Макон 23, 1863.] 
trunk, which was 8 feet 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
—— ÉÁÁ——— 
р Led 9 fest in crore >= 
extended 9 feet in every direction around the bole or 
| heavy, damp soil, in an unfavo 
295 
m the outsid Ci барыр Б еч гау а Чана 
"hi ason,one is nevertheless certain of AEN an [eir of it hanging in loose sheets and shreds, and wi 
he young stock of plants suffered also to the same | excellent stewing Pear, from D ber till March. | nie REID тер fe mime MUN d 
extent, and I have only three now left to the tender | Taking all things into consideration, I would not жы The fire hes ms resi. poer flash eT mb 
ercy of the pest. I observed the roughness of the | advis tivator to entirely discard the Beurré|enwrapping the tree in a mass of fame, which sboote i, 
young shoots mentioned in your Paper, and the buff | Bretonneau until it has undergone further trial. J. De esl ot hunde di, Produoinig а noise not unlike 
leathery appearance of the inner bark; and I have no Jonghe, [We think so too eurré Bretonneau | Spruce watap are used bj Meg Тыш p^ pe ; 
doubt that the disease is rot, which, if it becomes|grown to not abo um size, proved very good together the Birch bark of their canoes, und the resin ek 
eneral, will prove a serious visitation in a national | and useful for this season of the n as а dessert fruit ; | „Ён, jth that of Pine and Balsam, for rendering 
pervious to Men he bark of the Spruce 
t of view. Wm. Godsall, rseryman, Hereford. ut grown to a large size, as far ur experience goes, separ arated at certain seasons in.pieces containing 30 or 40 
ritish Queen | Strawberry.— this ueen ОЁ |16 is always bad, except күк for yrs e and such are used f for. temporary huts апі motis for 
trawberries эри fails here in pea excellent oa canoes. теш dome from the Gaspé fcrests of such tri 
re of the E 1 t 
and culture may be acceptable to hen growers w 
th it. d 
ipn 
have failed wi I am convinced this мийн ENTOMOLOGICAL: Mar о sq., Presi- 
variety does best in an o d dry situation, and that dent, i in the chair. Donations AX iem bras) from the 
the soil cannot be too strong and stiff for it if wel Royal Society and the Societ ^ В ug nna, Stettin, 
— б would be 2 s to а more stiff and | Entomological Society, u, Society 
дһевіу il than that we - here | Arts, &c., were announc r. Waterhouse 
the new rmed. АП the red clay | exhibited some minute British Coleoptera, belong 
ue h the subsoil, was burnt © 
with ie adc and this forms the 
rus and Homalota, 
e remarks 
: Michel о the treee 
par- | of the fa j^ Staphylinidz, and read som arks o eats айдо s astute. deus 'of trees, and the Sprü i 
z ces which 
tioular беп тышаш the British Queens do so well. hem - Bond exhibited a specimen of the re- | ascend the highest aro very stunted, their Аа tapering 
ually force about 1000 plants in of this variety, puted В Ба blue enr oh (m mmatus erus like cones, and as hard as bone, On the D. oth River 
em one half are sumunliy planted out, after being | whic I Бес nt to h: ariety of P. Adonis, | csse of natural layering E M M Spruce 
forced, ta ke he Ai cession, as I Du er allow together with other duse n in the West of Eng- сор Feier d piece Пее aec 
variety Strawberry t lan Although figured by Lewin, it has been lon l strong roots. А large Cedar also was observed s ding 
: g 8 y , 
inthe same place, 1 have however a few rows of the rejected as a British species; the e had also been | down large гоо! в to some mould that had collected in a fork five 
which aer fae the Gone uina GE EO об 1899, | misapplied by Leach to the common English blue, у fom the ground. Tn ending the Dartmouth Rivery 
which after facing the severe winter of '60 P. Ale rofessor Westwood read descriptions of | wood and Willows, the latter forming au almost impenetrabl 
e now ealthy, ise to produce | two new ies of Lucanide from New Holland, border along the river. Тһе dried bark of ће Dogwood, com- 
crop as when ted out. All that is done here іп | the President exhibited and read descriptions of the mon Mord toy didi spiel i f rE СЕ by th = 
the way of culture after planting them out of pots, is to | various speci f honey bees and wasps from Brazil, still, from motives of economy, m E rgely with their 
spread a good surfacing of half rotten manure on the | c xhibi sum with specimens of their мла Oni r Chives along the 
This s 
u 
of 
No dim rof the restricted 
2 
Str m aiok Кер dead the ety i in fresh vegetables. 
multifida, Potentill сова, 
tk the fruit cl Last I had b th | with Anemone parviflora, 
16 keeps the fruit clean. ав! еаг ad to rop xs A altho tro- Pinguicula, P. on the ats 
British Queen Strawberries up with forked i the] genus Ap vie found in Sou insti Копа = inii produced fronda 3 Tein length, мурзо borealis was 
Un u, nS е 
crop was so abundant, and ш: of the argest fruit | honey bees were stinglens n as also the еы чара кро. from Gaspé, yet it was ofa зану far 
weighed one and a half ounce each. iliam ihe writer that there аниа унт їп м et IE to d to that ade on the Ottawa, and the ble trees 
ance 
no me е ап ос 
be. inferred from v yet that have recently bee 
made a it columns. In your volume for 
T 86, will be pee а sketch of the so-called 
which in size, form, and 
1 
somewha 
and bitter. According to 
the perfect ims st this plant i isa red oblong 
pe, like a Lau y 
the guo! that ley bins brought to this country 
by Mr. Fortune and Mr. J. G. Veitc 
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la 
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+ 
will render the 
an ornamental 
——Wi П у u kindly correct the 
f the s tatement i in зош „Paper, = March 21, 
hosded z The o tnm we ay," and ві 1, 
Manchester. planted 
Deodara prese: чей ucombe, Pince 
but д" әд Wellingtonia gigantea, presented - 
selves, and named “the Princess of Wales's ” tree, as 
companion to the former. fige n, 
Nurseries, ег.——А of 
Wellingtonia gigantea, the e gift. of pom Cranston, of the 
King’s Acre Nurseries, was planted in the Cathedral 
of the ancient and ijr city of Hereford on the 
e commemora si e marriage of H.R.H. 
of Wales. Gul lies 
Foreign Correspondence 
. Вкпввё | BRETONNEAU PEAR., 
—4At ра 5 
variety of Pear. Мг. Cramb has 
btain it fit for the dessert, either from 
а раса dee ors onth of Jan: 
red of 
r t hive bee. 
who have also whi 
ч ub, 
"oye 5 Excellency 
y Rev. Prin- 
i professors Litchfield M.D., 
.; nan Briggs, Esq. ; 
hu 
е ker — 
MT T d bon "obtained o ор = cocoans of the oyaya inese 
sil rnia 
m, АМ 1 Тһе EE: 
ety as ma; 
in Canada. rm feeds on the Alantan g 
a tree that is quite bard Canada. capere огош o of 
еса =% ng eggs were invited to send in their в to Professo; 
A he chief obstacle in manufacturing | this s silk seems 
3^ the difficulty of unwinding or carding the which 
s o doubt be overcome by кел Бачор 8 
їп сапан c potash, which Mrs. Law; 
roaring han them 
of penc 
well in the case of the much Гинес вте а а like c of 
the Canadian Cecropia; the potash disintegra! uei 
ment-like membrane into its eene threads ving 
adhesive substance which glues 
The following communication: — 
1. On Plants collected in Philip W. Maclagan, 
M.D., Berwick-upon-Tw id. 
r. Maclagan's detailed observations were contained in two 
D 
MS. volumes, embracing TE information respectin 
nearly 900 species of Canadian ттн ы сш 
2. On the Physical Character of East Riding of nose 
Macoun, Е Belleville, Тһе list embraced 800 s eed of sotfowering ү 
plants, all collected by Mr. Macoun wil Indica- 
- ns were given, by reference to ancient s есаб, &c. 
f the це cuu of lakes at a higher rad than any that 
occur in the district, a point of € магы, in Canadian 
geology as bearing upon "the е history of the great inland seas 
still e: 
л MM 2 es а Balh B.A, who. Gaspé, during the su: == cod 
n who accom a e 
Pind ойду panied a party 
secompaniod systematic list 
Eem is paper was during а m IL exploration of Gas; Ar. 
the Gulf of St. Lawrence. ich 
„ OF CANADA.—The first ac of e rA kid, aol ойша on гоз potting Ya 
ickson, М 
suns. Ж ud 
eing а moist one, 
m t ree mens the beginning of А: 
wer 
August, an 
y fields t ha; 
andi 
e still to be seen. ld sp: 
be backward, б. | 
= wins с; e gr и 
end the p изе by the Saturnia, or Bombyx 
Ailantus glandulosa, or False 
with 
of Virnieh "Tree of China, ipo which тага worm feeds, by Robt. 
mple | Paterson, M.D., m. Bot. 
F. R.C.P. E., Corr, М 
In illustration of this elaboratean nd valuablo paper, the author 
а very interesting series of specimens, which were 
to the meeting, showing the eggs, the larvs in 
аттат ео апа {һе E oeghet moths, male and 
List of Plants collec ted in Ramsay and adjoining localities, 
durin 1801.53. by John K. MeMorine" 
ist of Plants со ollected chiefly at Fort Garry, Red River 
r е р C, Schultze, M.D. 
ES List of P 
nes Bell. 
үз Lists of Plants collected at Wellington, during the summer 
ts of Beckwith and Ramsay, C.W., by Josiah 
em 
of 1862, by John A. Kemp, м.р, 
3aotices Бы AE 
The members of the e started a 
| Qu еч 20 of чы am VOLI pri). It is to Бо 
а record ie untain КУ y Mr. and scientific: obser- 
vatio; ret r. Kennedy is only to be 
paper 
— sia inr breath. u nri the skilful ascent 
virgin mountain called Monte della Disgrazia. 
is inee — бе бс 
о: 
We gradually wind up rather steep bi 
v^s вос ulti. es and at р vlde pe the 
our left, 
and Шә highest рык «Г u e Disgraz right. 
mer | Hen wi ok down u bé deep vall Y re of сао 
beneath us; beyond is the Monte Ко; higher up, and 
e bac ck-ground rises the Tre шорріа 5 
e the | + 
i | ber, in th 1 the time; 
ы де from Quibus О rd Uie us Lady Head а а | d sd giac 4 có d ed three ү fou E 
фка h ha Sat f th Fut Б | proceeded down the Bt. Lawrence to Gas, n the tops а е1 re bs viously, an n Ing, Ow dO, 
inquiries of these о the nature o e soil in which | sides of the mountains th то was sul plenty o of snow, es ially|w face, we pause in astonishment to admire the 
ees were ted, the answer has been th аз | оп the south bank ү {һе г Mount Albert, the iet bil which had enabled Melchior to lead us t ugh 
cold, very heavy, and moist, Others, from trees planted | point of the Shisk pe ke, show тей itself а pure white сопе. derful intricacies, ri his 
in a light deep soil and against а west wall, have | Blach AS UNA eris ые кын. ks pes mis minutes enjo view, кай o 
obtained fruit as halting м dh that 9С де Ви Bergamotte Spruce being by far the qnost plentiful, found ба fact every: another ork of the day. 
n, near ing ol where from the seashore &rboreous vegetation This embra in ridge, 
Н the hest the white alo: {теат $ ” 
н ттлт gronda Tum рой Ше мые [o Nice КЫ ЧИА cer eu 
id moun! es. w в! 
the Beurré Br A It was not Mii c od by me, | deep їп the woods, and a nightly vn f ice me gn е advance over rocky tooth, ^ steep slope of 
and I have o put ке - се of it for speci. | іп exposed а places. Yet, two weeks а and Wiona snow, an occasional descent, id йау, а general 
mens, As many cu prr um aptis of this | the Conifere were Шш Te ir with t their ipi ce liko pollon. саси placed us, at лерден due з бе final 
Н d с a е Il donde be be interested in A га Jena the е pollen oou! ld be taken up in : fon! the | peak. And then, indeed, a exultation burst 
g resu e e wing | Sur uglastown vm lagoon and bay. ole | from all. 
it It may be ced P post e ua the | aen ЖОЕ d were, Mg en e rime end “What was our first thought ? Was it,‘ «Нож shall 
late dior P. Esperen of Malines, After ecease his Epigon re Buch to line (he holds "<и ships in which we get down again? ? or, 1 à 
tent Das Чы it been dai n n A A. ч »^ ано , вй d id donde rae d may 
= iz dad npe wé 
- soap to dis eon x Br Tm Аи f Tours. | 219 ва и rper а гое аа сога ?'ог,* have we got to eat 
It is vigoro growth, hardy and productive, bis bur Die fa a H he ' sometimes e iN his vonison in а and toink P os * Who has tobacco-pouch ?” or, 
There are fev Роне во well suited for orchard culture, | birch bark * The wood is used for paddles, salmon | « Where isthe the boiling-water appar- 
in he shape of а standard on the feee ей, ПЕ grows nai seme ан, ыр рэп eem aba me was f my De alid а Оода а 
well in any light, warm, deep soi. JÀ If grown on a cold, | veyance. ^ Оп Birch trees from the cracking of|simple passive ofsuccess? This із, to 
