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169 
arly white, © r light blue. It is very desirable. 
cere fr freely, remains long in perfection, and co 
River. 
rs. sara ca splendens, grows from 9 to 12 inches in 
height ; is rather succulen om 
mental 
‘ . Pori tulaca Thellussoni, grows fr om om 9 to 1 
in height; like the preceding, i 
al sprea The flowers are larg 
_ spicuous, but not abundant. 
count of its fine colour ; and i 
5, Lobelia ramosa, grows from 5 inches in 
awl is much primed, l afiar = d and vey slender. 
4 of a dee e blu ue, pr 
e, of an 
mes 
nei branched, and parr 
ing. leep rosy purple, very 
showy , but not numerous. “itr remains Jong i in perfection, 
2 inches 
it is rather robust and 
n 
ut unfortunately made no drawing į t 
ie rd ga upon M. Bouché, 
= ce ‘a tes 
age oods, 
s by road- ides. and ban 
kasih preferring, I think, 
hey live up on the swe 
someti 
ns ssy 
ae and di rede 
= uations. 
ally, and 
ie 
flowers princi- | 
that tender evergreens will sustain but little injury, jury, if 
well ve at 8 rosie Wood, Statfold. Hail, 
Chicory.—Thi 
salad, eae make finer salads than ig French 
Belgia I ek pown Chicory í 
the families with whom I 
s very valuable, 
ndive an 
Hie _ Severity of the we 
ike 
| as the greater part of End 
oyed by 
one fi 
in ng Season, after which the females deposit their eggs in 
the a arth. 
i th 
ather. 
t n deep, well- -prepared mater i pa the 
| middle of Mar, not sooner, as it is apt to run to seed; 
gost 
p 
thin out the ants to a ta apart in the row, and keep 
on a few when wanted, cutting 
on g ara "is very rpa PECE bea comes i rom Swan Ri 
Mesem 
6. J 
3; itis 
a „hairs ira abo ove, 
generally more e yellow be neath ; 
osy pin nk, with a matt centre, They 
Be ofad Son ah 
a 
he eves 
with three ‘minute orli behind them ; ; 
p 
fal 
F 
ape of 
pis ere is a miya variety, but it is inferi 
larly rain d marilie, 
‘purea, grows from 18 to 24 
ather Sa wn much branched, | 
arge and s showy, varying 
| acco: B 
Plac. 
a. 
ng to a rye t 
oe 
large fleshy lip ; 
the head, ant covered with hair rs; ae antenne a are 
| rected from the fro t i 
| and globose 
0 
» 
| width, with a boiler w 
the | the 
cones. 1 
ee to inform “ Dodman 
I ‘cae pis sted a house 
[The roots are the bes 
N ian 
E 70), t 
50 feet in length and 14 fe aie 
hich contains 5 gallons of bren 
ept at 
oa ow 
gat ery Drina come: m Chili. 
8. Thunbe rgia (alata) auraniiaoa, grows pi 23 to 
8 psi in height; is a slender climb: 
iring a trelli 
joint 
ang semi- orbicear 3 
he baka 
horax is a the 
rae Er 
e flowers are large, ofa deep orange, with a , dark eye; 
e sides are beautifully 
| fringed with bat To aoa Dirie reg and five 
Itis y desirable, and remains lo ong in 
a y Thera (plata) Netgear 
climber, 
all 
blo 
ano Kek ‘slender 
n height, and zeni a 
rt ry 
3 itis aan ornamental, and eanit 
Mauritiu 
o ut a few inches in 
eading, and very slender. The 
are aces 
e wings di- 
varicat e, and a uke qian nor par Ph they are 
| iridescent, a little ged with fuscous, more yellow 
ure annuals, and is 
e 
arge, of a rosy purple, 
Y, but rather naked ype 
erica. 
an ishio ie : the 
eat seente and show 
SE Se m Amer 
12, a (Didisous) e 
to 24 ne in CENE, ; is slightly = pape ae aa 
The fiowers are small, a —— t blue, a 
in flat umbels. Iti 
cerulea, grows from 18 chee 
tarsi brown 
at the tips ; 
y 
al s3 the claws 
oe: pulvilli ochreous. Kadi clot: with short, 
depressed, shining, yellow hairs ; d is smaller 
than in the male ; the eyes are remote, with two oval 
black polished spots on the forehead ; ; the abdo omen is | 
lon ger, 
3 the abdomen is elongated, oval at | co: 
ochre, the | w 
e price of which was ee ven: house can be 
i e boiler and entrate wha 
ioe I can use any sort of 
he 
0 
is regulated by a damper.— N: e received 
2 models of “© Nemo’s’’ boilers, which it appears are exe- 
cuted in copper: we do not, however, find any novelty 
in their plan 
Performance of Hea 
crept into the account 
ng Apparatus. —An error has 
essrs. 
y wi commencement 
winter, I se An the ire ‘border of y es — fresh © 
stable- e-dung, about a fo ot i in thic knes ler con 
in appearance. South Wales 
Some of these, if ae in a warm sheltered situation | 
doors in gone, will bloom freely, and produce 
slice ti of seed.— George Gordon 
o iadi 
X ENTOMOLOGY. 
© Tuereva PLE va)—] a 
clothed with silky yellow hairs ; the foùr or five last are 
| black, shining, aad telescopiform, the apex being ca- | 
from the wall of the house, On warm, sunny « Pe the 
| Pable of considerable protrusion when depositing the 
eggs ; the win 
gs are a little lighter than those of the elt 
he sun and air t to penetrate the groun 
male. , Fig. 2, “the si ha the cross lines exhibiting the 
ust,- that 
It is 
h, 
t th q 
“appear : 8 to ag 
ao the typi A 
ich is small an — ms 
mpos sed of 20 seg i 
mber exclusive of the head, 
right brown ; : ra peculi iari ity. 
ach 
Moss 
Moss to 
| wherein it was Ed id 
, Salv: hy 
ted 
+ Towaraseven=——— 
ing: Abe ata is again replaced, whilst the earth is yet 
the aiameate of June, the long litter is re- 
ai sitora and the remaining dung carefully 
for ked into the bed. The soil i is slightly forked during 
Home Co orresponde enc 
a Protecting Material,—1 hay 
fail in protecting tender aati: 
applied. 
“far 
r found 
ZEN r plan nts, may be 
> peiras by eg 
on the surface oo that time. I beg to add, that I 
have not seen the produce of my Grapery surpassed.— 
A Subscriber, Mi iaaii 
Frames.—In reply to $ orten = 154), re- 
er, must arise stains transverse ‘lin 
Stier is to pack the he same over the roots, 
the abdominal segm nis; to give oe a ps action ; 
ey ar re variegated. w ochreous and b 
8, many of whic’ 
ke 
| more particularly refers to a ag ous a pinat, Ea 
as may be cu t do z My F 
in a iha shape of a small mound, and to bend a few p 
y frame, o mention 
hat I am guided by the s 
Willows over it, with each end stuck in the ground. This 
our of placing o Fait end ir the weather 
eeps it in a compact state. This method, however, 
a 
own, as Fuchsia 
ig 
mber, Janay, e TeS 
i put it in early-—ony between ll and l; 
r I do this, I immediately cover u ming ee ay. 
At 
borders make large stools, an 
Thi s is essential, ¢ as a ¥ | the h heat i is then hu sbanded. 
d 
fast aoe os or respiratory “tubes, with 
jerk: 
very active when disturbed, and it if 
is its back itr recovers itelt i in an instant : wp 
> vee lige t in the manner of a snake , by an urate 
~ serpentine motion, he being able to chnicant and 
a ra Bn Segments like the soft maggots of fiies 
Bouché sa says, these larvæ are ines —— autumn 
aed ane sateen den mould, on which 
I de one in a puddle of water in 
in Hat several years. since, and Ih a 
on that I kave m 
grow very luxuriantly, some of them reaching 6 feet in 
Te ans non as mr " oiram ernes; and flower- 
e gre of 
a 
With respect 
to the placing of the candle, I put the lantern on the 
ashes at the bottom of the frame, immediate ely under the 
test profusi I have ered beds 
Eoi with Hos 8, | ye he packed 
= 
A am happy to say that this plan answers a 
in about the bases of e 
and I have never À th 
dmirably. 
hile e frost has Page ag Baari plants in my 
my 
its being applied i in close contact with the reset 
all re ned fre sh and well, At the return „of spring, 
ee eee S 
reenhouses, thos frame have 
when 
aha appeured full of life and vigour ; the beds 
then dressed, 
advanced “they. again assumed their. wonted beauty 
, and as the Aua stro: 
I have two large bast t mats ; 
nd the 
ysia citriod 
m 
n April yery soon perforated 
was 6 
ith LNE 
of the Helops cara- 
ike 
E ang oe de pp aak T are I 
will prow mental I have Ae it throw up shoots 
fee one season, and flower well. 
ok ta 
t ei ‘horny e skins and | sucked oul 
m prejudicial i in me soil. 
remaining on them 
iO) rotection ; they admit lent of light and air, and kee 
om Ee t deeayi n >n the 7th of E May 4 mat pre hey admit plenty of lig} vis slags 
nd E; on the l5th o per d th t ht b Ye yt Pav no 
; er miia gauze. t Pe war yh may fia preserv cone 
surface of the ai aa a eo or | i mentioned edad Mr. Rivers, and F ae with him 
* Curtin Bate Ent., fol. 298. 
other 
hangs down at the back of the (cies iher ja 
middle. I have four strong iron skewers, and with 
oth sides, a 
t fall e 
e th with- 
out uncovering oy plants. I do not doubt that the 
candle and cov: 
Curtis’s Guide Gen. 1191. 
g have been of use in preserving the 
pe but I T ni that care in asgen ng them to the 
on. ‘of light, while every part was in a state of con- 
