January 24, 1863.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 79 
ан upon the | marrow of the Рев, and arrives at » full | nected with the Fuer avenue just mentioned. This із | which are only of botanical interest, There are several 
e by { me в larva | succeeded by rrow strip of o rass containing flower | greenhouses here, but thev are apparently in bad condi. 
or туйс А then bores а round Ге from the hollow i in the] beds, Beyond is is оне buts rip of gravel, іп the | бор. А large "portion of the garden is filled with 
ntre of the Pea quite to the hull, but the | centre of which stands a jubilee pr ы 95 feet high in masses of considerable size, inter- 
Jatter, and generally the sait wh future m un- per in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of | mixed with b bro ad patches of Annuals, Ialso noticed 
tou che d. Hence e these buggy Peas, as they are called | King William Frederick Charles. The material of|a pes ое of Dab lias, ‚ Roses, Geraniums, and other 
by will frequently sprout and | whieh this euin consists is grey granite, and it has | common p } ter. E. 
grow when Trl. пи grub is changed to a pupa | four allegorical figures at the angles. On either side of | -—— 
within its hole in the Pea in the autumn, and before | this column is placed, at a distance of some 70 or 80 feet | Rerec з Vis ISIT TO BEXLSTANE.— 
e spring casts its skin again, becomes а beetle, | from it, handsome fountains, each consisting of three | Belstane, tle property of шырт rey Graham, Esq., is 
and gnaws a hole through the thin hull in огдег | basins pl one above the other, and having a single | situated a miles t of Edinburgh, in the 
to make its escape iuto the air, whic re- | jet at top. Sfar bottom basin is of brick and cement, | parish of esnia Mia to a general observer, a 
quently does not x before the Peas j about in diameter, The fountain properly во | stroll over this estate affords a treat not n be 
are plan for ear] crop. After the| called i is едт in vr centre of this basin, and is made | forgott There, on a hill *at an elevation of from 
Pea-vines have flow ered, and. w iile the pod y е secor n or tazza is rom B to 10 feet | 700 to 900 feet," you can stand and take a bird's-eye 
and tender, just begi g | above the fi first, 2 is 10 or 12 "i е diameter. Тһе | уіем in reality of the surrounding country. On the 
to swell, the beetles gather -1 them, and cm hird is about 8 feet above the second, and is 6 feet t in | south the Pentland hills, associated with deeds of 
their tiny eggs singly in the punctures or аа. The centre jet, which is s about t inch in | pileo knes sin n day ys gon eby, come i into view, „While on а the 
к» иу make upon the surface of the pods. This is dia em is carr ried Ыш аһоуе the Ti е 
done mostly during the night, or in cloudy weather. | whole of the water in tl 
"us з, ав soon as they are hatched, penetrate the | 8 or 10 feet. above it, falling into the е багла, Чы Athene! ? —всоре indeed is а аа | at "Ве. 
and bury themselves in the opposite Peas; and the | overflows їп а bea utiful glassy Sheet into the one|stane for both painter and historian; here the 
oles through which they pass into the seeds are so fine | mor А е sides of hi dat the widest | geologist would find something with which to 
ав hardly to be eived, and are soon closed, Some- rned with. 12 lions" heads, out of which the m himself. The amygdaloidal "- basalt, and 
times every Pea in a pod will be found to conta radir j basin. | nstone, on the h, are indi- 
weevil grub; кз; 80 и been the injury to the | On om occasions (Ae fountains are illuminated by | ca Hm ns of volcanic nda. MM: rocks also 
сгор in some of the country, that the inhabitants | carrying a jet of рм above the central jet of water, | abound in the neighbourhood. Оп north, at 
have been pb = to er "p the vri гө: of this | and a series of gas jets play around the column under | Midealder, are Pe. um quarries, and on tbe: south at 
egetable. ` Tliese insects diminish е | the у кю “lighting up the water very effective ely, Aimville а remnant of the same stratum occurs, over- 
Pens in which they lodge amer ell and their| A m f Gra ғ 6 fee t wide, is carried g gritty fossil Crustacea, 
leavings are fit only for the Ssa wine. This ocea- | the loser ta a stone ken b. Cypri Burdi 
ions a great loss where um mained for feeding Walks ' diverge from [^ А and fonntains in Both strata are ve laminated E^ thin seams 
stock z p family use, as Mehr many p at the pri nd shell, fi f Lepidostrobus 
po rsons w who oat wh ole Peas in te winter after m points flower borders are in obere S Bey e Stigmaria ficoides, Le 4epidodendron obovatum ? 
f eati eevils also ; | trees in tubs are also placed » different pets. oft he Calamites cannæformis, ‚ Sphenopteris affinis, - a 
== if the ce are yn till they are a = old the vibe Ай the ras A orte tiful kind у be obtained, ruin 
nsects will entirely leave them." сся lants а саны ~ the principal plants | former beg clearly poc out by the declination of 
mployed for the d In of the borders, long before 
Among the New Booxs before us are the Midland attain great perfect A neat iron railing is carried | the molten block which now forms the foundation de 
Counties Almanack for 1869, useful to eners and | along the top of the. separating it from of Belstane burst forth from its subterranean 
in ao The whole of this ga 
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is Passing under s covered way on of t 
most inter phic—account of - square which connects the Palace with the Theatre, | is stiff clay, decidedly dii diluvial in character, nor is it 
what "vang inae e ding n te the ай States о of America | we enter another of the Royal —Q - LT far the | diffienlt, while standing on | the brink of the * d "Rotten 
up to the. famo at Bull's ; by he | m ost qoid e upper portion, he Palace, | quarry," for 
ince of Newspape rs aera d laid out in straight walks, bor PA fomntains. | the mighty current may have rolled, not only leaving the 
: Sowerby?s beautiful vo P inus. of British ben Flowers | The lower portion, which might justly m rmed the |landsof Belstanealeeward deposit, bu t acting in asimilar 
is completed by a аме n umber consisting of Parts Hyde Park of Stuttgard, extends down the тау valley | manner on almost every mountain and hill in Scotland. 
Е. ди. ыы taining a title, excellent E aim of the Neckar for a aC of more than two miles, | Be that as e "y ev — ng is T: with life now ; 
180 figure 4% ie are called M tely ered” иал wooded, and containing walks x drives | even the stones coated over with 
triflí d th new ,|under avenues of Plane and Chesnut trees in various living ke Ён matter, which the b botanist would ву 
own species liberto Mcd d Тһе | directions. Тһе principal drive h Equi of ea geographica, atra, 
figures is 1780 one of the|and park in nearly a straight line from the Palace|melia saxatilis, and two or three species of Scypho- 
olumes now on to Rosenstein, a modern ian villa, visited by the|phorus. What would most attract his attention would 
i appears| King in summer. On the way to Rosenstein, outside | doubtless be the luxuriance of some plants. In sheltered 
ts, that | the ра tes, уче separate the en proper| places Hypnum lorenm ws something like a Club 
Mr. Lovell Reeve has м TN is called to жыл: = 
Е E * from th Pam p» ONT I ed imo о men | Moss, and Asp foemina 3 feet high. а 
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ү mesi tain. — Rar v e | aspect. "d 
contains E" ers, myriapods, pues 8 or tape- entrano К, кр Palace is separated fro "m. other имин пе h to 
ape radiates ; an excellent Núm M e garden by а low iron fence, and to this| 36 feet high, c making an annual growth of 
ig TO r. C. Tyso, of Walling- Бе рае по admitted. It is almost covered with|from 2 ог 24 feet. А. Мепліевіі is also abundant; A. 
ES » Berks, sAr. һе reques t ofa “А genns summer flowering plants, MA four moderate sized | monstrosa, А. Smithiana, A. alba, A. A. а 
КО їп ни the ie us, а | Ora $e Шш дү nine er Желш кусу: Тһе Д апа ар 
circular to some bes oe rer cnr ite side of the broad walk running parallel with | doing well. А. E 
Sey зана of ез ота mee е Palace is farn P Ort yo and ines | ertum 
| the central walk as far as ће | by 
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trees es аге cared 
however, 
elay, so that fo compiled lists may factory. the end: of the walk, Tu inside | lata, muricata, Beardsle; 
before the planting ве the АЎ мй: =й two colossal female figures, | pyrenaica, Tato; excelsa, шс and maritima, &с. 
каба аа Paus бесе ОЕ жу; In| Here, too, Wellin к чн gantea bids fair to -— 
centre of the inisa arge jet saluait үз rock- | fine trees, as also Taxodium sempervirens 
Garden Memoranda, ork. А wateriow 1, including inn Via rudi 
TE STUTI summer season. А | Тһаја gigantea, arreana, 
| midalis, and ri a &c.  Cupressuses аге 
| plentiful, such as C. torulosa, талант ри 
tain, | Goveniana 
а circular, mie Ui semi- 
UT. LX compel n 
be completed 
