eneath body. Iti th 
of bubbles, under — of which it е" gs i 
proboscis with its two saws is thrust into a juicy stem 
or leaf vein; the s ip i is з drawn into " body by a 
powerful pump fixed bet vagin the Ar 
severity of the winter of 1860-61, and partly 
the indifferent summers we have had since 
hat Mir " inn winter many of them lost their 
ather bud, as the shoots were not 
cause ed t 
& 
injured in the ‘slightest degree ; this 
throw up a side shoot to form a leader, 
р 
occasionally happened АЙ along, though ds trees maier 
ed flow over the body ө r a bas 
attraction for the bubbles ; air is рна through o 
tubes openin he eyes. 
ye 
ort tube at the tail, and accumulate е until 
t too i 8 
bong diverted dnto tlie in! testi ines; and it is remarkable 
kd w great a variety of plants it subsists ; ; none 
general health by the 
severity of the weather. 
I have always thought was caused by the vigorous 
ана: they make preventing this bud, om bein 
operly matured before winter. I may also state that 
vor elevation above the level of the sea is "500 feet, yet 
many of these trees have made a ВИ se Se 3 feet, 
е чн amiss 
Pea A tree and the Poppy do not e scape. B seem 
instinctively to rod 60 аар скачи of Bach 
plants, and to draw only the true sap; for the 
uy h has but little, Es any, of beg pene scent 
flavour. And here let me say its apology 
that it instils no d. and no swelling | она Шы 
їр neture, sd attacks, if not always har 
ost cases very nearly so. It continues [^ "its Sun 
state оф hra motii, growing to one-fourth of an 
inch in length ; „its body becomes gradually more 
head оа» 
t last freed, and in ете perma 
little n q 
its froth to sun itself on the leaves. P this state it 
sometimes throws a bubble into the air as if in sport. 
e 
having t x Peres shorter than the abdomen. 
ey tec ve no further traces. 
УМБ are the. eggs laid? Is the insect at 
ous? Do i 
ing? It may be 
80 surmis uos some d fournis ed with a double set of | 
piercing instruments, and 80 provided for a longer 
existence than other: cases is 
coiled away бабу behind the first, Тһе young | o 
larva is interesting to the НИР... Тһе circula- 
he M of the leading buds | lar 
irth, the branches extend 2) fe et, and thos 
9 
ЩЕ P PESE h. 
Es. parent plant is 49 feet high and 6 feet : es in 
any 
sbing points of. which 
urs d the Apples nd "pee grt 
the of the Pi e Appl 
w re some Mim fine « DN т | 
it ны l; 
among “Ма 
nnes and 
some 3 feet 6 inches, in one year. ne к<, had to ack Hamburgh Unches of 
pass нул ai that period of the pea nit was Re ira e прорив of Pom te. and юш 
makin ng t most qoe growth, e de me owing was contributed b М, бе 
^a which bus book over every other uM Vi four Black P um uS 
day, side СЕ other. I had the|Queen Pine Apples; two Orion ЕТ a E 
per ii e watch its progress daily, and found by de Шоп, Black Hamburgh e Muscat Bec. 
actual measurement tbat in 10 Des s it made 8 i emons, White Calville mi 
growth, "The f fo llowing is a tab: lar афа respect- ; Cocon, pe and ** nuts, includisg 
ing the sizes of others growing h о shell; and (м 
Cireum ы Cireum- A Кеше, "т, Crassane, Ва - 
ight, z eight. air, 
| Height. ference. : Е ference, uchesse d'Angou im, Monsieur 5 y ws | 
No| ft in. ш. || No fom | fom ZA m Үт ү Louise, Glou Momma 
urr remb Н | 
STE ] 31| 12 TE M Chrétien d'Espagne Ure, 
n 2 1 ba i Кең ped but among them - 
13| 27 4 34 | 38 у: fino fruit. The best t Quee ыра. э 
14| 42 35 | 17 o Mrs. Honeyman, Kelvedon, and Xr, 
id z bd n Kaile, gm to dard Lovelace. The first of these 
171 81 3 || 38| 95 оой Queens were also exhi 
18 | 89 23 89 | 88 gh Park ; Mr. Moo ^| 
19 | 43 1 40 | 83 1 Mr. Wright, gr, Ringwood 
20 | 88 41| 35 ome fruit not unlike an 
48 1 42 | 43 an Enville, Aa 
46 43 | 35 admirable Black Prince, but damaged, 
2 49 44 S8. 1 om Mr. Wi dsor, orti 
лаа. & x Cheshire; and some handsome Smooth-leaved Cayennes 
26| 36 0 47| 32 1 r. Ingram, gr. to i 
27 | 48 1 48 | 31 f these weighed 6108. 7 o; 
d » 1 49| H I Mr. Chantrier also came an mely Smooth. 
Providence wert shown; 
ofi the others from 20 to 30. 
that. the original {тее һаз tost its зы several он 
irg tube, are visible un strong light. When 
feeding, the action of the pao Pump may be seen; 
he springs rising and falling with i 
Mera it otherwise would have done, James Napier, 
Corehouse, 
ob em —I cannot find the tas sage you have 
d in pomana relating to bird-nesting and 
dilation. The pump is a muscular sac placed in a 
horn; tween the eyes; x pum. of the sac 
bird- deii: fn he 2d yu of Deuteronomy and 
"POE 
rny case 
аге aided b 
TH T 
the 6th v verse, as i there stated. Ee vag you will 
that. error, „Јо, hn Са arpen Hom esda le, 
disgust, жей f moving, as it may well do, our | 
terest and ad і 
Fir.—I have read with interest the art: px 
upon this Fir im Же rA I" time to ti 
in your columns, а X3 after e sections of the 
noble specimen from Venere a in the 
hibition, vit flagstaff at 
| ; | Lewisham. [ [ 
E 
in this E as "did likewise Mr, 
itb, Ка. а К 
ho bids fi 
$t 
s m rank i in the list of Grape Est. The 
rummond appeared to to be what 
AeA 
АТ Нов Great Exhibition of Fruit, 
Paeria Gourds, - Roots, de —This won йе; ful exhibi- 
adjoining Arcades, all of wh h were кемел ТП d 
| Horticultural produee, both English and For reig 
e| tion was held in the Society’s new Cons vatory and | g 
сеп! 
уаг ке which Mrs ^ 
k 
r. 
Welmots Black Hamburgh, a kind with very lage | 
hammered-looking berries. From Mr. Hill Я; "i 
Е, Бан, Esq., also came beautiful bunches 
А aat exhibitor likewise -furnished | 
айг own эте Soodling; Bi 
Б 
T 
Б 
F 
n © 
Hd 
M" 
E 
a display. and id Pihis 
bore considerable 
in togeth 
Kew, I have been induced to send. you a few 
in it which we tem at Core- | W 
will 
ouse, may, however, remark at once that all the | an pier should miss seeing it 
ised fro 
< pari 
Been unable to find any perfect seeds upon them. The |У 
с Roy: i 
Ё 
pen until t the ds it. no one whol 
The Go quptecw are well wort, пира, Та 
d 
pue likewise furnished good fruit 
Mr. 
Gra) Than Kempet = Alicante, 
eredith, nothing in its evil 
beautifa Пу coloured and eoverel 
Other speci 
variety 
imens of this ^d 
he - 
inal plan us by the al Horticultural | other Vegetables are equally eie an Wo rj bul n 
ut 30 years ago, and was pl. As the English grown fruit is that which. їз to be | во ripe nor nearly so well coloured as Mr. Тога йя 
two years after, making it t ears vas | removed first, we will now devote attention to that spei lmes, and Топ | 
exposed to the vicissitudes of our norther! climate. | Among баарин collections of Fruit, th "best | . зе admirable | 
Itook more than a common interet d in it d tux the c from Mr. Tillyard, gr. to Ке , Esq., Stanmore. Grapes 951 "S 
first, as poor Douglas was persor wn те. | 16 contained beautiful bunches of Muse d Black | bunches of Muscat shown by Mr. noter oolust. ( 
The circumference of the parent tree I give at 3 feet | Hanburgh pes, Brown Turkey and White Mar- | Tillyard, to which allusion is made in Moves 
the d, the others at ; this may | seilles Figs, admirable Coe's Golden Drop and Ick- Betts, › | 
seem to some rathe yim e when menced | Worth I ege rice Plums, Red i i 
I com 
: they were so very small 
I was induced to take vA pou girth, and I have 
Pa 
7 d 
1i 
ru 
F 
X 
Denbies, near ай Mr. Tillery and : 
which was 
beantifül то а Glou Morceau Pears, 
since continued at tea me height as they have been | Cox’s Pi Apple, Frost's green-flesh 
measured from time to time. І commenc propage ré Gem Melons, and  Walburton Admirabl 
th lings 23 d ch. Ку йй collection came fro 
them ou е тизе. seflicien о be wur Duke of Sutherland 
exposed. s "того а statement bari eight | at Trentham, п, in ie уе ы ге two e "pm and 
p ed in Decembe ontserra pples Trentham Hybri en and 
aM md, girth were udo e pen comparing | White-fleshed Melons, very fine White Tokay, Black 
will show how | Hamburgh and ri Grapes, 
rapid Ms progress has been. mirable Peaches, Elruge Nectarines, Red and White 
eo ог А іа i, Coe's Golden Drop 
December, 1849. October, 1 nd Diamond Plums, White Ischia and Brown Turke 
= рю Figs, Lord Suffield and White Calville Apples, abd 
Height. | Circum- | Height. Circum- | Louise Bonne and Williams's ien Pears, Mr. 
ноб ference. | Kaile, gr, to Lord Lovelace, and Mr. Allen, gr to J, B 
No. [р i. f. in | bo cz x G › Esq. gleton, Cheshire, also showed in th 
З Don | 42 0 3 9 lac! kH urp? 
i4 : : 4 - | 4 ‹ : Н and Muscat Grapes, Morello Cherries, Coe's Golden 
H E. )1 0 | 4 8 10 Drop and E En 8, Beurré Clairgeau and 
$15 6 I d 38 3 6 other Pears, King of the Pippins and Fearn’s Pippin | 
: 2 : у E | 44  ( ada. Apples, one or two "Pine Apples Red and White 
а iii i14 8 2  |Currants, Mulberries, one or two kinds of Peaches, and 
me p^ "ү K, 
= their growth has not ев so great| In Ње class set урсун” ruiterers Mr, Lewis Solomon | M 
hese two years past, which I attribute partly to|of Covent Garden showed a magnificent collection, the | 
