454 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [June 27, 1957 
fe me fruit on one with rich blossoms. One such bunch comprised — 38 ‘not ener with thunder lig 
four Falun, and as eee Daye ot 20 and 30 Vin es in | racemes, but Ea an entire bunch of Yellow Laburn examination of m Checrviden tt pile on . 
i i ch , spia neither C. purpureus nor the purple variety is is roi Jins (embracing more than all or the] ‘ 
ng $ er Vine, which came | seen y instance, but i phi is more luxuriant, | far t t confirm this. The same register nations) gy 
j i ‘ear in a pot, was planted in the | longe of a pale canary colour. t 
cartl y erigon Pea saat the whole of which will mie entioned these facts before, but as yet have | winter and storms in summer, are far more 
i l is wi satisfact anation of them ;; thing | about the period of the changes of sh taal 
wever, now emanate from the extra attention the « octants s or quarters, allowing of thag 
16 lbs. shout 
i ‘ore invi number of ia ok inspec may, ho x 
hs I one posi PF ash pong give my the | given to the subject. F. E. Madden, Ballinasloe. of days to each. On 
Gardeners’ Chronicle. I state nothing but iat t I| Plan for increasing the effects of Solar Heat.—Per- seven years ney are found to’ be as gj 
can prove. My trees never had a cur led leaf, and never mit me to bring under your notice an application of some future occasion I may endeayour to show i 
exhibitedunhealthiness in any form. science to increase the effect of solar heat in the practice | the above results can be reconciled with the 
one day with aphides, which e dusting with the of horticulture by means of a cover suitable for hand- | arr rrived at by M. Arago. J. Park Ha onein 
wder inyented for destroying this ga set Tight. The | lights, frame-tops, roofs, and reflectors. The form Surrey. o% 
ho last year, so that this i of tw 
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I sent an intelligent gardener twice | meeting in a continuous ridge at the top and terminated Societies, 
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hen. ripe. hased er arcs a 
stock from Mr. Rivers, and I attribute my success | upper 90°, n approximation ya “hab figure. For| LINNEAN, May 25 RETE iversary).—The Pratl 
in a great sage ge to the plants having excellent roots. hand-lights, orr. and the roofs of plant-houses, ree Pacers "The janem reported that since the ls 
The climate of th orchard house in spring is most ersary meeting 15 Fellows had been removed i 
beneficial to i heihi, to whom the Pag ian of the dei, and that 3 had withdrawn; on the othe 
plants seems to afford great interest gA person apply- 31 Fellows, 2 Foreign Members, and 1 Associate hal 
ing by letter to Mr. C, Powell, Hurst Green, Sussex, been elected. ta 
i i order inspect t 
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eatest success. vo year ed unt of 2387. 
orchard houses here; the one was heated with hot-water At t the ballot which ensued, G. Bentham, By, L L 
orke! : pier ip Esq., M.P., enfrey, Esq, 
house ; the same boiler heating both. We planted and J. Woods, Esq., were enorel from the 
it full of Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Plums, Cherries, | the front or south side and the ends are intended to be connie and the following Fellows were elected in ther 
Gooseberries, Red and White Currants, all of which | glazed with transparent glass of the ordinary kind, but | room, viz., Dr. Falconer, Dr. Hooker a R. Hudson, Bay, 
bore heavy crops, but none more so than the Apricots, | the north side, or back, is intended to be of Pose te e| R. M‘Andrew. w, Esq., and N. B. “Profese 
fruit of which gained the first prizes at the Royal | glass, or other suitable white and polished mai ag Bell was re-elected President, Dr. Booth ' reasure! 
Botanic and Watford exhibitions last year, besides | reflect rays of light and, heat. Then sit aes to the | J. J. Bennett, Esq., Secretary, and G. Busk, Esq, 
i ing a constant supply of fruit for dessert for | law of ha every such reg passing hee ps cia | elected Under-Secretary for the year ensuing. ` 
P gather | paren direction perpendicular to its surface, Presi n oo ro D , 
from the open t ET W. 
gather about ten days after the Pe Padi nd Nectarine opposite direction, and striking the opaque back or | sidents. Resoluti request 
were ripe in ajai early house; this season they were | reflector would be again dejected, and thus re address and the = re ey hee waht 
started af the same time, and the Apricots were > abont absorbed by the plants and soil. For forwar or e printed were unanimously adopt 
pe pan later ‘than the Peaches and Nectarin On | nary esc ulents the use of the reflector exclusively, leaving June 2.—Professor Bell, President, in the chair, 
1 to-day 13} dozen of oe ‘fruit, | the front and ends pe oe frequently, it is | F. Roper, Esq., was elected Fellow. The 
: l South- | M ibited specime 
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c E eragoen next. week o not rrey. e w years have been so 
remember aroda year or- this to have seen n | presents what we understand to be a section of the cover | Oak trees in the West of England; 
one Apricot drop feo the trees while stonei ing, described. The side next s is transparent; the side y is | followed on the subject of the Galls themselves, 
Peaches and Nectarines generally do. A did not fin id opaque, Totem a reflecting internal rogers and it appears | the Cynips producing them. ` . Ward, 
s 
them do quite so well in the orchard h which w. lso reflecting. bited a specimen of Hemitelia capensis R. Br, 
not heated, and the flavour of a Speed. Apricot i is gI Admitting this to be the case, a pink of light from s, | the hymenophylloid appendages of i 
superior to that of one on the open wall. I hav ried | falling upon the transparent side, would pass through | formerly by Kaulfuss as a species of 
several but to fe so | it to B; then, the angle of refl Aah g to Mo xhibited specimens of the fruit and seeds of & 
much better than the others that I have forced none but | angle of incidence, the ray w ected , | lgnatius’s Bean, obtained by | Manilla, to; 
itself. I think “X. Y. Z. has come to too hasty a con- | where it would meet the Spates si side. at right ka with specimens. of the pods of a species of Cassi m 
clusion in condemning the culture of so rich a fruit and would consequently be again reflected tos. All |in medicine, from New Grenada. Tho satis 
because he failed in it, and did not see quite so much were read :—1. “Note on the irregularity in th w 
fruit on Mr. Rivers’s trees as he expected to find. John Ss 5 of Swallows and other vernal mi ‘Birds, 
Monro, Gr. to Mrs. Oddie, Colney House, St. Alban’ ý season,” by T. Foster, Esq. 2. “ Additional rem 
Training Wistaria si s.—In yo y4 on the organ observed in the wings and halters 
second aoe gr an a wek “A Residence ® ieks: 38. “On mt 
among the C you: extreme beau structures in the antennee of Insects,” by Dr. 
of the Wistaria (Glycine) sinensis when attache y une ell, President, in the ds 
in China. . I observe is doubtful if it would J.O. , Esq. ibited specimens 
y well in England, but hopes that the ex- Insect of Natal, and also of the Chinese Wax Imt 
periment ma a bet ried in the warmer of Europe The following papers were read :—1. « Catalogue oft 
pepe: in the United Stats ates of uerbi I sincerely ahs en co in Borneo, Malacca, and Sing 
sentimen ling and at home; and I trust that pore by Mr. Wallace,” by F. Smith, er d 
ere long yout beautiful object: ‘be pigeat, in si Rag. 220" oot 
pea peat eo Sa cated by W. W. Saunders, 
a specimen Ae phe rays, as s, b, n, would of course be similarly re- | occurrence of Rotatoria in Va eria,” by D. wit i 
wing sasa tiua most vigorously firmly beid cted. `A similar a nce has ae rey tere for Esq., Jun. Specimens of Vaucheria sehen ie | 
toa large Pear tree (near which it had been plan anted | pond over the rows of Peas, &c., he i spring of 1856 at Prestwick “be 
some years) in the Nursery of Mr. J. S. Haywood at the side x being wood, but that was “intended riram to 
Lower Wick, near Worcester, and T Here. little doubt if prevent radiation, the wood ee a slow conductor 
it be still thriving that it not early covered heat c ave with glass. hago. Herongate’ clear 
eligon Mope he eae ba to become such a that the sun rays would be reflected from soil and 
sight as Mr. F. so graphically Ps ail The specimen | Sentira as ‘it would be if the base B were a perfectly elt 
Pee Ge was) by the road side, and may be seen by r reflecting surface, as aboye supposed. Dark soil would | History on Siphonodon celastrineus, Mr. an instances 
all 2 icky apes Worcester and Maly riad wa at once, Shere te. rays, so that little Denes Beyond the attention of botanists to'this plant, S Thi ced 
ing the of radiation could be derived from | th r. Hoike" | 
when I it about 20 feet high. I am sure Mr. preveni e escape 
Haywood will be leyin give asi information abont it the eae? side, N, and none except woe the 
at any time. I can specially recommend this. experi - shines, and then ventilation, HAT a reflector, g" 
met i the West oF gland ro eae uired, R. T. 
are numerous and houses | Bario Straxberrics in the Open Ground.—I see 
pte; if he pieg tesy Sone Pines of June 13th that M i Tend bes 
Seen eae ae a at ter 
er d, „and Į in e gat same sort on t Sina tes however, to 
l. Perhaps it 12th, which T sell at ls. per quart. T also gathered on |e experience w: na ey 
on. trees m par, sam Songer fruit, well coloured, and KT good size | this tree, mooie from ie 
bug lavour, of the foll sorts, viz,, Triomphe (an | same tree it was believed ; 
he ye aea American seedling), Marquise de Latour Moen | materials, had enabled po kom 
a sped on; dae s oe eee Ne plus Ultra | examination of their Pee 
If they succeed, w gain ypa soil and rather shad while the Black Prince parton | con 
they neh the sablapia gers ISE. deere Poynter, the at er ae pi Sia | om i a i ee 
Taunton, | Prince to be yes aye: earlier only wi : had examined, | A 
Laburnum Sports.— correspondents “C. D.” i best situation : émoi 
and Mr. Fitt speak eS giving bth toa Cytisus as 
purpureus on a Purple Laburnum stem; from t Twill 
infer it had inocu! in le ae 4 
3 or 1849 I inoculated a lot of Laburnums with the | 
variety; three now remain widel 
art in the ota 7 an | gen 
in Pama cat _On one there- are no certain extent the ca 
ay > in this i 
