590 bow 
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up a mac hine for a trial nope, only for a few =e 2 | fata 9 estroyed ; d; if sa Aa ue pieg te es = ee it has” Deen ase = 
or even hours to. w ; j hibited Anthrocera ascribed 
| 7 | letin Scotland, and Pid t y 
the tin ng to be looked cat. The point i is, which is the he ole othe AO nests. If the hole frm to be | which led to ay od dena Fe Canta the Wat op 
went of a labo aurer or some other person not skilled i in| in a w ral I dip lai piece a eh dia E a a subspeio, ‘ee between himself "ange ma 
mep rye sai nrk ma tp Pi this i is the thing to jeulata. — On looking round Knap | genus Doryphor Ae of N teh wt 
1 t analifi good lawn mi p bemest: the other day T was struck with the al ria Madagace Were give , 
eds of shea in the | gular appearance of a very handsome specimen of this | Mr. White doseribed a pEi o N, ete Mr, Somme 
plant, the height of w hich was something PHBI agen Sie: Boe ut el r ee i n Cei 
Raai? ing t u 
per sakes Mag d to the zing the trew Mr Te : 
observator ory hive, by which the difficult 
hives for kim He: arising from the at 
ide 
Mower, we can refer to , many hu sE 
kingdom i in proof that our machine stands second’ to 
ot Shanks Son, Arbroath. e 
4 nens of this magnificent. tree | feet circumference. It just then eom nin g 
pome pr flower, “its co omponnd leaves. and fine 
lar 
et, 
in 
nobilis.—Specim 
are now ow bearing cones freely in the ty be more deg i: Bi 
and:nothing in their way could possibly spi 
tiful: or Pare TY g ool they pe One large pe pot ers conkAstal nimiralily with the, oe oman formed of a single f 
grafted some 4 or 5 feet from the ground, shows un- jin i feamediad te vicinity, s a piavei of double plates of Jass 
mistakable signs that the common Pe Fir is by no | plant well adapted fora s ie of pon: “no Mes be- i distance ai art. He also mentioned predata 
£ k eee Pith a Mp to the solution of net he 
e cell : 
wi ch attai ains sucl ing d Ily popular ; 
e Dean of Wineliester a E BEDRES may 
Ter S escr and. figured in 
195 
means a snitable Pe for a scion 
ponderous dimension: i 
in neigh and has had at one. time: 100 cones growing | "i Be eben as a model. 
Upon it; the cha ee & Eee rey, povora re- | Lou udon’s Gard. Mag. v 3 
moved 20 in genee rto remaining 80 might have | gem of beau aby excel rich im 
a Pigg Te chan cing on in perfec tion, plant” Fii anamh er century has nearly 
Another tree of cons ope “5 vlog um was wri : Pe A radi aiana alll 
18 c ng ee žie Aga y large as shown on thes vis besa fail to convey an adequate idea. o Y 
the ge E specim ured jena al of these | its leat iimlescribable Kaniy = fy f the trees iter of > of Books, : 
cones. within reach of tie ca a found them to be | and nig that. Loudon nd adm oe) hen PONE be r 
pa Srk “inae in ae ani 9 in ‘circumference but small ; they are now grown into pi sized forms, | Ho: natensis. Catalogu Me o; 
The co the per hilst et TS oF Tes i niet have been discarded, and in the cnet fie Keetlaer we 
dark sas "brilliant: purple, whilst that of the bracteoles | their places filled up by others. of more rarity and emi elleney Prise, 
deli ellowish green, contrasti ing bea as ‘tach Aiai ors too has been created | Planchon 
by a ju dicious. use of statuary, both in the biy ape of | Im this very handsome - volume Prof. 
| ae mes Duncan, Je ig Park. | the history of Prince Anatole de Demidot’s 
p n’sA t È Potato Blight wever. simple tien , | place near Florence, from its first 
l hat i aA Ho important a would | in the 12th century down to the e day via 
cident smaller fee the i Hill. specimens, ani brought to one „focus if the scientific and closely gr sreenhonses conservatories and hothonges ve 
only “6 to akih in. A ag esas arose in: cireumference.’ tl hing. 4 
And. this th act of these speciaia would note through your columns concisely the the ample list Ei igi forms ithe r plat 
wales nd other general peculiarities of the | the work befor The “ Humiliati” a 
that, the nao and climate of this aa are phenomena of the past ten days, commencing from pron who first brought « Donato tle d 4 
em ft 
es 
is.of a somewhat te ye 
nicely with: the silvery ee of this remarkable tree 
given of it 1 in n vol iy 
bet rs x 
pted for t 1 develop: ught 
ment of thie ae me tree, than that o; ative | to us again the Potato blight. It was after a violent | the ma iee all: t 
habitat -— ains of northern Csi is tha in the last Sock of July, bs of that. it me teow. 5 eplace gna. n komas doe 
where, Sy sta 4 louglas. (in. Camp. Bot, made i its sudden appearance in one day; b the pre» | vari ieties on all parts of the Rs ith y 
Mag.. ii. p. 147), “itis. a mere tree, peer: t lifferent ci - oan ek, These plant houses fo sr atl 
forests, im producing tim of excellen Poe cumstances, in a calm, wind V 212 y d metres) long, and conse ae of the 
and I caw readily enter into “the feelings | of my oanig nighk e kiau etn with none a the atten ably separate portion . 
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three aa P apoaypast papas ma ih: this tree, ana if Glo aa =i phe i 5 a Bee 
i y | Gloucestershire, a sid gts that looked | sided span roof 293 yards long, 
by day could not cease to. ad it.” was much | remarkably vigorous pe ‘the 18th had been stricken | filled a the iat with het 
PEREN observ: Shi or i EZ contained more with the > witherit ing blast on the 20th.’ Travelling | Acacias, Proteads, He ths, and. various other 
than 200 Secried ng piante a aise m also named on both sides the rail there | tions of Australia and the Cape of Hop 
very] means, | was not a piece free; the hau r5 ms, as. yet half 
S > 5 yet half green. The Coniferous house, a s 
all of w pirne é ven pnn growing now suddenly hung down their head and have since devel long, 74 broad, 9} high in the middle, 72 at th 
- aa Park. is filled wi i iene fer 
Prince. Pine Jn Friday-the|ing in many places to that mbling scor c 
g iim sI Fogy at the principal fruiterers’ in Covent powder when -squeezed in ES e 3 EF ea z | sna hab Taat 
arden Š hrii et to show Tanin tone hymy friend | to. arrive at: yas probable of the disease,| Next follo 2, alia house, obs nll 
= cw dimens ia, OP Sg m ee and extended observation should be | dimensions et she 
gorn A Fieni by Apa e Ge lamorgs uch ee plan and ipon that | Heaths in front, and a his of bronze columns covered 
SERS Thor an sa gt bly o | Eaa T: from the same ae some qui much | by festoons of Hardenber, 
pes A ae r weigh (ren) rs mai ee meres Saar the Potato. gh "North | fountain, copied from a wor. 
Somersetshire nea e trees and plant d i 
Genk ba nal of the sat between two. p perpen Hawthorn hedges have suffered greatly, AP EEE iyt hoe ae (aa pa fasg is pagn cil he 
rules was. ex sactly 1 ilean The. circum. Ash, „Elm, Willow, Dog-ro; and Bramble, most of | ferous honse se by a passage Taa with poly 
a lier chi yS p Thys achos; amd destroyed on the west sides, the | of wood cut to represent tortoise scales, and covered 
mat j rah sg pkr: 7 in and Fong ee turned nearly. black, and all the young wood | the nee bran ches of the ereepi tudinari 
ane and with th remar Sara : 19} inches -|shrunk and withered. e common Fern has shared | imitati cg Jocks 0 
comes ly large pips. Thole dies en- | the same fate, so also het Trefoils, Eringos, Marjorams, | to 
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a 
monly $ nee nay: most elegantly shaped f fruit.. The stalk | and wild Mignonette, With many others, but none so| me en oft is: an 
nd lively. A diagram i from Sct ae Notlpe Cera alive” in its bloom as the common | “ bronzed: iron,” with unequal si 
will gi md gree em re poe ahs last week eee: healthy, | which are 54: yards long, the Pete a Di 
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dan Tinea Walton Street, Strand. d, y Sy a a Say or more with the Potato, like the| with Palms, and. tropical, fine-foliaged. 
æ Bedding. Plant.—On the 17th | arr se. A ettle, may be of much practical use. in| which the visitor looks down from a gallery 
of June L Planted out. six leaks of thi is im’ a. cineular iving at the cause of the Sant Studiously | a double spiral skeleton staircase. 
Bed 4. fect in diameter on the Grass; craigs Beni offering my 0 opinion on the} The Orchid house is 30 yards long, 5} 
fast, and will soon cover. the bed with ee of ca poeta pe defias F ag a a Ks i piak muh high}, sashes: geryipearnos 
si leaves, whieh are spotted lik d'effect, and good must be t ‘ound in..front. 
2 P ; a ke a er. Sho uld th ult. JMS, laten [We must iasa K uae eo sea A oe 
x doors it: will cient handy to stan f there was no trace of the Potato disease on the especi- | trunks of trees are- carpet 
tions. Lintend . this bed ee thecal the c, Ash, and Brake that samnit thi Fe 1 climbing, Be ge or 
i near Spalding, soa singe destruction is therefore wing to the middle is a cire 
use.} "| Palmas, Chiritas, Begonias, and 
them i i 
D 
leaves were’ inj 
caves were injured by the above powder... I have made Societies, re oe 
of the Plum, $ Resesi : k- 
lieing owde ioht (the lee nt housa ExroMoroarcut, Tuly 5 5.—Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., | amo we of Tree 
Wi E s 5 € why 
bes j AÀ f cree of the mentioned. by | of i agate. a Mr. F. Smith exhibited a box | and climbing or twining 
wy 
| pu 
greenhouse neighbouring Whi d r. j 
; when the powder was left: on for fore tans u x ` hee a number of nests. of different | drons, There = also in 
Seite spees especially.of Hymenopterous. insects, many of | houses, ei ospitals, al 
were interesti : in ol? s 
n 
lea. 
ade 
have already dest fe k species. o oft thrips, being’ the „first t instance: of Planeho states ‘in many 
ae y destroyed upwards : y ps pecimens, some 
within a- quarter of a mile of of haba the habits of the: ge sey Fa iT settle , = 
b rof of the 
trifleto any howill tall ene | dina, which agrees. with the e-eneetie ay 
3 no el the Rev. v. | this. coun 
e & between Sand 10 o'clock met o'a of the habits of ants in iste a pis est | high; a r re DIAA Sye 
a with gas-tar and pour Kd kaaya by @ species of elo ond. | Scheie, each 10 yards;.b 
10] of the nest, I then stuff in | Kien hi bited type specimens of | that the two first, as well ae ma 
eg slain rnis and of the insect found in | are treated at. San 
e more gas-tar, | ants’ nest 
Senin to see if they are | pac which proved to be the Mi-| The Catalogue itself cece 112 
ophi ila, ‘a species not aoe how- } columns, exclusive of the lists 
