Ocroser 31, 1857.] THE GARDEN ERS’ CHRONICLE. 741 
‘to 70°, which heat was maintained throu: ugh- bability dry u p upon the trees if affected by no other| they always returned to their work. The tree was 
isot Apriiand May, after which nothing more | malady.* Jf. J. B. frequented by numerous insects, of which the hornets 
was done to them for a month. In July the greater part "Rhus is pln, or ge mea Horn ye x Mp agr took no notice, as flies and ants, and also by great 
ofthe litter was removed, and the border watered ; and | days of admira of fine foliage, perm o call | numbers of the brilliant Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa 
by placing the shutters close on be surface of the | attention to this pili, which, ting ge as its t ader Atalanta), which swarmed about the tree, and then 
border, the heat was prevented from escaping. The eaves are in the g grow ing seas approaching | alighting on the trunk they crawled down the bark in 
aan tee temp but amrer b grens; the sear ee yellow 1 eaf ar Ù one of ‘the most lovely | the direction of the hornets ; these then attacked them 
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nce, were we ell s peate ca uring S or da own, and was much struck with the above-named | never see one killed; the hornets would pursue them 
No ng was used, lest uld have a t ney oe Sumach. Standing in the centre of a small garden, | for some distance, but the Red Admirals always imme- 
make the es less able to gs the heat of "Taly and | belonging, I believe, to Mr. Collen, a miller of that | diately returned to the tree. Ihave seen as many as 
; which is so trying to all Vines, especially in | place, is a single specimen of it backed by a border | six of’ these butterflies crawling down the stem at once, 
| houses ‘not goer e = s bo i and efficient wn; of evergreen shrubs. A more gorgeous display of} and many more hovering around. Although very many 
which but few é o 12 bunches were left o n | colouring I never beheld than was presented by this | other species of butterflies were common in the 
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which are hard as Oak, and enraged well for | leaves preserving the ri gree a ehdae of a June leaf, | attracted by the sap, as fps Birch is ot ths plant on 
another year; and the border which has been this | the whole presenting a glorious object. have for cor! | an they frake their eggs. It is difficult to account 
day uneovered is teeming with young healthy roots. Po admired the Sumachs for their Sunes beets or its being the only che. ol arer to the Birch 
We are now adding two feet more to the front of and feel sure that ~ 8 ios only wants to be nd beds one might at any moment have seen many more 
the border, top-dressing with turfy loam, small bones, olde hundreds of admirers. Plants of ce intfodind ed jof these butterflies on and around this tree than one 
and broken sandstone. The covering will be put on into our generally very cenit borders of Rhododendrons | = to have met with in the remainder of the 
again for the winter as last year, but no warm litter | or clumps of other dark Msn fy would form a bala are in his British parasing and their Trans- 
ing inten light and nE Barga the in summer, and in | formations, page 55, says that Red Admiral is fo 
for alate crop. Some of the = mgm on the Muscat | autumn n surpass o gayest sur as erime- in brilliancy atl ably bold insect. The Birch tree ap 
Vines in this house were over 3 lbs, weight, and we ob- | | of colour. P., Wallae good ayy though to my knowledge this was the third 
tained first prize for three sorts ss Grapes at the Crystal| The Compass, or Polar Plant. Teie ane a. summer it had been attacked by the hornets, yet in 
2 Palace, two of which, viz., Cannon Hell and Muscat of | laciniatum), grow m 1 to A ft. high. time ea ierann of the bark and the fow of sap 
Alexandria, were selected rae: among them. We also | like that of the pide ce The plan nt i is vdshres oe “for must affect it. Helveticus. 
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exhibited a dish of Muscats from the same house at the | the peculiar property of its leaves, pointing = north | Zo ges A Sound.—Can any om tell me the most 
= Horticultural Meeting on Saturday last, but were; i and south. nee have said the leaves do not alwa ways | effectual way ti o destroy sound? I have an inn of recent 
as we all ought to be sometimes, as an additional | point north and south, but go with the wna; From | erection ; the tiiba r in the floors in roof has lai 
many and ca refi observations, I can say that its | into the wall of a corn mill. vine sound stom roti rare 
shown were excellent. ] polarity can o> as much relied on as the magnetic | destroys the comfort of the My ow 
With ie ventilation, I am of opinion that | needle. I have often seen the stock bent near to the | a wall built up to carry ialepesdailig the timbers sof 
oofs will speedily supersede the | ground by the force of the ders ae the leaves were | the house. Should the space reine Te T open, or 
lean-to.- The papok should be 4 feet wide, with a Vine | still. pointing hoft mee south. (From a Report by | with sa wdust, or any other m Or is thes any 
toeach ridge. The ridge-pieces should be double and Assistant-Surgeon Keene, dated Fort Dodge, Iowa, U. S” other id n to be drags that e enirdi could suggest ? 
Ginches apart, with a cap to raise and fall the whole | lat. 48° 28’, and fone part of the Official Statistical vi Constant Read 
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inducement to try ae eNeverthetels the bunches | 
length of the ridge by a simple movement; thus giving se on a ness and Mortality in the U. y. paiaseebensema 
air, or rather letting out the over-heated air, exactly at Ameri Journal of Medical Sciences, July Societi 
the most suitable place. In wide flat houses the air is 17, P. 125) [Credat Judeus.] £8. | 
= stagnant in still hot weather, a the leaves scorch. Gates.—The Agapemone and some other La Say ie 
| There are more Vines and Grapes injured by this than wee haved a plan by which a carriage driving in opens} Great Exarprtion or Frvrr at WILLIS’S Roo: a 
any other cause. We are now having a house built on | the gates, and after entering, shuts them without any | Oct. 24.—Collections of. "fruit were re y Mr, 
| the plan just described, which we hope will prove an one moving. If you would publish a plan of this =~ Webber and Mr. Lewis onsen both of Cove 
| _ efficient one as regards baranan It will be 140 feet | would, I am sure, be conferring a great favour. Somerset Tha t from the former was set ou with considerable tas, 
and 20 feet wide, and is for a late Vinery. e gates mentioned by our correspondent are in all Pin igen es, 
There are three old flat itb anes in the situation puerta constructed on a similar plan to one that drieme Melons, and choice specimens of the follow- 
where this new one is to be, the Vines in which have | was fi and described upwards of 20 years ago in|ing Pears, viz., Beurré Diel, Glou Morceau, 
always been more or less scorched. aai arira pa mad vol. x., p. 80, under pinh Crassane, Old Colmar, "Passe long Bezi = 
While on the one of meee I may se that pet ee name of vri s sympatheti E ey As many of| Vétérans, Duchesse d’Angouléme, Beurré Bretonnea 
excellent paper of “M. J. B.” has led me to exami ur readers may not have an opportunity of referring | Jean de Witte, Vicar of Migran and pia le Clere de 
our Vine and P sath kale in ted of the destructive oe “that work, we aoa a sketch él the following | Laval. Of these the last is a promi new Pear 
wha ool mes into use in March, 
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have found masses of it, particularly costed and near the A lection also contained the follow- 
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of this pest may in general be detected by the er ae Pee eee es a Ea eA Solomon had a Queen and a 
of a small flat light-coloured Mushroom, many of which | A — ne Jamaica Pine Apple, Valentia 
have been noticed on the borders here. TIM TE VETTEL: WHE: I» VM, Melons; Black Hamburgh, Mus- 
gaerne the fungus, and you will see that DI cat, and Frontignan Grapes ; 
the Pea o which the threads are attached is Belle Angevine, Glou Morceau, 
quite Record iyi it. The Jump of loam, which is full of | extract co tsar information :—“ On the approach of a| and Easter Beurré Pears; White Calville p Ribston 
the spawn, was taken from border which riage th opens apparently by its own volition, Pippin Apples, pe Figs, Pomegranates, and fruit of 
-has been left nts saan all the autumn on account of and closes again batter as seeni has passed through, | the Prickly Pear. The Belle ce tap Uvedale’s St. 
_ there being a crop of Grapes on the Vines which we without any a The effect is produced | Germai remarkably large and attractive— 
wished to ze to as late a period of the season as by small plates it yr pee ground at short distances | 12 of them are stated to have miri 
possible. We shall try the gas-water upon it again, and from the gate, which, when the carriage wheels roll} Of French Pears, M. Liron d’Airoles, of Nantes, sent 
the result in due time. G. Fleming. them, descend like sci elke, and act |a collection in which were Belle Angevine, small com- 
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Apple Disease. ae axle of the t gate, and thus to throw it open or close | England; fine gaeren of Beurré Diel, covered with 
to which Appa are subject were printed, we have it.” B.] brown russetty spots; Alexandrine @’Ouillard, a X 
. recived a a very singular -= from Perthshire ahin is Hornets—When I was at Ouchy, on the lake of yellow, good-looking Pear 3 Bergamotte Crassane 
| ted | tomne, Green Winter ; 
S of an especial notice. ter ber, 1855, I observed in a ne, i ’ 
4 fruit is affected by this he hme alady w atthe still part of the gardenst of Mr. Haldimand great numbers | gamotte de la Pentecôte, a large green variety, thickly 
_ hanging on the rie the Apples are marked of hornets employed at the base of a small Birch tree in | spotted with brown; Beurré de Luçon, a 
with a suborbicular mate = yoria he or a re broad, ofa reducing the bark to powder. I had then no time to fruit; and Duchesse d’Angouléme. The last were large 
ut, changing here and there to jet black, and observe them, but being at Ouchy in the same season of and fine, and like the Beurré Diel and others, richly 
Strrounded by a dette slightly mised foni beyond the pinna J. and finding the hornets employed on | spotted and flaked with cinnamon. ‘Their flavour is 
Which is a T ed halo. Afar PE tt, fles the same , I watched them veer Nite for a con- | reported to have been more rich than is ever the case 
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hite and brown bread mixed 
subcutieular cells are either entire for their food. They worked ingly, per fas parties up P gtr yal aa good, more expecially Was- 
are perfectly free from fungal tothe number of fit. “Their mployment seemed to be | cats, the the Dest e which Mr, Drewitt, Lak oe a 
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i i ; Sph rie on whi he: to Hoe toad te eeaily, r latter weighed together 8 Ibs. Mr. Little, gr. to A. ae) 
=" one Sacral z ore mane ee Killed one and vian it a ae the others, en Bree Darby, Esq., Stoke Court, Slough, ratere fine bunches 
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mycelium doe: nted | shen wipe 
hich lies cinchodtanety beneath the true cuticle, | by many people, who often disturbed the hornets, yet| pe e semgge d magee Pea to the 
m Sy i semn on he pon fee pen he geld | We should be ma ouk ia it i conte Be os would Duke of Sutherland as Trentham, who wad that 
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s T amma. i thë: apt jek lan akrh, non ti a cages and s spa i Bire ven a thet re sey they were from Vines which had been lifted in 
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he onset Septem last year, concerning which see another 
to the atmosphere had not penetrated so 
disease, ib: Apples would in all pro- 
These gardens, the most beautiful on the Lake of napa column. Messrs. Sparrow, Wortley, bles 
a n nat Soazamie Moet, always ad th homas also showed in this dass Beaute bunches 
