31.—1845.] 
THE 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
ag 
s 
characters. 
objects, aud more- 
P 
be ete a that these specimens ged th ne For its orgs ‘tion from 
be In the specimens of pa sal “hiss uta, he Pe eru the couuitry is saab to the enterprise of 
pointed out the resemblane which the petiole and its Messrs. . Veitch, of Exeter, by whom it was exhibited. 
” jeaflets bear to the snout of the saw fish, the peculiar | A Flora Pe: eruviana” it grows in damp 
character o this species. Dr. Seller having int ated and shady _— ata ape re coe ag Muna, where it forms 
his intention of are to the Society’s Herbarium | a shrub 2 o lls hi not much branched. The 
ad been the subject of this paper, 
= See nal all to abo out t 25 species, the thanks of the 
the trouble be had taken in deter rmining the 
Ee y On $ va bakin of Desmidex, hae Mr a. 
ofithe act under the leadership of another queen ! 
an saal agg that might 
remain, thinking that would effectually settle 
rigs two (being all r could deteet), and return see 
23, queen and time to their original 
occupation. Between ra evening of ma 14th, and the 
paris vt the 16th, as, many as . p pea 
Penza . 
um belonging a ‘Mrs. Captain Sine 
g two di stinct varieties of ees. The 
were Ri haa. 
h 
dissim 
v 
nches, no pe Pi 
o bject. After flowering, a nd in t i autumn, the plants 
toris are said to be € N Sa purplish, and about an the latter iss out came the Iw ndrew 
inch in length. This rar ha ae robust shrub re- | the q once m seis multi- 
ent as Fuchsia pre Sean wae to ‘their appärentl naan le home, wh 
and like the other kinds nni a rich pi- composed | they n e, o iier 4 e stances more piinia th 
of sandy loam and leaf-mould, or well decomposed cow- | appear iv but SF oe for good or not, rémains to 
elar- - | dung, and plent, y of pot room and moisture e during the | be pro Now the above is a record of fuets: Pale 
t if it is to beeome a t 
eal 
f the system say to it? Ih 
along used = nes of my ju dgm ent in vésietiating 
should be co ari 
during the in 
“ary ; ; they may even be 
ree ry cellar, or other 
‘he production: D Jr 
c Grass, received from the Falkland 
TARRO: 
Rëpórts on the Progress of Botany and Zoology. te 
he n radik Aeh r Mollusc 
rand Hancock, Ray Society. _ 
£ a} 
TMiscellancou 
ae a society Boren after John Ray, established for he 
purpose of publishing Sno R Mids, Hi on 
dm: rha itho ae vad 
Salvia treo epi is this pan not ere 
here as a mea E _ of | hy 
the hay acre and 
nanagement, » 
—D 
such place at present, A to nothing ; and ‘oe best of the 
rom phh until the following | season is almost over.—Dogb 
y I 
erry. 
J 
April. No doubt it will aa freely from cut rt gon a ves. —In your gia aisat bes June 28th, 
the half-ripe ‘ects s, treated i = te ordin: se, Ab “that mia he ded collateral 
it time when im ean be Diente, It seems ti patty w ia not mention chat: they y shoal vr ergo 
o ie ee the summer and autumn.— | ing to Nutt’s plan ;” he, howe ere state 
Bota nical Reg a spon ulars they diffe Nate 
pons 
what points | those of the remap ‘cr s diteeiet, 
siei judiciously and impar tially carried out. Tf he 
a a detailed description of the kind of hive that 
commend p wes sho = then have been enabled to 
taf + 
in slave of Switzer’ ; and, by araire of its | 
deep blue flowers, with the red, yellow,and white, that | 
de lay will POY 
d it adds much to their meknley, 
and affects the general aspect of the scenery. _ Wha light, | 
ns etika 4 preference, I 
am paai mt with Nutta s — as well as with that 
of other apiarians.— h 
of attention; while 
alterations and 
ha 
have proof » 
volume pied 
and usefu eful her re? I kiaj ai havh tot ¢ these pointe 
on 
and are there ë any, 
the quarter 
eas. 
in ret appeared amongst the repor pect 
= chy in on erste ar collection of matura l| 
i rehiv Such r 
a mysterious wants orn 
where 
4 
£ 
+ ingot “at whéte eat e requently see 
e that te presence or visinity 
us matter is ibs “needful thing. It is, indeed, 
à subject deserving investigation, a Ma the neigh 
bourhood of calcareous rocks, or their ex istence a 
t depth be t 
low the surface, i 
by affecting the a gen A sere aoe or some ‘thes 
"o prosper 
ars, as Gelien and Payne ae stated "e they same 
iad them in a Age’ 3 state, at 
o 25 yea: If Payne rate before 
to state that those remarks pene not pa 
Peports tural history abe 
k on the various Terao nente of zoology, translate: 
fori Germ e by Wagner, où mammalia mid Bids 5 
E h PR? 
EIA hi 
soil. ( not materiall y interfero with 
the growth of Bal via ecto is, for it rises frem the 
i mre 
apply against ot gah system at the tee ti me; if they 
as likely 
did, they w 
hives of “ W, ? às those. of Mr. pees rr 
Rea 
for the 
lain of nomen te into the valleys p te on and is 
stones nd 
in the vial ‘heads s by ie salt 
G Corfu „an nd 
alluv 
; aa also a neers on pane aeea aer C. 
Bonaparte, translated from the Ftalian. The 
ia + of Link, published in the year 
embraces only physiol 
oe 
i 
ans, “ie very high amongst the 
ia. Mania 
Nutt, 
of co ting his boxes 
and approved principle Alier what i 
pence e pre page 495,i in reply to 7. King,” is it not 
prs allie of the 
Santa 
Brenda, near Padua, , but that r = ster comes 
down absolutely white in its “Rt is very 
a te = Sis menigrs fa ia beni valley of the 
0, Un the « calea On rthern 
ah i the wo 
collateral system i He has stated bied the produce from 
pare w hives, however, has for 8 years exceeded that 
on his B but to r 
able, we amer itara e to be male NeT with the 
poe ip = ete a ct volume. 
report sp e pr 
i neg a as ind i 
jep ae 
regards its gre Without phaser 
young apoios Sehleiden, | zy loses no sneer Me ek 
ne t the <a of an eee poe or = 
an ar, apoio support 
elision. This spo baing lae e's Phare is ane 
sarily imperfect, and appears la ít contains mu ch 
matter. We think ‘ie 
well to (E Poblish ‘these reperts, but we could wish they 
translated. Surely so = 
bel 
nh the name, falls in from the left 
while the Reuss flows on rii 
below the junction es. 
third or a quarter of the w 
as w 
$ 
7 
and. shape_ of, si straw hives, with the system 
on which they are worked ; and pest with, the routine 
of oe that has sm poem He: ie gee 
them du: r season E. 
gg: 
t found. none to 
Wia 
disapp ell as a ‘= Phyteuma, which ha ad 
been seen above the lake of Luce: 
ech oi 
Sore own ni ke this ee 
m. 
b= ge 
not have been 
river ru 4 we o Salvia pratensis ; but. within 10 
miles of Berne cache tee there'a rea 
er to 
$ ry 
— throu, net corey a waive 
s | sim 
Paes i be ‘se what om 
npe poit, y pip may ay safely allow your bees: to 
fill a all cup of honey. 
way of pres the homey i in autem 
ees —Quee 
orere PER are easily pee a oa 
heir abdomen. ‘They vary, however, 
p pgp 
r | destroying the b 
r as w 
it ppears ened anus de than “the larges 
eonneil of a Na Al m these gerteri 4s conceive | in ‘size, some ting searcely bigger than t 
ni W Rayi Eeh commie a eg, saan 4b ae ettough | g cae ner n ebale] plan aiy would thrive, where there is a} workers. I im 
theauth TORU E; — of calcareous matter, in the meadows of this common cells, "lengthened to yield sufficient room for 
oer a believe, a sufficient — Saanti he Hoa ane Rev _W. Herbertin Bot. Reg, Lately Ì I found about’s dezen 
plates pga The present Part contains of such cells rag te young queens. T mention this 
fe oxeited by Mr. Hillmandel’s new p more particularly, for T know of 1 no writer who Has re- 
; — N rtainly could more effectively Nutt’s Hives. —Mesh ias Tees said of late, pro and marked it, ‘The colony from which the cells were 
‘of the , cave fragile inhabit- hiving in collateral boxes, and | taken had been many years under the lead of an old 
Species is ier so pin gure of each of | their n ien when the h >on os are ob- | tower, aud contained an old queen. W. 
colour į ured, a most important adjunc¢t, as | tained. wont ape seems to be, can they, under ——_—— 
peed Of gren en sakai Pae the spe- Iy circum Te orked with certainty | t Iha CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS 
Bang family, in ious. stages of their d but e pleasure of the oecu- For the ensuing Week. 
year Bate! sing the subscribers for the first pation “hav i no aie n 7 HOTHOURES, ‘CONSERVATORIES, ee 
: volume, which is now in p established a gk sain swarm astraw} We bh Wit 
egress, being the Life and A Taaa of Ray. This will na collateral aa kine, co n a plan heria os ane ig ae although ai Saa cae 
an ptable volume to th naturalist, as ee ce a ma analogos to Nutt’s. On the 5th of June, I hived the of e other, still at no period pay ie year 
Copy is elds om “6 Be met arm, and th od Tad the t without its a “a agement of so e ens b Mi ie A srg Pd 
_| queen. . They worked well, and all seemed to sedges fr ne hope © ie Ef hew peer the ap 
Frc: New Dia favourably till the “20th a July, Aai an = s pearan ce, Tose not a moment in phar and placing 
$ : Seaman Saw-leaved Fuchsia. (Green- J th A. zx ‘hie N follow, the plant just as — suffer from thenras-from the 
thi lab) Octandria Mon from, o ir parent ei previous confinement ; i tely shelter it therefore with 
sun? attracted the attention Bag aie : t canvas or glass, and if is can only be done by carrying the plant 
of: rticultural koian sion of the droi Se ‘on | back into the house again, it must be done ; no attain- 
by ae tural Society m l tion, ina ahs expu s ‘ t be accomplished in gardening, or iw else, 
Yety fine plant of re strongly than | the 23d of August. The population became exceed- | men : paars 
this beautifu gun. without a little trouble. nhouse plants 
Seems likely to u Fi bew beer tc perg se the eg eats spe : Oa dune of 
Whas a nou, Pass al that ha been carat poe ae cb ae fou oceasional peste E "abe tape uro i eS een a artificial 
f a `: Ari not for me i z . Ft will be wise te 
Siler.” So do seasan wore away, and mt an om of ei onl ator a naines ine he be 
honey was —_ oe : . Im due time the winte ; time to make roots; but if left until late in autumn, they had 
and weary length away ; Tearried my | petter not qp ah ika ail. No ean be worse for a 
st et nah; and now for the doings of lant sa al impatient lois ic bg ger s ad ate. 
i Wi a prodigious no attempt or pene 
lanes we w — ae a tively dormant a e i EDEN AND SHRUB BERIES. 
of aan 4th meg Picotees should be layered at once ; 
' Pear | before on the 4th inst, isted rots sweepings of sifted is the best m teal I for stri iking 
Fee each, | before I abstracted =. apace wt re aed, dhe then in. fastening them be made from 
emigrants, Again, on ‘Lith, oceurred 
