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256 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. | Apri 19, 
the idea of cultivat: ing P poun, y , these are | less than five, however, ought to be allowed (except 
CAS eean Stop H bain er. = in the 
sae pi Thus much of the interior acai dra | which no Tpke a consist em the Ee of 
$% At as, e, + 1 A P of seedlings, 
destitute aliko of ato ornament and taste, d perf ease in P whe themini. 
unsuitable for such a place. | keale ‘alae when the sabe is not perfectly ro um might be 
tet cri 1 thrum not fill the cavity, three), and as 
À boxi tted into su a ie ouses at ‘all, Hsin but a is ie as if they had iscarge their pollen an many more 
as thes tine are designed exclusively 103 the | shrunk to h alf their _ as in Pearso1 Badajoz. e sym. 
wth of large plants, many of them o Again, ha ferred which the coro olla or pip may have metrically ay. | 
which occupy boxes are far be yd ond any human | rece ed from a chafe or r bruise, also detract i from tomna: ranged, that 
of poa ng from one place to another, ind d ave the re- 
never intended to be moved, neither should re be. Soi be considered a serious defect, though G no quired p 
The denizens pr: such sanl idinan 9 g ft t, as this drawback perties 
anent character that cal i is eith d ý accident or the carelessness of the _ Selfs, or Au. 
correct representation Aof f tropienl Cereri in all Epis riculas with 
its gorgeousness glory— at ay should this notbe?| Harm Mia ss distribution’ of the colours, only one eo. 
a. a combine with vén h, has raised magnifi- | is the eect pout o which I shall draw attention. lour besides 
gent st s—palaces of gaan the Beee “oe J udges on Etki into consideration proportions of the eye, are 
er of science ill, of course, attach the grong merit to thos judged on the 
3 pips where the e eye or paste, the dark or body-colour, same principle | 
has been able to heat satisfactorily, imp d th d grey, or white, are "distributed i in N as re; 
X y sound, the | border ofa a conserva atory. N gar th t ona ‘proportions—that i is to say, the nearer form, colour, — 
rould thin the dist; the tube and inner margin of the wort | 
dark „band approximates . in wid th tō the band itself, ; with 
pple ai on a bed of cold earth ; ‘and ci can it 
Sera, that tropical fruits and rar 
ong t parts of the globe can pr in such 
Bees 228 
Defects —Under this head may be pointed out such 
flo owers as Coc kup’s Eclipse, and Howard’s Ne 5 44 
the sith parts, or Taylor’s Ploug gh-boy, “where 
often too = ad, and the Pillar of Beauty, in which 
the ope ur occasionally strikes through to the 
outer e 
Colo Pani depth or intensity, must always hay 
the peafetalled (other points being (on) to that of 
dull a ce. The purer the wh Disa darker the 
body- lo marg 
FE 
ying woodcut will show a mode 
big age ad of bts ina 
ease and with 
Gree Nothing | looks more awkward than to have some of 
oe "ee 
is small, in parison wil! 
the oe purple, or dark, a- 
slight on is required, | 
under the he of“ harmony 5” 
and the paste, eye, ought | 
ur, and ‘the more „disti tinct te the are Al pines, or Auric 
1) } . iad j 
cus to bear in mind that these Sena should be z ; 
; tandard Th ey a are not, se owever, a 
lled Gall Glory of 01d- exhibited, "Se om in collections, as it is next to 
jani has a yi tinge between the "eye and g ted. We 
lour, d Stretche’s aide = 
is apt to become a pea-green on the margin. br being 
expanded a day or two, that a truss of "this variety 
will often have a very y appearance. Sometimes 
i i ounce from 
a EN MOLOGY. 
HELOPS CARABOID he Broom Helops).—It is de-i 
sirable to call the attention of ‘st eners to this ins 
rs a 
r white-edged 
] 
ye, or ar g 
varieties, smeared over the ; this nea ‘f a fap plant of Erica pee hyfe ie eding upon 
fault cannot be overlooked. roots. Tt will be ae remembered that it was this 
Uniformity fy is the fourth roqui, for whether maggot of The reva anilis destroyed, 
pips forming e ho ad are l, medium, or lar, lat ey * The female Helop 
they ought to b ssi bie of a size, as in the |i is able to protrude the = k her abdo! 
r as pos 
accompanying aE which shows a perfect truss. 
toa pets) sib EE ahd by m f her ovipositor 
to day her eggs in all probability Beneath the ss of sound 
#28 
el 
me 
he 
il des for growth o 
stones TUAR lves will pa aas perfe ct dra ainage to to > the 
conservatory bed, a a same t 
ascen n the shap steam amongst the stones, and 
ok ts are growing, will readily escape, and cannot, in 
stant petra ofheat to oe the defect 
on pees acai of this kind "that supply 
bottom-heat.—R. Glendinning. 
THE AURICULA.—No. 
Havıxc had repeated applications i pu ublish a cod 
of laws, for the Rpr» of js nages, and TER of 
s’ flowers, and as appea: be 
sere: of aE OPen nA of f the phere Ts 
this by establishing a sak 
conclusions, with re; 
rties which 
are fiispcobin in first-rate flow 
y usually 
begin with the Auricula, I Sine commence the series 
with that lo vely flower, dealing with the bes bari 
C: icotee, an 
z panari buds. 
r four days, or a week, whilst others are com- 
A fine contour Sina we May so express 
it) is indispensible for a first-rate 
three or 
ones, in the natural or acci eae best of the 
ternal surface. I have cyano observed these lary 
ing wood of stumps 
feedi gl m „the soft, wet, and SES 
woods, which had been left as stools, where portions af of 
the Saad had been felled. Tn searching for 
in Coomb- wood towards the end, o Anie Seal, I exe 
ee, € covered wil 
-tr 
mops and | ver wet ; on pullin it to r with a dig 
tå aA lis is i of the Helops 5 
| caraboides with them, as well a: Pires 
crevices of the bark si at tthe base of other 
at nu paiva = he 
ire 
ue 
Bireh- 
they chan nge to pup, no doubt, i in the same | situation 
= Size may be the fifth point for judges to consider, 
In different t localities various oa rI ex- 
uricula are in practice nthe south it is 
for instance. 
florists’ phraseology) the truest and best; bu ot se, 
a large flower will rae be preferred to a small one, 
the other properties being equal 
Beren gone _ ft I consider the ioe re- 
I have, however, ie the beetles just e whe 
they are, of course, very tender and almost white ; they 
soon change to an ochreous ti int, and eventually become 
ofap col T taken in many pê 
of on avy throughout the vor ; A: searching in 
winter at the base of aa ished boi of Grass, whe! 
they byron ; and room 18 
favourite hau 
2 
The beetle was named Helops ‘caraboides by Beri 
H. Te bearna by Illiger, and H. striatus by Olis ee 
and it is the Blaps he aie of Marsham. Itisof a ae 
t, the surfs smo! 
four, 
e added , are S mougit i in Pies 3 to ag some 
Ce add ai os which haar te gr Auricula, 
with a yellow T 
in c! S, the fl sas being p! ua irst, so 
&e., aecording to their Ppa T SANA 
iing as now ten 
e or convenience. shall mov mention 
rg of tast 
out the defects w may ob |s 
= 
2 
magement, is, b; means, a 
cannot be ye grag Maa shown in bot tiles —whi 
often done e Midland Co! antics. _ Another desi 
nt, is n 
oe oug 
ni 
what, ia my opinion, ought to constitute t 
of oe 
and proportion of the SN 
ptes t rea to 
ma: the margin of the 
‘a fault more p: 
is, a sgl leaf inedite behind. the : 
gives neat and finished $ te 
he flower have 
areata 
ts of each individual 
a dispos 
this | rather broad 
imilar to the 
Chronicle, p- 169, 
