264) Annales de la Sociele de Horticulture de Paris. 



Society, in which he describes his management of it in frames and hot- 

 houses. 



2. Notices, Anahjses, Sfc. — The first notice is an account of the old and 

 new green-markets of Piiris. Only locally interesting. — A summary of the 

 labours of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of Caen, by 

 M. P. A. Lair, secretary. The principal trait of this paper is an account of 

 the mealy coccus on apnle trees, and what has heretofore been written 

 on the subject. Two of the members have collected all the information 

 on the means used for their destruction ; and seem to approve most of 

 washing with lime-water, because it frees the trees from lichens, though it 

 does not sufhcientiy penetrate into the crevices of the bark, to effect the 

 complete extirpation of the insect. 



5. Melanges et Nouvelles. — Under this head is given the State of Horti- 

 culture at Mons and its neighbourhood, by M. Marcellen-V^tellart, of that 

 city. As a collector and lover of plants, and as a patron of the arts, a 

 M. L. de Claircigny is eulogised highly. He is said to have one of the 

 finest orangeries in France, besides hot-houses of great extent. The Mag- 

 nolia grandiflora is said to prosper in the open air. Floriculture is encou- 

 raged, and many gentlemen of fortune and taste vie with each other in the 

 improvement of their gardens. — MM. Catros and Gerand, of Bourdeaux, 

 announce that they have found a new species of peach tree. It was dis- 

 covered near the sea, on the Gulf of Gascony ; differs from the common 

 species by its branches growing almost perpendicularly pendent, and their 

 being remarkably fragile, so that, in the attempt to raise them, they snap 

 asunder like glass. It is also produced true from its seeds. It is considered 

 more an ornamental than a fruit tree, though its fruit may be capable of ame- 

 lioration. — Robinia intermedia. This is a hybrid obtained by the same dis- 

 tinguished nurserymen, by impregnation of R. Pseudacacia with R. viscosa. 

 Its distinguishing characters are, its being less viscous; flowering after R. 

 Pseudacacia, and before R. viscosa, this giving its specific name intermedia ; 

 the flower flesh-coloured, and slightly odorous; and growing more vigorously 

 than its parents. It has been reproduced from its own seeds, and its cha- 

 racters promise to be permanent. — Effect of Slates in ripening Fruit, by 

 M. M. Bauchard of Montcornet. On the south front of a dwelling-house, a 

 wreath of the black raisin vine was trained under the windows, and also 

 under a slated porch of the front door. The grapes under the latter, 

 ripened sooner than those on the other parts of the tree. Hence, the writer 

 suggests, that by a proper disposition of slates, fruits, particularly late fruits, 

 might be ripened to perfection. — Destruction of the CockchafTer about 

 Strasburg, by J. P. Carl. About the beginning of May, these beetles make 

 their appearance; the inhabitants go forth with their grape-scuttles to collect 

 them, shaking them from the trees, bushes, &c., and afterwards crushing 

 them to death. By these means, which are never neglected) their numbers 

 are greatly diminished. " Eighteen years ago I planted my park, and have 

 regularly continued the chase of the cockchafFer ; consequently, 1 never 

 have been tormented by these grubs. I have read that the water in which 

 potatoes have been boiled will kill both grubs and eggs; this I mean to try. 

 It is also said, in the same work, that soap-boiler's lie kills ants, if presented 

 to them mixed in syrup, in vessels easily entered." — Recipe for killing 

 Moles and Mice. Take J lb. maize, 1 oz. verdigrise, 5 oz. quicklime, 

 12 crawfish, Jib. oil of aspic (lavender). Pound and mix all well together 

 into a paste, to which add a little river water ; make up pills about the size 

 of a nut, and lay them on the passages of the moles and mice. M. Millier 

 de Ribaucourt states, that as moles are the natural enemies of the grubs, 

 they (the moles) should not be destroyed. At the same time, it was stated 

 by M. Fulchiron, that he remembered, when a boy, to have heard the 

 destruction of the cockchaffer recommended, and that his parents used to 

 defend their trees by watering them with a decoction of green walnut shells. 



