SEPTEMBER 26, 1874.] 
FAE 
GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
395 
. Whatever mode of sale is adopted, the wood 
ioe ald be sold in Rpr qana and at such periods 
as will insure g; p orms 
coii ‘is derived from wood 
be yearly or pe et 
ingly. 
e to CDon of w a 
ecting mature n ; 
but iy amenity of the Por having to be c 
sidere: 
$: When tabet o be manufactured on th 
ground it can be iis e ofitably auatant of in “oe 
: aa provided they are not spread over too wide an 
as rage = bs sage be ine ad ar eed 
7. When the —- = be sold 
HLINA ind, P i the nnings, “the 
work of cutting, ke. jaa aicnastion: cath done by 
_ the purchas 
k 8. wrk much of the work as possible should be done 
y co 
9. oad: roads ar a S and add con- 
oy to the vides of wo 
ater-power, where available should = taken 
aac of, and handed over t Se ared with the 
oo o be float ed or 
or private, is the mode . 
ma aa ‘for pro- 
fitably d igs f hom e-gtown ti tim 
12. Sale by public auction in small lots i is the most 
profitable mode of d of iine ree 
for amet 
13. At sales a pout i the p toe a should be 
rings and classed to 
Dargai in y save =e exce ptional 
‘ S uch a those indicated, is 
= not cacpi for the profitable dnateal of home-grown 
ti 
SIOA 
15. Timber can seldom be profitably manufactured 
for sale by the producer, except where great natural 
a 
the capitis and give reasonable accom ead 
e purchaser, and, if possible, prevent 
Ha 
t 
e ‘conditions aa the sale should be distinct 
and simple, | een =e ae ni Aone ard — 
ed ood by eith er party ; and, h 
the as a ie or by whatever mode it ii y 
effected, the ae pores should be done in a legal 
Natural History. 
IGAS.—During the summer and autumn 
t 
be rurally described, 
a ‘*something like a hornet 
: pse its sting out,” this likeness being pointed 
to also in the German name noted = ive of ** Die 
grosse Foley" ” he is 
insect is the Sirex gigas (fig. 83), which though of such 
comparative rarity in "ia thls country as not to possess a 
commonly received st name, fo sometimes 
c ers, an 
mon. way Ginches deep into the 
in which it Gite the pupal ch 
it remains sometimes 
ing requirements, 
- but where feasible 
of a pianoforte. Their attention was attracted in-som 
way to the n of the Da A one T ina 
nln appeared a little head pai f horns, 
followed up seas by the ct sirex eey 
from the solid timber of the pian 
Amongst some young Fir-woode i in the neighbour- 
hood of Chepstow a few specimens of the Sirex gigas 
have usually appeared in each successive summer for 
some years past, and on one occasion somewhat nu- 
merously in a farm timber-yard on n the — of ya = 
these plantations. Their central poi 
Fir log, from which, judging by the pins fesh 
piercings, they had just emerged, although, from thei 
bu 
a us sizes ; and al 
the one day on which they saiae I did not ciara 
another specimen in the same localit 
Their appearance was immediately followed fe Ao me 
of a considerable number of large ichne 
flies, which hovered for days about the pin mps 
rbed thei 
expetenate little distu: in r neradi of 
oviposition by the presence of observers. The selec- 
„tion of e ae = laying the eggs seemed to be very 
insect mL mcg A oof tative before 
ra os the place, and = operation o with 
the ovipositor into the solid wood iach a r g 
deal of ex ition was, as noted in other 
cases, with the e , SO the ovipositor 
thro an acute angle bod 
fi 
xed beyond the power of withdrawal, 
and left iicdiing i in the solid timber. 
Fic, ee GIGAS. 
In this case the size of ‘the timber, and 
preclud 
li 
O successiv: 
besides in their incomplete stages on 
splitting ra the log; and hus, with little or no trouble, 
a constant supply of the insect may be secur 
and the gradual par hes paei fe pleasure by 
Letuelinin iagaatt 
e log, ee 
jise A ce! idi 
= Sirex kiia during tw: 
mber 
y in 
Peirs 45 ‘Hot OUSE PETS. —Miss Hope's notice 
of Dytiscus, &c., as ain” at P pe which igi of 
sa agi interesting especially to g beginners with 
uch pets, made me think of the s following incident 
some years since at Malton, in Y ngs Miss tope 
says she has never happened to catch Dytisci flying 
i Now my ent as arranging some 
mber 
plants in a Cucum frame, had laid the lights on 
one side, and was v pats, Poe m his knees, when 
nae h E Raver fl ear him. Supposing it was 
ome wag th g pebbles over the wall he took 
no notice ‘ill sae scene a occurred, TES raising his 
fro eren is work in indign u 
e from 
upon the y sink of glass, evidently ernie | them 
ke a header, 
ating Ast 
Aotices of Hooks, 
The Heatherside ian EC a Queen Victoria 
Street, E. 
If this a trade lis site nothing more, we 
should at’ ‘ul. at liberty. is do more than mention 
its publication, 
form a 
ago tga 
6 
Bey the 
E caltivatios, 
fe te 
gi claims 
Lyo We add the following omens as to 
beret of specimen trees on lawns 
“ Do not unduly cut up your grassy e expanses by 
dotting too many single specimens, or, worse still, too 
many flower-beds or small clumps over its surface. 
feather to the ground ; if deciduous trees, they should 
be of such species as that w the b are allowed 
to ramify 5 to 6 feet oe on Pes trunk ; they should dip 
to t round, as in ree, talpa, Horse 
tall tree, with a straight, unbra 
its head alo ft, bose forms a hez i 50 eet above 
our reach, is i d a noble oe but went be quite 
out of place i in the centre of a lav 
homburgk’s Report of the Progress ana 
Condition ft the Adela a Botanic ite bara for Sep! Ea 
1873 i chara 
re 
our columns. Dr. Schomb men a plan 
for preserving labels, which it may be of interest to 
cite in this place :—The labels are of sheet on and 
chloride of copper, one of, nitrate of copper, an 
of sal ammoniac dissolve ea -four parts of mn 
To this solution is f commercial 
hpdccutibonss labels | F 
painted - 
dry the names of the plants are written with- 
white oil-colour, and immedi with fine 
white sand. will dry with the white colour, 
become compact. 
—— Professor Tyndall has issued the full text of 
his “Address ee the British Association at Belfast 
Lon 
(Longmans), written, as he tells us, i n the e Alps before 
the meeting, , for peat: , some 
mee z : 
emis as D: ve: 
ing on ae importance “of the 
sate of the Almighty Se 
study of the 
Nature. 
stead of | mention 
was 
