , it will burn the | to the ton; but it igre when the Potatoes are un- — 
Grass; although sahoeciieatly, one on such places, a| washed, to allow 60 I and sometimes 62 lbs., to the 
luxuriant herbage will g up xperiments with | bushel. Walnuts and Nats are sold by Imperial measure. 
guano on spring crops has been as successful at Flottbeck, 
with both Wheat and Rye, as on the above meadow. e TRELLIS FOR CLIMBERS. 
Wheat manured in the spring with ae is much superior 
These caterpillars are perfect loopers, having six pectoral, 
— and when stretched out and at rest so closely resem- 
ble a piece of sti tick or a i that it is igabes possible 
to them, and this is no doubt their security against 
the smaller birds whi ‘would prey upon hase he 
however, these caterpillars, 0 me of 
ich I shall notice, as it is rather sciaeastiablies On the 
Ma of last July, a friend took me to the Lime-trees in 
ter- 
he 
to that manured in the ordinary w 
straw. The ae her, eager oa tried on a 
almost blowing sa 
spot of 
On the 18t h March, hy several square rods in the a 
locality, anal with winter ae were strewed with guan 
The spot thus manured was ina short tim e not only pam 
s became so 
and act 
m, I alwa a found on 
or two dead, yet holding ray 28 the anal feet, t kin 
hanging down and the whole inside of the animal changed 
to ared fluid, which vases pes over leaves 
The same fatal disease last year me caanapn 
a me white mn butterfly, whieh were _— 
ip-pods, o t their muscles, &e. were 
re a dirty white liquor ; 3 the and 
cave were some scorching days in September, the pasted 
alluded to. to which I sattribated this ae — from the 
f the d Beauty, 
before they ce rrived at perfect sadtbrity, mgr a 
inclined to attribute their diseased state to the peg 
i Lime- 
nverted 
tever Soiae kare use, it is fortunate that a 
ae oe unfrequently ‘given to the increase of 
a 
mgt wsilge 3 * Atlogns to the annoyance of thes sight, and 
thé injury, if not the destruction, of our tree and plants. 
ee Bow: loopi illars per oe woe 
ae Tak 
, where change to seth eg 
either let theniseivin down from aise ia 8 
fine th — or travel ¢ 
mentions one which re- 
e pupa state 19 ‘wonthe: a power 
rimen n favo 
twig of the. Lime-tree, on ——- — “ted very eal > bat manure in another respect 
I looked a 
“| for packing and ca 
sam, 
standing close by had a w and 
Subsequently, the former attained the height of five or 
six feet, with ears five long, with strong plump 
in ; whilst the were half that height in 
and their e —, Tren empty expe- 
nt speaks in of guano in preference to other 
If a light sandy soil like the 
is man too with commo d if 
pat increase thea 
Napa already mentioned. 
y no means se: tas xuriant, guano w 
Rape 
would sicko 
an an extraordinary result on it. 
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4 
WEIGHTS ith MEASURES Saree IN THE 
ONDON MARKETS 
Fruit is lag in the London market in baskets 
such she pie dimensions as are found most convenient 
rriage. The following: Pas will give 
a tolerably correct idea | of those most 
CIRUE 
i he HALF 
é be 
to prices, is a cylindrical hese varying ioe to 12) 
inches in n diameter, and é inches 
deep, i 
by many apie era, 
secure the existence of aS Seay species trough frosty 
and inclement seasons they 
more favourable peeps pect itself for their ap- 
pearance in the winged or imago state.—uricola. 
ON THE EFFECT OF GUANO. 
_ (From the Hamburgh are ~ No. 162.) 
‘Most of the experiments w in the vicinity of 
this city have been made on thems dist lawns. On 
ie seéure until a i 
1 ) &c., are n 
te: Keapel fa Wigs halt-ctowes; aia’ prote 
rik fixed to the top of the half-sieve, wit! 
the diameter of the rim at ade is only 9 inches. ane noth 
ords, the rim forms the frustrum of a cone, the 
of, which are, respestively: 124, and 9 ir inches, ‘and. ra 
height 3 inches. The-capacity of the half-sieve, together 
Eth ected sald te 
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far from their native country, still keep up a kin of sym- 
pathetic friendship uit co those they have left behind by 4 
of flowering + 5oe they fl er, although 
that sho ad Beppenst in "ik winter of that country to whieh 
they hee moved, row and flower these 
ts well, nae 
the greenh 
fresh air, soil, and 
the constr n 
is just as easy and as chea 
in the wrong ; and ther ana 
proper greenhou 
explanation of 
ust refer 
lished at pp 
reference to the 
ha: ; 
with what are called hard d 
and Bpacrses, no more re at i 
necessary xclude the frost. It m 
40° at night, which will allow for the decline of the 
in the morning ; and “although the thermometer thould ; 
