os 96, 1857.| THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
871 
taking care to prov ide ample ager i of rd seed, and the changes they undergo after impreg- 
ro natio 
 ENTOMOLOGICAT, Dee, 7.—~ E. 
in the nan Mr Samael Stevens ex- 
distinct 
parems a 
ee E e 
apaa 
outh A 
17.—The Ths President in the chai 
F. Da Ber were elected 
—1. “On 
female was well form 
ieee e depositing the ova Salter 
f 
for 
i f nd ppe a eat into the 
uring the journey of Mr. Gre regory was | Cox exhibit edas 
2000 species, exhibiting the 
natural orders, and | € ithe r. Wate 
a series of British species of Rhizoy phagus an ma, 
d read a lis eir names determined from the 
ease seale je a ot and Aubé, 
some notes o ian insects 
Diggles, get te per R. Wallace on the 
atmo- | habits he transformations of a species of Ornithoptera 
their relative | allied to O. Priamus, found sA him in the. Aca is ands 
is prob ly near New Guinea, Mr. Stainton read a a pa n 
globe, aberrant species of the genus "Elachista Mr, F. Smith 
preh an = on the British Formicide, being a sup 
tg paper recently published in the Society’s 
He also exhibited some specimens of a 
ecies qr “oa of the genus Trigona fr rom Moulmein, and 
a gree of the nest of this species, the cells of whic 
re form r pis : " ri 
nyol- | dissolved in wood-oil is said to be used in that part ‘o’ 
coh ge: 3 per for rendering cloth and other substances water- 
however, Spas to the ils beat of country tra- oof. 
versed; in the north-western portion taken alone, the 
Conapenis Euphorbiacee, Rubiacex, and lices occur | 
pp renee hed The | 
the journey have not disclosed a sini new type or 
i order of the ee tem kingdom. Not less than 
i untries were observed e 
ime in Australia daring: t the progre = a 
sein, A Shiho of generic forms, at least equa 
this, are 4 —. =m any hitherto oublieled. pie hr could seare 
Nearly 800 spec ve been added to the Australian disgraced by coarse 
a explorations of this expedition Dr. Müller reales We cannot sa 
t 9000 s ' Australian plants but Aaa Li out, only now fae 
of vegetation reputable quart We take itt to ourse 
nteriorin Western | for putting Ros such nuisances, aa the example oft 
m n Florist, the Scottish Gardener, and of bie little work 
us, has contributed pow werfull 
E 
Q 
uding 
an 
to bear to 
much smaller than in any other he 
Mosses eryk: tng betes hag: entirely excluded. from | 
. 
Notices ot of Iookg, 
nd. Horticulturist 
Midland msi 
= the Amateu 
l. 
y 
ngi, he aimen e 
ni 
iit mr a doing ich w omg aes ovine 
the following sensiblo remarks, oats VEe oa phai prizes 
genus. The A ies, whic 
prototype most strikingly in the often colossal thickn 
ess e grea ‘exhibition at of sae -Tyne pro- 
of its stem and in its ea rami ifi cation, is restricted duced WE and Dahlias 
n perfection and toni 
eve 
, F.R.S* 
apa exhibited | 67 
ere his notions, by showing him the od and in 
To ow- 
, re E was not 80 
difference as would justify a 10s. fall from 
stand to the ae et aes was 71. difference from 
to second, and 2/. = 
ted panne Menge like 20 
Id be put uy We have mothe Oo cbjeton to 
w sidi Mane fake een prizes, and especially t 
prizes forthe first. It awakens the ee of distant 
come down well fortified by the 
te for. At present hon le men, who exhibit 
their own towers only know they have no chance, and 
ther yar bstain 
10s., T Ben there pt have been 20 or 30 stands pat up.” 
Dr. Gray, z the British Museum, ne just sa 
$ Manu 
an edition the Land 
taan t Shelie pts the British. Islands b wan n 
» pp. 820, 
wi oe 
sented 
prettiest 
friends in the 
could not do 
according to ia 
it is n ai eve 
arrangement he 
| showing the ‘dnt how to 
of a species by inspecting the shell alone. The 
dry; f 
omer 
to a range of abouti £ ' of the 5 
pip i of latitude. — i All G 
pulp, I ike "phon ps digitata. N, : | = aie ait te , in regu 
wh 4 in a ble sha of men to their fate ; and when it requires ev ; rows, and when the 3 ; ae 
co the waters of the warmer zo er . ev be ed up fa iy (and so eases are filled to within is vl ted gro Paes 
The seed vessels and roots of these Water Lilies form a t e always out of sight), to judge droppings ; then the spawn is inserted in pre 307 
= d he vegetable food of the northern prize rety, it ought to be a lesson to managers never | Q, should be the exact temperature si 
es. The Purslane, ole was to be widely different in ‘amount, room bed? A. ete tonne hea ese Re eo 
met everywhere, proved a valuable Kapris to In the case ot Newcastle: just imagine three stands | tho ped’s surface; this heat that ma. a 
the diet of the explori . Dr, Müller remarks our qui serious | t and a | hay or mats, or otherwise.—@. How «fe Po ushel — 
that they found “it in sandy | grassy localities, so careful, summing wp oo ois in, SA Bowers te or [of Spann go? d et ean emee 
ie observes, “T ieee reason to sidebars’ ton Sonti: TBS difference, very small small indeed, to cere but immediately when spaw Pap Pe ghee ne 
our health y to the constant use of this rewarded, first, 1 sce or ren i NOW, | soil? should it be dry or wet ? a wyata oara 
ve pen : ak other anti ic enue Wel Ww, soil b3 
ond oe north, and the facility with which it may | shall pegs Aa r e pei nee gh l pie beret 
following are mentioned in ged i irg ulous there is no difference 3 
drupes of eli mi p i opinion, the horse- 
om paresis ar a is only one 
species ere i a Fambow eal ides 
the fruits of Mimuso Kauki and i Physalis p sip and alth 
the small Lemon of the] Brigalow sae (Triphasta glauca); which s 
ve berries of Leichhardt’s Bread-tree (Gardenta | of FI 
The A : edged, 
