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of the leaf, and there it grows rapidly, filling up portions 
flam nent s, which derive nourishment from, and cause 
he he discoloration of the green internal tissue of the leaf, 
ату, from these enclosed of filaments 
t br: es are duced which emerge from th 
stomata, and bear the conspicuous orange-coloured 
pores productive bodies. So se spores 
have been observed by Mr. Abbay, as well as by myself. 
inat the outside of the leaf, producing 
br: ents of exceeding tenuity, which grow with 
_ ments, too, have been observed by both of us to enter 
stomata of the leaf, to form fresh disease-spots and fresh 
crops of stie 
=“ Happily, no doubt seems to be entertained by 
Coffee tree to produce a succession of profitable 
rops, notwithstanding it may suffer from periodical 
aucti of leaf disease. 
ABERLOUR. 
A APR the seat of Miss McPherson Grant, is 
p — eii d diens rock of ee meme 
idge of 160 feet span h 
рема across the river; [o which connects P Mon shire 
ith ffshire, A few miles farther down stands the 
which is Gordon Castle, the fine 
and д of the Duke of Richmond. 
rlour is approached from the high road ой.) 
from Craigellachie to the south, and is entered b 
mansio: 
15 a very handsome erection, in the Grecian style 
of gemit. ; it is superbly furnished, and covers a 
Tg of 
ms 
magnificent specimens of China у These are all 
filled with plants, which rn aas the h house a very gay 
appearance. About’ 200 yards from the front door 
is and 1 
_ body of the tower is round and 12 feet in diameter, 
with a ball of polished. penu on the top, weighing 
one 
. The kitchen and flower tren: = a few hundred 
yards to the east of the rather a high 
Boi, pe ae by аз а winding ‘walk 10 feet 
The garden d by a very handsome 
arched үө, with t n" pilas of polished granite 
side, and a small gate on either hand for 
ance stands the 
Mg AEST Tur 
r › ent, consisting o of 
Eng Fede from m some the first is a large span- 
of ouse, 27 by 18 feet. Init I found some 
Pastors eo Coleus remarkably well 
а coerulea, eatly trained over the roof ; 
- З Я 27 by 18 feet, very healthy 
trees, extra crop of fruit all over the house ; ; 3, vinery, 
ip doi ng 
qwe 27 by ipi - dg ж! Lady 
of both 
„ L at, 
е e Pesch-house, агч ra a 
27 by I Я ee m wall ati n orth end covered with 
thefollowi ng: — Adiant tom farleyense, Sancta Са 
ribboned follow 
dwarf Chrysanthemums, Asters dark pies 
of sixteen beds 8 pea Pend i оь with a mid 
roun 
with eer amm with a ae of Beet E eg неди 
oint, 
[*] 
"n 
The next part to. м south is а nice piece of' 
with Algen ditum ; а = gra 
i 5 а еа wi 
BS 
with. à Sparkler Ca у with a mixture as a wri tig 
and 
elar 
The outside mo are planted about of Lobelia Paxtoni 
ent specimens of Atlant ч жене the 
managed, and | 
beds in the same place as 
but are larger and аар | well miel 
have a large 
two are filled = эмри, - eg а Ѕаропагіа 
epartmen takes great 
interest, and has been long known in the district for 
her en es s in horticultural matters, I may 
men Miss Grant takes also great interest in 
the well beg of both old s young on her estates, 
he kitchen y TS lies to the east and south ofthe 
flower garden. It is about 24 acres in extent. Неге 
all sorts of bush fruits, vegetables, &c., are had in 
erior :— 
Pinus grandis, about 12 feet, noble specimen; P. 
Jeffreyi, її feet; P. no obilis, а feet, very fine; 
P. Cembra, ай a extra fine; Picea amabilis, 
» tex fine plant; P. lasiocarpa, 10 feet; P. Nord- 
na, IO i et; P. Pinsapo, 5 feet; Abies 
Aedes I5 to 17 € A. Douglasii, 20 feet ; 
A. clanbrasiliana, 4 feet; Cupressus Lawsoniana, 
t; C. fragrans, 7 сс C. occidentalis, 17 feet ; 
em dre fragrans, II А си 1 
IO feet ; Thuja gigantea, com s, сё; 
Araucaria imbricata, 15 feet ; татна отуд не 
22 feet; Cedrus Deodara, 12 feet; C. Libani, 1 ркен $ 
i i Co 
5 ї2 feet, Е o 
m so worthily fills the position of head gardener 
here, is a great enthusiast in his M" and every- 
thing under his care gives evidence of skill and taste. 
Fohn Downie, West Coates, Edinburgh. 
THE GRAPE PHYLLOXERA: 
[WE take the following from Mr. Riley’s seventh 
annual report of. the noxious and beneficent insects of 
the State of Missouri, lately received. Eps.]  . 
е the year the natural history of the species 
has been all but qune asI onc it would be, 
after Balbiani had pave d the w y by his remarkable 
biological studies of the at Oak-Phylloxera, 
{ mal e sex 
traced in the Oak and Grape species Женс" апа 
vastatrix) in qned by Balbiani ; and I h traced 
them in three spec s (Ril tar nine as te ais 
probably cary ыйы in this try. 
The life-history of ud Gra ipe Phylloxera бед be 
thus epitomised: It rnates mostly as ung 
du torpidly niches to the roo мй 50 
ed i 1 a dull 
en nerally to be 
brassy-brown, а and е а difficulty расай, 
s are often of the same colour. With the 
a of Vine а іп the spring this larva 
molts, rapidly increases in size, and so 
ying . These eggs in due time give birth to 
young, ich soon ome virgina gg- 
mothers, like the first; and, like them, always 
r », Pive or si f 
parthenogenetic, egg-bearing, apterous mothers, fo! 
l ; when—about th middle of Tuy ju is 
this latitude—some of the individuals begin to acquire 
ne са males, and, like the wing- 
others, they are parthenogenetic. — Having 
indio бае e ground while in the pupa state, they 
rise in th spread to new viney where 
they deliver С of their i age in the form - 
eggs } or egg-like bodies—usually two or three 
number, and not кенчин igit cand then perish, 
* Balbiani (Comptes Бенін, dad six Se, , Paris, Sept. 21, 
id after a careful examination of these individuals, says that 
they play no s wal physiological 70/2 іп the phenomena of 
prance wee Aor ut that they ited ues ped characters pat ~ 
normal winged females, with, how 4 sog om 
atrophied ; -— may, in part, be td е зч t dius among 
bees и 
+ Dur nal reproduction a gradual reduction іп 
vitality and ТЕЎ is observable from generation to gene- 
ration. id the first virginal mother the eggs may accumu- 
late by the h cael, but they decrease in number in mcd 
еее gg until the individuals which—whether winged or 
ingless—lay 
the sexual eggs, give d cpi in no instance, wem 
recorded, to more © than e ight. From e female, again, or 
at the end of the rn. 
QI It has been a question “rom the wi "the ne bodies from _ 
or from t hm mihas nhia z 
а intei emalea, к: M pro- 
rv ttoa perfec insect. The á 
manifestly incorrect as 4 
е laid, they are transparent with a homogen content ; 
the sexual individual pat өн within ag covering He 
much a as the embryonic mk dev elopes s withi 
a pupa pf delivered, but an пзе hatchin g and undergoing 
its entire development w vdd d he nr осе after the e 
delivered. i P A cov ыле 1 might more properly be 
called a sac just before the male 1 dt, it is 
pt kie aa an egg co ‘first delivered ; and so it is best r, 
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