Хотемвев 30, 1861.] THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1049 
lt f th p g i 1,"— | Powe de W ur 'teunberg. [rius Pear has been tor many 
of various observations and experiments Fy e the | 2. “Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the this country that we need not 
Е that insects are absolutely necessary to the valley: Lepidoptera—Heliconidzm," by wW. Bates, | give the description, w which is very correct in the work 
ertilisation of сонар; апа Ъ s inference - ot ther if мы; Тһе author, in the course of this paper, mem before us, except as regards quality. This, Professor 
not of all Primulas ; but. what nsects visit the plants 11 Пеа tl Decaisne does not speak so highly of as we should 
to effect this e 5 the tk bl f fruit grown in this country, especially on a раст | 
had been led to suppose it was effected p^ moths. | of this group seem to be des саи - mne ood 5 ing " “ый а he says, ariable 
[n all t. d ies s of Primula the pollen | readily ndheres of MÀ grows; thus a number of € moths | in n flavour as in rely of first- rate gti a 
о any object, so that if th ption the livery of different „ће neighbourhood. "of Lo ndon, aro the wa 
bee, ог thick bristle, > rough needle b hed d the e mimicking species vt 4н inhabiting tl 
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һе eM first of o d then of the otl me mra as the species mimicked. Again, Leptales | broad foliage requires plenty of both, there is no л 
vill be found ree the pollen from the long аны Lysi noe puts on the оттан P" one species of|so exceedingly juicy, and the favour i is rich and 
swill ссе und the base of. thep Me ns Ithomia where Ithomiw are few, and of three or four | refreshing. В a tree, we are ivformed, was 
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8 m : 
lod f es. while pollen from thesh orter бшен ОЁ" the however, in a third district is very vacillating in|and was purchased when very young by the 
-styled form will € enn above Men tip of the|its colouration, and mimics, not а Heliconian at | Duquesne for 33 francs ; he gave the variety the name 
C ui some will generally be left on the stigma | all, but one or two species of the equally pro- of Napoléon. Prof. Decaisne has doubtless described 
of the other form. This nim will Бе йн rioa | lific and dominant Erycinide genus Stalachtis." | the fruit, as regards flavour, truly as he found it; ees 
o the ot ithdrawing the рго- | А similar series of К Me occur іп | perhaps the tree producing the specimens rom "bee 
with pollen adhering | Tropical Asia. The us not, however, | growing in soil too too hi t that enriched. e poleon 
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left on the flower's own stigma, in which case there will | very numerous in all orders. Perhaps th t striki 
be i by no м го always occurs. | of all, and those most; familiar to European entom olo- | tion of ы ог вА а Y ga iuri summer 
E the ime -styled forms on the other hand, and it is | gists, are those between a group of the moths, and | may not suit it.] 
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t to remember this, the oet of the pro- | wasps, bees, and other insects of the most diver: 
Б be ween the anthers almost invariably carries | orders. Mr. Bates stated that in all cases he vilem Garden uma mea 
down pollen to the flower's own stigma. These o serva- эт —À forms „are fou nd t to inha! bit the ‚ваше | a MaorNTosn's NURSERY, Kine STR HAM 
tions led Mr. Darwin to test the potency of t ITH.—Of Solanum prt чай Mr. "Macintosh 
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E with respect to A. € iani In idi species same very Timited districts, - In very md cases the peni this year а fine stock of plants, the frui t on which is 
dominant. g His s plants 
hat of т short | in g forms, whilst the imitators re species 
ied. ey the a эл pe ortu s e Amr rarity. Besides being thus e s objects ^ че = kind of p m. нь treatment ү it has been given 
Е" pem rA hei that of the other form. the | various сте the Helico each other |in form umbers, but а nme ulation if it may not 
ised b — eir own-form ete y. the respectively to 'a great ec M The purpose of Бе out of узе һеге; E as follows:—If good sized 
ча тай сай * Homomorphic," and when by the | mimetic analogies, the author thought, would be p epe are wan ара. short time, 
en of the dissi imilar fem “ Heteromorphic." | tolerably evident on examination of the facts, aret th lants be. Бо into the pig of 
periments were tried in this A ith t же, sinensis | processes by which they were brought about mediate house early in spring, and as 
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P. veris, and P. auricula, and it w. that | more abstruse question, upon which he offered ко risp they 1 е os du into growth shift them ir into 
in each case the ай was much а suggestion lar ger size dert the roots, 
fertile than the homomorphic union. © y - mdi if the m r the soil in bad 
here, as far as I know," observed Mr. à condition, M d Mv size of the ball 80 ns to set 
“а саве new in the — and vegetable ki bris 3Botítes of Books., te Jit 64 at "liberty. Wh 
We see the species of Primula divided into Өч sets or i in heat, ivin little water for a time; bui 
| Bieb асай 86 аны distinet sexes for both | z, алд REN 1099), doom 
are iege yet they are to a certain extent t ү p ge Жинн, " Leonor api rng 
sexually distinct, for the ey require for perfect fertility көг ГЕ Espèces et Variétés d Arbres 
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ае moist, This should be continued for a week ог two 
itiers : | unti] the em have fairly taken c nd ies fresh zr 
reciprocal ey They might perhaps be called sub. e Description, leur Histoire, leur Syno nymie, pna that water with P ter of the тре 
diccious hermaphrodites. The meaning ог use of the v.; par J. Decaisne, 4to. Paris, Firmin Didot. s that of the house in which they a er They 
i i E um two ү Б about equal е Pomme.—Syn. Beurré de Racke ncheim or will now succeed perfectly well ue the kind. d — 
adapted for reciprocal union. 5 д е5 стенам. ап р рё ment usually 
is tolerabl dr to favour the "Tatéreroteing of | d'Hardenpont (of some), Pom QM topping all str raggling s shoots so . 
distinet ibdividuale, With plants there аге innu- middle-sized, Apple "shaped, being adi hollow а) indue эй, act pyra а ідеї ha it. The ча d 
merable contrivances for this end, and "= ga will | е eye. and stalk; the а, er is of variable length, | [strike fiif, and талу: therefore be Spie TE ipen 
cause of the structur y mens short, de ceply unk at its insertion. dye e stock. For ordinary purposes 6-inch pots are large 
ndin ng to this s poiat A “The уар likew e dee серу sunk iu "s regularly formed ыы" 2 р 
to any азы беу b еа: h sligh! зіла ту. 
t to acquire in pes sum mex] 
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question in respect 
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5 we now know that the vi Wii seti 
sable to the fertilisation ot these plan which 
ani tiat in in all aee the — € falei o o We find an id description | i 
a Primrose ould be 2 stigma of a | 0 р: Poat in > the Ponolagie de la Seine-Inférieure, 
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а nt; i os, they a extremely. esterna. 
slip, the nu which have been бед p ar the тий work under that of Вештё p] winter decoration, 
made showing t that Q Ой ap deni among the seedlings | 2f already remarked aed double and pee is important th умит аге 80 апепё 
ОЁ Cowslips cannot be tru as the parent plan td do error in speaking Б”, "the Pear Délices d' Angers, which hes bearing ium n their vivid colour 
not appear to né beet t. су protected ае ‚М. Willermoz has confounded with the P. "Pomme, ing for several x months 8 ata time. “The soil most suitable 
insects. The simple fact of two individuals of the Y s вупопу for this Solanum is a li abt „Аня loam intermixed with 
same undoubted species when homomorphicall united | Poire Graslin. — Syn. Beurré Su "d Beurré|a little peat and : i y sociated with Capsicastrum 
being as sterile as are many distinct pee yer Dathis, у du Printemps, Laur de 'Glymes ? | were S. Psendo-capsicum ; ^e d last has beautiful deep 
crossed, will surprise ipe who look -. sterilit Fruit large, pyriform, or turbinate, "fattened at the | crimson fruit and darker foliage than the frst... The 
al endowment created s ө n ея Salt I thick, a little т Мө! thick at its junction, | berries of both are no doubt poisonous, and therefore 
“ Whether or іє » сона е заво," * the dimor e frui rinto each other. Eye|mus pt fi i the form of st 
phic тес of the Primula has any bearin on other din. а а wi чаты ; the segments of {ће | when laden with fruit both varieties are extremely 
к» atural history, it is тесе: Варіть Tik how | calyx erect d, slightly йа, Skin smooth, | pretty. 
ае нв if I may so express myself, to favour of a uniform yellow, or but slightly ick am Among  Chrysanthemums now in 
ihe sexual union of distinct individuals of the sime|red next the sun. Flesh very melting, some- | ће vg еа the followi are 
Species," ез € i like that of the| what granular, with abundance of гу, воо. especial notice, viz. Solfaterrs,. a very pr xy A ir 
г seem to from rare in the vegetable el acidulated, perfumed, but not musky Juiee. Pompone, [eM from 6 to 8 fo owersin a cluster on 
those 
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meg deno, ^ litte оннга, Мт. Darwin instanced Ane cellent fruit, which however presents the va 
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ER genus | tior fla which we meet with in th cultivation; Hélène, a lilac sort, 
Rubi biaceous plants, in “which some „have xs g s Season, middle of October. Tree r- | useful for 9 door decoration, di are likewise th 
р he: shoots olive. Leaves large, oval, “acuminate, with White and Golden Cedo Nulli, зне of the best small 
of the North A Sean DI Ph 23 
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1 f 00 years old. lt is growing at Mali- of them possesses settini м off their other 
80 that al. M En. of vetere vn ШУ; dimor- ph e, commun i de Flée eanton de Cháte "deli | toos to excellent advantage. For indoors Lupe 
es засни five xn separated natural iue 8. "ue o an estate belongà м. to the family of|is a useful Pom , superseding Bob, which often 
th respect to v e further; experiments were hi flowers „Hendersoni i ай l o 
thought- desirable, but ' the author incidentaliy | tasted. by. | 
badly. 
De Bretonneau of Tours some 20 or p^ early rego асты $ 
m two formé Poire Bretonneau.—Syn. Beurré Breto Doc- “+ ITE Eurum ull 
D UD нк. ж-ке. DUDEN 86 ies — Кш d 
ering in length ; whilst in Linum | there|teur Bretonneau, пи? d'Hiver. Fruit Jarge, | finel "CM 1 altogether oni e ' Ње most i 
are two forms which present no difference in their male | ol m arm or like a Doyenné, бт: ry short, | of Pourpoaeg. er бала ely forme 
organs, but have the pistils and stigmatic surface a: бей, bent. Еуе їп а shallow ellow and а е апі ре said ot 
much larger in one than in the other. The short- of t he calyx erect or spre зи "Skin а фы, тылы po pur lilac. Жене Зан Ded isa 
m win beli to be ti g white with a yellow eye. Surprise is perhaps too 
with its own pollen, while the long-styled was found to Mar dS t the sun. Flesh edes white, | Madame Rousselon e grown along with that kind 
be quite sterile with its own pollen. Several plants | half melting, жети, coarse-grained, gritty near the |in small collections; but for parposes of decoration оп а 
remote from Short-styled forms had thei reo) sweet and е регѓатей, ason— March, | large seale it will be. found voia € 
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plants was put apted. Pro i ko 
Ae 4 m е наа blue with| Poire Napoléon.—Syn. Воп С бейеп. Napoléon, Bon excallont kinds, the merece ar esan w z 
em, eight fine capsules w i Bona were Auguste Mie, Vulcan, a late red, 
Mr. Darw Монеа һе wm of E în tali [S саен Ры" X Chrétien nur ed P ek eerie Plutus, Pio Nono, Phidias, Ne Plus Ultra, 
health and e ааа of Pont seed, on which their own | Charles d'Antriche, Charles X., Gloire de l'Empéreur, | Madame Clos, Golden Cluster, Mount Etna, Cassy, and 
Lr uced no more effect tban the ros ofaplant|Liart, Mabille, Mailánderin grosse grüne, Médaille, | Prince Albert, the last a large showy dark red variety. 
а different аб о уһ во much inorganic dust, as | Melon Napoléon d'Hiver, Napoléon vrai, Suerée D Dorée, Veronicas are largely grown here for autumn decoras 
