+ dwelling-ho 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
in excess, their t is St igen 
416 
water, but t as vapour is vlan ago escaping, the cl 
of water to the carefully an eth 
"A itil quid manure 
administered. 
bene a plied during the Agia of rapid g th 
their hairy 
until the flo wers make t 
in Pia 
at the same time will — 
resources for future elabora! 
plant can, with impunity, serria 
“a accu aia 
ad T 
constan t and u 
os jw 
for it is ares in “the agrar Smis 
-room that this 
larder, they will ni 
d shoes, the binding of 
CHRONICLE. 
{| When ly and E 
able, and besides defiling gonial they touch in the 
ibble he, ppa ah boots 
ith dan 
e|the spots they elini AN be’ sa 
| hole on one side from which a parasitic fi x 
called Evania *, which possibly we may hihra: here 
after. č 
all th e remedies, a hedgehog, I know, from om myo ¢ 
observations, is Rak most SE ie and wool or te 
of turpentine and thr ny inte 
gi and ee el them, but this 
nately is atende W 8) sprinkling over byi 
nd pro 
attended with equal success if persever mse n— 
ce ae meaoniee 
eat the toes and fin 
ro- | during oy period o! 
prey upon the human body li 
seen w! when the charnel- -houses at as 
bi chop: as may b 
f th 
It is undeniable that Coskrosshes delight in w. 
rs’ offices, mills, &c., Sand 
ebility, disease, and death. 
seaso 
In nature every pera has 
ring the winter or cold 
ngers e qu asalt 
of sleep, a after death re he an 
ike 
opened for 
Home Cor 
ie Digi —Some years ago, ner of tl 
bea and scarce rme, ai ray of the P. ponderos; 
rchased in pots at the sale of the Horticultur 
we never meet with Aiala pi 
+} ? 4 a le} 
n of he and if we in artificial 
lrive cultivation to its utmost limits, 
m what country the B. orientalis was a im- 
po kad, it no doubt has been migrating from 
climate than our ish in all probability it c 
the east, a ind such s s to hav 
o | tain fro 
spring, we shou 
1 Ant, 
itha t ght, and for that ¢ reason 
ld com: f 
with „the sýstem previously d detailed, an those pl 
-agea pte to commence Ls gate So 
acacia 
OCHEA PACATA (Crassula falcata). 
asked by gardeners h 
a succulent? and 
uced into a ribs Satie mond scamper off into ho 
aid crevices to hide themselves 
The males 
ow | destitute ; in ndeed they do had ppr rse = ve eir 
winery is to rear their you thei 
often so large and Heavy that shee ara hg tind i 
disi of much more ample organs of flight than their |u 
_ the opinion n of sh 
aches 
n we ty a see | 
as soon as a candle is intro- |; 
les | ine 
The so 
have wings, of which the females are 
hee urica, nigricans, maritima. sai i ina pps 
ig’s-wood, near the high road, between Ke 
in flower. ts male companions, w which cannot often use par for I ect in stat ing tha t the Pinus Douglasii attains int 
a beautifu fable with tis dazzling anon A and gold- | never sa 
coloured pot should be so much negle “aan as this moving abo 1 large ov: val mass eggs, a sg For rester. [The gn eatest ascertained height w 
is no icu alty i nagem ment; at leas find | sented at fig. 1, it is said somet imes pies è ok until we think, 193 fee 3 
none in flowering it in abunda: Cut- | they can “Ta A con a spot to deposit them : this Ca lu mintha s s hati ( C rop ld }—a British specie 
tings w hn in sand without a glass; even leathery cas se ee lour, with P loriculturists. wai pate T 
when “ea will Gmie ipe back. 3 nsisting of 16 poin eraten red by my i aik friend Dr. omn 
freely ; the PENEAN 5 antxtare.of ldan, , peat, and san bd and on di ier a one et ‘tens bags Sete of alli it) vil picturesque ee on Apes s Down , abo out thre 
suits it perfectly. I have tried richer materials, but ha Toia, to contain about the same number of 
uld not perceive any s (fig. island, in August 1833. Se veral notices o 
or flowering. The prine ipal thing to be attended to in in Saien i is able to run rated “as soon as it issues from t the appe ea in the nie period taiate of the day, ani 
wing this plant is the situa 794 n : it loves sa ful ull BE Hei which a Br that | transcribe oe following fro “Phi tolog í 
re to sun-heat, and to be n ar the pits therefore | Purpose, an ts death i eeding, | November of that year, from t the n r 
always keep it on shelves in flower. By this growing, on “peng “thro h its _diffe rent “ik es of He fei bles, Ooi ‘alamintha 
means the plants acquire ven ‘stiff habit, and pro rva, pupa ima th flowers of a fi A a 
duce large re tti: i P t 1 tnd wad dalie 
the spring, and well grown through, the WREN should | ong, a and three times the length Of aed ale Beside 
+ flower strongly in the followin g- I begin lite in 04 vastly larger size of the flowe 
autumn to gradually withhold water, and in winter I last are of a brighter green (pointed, and much m 
give none. When quite dry h leaves will become closely and ac serrated), than in th 
shrivelled ; but when I raps start the plants into C. officinalis ; the whole plant is taller, 
gro’ ly in the sprin; much | ranched ; the ar 
a few da Sometimes these "te will sha w flower reclining.” The rest of the description being 
late in t tumn ; whet 5 oe is the case I withhold botanical, I need ursue it. It 
water till the spring, n they flower late in the quotation above shows, unnamed, and not clear 
season, the flowers will be aye instead of scarlet, tinguish om common species. 
— a mies, wer of the Plant requiring a bright quently received the name giv b 
"When a young plant flowers for the first time, i 
generally ppoe only one head of fibers pich, 
the plant be well a ill be d fine; wh 
done flowering, youn gsh 
At: + 
will begin ve danke their 
if 
of the ate stem. The ae Pa Id now have a gi 
‘ood shift, 
young shoots encouraged to grow spee dily 
pi trongly as i ap i and for this purpose, 
ae the ae for a fi eeks on a shelf in the 
ouse will be of the greatest penefi; ; taking care, 
however, not to let them he i o0 long, or they 
be begin to draw up w eakly sats ng a hea 
ich Ta will not bear for a Zeng of time. 
n the Second ti time of flowering, | the „heads of the 
Wip | of the 
wW spec 
kow ceri 7, not pid ed bee a plant worthy re 
vation that I am wire of baingiing it before the 
readers of the Chronicle. Charmed ‘with t 
oe 
n 
pubescent bristles, as long as 
numerous joints, a 
ib estim J 
3 ahd to observe, He phate ne has 
. “Itis 
an gena in lit tle cavities close to | so 
was tempted at once to oF to takpit inio culi 
tion. Its EEE appearan far deserit ing 
vate above, that I bead say “nothing on, this § 
exag; ggers 
3 but still, if brig managed, the 
shield, somewhat triangular, with the angles rounded ; 
e degree of w am po esr ine: fey an 
in a garden which is damp, a and v with o nly 8 
portion of sunshine, i 
plan vaca a peN a with seven or | În the males (fig l 
piai heads all in flower at one ee ter flowering each side of the dise w = a ferruginous line down the pase ag re e a e i“? Lrg oe ae colour 
three or four times, p havi a received repea' centre ; the scutellum is broad and undefined ; the | deeper, and the prtio f inflorescen ceis increa 
shifting, “the plant becomes nak and unsightly. In ea uem extend almost to the apex OF the but the land fa of its natu al legs 
7 men ; they are coriaceous, elliptical, and rough, n pase E effect of i 
the in 
pot, prune the plant, | 
strongest shoots, ace ‘iti in ap heat for a eit 
ner edge of one lying |> 
over on other in repose, ' beneath these 
mem 
are folded the 
od ee are ved ae votre 
weeks, whe n i soon ia 
plant ; o kee 
g flowering plants ; and early in 
ag pla 
putting’ i ina ety pert pe peeks n to Pg upa suc- | 
„of youn 
pew ranching nervures, and re 
| aaae is preas À AA i RE ay comi 
the eight i segments ; from the base oi the last 
would conven iently go into a 12 or 15-inch} pot ; 
as 
joints, | ; 
e attached two | 
es off, eabably the 
When, however, por boo is acer in a sl 
it can have a ased amount of 
and to the under side of the same are 
ky 
weed he 
ss ppendag: og fag are strong and 
ear of a size as ecole 
they will prey a an 
nishing mass of 
R. Reid, Noblethor 
bloom,— 
M 
kz OLOGY. 
or B 
LACK-BEETLE oh seg orien- 
metimes overruns | 2C cn 
‘ann oe too wel known insect 50) 
reho mages, mills, and bakehouses 
to 
p 
ose to the ho glass, and, if managed Par |) 
asto 
extent whi ch Tenders | 
ongis HEr P aono kne hig! tibiæ are 
5 the ti 
spiny ; an ender pa 5-jointed, the | 
ae ner jin tring long, "the. fourth pyar and the fifth | 
ted b urved sharp claws “er 
ay x generally larger, and the thora: 
stead 
(fg 
naa ings the ere is only a oe elytron on | 
ea 
female | [ornamenta 
smoother ; | 
‘lade, and although it it has the jointed spena bar 
he apex, 
remar ; 
| connection » with some account of the habits ¢ of the pl pli 
intests 
tions is EA è complete p pest in Russia and | this at once distinguis 
Tin mah has made ry phy gree into into’ Swe- The female is very similar o ti npa pa, and indeed = 
den. e very active creatures, and to remain in that snis Bhp! that it has 
lig noora, 
wanting, I believe. 
cake aa with a surprising 
g pod. they Jeca a 
great where the up their quarters. | 
annoyance 
tl 
in | into flower till sto 
which are abore 
cinalis, but stoloniferous, i. e. it increases aer A Z 
some of which are nhen gronnad oe some al 
ese continue growing from the time the p 
P 
egg: — often have a 
ig ea Brit, Ent., fol, & pl. 556, pL 256 
ed 
| 
tis’s Brit, Ent., fol. and pl. 55 
