SEPTEMBER 21, 1961.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
Iu most instauces 
the re pou  barked quite. m апа consequently 
killed. Mr. Bell 1 * lives upon the КЕ 
ff young trees, lea! eaf buds, and tender shoots” - "^d {а kin 
be well able from this deser жун to ү ue whata 
singular effect is produced by а young progeny rising 
out of the leaves that = still 6 мы. Чә the plant. 
But sb ould there be ы who cannot witbout seeing 
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Mr. Waterton's view of the matter I m 
1 
they ma y, if they wish; in а very short time нн! 
- when, and how, these e pla ants are produced, by 
ENTOM| 
2 енден i їп 4 
mely i 
— 
J. W. Douglas, Esq. 
"эе аб. “777 Bos ci d «мшш be d 
Low ipe. 8 Cole eoptera eceutly ium 
f om х Pa nang. 
ven from Adelaide, 
` th 
арр!у them with food; b mee v mua eries of. Bupre coniprising queas 
chief, of which I send you the tarting with nice y v 5s ге and growing large | 60 distinct species. Рг. Ma eLachlan, on behalf of Мг. 
emp hatically in the West, < Бе ard: And кү 5 lees similar to No. B. Queen Victo oria, whose | | Crew , exhibited the larvæ о! two British species of 
the truth, СФ eve ee piqued myse dim nsions are as ый —Stalk, 22 inches long; | , Cazadrena. ` The President 
sta: anch W у f, 2 fee t5 inches; br eadth, » 1 foot 8 ine hes, | ex hibi l various rare British insects, including an 
bave чы 8 squirrels, чуве от ү т feet 1 tl apparently new Spilonota, Scerapt fusca 
other ffer hi =й есе for them. n. grow! po under the shade of exotic Z fasciata, Myrmedonia coleoptrata, a rare Hemipterous 
Will Mr. сня decide between us? H. [This note эе, vith wii inay seem to be quite at home. | insect, of which the two sexes bad referred to 
was forw: uch esteem Є Mr. Water- | James Moo - v Fre [The leaves sent different genera, also ropi pselaphoides taken 
ton, who being er om the Continent has only just | us were cent specimens of growth. Wor ild | p зу Dr. Power in ants’ nests, Rare species of the genus 
- able to favour us with the following reply :— | Mr. M bli id | Ceucania were exhibited т Btainton and Юг 
“I scarcely know what remarks to make C 
n the lamen- 
HI 
wishfal in the * Essays? to place in a clear 
point of view whatever be of service to the| 
reader. ur а of the 
and j illy 
th n my own walled domain; u 
very time I have observed nothing in the squirrels 
to cause to alter pinion of them. 
If I may j by the aan which you have - 
me, I must conclude that irrels are DM le d 
stroyers of bark, Not havin ra yse the Vies 
depredation I am at w safe con- 
ion should be so wicked in one part |; 
the “ spot^ which has ruined во many fine planta. 
I attribute the curling | 
anophyll 
| of Ecrit this us moisture at the root, 
|My havi ving bad a a 
plant two s since in a milar state. as 
respondent’s, I was induced to examine the of tho arm 
root and found the soil very wet, and to vm "e 
buted m origin of the mischief. This ше was in an | 
S inc My remedy was to break away a portion 
of the оп 'and repot in a 10-inch pot wit b d drain- 
i 
mixture of nf loam and peat 
lit 
as entirely recove n that LI have 
what is called e 
hands of these merciless 
we should not have а а hawk, ero 
alive ч э part of the "оошту, 
and squires sign their 
Iam re рае with the account 
which you have sent me. Sermar Елі 
and Mildew.— entry ^ 
E р. т І —-— say that th thet bes amd (ho cheapest 
wn thrips and mildew is to ара = 
һате had but бою thi thrips кгс 1 
"n те and I attri 
my having had 
ооо pitching on 
my trees were covered with mildew, ar, with 
he exception. 05 Roses under wa à t 
cive 
с growth in the leaves, which 
ent, enable the spores to root (eaim 
but not solely, affects b 
anches, 
t cT deeem less this summer with. ho 
liquid ш panoro aad six times 
bee 
the quantity of o 
Peruvian 
fine 
water. Tiis mix! 
enabl 
eai or three times by 
this me i — С mih will be 
moted, and th ines des With ее there 
is no remedy when it once A ts ahead, except cu 
the worst of the shoots, but if on its first 86 а | 
good dredging of cmd а applied, and with ocessional | 
tering ging i 4 e kept down and a e 
and m 
and vigo 
mless с o which Rex bel fruit without Ы 
- Ње E. to become vivi E а quite however gen: 
that I may be rightly understood vedi 
of gro 
- ATE IU tani: ext 
guano I have е quanti ка 
У and m 
, ei the or garde n Deve his book 1 by 'a e just now, Y lam 
чей; у= have seen in Dr. Trench's Жл of Words, 
ing off| Cottingham” may 
leaves | followiug 
pp at Een 
cong that others of 
the experience which I have had in v die growing of 
КҮШ 1 ые decided th = t insure success а 
heck: drained soil, com nposed of peat ‚К ine 
and 
alexis by Mr, F 
by . | Dr. 
ei с d : Polyommatus 
aday. Pro fessor r Westwood ited 
ed 
forwa ° 
from Lips 
| him by Gounit А Жее, Russian Minister at 
Wa: , which had been ned 
obtai 
These | larvoe were Wes differ from 
Mr ith cree % 
рг, 
rom | 
ther 
spe cimen of a 
of RRA 
splendid gilt Indian кейт of Cossida, 
ich had lived 116 days without I d in this coun try, 
| dus ing which period the golder 
m 
n hue had become sligh tly 
r exhibited а new British 
d fr 
y [prt are ges gone ү н. add that last esce 
exhibited at the Jun of the Royal Botan 
Socie 
leaves e lon orte 
18 inches 
broad. This plant was Site out into a ед о 
warm s ut it never prospered. William Lakeman, 
Сат TS Esq., Grove House, 
Lx 
prio d the top, some only 
occurred in me that it igni be р able eto pu uncture the m 
х t оо! ат 
чы ЕСЕТ ос FECE 
ion sho our 
but аг іп v least n to ler Cut the main stems 
next March, nol r, and all will go right.] 
-—in ee Komer o of the 7th ins! are kind 
The History of vie p T (rn ы, to 
your Cottingham, 
hire, must not be con- 
ticism 
founded uA ттт е 
n England" 
ed 
is men- 
ted in England. 
ba oed cultivated by Dahl, the Swede: The Dean of 
ster is so 8 ee v m that we country writers, wien | 
Roman rm 
^ History c of 
tion. 
sl ху арреа 
If so, as criticism is the royal per to ау, the wr 
ү стад thankful for the freest remarks and su uggestions either 
s He would be 
wit 
exhibiting, any blossom 
m Cottingham 
M 
the po ; and 4 the m of 
them, 2% E "hat these hl t i 
Objects, -proper farm bo „а егевйад [з 
strictest 
Жаба ee so їп their natural А habitat. 
your readers who are cultivators will, I have 
1 
d my amem 
Those 
I": ct Pyrus, pomifera ане 
in Linnsus' Amæ S А 
rd 
apetala, aud e rore and of whi 
cademici, i 
oce pt 
ever saw the 
id when | on 
Six 
ety, а e es of КОА 6 feet high, with bition yi a^ S d Society took 
rfec' 
Spec A letter was read from Lord 
ени 5 anyin imens of the larvæ of a 
large species of Geometridz, which had swarmed to во 
great a degree in Irela hat they had completely 
| defoliated а plantation half a milein extent. Dr. 
Kn naggs € exhibited fine series of , Nonagria Bondii and 
APORE HORTICULTURAL. — The first.  exhi- 
lace on the 
h|27th Jul taining the plants 
filled, | was gail with bouquets of cut 
g the 
ан y tastefully 
other 
rare and 
was а good 
e latter 
arranged vases, containing "Ores md 
showy varieties | of yen 
displa. 
The y 
w which were sent by natives. Phe Dahlias ud Chrysan- 
themums were 
'£h | vegetables exhibited w 
ns bages, Lettuce 
с des pkins. 
ex 
of Arts 
its range, full without being , pulously 
in its da It in i ivi 
ns of contemporary celebrit f oth 
y octa 
“ Biographie y Uaiverselle 
bak he was History," i » four тве, ^ site by Dr. E. rmn 
in full flower and very hetig, The 
were good, and apos of Cab- 
, Endive, Celery, Capsicums, Cucumbers, 
Two collections of English Green Peas 
o ап ere quite e vt eec me 
t can 
ents, and its cities and of 
ell as recording its his the 
iod. The * Cyclopzdia of Biography,” 
; fairly be stated to he most 
сае іа 
xty con- 
tributors in the origina 1 " Pauly Cy е dia, ? while 
rs have assisted 
ond edi | thir rty-six new Contribut tors 
iter will | in * the production of the prese ent eight v 
aud Revise 
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res 
ERNERS, ESQ- is lov 
f the Vg 296 p sd its — лаза 
ding to 
spo 
rus | fallow deer are КЕ for their "еу. On the 
XT left of the drive is а walk 
ve not at 
works of the kind which have yet v 
Ар | published, 
a| Ina 
Tainan. 
ely place is в 
mposing m 
g ma 
ot it i is a most 
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