7—1854. | THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 101 
04 with th nitrogenous matter, y^ pun ternary com- | I fou ere the k of an insect called Rhynchites members of the Royal Айше Society of England, 
binations бант from those cellulose as xylogen. Вене, "which,by € defoliating the trees, very materially | and of the Horticultural Society of ere pre- 
It is in consequence of нн m ated layers да јога become stunted and will sent, and all were fully satisfied that it is а method to be 
€ „кем зуда 
гот sa 
in yty 24 cells of Pears and in many capsules and 
galls. M. J. B. 
. CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS. 
г Ir hardiness of o prep easy culture, and brilliant 
Rowers, —À 
ш=пча 
g ın 
lant, then hen this fine old shrub deserve 
state, nt t in eir peaty soil and cover them with 
glass. ce the pots for a few weeks in а tem- 
re a lide higher than that in which the 
— have wn; afterwards plunge in a 
gentle bott 5° or 80°, when roots will 
of 7 
.speedily Phe emitted, if enge | and shading from bright 
sunshine are proper. nded to. tsing yin 5-inch 
pots, as soon as the c ня are sufficiently rooted t 
bear handling, and place them in a close moist situation 
until they get established, which, with ordinary care, 
will soon be the с an uld be 
the young plants sho 
removed to a cooler situation аз soon as 
TOR 
oved to some such sifuation as soon as they | 
w ill SUVI 
р жк: 
be prai dr with red spider, and -— never make эже 
vigorous growth in a high tem 
2 
r^ the ease of cuttings rooted ear 
sing, will be by the d keep hei td of June. 
an 
d to 
as gone on well c 
‘be into to 15-inch pots, in which they will form 
specimens. -— 
keep them rather 
im Ald 
re they will receive Mg "of light 
safe from treati he 
termixed with sharp san 
coal, to ensure bon. дешер; А2 
eleg io qnie 
RAYNCHITES Loan, Fan. (тпЕ Brnc 
AND Ds WeeryIL), 
Tug m" pe Фа. vitiejstás. sis 
was surprised 
ing to the Vjnes or такы 
precisely like cigars (fig. 1 
half the natural si мае). "Эйел лыб да Йй Е. 
Give a libe 
ав the pots are found to red well "filled with scvera 
ру bits of char- g 
t thio sa same bon. the five following years 
e| the discovery is most 
at was tops suffer to 
apes. 
la nd, as far 
this weevil, for it it үте. occurs in woods а 
tions, where it is contented to feed upon the Birch and | 
АМ" 
lt was 
thus rolled up ; they лек contained the 
beetle, which Iunderstand n: Aæ 
cuticles of the 
a ee remarkable that 
early in June when I observed the leaves 
eggs of the | 
d: between mn 
leaf. male having nearly c 
through the бечел of the leat чүй she ay her м | 
and becom food | 
and rolls it up, the leaf dries the 
ЎР, Ф 
KUS: 
required by the maggot, эбен usually кей for four or 
five weeks, bu t I foun d o ali ive at the 
18 ч ot 
clothed wit the head is pitchy black and 
shining, mud b behind it is а horny brownish seale ; eig 
of t racles were visible, the abdom inal seg- 
ments aee divided by deep grooves, and e 
again transv up like most of 
d walk pretty well 
magni fed) 
> The d beetles produced from the рирге of these | ү 
larvæ I have 
of 
s 
vary in deir from the — e | 
1N | great- friend o 
ey 
дае rufis ecting golden shades to a deep b ig. 4 
(the curved line exhibiting he. natural length) will 
render ipt 
t 
rolling up the 
ty and ѕарас 
ү 
lo refer the reader to 
Dr..Filippi's o Pey of this іза which he has 
discovered, Ruri 
e Correspondence 
Deep Soitin Peia v. the Disease. 
plan of averting the disease 
by a carpe 
ich this ava creature | - к y 
is to plan pen q we d, аз soon 
the tubers are full ehe say week in June 
for early sorts, and the of July for later ones, or 
ust before the blight iles ihe foliage, to turn the latter 
on one side, and tl n previously well 
earthed Гор with the ое, к to ig the soil out from between 
nd lay it on theridge во as to form 
а deep furrow between each row onere n ie 
DA nue to grow, and the tubers being now 
full sized, all remain 1 sound ; {їп the ridge of т. Тһе 
isease was nev er wo ere than it was last senson, 
| which i ind сан dio cnt case generally prar Norfolk” 
cd Айю, gardener to Q. S. Kett Brooke 
Norfolk, Feb. 20. 
ama of ^n Winter at Poles, in Hertfords 
following report of the effects of 
ire, — The 
the late ha weather 
killed ; 
Taxodium sempervirens is Mes and many of the IT. 
the shoots have been killed; Benthamia fragifera 
killed, Garrya elliptica is greatly injured, the а ves of 
Quercus. не — sre very much blotched and i 
jure of Arbutus Unedo, Laurustinus, 
and A ym Acacia prostrata has been killed; 
it n owered luxuriantly on a scuth-east 
wall for several years. Sax æa conspicua and Fitz- 
a gonica have stood well, not being injured in 
the least. R „ [We „shall i 
more reports on resting ect; but venture 
to ‚з our ir nmt e to delay their returns till 
The Food of Working Men is a matter of very — 
imen will bring cn disea 
om 
proneness to 
the Prince, I wo 
would not -— upon, if n 
poor, 
ad inde e a great en 
ver be aus unds of Ану out of 
Indian an corn I да uced soups flav 
— 6 as a i of salt herring, and the like. Soyer 
fallen into much the same as others have 
is hardly nec 
wives and children 
анун, sufficiently well fed. In fac 
trying, b "however, a multiply their 
not to imita 
о pro 
n, А, now, are not, im 
ct, аге not. Їп 
Rumford. 
Pu mes, boiled into a mash, alone are 
ficient for working men, but ome 
a fair p: of meat, or 
ea urning the 
he and tu 
tops on either side he cast the soil Mel of the trench o 
ith 
en 
This induced bim to Pm 
same 
tended his labe 
sound, whilst 
those earthed vni in the manner I shall presently de- 
seribe Sr ione ve und, both in the field an n een 
When my cro 
* Curtis's * A to an rere of British ся 
Genus 627. 
that sep i 
as | Of the 
T Translated and published, I believe, in the “ Annals of 
atural History." ЕЗ 
inferior ani 
I have do the 
hirt ity minutes i in s boiling water suffice 
fit for exclusive nourishment. А si 
elfast. 
Cost o of Erectiff С Walls. —Allow me to 
Mr. Ayres -= a 10 feet атай wall, with good coping 
and footing, can much less cost than 
