THE ehh dct 
TOR BOR EC Es 
ve naturally in cee and Octeber. jase, * compared’ wi grown on dry- and'{ through the skin ; there is a tubercle on the foreliend, 
on ater iri s to ener, i ered esis Soil Where the situation A a it should Tot one T ate on the face, with several bristles; an 
fonti ind Snide of ir Cut a ngs'st ad irin, he sane Worse ; every meabs 8l should | 6 és“ down’ the ‘sides ‘are Pr rapera $. the abđomitát 
mary 2 and grown P w pidity, “having recoursé T said 
ue bay tae make bushy aud hasta dey T'ghould Hope that ‘nobody. w ould ever think of | of al i ea, Parton hë belly 36% 
arly ry of August, when the wh ale plas treés in future witliout’ a niplete plat emt pee Mi ele 
drawn from the sect and bs gh on | tion of thé condition of ‘the ‘soil, and peters ‘the dona feet with three bristles on m ‘side; placed 
helf for while. Aft subsoil, in ordet, if ‘iecéssary, to apply 
y be introd Segi in succession a to |; bs gs skilful gardening may suggest ; and surely there | the penultimate segment has a broad transverse ee n 
“4 in Reri may be sufficient skill and talent amongst us ‘to a if very serrated, and the apex i is tubereulated ; ‘fig. 2. The 
sany. of loam, leaf. Soil, brought into the field, all the oS epee of the ‘case 
1 adapted fi thelr cultivation: | Fabricius Hepialus lupulinus, its specific hame implying 
r — This charming B eeg it is“ in some way coñnectêd with the H ant, 
ell iei ae, is so sweet, 5° EN TOM Gy: of this the no èvideńce, The male is smiali 
l ge. room. No establish- Herranus LUPULINUS (the Garden-swi his moth sare hen at rest sits with its wings deflexed, asat fig. 3, 
s should without it » that it has been described ea the horns ‘being often It'is of a chalky- 
aye ag 5 plant, being of ver, y diffe and as the Bagh pellations brown colour ; the eyes are very black, and almos 
g plants recon be kept Ey idae wn, valve, ote tawny, a all'swift, | Concealed by its woolly head” and thorax ; the: horns 
ha ough the early: part of the are mly ' applica cular Patties L shal), in | te 
e mi quently stopped at the growing |f mploy the cognomen above proposed. About colour ; the erstes is, attenuated, but ‘obtuse $ the 
ts of the young wood, They should be in a some- | jit aa of May or the heginning of June, these moths Sala Rint my ings are öf a more or 
pot: bo und s tate by, the end. of Je ly, ane a abe D be seen hovering over ows gd grassy places | 18s with a re rearen 
siti 
y When pia! ‘should be wed ina 
ui They pan Bg 
a hi gh te 
ihe ning, with 
Jocalities "The females wan nder, 
dro opping. puki eggs o 
other 
well asa Kat he Pin! borders, 
a ys flight: from nan 
i Pic garden 
neath the costa and not 
far denos fróni the base ; there’ is an irregutar —— 
stripe al ong: the inter 
Si 
A 
spberry, and 
dn all 
ag to the apéx; ‘the’ dark nervures corto it Inte 
: “ill, however. tas probability. â 3 arious irregular white s ts } 
L above, enjoy, an intermediate climate in the they produe 5 ‘at are llars, which for their destructive yor isa eet dry Pe con = “spots Ss, ts, Tess distinct + 
por the inferio rrow, and of a uniform 
ts lng Scarcel 
mart of 
e middie of 
arly 
November, and will begin to Hegas abundantly 
December, ee nay be equal 
le 
y to 
ct they are 
uid loam.and sandy heath, Ayl y l autumn; ges we spring, fall padas and it 
ha gro owh them parti ie ay fine, indeed, in | pemarkabl Magid atean. hara Aaike sis 
rs Seer Erringlon, Oulton. obs 1 yo cee 
oe a a ei was several efore I. could rear. the parent | 
FRUIT-TREE BORDERS: P thi pest, which inhabited my garden near London 
ae jonnie 2a. as of greater importance to try eid i ve c aac The sive espi st at 
z hi 4 ro ucti ve tre [remem erto have observed were found on the gi 
z Hit Da a Paie — gar i | April, H ah at ag Fo of a Snowdrop, the bulb o 
hy this ‘should:hotibe True; there are ad- wi cho pn Ph ; wes ey 7 fonise the alee ios an ar 
A degree to | had eaten through the root of the commo s-ear, 
ånd soils. phere sed in some egree re belonging to pee 
ity of ‘their ietan but. gar rde ning is an oe 
the 
Joe be assumed: 
D 9 ar ae belong exclusive 
we airm itj 
jes should set Aen t learning withont ni cite 
begin ind aoe. off) their prejudices:; let them = 
ei side of aa e a iring and industrious, 
D clear. 
bar: igen eve: 
ae my caterpillars appeared t 
tuft ra Grass 
uce plants 
apama j ‘ound the tap root eaten throt 
nd oe occasionally they are 
be equalled y pe surface grubs. 
long-lived, as them in ys 
brown cola ‘the fringe: v mae. In some varieties 
the wings are irate th eae in others ‘chatky-white, 
the upper wing, fig. 4) 7 at 
very ae male, Poona rie wh white not at Hoe na 
vines the body is Sometimes the 
moths sipped the end of M May, but but ‘mine did ny atch 
va +e until the first week in June, à and itis 2 siit- 
nike 
£ 
Ruvicoia. 
tO. 
SORIRE oF: SOIL IL FOR P PLANTS IN POTS. 
? 
condition of soil for the Eri of 
be e iting, a cell under a 
1, for 
It was not long, how- 
Chantal free At? y. rA and arrangement neg 
valent s bulk, an Boy et mount. of n by hind 
which it contain or is capable of dieing. during the 
Kariad i pilek ts. 
she hn force in I mean an arrange 
| mento ay cs parts, or layers sd rating be eae of ‘ai 
and thus, every morning, my | crop was eee) by 
} pres M RE 
iia 
ni ont s its vet Ag a 
proport 
tion, jt pred teen 
plants, neral rule, the che 
ecommen 
or any similar materia], say to the cextent 
These will enable:'t the! rains ‘to Dats are 
POET LE t 
Aee 
I then commenced. elearin ng a y the earth 
tilated roots with a pointed | stick, , and by 
soil po pin mean 
mrs tae aie be them, ‘in conection with light, 
ae 
also in dry weather hold: moisture, and t da full ve tion which mechanical foree (by draining 
tly'to mdintain’ the border: inc ‘an’ equable: state. pers in the roi In November and December, 184471 g inet old ae to the ehemieal or ‘nutritive 5 proper- 
ó water ean remain or be! held: in -the i] ane on the vt et enil ei amg by nantes oe Sna 
tö“ prove injurious, ‘the’ stones inter- roa ay of the year I = up one whieh ea rmed a of phe rtm à Siti ” a i ae 4chly, by: the uniform 
allow ane the | longish cell in the earth : vad 27th of the ovine VpB A Wé plants Ao thy by ais Leas of growth 
where preparation -nmst have -been | March I detected six in a Lettuce bed, exactly sagt the ; j “iad 6thly, by the: amotint 
4 if oA figure 3, only that the dots z he base of i hairs of exposure Ped Fight, wr, h eee and o 
ruit-bearing z mes should ever be „planted werg Sbsolete + indeed Bal arte > ma ve Te . The absorbent ce ay of walt is generally i in propor- 
sent the roots Tand i ey ble fibre 
ully on Aras i -_ order, ; bor bortini sod many, at tn T Spia various states of decomposition ; the higher the d econ 
I soi he dep sol i ai of | Position the lower is the absorbent quality; and vice 
inclies ; on this lay a eS ring of decayed | 1st of jam oe se 
iy to protect’ theny f it e 
1 winds until 
ts are perfectly ‘established in the The 
soil.” 
ve 
n June the pots | 
neral means of. icmp me the absorbent 
T 
‘dowr they'are® not'so y likely to ine maes 
" } t „just 
i the surfee. 
eed! te 
abont to ch 
data) Ak w he eco: 
be unknown, : and ee 
ange to p 
one outof ae Fig of a root of r Celery, where it had 
forme: 7 
= Bavin ee which | 
salons previ 
1 
jon lessens ite = ee re 
its mec shani 
eal or porous 
youd a given 
ELS tal ro 
ae | n 
| dium or equal degree of each is itn at ‘afl sees 
r ba aia received the phe 
sian me py 
absorbent fs of soil: the greate: 
six coe for the growth of plants sete. 
; ‘crac under a deficient exposure to 
y the con 
and 
“To use 
Sadek: 
ry of dots and hairs 
Apain yest 
eet aif ided, 
Arein i a ine it oa 
paag 
6 Ranges 8 are 
They — to a 
ochreous and ening 2 
— Pp , legs 
il 
rown and- hersy 
peck gam io ae depth at whieh it generally, 
| lives. 
ty = 
ae 
lowe absorbent joan st soil, th e eiiean a 
lars are meri ns iriran the i 
nf 
the abso 
echanieal | fitness for the production of growth 
Pi 
10. The lower the absorbent quality of soil for plants 
in pots, the irag is_its me echani¢al fitness for resiet- 
ang g- 
ylindrieal p 
k 
| vice v 
he 
upa, 
ih 
ii. The 3 lower the absorbent 7 iay of soif the 
greater is fness for receiving the most 
intense scion of light, air, heat, &c., and gr per 
2. the absorbent duality of 
ta ma fitness. for the gr sith of 
Ish sand “the ie Guide ze piai, F mhen excels impaired in vigour by long ex- 
