Janvary 2, 1858.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
7 
trees for a period of two years; for 
were from these insects in rari wi ao can a Trg no 
call for a renewal of this composition upon them the 
coming spring.” 
fy) 
some very good useful information. Among the con- | 
tributors we remark Dr. Hagen, Messrs. Smith, West- 
f. Frey, in addition “9 
1e8 five clever paper -wW 
or chirping sound. They follow a few pecs ers ~ who 
| never carry anything, and they seem to be g 
apr left ‘on the pa th 
onc ce to aN en: w 
The followi ing account 
lice (Aphides ) is | too striking ' to a omitted. 
Other of a sme ped Page paing 
to the family alon idæ, seize anı ne plant- 
aroma the study of entomology ; but we ‘fes ar hef 
ma har leserves | y e 
x himself an admirer of Newman’s poetr 
ice. ese excavate holes i a n decayin g ost rails, 
and 
e they enclos 
their fee the ere y Font 
mw! o 
© exact q quantity ‘of ! food is pu into 
sealed up, which the worm will 
ringing i to m z But the most 
ing pion in the instincts a these small wasps, 
_ a = ax ee. and pa 
food which eer, far? ntly aw 
hat if it kills the oi or aphis before goer it i in 
me unadapted for the 
D latter will hate h 
gentleman? s Insect hunters or Ento mology in verse, is 
sneer in the aak h Pie tha ot | 
yas dre T, it 
regiment th ad 2 ed befor 
when they return ia they ey were totally at a loss 
| the way home, yen gh they continued searchi uing fi 
nearly ‘half an hour. It was or by one e making 
a lo ong cire uit round the wette 
also received Mr. Turner's select list of 
Bees and. his Seed List for 1858, as provided for the 
customers to his extensive nursery at Slough. 
Garden Memo 
Craven COTTAGE, FULHAM, 
DENCE i Live RALPH re —On the 
of the many a chi mingr esdan», but ints 
so cates situated or so romantic in nee 
as Craven maseky sie over-mantled as it is with ie in 
nigga The grounds around this cott 
well be conceived within so 
s harmon, my a sp 
randa. 
TH pe ag: N RES 
are as pret 
sho ort a ely of busy London, and a 
are 
ear 
banks paa 
a 
Fonte only. If a hs l 
amns ai pa middle of the regiment, 
chind i 
ever it may 
to know that they 
the han 
mit of a 
follow i in A dah roundabout way. 
attack the 
on their way to 
abode of the white ants, the 1 latter may be 
cell alive ‘and in fall vigour, , their 
neessant les TAN rison will 
woni and destroy the egg or ‘aon hers tender worm 
which is in the same me call How is the wasp to proceed 
in this dilemma with t salt or spices with which to 
here the natural style of gardening i is skilfully asso- 
ciated with the anaes re Her er weeping | 
Willows may be rising up behin 
hanging noble specimens of Por rtugal Lanrelas, “the 
a state of great perturbation. 
The black leaders dist tinguished from the rest by their 
greater size, especially in the min of the a ha 
seize the white ants one by and inflict a sti 
which seems to inject a ae if uid similar in effect 
she amasses ? ee: has furnished her with a resor X 
for effecting this, superior to we known to man for 
e purpose ; the hint ‘tain 
these little insects, could devise some analogous auae 
whereby we might preserve animal food for weeks i 
it wou 
Cork, and other ornamental trees ; such “objects yin 
with well kept and gar ily filled flower 
rs is, gi er, her 
ect produced by the 
arrangement and distributi my on rere satisfactory 
results are obtain In order rsp ieem r e 
a ae 
penan rm, as it r ders them _ insensible but not 
i] aak and on. ly 8 t legs 
the iende ers e on one side, Dam rank sa ape 
i them aa Seng I sa 
m 
party going forth on what h Pay et 
slave-hunting paper They came to a stick, w 
being g en clos sed in an 
ery conducive to human h health and — 
March, “April, and May, it i that Seene 
black soldiers ei without touching it. ak lifted 
d then laid 
gro 
should be set apart for the cultivation ia of such sprin; 
flowering plants as are inte nded to decorate ae — at 
it across he middle of the black regiment, 
that seasor 
ssum. 
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much venom as lyse ant. stu 
— 
< 
Iin 4} X Ay 
the path in 
The white ants, oy uncover ed, 
o eat 
victim, without Killing it. It remains alive, 
perfectly still and passiv 
ences will so es notice cat 
res holes ex eel therein and filled with young 
spiders, commonly of bright. beautiful ot Pagen 
lie still soak L apiet, itl their 
lim 
A little 
rendering his vocation be 
ta plato any prt kn oman 
e Here me we Sgt other matter from Dr. 
sey useful work; in the meanwhile we tafe Stam 
add that it has an index which airs Da 
some of our careless friends Os thes aia the 
Ow. 11 
s if thus managed go riar 
> in the form 
the 
yond all comparison the 
some 
celerity, hidin; nt oe under the loros but 
attracted little attent: ela the black marau ers, till 
arch and which 
to ble 
aa kept in e garden, as they should be, | f 
move into the Sowa ower- Ebede every second year. As 
to rat they are white, — a ape ee == are in 
dispensable for spring 
e 
łe introduction of summer blooming 
plants. Then there is the Erythronium Dens as 
which may be treated in the same wa 
bier 
t of ee — promptly seized them an 
them in an instant on one side in a egal of coma; the 
rushed off. On 
| first o ing these marauding rear dg Reha $ 
| had the i ‘dea, imbibed from a work of no less tin fae 
than Brougham’s Paley, that they seized the 
them slaves; wing r 
aside, and found that 
y insensibility into 
which A had been jin rs. Isup; 
then t that the insen nsibility bad been caused by the 
never 
rubrorum, Tournesol, gesneriana, and 
there = also others of more or Jess beauty. There 
Sa 
hisadvice in other particulars :— 
foundation of all good eulture 
he natural habits 
the Ranu 
therefore the 
procure the 
ag 
He 
steak 
ne 
aa 
ass Te aa a 
| 
E 
4 
Ht 
| 
Rammeulus growing has just appeared, | cul 
odes the agape as ig evidence 
yet lime ep b; bund 
e — and its; 
o 
the Violet, 
of b 
prai the 
be extremely bea 
presang mpa Sa 
as 
rn his ge. he will alw 
white ants too tigh 
that isthe way they seize = 
with their mandibles, as 
hem ; I took from oo 
Rete this. j 
one examines the orifice by which the > ladle ant enters. 
find a little heap of hard 
te ants, showing that these 
legs of the whi 
black pore are a 
acta rare 
d large beds n 
m the Wallflower ; eine y ae 
flower in April an 
nd Mas 
Under ae 
the eS of Fes 3 flowers we have likewise 
ust be classed grandi- 
| peg hich with its lovely white flowers, if edged with | it 
| the variegated Arabis, is strikingly beautiful. Near this 
| should meen be tins ted t Als ener which with 
dwelling, i 
7 
a kee ee re ON 
i 
i 
African So 
01 for the pth of he bed, reserving a| 
p of loam suficient to make a top layer of sl down from hea 
h 
yereracter lime which pal pre dr M in 
the climate. nr n tne 
ree ae 
Paat af p Sak a 
| a ings el thotha 
FSR: 
so loved them as to come 
ee 
ie filled up oy epee off, and begins 
‘tans 
zi- life for itself. The renin E a aao ad 
pone a yc ven to save them, I observed many reg 
, ches deep, naps ee gira ing from thé = 
A ot importance that l eteen e may be added. It! ing expeditions. ‘These I have often noticed before in | lar and spiders. It nr OAA wiih a caterpil- 
contact with fresh etic a t parts of the country; and as we had even iar acaron a iii aaaee itself, but they 
$ the roota, and’ couant tries. opportunity of o their habits, I | lie perfectly still after the injection of chloroform, and 
: and consequent injury to p give a short account of them ý i row of on each side of the 
| Voorst, 2e. 0AF eee? s Annual for 1858 (Van) black, with a sl ht tinge of grey, about half an inch in oT Seruni hane Ee trailing the vietim 
“presenting nine ‘entomoloshn length, and of march appear or four i I suppose, designed — 
z | abreast; w when disturbed, they utter a distinct, hissing | to ji 
Ieee. « and Tikewise achada, santapi = 
