Jory 12, 1862.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
647 
dq tew 
ardihood to exhibit [s upon ‘their employer's 
ables. In Red- fleshed kinds, the Scarlet Gem vum holds 
ts superiority in point of flavour generally over other 
orts. 
ВЕЕР 
th 
uckoo's garland consists of several in- 
gredients. He then gave an account of the various 
plants e Cuckoo-flowers or Gowk-flowers 
LZ 
d nst. Ad and Pelis 
» achsins, Pelargoniums, and plants 
of their leaves were DU 
OCRSBEST- 
АВЕ 
ыт оч" 1 
e collections from Mr. Williams And 
o E, Mc Morland . Си 
"Milford, gr. t AM 
d 1cotees, Pansies, 
"à Endymi nutans, ampan 
ncn c. тоны, Pinguicula vulgaris, беды 
mascula, Primula veris, Ranunculus — — 
palustris, Oxalis ке lla, Tragopogon рга! 
Anagallis arvensis, Polytrichum commune, Cypri 
pedium "m peni Galtum 
"E 
sing ot Ка also appeared to afford pen Алат 
erest, ОЁ the last a very fine кыз, chiefly — 
was shown by Mr. Perry, of Birmingha 
Lord Leigh, a brilliant searlet sort, w im a 
from Messrs. Perkins, of Co PES. is certainly 
of the „best of its чы ass. In ап inte resti ing 
ti в, Veit tch 
TFTA 
о.з вв 
PE 
white defend 
БЕ 
Ef 
pestris, 
"m s-spittle, Cu ui ns, 
xig it, or of 
od by 
to 
oo: 
Sog ptt ; Td si, 8 
England and u^ th dicha 
the young fog opor (Aphrophora epumarh) - 
et the 
eee A р ас 
: evidently of the old Egyptia: “ On n occurrence the army, who 
ES "hue servile th that many of the prize-taking | spora Durie), tu Scotland. Also b Me S Sutherland: accompanied General Kearney’: denm to New 
"1 at our qu^ exhibitions are Although Pr ofessor зрну! has had under exami- Mex xico, says —'*T have seen t ant gro 
cellent variety, which in its true for 5 from Fort Towson, near er, to Fort 
d lost to cultivators. —Occas ionally one of the | localities, I. lacustris, enin A on the Missouri, In the direction of 
an, or ìte-fleshedđ, varieties comes in first ; P нн the exception of ds specimens sent b us Santa Fé, I have not observed it mor 
breed, however, is so bes ct both in appearance and which had been collected in the Loch о ird Fo eavenworth, that being about the point 
тойт t that it m igat with juopflett form a third Чы although 16 is worthy of remark that the commoner here the rich prairie nds t "ер and what 
& exhibitions. nother beneficial ch ight be|species also О bed n that, too, probably | аге called ‘the plains’ commence e direction of 
seit i. аы from competition all Melon as he low a|in greater а 2 ers fro mi he „з the sonth pass of the erem Mountains, ï is found 
се weight ; fthe|in its generally smaller size, more sprea as far west as the Pawnee villages on the bottoms 
ve ss now bound to give the preference to the best | robust ЖАЫ y EL green жыз "m " On of the Platte River, a little below d Island, 3 
lav. fruit, leaving out of consideration all other | Cuckoo Flowers and the Cuckoo Spit” * Ву J. Hardy, | 300 miles from Fort Leavenworth. I have been we 
xints, we ofte: ы bee Aa ed to Melons во small | Esq., решш. In this paper the author st lant fi 
arly 32 years, and am perfectly йт = that w 
the plant is healthy and of a vigo 
dg: norther 
the 
гове the prairies. т Asa Gray, o! 
ited igne ваув, that however the ease 
respect to the cabo 
in the Botanic Gar 
those growing in rr DT 
uth, or in 
ig n E the little creature 
to some v nt 
"el it hasten: 
h it 8 touches with the „tips of its body; э and fas 
lim аг ош s Chili 
Two double Fuchsias came from 
very 
ho 
t 
p rcm stated to |а 
y the 
oy 
Es 
| Hardy says—“I see ort ofl las 
any опе plane more than u—— 
otictS of 250065. 
The Relative a: of Round and Sawn Timber. By 
James Hait. Blackwood. 
This is a oiv t€! Foresters will find їп 
sible. 
утте that 
noticed a pretty grou 
leaves from Messrs. E. G. 
ed a flowering plant of 
шеюсрзо 
28. 
Henderson, who а 
Clianthus Dampier eri, 
d| the Silver Firs about Alloa. This, I ен: will be 
the — 
enclose, 
um Mii aene 
Зола sd d Ratzeburg, Vy en of which і 
oy M. ed than thos m t 
а ое examined 
fond on the twigs of the ЕК Adelges is. It is 
Mg 
interesting. appearance. 
ENTOMOLOGIOAL : June а 
dent, їп the Сһаіг;—Н. Т. 
а Member of - - kt in dp» 
m Smith, а Presi- | 
ton, Esq. i 
Pide c of p. 
resigned. А с of the beautiful work of Jahil 
du Ya Val on the Coleoptera tho ар аре purchased by i; 
- t 
reads 2 Ronding exhibited Pentar- 
ni (Wollasto 
black boss, had a singularly | 
shoots the t of о е it will remain for 
js zc deny impairing their vitality ; and one 
Bine dM infested while a long avenue will 
Маһ. л is closely allied to the species y ge now, 
larici 
А r12 y 
w. it has cost hii 
= roying the leading 
matters, because 
tie facility of giving 
ot help Мр, апа воше ә кир э hr nothing to 
So he was fain 
M to set about teaching himself, 
ears' experience, he tells the world 
t it im no в 1 trouble to learn. f. 
us add that he tells his story well; not om amies npn 
they are во o, but 
beginning really by the beginning g. 
к Кв o purely te ot өшү to Dad тац fr 
tal or 
n clea: 
collection of Silver Firs Чык Andrew e sent me 
ecimens from Кати айке several since, and I 
nA find 
quota ion, ` The ү vit it will however 
m then 
have not usd % 25 fatal й i "i 
he Larch Adelges began to excite notice 
& 1Q14A 
that of qune epi пе Et styli; pe 
‘what it m ay, the 
rate of expen: ruled by the weight of 
the AE ^3 "ге аге gos subjeets on which 
vails more generall to a 
t Th 
the“ “Bath Societys Papers." „А is now found on m most 
ery tr 
Ash p ii struck 
our 
of an Mning* near | 
n i the 1st 
of May, a sio passed over 
the south e of Edinbu rgh, g a large 
tree a on ше iue lawn, halt T i ped tbe 
‚ | porter" y ge and the dwelling-house at Moredun 
3 mi x M ирга, hod seat of David Anderson, 
Ж Notice 
XEdinbu 
Ash | c 
way, а m. 
sq. seems to have been struck by t 
electric fluid. p ut 40 feet above the ground, at = 
point waere the san йо into mo. g^ сен 
of the side ire e is entirely t 
tl еа рар. тот 
way to | 28 
Pas ed 007 mm Boss té 
Ley! it Pine or Larch in a ei 
round timber, when the wood is 
oops at. Plymouth. 
insec amer EN tlie 
ibition, es poss that from Gui 
les of Paussus); 
ana (со айар: а 
.eolleetion of specimens 
S of insects, in the French 
ions of Pt E med by Mr. 
d M. Guérin 
о 
-d th 
üe f Polar P. 
a Ben 
the top t a peer 3 feet P. the ground, at which. 
-- pem 6 41 M: in circu — тепсе, 
to var 
witness's statem 
ndeserving of её; as it was, well е that Pi 
req required 40. feet of ын „а-а besides, 
i 
M pag fo know t dur i it The wood- 
а ае па m experience, pien the in nd 
1T 1 th 
ро tow: e 
ends stuek ‚ deep into the pieces 
th 
| edt 
nce relative to 
lacin aig »" . Major 
Stat tes army, says that 
nja amin fis ү бе AOE 
more аа к. matter.” 
=? 
ше 
y was 
iuf |4 The sip nli ке ч Contessa oen [on 
& (beautiful), a x -leaved Fuchsia 
pec а pair of Auricu 
ot Sowerby's new work on British Wild 
Flowers contains Sene. of all our native ari Шоны 
Osiers, and Sallows 
names in 
Pm previousl irby 
B ves paper containing descriptions of Colias 
Polish Ukraine, 
and Cononympha Mandane, n. sp. 
OF EDINBURGH 
ыд flowing communications - fuu 
оссигғепов о, of 
n Aberdeenshire”. Ву W. Bothe 
most 
May 8.—Prof. Balfour | 
| to eac Thi 
mia | to 2 2 feet i in Height, before it grows uj 
| second year, to the flowering plant. 
De Camp, 
өй i dose i ihe a close, 
with an 
feet. medal о on е the village, we entered 
ed сайоп, down the bottom of which 
'rushed the water of a canal, as if in its natural bed. 
