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n a level and running backw: neve and forwards four 
times atest h the floor of is conducted 
dose one dance to a chimney a caterers distance to 
the of the she ds at the ba ck of the | Vineries. In 
THE GARDENERS’ 
[1 yr and ery growth, a 
) but four r plants remaining ng out of the l4] planted, and 
CHRONICLE. 
-u eeeeeeeeeeemeeee m ae e are a i ee ee 
Australian genus Cryptodus, by Mr. Westwood ; Notes 
which up to the time attacked so highl 
the remaining ar I secured a 
nd cut some ood f : 
ze 
ar: fue: se n ‘to be properly ni to 
g 
e of Fortune’s non I attribute to and 
method “of after gee De g the t time I w 
Hygrotus bisulcatus and Apion Curtisi, by Mr. 
Jan nson; and Descriptions by Mr. Stainton of three 
pe ‘of Indian microlepidoptera, reared by Mr. 
Atkins: 
re access is had to the ee 
lime and flour of parr fs pe mixing the tw 
gt 
are to the cnt a 
Hotices of Books. 
in dients together, and after laying bar Or foreign works we have before e following. 
the p such places, for the convenience lants, I raised a hillock round pie Flora An ina, part 2 2, b; va, Weddell ; H his important 
removing soot when swept. I do not see how “ W M” aiar to the height of wind and water, after which I | Work is still occu ied by Com — Begoniaceen 
is to eeping of the clay pipes, of which he | carefully replaced the soil, ~ anit hp te stem and | Cattungen und Arten (Berlin, to, with 12 excellent 
P flue, without taking them up, and pani: in proximity as airy as mea ould lee w, | Plates), f. Klotzsch. In thi he learn 
they would most certainly soon get choked with soot Thus was I enabled K cut âbünäk ance of jt fruit at a | 2Uthor proposes to form no fewer than 41 genera at the 
.” will have a proper brich t w when my n ours were suffering from the | expense of the old genus Begonia; that some of his 
structed padergrecn 6 from his hothouse is stn ont homeo a of this incompr phy 2 a i g a will be readily admitted 
start low 0G. to s ded = n characters of the slightest 
S. Winile, Esq, Hucclecote Gardens, near 
to any distance. W. fone rides ail, Dap 
Rain at Dorwards Hall, Witham, in 1855. 
Inchi 
thers 
possible texture, 
mong the mitrie to be found in Berlin 
ry  W. M.” i Taches but preity r to be very scanty as reg 
The plan has been in operation here for the last four renant a areire mir 6.23 | the vegetation of India.—From M Tulasne we 
years. The following a sete are necess :—do no matt š ane re de oe a have a Monographia Monimiacearum, — from the 
allow any dip in the gradual ascent to the shaft. Lay se Se Ag AIM oir) September  - = oso | eighth volume of the Archives du Museum. This 
the pipes in a cemented drain so as to prevent the con- prei» ne A nae tls pecan ners au adm irable treatise is illustrat ted, bp. 10 ‘lates os Seinen 
EEE $ +] kill ¢ E 
jai of damp, | otherwise your pipes may act as a adrain} June aH De peat ana Re A Pa bee x ul 
or water rather The height an 
of the chimn ney stalk will depend on circumstances ; if rried up.. . 633 Total .. 20.24 | M. Tulasne unites Atherosperms to this T aiai radii, 
near, it must be of a TP Dina: Planchon has published a learned thesis upon the Her- 
considerable height “to draw, ” and it may be well to et modactyl of the ancients, a potent drug, now fallen into 
haft for lighting Sorietieg, disuse (Des Hermodactes au point de vue Botanique et 
fire o f shavings or such like to clear the ‘chiumey of Pharmaceutique, Paris, Martine et, Ato.) show 
heavy air, and thus cause a draught ; this will not be _, BOTANICAL, — oF EpinsuncH, December 13th.—The | the t the modern 
requir uired when the fires are in co stant operation. the occasion, office-bearers | Colchicum var iegatum, and that its virtues were 
i peni the ensuing year were elected, and several new | every respect the same sp — the Colehicu 
for the cleaning of the flues. In our case it is a fl gdied io the list” Professor® Batfons [aaeam et now in us ected, ind ‘its 
within a fiue ; but for the purpose spoken of I think | exhibited specimens of Ar rum italicum ent b op value was ultimately äjsbeli wea, in consequence of 
the pipes se ea will answer. I may also add that | Hambrough, Esq., f hi > Isl Wig k aving fancied that it an 
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s75 AA and almost po: but the 
Het . G. M.— 
“W.M” can | wate 
ht, 
ret ‘hve D been 
st two nly 
he foll owing ga a 
the plant these la: 
Tris, or a Narcissus, 
rapa patios instead of 
| drug employed by the ancients. 
the common 
werful but dangerous 
have no PEE ki i in carrying hi: wild, and richly spread songs the SEBi of the Unier 
if h not let it dip. In the valleys of the north we | cliff of tis island, If the plant is not the genuine A FERA ROOPE ROG yA 
find the mills are | italieum och, it is very different in almost e hy FLORIC CUL LTURE. 
often carri carried a considerable are and often ter- respect ark Arum maculatum. It is no full it, 
inat E I A. maculatum fruited in the early part of THE Crvenanta.—We admir admire this flower because of 
hill the mill be’ gi - below by the r side, Many summer. The Sp rg a is ree yellow, Fa : rei of leaf | its onnan 
insta: m in the once Ave «lhe vale betwixt di tum, a and m or less | twelve as a conservatory or greenhouse plant, and in 
en an ali, so highly praised b d with) he absence of better, it does well for cut flowers or 
who had a good eye for ester, Pwe 2 feet in | on À th g l h 1an But the great mass of cultivators fail 
have selected ove as the best among many s, whe the fi l it well. Iam happy, howev — know and acknow- 
answers fi h we are indebted to the courtesy of eight or — or aan uch smaller si ye grows | ledge that oe vt or ully, annually 
pe megs ong Ivy d rocks, ibrenghoet a ok ground | | producing magnificent plants, ‘te sight of which is 
wget on r3.—* T. ok! ” remarks upon August vou the err between Bonchureh and Niton.” Ina |€ amie se all lovers yi flowers. In giving a few brief 
re so pots ood $ that I have been anxiously Eg hints how t e Cin may be successfully grown, ye 
Pears 
for his his “farther poaae communications. sad] 
his list of really rire bie 
not be able to profit S it this year. So 
implicitly followed by all who wish to have go dos F Pears, 
hi a Be eurré ď’ Amanlis better in all ways 
k; Quince. It is, however, desir- 
ipen et different” e e 
rough i is observed— 
subsequent note from Mr. Hambr 
It i i ery extraordinary that 
y ae Arum 
italicum should be found so far nort 
i as eg A has hith 
as the Isle of 
the soil in the pot about whee end of April when they 
bebind 
Dr. 
me in the wildest spota i in t wits 
Many years 
ers wake y and is, I 
wall. In July t these will be found to have commenced 
o grow ; it will be ran that a plant may ee 2 divided. 
Now, a a great blun often committed by cutting the 
believe, satisfied of its being goers 
when 
ago, ag R with Dr, Bromfield, I or six ies, retaining many of the old 
notic cing an nn af, and mentioning his doubts as aooe san the "= speting them in 5-inch® “pots. This is 
a maculatum, 
of the root re 4 single slips, Just take the finger and 
thumb and slip off the young sh when they have 
growers in the kin dom at once pa Meri Fev lis “a out for A A Saam.. This was shortly before he left 
of best Pears, mentioning soil and clima No fruit England for the last tim 
es sO m dno fruit is so well worth growing 
new white roots about the size of cats’ teeth: let there 
had I until last year, when I found the fana in n 
be no old roots at all. Pot the aipeanna oth 
pots, th Then 
en that produce a Gooseb: dance all 
= and whether we look at its value to | from any elling, an h ground, which could | Place them in a close frame for a few d pager ks of 
cook, to eat, or to sell, it will beat any fruit, except | never have been cultivated. It is more common here agp ~ oem ee |The size and demands of 
peshane a a very y good Apple for the first a and Jast, though | than A. maculatum, and has doubtless until now been | the place will d e the number to be propagated, 
it would be difficul ili or | mistaken for that pm t, as _ leaf never go | but it is toh sa undance. In a short 
é d’ Amanlis aeda points. W. 0. F. strongly veined as vated 3 these young plants will fili their pots with roots, 
of Westminster Hall. — A person must be|and might escape a noi asa na even a ny and cover the soil with leaves. To make them robust 
rant indeed of Gothic architect sup- | I was not satisfied with its distinction from A. macu- | and thy, they should be placed out of doors, on the 
tan e present roof of Westminster | jatum until r ex: ing the s of heih plate 3 | north side , wall, or hedge, and remain there 
l could have existed in the time of Rufus. The hall | The following papers aoe 4 rt on the | about the first or second week of September. And now 
of Rufus had a nave and two aisles like a church, so | ș of the Society’s i y curator, ÍS the time to give: them a liberal shift and generous 
it isi ible any timbers o! roof otes of a Botanical Trip, with Pupils, to Ben|food. The pots, 8-inch ones, should have been 
present, Some of the smaller pieces may ; no simple | Lawers and other Moun Pe ugust, | Previously washed and dried. Let about 2 inches 
roof of anything like the ve of bd cig ag sed ever | 1855, by Professor Balfour, and others = y en Dn or bricks be used for ? 
after gland. 
long 
Cucumber Disease—If your Whitfield | correspondent 
existed in Rufus’s time, or till 
Somerset. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL, January 7. J. O. Westwood, F.L.S., 
V.P., in the cha ir. Mr. Samuel Stevens exhibited some 
by disease the other ruined by neglect (but which 
confounds together), he will find traces of the destru 
tive ng of the former very di AA to that of 
the All 
Wallace at Sarawa' interesting for the 
series of sn in ie an ran of the 
of the opposite sexes. tainton exhibited a speci- 
appa- |p 
have seen n have sxibitea symptoms of an attac! 
stitutio: wing erence will 
ruit o 
rety ¢ as the followin; 
testify GER Fe — I commenced to 
1 Tiger moth, Callemorpha Hera (not 
viously admitted into the British fauna), costae 
by. ‘Mr. Henry Cooke at Ne whaven, accom; ed by 
smirably ay tare K 
thing in the sakinution of the Cineraria is the use of 
r use a of 
Blaci ‘Spine and | the Improved Sion a varieties, 
coast. Mr, Shepherd exh 
devoted exclusively 
to their The plants 
assumed a habit 
at this j 
Satie, and by the aid of a lens 
that juice was exud ee eer err 
confirmed fe a to hibited a a 
the expiration of 
Lebia crox minor, milane 
near Selborne, a a A 
there were erer Kiping 
