1158 THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND — GAZETTE, [DECEMBER 3, 1864, 
gen gentleman would stand it. The solution would be | Scarlet Nonpareil, , Cockle ‘Pippin, Rymer, and s ome > galls found attached to the ow of Oaks ata 
this: we should bave the anomaly of an exhibition | oth y have not mere their € n PUN Shd | octal deti distance undergroun from: which a 
without exhibitors. It may be all very well for the | development. Thos a Pitm , Nonpareil, | number of wingless (female) isdividuals of a agens of 
interest of the publie, but gentlemen generally keep u Gravensten n, and rud neering ied incorrect. g e ky been produced. Jt was di ffic ua whom 
their establishments for their private gratification There can be no question that in the case of bad i 0 the 
— eet efor that of the publie ; and plant sho owing subsoils, where Apple- tree are iM to darko it i hen thet, e, they pee 
Pai stock ; and also | disi h di re of the Oak at such 
vier om any gre eat love the Lah a? san: for limited space, and p^ "iy “beating: ‘Doubtless depeis db deponit their eggs. No males had, however 
bie for p Dit going to a flower show. I ere ee: reme as regards the adapta- | been rear n EK Smith stated that not a single 
kin: ocks to eerta varieties of | male in ie us Cyni nips had ever been detected, 
Mm by the Royal Horticultural Society. That iia , as well - "pex nthe Vines, &e. Large -growing Attention was "however. directed to the curious state- 
good system is proved by the flouri shing | edition of sorts of Apples, like several in the above list, 
the Royal Botanic re Let g ; but whether they | insects recently published in the Amerio an and Ger 
and do likewise. G. will continue to do so for many years, is a question | entomological publications. Mr. Saunders directad 
in th its solution. || attention to a remarkable web-like Feriis deposited 
of vin bore poet yellow, the | Rose Judgi ing.—l am ee d to “Senator Vaisse” | by these gall flies soon after they had become perfect 
other P yerple frait, when propagated and put in fre sh | A pointing out my error (see p. 1132). Mr. Hedge insects and escape ed aes the galls. Mr. Saunders also 
R. T. st, and deservedly Ped It was the 3d prize wid inds of galls ted as him- 
no dling Figs.—I have b | intended to refer to as in no respect entitled to its ey in Switzerland; ind Mr. Stainton a T ab 
notice the following facts. In 1858 I found a seeding | | position, P, B. R. all 1l found on the Oa k < by Mr. Broome, port 
Fig growing under my south wa!l; it was destroyed b Preserving Walnuts.—Soon after they a £ 
the winter of 1860. Last year iae appeared, pid nose the husks, thon pack them in Prk in Trabia confirming the fact of wasps beris 
ig now a small tree; another has appeared fia is year , and the ey will keep. án this e for months. out their recen nn ‘when diseased, as 
some two feet from the first. I have me ten had been this autumn considerable extent, so 
ings in different parts of my garden. bË not this sack, which ; they are that although wasps were poer iem mos at the 
a rare instance of esee Figs xs S ey for table. “Wee. ginning of the gear in a couple of weeks scarcely 
neously? I have no Fig tree here—i. e., established | observe you announce that Messrs. Lawson | any were to be seen. Professor Westwood attributed 
rene the loca ality i is too cold. Will some of your siti (nam out E autumn an Wtépardliiiry new Fi = the destruction of these grubs to an get similar 
correspondents eta say if the m $a - ke d Castle Kennedy. x would suggest that if ar he na * foul 
Figs in =n nt matter of common occu your readers think of investing their mon ey in the brood” Mr. Stone also stated that he had succeeded 
Adam Fite The Vicarage, Thornton Steward, pos ofa plant, they had better rat s y them- | in rearing the parasitic Ripiphorus from wasp combs, 
that it really differs both fi e Brown Mr. Carter exhibited “some beautiful specimens 
Pa ampas Grass.—I have seen in your columns Turkey and the Brunswick, which Bites rey figured | Trochilium sphegiforme reared from Alder stalks in 
lately a few notices about this Grass. There is a under so many names. During the ensuing summer, | North Staffordshire. The secre an account 
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sitting-room windows, and is planted - a rich deep customers that there is some real difference. I am | Coccus which is very injurious to the ter Cane in 
loam, inclining at about 18 inches dee " a brick induced to make these remarks, E - UN es i In the discussion which ensued on this 
earth. It is placed upon Grass and is walih acked up | respectability of the parties concerned, in seque Mr. Saunders stated that dilute "i spirits of 
with shrubs, principally Il oor rels, ‘whose dar k | of the Singleton, which came out under t equally respect- r wine. ‘on e-half water) was the most effective remedy 
able sag eae out the co n White Isc | i -— destruction of mealy bag, and scale insects i in 
to good advantage. “Lt eaten: into full flower in the | |In the latter I wrote to ‘the | pisiy e det. TP per ae Bal 
beginning of September, and unless when injured in heralded it in 3o o 'columns, and told him that from his | “7 an r of ne otic epos ies of plant- -beetles 
some way or another it forces a inno pleasing and | own oe ii it e rud the Ischia, m denied (Phytophaga) was read. "Also o a letter from Mr. Wilson, 
effective object for months. Our soil is liable to €— | it at the t hive s were sold, but most people s Adelaide, South Australia, giving a general sketch 
in very hot weather. It did so in s some. places ast | are d ofa pons f the Entomology of our South Australian- Colonies, 
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t| tocks.— Ppermit me to state, in reference to the Between 11,000 and 12,000 species of insects had been 
his hand into fissures in m taup to à elbo M. suitable stock for Vines, that about five years ago, | discovered, of which 5000 were Coleoptera, while 200 
We en the Dem sare repeatedly i a Vin ries belonged to the family Carabide, 600 to the Cureu- 
and ith no: sparing hand. | Musq I thought desirable, and knowing. some- | lio: nidz, 450 to the Gi faothelidst, 250 to the pilos 
four or five times s a good liberal | thing of the aificalte there is sometimes to get young | beetles, 300 to the Buprestide, &c. l 
inui ater | tank in the garden.| Vines to grow freely in. a border alre - Pi fut alor | 
n from the windows had on it in the ‘early | the roots of older ones, though with e rable 
x of T iris dn inte porcis: well d p , I inarched the Chases with 
spikes o - easing white plum ey are uot so long ack Hamburgh. All the Vines in the house hase t: 
I have seen them in rnm r years, a circumstance | een fine crops, though more remarkable for high Sonety, MY nF beet Be og tema 
pee doubt attributable to the dry season we have had; | finish and, of course, quality than great size; and, con- å Lr 
for even if supplied af the root with water, the atm mos- iy: ^ erel expectations, the fruit from the inarched | haq andsom e, being well filled with 
| Vi e been me the largest both in bunch | the most 
size. Unless the weather MR severe we do not give | and uir aud they have ripened from a week to a | i| cae pani ot cene nd finely bloomed ; $ 
g earlier ‘than the Hamburghs on their own |an nd wi th beauti fal collections of Fruit , Whi ch from their 
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a little into the ground. In September we were | yet the ee rime - ende €0 sh show that irm may "dnd MES icd id Building e Per P 
visited by a strong gale of wind, which broke í off a | few what we want ong the — rather - 7 best o én récord for the » woh ripening of out-door 
— om our large plant} 3 by w ay g thi very veria — I may add, tly v. " 
e si fi to the fted plant of f the Barbini in the bee i ing. This 
upon the windy as and placed at ror positions | great Vinery at Chiswick. that that variety on its own more bal cw a [es PR tillac, 
amongst the flow enm strong bands of Cuba bast. | roots here c yearly produced co e 2 perfectly Gilogil, and Beurré irgeau Pear j Blenheim 
These were very tied so — ge the Grass to | coloured, with bunches as wv cb as e desired. | Ora nge, Uus pe Cox's Orange Pippin, and Court 
remain as much as ible 1 ral position ; | J. À "Bretton Park, Wakefield. — Plat A 
these, together with the Ha id n m not Hara very e Post. osts. —Can nany í of your Correspondents farnish iM ong € E rge-flow pac Chrysan nthemums the 
stiff, and yielding a m with a strong gale of wind, making conspicuous plants were:—Chevalier Domage, 
have u up to this tim ——— e rest of the des thes e? From the enclosed paragraph cut from a Delian nce, je olden Christine, Hileman, Golden 
The diam beans of the nh the extent which its wee eekly haad it seems that in some districts they are Trilby, Aünie Salter, Gen. ped Queen f England, and 
or leaves extend of themselves, i is about 11 feet, curious things. “All the landed proprietors in the | Ne plus Uli: d adi mong Pompons th P tires varot Un 
but as most of the. blades are over 7 feet bog, $ -" south of Ruglnod know to their the difficulty and | o£ Cedo Nulli ‘Via, White, Yellow and Lilac, LEN 
would, if held out, extend sev: eral feck 200 re. G. Di M M of providing substantial and durable aet oie a Attila, Priscilla, Andromeda, and : 
y Wight i boys |in. the village " 
for your acceptance a col- pie incu on the gates, after the model ideae es AS. Pony, atl Roi i, Me. Mis 
the ted pi pictarea, But in. : ere is | Green ; 2 2d, Mr. T AUN od way NS 
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the Crab and the coi ibi Looks stock, such Apples. as section of the wall, with the seit sometimes batted in pota? cig tee s lira ; i ale. G i. eo 8 ants 
Nonpareil, ep Pippin, Ribston Pippin, ai nda t.” Fowkes: „Singlo spec cimens : Mr. Fow vices, yb burn; 93d, — — 
others, alway s get red and dise: ased ; whereas on | Perry ; 3d, Mr. T. lait. Extra ETDI ons guinea, 
e dwarf Soi GaSe nS E Gs EE dr Mr. 6. J. Pe erry, for the best 5 sires Pompons, in 
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shia vaivad. with Hh Lm. sug that’ dm. this anl apat | hom B-loches to 4 inahan bici We ie ceed pe e 
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is seen. The specimens sen nt are grown chiefly | &arteti 
on trees planted from two to five years since, and have &otíttíts. Co onspien pet among the at and rad I 
been (some of them) litted once in that time. The|  EwrOMOLOGICAL: November 7.— F. Pascoe, Esq; | Within 15 miles wg ee; Pion T d ia x's P ange 
Celini, Reinette du Canada, Old Nonpareil, and some | F.L.S., President, in the Chair. The Secretary edd an | Pippin, Nonparei > ry a topin Ka "c ae 
others, were planted only two years ago. S. Dillisfone, address, which had been handsomely engrossed on | Ribston Pippin, eim — emer ines ng, 
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sent—Mére de Ména cae | piece of plate (in the shape of an epergne representii pond wa 
oye: Pie Haet wthornden,|a Palm tree with Pug eee branches and with Clairgea así m [a EIEE eel tee n, m 
; Golden heen New Haw- | insects sporting at its base), to W. Wilson Saunders, | de Malines, eurré Lu" yew ergamo 
eG S, for w ion had been n e arable a 
e amongs e members, in order roa acknowledge iter: ot. EXE D zr. D uice e 
uniform liberality : shown by Mr. Saun towards E S kitchen leo, Sarak rind 1st, Mr. G. Redfern; 
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the British lists; and Mr. F; Smith a new British | (gardener, Mr. Stevens), Solihull; 3d, Mr. @. Redf M. 
Codlin, Here- | species of humble bee, Bombus Pomorum, both sexes of| In the Collections of Fruits; 24 varieties, eji to 
Aromatic, | which had been taken at Deal, Mr. Saunders exhibited | the world, some wonderful examples of C Chaumontel, i 
