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leaves injures them, eysa when young, but that is 
totall, different ca 
87 Phithiri 10 jasis.—I should 1 define this to be the attack 
ing upon a plant. 
b — leaves, 
= por orekan under the 8 head of Punctures. 
I have = 22 should 
if e not, r part of 
2 
deena aini by insects pi — 
10. "Gall lof the Oak. 
eguar of the N 
＋ the other . in fact real galls, ama is to 
closed on all sides, in the ce of 
They are produced na a ke 
In 
insect. aoe 
insect, into which i g. 
xcrescence with a beree 
investigate 
result from the disturban 
22 of the sap, by the d = deposit y the insect’s egg. 
t the less tru 
introduction of this 
‘has —— nicer 
hi who first established the fact, 
act of depositing its 
2 
examining g the theories of the f 
er — "ad —— by the — celebrated naturalis: 
f his „ havi 
inosiseimus. He — sit vA 
w the gall of 
95 spi 
accumulation of solid matter, ee by the >a 
a the Thistle itself, diminished by the en 
by: and the larv and 
Carduus 
surface of some p 
Es “ Mémoires de 1 wa d 
gives an account of a Radish a which produced 
oblong tubers, — whence issued flowers of a cartila- 
— texture, but otherwise i 
e this to be d 
especially on the Elm, produ 
lives in a “ttle bladder n 
— but mgn bladder is, in fact, a 3 of * 
= mg or 3 its egg wi 
rine a say th bladders must be coneldeted 
as formed of 2 ran A from the leaf occasioned by 
e puncture e insee 
te Scab of i = Olive.—This name is * given 
a disease of the Olive, 17 which there be 
me confusion. tural history o 
ive upon this tree is but little known. 
only the 
ook is not im- 
le that already 
that the. name of scad of iha Oe 1 
tke of insects which are 
Nivel. 
ger MEMORANDA. | 
rres- | in, 
f enemi 
ty | numerous 88 of the air have en a task 
them which 
of the insecta that obtain 
grea 
and that it is by aaalogy oly 
given to 
result | wh 
wish particularly to direct attention, as I believe 
mi — t be erer Ker accomplished, at a trifling expense, 
f „ or some other lig 
whic 
chief. Attention — ose 
species which, being less — ber We N are not 
liable to oe 2 in the sam re the 
las 
most: Grandi amabilis, 
u 
een with a 
scientific or practical reason for the fact, that while the 
young. ged i Conifers 
of w working fned wal walls i in spring, with a view to ke 
f ; and as a of mine, an old n who lives 
about 30 miles to 1 north of Edinburgh, informe 
n the ult., that his Peaches on the lower part 
the wall, w u 
the size of blackbirds’ eggs, and the wood fit for layin 
ave taken the liberty of e W yard prx apang 
working o walls is condemned with 
re ns. My friend has avon * crops, dent 
ve seen 
infaney. 
Food of Birds: Tomtits, a this subjeet is now 
fairly a in your columns, on account of its im- 
po 
to who 
a power over that region into which man can- 
pet ear: 3 I trust tha t it will induce many of your readers 
to o impart i ormation, whereby man may in time know 
his frien his To these 
allotted to 
nterrupted 3 
inſallible 880 1 4 solution of parti 
With regard to tomtits, I certai 
in search of an, unt T examined the blossom buds 
on the trees as y had thrown 
objects no 
sip his nectar in like proportion ; making u 
and in nu “cota nye the smallness “of the quantity he we 
sealed 
have ansv 
‘Messrs. LEE, o es ee aed us 
with the following sions tion respecting 
in their , * we learn from the police, 
orest, 
2 
, before executing an order for above 30k 
worth of plants and seeds“ Similar information has 
been obtained by Mes 3 aod d Co., of Pine- 
apple-place. 
5 resinous 
every injure mes hardened 
A san, and s ta ers vai Nat w and oe. 
Lyndhurst, Ban is al. 
nurserymen 
nsects he is in search of, I conclude 
par ofthe subject sil to bo learned, 
in common 
it 
by | w 
close material. | vari 
vering of any kind, and fro l 
pete the cu door cultivation 10 the Peach is yet in 
formed | its in ach Adm 
| frequently on ‘ary subsoils. 
in j ee 
on 
pepe mee sap in 
| early blossoming of fruit trees. A young Pear tre 
escaped m 
neither Mr. Doubledag nor wri of correspondents | 
request, that 
published some years since in your journal, and 
withstanding the stares and shakes of the 2 — 
ious eloq hes with which I have been 
bl in the market-place, I still hold the ir that 
sp o infinite good, at 
am. 
ee, e Marrow &c., a good peget for ae 
ankments.—* a oa emer e bo ee 
—— Gourds, cot rs (if 
really useful), might) be | be profitably ulated me railway 
| embank: plants 
inan ikr Sig be usefully grown of 
gaya and would add much E winter supplies of 
wholesome food. 
Which. is the best Aspect th an Orchard of Dwarf 
e, Pen, an m trees ? 3 books 
east as bei ng partially sheltered 
-east and the heavy south-west 
and Hop N 
kunt s till the 
perry a ane & fruits, ga Mi — sA 
chiet 8 but not to table fruit, which must be 
rp lanting to 
oe y stone (abon of 6 inches) at at 
as wel 
old or new red sandstone, would it be 
good for & for fruit trees? The sandstone marls are 
ae a eep, rich in lime, and 
ap that the 
n is richer i in ime and if depth and rong 
would be at least as good. There is, 
nf thin present time, in my a 2 
tres! x 
I found a nail agir Sakar had been driv 
by the gardener i 
P 
others, is subject ae 2 2 
t tha 
A priately 
same ory with Tommy’s amuseme 
upon a -e to the nature of which L appre- 
hend there mistake. From N rrespondenee 
which has rrr from a portion of Mr, 
Doubleday’s article on the valuable s services of 17 — it 
may be 
cutors. So far from that being the: 4 — ee pace k porne 
encouraged birds of every kind, and strictly prohibited | 
the taking of any nests ts whatever, pe sts the 
sparrows— 
For thi bird, est 
Some passerelia dead and gone” 
Now, these birds fell satiated Mr. Taylor’s mild 
proseription, so that I am a greater protector than he. 
E encourage these dariog marauders 
1 
t 
] 
í 
t 
their 
1 
5 of young ee the temporary protection, May, I 
greedy families fl 
sie 
rried tities Ti 
ratory, Ae deer 
grou, p Rios ia 
hardy 
T his 
ves ae 
98 pot ie ia paa 
cross seems a curious one. A cia. 
an Perinat pretty and curious ewf LSe 
evergreen, the flowers short, firm rose e : 
pet the form of the A bad their undulations, and their 
surface, ca.] 
8 
and Son 
