-Novemser 7, 1857.| 
no other book on | the subject. An error, 
uce an immense 
ed 
of the Potato growing 
of vegetables were written aee = a = the 
Potato rot, we therefore there n for 
erroneous directions, ‘at th Fana of the 
book shows that this is Bee amd the case, and as 
rules are acte n by m 
for planting is said 
very early planting is er a avoided! Ip is 
now denied by none that as soon as the soil is tolerably 
dry the set i be committed to it, and tha 
ought to take place in February, if the state of the land 
will allow. ‘In the April calendar it is intimated t 
late Potatoes require late planti although the 
. acknowled. rule w tha should be 
planted as soon as circums Again, 
j * ¥ ded—the very method 
th 
i 
A 
if we ar 
tolerably free £ free om = rot, 
ai Riding Yorkshire 
in M: 
nae 
attention to san rH 
its branching ing it 
suit’ ae dry stonebrash soil of my ities 
Eea 
to mention that the e seed I planted had beon “strun 
all the winter in 
the ae and ‘tended jeans cause the “ere t so 
of th It ickn 
flavour. 
Societies, 
oroGtOAT, October 5:—W. W. Caunas; A 
ice erg? in oka gat ition 
oe since the last 
the 
tu menr the'Trans. 
ntioned -= contain another 
| of the avidity with which the comm 
dA ul 
rince | in 
Mr. Patterson has justly argaiesarh on Ea importance eof 
a branch of n | the bee se Tan 
work, consisting 
plants, and their 
s 
themselv 
o- | attac as possi 
progress will be fcuagasaineddy easy, 
g 
which no doubt — Th 
up neeessaril 
fed in in ra but ae few in whi 
will ee Pes 
y two | Linneus. a Egy 
the am sa gn 
Mr. beginners can 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE, 
Forest. Mr.S aunders mentioned a remarkable instance. 
tee tur greal 
of bo uglas stated that 
Colias iden and Thecla quercus hed lately been a 
near Dumfries. Mr. F. Moo: mmunicat 
allace. 
the islands of the New Guinea gro 
» giving an account of the entomology of one of 
group. 
Notices at Wooks, 
eries of Nine © Botanie al Diagrams 
OW. 
. Fiteh. 
ed 
“In han notice given of his Ten Zoological Diagrams, 
education. 
adapted. But it must dot be r 
ly in 
to | 
the urface of 
e fishes to an artificial fly ; | 
that lie faa Hage pva 
759 
| admirably coloured from copies he had prepared for the 
se, 
The following is bmg bow age: and printed 
The 
o 
fz] 
on the margin o of eac of the play 
selected are likewise oe en in nt npka id Latin 
CLASS 1. DICOTYLEDONS. { Dicotyledones. J 
Division 1, ANGIOSPERMOUS. /(Angiospermee 
i HALAMIFLORAL, í Thalamiflore. F “Sheet 1. 
CALYCIFLOR. (Calycijflore ) Sheets 2, 3, 
; Q — arr (Corollijlore.) Sheet 4. 
4, INCOMPLET boyy ae. Sheet 5. 
Drvision GYMNOSP PERMO S./ Gymnospermir. heet 6. 
CLASS 2. : 
ONOCOTY LEDONS. rol ttonorstyedones: 
. PETALOID. ideæ. ) 
Drviston Boigu 
Section k po mee Sheet 7. 
OR. f. ih, tn nae J Sheet 8. 
Drviston 2, GLU) M ACEOUS, /(Glumacee. J Sheet 9 
or schoolroom purposes nothing can be better con- 
trived; it will indeed be a great 
hi 
made to 
m of the ‘Mac for few 
of the numerous all-im: 
cig me of a ee retin In 
large lecture rooms ese drawings can only 
be used in aid of the haunt larger diagrams. 
The Botany fiz Voyage of ae Herald. By B. 
emann, Part X 
task, by giving 
This part comple Dr, Seem 
ong and sgt ‘of Sinat i in es. 
tration ; w 
ered as 
materials formed by the researches of so many recen 
m i 
Students must be tanight ‘how to ne Peery 
Kong is but a sep sip and pair annot be much 
4 
es t ities of stru upon w. 
all. classification depends. The chief difficulty which 
ers experience is in learning ni recognise im- 
often obscurely indicated amidst 
ces ‘with wW Tich they are asso- 
hose peculiari cture v 
which it is "I essential En 
tached as accomplished, 
dad the student 
will be along a Booty ! pi which, at first, 
gE seme with ni ut Thorns. 
“The e di 
either naturally or 
and their 
ane E eet have arrid 
esigna par 
a “appl ay ‘a plant 
Altho a ng re 
80 sendy eli it ib for ascertaining t 
in 
wists ih w 
rms (hard w ae f to 
a apa qra beija 3d 
This 
teach beginners |i 
„|wi 
< 
following, viz., pur: 
appřoximations to that 
ge of comprehending. | 
Bocs] 
R Ar yellow, orange, woe 
large and 
and an exact collection of or would 
ha een most useful. Unfortunately Dr. Seemann 
has not taken sag view; for we find, uj 
ree pages ‘of Hook A 
lso remar 
perly Sed ected 
dia newspaper o 
defitigable editor. 
points open to criticism in the 7 ete efi 
airb are mien two Be s only containing the 
ns, Nist ereocarpu m, Scepareæ. 
In so costly a publication as this, appearing as it has at 
long intervals, such errors ought no have 
| Let us add that the work k as a good 
Hb 
Garden Memoranda. 
TEMPLE a —Seldom has i 
Chrysanthemums been out of doors than t 
here at the parton 
sides of a large 
erfect as they could yp os e 
best border, which is 60 
I 
99 
and 7 feet in 
see, a 
much can be 
even. in, am oky Lo 
at Alverstoke, Hants; new species of Al 
idee ag the’ nest of ine b black ant, = a new spem 
— of ee r. Dossiter 
r ei e specimens of a one black specie 
of ita ane some of which had proitabad living youn: 
men- 
exes s 
aiaei o found i in some 
Wailes on TA hor of Northum’ 
of the destructive 
Tsetse by tho m the natives of Cent ral Afri 
Clark had affirmed to b 
aeea an 
ria Britta to the Society by Mr. 
Lettsom, o eh Ls son's in that country ; the 
envettient ie a cate inclosed i 
som 
, and Mr. Edwin Sheppard | 
sdius dilatatus from the New 
f but it serves to direct 
and 
ar the most 
illustra’ 
estwood yaa fo on which i 
-je are 
+ | rous as at first sight might 
uei T 
| which they 
* attention to ‘the rt a zines 
th certain im ugh 
Sees 
to familiarise them wit 
important, characters tibii: 
natural gene pen depends. 
preven inquirer 
anne at of every eh y bo 
ie he noticed on fo oe of 
occurs, 
will not be 
scale on which the See een, 
ient 
the fruit, seed, and prar paii A A portion 
also an 
are drawn of the apse sik, yo contrast 
nified illustrations o den Er a ra Cer- 
rincipal 
n be consulted by ne nearer Pana to the 
grams when th e class is dismissed. 
ms have be en perfected: by Mr. Fitch from 
His name, 
| on å sm: 
accuracy ani eral artistic effect. 
4 Sanaa on the zine pla 
ve been struck off, and they have ioe | ian 
In order to attain inereased size, we understand that 
plant disbu befi 
S Y the effect *t of this is more perfect 
could otherwise ca been looked for. 
than 
The e whole of 
een admirably arranged 
and d perfect, and beautifully y aged 
BB charming examples e Cosmi df England, 
blush; gn! Anaxo, red. und orange; 
Arig, ama ellow 
R ge? Mic,” red and 
okien, 
m | Madame, Poggi, brown wnish crimson ; ; 
+ Phidias, Rose; Plutus, er aa 
ve ocenrred. 
omaha 
its vegetation; _ 
mth in works accessible to everybody, 
» 
blooms, which are under a - eae aoe = ae 
= “blacks ” off them, are large and truly beautiful oo 
