| ОстовЕВ 14, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
965 
ЖЕ insect Ше | being busy then, few of 
failed to set. W. Abraham, Messrs. Donald's | 
ey. 
Y egere -bird hawk moth has been 
summer in this yr pelety I| 
bare aptared ч gin voua be happy to exchange a | 
зр has 
gan ne. The small 
on the сонну, лабы very common; | 
red ad 
e s hell has, 
ч also been the miral. T have not seen о 
5н» 
thel 
been „done 
with Lord Ж 
amateurs, иш I fiud a ‚ light rich earth, aboundin 
decayed vegetable matter, to su it m ds in question 
admi A Hants. 
[Your pecimens аге not quite во hity coloured as 
those е furnished by Mr. Bennett; but they are never- 
Cutting off Tree Roots from Flower Beds.—This 
I send for or yo our inspection, 
— drin pn of the] 
s Mr. Briggs has dnd fio 
or very — A and at other timi 
1. At T 
spreading. hairs. Sometimes 
flowers scentless, 
specimens. were first — Perg in the basket in which 
has 
m Regent's 
icr d we could not detect 
Scent а r. Briggs says tha sa "The calcareous 
T de; plant occurs produces both odorata 
plentifally.” We have X been able to 
identity it Loans with any of the numerous inter- 
D nch fo зара ribed by — and Boreau. 
шс 
; У. sabul losa, Borean.—Spe- 
Park, as follows:—A d 
d filled 
п its habits, and which is generally very co n at 
ehe in most y miras is unusually so here this 
The larvæ of the death's-head moth have also 
yen en rather plentiful, ie of the chrysalids having eod 
bund in a small Potato field close by. D. Freem 
F, & A. Dickson 4 Sons Nurserie. Beet 
—Can any о к: де ota espondents oblige 
hei 
ecting е вуче 0 of 
финиш ав a field for Te nan ? Man 
possess good ability, a tolerable 
d self- КАШУ), and are not frightened at hard 
work, would be much interested in being furnished 
with an impartial account of the climate of that part 
of Austra lia, the availability of tbe land gran nte, ( 
а well 
рє тиет 
— | paret forming an impervious wall 15 inc — Neu 
n |through which the roots of trees can never 
ery | W. R. 
ғ 
: HONA Dan 
Andersona — for the нб 4 of May pm " 
АТ. | increase 
also at wt 
grew fas fas 
made duri 
parative advantages of New Zealand, would, I Feel 
peu interest and perhaps benefit many 
besides mys са ie dew 
'ener. 
a. S. 
n JPear.—There being 
cmm at Ambleside, in the bod of Me, Grier, 
man, а specimen of this Pear, which measures 
nches ir 
[ur 
as as follow: 
Сз mieranth 
34,050 ; 
vailed in April, and which had rai the mea 
minimum temperatur May by  nine-tenths 
f a ee. These changes had favoured th 
, | growth of species of Cinchona. The greatest 
w during the month (101 inches) among 
e measured pl ad occurred in a fine plant of 
Cinchona micrantha at the lowest сри г — 
this species is health. The 
ian growth in Cinchona succirubra (6 ба)" кы 
air of te fourth prit 
ng 
plants, MN i! seedlings on the lst June, 186 
C, Pahudiana, 5092 ; 
THIRSK NATURAL 
with тоу gravel and 
reign Y tchat 
CULTIVATION 
he moisture of the 
coast sandhills at Southport, уор (J. E. W halley), 
Malahide, Co. Dublin (A. 
„р. re), Ne 
„| (Dr. D. Moo wcastle, Co 2. -— үз shore of 
e h Neagh, near Shanes Castle, Co. rim (Rev. 
W, M. Hind). Mr. More — the Malahido ге 
which has sometimes all pur all 
ere form 
le p sometim 
color. 
yellow flowers, a mere V. t ту seems 
quite clearly shown now that boi the purple and 
yellow flowered plant the termi inal lobe of the 
that there is - Жылы. character to rely 
cem e perennial-rooted coast sandhill Pansies 
from one mad е ould consider to form an 
them 
intermediato link connecting the typical tricolor and 
typical lu lut; 
‚4. Т. Boswell Syme sends a 
in the most perfect 
pente Cinchona pel however, | 
r (8 i the dod 
'The number ut e 
t | in the eae as the y 
| не ера bod Hampstead Heath, iem, id 
| are меч 
Ы 
rms The specimen sh 
ree, gathered in July, Se м 
Whilst 
r, and 
peret, in the Jul xamples 
"m 
in the 
the month was 6071. "The num us of 
5,| 
— C. succirubra, 14,350 ; С, Calisaya, 61; 
2004; C. officinalis, An ы varieties, 
making a total of 55,597. 
А, 
СА 
leaves are prete ра 
and in some g the lower ones the haft becomes a 
distinct petiole. 
рег ulari a,—With regard to this genus. Mr. More 
etes. 
Hisrony.— The following аге 
the report of t the Curators on the scarce 
d 
plants distributed this year 
vs which are notable o 
by nd Án cal Exchang e 
rion 
seaside form 
called, whilst the p peres of Fries and Kind beg is is 
tor recei ve the new name of L, leiospermum, Kindberg. 
e score 
p pseudo-fluitans, Newbould. —In the new 
ts oldest claimant, a Brazilian plant, a 
are Jod airs pt Lebel's manuscript name of rupicola 
two species haye je recently described 
th 
2} ол, It was grown аб Grasmere in the 
sir on a wall in the garden of — T3 Esq., Forest- 
side. Is not this xp hr ad 
Ceylon Timber — Can 
spondents inform m di pom rea pamphlet publier at 
Colombo, and comprising a descriptive list о 
timber trees, can be procu ар, 
The Salway Peach.—The merits of cn e late 
Peach are scarcely, I thi well pe ey 
deserve to be; the tree is hardy, and a ie M рамад за 
Bucks. 
ym of you Ew torsesnadiedis 
irnish me with a remedy ly for this evil P I yon a vs 
harlesworth Tokay in beautiful conditi 
is planted ; 
he border, which i is о мамы, 
peltatus 
emi 
M ditam itj à joe t ^ e Boating e leaves WE 
very flaccid, 
Te 
unfrequent, 
оош leaves ; А, а 
r 
along with R. flori bundus, Bab.) says of 
R. 
this, it is a * very gro plant, and may be a 
e Rev. W. W. Newbo 
distinct subspeci uld 
inclines to think. Pro; olus r Babington зои it with 
R. heterophyllus, with which it — the weak 
other r 
for r English Botény Supplement in accordance with 
ip ie officinalis, has been found by Mr. More 
in some —— оп the banks of Lakes Cullin and Conn, 
in May is new to the West of Ireland, harig 
P ad giri and “is very 
by x Bann, in Antrim. 
R. 
|a of which hav 
wing 
æa intermedia.—Mr, Whittaker sends specim 
from ^ ihe neighbourhood of xar in n Derbyshire, 
cordate leaves a usly 
petioles, but y" some of them th полон 
| bracteolen which are regarded as chasacberie of 
It}is not recorded as a plant of the Treni 
ore sends 
supply o 
urhood of Dublin, and wri 
A. G us a 
е neighbo 
bim 
асны Баі аа 
ом у= of the others, except 
and € take the place which R. fluitans 
Englan 
[BE i-i ЕРЛЕР 
Я What n be done? F. F. 
- Iresine Herbstii alias EE EE Y chaffeltii 
have read with much interest Mr. Ben Жент s 
g this келш bedding pus „(вее р. 940), 
сап сопвсіепі endorse eres as to its 
"s more e than 
P 
ear s is season 
R. A. Bri 
living & 
ing characte 
— |Т. sends from Limes h 
bourhood of Plympton Moin. з nshire, 
and dried exa vov г а Violet, with the. follow. 
ск wth теве! mp 
ү. odorata, the root-s stock wid e-creep 
Viola mele yr between hirta 
а DON 
rs :—Hab: g that 
ping (in -? of the |1 
* The plant pro 
ms as well marked by distinctive da dins аз Ц 
ober ог Hi а рч келек та 
due 
vince. 
Iycarpon tetraphyllum.—This, though now 
sidered as ntt to the Channel Islands and "the 
r e possession 
ma specimen of the true plant кс as being from this 
тет In & the реон Ireland it ај appears to be not [mera with a ticket in the handwriting of Mr. 
Mos 
n Amo mitted by Mr. Babington 
а Beoich р lant, "but ri by ] Messrs. Watson and 
ri specimen in llection at Ni 
castle, em a field near the Hirsel Loch, Berwickshire, 
is the tru pla 
armen Lant 
ost sanguine anticipatio 
this is to save а d тара god from the 
Which your e it, 
fat uad coupled as "Y is "witb ts "Dan rr gi 
^w shade and mois ture are essenti ом 
stelons whi 
cove 
on | the flowering time som 
which is longer eso the i ed p* 
ch bear tufts of leaves and flowers; petioles Nos h Yo 
red throughout "ш, go - dellered hairs, at 
соси long, 
pl ge 
e, S ве. e шайы rev us all 
gonium wer than four 
terrace, which is not "et not cool and 
t elevated and fully exposed to the — 
ing d 
over beneath 
ҤЕ 
ender, 2 
more brilliant dn 
v Under p 
t 
f 
is only. а narrow 
the point blunt, the crena 
road as deep ani 
heir ciliations few and v 
ower, the NN part with on 
$ the l h cordate that th. 
sinus left пет €— уер. hie 
than t 
d densely йш; ; Panos Pierii 
sho; rt; peduncles weak, 
inches vm 1 when ee npo: is in 
only a а few sca tered h airs, 
to 4 
more likely to be 
been found by the Rev. A. 
a hedge n qne aman but "he considers that it erm 
Fer Pacem igro-pu. ulverulentum, mith.—Mr. Whit- 
taker M ton Smith's original ios, of Hellesdon, 
Norfolk, examples of this p E pener by the Rev. 
Kirby Tri 2 Ra. — escription is made 
partly from dh Pole from 
the rs LN Stom ы 2 feet high, panicled 
Merge 
g 
cho 
ersley and his friends all give the prefarence 
hh 
Е 
mz 
E: 
f 
imd i m 
ither of the 
T 
[| 
H 
E 
d 
ЁРЕ 
gi 
JH 
f ‚8 
BU 
BE 
В, 
g 
Ez 
[н 
mplains, May not —— 
wen continuance of easterly 
| 
е 
anther spur eme 
ovary 
ds | broad ; 
equal, a q 
| each furni 
| the lowest one resque of "c inch across, o 
downwards, distinctly emarginate, | 
е 
he spur T рну e conspi: 
rh. чя e dense ау 
[=т= below the 
oblong, blunt, ciliated 
obovata 
ht or ten purple lines, 
icuously 
ciliated calycin epp; 
M six times as long as 
furnished with а 
at the point, 
е! surface 
of th: 
bluntly 
rd d пон о he ground 
purplish-brown. 
few | stigma.  Pedicel at least twice as long as 
near 
ы ded ; ате densely hairy with violet-colour 
hairs, shorter than the slightly T "акръаінрой 
the calyx. 
