47 —1854.] 
robably it grew wanahy on low hills and slopes. 
ecl, at the present day, .notwithstanding. the .nume- 
m ;transformations .by seed, it . thrives; best-in such 
preserv i ti 
жей, lt must have been. introduced into our. countries 
by the the conquest of Gaul and England 
Itis known tha e S. of cannot: be 
preserved in our. variable, foggy; and. severe. climate, 
unless sheltered by. walls with. а, good. авресі. In so 
ing the seeds of fruits ripened in country, with the 
for аграр of афа 
зеі umus, the. «дъ 
Maren from iioi imm Borar Ma a ge dard in 
the groun е of DNA authors, Dodonzeus, 
of Mechlin,in:speaking of. the.Pear tree, in his he rbal, 
to е middle sof ithe:l6th -eentury, said that 
Da М! і 
extent that, even at.this period, а gre 
varieties existed in the country, еы of to tolerally 
- 
рае раз оова use, .. This mode of sow ring про "i the 
to obtain vigorous trees, is 
i Барша, espeeially in the. gardens of c zm € sand 
of the nobili lity апа rich sises of who 
DET t med varieties Боге the These 
mes, we 
rds реу. " ts Eos io their 
sor 
arieties are, ho 
her: Tae been prop рне] n 
ling х р tree penes К we | 
п „йз. individual AN the soil ip seh т, is 
t En] 
"for ages btless cause w 
ле bnt "thie.ie: adl plaee for treating M inet t question 
E l^ a minaatan geh vu in 
allits vigour, been able.to p 
robust progeny. In other localities, the artificial culture 
0n the Qui have accelerated - 
ening f. жй „degeneration. of existing 
E» pomo logists ists and. men of experience. attribute 
5, directing our. mend to more southern countries, i. e sam 
"we may observe 
-that some good varieties; have been 
$ : 
"the: present day, in Belgiar as in 
varieties have, ш seasons, only produeed gr: gritty 
^ tr unsound- fruit, whilst the trees attacked by vari 
diseases have died offs: 
bna At Mots, the chief town of. the province of Hainault, 
jeties 
^yari 
w jen =з 
DE. were obtained the m EE ыз 
"later pant i£heJast' century. ОҒ seedli e believe no other instance of any other e 
a а en| Бомон данй from oberen — or ione 1 upon the galls than the ө by chance be wron 
* | i timate inhabitant 
rear гетен wn-in үе tenderet өйөө | t cea i debted to Professor Henslow for calling "EC 
"Mores (Glou; in: Walloon signifies , attention dd т instance in which - — a 
siop 2 esu, 'orsel or Bit ; the name | Oak gall has given support not only to т sem 1 
D de-translated Delicious Morsel, e nty | species of сч , but vid А. и r фес ы о m 
wu is its common name, but the true | an o gen : emt 
паше * In France it is known | supposed likely to have been found in sue 
"he mid an which Оп Че king at some s on the rican Querc 
den 
ds | tinued rad t (жг шы 
'the. 
th.. justice, we tbink, that some | cases 
THE GARDENERS' ^CIHRONIGLE 
to succeed generally, unless against a wall. . The var 
enlled. Beurré de rod з һу ANN Г, 
d'Hardenpont, at the village of need in Hainault, is 
one of the most vigorous of the 
table 909 which were гаје ni de 
р t Curator о of: the Museum, Um, 
Mai T 
case containing ! o 
› e cynips in the winged state, lich ha had grey 
etiés of keeping || евсяре from 
ls, and айй them were 
galls, 
end "of ilie | observed four Ж. rrii Eg LM chilium, y 
as r ing our currant winged sphinx (the 
Tie ч ӨЙ Meme Nerone А ае Chrétien, га Aure of which ів given in the Gürden e 
ápoléon, an d from seeds'at f P r Henslow further ascer- 
Mons, bythe late M. M. Liard,t Оаза Delcourt; | taiped feeding, in the 1 state, 
ore recent date, vigorous "00 the galls themselves, as he found the pupa cases 
than any of the others obtained in that town from seed. stic the On examihing the galls we had 
8 only mention th ch are generally further evidence that the Trochil 1 
known. Neither La Fortunée x Me (поё. Par- | feedin em, as we observed m of their ex- 
entie e forme s the Ж. ` the crement sticking оп the һы; ме the larvæ had 
latter 
propagator) 5 nor the Colmar N EN or Nelis d'Hiver de | found or made an 
Malines, raised in the e garden of the Councillor Nelis; | | side of the 
d nor ihe Urbaniste, found by the Comte Colo 
us es 
r garden of a religio tablishment at ME: nor the 
E. ve S erg, Е "Orph line Me ne | 
hese have, or could hav үт hardiness 
а sim: requisite to ндс well ^de vs on in | tl 
а situa n sheltered from the east and north-eas 
J. de Jha he, 
(То be continued.) 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
н AMERICAN OAK-GALL CLEAR-WINGED It 
d " 
aperture, as €— аа. tł 
зе upper- 
gall in the accompanying figure, in which 
i the 
Chronic 47, p. 303) an 
€ leopard (Gardeners? Chronicle, 1846: N 236), die 
resume it is whilst the 
lium i px 
ер 
gall lis young and soft that the Trochi 
Tur ls upon the stem tipi or {= to some crevice їп the soft 
leaves of trees, and other vegetables, is one of the curious | аз she i th any apparatus ipei eel 
f| questions in botanical physiology whi not, we | boring like the Cynips or Callimom, 
à 
main therein, we ma. 
|in som t least, seem hr bona d аррагеп 
КЕЯ sh ne Ls by insects for their own nourish- 
e by the attacks of 
| species of Yer? "bal s ы ot tle various Унд | 
of the species of the Hymenopterous family Cynipidze 
for the de е ef their eg t even in such 
itis not only the young of the cynips which is 
s found inhabiting the interior of the gall: Тһе 
eynips 
res e duties ; and not only ів the parasitic 
ood | Ca вове enabled b pA its instinct to discover in what planted wron 
part of the gall the larva destined for the fóod'of its | injurip 
ous | young is ет but, being furnished with an ovipositor 
several tim longer than its whole body, it is enabled 
h с here i 4 ап 
quickly hatch With the MÀ of these parasites 
by|w is 
mberg, 
with фе late M. Noisette of — These | palustri 
pont а 
чу четен фонунан and inziisce 
— 
— 
TI TM lik and 
ле rupe; ikewise appears to 
d С. pecu à = із:оѓ а black colour, with 
җы and "eae ale 
indeed f thesimply те a). 
earriage, 
practical man, he does no 
that 
of galls are кас by punetures made by the айс; р 
to thrust it into the gall to the T depth till = рети 
useum of Botany, in Kew Gardens, 
Professor Fiant, im assngeny with Mr. H. Smith, the his former wo orks ls 
um* appears to be а new "e, nothing 
being deseribed in Dr. T. W. Harr s's Manum 
the American Sphingide, Ме th 
or bit by bee, | describe it under the name of "Erochilium | Диа, 
measures 8 lines in the expanse of t 
to be & new species, 
rts of the thorax 
ent, of theupper part of the Lp wi ing wood- 
this paper е аш, t EX ced lange woody galls were | cut, its natural length being rather less than 2 lines. W. 
Home Correspondence. 
Planting. Vines in Brick Boxes.— At p. 795 our beas 
"forgotten to еш 
bour, (шде; 2 дт т а 
ines fro 
anently in а box 8 feet маду 
to а] experience, for we know 
roots in a healthy state run a ї $ 
and that if there should be good the 
re to find it. Why therefore should we cramp 
roofs upon all sides! Surely ot want 
plant Vines every six or seven a do 
ends we ж 
ti X 
th usted by time 
should expect them to get well established and in оа 
mte quee ртн will y found Чо „5 
will be examined, wh 
d of co 
der Will е found twisted ede like a a VO mat; and 
ting in channels? Із it beca e to fill 
r with several of ks, 
grower of Vines in pots, 
ires boxing up their No; it is 
* “if a Vine should be 
g to it without 
e roots of it its neighbour ; beca 
again, use 
wer than тна лун. its roots 
т 
Ён > on “ "arsi Motis and their 
"ye ^ A bros Denn m 
the genus Bphecia of "Hübner, 
