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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. ' [Nov. 29; 
an good e: is dis ean 
her “Gl “scl ot of Meigen) live es a e rpg: e aa ee a ell, ieee bend 
there need be no apprehension of frost, | eating a ores 
a 
rainy or ny or cloudy, 
- even if it should freeze before mo orning, there will | winter; i 
time enough for an injurious s radiation of heat society, as Yow all do I n corey ed aye at situation. If ‘the soil peoi ily altered about 
a the room where the pots are plac it has | trees, copecially of, of Plams bele a below the p of inferior deseription. n, grafts ma: 
Faye frosty in the day, never allow the’ ‘savancing boina agai wit Airy a third G a by Bouché, | be put on a bearing tr of some other variety, for the 
remain close to the window, | Aaii fage may be Crontial with ours, | quality is sometimes improved in consequerice of the 
in ga the middle of the room | before you 3 retire to rest. | 1 moe woli rike in the m ng and autu cheek occasioned by the operation. Root pruning, and 
_ The larva of M. fucatus (2) is a slender worm, which ringing, judiciously performed, are likewise means b 
‘them ‘at night. on the mantel- Fic ofar i isture - | whi ch the above attributed de os of xcelens ee may 
tivity ; it is wh pp y y 
had a fire during the day. ir growth 1 has thus been | ing out its head with great ac an 
pake, but when laced in water it appears ee 
earried on without in festa = n ‘pla SS 
m where an early bloom i - desired. ` Duri uring tran spare arent, exhibiting the viscera, a the food Lapa POT ATOES. 
re frosts, tl y be shut up in a | is digesting a and passing off), of a reous colou TAB the Number of Sets of Porators, and. 
dikt room for a Ak ray without i jat tss I la f 13 segments ; ; the pear i shining black total sage of pe range eames = Planting a ppap 
, a prih pera’ nie oa use I have | od horn. TDY, the ti is een) point nted in she a3 nees eo: containing only a 
man together from t eir rier in the pots, | and seven or es sid distance bet 
, ote had the bloom x jured from the same ca Ana | commencing at ne ent m the reise a sets in in the Tows Podlago ie 9 ibi. pia a 
evenwhen ts escaped. there are proba 4 7 5 UE. 
As the leaves plants are oe laboratories where | ery see (fig. 1). The © 9 | fS 
the assimilation and respiration are car a dull ochreous: S composed o ; | 
ried on, attention is demanded aa gos hhealthfulness. | and three less mk ‘ye re ang head ponr.: 38,720 | Tea 
Dr aa e r eirp m dust. Careful amateurs and thorax ; the sane win ne 10 36 
will, therefore, 33,188 
in the evening, to save them ‘from an infliction ‘of fine 31,680 i A 
powder raised by the broom of the housemaid in the pallea | 8 50 
morning, dust will fill up the pores an jpjure STOT A = 
the plant.. Unavoidable i may be remov y a 26,806 7 BB 
syringe, 0 watering-pot, but a toes ot 7 2 
of rain is a ing season ind thes j 05 
ornaments, and ought never to be neglected. Put ut tho í 231232 | H 3 
whole collectio: o out of doors, and let acetyl ere | ~ soil, 18 inches between 
all day, if the is not too heavy.” You will be pia a ge » 18 Pine re s between the rows m: 
à proper distance, as may be likewise the 
pokes for your aoe: for the plants will be porate 
1 The | ill a ease rw ~~ weak-stemm arieties on any soil. 
+ ragga chan. before an a ae will And according to the vigour of the ao richness and 
feel, in looking upon ies icons kio ph aki Pe male fly is of a 2 ight hlask; the head is small | depth of the soil, the distance may be increased to 30” 
mother, when her tribe of Tittle o ones present themselves rte go the or are not longer | the so Hie inches, which is wide enough for the strongest gro 
to be kissed, with faces shining fro ia the ablutions of thorax, ta ring, p at, i t a on een 
die mureery.. I think I have now 16-jointed y> Jere jo oit the stoutest), the follow ing It is to be remarked that in some varieties the eyes 
and proved that no success can be expecte din gar Pien. | oblong, apex conical ; eyes lateral, deeply e wee rd are not abundant. peg Nga to such, the above ~ 
ing, unless the gardener has a genuine attachment to | 274 coarsely granu ulated ; ocelli three, unequal number of sets will n obtained from the iat 
his flowers ; for, unless compelled b y duty, no one will | 5" bquadrate, narro d behind, scooped out at ie bake eam weights ; but in genera l ble, 
take the requisite trouble in ceultvating i them, if the with two indistinct lines of short ochreous hairs down | PFO ded sound- oa tubers can be empl oyed h 
powerful influence of affection ing. = the back ; scutel lunate ; post-scutel ovate, with a grey In minimum 3 ut wll Taa ‘emt w ath 
tint ; abdomen slender, brownish-black, 7-jointed, the g the 
mar; nigh dl ta opman pale, the apex obtuse and pro- I : 
% ENTOMOLOGY. ducing t ered biarticulate lobes; wings incum- THE POTATO DISEASE. 
Morosrus Fucatus, Meig a) Sctara PRUINOSA, | bent, pa: Satel: Dhar than = body, transparent, irides-| FRom vi various accounts it appears that the seed or 
Bouc! hé (?}— Amongst the swarms insects that inhabit cent, my smoky but clear at the base, the nervures Potato-berries are scarce this season, and stich might 
this earth, is a little fiy that em mg myriads from | pitchy, excepting ‘the Prana one, se is scarcely urally have been expected from prevailing cireum- 
eee Perea and en-pot, pro aads the ed = isi, bat f ike sd and dark at t! nae rgin ; the costal stances. It is possible, too, where th l ring 
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tly damp ; and no doubt it is, in its larva ot reach the upper a of the fork ; | the tubers until the usual planting season is adopted, 
an important a is bala è ratty ; yellow or ochreous ; legs long and that a great number will not germinate. ere the 
supply of seed is found insufficient for the deman dof 
milar but smaller, and th 
egetable substances left in cr po eee of a ditt rg i or pale oli ive tin t. Fema ie 
are cleared off. ai > 3 : i he planter, it might be be increased by placin; g the tubas 
ope aro 
ba 
the destruction of pain ore matter, ely of deal and furnished with t 
5 the me be taken off when two or three inches ne pe a 
er beds ; cuttings could then be 
but, Sib pete are often Faseous when d ry aie g. Bes the cro sein ai Ds à ék in th 
x ely | Ji d smaller fi h taken ese, and struck in the same way as 
aia to decide between cause and effect. We can ines and ihe’ othe raceme ai ae Ee k but it cannot e expected that an jeler ert 
easily satisfy ourselves when animal life is extinct; we | a Turnip. —Ruricola. ? | thus be secured — still, a good stock may be obtained im 
sas dea cee" 00k, or mole lying in the field ; this way. If the disease should show itself in 
turning it over, it is found to have been visited by flies, THE OSLIN APPLE. ubers ander protection, dredging them with 
and probably taken possession of by beetles. In a very | Synonyms. —White Oslin, Oslin Pippin, Original Pippin, Ar- slaked lime or sulphur, would have a tendency to stop- 
short space of time it is reduced to a skeleton, with the roath Pippin, Orgelin, Orjeline. it. A great breadth of land could be thus cropped from 
Tas is an old variety, > well known in PD of | a small portion of seed-tubers ; every gardene! er knows 
for other species. Pennat — Nitidula, &e., | the country. It is here introduced to notice | Because it | well how this could be effec ted, ‘and 1 am sure he would 
be revel amongst t e fur, i : s pr gee not P by any willingly v be done. 
tit is wes so easy to determine Ske exact period ae Die e. me say, ìf suc d l done with a view 
vegetables first assailed ; a grain o of co orn, a Pea, rit would have been sufficient to igre ar its poche va- | to pees tried several repens” rie arion matters, 
ae so n general ; and others Th will have remarked nothing | which I find all in the course of years useful to myself. 
Er a | superior in its pees It has been my custom for years to sprout the whole of 
tothe Gee of es season, we pipe jasan given rise to t his difference of opinion requir my early Potatoes before planting them, to remore 
the plant makes its ence, either Aine or. dis- explained. The fruit ga trees of ones govt in in| ali the shoots but one ; I have also p n 
eased, or it altogether fails this xamine | rich soil bears no comparison with tha way, selected shoots, without tu 
the s soil, and find the seeds Soki enag, but d dead, | | which the juices are properly inspissa as jot sprouted as above, in n Decem 
Ha Iniesvea 
enoii of the best shoots for ae a 
lose ani nimals, but it is en to say whether they ay frame; a kindl ex lights 
r consequence ef the disaster. So an in January, 1838, 
may die, and be found full of insects, pl meh 
hole tubers, having on 
ften 
had first attacked it in a sound or unhealthy state. 
Such are a few of the difficulties which the economic 
£ th 
, sprinkled with 
important aiina for REEF they undoubtedly are p 
nec nee wary h bout one-fourth. 
ajas brown dots. ese e We the recommendation of 
agriculturists, as I upon i f the 
gre pio } Fe as ae Co T eaionets to shake lime a oe 
e will turn to the little - ing i 
fore us, which, with alade of others, was bred P et ir F Po fungus, le 
a decaying Potato. Iti by no means nieeied be to insist | atever it may, and should be 
that this, or any of th hay cause of the Potato- put into practice. Supposing every tu 
ain ; at the same ser t next season’s production to individ 
the disease was not raay = an insect, and this lime, an active woman 
the opinion of some close observers. I shall mere" } ber in a day; the expence 
in all siamese shortly return to this subject; and, to Scotland from France, by the Mo nks A the abbey either for material or labour ; 
in the meanwhile, I shall esteem it a favour if those | of Arbrosth 5 but others think it has probably arter. e a 
who oe rtain a similar opinion will transmit any facts | rary from. seed at the latter places, epoca as it something similar to a gar s sulp 
The geni enus Molobrus, or Sciara (as Meigen has called | 7m” ht l may be the onim of the 
early 30 British hol sf they are all The ey is oblate, without angl kin thick mi Brip wie ce m be resorte 
or less, of a swarthy aspect ; many of ti } yell t pid of it; if tubers are p 
in the spring and summer months | ish firm, with a very rich stigary pips our, on them, and the carer proves 
er flowers, on Grasses, and upon eefa bris ka roma, most abundant in and „near the spread, it will again destro, 
„of one species (named by fons this, I planted a fi 
is) was discovered by Bouché | 3 In perfection in August and September. | The the precam 
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are stiff, erect, short-jointed, pred h le. 
the Reports published with pale bro fa purple, | 
sh ura! Socie Society,” as ts well as fo the i wn specks. Leaves concave, roundish, | pest 
a 
asses Pleie at the base, abruptly aeae, 
s1175. prenis early ; petals roundish, concave. =, The tree is a ' ti 
