486 THE GARDENERS CHRONIOLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Max 23, 1868; 
In th = fa week the ground will Ъе | Ѕосіеіу, was presented by James Salter, Esq., |state for manure е; but it Bet exactly so, for hg 
td А "ue fnit. The I err this та pe E Treasurer of the fand, i in the name o of 62 Fellow ws wh onsisti Ee in m mixing 
I H. 
is, consid er, id had subscri! 
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with mud and ]water, pev the compost 
nd H. the weeds 
É rots : after a very short time, and affords Mu 
f 1. 
р. деа ander von Bunge,a Foreign Member. 
| AUR papers were read :—1. “ m two aquatic Hyme 
ые one of which uses its wings in swim iig" 
N in as 
om kon MN - eM ev the aH ga cipi 
clay. From experience I fi 
no matter kow Jate; are those dem Mei the qo Hymen 
+h 
Ja арап, he e says, is of all th 
tiful in spring. “ The trees were no 
leaves уот I: freshest тә and m 
kind n full blossom 
othed with 
А t the early 
On evety hill- side e and in 
u have ug the form uie group alone has been 
estimated as paa some 50,000 species, 3500 of 
d|w ive in Britain, basin of pond wat 
on an early day in August last, he hàd been astonished 
to see уч, = these аши ины Polynema natans by 
- 
di 
tion. The “double- perite Cherry- trees Ар. Вож " 
5 bj 8 the 
now were with flowers as large as little hos. 
lias, орар goodly -sized trees, were com 
| name, quite at а е in the watery element. 
| Swimming г s of js Pens At first ЯМ could 
hill-sides vie! in 
rs of 
of many тч Неге, the А. obtu usa, wit th flow, 
е | hardly а lieve pow eyes, ү —— foun 
and shown 
ys y 
creeping amo: 
t 1 h u blossom that was open | specimen: them uae А the fact japonica was seen in a wild state ngst the 
T elect on ^ i » gk every ert Shackell, Bath. : а s wndoubte The same ‘phenomenon, moreover, Grass, and overed with red blossoms; and several 
ven it is said, is better than d within a week b M. Duchess, of | varieties imrose (P. cor decer were met with 
rst entering m ent e, which was pney. Another of the aquarian Hymenoptera, now | under trees in the shady woo y 
in Marcb, 1859, owing to the miserable condi he t described inga the name of Walker ria P aüdaties, E outskirts of Ye "1 says, “ Parklike 
Vines were in, І found it necessary to plant the houses | was found in the same pond, but this, unlike the | ѕсепегу, }теев а aos neatly ed hedges, 
afresh. І had the privilege of walking over the s estate | former which swam by means of Ww. wings, held i t whole country here (tlie 
iom ісе of а plot o! t used its legs | village of тея -mae-yah) is covered with pev: ss , 
take material for the border. - I selected a piece which only; and though these were elita fnttened nor | One straight rond more than a mile i is lined 
sed, elevated, and laid due south; there peram ZW any well- dp nel TN ge of setæ, they with them. I have never seon in any ve t of the 
Ed тре in the soil а much greater mixture XE well to serve pose : eR the 
sand than I could 1 On the 20th of April, d than that of tlig| Each nursery eovers З or 4 acres of land, is nieely 
1859, I had th ' eut 8 inches thic ed,|former. Bot mt spec ies are fond of ereeping along the | kept, те кыдан ttn ES of platte, both in pots 
| my examining the soil and i open g As these nurseries are 
8th May the stack of turf was cho quit their support, and s boldly out 
{о every 8 cart loads of this chopped turf were added, | into the open water. In these insects respiration 
x. ditt а дн ric ак mew. appears to take place in the usual through 
y 
Spiracles, А common house fly placed under water 
ceased to move in balf an hour, while the specimens 
b 11 
коё e. ibo a i daseription of one will giva a 
good idea via them all. 
* On ring "hé gateway, & pretty little winding 
pathway ends up to Ше ot ahii house, usually 
of t ard On each sid 
the border, turf of the same thickne £s was i id Мейр now referred to lived under water for several hou 
the gras sy si vn with 
Ti he beni little Yew со 
t- place гараасаа 
di Íferent species ed Pin s, Retino- 
sporas, Thujas, and the beautiful Вейадор ув, verticil-; 
Plants cultivated in ров 
ear the house of the n 
side gdownw ards, and upon this ont suffering any apparent inconvenience, ahd fo rms 
t to th за1 an mch. On Ma ay one was observed to be quite lively rer. аЙ occupies a promine 
en was iie upon thig sooted turf; on De Bist of been so placed at least 12 hours, which it stated, | Then there are the 
ame month the Vines (Black Ham burgh) were|from further observation, is probably pid. the 
lw and 12 weeks after planting led reached the | limit of their endurmee. гау ings of the two | lata, all duly Te 
E of the house, a distance of 20 feet. They were | insects accompanied the paper, which 1 y kept 
cut down on the December following, were | technical account ordine rn ere NL * Not 1 Sith à Pa mboo fen 
allowed to break with the season, and finer canes I - embry: каа КК Ж К ” Ву 9. Bentham ГА sq., 
never witnessed. The following spring every J. D.H ooket, The pn stated that at sheds and ro 
showed th They were рег 1 е 
sS 
yet in use s for Party] tender plants, instead of whi 
s fitted with shelves are used, into. 
uddle 
р 
n into an error i 
es them for shelter during: 
the сыш months. ji Amongst other plants in the nur- 
weighed 3 and 41bs; they s ich they place in рн н, ind g loes, Fuchsias, and. 
T years after I had occasion to make another border, | Mr. due had called a ruminate d еп, as | other она 9 Japan, which аге поб yet і introduced. 
e turf was cut and brought from the Mo spot, the|contortuplicate cotyledons. А further examination of|into China. In one garden һе found nothing but 
soil Жр plan! e, and they are | ripe communicated by Mr. Thwaites, had proved | varieties of Acorus ws growin uare Nanking pu 
fen wish. I s e nA thus precise | that they were at fault in doing so. . The affinity of | and in each E rate, crystal, 
n my ров, because I am "me ous to show to | ће — hey eom still аз being with | rare them representing the 
egard n 
Vine A peo that.they | Dipteroca ing, they say, one more to 
rm provided they | һе already large орон of и minous natural 
rpete, 
f nothi 
low Ur sips dui "ыа ды yA Squires; Heywood; | orders in which albuminous genera o 
кү Жл. zx m ad en "Cr үчтү А Вс COTIA Hom —'The annual meet: 
n 
p. 4 ‘bolig u inder mn, 4 En puir И Чон up tpi reperti ^ M es = “ве Shareholders of of this Society took place the 
er day, w the Directors was sub- 
Eu 5 
4 bey read ud The financial affairs of the 
is iety are satisfactory. During the year a 
C mostly attended to ав to эга t 
Cm ps 
ount had been expended in erecting а Lodge, at 
foreigner who ‚ Visits epas) оһе sees the 
it а рреагей that whilst a эндем amount had | 
fended beyond n receipts of the Fruit and Vere 
Mr. ; junior 'ressed 
B * Tis he Арт Оа аза |i 
[o 
Jeu (Puu à 2, A ed Nu dogs бакшы | table Show held in e Gardens on the 30th September 
mei reasons for 
liar ойган. Baldin ngs such as we 
x be very unsal. in Japan. Here 
meer is a sort of Mà fae. 
айса "nito А... receiving very marked 
any e leading London journals 
(uerit bringing the fri of this Led y ce into imet d ber 
{эзи а young to thi epe Бам E уак ead € the 
tages wasni ү medals aW: "ата эг 36 анн Mu al Horti. | e 
I| cultural mon 
T vatay 
show other day 
ег ғау as bow them plants as 
a d a 
ou! i was 
him 5) кү show anything like um 
ete e wbhoam of the same so vi 
the graceful of nat ur Свон tim and that Hrs 
mund alike айй they ey hadnt: no abe On їп | were thén Өе d 
en n 
uing year, viz.:— 
1 
28 
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е», Ут this reasonin P rote е: СЕ E 
weight and ponas Mae. inay be bette: D 3 
by the fac с ould oth iners 
rnadoes which infest this 
gira P is ыз, that in one year (1809. 60) no 
Wired pim арй -I told | Dr, Chas; Cogsw 
LOT lants | Vice. p sident; О, 
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l 9, 
е 
e the 
well, Present ET Жыш 
MeKen mes Cochran 
аһа James Thomson 
buskes, wit 
Hollyhocks, | a 
fruit dee: 2000 Cürrant and 
2500 pot plants, besides bed HS 
&c., s with а well eras stock to arrive by tlie Rose- 
praem 
X Hot ices of ЭЗооК 8. 
49 for tik eking : Narrative ourney 
"id at bi Capitals Г Р. and China. d Eu. а обы 
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inued from р, 891). 
to you. Ishall look out perty sh 
md till then beg ње yt cA] ey 3 pan the бареле, апа е none 
d кей VON pan rite eee 
weeds 
mahüre. This Aa thod o 
mà ъ= p: natural enemies of the 
tensively елат old шеп, women, and 
ent, children, eg. seen ешріоўей on every  hillside, 
J. Berne bemus. 2 and weeds for the purpose. e 
&otíttícs, 
ay 7.—G. Bentham, Esq. Presi 
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Pierre and | tries. 
irs the soad of creaking ш ak his bed moving in a 
А to 
Fortune | which kia 
2) using “ vegetable matter їп а fresh | his nárrative. 
cuin 
less than 28 shocks had been felt; and that the natives 
Esqrs., | 20 not hesitate to ех Ms their ddl that some day 
wien oF dha see A3 mrad. may y disappear in tho 
ds amak i in earthquake coun- 
егт strangers. 
endesvouring hen оту it bodily a атау, bu! Be. s 
mind bu ib down again," is y nu of 
. Fortun Es аа эмб ring 9 mem 
recur, allude to isod trave 
АЯ s whioh 5. zr cider 
officials Japan, 
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