-344 THE GARDENERS 
ing last year, and transmitted living seeds of it to] it 
Hortieuitarai Society. peer as it does from | 
re s as then moun untains o f Nagasaki in Japan, | 
ts steps in succession, not by m nths or days, 
the scale ved lata x that sason, be it quick or or 
Witha of c rrying 0} this a. 
CHRONICLE. 
but by | they change about Jul, ay s August, 
hibit the members e future insect so 
that the genus may te identified After 
ses 
this state, sometimes for a few weeks 
rch, 1844, eac Ka 
mes within 5° of rer a companied b 
rc I think there can eli ttle doubt that it will 
a a raised bed about, 1 oie hi 
each bed a drill aa — A 
ve hardy in England ‘on fairly established, 
form orm qu uite a new feature among Conifers. So ome idea 
in rs and i in this drill half a „pint of Pea 
1 
ie ode the E Tevel; | 
[May 24, 
to pup, which ex. _ 
remainin; k 
pod at wr 
spr’ ing. 
4 ireworm has been so designate 
as Ara ucaria Cunninghamii, or A. ee: with a less 
bean ooh rors in the open air, and capable of 
2 feet apart ; the s oil, a st if loam, was poate y treuched 
+ d 
= newly- -manured with pet -soil 
h A 
edge-shaped, w: wit 
sont 
d nute ey like dot on each side 
ur winte: 
p OS art ae 
hn two 
M Cryptome ria japonica appears as if between, Cu 
dust, ¢ 
when in a seedling state, by “having 
‘I have apa it, it certainly 3 vields less 
straw ih alk and I was ver, xy ‘much s sehen ised to find 
t 
£1] 
me toughness. That of Elater E is y 
of an ochreous colo psi 
hairs scattered over its 3 body ; 3 itis gular the 
h t 
+ bas wit ong he ony mandia 
maxille, ecg &e. ; the body ii is odabi of 12 seg 
ments, the first thoracic one being the longest, the twe 
d from its ex. 
ur, with a few 
oiga hor rns, 
mouth is 
3 
0 
the samples of Peas so shor arlet-ru ibe 
ect in 
“or ro seodleaves (Cupressus = but two 
5 height, and loaded with pods unusually ranger 
3 the eight, foll 
of small | ak legs composed of four j i pre terminate 
long, distant, subulate, spiral, incu: , dark gr g 
aai and, finali A by the © cones having fring es. e Scarlet-runners short of fruit ; but 
n as less mblance, except in stature, this is is t thei first gained that has occurred with me of 
an 
may be distinga uished 1 from it in a young state by 
its stiff, subulate, pie, sharp-pointed leaves, which 
} 
foot beneat g. 2, fig. 3, magnifie 
ed. 
d a ye ellowish- white colour, elliptical, the head Rang 
art two large os a near the ees and a i 
The pupa is of 
with 
their being short of fodder. I fin from books ai 
observation, however, | that guano and many 
tend- 
are not ‘flat a nd tw wed, as those o : 
and, finally, by the fringed scales of the cones ; 3 hit 
i ber in 
ing | to increase straw and some grain. 
cotyledons are the same in number in Taxodium an uce the fol- 
Cryptomeria, Its vernacular name in Japan is Ssugi. | lowing practical lesson in the culture a pals that op 
In cultivation it requi. res a light sandy loam, and a lin nes or rows should be a lon ng way apar t, say 15: 5 fee t; 
ion.—George Gordon. that the beds in 
Trep er oni te. ah ag 3 feet in sepa and raised at least nc 
PIR ATIVE EARLINESS OF PEAS. ove maen level ; this gira the cath in which 
_ THER E are few subjects more pce necessary they gro less rain and. more the land moreover 
hly manured, Sri on aly. on ee surface spit 
= than t that of knowin g h regular | but an o sox ats second and even the I ird spit n i 
supply of culinary, crops, but “this Ti T of the it com season your Peas lie high and dry, a 
art is too o be overlooked amid the studies of n “ans ” of Ten their roots wiil have a healthy range 
what is Sey termed the higher branches, as if| beyond its reach. 
fi th the branch that bears the daily bread w | A 
taken up, yet su is the} à E Date of žl 
y received view of this subject, for l seem = SRST ES ere eR est Own a 
to agree that the growing of rare exotics and the} Š “ae we Gel =e 2 
of botanical specimens are scientific e ES ESPRESSI pe JERBE = 
an the growing of Grapes, Pines, and| S| E3835 73% go BESS i g 
other fruits, and more particularly the fo: of them| y| #322598 4 Si ORDe k 3 
are ctable enough, but eo ae a ae $ | 2 Be Bed ze PBH 5 a 
n en garden crops, suc S| BS °SSFbee ff Bessa s 3 
the eubject is co enn d low or e eea Anw RE BS 32 3 Es 2 S: A a3 
we find few, if any really useful instructions in any; à| = Bose 43 S oe 
work on gardening, agar ive earliness | F | Sriigi ie of sila: : ce 
of ifferent varieties o i Pee Sees coo. sae ee kel 
say, the number of da; S52 w one sortas| R) ee Sapo Se =o 
the rest of its ily, all being sown in| | ESSESEES FEE When fit | Z% 
the best time of our growing season, or in other words, $ Reeeeeen HH E for Table. | 33 
how they come in at the end of the ,allhaving| ° ete <8 
5 rly, and from the same t. GHEH HEpE ee Hoog | No of Days | a 
k, aple, at an advertisement concerning early | -592 ee eee: = in Growing.| 3 
Peas, one might easily be led to imagine that a supply coop est | pepe ee pepe ree 3 35 
of fine green Peas ng the months of July, Augus os E SESS RT O EES 2s I ees 
September, and October, was of little ortance, so BEES TEFEN ge BES Le Pa 2 
as they could be got i enough in May and June. EE at ae d 3 
Now the summer other words the slow [Sze ogs Raa Evia EE : z 
growing kinds are very superior both in size and tany E AA gr peo z s 
most of the early varieties ee CEBIER Su dpr) POE 
pe p oy lira ble to get these large fine kin lee Eo Bpa BE 3 z 
early as possible for main er ops 5 di is erore ie con- lg GS ee sa z TA 
sidevable sa 238 to hay t. information to EET ER BB E 8 $] 
guide u s to wards this nice point, lè ee eles A 
But ther 
e is yet another Bein cogent reason for hav- 
md tha at i is, to obta ain, if 
_ ENTOMOLOGY. 
int the autumn, as if you a had sown | certain 
hottest of the season ; and yet you will have the pro- 
duce as late are ni 
possible, some elue to guide d iaquiries respecting 
pme o = petting ela to aoe a grow z eely, : 
when n hot dry weather. Now ie following of their economy, w: which is deserving the attention of 
t á t some fine sorts r six weeks = f the soil, since they visit both fields 
cert grow than others ; here Ba syad a -| and gar ‘dens sparing g neither Corn, Turnips, Mangold 
sented with a perfect cure for the above complaint, for Wurzel, Potatoes, or pasture-land ; and revelling = 
this slow. mo a , if sown in May, Nene gene- | Upon i Cabbage ae Carnations, Lettuces and Pansie: 
rally the fines h of the year for Pea ing, will rig arly number of this Paper,* the natural story 
get sary es ‘abliched, and feats Ba 6 a before the ed the sake. millipedes was published ; they are ofte 
n by agric wa for the wireworm, bu t th 
insec 
peN even i 
Pegy 
2 
Tar Wrreworms. — Repeat 
these "scablesse insects dies me to give a sketch 
pE 
> the off- 
7 
able and pointed appendages. 
dull brown colour, with psi o 
the horns are not lon but re: 
the ample vingen ie folded ben: eath the 
id e th is fur 
the leaping apparatus ; the female is 
and the best m preventing the: 
of the gardener, that the sa 
troduced into his grounds ‘witht the SE 
g can be more da 
Carnations, and fine Pansies, in beds 
ar pion poukai 8 al following — ae w 
nsuring Peas in —“ Alwa; 
peor n as soon as oe ied uate are above-ground.” 4 
Now this rule h papi as mess as you keep on sow 
skip-ja cks, or spring- oe etles, Aa om thee power Pine 
upon their backs ; and from 
sess of leapi ng up to yanked their fect, when Placed | 5; 
pos- 
the stem, nearl 
—Rur 
ing the same variety 0 of Pea; but i 
experiments detailed in the following table, that f is 
erson were to follow this rule, eee e the differe: 
bat age of having green regular su 
name oe the sis Elater 
aay are also termed sna ap, o 
click-beetles Ae also Biscksmiths but the acientifie 
Se g 
wight that should have to face a n angry cook, day by | § 
ppd a Eaei handed. Now it is porfocily easy for 
ired to 
h 
be ignorant of the exact time requir 
wn — “varieties of Peas, and that t too 
may have gro 
for years, because no com) n can fairly be made b, 
he any ex xtent of pea however keenly observed. 
he samples 
pate as similar as path le, sown on 
‘ 
are sowed ee the p ust be A 
plant which is selected to supply nouris 
sf 
future progeny ; =e no — are the lve oe 
| than they commence eating ini 
nose a cy nor te, but in the best 
the 
r four whose larvee do much 
cession, the ight be a gap in the pa of a month | mediet, oy: are the Elster spectator, E, obsew 
chy E. lin neatus and. E. “a Their economy is 
as the nt eatus has been most 
frequently 1 reared, I shall sch to give its history. 
The re fou ae ni fielda and gardens, woods and 
Sies a males are supposed 
s lay their oval whitish eggs in the earth, close to the 
ment to 
Eiome Correspondenc 
Glass.—I have carefully perused y pet arte 
__, | and correspondence relative to glass, and it appear 
me you u do not, sufficient tly bear in m -d that the & 
d d highly artificial, with not 
various trade in detail, 
array of figures, Ta sara you 
+ 1 
3 for Peas sown three 
nee + wl 
oving seg that must be counted, and 
mre provi sown on that day. It is 
have been in the ground if 
the 
g eee tn oe lost sown are 
: “oa it observed, that rule measures 
* Vol. i., p, 196, 
By the comparative | 
The beetle named by Linneus Elater lineatus is of a 
sed, rusty, and 1l- 
st d stout 
the second and third th llest, and obovate; the 
ther large ent down, thick: 
i punctured ; t re lateral, small, 
and shining ; the thorax is similarly punctured, v 
y rbicular, the front being a little trun- 
cated, the hinder ‘ojecting, ing two 
trigo nate pine f us colour; there is also a 
the elytr: ore 
long as the ie and elliptical, thems apex conical ; thet 
are ene ponori with nine punctured stria on 
each ; the alt e spaces ferruginous or cinereous; 
hon Bpi aer ; the six legs are small, of-a rusty” 
browr — Truginous ; claws, minute : fig. “a 
fig. at ified.” 4 
For re detailed account of these insects, I must 
refer ta the "5th vol. of the “ Royal Agna Jour- 
nal,’ where the subjecti is aioa i Shisa plates; 
ages are 
disioi: I shal al, therefore, ‘only sta tate ‘for the Ere, 
athy-lands ; consequently at little 1 
he; 
ought to be broken before it is put on the fl pete 
and nothin ngerou EMBEN n TH choie 
ke of pier 
delicate fare. _ When such is the ei m jer plan is 
lant transmitted to me as end of April, wi 
= di of the soil which i is indicated by a ho’ ‘eat 
cola. 
ey > 
than 60 various qualities, thicknesses, &c., 
y the excise laws, but fostere 
hi archi 
laws. 2d. By the loss ween 25 per - on 
3d. : pek of their 
depressed hairs; 
m in repose ; the 
itl 
r ravages 
re frequently in 
Bee bee nd 
me 
y an in inch below 
the stem J 
o | unfrequently paee ott the tae of the “stalk, ‘aos ie alg Dex; ira TET mit 
abpty ie puria rth. The hey are at first v very ii etales P e market, regulated, 
hen full-grown by the su A article and the 
is asserted that they are five | >. PPY ually ce 
| yea: rs in under ion “a pena er ng whi ch is = ars t sa Seri rods he "a satisfied without 
ce ingly ‘probables for I have kept them 10 or 12 In ns referen a oo mediate effect 
matter; stature. As soon as hey have d e feeding, havin: i alee daly: sue tha an sie tel alue 
| cast cast off three skins, as , they iiekoiked in size, they Mee nufatarers, “is By the ee by the ex 
depth in the earth, where id their 
