20—1850.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 309 
ed about = streets like * 5 &e. As regards habits of those beings who, frequently from prai seated H. T. Hope, Esq, amil 
— E 8 slow growing plants, the minuteness, escape the eye of the observer, and w. ho | tion. A —— OF nen Y gistinguished friends o of the tustitu. 
Aerides, Vand as, &e., thes will always remain com- s to evade every contrivance for expelling th attention to the special eeu: — es inaki 8 
paratively dear. But already orders have gone ou t, mong the vast 8 of rec panai for ~ a part | We have hitherto (said the noble Earl), dealt only with those 
il e forests, | useless, prescri on the | great thin rsons connected with royalty, war, and the 
and collectors in all q concerns of empires; but we ar 4 i 
&e., to send home plant s for Mr. ens’ auction- | labours of some, sate Bh of transalpino entomologists, put fi forward 2 claims of the Gardeners Benevolent sroning W) 
m. Ihad a lett Larsen a friend of ner at Penang, have nevertheless suppli cases 3 a that might spar — 5 
to whom I had written to — plants for me, | said, directions which we may, if not ly p a phe = "to ome is, whey "ben ess Lorn: Ito be in the chair on 
“Our jungles are oe d of all the Orchidaceous | ourselv m their ravages, at any rate diminish = zea ey p mi to have s Arns Mia privilege of ad- 
plants, has been the demand for them of late.” dam ec nmy memoir on the pyralides which | observe 745 do not myself exerci gos "very honour- 
Dodman. last year infes em unds, I wn how | able protonon É a tp hold anil —_ ermore I am 
———— ee i i i o say not o to hold the place amongst 10 
HITCHAM LABOURERS AND MECHANICS’ 3 vay — ity 3 vos em PY | now occupying y knowledge or proficiency * 
HORTICULTURAL 1 a 7 © non | quired in your delight fa science, (., Hear, hear, and a laugh.) 
me that for the greater number of cases of insects infesting | But there seems to me to be this peculiarity in’ the business or 
RULES TO BE ee baby n herbs, the only certain method is burning. lected | profession of a gai 5 at while it admits of the highest 
E YEAR 1850 ny facts in support of this doctrine, and showed that possible degree of progress and perfection, it also, in its most 
h um 3 — p sources of 
1. Honorary a to pay io ls. to 2s. 6d. 
annually. 
2. Compe ting mombafi SPUR 6d. annually. The pay- 
nt year made before Ma ay 20th. 
ma 
in all fields or pastures on which large 
here appear scarcely any insects, 7 the soil i pi e 
e ndered more 2 It is known also that one 
the means which has prov 
d for gen poh must be 
to each ; and 
decide, without geet — acquainted 
mes = Soe Sinisen parties, to whom the 
ock. 
wed to ini ete ; 
8 ere ee May l. 
DISEASES OF PLANTS. 
‘ontinued oe p.2 
16. 3 think t hat this disease, defined by 
discolouration, in the form of a black or 
= 
8 
really the effect of laceration of L insect w 
idermis u 
this na me RES beet 
i m 
cision into the le 
ermination tits des 
Iso the 
| fresing Apple tr 
province of Vicenza, were they 3 the trees Eee |e 
d of March in o e the ; 
1 
he days of ex- ea 
ard press and I have taken the sam 
Maori ia 0 
. | force to the 
e durin 
: res ought to have been a 
tad 
ees from caterpillars is that use 
the en r to find out wher 
bare 
ce, ‘=; 
nature— for of scene, a 
limited exte 
it may oe 
hasten or delay the period of sow 
is well known that 
ing certain seeds; for 
useful to > suspend for a season, or to surf 
— 47 an n confined to limited portion 
The full enjoyment of these can be but e privileg 
i 3 
of t * w, — it is po w 
1 very few enjoy permanently, fadi scenes a 
— valley of ounn as me Bay of Na of K 
which remain become 
incapable o of freproduction 
hg in ee e first dave of spring will hasten 
pus s germination and prove useful for our 
h 
tunity o urging the td of rotations of crops. I will 
add some observations on insects, of wh 
not. then Gans. and whic h or be useful not only in the 
ter number of cases arboriculture an jee 
culture in general, but me in some more 
of cultivation. 
VILLA AND SUBURBAN GARDENING. 
Tue purest of all 
garden ; but in order that we on enjoy these in Sead 
fullest extent, high keeping and order must for 
of its dis pens features. Gardens frequently § get 
into e want of meth 
el 
Killam, Sal 
special kinds 
tends t 
leasures may be derived from a | € 
nin above 60 years of age, and t 
5 in their old age t o pene 
8 
8 8 K E oe ROBE 
* our own 8 Loch io 8 or the 1 
us. ber rx But we must * 
that there is Nan any spot of ground so built on but the 
monotony of the scene — be diversified by the gay parterre— 
scarcely a cottage so § all that it may not have the Woodbine 
there is hardly a lodging 
Geraniums, 
—and the 
have looked ech one ae. lidas ‘of "Baden before sickness, 
tered into our ee (Oh 
ks a 
rm g. eir widow ws, i 
parts = the "United "Kingdom ; that it has now 34 — 
s fun n: 11 w 2 en, W. ö 
These observations apply with equal, o 
amateur who anvas his own little garden 
ring his hours of relaxation. ee fost rule Wo Be) n 
i i rastina- | 
bserved, is to do everything in ti 
a 
raa 
relief be the * sed and 
er rity, un 
ie ze ars a for the men 
of you! 
e is jen thief of 3 
ed, ma 
Saen ao cia ht rég ire stopping or 1 
if — are left for a few days. pe the period w 
we well know te 
ey receive fro in bell m ved about, which is 
be to destroy half t the crop ; delay, therefore, not | 
pares by ihe Curculio nps L., and that of Nuts year. (Hear, hear.) I have 
b d terans in a 
r Sees of etag, but ls aoaaa Se E 1 1 oe 
wg, fi 1 th 8 ts ‘ope arance and kindly growth, og the real 9 a . — re ex ye 2 pong og . p — 
ion from Insects.— Insects are the cause interest which gar g bonae afford is blighted in | Grestor are in acy ci rges dt * toa, 
that a vast number of plants remain sterile. It is gene- the bud. Another and equally valuable talë is, never Faje iker pen daan — ania t is beautifal ven at po 
T 2 = ted an egg in the pistil. | to hav e than one hand nce. Thei sight and fragrant to the i rich and —.— t 
e Livia juncorum, L., lays its egg in the portance of this injunction will be apparent y you will not forget that the auen oom peti- 
f the Juncus artic e part thus injured | ment’s reflecti Instead of any one matter being 3 , the change of taste, 
acquires a size three or four as as usual, | fini when it ought to be, the whole is ; the caprice of fashion, and an ealthy to some con- 
but remains sterile. A clavicornis, L., de- quently all suffer alike, whereas one eman us; ex unhealthiuessin some situations, and often 
Aa g its eggs in giay of Teucrium, ttention, might be acco plished 1 n proper season if fol- ho r 3 — please: 
em to remain el barren. Some- lowed up until it is completed. But independently of i injury Tei hear.) These are claims which you will not, I am sure, 
pollen, but th 7 feeundaton by the dispersi to confusion ae disorder manifeste Feu wi wwe oer ae lurks 3 
en, but this a a rare occurrence. The where i garden e aai. e ost colours, there T eoe e 
sterility de oa seid 8 having eaten off the are yoe > a BaN 3 K plea- obaran] oe and that owe the | fairest rose pa “ed ‘without 
jpe miep o bra 3 rations. 55 — of such a system when applied at amid all —＋ is bright and nooo in mature, — oe — 
EE ant of instane renders blossom of plant or or e i 
clearly proved that occasioned by insects a. plant 8 of the pot in w it is placed; colo * ue er 2 he: 3 aritable Ta and es 
T hanical injuries. | creepers ained in due time, get entangled, | fhe sweet-smelling savour of that pity wh h 
If any one mt ＋ 3 e sc — and the Kae them injures and checks their and relieves — A a or Tends ad a ahas, 
4 “a — or the gro rmance of — operation too requires | (Loud applause.) nd 1 have only to recommend, with all 
. Lasectes, Chenilles, and Lépidoptéres in aan treble the time it wine have occupied i ted at the mst i our hands, aerervour it deserves, the claims of this 
which hs cupy ‘distinguished la 2 e riag” 75 ere eme 8 ms in drinking “ Success to t he Gardeners! Benevolent Tasti- lust 
` _— on in ing me in dri oe 
shelves of the amateur he will se in what a variety of | the old d adage a that — — 3 5 tution.” (La id cheers.) T Das toast was drunk with t 
. Ways insects worms attack plants, and are the c H. T. Hore, Esq., M.P., pro aposed the next tosst, “ The health 
true cause of a great number of the evils that afflict TRADE pais of the guano on ve . N ; 
Has any one an analysis board the | Bess: 
f . n 
This would ath the po to examine what are the | Envoy and Commerce? or in oe casa, bound for | take d enthusiastic cheering, be , S8 a: 
St m. teeting our farms and ge from Belgium a short time since? If they hav have we should | ing the compliment, said, it was quite true that the 
the incaleulable i ajas caused by insects. The nature | like to see it; -a ae peran might answer | duties of the day would naturally hav cal hen’ her goed 
oe tt ng —— 5 
eney, an 
G But it is impossible not to encourage the | 
great Ian ger may be made by the attentive 
history of each species, and of the 
——— „ . 
ee unnual fes 
8 orgs Be 2 
feng aero 1 nurse seedsmen of Lond 
vicinity assembled wan’ the he presidency of the Earl of 
At the upper table, besides the noble chairman, we: 
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t, though this much has 
done, yet at this time your e pc gt out of 20 —— 
bounty, = only elect two of them this 
services that dered to ‘this 
recognised not only in this m D 
wherever — were pee Tr. 
over the whole world, (Hear, 
