43.—1845.] 
ing g 
E gua and wooed Natur all her 
tell 
E rom the d 
THE GARDENERS’ 
Sea 
snails distribute themselves over their favourite plants, 
pit tm my: expe ipntes 
the potti 1 
this is 
Some years ago I ‘should 
de as Iam anxious to be- 
F 
e you feel, a the 
ek’s nati a 
them again, as thin ps ung 
fry nice ce and comes ‘forth a voracious and con- 
suming host in spring. 
Salt and urine are er tructive to snails; 
cult to apply eitt 
Lime, soot, and w 
the first lo loses its 
t 1 
her to them with cosh go 
ood: ashes are excellent cheeks ; 
CHRONICLE. 
and I t: 
| which afford them good agai n wry become fagin | b 
or three weeks other | interested in Pine; 
bat w 
721 
the veracity of the above statements ce 
e fu ally. investigated 1 ef = satisfaction of all who 
ent. 
o wished to imaga iss pearsan in the beginning, 
` in this locality (not at papri 
stem alor 
fir, from m desoning in the scale of Cea but may 
A.B. 
Ž ENTOMOLOGY. 
si SA GARDEN Swat (Helix eaten Sie yearn are 
1 2 
Wu frequ: 
caustic propert abbage ‘eaves 
this sy e that 
ware -growing is to be materially paate Whoe ver 
J 
+ lance t 1 
re verys similar 
slugs n form y habits 
; eing shed with a 
on being alarme the winter 
an | dreamed, ten years ago, that the Pin ne was er sar of 
seen five or six upon one lea some evenings 
dark ; oung o ow: reve, are very fond of ian size for any length of time? and now who cand eny it, 
especially when ek and withering, and at this Aspens | when pr ee stares us in the face? Before concluding 
t| there are large numbers inne the Cabbage-t arks, I will ict that, ere long, I l 
Rurie Q has produced an annual of 
‘Some of the varie eti ies of Queen 
+ 
101 Ibs. ; ; pe | why not ? 
arly. 
ring 
nthe, and in “continued draught ‘the orifice i 
ara slime, which perfect 
nimal to lie ormant s indt o retain its si 
Jowi incredibly aot ng periods, viz., 14 or 15 
other shells, as porriwinkles, are supplied with 
which ag orifice fox the 
all into act e life 
a 
a 
a" 
ose. eni 
vegetable kingdom, so 
meed by the temperature, and a Torth from 
and mild weather, even in 
summers 
Home Corresponden 
Mr. Fors rsyt th has stated that 3 Ibs. is the full average 
var E a well-grown EAEE whieh takes two years 
nt and fi 
that Pine growing has re 
Hamilton, ornfield, near 
—It is not generally kno t the 
ie seed of the Balsam is ance hry “yields 
dip. of a beautiful colour. As the Balsam 
si 
In Enip 
ppl 
ks in th le this seas 
on on the subject of 
a cultiv; thi 
everal 
so as g become an i object of commerce. 
beg to add the met shes re- 
x 
gro 
‘of Ta rbs, ager ye mee which 
marks to my 7 on on this ene: erg 
Wr 
T 
fruit by ihe. common system, have stil 
aT 4 f, 1 3 
to 
The old oai has never b 
the thick-leaved S Sax 
h 
} 
orth, 
} 
we | Aa 
never ante abloyes Mr. Barnes has lately stated, to dis- 
cov 
had much pl easu: a A d- 
ing that this species ae "Oak so abounded, that I might 
opinion. 
g' 
than the common method of treating the pineksa a 
to steer none, how- 
Now I fully coincidè with this ever, equalling t the tree Thad at first seen, and which 
Nothing ng ean be more opposed to goo more, was 
to find the characteristics that I have stated as distin- 
so de 
e to retreat before the 1 light of f day 
lah 
i ae 
cide: edly marked in 
nei; 
to display 
ould pronounce aint hesitation to which 
advanced near 
ley a 
t state ; 
} ten me cing fine ordir after all ne iae that I c 
ng) pols m unless it be poe aie directed to cS dis- fai roots. nor Fea n = can effectually plead | speci ere tree belonged before I nt. 
of them parent plant after the fruit a enough to distinguish the leaves or the fruit. The 
hrodi d tly | cut. Although z a plant has ze two or ears in | same Ash-like elegance prevail in all 3 an ses- 
ll i matter, wisely designed to in S Mr. 
but ei pea found at least 80 in one ian, ; Nate’ future pod cabbage cena = re been in in- | a the author and compiler of the Botanical Me- 
are fala, whitish, e papeka and not larger than nly pre ya x, in Horsfield’s History, mentions, “one 
shot (fig, 1) ; one at Uckfield, and plenty in Good- 
ansparent, fruit a Aom in opposition to this > eet I may stats, sua ‘Park? n Ti is, therefore, perhaps a matter of no 
ar sie Shells (fe, 2)" Be a 2 obese time that I} d the ir six xth an | small i importance, that such a  profusio on of | this valuable 
ein 
g to feed upon ; they are then of a dark ochreous 
of the pit ha Piedad fruit this season, i 
n En ville which has been 
consulting his own interest as producer, an and that of the 
shipbuilder as purchaser, in directing attention to 
if fit "i say, if he is 
rand eaks, and a transverse line, of the 
nert the pale lip or margin, and these spots seem 
in prea iara and 15 inches in len ngth, and, in ad- 
two fine posts progressing whilst 
mi- transpa arent 
were 
the fruit was swelling, from which I PE cuttinga 
brace of fruit next season : p obably „three fruit 
he aware of it, because, according to my experience, 
a distinction betwee n the 
on he subject to carpen 
may weigh 20 w m I cons 
nary, as a bra nvill 
din: 
tory answers, as they see: know 
but vague, unessential vielen, particu — a r me 
a dw: war rfed close to the ground for firewood and 
the superiority of the 
magine that 
ie of ya ieee in question an — oad its ee 
A 
ts texture. 
“7 
SAE } L Tt 
he 
Decemb 
d o 
eshes of a net, whitish, vith ea am a 
an inky or slate colour 
to be leas ae 12 or 15 arka oe not, showere con- 
sider this to be a apok f result, as a brace of 
è, the superior pair bei 
ne with a globular kno 
3 a black dot, which is ake 
ing the pin tad Pats 
at the z% 
Montserrats has already be lesed a a one gg t, 
s [nod weighed 10 Ibs avoirdupoise Allow me now to 
inquire 5 or 6 lbs., or a Providence 
th p 
Hiehed 
A 
ra ir Oak. 
firs! 
ee ie specimen of t 
several — through ee 
remarkably — in this inary 
betrays he effects of age 
a 
of ‘more Be twice that weight, when 
are fairly considered. 
robably 
i these horns be touched it is instantly » Soa 
er ones are much smaller, and belo 
us ways of reducing the numbers of 
| disfigurement, and Aan will remain so 
Quick arm for sale | or wra is the order of the 
day. two years are ot 
Agee k and also to perfec 
various ys 
he Hopie y 
feces when ~ snails first leave | 
tg abstinence, 
sry tember. 
t b ushy o pe 
a5 tb. fruit in A time. The 5 lb. KA lately on 
duced at Bi cton, bave mepri M orsyth, a and 
ys, 2 lbs. 
woods destitute of ey 
uch as the Ches 
weight 
| dunculata.— - Me 
t Mel on Growing — 
Fr a 
n 
ing, 
Ae years respectin g 
a Ja +g Griffin cut 20 |= 
< shee Gnited e S was spt Ibs. 
vA pecan pt said of | 
my sin mpara- | a 
inexpensive Sem of of Faitng the the Pine, some | 
tivel = 
"on were | 
Ci 
i: Fed be fo we a agi — 
uck-heaps, a 
Tag aren ie s diigenily cought for 
of a cluster vered, of 
, every 2 — 43 out of 
40 — foley 
previous years surpassed 
duced a oad poea 6 lbs. 
so for he reason i given at p- 690, it is clearly without 
“ R.G., in his esti- 
mate of > plan he p rarang for two reasons. First, 
i 
here’ 
ceive, it is not a necessary 
great risk o of sing vai ay much too 
Providence above twice that weig t. 
im eredit as bein ine-grow 
system. I observe, however, „that 
tlie 
apo 71b. 4 oz. avoirdupoise 5 pe i 
y treatise on the Cerpen The M 
a became hot 
of an cpa ack to st injury y fom th res se applien 
tion of too m ye — jal bottom-heat, I Id suggest 
that it w ould economi; mical to to give eigen a and 
PORN y 
i be beneficial for the purp 
so much 
ig a little water į Sn 
riy the guna cited 
from their torpor, and they were 
Wi 
tch, and the young 
ra. the ls io easter ster 
fruit. Perhaps some ag age 
| should hear sel crop of 200 ibs. weight 
a be produ meg out 
| this has 
been accomplished, and will be 
av 
treatise in question. — 
of the C. 
the n S of the 
my last paragraph, 
* An erro “leaves and 
leaves ae © bhatt 
Also, “ Little- 
of an area 5 25 feet by 8 feet ; | 
phoney Puen 
ge Sing Fee t “gt 
n “ Fittlew: 
