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and, unless very satisfaci ctory evidence be given on бең tack. То test this, 1 shook the plant and dislodged | notice ; and some of the less generally known affections 
есы; it seems pag i impro ББ that a block o Eos of them, when it imm mediately became evident | of Potato es, to the accuracy of which we can йк ету аз 
= de in diameter. r, should have m what the ants below were scouting for. T ey at once | we have long since been favoured with s speci 
mày fro: Po d n Britain. Michaux, | set vpo these fallen aphides, appearing first to break | 
uoted by Loudon, ge -" asa a large di VH for an | the legs and жин the wings off their victims, and then 
Garden меро 
m spee ч „ж ыч ` нче SocikrY's GARDEN, Товхнам GREEN. 
1 acide i pre rite, : rT- the progress of vegetation has been slow this 
futile. With respect ? eq Ч E Зерігу x А Cherry , 
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t there are few Larch їп Чара: Тез adies des Pommes de Terre, des Beiteraves, йез | they have been: as profusely covered with blossoms 
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th GE ы. od be жн ша Blés, et des Vignes de 1845 à 1853, avec Indications | Љу "е beginning of March; and, with the exception of 
. con errie ts, which are a 
a 5. е ayen. 12mo, рр. 200, tab. 5. Paris 1853. |in full flower and leaf, the development of young 
150 to 200 years, І once saw а butt of Larch near We should be trüly thankful to find matter provided | foliage is comparatively backward. This retarded 
Samaden, in the Ober. Engadin in the Grisons (the|for our railway travellers equal to that which is con- | growth, we need not say, is, however, very favourable to 
gion of European Larc h), which was about | tained in the little unpre tending volume before us, and | fruit он. for it is well known that the longer the 
: ter. I counted its rings till her Мем le "ns Жел. we (rog. йөне d. M. Payen needs no e | flowe remain dormant ge less are g^ bs 
too close to distinguish, and Fe measu. ion r his Sepo ation, i as that of a | soms иду to be eut off by late € 
esse w. 
M countin nting de in T which ®: forth \ unt; this Ше че езүн о; ч which have long since proceeded 9-їпеһ coping boards by day 
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rently about the same size ; they "en columnar stems, | — novelty is not to be pe in a АЕ whina ы are about З feet in width, and are fixed to 
neadi | many labourer e wall a i 
i Жаза. and sad hi do or which protections of this kind edd not be 
ITI. RET порите фа | more ined once in Engl and К? been communicated | p» "à were covered with common twine net. Apples ' 
тенче PIERDEN M y Prof. Henslow and M ко башк, though by р Е A h thi Жыш 
some accident it has поё T des in our pages, the blossoms of some Pears are sca 
oreign UdpUHCO Тра: po ion of the account given =; М. Ра ауеп XT ~an | Che trees in the orchard — vero planted tvm. 
Sh hi January 17, 185 — WA on the | sent a suitable extract, and at the same time afford es espaliers in 18 have now reached the fourth 
subjeet of dyes, I may m eiii to you tha T. information which is at present inaccessible {о the анде nd are eovered with fruit "d Trained in this 
n fortunate enough to discover some | English тад. | wa y occupy = spe and they are easily netted, 
lants of the green Indigo (so called) which the! «The disease first appeared about the 10th or 20th iof mis to keep the fruit from birds. poe ki m^ of m: 
rench "egre and manufacturers are hunting! June, 1851, in several distinct localities, at which time | trees planted аё id same time 
after. M. Pers 2 says he has seen a small sa sample it was alrea ady clear that the abortion To large number | sstsaciory progress. The ey are be bind анс : 
of the Frontier with certain mordants it этаў of ears, ог at least the discoloration of а a part of their Е апі trained, preparatory to having -the 
а colour of great beauty and permanence, and tha spikelets, was coinciden] with the occurrence of brown in the orchard dug. The Rose ge which we * 
ch а colour is unknown in Eur ope. Mr. Fo напе spots at the base of their stems (upon the first or second | stated last month was to be converted in buio c 
and mom ar things key. to mee the th» 
imate of In Зы and һе is now sending them onward 
Luckily for him the rebels have kept out of the 
All, in f 
ve tensity, under the contrary influence of the Fog d Б of their respective kinds, which hav e been € ; 
ught, and had ут ed the grains to be developed, in ы x vp bilit 
the ears in to be filled, "There ^ ЧЕЧ such an peti are in the way o cultivation, as to 
ines, Put E foreign LY m yet ben wounded, reason in fac ГЕМ on the l6th and 30th of July, |prove the value of the fruits -that have been 
and When the matter was Кр) by М. Pommier, that i in plaeed in р While speaking of new fruits it - 
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cessation would admit of an average harvest. The d may per be as well to m 
rebels aes wo CEDE seni ee ren Mines real ease reappeared i in 1852, Ж; жан as иек, upon "арз: | 1 grou ойыш Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, 
bids Gf rici the fure first or second i internode, some simultaneously &e., to the amount of upwards of 7 
de 168 oi mo hr Henri and nearly ail upon both, of which promise to produce fruit this year, and 
TS EET KM * The донду was recognised n first by the brown ‚егете, should the season keep favourable, there will 
this, I confess is quite beyond my power. +- 
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"tint in the ride of the diseased stems. This tint. - арынын e proving Шош, which late spring 
iiie Ж. 'vented. à 
gradually became deeper, the circulation of the sap frosts during several 
г Фосіенея, ~ „seemed to be impeded, the spikes remained short ma The Roses, which have been moved out of ће Rose - 
: slender, the organs of та tia. mor re or less sam- house and planted in Messrs. Hartley’s uu Con- 
Pu March 91 TG President in the uu pletely abortive ; the grains small а. wrinkled wh en i с 
Е. D. Dyster, M.D., and J. T. Syme, Esq., were eleeted dry ; while the stems were gradually more and more better than they have ever hitherto done. The beds in 
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0 species and 
eandinavian Hieracia, presented by D. r, jun., So that nothing but meagre gra inferior straw house. А group of low štandard Bourbon Roses, that 
Esq.; and Spathelia simplex, Macfadgen ^ Lam.), could be expected from the Ж. which ad ceased to have been wintered in a cold frame with their roots 
the Mountain Pride of Jamaica, presented by Dr. live before they had accomplished the successive pheno- | among ashes, has just been planted in the arboretum, ` 
Alexander. Mr. S. Stevens exhibited a specimen of mena of vegetation, or had attained maturity. | where they are fast starting into grow These аге 
a species of QR — 
in the Seychelles. It was stated that living plants of гооо a white filamentous mycelium, which seemed same way, and planted out again in spring 
this ien were on "ende voyage to this country ; to have augen within iden the upper knot of they are to be treated every year—a kind of manage- 
ooker - r i i 
grown in a clos ease, an MM soiltaken! «Op s the 3d ав of course, increasing with the advanceme nt 
from it native — i Jersey, in September, 1853 ; it the koc that T" үе йен co. sesaon. "Elo. white- arid fd Brujo i 
heir hat, p gro under these conditions, the : ds. ~ great 
Mis а larger d continues fresh much 1 
longer than di xen ife ity. [This faet f s Sud e Бадир ей ы by the impaired е condition 4 
as to the most convenient way of importing man PEET TENTA A i Paasa li guor: 
"A s p aee Foe Ferns not АЁ in our gardens. The filing TE ro anaa niri das "нм рг 4 : : > of 
roots must be filled with their spores i xamin Citrus јарові the meson the iinese, is ripening ` 
кай а а рем: on of this ether in a close b d кун» елы rs зерии — a oÈ ‘the изын от its smal oval orange fruit, and in a cool pit ш e Sikkim 
and spread out on its arrival here, in à close case, could Dis Rh 
hardly fail to produce ipie ot the Ferns]. “The Carbon e REL. dic E & iseasod. The former hs little pink bell-shaped "ose fiveor 
і papers were read :— Оп the tat RR La vet. AMO S aHa six in T 
Myrmica and other riian An "c by J. Curtis, Esq. STONES om болу qn PME is Aeon rien 
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more numerous. Erysim 
In this paper, = ашһог described Several "Engl h ТУ aide аии а also in bloom here, It is yellow, and smells 
Myrmiece, which w re either ne or little known. The 100, 100. | ho опеу, but а ref be of no | ie. ENE 
descriptions l bys some beautiful draw- n: principal difference is in the nitrogenous matter, In the American garden the Ripiodiddroa аге well. 
ngs. 2, * Notes оп the Hal Habits o f the common Garden the sound Wheat containing 2.47 per cent., while the set with bloom, the beds have been dug, and what few 
aa е nigra, L.)," by б. Daniell, Esq. The d contained 5 uk siente that were killed by frost removed. Am i 
J tack E m winter here. A. whole row of E { 
matter about the green aphides on "Caleeolarias and their fecula, by those which are developed on manu- . globulus, the — 2 opere aee ROMS the large 
factu i i | 
similar plants, While observing this, he n ans that factured sugar to its destruction, and finally by the timber that. much attention in the great 
the ants also attack the aphides themselves. *In the different parasites which attack bread iy та of. 1831, i been killed by the last severe 
ween the pots, on the square tiles which cover | vegetable produets—have always the effect of causing | W veir, [мне S biogr ted along the face of a bank 
io fine," cobi "E no ticed ants running to and | nitrogenous o ic matt i t of trees 
i for these evolu utions, I turned my attention to | &е, 
The | ants which were above in the foliage of the Pianis 
aphides were seated i n comparative safety among me otber matters gen be selected which are not 
the hairs on the ра but it was evident that, familiar io English readers, but our limits only admit 
while some of the ants were apparently feeding, others | of indieatin ng sources of трасом and not of giving, е 
were striving to dislodge an арыз {гоп its leaf strong- | perfect x ue the contents of the books under 
юй; the evidenee of this being that, as the ant —— T Tie chapter on Beetrot ара its aser may, : 
Pproached, the sphis put out its legs to'parry the |ho wever, be pointed out. НЫ Шамы төр i 
