942 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Оостозїв 8; 1863, 
the more common of our birds, "This list, he thinks, is | larvæ of butterflies, &c.; in a city it lives on all kinds of debris. | wher expense is no object and labour plentiful, but T but I 
wobth stud y at home, wh en. е d pet tru eti on of. small But di IT "pis rs and some other insects. | do pet at that good p can be grown on walls 
birds by pia and other is tell that tl with the use of Fri ОЙ, шрын Др. E that 
mentary no се. е e of small birds is the енең they with as much certaint y of a crop as under glass, 
M. Florent - rivos Us experiments made in do to бее orn. Assuming, then, for the mom ent that Such аб least is my experience. Wit regar ard ib 
France. His specimens, moreover, xe thei men rtant | for thre weeks or month, while the grain is in a ripe э. the wood i in autumn, І fin dn lty what. 
fact that màny birds, living a good deal upon grain, | state, the 82 5 of the cornfields is exposed to the | ev "s possibly can 
feed their young entirely on insects, so that they are Sapien ions of a hos d of small birds to tl growth, and ever to suffer the 
serving us admirably in this way at a season when отону. and most ignorantly supposed, there | геев to be ar bý blight. сар p oin шад шү 
e „ате шо ө even when the examination of mn 11 months out of the 12 du uring which 16 is atte nded to, the wood 1 "will ripen Жы» d 
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thei stom ould lead us to'denounce them |simply impossible that they can be fi 
as little. Беше m vine олана Mr. Wilson mentions| How then, he asks, are they employed, „for the most pt thoroughly matured. In addition to Vh dos pw 
anot ther set .of Manos camps recently report ted as|part, during i other 11 months cn» anlg enerally сгор Шеш dear, and 1 find 
ү “Б uoting in detail a series of observations made | that un hah system the tisfackor orily, 
by — agencies. ntleman took some you by Mr. Weir, who with much patient watching -— | Your КОШТ admits that covering in spring i is 
Us and fed them Muse жыр them айпа their that а pair of thrushes between 2.30 A.M. and 9.30 р.м. | indis , but s ну re. Ae is not the basis of 
food accurately day by day, to discover what quantity fed their brood 206 „емы ад that i in pe case of tho eere а -— of fruit, for we ofte n find to our sorrow 
a young bird required ѓе "keep à ч „а gr rowing and ackbi rd, between 2.80 A.M 1 8, 40 Р » the male | that our wall timer falls after setting, and- oftener 
healthy condition. hat, tal a түн e we cannot: реб it 
earthworm as а representativo of the food, the daily ie time the observations were ганй being | to r ues ы wn part have no 
suppl required | to Кее a young | robin i in its s highest | engag ged i in pouring forth his то. eh —T 1 ЖЕНЫ]. s Sr opu respecting the setting of fruib, nor 
health, 1 gal aud | of i off; but I admit that mich evil is done, 
length. of 14 feet. М. P. t^s list i 11 0 PAL, when t stopped tl Mut 
Owl. —Jan.. mice; April cock- their young 475 pe а ву. spei to feed them Мн їп such сн become weakene d, the young 
Sort "am ле Ne une m Xd soll With ssterpillar, d the blooms fall on ei first 
AAN A id other iis: Sept., ок, Nove mi. 755 | large P and a , full exposure e to "v "and а air. Му practice is to let 
Ботевата! Owl—Jan., mice; Feb., harvest mics} March, i. was etta Da say ig many had b the evening, and to pull them up 
mice: April, crickets, harvest mice; Мау, shrew mice, cock- — in en the day. agai M mo; rning as soon as the frost is off the 
2 un тб ih UM NONE M AS раша e lover UN birds, fruits, and flowers," who wn Bes ied old cutting winds prevail, in which case 
and field mice ; Dec., mice, spiders, söi has eric өзгөрө bir ds | o the utmost extent, in spite of M tni Po rogo remains down the whole 
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mice; July, Aug., mice ; Вере, Oct., field and shrew mice; | still had ап abundance of fine fruit and vegetables, | have the experience of competent persóns ma 
> P nd dus coekcehafer ; Feb. field sufficient a only to supply a family of 14 куш and | known through your columns respecting. tei ера | 
mice, grubo of cockċhafer, red worms; March, grub: bs, chrysalids ; all the birds in the orn ^ but also occasion а sell|and best method of wall-tree protectio I wi 
арі, slug. worms, chrysalids ; May, pe гарар grubs, wire | and give away, accounts for this in some measu 7 ilie therefore ey nothing further on the PAET а 
orms ; June, етш төт eggs of bird D woodboring beetles ; | | larger birds being c: fond of the berries. Ci the present. I have already stated that 100 yards of Frig 
i р Sept., gru „| Laurel and hes Laurel, Domo cost 127. 10s., and that with eare they will las 
grassh орет, ground beetles, young айин A young but he belie that реч із indebted to the birds for for six years; thus 16 will be seen that 100 yards o 
insuring келе rops by keeping the — Dm mi w es can т 1 
; ES "s ribs of Cockehafere oum bool E Might and avri, and that чы shou " hav {аг | per year, and I have no hesitation in saying that Frig 
crickets, water rats, mice; May, cockchaférs, glowworms, | more from these, without the birds, than he де s with | Domo will keep out any spring frosts we may ever livi 
fria; dun t the same, band ven J EC Oa beetles, n ; them The depredations = алан insects, ма tren 4 to вее. Ishall, however, be only too happy to fin 
hope Pls ЖАГЫ е Жы ае; SA of the gardener? s worst e —the ant—are, һе says, | better and cheaper way of protecting fruit trees, and 
misit: Nov., grasehopperm pant of fruits; De; | ые о die и ее e comparatively innocent ат опе pec eS you ханас тараан а - " 
Cockchafers, young rabbi ies. irds. subject, but all of them sho e асбошраше‹ 
.—Jan., grubs of cockchafers, acorns, berries; Feb., | (1, R.S. Mine s that naturalists know, and those who | names and addresses of their respecti t M | 
п , pective writers, | Yes. | 
AME creto ei. beotit. Muda BA а я" о Бану; have gardens may soon perceive, that certain fruits аге | Edward Bennett, . to G. S. Foljambe, Esq. | 
June, eggs of birds, cockehafers, beetles; July, young birds, | liable to be attacked by some species of birds, and that | Osberton Hall, Worksop, Notts. | 
— coe z ре геа geom. аира dragon, fioa i| the sparrow will eat W. eat; butthatthisevilis partial. | — Pofafos.—In your last number Mr. Dean gives us 
dia; Des, ies ы. T ч апе е nd may pre 68s heavily upon the owners of fruit | зоте observations оп Potatos, and as it seems to me | 
an. worms, gru dung of in particular vta -— поб take common | makes а tt nob quite compatible wit sound | 
3; Feb., i snails, e et н Api rupe d сія when fruit із поб very abundant. However, Jedgment; for he says hé saw the Royal Ash-Jeaved | 
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x TT TAI ©, | during 10 or E Ip montis in tho te Ше birds аге conse Kidney growing in the Isle of Man, and that “it 
fruits ; pans mima Es 54 carrion Beetles some; insects most pernicious A — which the eye of ат һай cultivated the root їп bis own garden, 
e RETLA ee yer Nov., snails, slugs, grubs; › hips, t det and ome of these birds come v паде his aen Without mM it night have 
Nis rtis Ub lirysalids? Feb, chrysalids, worms; | ežact toll for the ben ofits "the ey have conferred, it i been worthy of sme Qté aM TL АШИ 
March, grabs, beetles ; April, round beetles, weevils; Мау, | only the short-sighted who will n their eti Ash-leaved Kidney i is a distinct variety I сап wi ith ei 
beetles, moths, » but terflies, ез, grubs; June, Рэі gne бон ррегз, | In gardens and grounds where the birds have been|fidence assert; pue story is as follows: In 188 1 
fruits, worms; Sept, beetles, fad: ЖТЫН, о ешь poisoned and: shot there i is "invariably a 'orroaponding happened to bo ә н а visit to the late James Ashwin, 
grubs, herbs, chrysalids, мены, farle? i М. Nov., ants, worms. | Esq., of Bretforton Hall, near Evesham, a very © 
боі. Неорову cdam i grubs, snails ; кыы Mus experimental hortioulturist ; uad таш: over his 
a une, water and land свае, сеш ЫЛ А, Sept, Д cuum реро ted Tenana E iea 
same, wood-licêè; Oct., Nov., snails, flies, spiders; Dec Hom e Correspondence. Potatos raised tro Ъ proinising ; ] 
t ug ся. he had мрзе" сер кей аз А, В, and C, and gave 
бу Kood LE, Peel bs des " iu. трен grubs of ts; Law relating to Moving Bedding Plants. — ы а воше each. In 1859 I Pound them tà 
Er Ж. d. cm р gatas AE, anta, worn happen to know what is optas or legal i increase admirably i in my soil, but in the wet pe er of 
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iub: ыр УО. айн, RS IT ants; ae following case? Some property having been sold, is 1860, А proved E delicato 5 resist 
of aute; ; Nov., grubs óf ahi s bees; vendor claims a quantity of meum plants, which I lost the uch to as 
Resi Tb March . grubs, en UE. aqua ti tic grubs; | have been turned out of their pots into beds for the| was most ыу nes its анн е ау - "pront 
flies, tay fies; July, feels d p ims э. lim. te to ho tepla anal befóre winter, as removable by | more than 6 inc ches high, would : 
ects, beetles ; Sept., шо ineei: forci in "обов С жаза 
Machu Ti шеше: juo , beetles, egas Feb., grubs; und th ар pn in the beds at the tim sup è | good kind, d bul sported too much, many of its tubers 
Vtetlas, Doch * dino, соб oha eri CU Ex т they are legally ль. just as niuch as other plan зү era dp sede round, B proved veiy valuable for үт 
the same; Aug. insects, fruits; Вер&., Seeds, grasshoppers ing without po the garden. Under these circum- | eårliness, productiveness, and excellent "нон, © e 
Oct. en e subjec Roy: h-lea: 
; Oct., b Ov., seeds. stances ye E 6^ 1 
,DBlactbird.- Jan., Feb., seeds, mig. Sixypolidat Mans through your columns, thinking similar cases may have | and I bave ho hesitation in saying it is, as Мыр Өү | 
rubs; ewhere. J, E., Dublin. [We кы not áware “ what we really want, ап ә Kidney Potato; "c Mt 
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> Sept., all sorts of wormsan: diit; Dot 
flies worms ; E Sues ot butter 
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ce of апу particular agreem ent r elatin to tlie | them only in its robust habit and superior luetive- 
[ acces would bel x ў tun ^ жа ifie "bei i сарай а that 
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be important ; and ү; you wánt exit approaches it in this respect ; but whetlier owing ач 
| to your rights, you must consult your | soil, а sandy calcareous loam, or what other - 
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. Redbrenst.—Jan., yw Feb. du AEN our ent" W,R.R:” | productiveness, for whereas Myatt's has here given 
qe vt тда, ада осе i iita si ue Ai pui md fii MEO at а root, the Royal has given from 20 
x we alite eui ] 
lioo; Aar., Bebt. АЫ К, mime, ic. oths, B wa Bader, w Tm А however matters little h how things are | manured, the tubers planted whole апа 3 feet apart, it 
dive dw dem chrysalids ; "Dec, chiysalids, эы ia LA ed deed dun d n and ав I | сате this season 50 at à root. In 1869, I planted à 
grub pade 5а l attention е best methħód | large bed of all the early Kidney Potàtos known, 
ILS Beetles КАН, fies ЄЛ poets ч | F protecting v wall trees from spring frost, I selected the | row of each sort; the n = the earliest of all “4 
Worms; May, butterflies, cockchafers, weevils, grubs: June, | 6201028 in question as most likely £o attain that ена. | the most produetive, and Myatt's Prolife the na 
wood-boring beetles, worms; ker rms, grubs | МУ object respect; Was H : dhai 
eggs 01 locusts, grass) Шер , moths, flies; Aug., otia glow- | three-fold ; in the first atio my remarks were intended|a most valuable late autumn and winter sorb, 
flies : ©, grubs, eur DEAN EC VM. drin а reply to observations made by a Maidstone andalthough when first introduced here it was liable #0 
атн у у Ане Am I wished ања noter be в perfectly free, and ®0 
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; May, grubs, 
insects of h 
Insects ; „wi July, the of | out in fruit 
beetles; Aug., moths, bu : Аззыр, un : t 
k Aug. 1 t Sept., eggs. best method of protection, an о 
uum iod boring been grt ; энн Y itbouta mighty edi itoa being n : 
worms, c X CREE. berries, wild gesr, one expected to find xcellen I H 
AE gr LS Sling Ми simply by шеш ot Prig Domo. vete ete тал, int syon А E 
оша of received 20 ye 
M ai A met жє 
mood ires c ve of t rotta pt аза шнда ;alio ofthe|sort I received 20 years or more since from а Mr. 
nic ul n houses; and 1 do not к рб села ч du then à Potato Salesian їп 
