Ағаш 29, 1805. THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND  AGRICULTURAT, GAZETTE 389 
——— M AES entomologists, an opinion which Professor Westwood | b З 
W hile е | of its author is quite 
Foreign n Corresponden {> ous, The арыш ao opposed Dr. MEIN y ; 
HONA CULTIVATION AT DARJEELING. ме Ander- | E Schiodte" s views. He further read some not сүн opposi- | ге ied. еа bns fecuri — 
who is in charge d ENUY b tha oren. і. КЕЎ verthrowing | Dr. Russell's pow observation aud description 
— fi ble statement of the | simil are so well known that Ei is dm г dwell on them; ; 
ment of Bengal a very favourable s ч al simi aha of sound wit crm generic names previously suffice it to say, that although his in Canada 
made since July, 1864. He has also чрст, | established; and Professor Westwoo but short, forming, in fac edt. an orta in his 
nna + H $ 
а sel nthly r v xp 8 e abd eom er it dvisabl neric names, even | American visit, yet. his book is full of interest for the 
account of the operations of the aa i Jj 1 Ау identical s the names of genera|general reader, and contains many valuable hiuts to 
statement of the progress of icut € ully AA employed in other classes of the animal or vegeta able A» who seek more particular information on many 
is oí ‹ m nt species o ith ie eem rof an " ki а kin gdoms. Mr. X CA pe dm M A a paper entitled | subjects. Тһе special point to which he turned his 
open air, without shelter of any kind, Tri ларга, Britannica,” a monograph of the British attention was the state of the defences of Canada; and 
сыы f Caddis flies, comprisin 124 s es, arranged he isi 
ES Marr s voe »" xin da for the in 43 genera, The Pre ident zi айан y" pen gei Msi Жее ч eq apices err: - 
month of Jan ew extrac tł f Economic Entomolog the strong ints, aud al th b; 
In — 1506, the cultivation ied | Loc had resolved to. offer two prizes o 1; ро ; altho ugh they bm КҮСЕ hy displayed by the 
and in ке чі at Tebong. "Ts five e gu in neas each, to be awarded to t he -muthors of | witl to England, and an aversion 
access "чек йл п@ the ux open- rei p мре n Б personal | to the yo. [жа rule. From the fact of their former 
angbee, l led, however, to t | колу ег | Гете on the an atomy, economy, ОК дену of any eel Berga T Ра. Am MA: De. Russell 
т, S bo тере т insect group of insects especially -—— or|draws a hopeful the but it is 
oor De de sies es alg; a - nd "M ber, | o obn bores to mankind, „to be illustrated with figur s of | evident tat Gud. they ай те, in еар ал 
акеп sim 5 ba ы йы май "оц е | the insects in eir аб present weak points, а althou gh victory may 
nallest plants, while а e lately rooted cu tings, be noxious) "Which must detail the result 2 actual ultimately ас) а t must be 
"t which were still in pots, were transferre experiments for r the destruc-| severe. Let them be warned in 
r beds form vim ams iv т diy шш o a ieri slope. tion of the insects themselves, The memoirs мааа t is well known that жттке Canada lies 
io plants were place e T^ ds ENT А2, о. 12, Bedford Row, London, |in a more southern latitude than England, yet 
ween each phát, eac А ping about 20 И] eet long. with fictitious tien natures or r mottoes, on or before the | that the climate in winter is far Ba severe ; 
such beds we m Б 5 you Т р Я аге they will be referred to а |and as the visit of Dr. Russell was made during 
Cinchona officinalis by t of December. It was Committee, to сае upon their merits ; бес must be | that season, we meet with еы vivid little pictures 
found better to remove all Ды from the plants, and accompanied by a sealed letter, pie vise: with the o the delights of а ean g, skating, Ж The 
{о expose them fully night and day. е plants in | fictitivus signature or motto adopted by the writer, Me mount of snow seem e somethir of which 
these beds will be grown to je cuttings. It is | enclosing his real name and address, The prize essays | we in England can fori but a faint He; the streets 
таним eid Van — v dim to become the property of the Society, by whom they are described as being piled with it, and those who 
purpose. Fh is паш d ue ра р ж е : een | will be pu пра eha d. gire into the country appreciate the difficulty of 
completed, all plants produced will be placed for a; April 3.—F. P. Pascoe, Esq, F.L.S., President, in making tracks” in a desert of universal whiteness, 
time in beds situated near ы ground to be per- | the mi The President exhibited а Bolboceras, Fo our months of snow and frost are, however, com- 
а planted. — After v ning two or t three Mpperenuy new, captured by Mr. Одете, at баайог, pensated for by warm and fine summers ; and, as in all 
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plants will be laced in the ps erma ка nt a rk- | by гата it out of its burrows in ard roads unknown in more equable regions. Many o of our 
yielding plantations at a fixed dista: ach that place. The President ha petes шыг noticed a | readers "doubtless „remember the varied ced dis- 
c —Y € T 19, вео plats of C Сабоба similar economy in the French species, В. gallicu 
officinalis Rungbee, so that t mber of| He also drew attention to а letter which had EREN Exhibition of 1862. 
ori of that species has been Amie attained. | in the ени relative to the Rose-like galls on | Тһе following ud bue Russell's account of the agri- 
These stock-plants will be allowed to grow for some | Willows, exhibited by Mr. Bond at a previous meeting, | culture of the cou 
time before Me аге taken fro om them to form учее that thes galls afforded an explanation оѓ)  Notwith ake aoi the long winter, Upper Canada 
irl v fn jor nU Willow blossom- | yielded, БИС: to late averages, 21 bushels of winter 
Fh T. ar below рй at Christmas, ore exhibited | Wheat and 18} bushels of spring Wheat to the acre. 
t all the +64 ым potes Res next five d VERIOR. colle b Captain | Lang Lower Aem inm where « neges has not received the 
months at à least w. will be added to the number of |i in o коп. Weser Himalayas $, yields a er proportion to the 
ipt yielding planta. from idees, t хув bodies and w ъй ^ which were | acre, b Wheat is of йш quality. In ipe 
The reports of the value;of Cinchona Р with г elongated Fungi, found by A, E. Ciada thes yield of Ad bout 30 bushels to еч 
во conflicting that it does not appea йк le to | Russell, ы. "Mr. Janson also exhibited a large | асте; in Lower Canada i 3 bushels. Bar! a 
E raa] entirely the cultivation of this Species. S collection of Lepidoptera from Bengal and the Hima- | little less in Tr and E оле oes а i in 
illiam Hooker, in a letter of the 8th January, 1865, | layas, including some very ipe new species, collected | Lower Canada, an nd I bout а 
writes that some well-known chemists seem to think by the last-named gentlema: Мг. William Wilsou Oma 246 Potato а-к den 125 to 176 rure 
la EMI of i of it now, and that Professor | lers ex xhibite d seven i interesting species of galls, 
that Cinchona -Pahudi iana and | coll sted г. В. T. Lowne. The Preside e: "Hartio gme pert equally with agricultu 
piens are the pamo, ed 1 that in “crossing Monte Moro in i “From t = of Lake Ontario, round öy “the 
— г" which was pointed ou оч! 1 ob N all along А Canadian shores of 
TAN А. А, Black, of the Royal Herbarium at шна) p the siz а aine со ог, s hs Lake Erie 2m A n nd Peach g eet с 
казын Qd g ew flowering iting ach of which w. TT. rally fou and tripen to Aiah ion in the o Жн the 
Е inchona Pahudiana from pw adds | e or аа insect, which having ыш slightest artificial aid. The island of Montreal i is : dis- 
nothing commercial value of this plant. n the surface of the snow and become chill ed b y Apples ; 
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The Government plantation at Darjeeli tained 1 the island. of Orleans, below Quebec, is 
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iiu Jstof February, 1865, of C. succirubra, 4780 1 f or its Plums, Over the whole of Canada, 
and seedlings; of C. Са lisaya, 23 ; the insects, an Meu vii ool was not us Melon and Tomato acquire large dimensions, and 
19 329; de vx ; of C. deine, including var; дейдк considered satisfactory by some of mes m s | | i Л п h ds being planted i 
oaoa О C. Pahudiana, 5092 ; making a total prosent, Profosor Westwood а the latter end of April, aud the fruit 
Dr. marks on the sini published ME A е | gathered in "September. Pump mre mene D 
i зано „adds a e showing the rate of Chigoo by Dr. Karsten, contending that the generi р mensions; they have exceeded 300 lb. in 
diferent t Cin es at Ке near вупопушїса1лаше Rhynchoprion ought not to "E eight in the em hene of Toronto. Iudian Corn, 
oen. from which it appears that at the fi 1| Hops, an com к sor yield fair 
а (altitude 5500 feet) the growth of C. by himself nearly 3 0 years ago. Mr. Bates returns. тейә а ЫЙ Flax igenous plants, and 
and ofC. P, кар January was from } to 2 of an inch; dd containing Ursa of 16 m оба, can be cultivated to апу silenti E many parts of the 
tame speci udiana from 1 to 4 an inch. At 4350 feet the | from the Amazon district, of the interesting genus | Province. With a proper expenditure of capital, 
Eu тынуу. from $ to $ of an о? Agra, P which the паш of ока. species now MÀ could be made quite independent of Russia, or 
P $aninch. At 3715 feet C irub amounts to 140. any o 3 country, for her supply of these valuable 
to 14 inch Barrarw.—A general |" Nor i ures than in 
i to 1 of an inch. t 2500 foci Pista Кы | Prem ot this Balety - ; eld i in the pe e Rods | E н К ы mergi rtm rich i фай: шен] troas 
i to 2 of an inch. At 1825 feet, C. SA the Aore Horticultural — t South Kensing-| « Sivé ani except coal, the want of which isto а 
1011 inch, C from 4 to 11 crantha from | Monday last, Mr. Edward Wilson, V.P. | considerable ext t compensated by the vast stores of 
Pahudiana - officinalis from } to 14 inch, and C. in pce ей. After having stated e ;objectof the meet- | fovit; of bog, and of mineral oils ín the Роб, 
from 4 to 14 inch, during the month. ing, the chairman called upon Mr. B. Waterhouse | Oanada is very ok d n many minerals of the first 
= Hawkins to read the соты which had led to | importance. Tron із deposited in exceeding abundance 
the receipt of a letter fro = General xd »|in the Laurentian system ; lead, plumbago, phosphate 
i are fou. 
Бокова, 2001008, nd marbles 
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bii kid ы ан found. on жб, resolution was then put. from the „Chair : s=“ That the | cooper, silver, and nickel, juspers, and пати, 
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prematurely d eveloped in wh and шш | Sonceded in norana om M A to cost every description E marble and slate, minerals, and 
winter, Сер 1 conti ited тень g Wales of the Proident of f the Society, proceed to elect | Substances useful i chemistry, in arte, in agriculture, 
rticæ а Coh Edusa, taken in | 18 Royal Highness to that office, and e i is- hetoby | ig хле табун бент. throughout the land, 
iod having the wings, especiall y the duly elected." This was carried abs ig Ts vins from Lake Superior to Gas or г 
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to the di the сузе of Fabricius E | -— M vim re Dica Gola. Өй the subject Government, tho ыа oon Pam and misrepresenta- 
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