[JULY 4, 1868, 
628 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
winged, and the oblon The p mongst these Shipley Fancies i t 
E Taaie floribu ndum, a somewhat bolder | characterised adar Е white ground-colour and | Art res "William Paul, and Clown are ойе - E this 
style of plant, with the  ribbon-like ^ pinnm|very Aman develo s deep m pepe ges blotches | set. каа ба of the Parterre is more e show 
comparable with Pteris cretica as to size, but when in | aroun nd th е eye, the outside of the pe tals ls bein g шко or | flow ан) w centre, cgi spots, де Бе, 1 bluish 
fructification, which e is plant Mes not, fringed g hes purple. oonshine has a yellow centre, clear intense 
the margin with sunken, elongat ed e cysts, and | f 1 intensity—these passing into m lne spots, [ ed а broken bluish-purple irregular е dus 
projecting thread- like receptacles; or h 1 xe potting, 
d , the - flower that 
alatum, with pinnate fronds, чае. nged 
and ма atifid toothed pinnz, em vlating i in beauty 
T. scandens Pen which we set out. Seca и in 
teresting too were „Trichomanes trichoideum, whose 
has 
under s one among those just Avel, 
called Her Mj. This же the two larger or ba ck | 
and a somewhat irregular bronzy-red edging, the uppa 
petals a good deal covered with this bronzy colour, 
ld Cup 1 s deep нм with "eene d spots, the top 
petals splashed with violet o 
with roundish s of black purple 
hes the multiplied segments; T. membranaceum and 
uscoides, both with undivided fronds; T. ‚ nanum, ‹ опе 
gue 
near the centre, these passing into hort rayson the 
outer side, and Ling edged with a zone of lilac pene 
broad margin of lighter or grayish bl 
tha me Féea is given; T. Zollingeri, one of 
javanicum set with roaa ни fronds ; 
eum hort stiff o innatifid wing 
E 
sti zed | 
while the lower petals are three- tas covered Ha 
| dense dark рач, bloteh in immediate contact with а 
clear orang dern ted e eye, the blotch ias even аб the | 
+ à. and 
with а 
ngularity repeal 
P aee race 
with a E sce w ground m апу of 
Alice gst t 
mata гей е on the low 
the 
pu 
e maroon 
т petals While 
ones are daos near the eii with faint 
ple. 
We imagine that. 10 more inter. 
| crossing with the show эы EOS will e. 
hey rathar want seems tob 
of cream i colour. Th 
a пагон variety, vig deserting t to 
indsæas fro 
e Vers 
haffilad £1 ып ле 
еу der Кос, parue here one and т з 
eedily, and 
| b trio 
of Wales, in which the low wers 
drap ume us а па Paler 
dos a ташуу 
ма 
у 
gly ta. disappear spe 
be glad 
е, and ise Ж 
ОКЕ" 
DEAN that 1 + 11; for 
e gla to be e nli ghte 
pu Don in interest to the pom Ferns -— dy 
manced The han dsomest, in ege res pem at 
east, stri pezi- 
ie the others being арр зе end Термен [v y 
recurvata; obtusa, dubia, асо is, and sagitta: 
Still n this class there w а SN Varron 
ii 
L, young pla ants 
; from 
DERSON Ж бох, Руа si sinensis fol. 
та Б хун а „vari egated- | У 
of Агапова 
со 
of t re al ones especial out into 
м шер, while the up prer r quib тг ane delicately 
the pere od such as Harlequin, Hibernie Thomas 
oore, &c., which come as selfs until hot weather sets 
in; ; while i in the case of others, such as Mrs, s. Turner, the the 
the E kon fen- 
arious both in form and 
io shade of деў purple, nd 
and ГЕТЕ pomi 
g 
ATIS with peach w deep r-coloured, 
a good 
ү Chinese Pih; 
* s — denia florida vatis: inier at p. 602; 
ssrs. BACKHOUSE & бох, Adiantum Ghies- 
eM a fine deep green broad-pinnuled Pea 
and finally from the Rev. J. G. C. FUSSELL, Y Se 
о! ale. po- 
leo Ж Ше. а ie lilac жер pes purple 
ipsu: veined Sim. eek purple. Prince кашы, їв 
voy, bizarre in colour, t 
petals being creamy white with here and there a орн 
the general tint of the lower | g 
white flower, 
Princess of Wales, and similarly delicately e 
sorts, warm weather destroys the beautiful mark 
FORM OF -— CELLS MADE BY WASPS AND 
HE HONEY BEE 
Тнк T form affected by the cells of various 
kinds of wasps and bees has attracted the attention, 
wr liters s the precii properties of these cells have 
x eus of yellow, and the s spots , dense purple 
£f thas 
arly welt managed specimen of 
de niis where the yellow of the eye has run out 
Жо ү purple, having more of a maroon tinge, 
and the pal e par ts bein str eake d with pale purp. ple; 
of i 
Cr reator ; while, by t p pc pe of w 
the Tay ад м: ричи cordifolia under its more — 
ut less t name of pes ов oi 
purple. st darker — all these, бошо. Bla 1ebeard | 
апа King of Italy, both fine show: 
y flow 
excellent tin form, wi ith t суо lower Ез bluish 
cubes 
- and by the less anovel but 
I aps аА мыле benutiful M sa grandiflor su ba | 
m Mr, N, gr. ofpClapham | 
ed by|* 
hired, Me on ва was а 
very large dark spot | 
scarcely ї feathered on the low e petu, а P olde n eye, 
red feathered dark spots on kd Ee petali уш the 
upper are of a reddish aly is 
ells are resti pted io possess over othe s—advan: 
so important as to TER the ba bu of 
m e in favour of the ins A cts that adopt the geometrical 
plan » ане their cel 
I have for a long time feit convinced that both parties 
in this controversy are in error, as men generally are 
| when they attempt to speculate on the reasons for the 
n four 
Park. Tow ccom 
three or four pans filled iris differently coloured 
forms of this b мума" terrestrial Cape Orchid. 
w hardy plants the chief were ogramma 
dio with a p еер v. 
upper pe etals, with dark s ро ots right а Teft of the eye, 
the lower petal with a yellow eye, а dark almost black 
nly the n necessary consequence of their geometrical 
form, which form ANA М те necessary consequence of 
Of ne Gymn 
or аан е а а t green bipinnate 
Fern with large y шы а variegated leaved 
Japanese Privet; and а i 
Asplenium consimile from Chili: 
Also, 
tinct pinnate Woodeia а Japan glau- 
cous 1 Б h 
ceeded by another of violet, the extreme eye being pale. 
| Princess Louisa, formerly noticed, is one of шау violet 
po set, with a broad creamy white edge to the 
| low r petal, and a similar hue а good deal breaking 
| up the deeper colour on the side petals. 
Thomas Моо: 
a large pan - 5 sho owy 
di of t 
МЫКТАН with design, 
and incapable of render bns an unt of the origin of 
the beta 4 ШЕ the се 
һе рео 
айап чуен 
into three classes. 
adjoining pyrami idal figures, with sli ghtly c curved axes, 
, some bal vidé in its m 
r flowers have the е0, риа rr a violet purple 
with а broadish ne of white, the side ones with a 
dense bla ck s Bee feathering outwardly, bordered by a 
tish „tree-wasp forms its pupa cells n this' 
m сна pa in consequence of the pyramidal fom d 
the cu coe celis, the comb opens out on t the lower 
leaves, the other with [шге |; 
or attenuately pinnatifd leaves: m Mr. STA: 
of violet, while the lower 1 is straw yellow on the upper 
go olden eye, 
SER PS 
inn 2 
2d. Hexagonal cells, formed of adjoining prismatic 
so novel as the Mes foregoing, but E ы 
А. ants from Messrs 
Е 
E 
Ф 
et 
45 
vss 
Trist "had stood out. iE dol with 
ring th last 
а n some y> озге: ed f the e purple appears. 
"itte Pet has upper petals similar to the last, but 
Seedling flowers had much daban i in numbe: 
since the former exhibition, e there 
interest notwithstanding. 
ot 
of | bank poem just within the edge on the three lower | 
ed | petals, 
sized dense violet spots crossed by 
ach with a paler 
iberni А i yw hite, 
spots towards the е ail * pelt 
аре with rectilinear ee me cog " а p 
e, at right angles to хе х 
sls are found in wasps рф in the 
est Indies, and аб Graham's Town in South Africa, 
r this investigation 
al 
ls P for atic 
3d. Hexagonal cells, for ей of adjoining prisma 
figures, with rectilinear axes F inated by three faces 
и & rhombic, S r кшш — faces also form, 
h, one p e the а similar set of 
gonium from Mr. e fro 
its small bright Ea. pde rlet flowers, and com- 
pact habit, promises to be а useful variety for decorative | ; 
789 of our Kolima for last year, we 
hich вате latterly been 
Y Pansy. The 
es of our 
s pe 
тебетей to the great strides 
made in the improvement of the 
us given 
increased interest en to an vourites 
The he ello >й, d lel 
во var striking in appearance, but it contains 
meris inge some med handsome flowers. 
of sies da 
with росу plum ; the ке ad 
SU d h bronzy red; and the lower one | 
with а pei margin deepest epis cg eye, and | 
а black s die this 
зто, вв с rich and eee Talioman n the 
of Noemi Demay has purplish upper беа 
fius! ith bro 
is Prince of Wol э RE 
prod 
these vari f cells may be accounted for, 
simply by them pressure e of the insects age 
each other during t the ormation of the cell. 
quence of the instinct that iie them to hs А 
— to а plane, and of ес Su ndr! ical form of the 
nsects bodies, the cells must be hexagon: 
"mdi of the ша that њав the. 
double. combs, the m ual pressure c of their 
ral pr 
wa 
paler at the edge, es dns lower edge of the lower 
petals flushed w М; һаз а 
upper petals, creamy ium e-spotted side petals, with a 
plum-coloured edge, and а yellower lower. petal with 
form of the кш ык ч i If weco could d imagine 
spherical insects endowed with VÀ instinct te song 
E om tu ч. іп is welcomed as one of the est of 
ur border er decorators, has not at all abated. E 
zone of yellow iue the two; 
yi leasin a 
Dean is ue similar, еур m Me 
a paler 
s wo 
affect tienen. of thehexagon алат rhombic Nodecabednm 
and edge, the spot a much deeper 
and the араг ре егей w 
ces of. which may be seen 
stood very much in need, has been so во largely secured tale band on n, | tagonal dod : оні. 
pee of this race which bears the name of Admiration i is lighter, having its ts upper eur eem ed = е е з Np: v tie elementary 3 — ў 
тете. аррто MENSES t wth in every 
р Mr. Drax, of е of pais bation. $5 three intense spots. , Harlequin is also light, but well ебу and also in the pentagonal ml Jure aces assumed by 
noticed on the е5 "à e bullets made to fill pers ano the inside 
Min ehm e bil f. booma 4 rd Creed of straw yellow, the side ones yellower with a belt of hóllow shell, and then discharged against a bank 
m ren within the iie ape and a а purple pen 
interest. 
interest, 
* 
ed , earth or a wall, from a mortar. 
On 
this subject, I cannot do better than quote thé 
