Janvary 1, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
13 
of gracefulness, but compensates for this deficiency 
by its glaucous hue, and the transverse, grey, scaly 
bands from whence it derives its specific name. One 
of a "iria rich, brick-red, suf- 
п а mixture of peat and fibry 
loam, with a fair admixture of sand to ensure а per- 
fect drainage of the superfluous moisture. On the 
country, considering the epiphytal nature of the 
lant. W,- 
WEEVILS DESTRUCTIVE TO 
CYCADS 
In the Gardeners’ Chronicle for May 21, 1870, the 
late Mr. Andrew Murray published an article with 
So 
applied by Fabricius, a species which also attacks the 
plants of the genus Zamia in South : 
The beetle described by Mr. Murray is about half 
er 
the æ more велеа. althou som t 
arched; they all, however, are without legs, which i is 
the general character of weevil larvee, 
In the course of last autumn we received from our 
that famous horticultural city) 
to Zamia Ө ТШШ. from the neighbourhood of Natal. 
These were accom panied by a second insect, which 
had also been. found ie injurious to Cycads of 
the genus Zamia, an 
be 
the same regio rn 
Australia. This insect, however, differs entirely from 
close relationship with our common Otiorhynehi, its 
also 
аон жы герге- 
sented in our woodcut (fig. 5), showing the woolly 
terminations of the side shoots, and the ‘holes made 
by the larvee, 
Tw one of which is representa of the 
natural size in the upper portion M our woodcut, 
wil be seen to resemble many of the more usual 
grubs or larva of the weevils, given in various weevil 
articles, such as that of the nut weevil, or м Otio- 
— 
Sp 
— 
FIG. 5.—PORTION OF STEM OF ZAMIA CORALLIPES, SHOWING 
THF BURROWS MADE BY THE LARVA OF А BEETLE (TRANES). 
form а — the fibres of the plants on which 
they s 
"Tho tare larva of the Australian Cycads is white, with 
nsactions of the Entomological Society o 
, under the name iof Tranes internatus, as а 
native of Western Australia. It is represented in our 
It is black, 
slightly glossy, t the prothorax and head thickly punc- 
tured, the elytra жерн rows of rather deeply 
' | е огах | 
n the 
arina, утен n 
the scutellum ; the legs in our specimens are 
varies from 10 to 12 millemetres 
v 
se Ml acest var om to lent 
AE D gentleman 
devoted much attention to the exotic Curculionidz) 
i Tra f 
` added to the low price charged fo 
„pared to its near ally, a much older кы r 
our omitting it here, 
(about half an inch) in length, exclusive of the 
rostrum, which is about the length of the prothorax, 
DE 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA, 
سوھ 
DESIRABLE BULBOUS PLANTS.‏ 
Art this season it m ful to draw attention 
to one or two highly desirable subjects, which i in the 
majority of cases are neglected, either owing to ignor- 
ance as to their merits, or from forgetfulness at the 
proper planting season, 
FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA, 
Wherever Liliums can be grown, this unique and 
bulbous plant will succeed well. Potted five or six 
bulbs in a pot into rich turfy loam, and placed under 
pe nother variety, F, 
Leichtlini, is desirable, but has the disadvantage 
that the flowers fade into a yellow tint; a useful 
hybrid also exists, 
Evcomis PUNCTATA 
is a somewhat peculiar looking plant, with leaves 
r erect flower-spike a tuft of leaves „ичте 
tite: he flowers are very nt, 
"want well. „The name of the send is s derived 
to ) the tuft ч leaves already referred d to. 
Hope, it is comparatively hardy : 
plants of it ha been known to maintain health and 
annually when planted at the foot of a 
wall with a south as It grows well in sandy 
peat unl loam, and needs not to be disturbed when 
gro a pot, oftener than once in two years, pro- 
vided the drainage be good. 
NERINE FOTHERGILLI, 
othergill’s Nerine and several other species are 
very {ныг BE T bulbs. Few plants with- 
stand rough п and. neglect as they do, yet live 
and bloom ial nevertheless, Potted and gr 
on freely during the months of winter they rarely 
fail to flower during the following summer, A stiff 
loam suits them best, 
TRITONIA AUREA, 
A much sg plant, atii to want of a better 
ents, с the 
me implies, it is very - 
ms during the end of 
rv 
To grow it successfully it must be 
he 
scarce te 
as an Vivi dep plant. soon as the flowering 
season is turn the soil out of the pots and 
select many, оГ the long rhizomes for em into а 
under this mode of gro 
bloom-spikes 3 feet qu 
grown ones of 1 foot on 
CHIONODOXA LUCILLE, 
This lovely new pens iae: ed by Mr. Maw, 
has been often referred to in the horticultural Press, 
against ordinarily 
Whether 
