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Aveust 15, 1874.] 
GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
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ometimes reach as many as 500, and, if Dr. 
-malg ponas can be relied on, it m e 
l om ape as th e animal is, the product of 
while 
Ebo are 
o ne 
cess he annual cycle o F the 
i s, that it was essential 
tinu 7. =? pencil 
the product of the cee | laid by the wing mpreg- 
emale, On ae Sothesis I eee that 
Gallzcola was proba ably the invariable precursor of 
Sora in an uninfeste d, and that, if galis 
vineyard, 
ground, oF "the young under 
e can 
ri 
r 
so iced a wie state of 
ts of Eur 
ji y it ee eati the branches, and more 
ere are no facts yet 
the case T rape 
r woa, Vines, an Ti a 
. already indicated, a autumnal individuals of 
ecola descend Big the nd there hibernate. 
every reason to also that, eee 
o 
ea llers, and ae a a stron, 
to drop, their natural lightness, as in the 
Cic. a of aa insects w 
ag 
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(To be continued. ) 
: Sm Correspondence 
where the Silene may have left a little vessel 
mould by the decay of its leaves and branches. The 
again foll e wake of the other two. I 
interesting to note the gradual expansion of the sea- 
side flora from the few ig we that can brave all diffi- 
culties, and get a living, I may say, out of the very 
tones to the luxuriant herbage of th a 
ches, where Iris Forget-me-not, 
Jun r, and Poa diy wh other in health, 
Aa sat Bae F. Scot 
mart in l Appen t Palestine.—On p 5 (uly 
18, 1874) M Foath says that ‘‘ there is Fide doubt 
that the corn of Scripture is frequently Maize.” You 
very properl remark on this somewhat adventurous 
and Rom 
pein Oriental Paveliecs 
I quite approve, but it is right to 
i s, the Maize ee oe pe have been the 
ab mee at capia of the 
e intended by 
t of A gann 
of produced in Bactria, hi account is 
taken up by Pliny, lib. xviii. cap. 13. G. 
French Ringing Tongs.—This simple though 
very usafi me (fig. oS not so generally 
used as it des wn, ing 
is generally piah on Vines i in piia in order to 
Fic. 46,—RINGING TONGS. 
get larger and better Grapes. With the above French | 
ringi operati one, as 
you have ony to apply "oe ‘op | of tl Sosa 
dodenait ch of Grapes, raig Bs Abeni 
e spring, e Aiman is also used fo 
Apple and Pear trees. . C. Jongkindt Coninck, 
Tottenham Nurseries, ‘Dedemsvaart, near Zwo ile, 
Netherlands, 
In re Zonal Pelargoninme and their Raisers. 
lease grant me columns of : 
peo T time is an object) to saya | 
fow w moen ects commented upon by Mr. 
g 
in your 
renia “to the value of the 
conserva’ d tion and bedd 
vet eer vf the eulogies alread: 
r this famil of 
ers 
t only as s its decorative propert 
4: florists? Bower, which will enable it to hold its own, 
it uently needs no trumpeter. quite agree 
with Mr. Tears on that the improver of Nature’s 
beauties, ‘* living pictures, 
the compilers of pictures on canvas 
crue to our productions, I would 
e exhibitors at the shows fail to 
to ahini 
by the Rives, | ; 
ree eA to 
omen on of the 8th tome With | I placed them by themselves for that pu : 
` under a large propagating ig \glass, perfectly free from 
| aphis. At the end o asa none pay the lanes awe 
dotted and smear their u surfaces 
sail under en page which neither does honour to 
themselves o their sense of justice. to 
power of the Couneil of th the Ro al Horticultural 
Society to remedy the injustice coap ained of by Mr. . 
earso ould, I suppose, 
1 
i 
8 
ade a condition that upon on variety exhibited 
should be appended a ticket bearing the raiser’s 
nam present Council I would 
Mr. Pearson, made a move in this direction by i 
ing a cla rul their schedule to the effect 
that, ‘‘ where practicable, plants and fow: wers exhibited 
hould contain their r ’ nam e vii.) 
to the special prizes previously off y him and 
yself, uld remark that I discontinued mine 
because, upon reflection, I consid the offering of 
earson in 
ing prizes open to all varieties, but npon the soena 
that each variety has the name 
spicuously written or printed upon the el that 
se the name of the variety. If -the 
ov and introducers 
in ‘the ‘Pelargonium genus, together with the nursery- 
men generally, would but join us ina moderate -m 
scription, a sufficient = igen easily be raised t 
izes, n addition to those aves 
rgonium show 
a 
respective 
for twelve or ei: 
and the same for twelve 
nosegay (or decorative) c 
above specified oor 
six special prizes offered ee of the 
ve values of for y mra 
nas £10 for Ist, £7, ad, ees o 
carrying out the mpr in view 
mlk g Son Daw Stoke Newington 
Size of Peaches and Nectarines. —Af ter read- 
of Citrus japonica under my notice, sent to me 
in a flowering ad a as state LA Fen . J. Sherratt, 
of Knypersley. — These branches. w 
with honey-dew, On removing ge glass the deposi- 
os G2 ge tare thag e ho sites agp in ri shiny film, 
KBS aat 
petn ced, perge 
res recommen 
W. G. Smith. 
or americana Hardy at Weymout y 
some of your readers. 
