26 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE,  Laxvany 14, 1860. 
in the web ; in this “state it can be dipped into the] > j jured: Cupra funebris, C. Lawsoniana, ©. exe elsa, country. Mr. ‘Westwood “exhibited a “amall Lepido- 
wrung out, or what would be | Thujopsis borealis, Juniperus excelsa, Thuja gigantea 1 prolegs, 
becter still, passed i ough a pair of squeez ing rollers, | Abies Pins daio. Pinus excelsa, P. insignis, P. Webbiana K which he had received ‘from a corres spondent who, whilst 
and the pile of cloth afterwards laid s mooth with the | leading shoot the top killed; Taxus elegantissima, T.| asleep, was roused by a smart bite inflicted on his 
P. 
inje (followed by a wheal), and who, on examination 
brush and cold water; the use of the soap is to take | aurea, Forsythia viridissima. A Wellingtonia was planted 
i year and ; it m bees ginga 
The — thin; hich app it pt to feed 
e large s is besides an exceedingly cheap d is ampas Grass; one with 36 sy fk: 28 | on animal matters of eee eu and man. Tye 
ther is tittle Mabe denise to pass a web of cloth bloom on it is arkes Parni, ec some hepa th seg | confinement would devour oper larvæ, yet (taking it 
ough squeezing rollers, and not only is the sizing | Took slink killed. also u r granted that the larva xhibited was the real 
materia in Aeng cheap, but o only a very small portion | and the Porman: anos which sie 9 ont 10 fet ig culprit in this case) this was the first instance he had 
of it is ial to the waterproofing of oben surface | — nota leaf touched. J. Dzanewaite, Manby R neard of their attacking the living human body. e 
m Lou + a arva eM? to be that of one of the Tineidæ, but 
only as much being left J the A ple capsi —During a visit to Ber ere was no appeara’ vat of a case in, which it might 
as to pr Sh it to feel amp. Exposure to the air in the | August, ‘1858, a sal plant with red berries irino ed Mies resided. Mr. Westwood 
same way as siz is dri " my grr on of the flower stalls in the Gen- | of a ppan British basto (Broscus aa for- 
of waterproofing. A Constant Subscriber. @armes mar me Tts novelty and beauty induced me | warded to him by Sir Charles Lyell, who had sent it as 
Luculia gratissima pe bea one ve a of | to bring it ho which, after many mister, was at that of a fossil eetle, having been obtained from 
this plant at this dall sea of the rin nduce me be length Redan r RA It proved to be Solan si- | Mundesley in Norfolk, from a formation containing fish 
co either in | ca which you have so much but not ay highly remains (determined by Agassiz to be such) of extinct 
horders pots. Two ‘very -youuy plants were extolled in a late Number. It continued in full berry | species although associated with recent shells; Mr. 
put out tein t we af sag Bn 1 ofa conservatory here} until the S Ak April, so that at least during the | Westwood, however, was of opinion that the elytron 
about nine Bo lants now cover nearly | eight worst months of the year itis ahighly ornamental | was a recent one, and it was not difficu account for 
300 feet oath or seven | plant. apap bamsedpace $ with me ina cool gree mhouse | its being found in such a situation, as igh species is 
of the rafters, on ae of poren ante pros reached the | planted in a clayey n soil. with a mixture of leaf- | common under marine rejectamenta on the coast; and 
height of 10 feet. The ers Jine the | mould and sa ig of worms 
and are poet eae po re of heel? 10 inches i in d of my ‘Ap ril I sowed some in a pot o might. have carried down so small an article as the 
diameter, and in various stages of growth? The treat- | sandy Kee in po ae freely without elytron of a beetle. The fact, enover possesses a 
strum, 
e full gro d e 
Teaf.sojl and very sandy mori plenty of rala, coloured several fell off without De pror Sange; exhibited a small brass- flask about 2 inches 
iş the very life of the „plänt in winter, | Can you suggest a reason? Eliza Westwood, Henley |high, constructed for ein g A nine quantities 
In „the aA summer months I treat the | House, near Oxford. of chloroform into pill boxes living 
ens in ust as I do’ ang gg giving Doubtful Permanence of Cross-breeds,—It isa rather | Lepidoptera for the purpose of Siting gg A he 
water heey Shen whenever they require it. f the Gardeners’ | and other entomologists having- ex erienced much 
the en er I water very: sparingly, so as to| Chronicle which contained the description of the new | inconvenience in using chloroform nek is purpose when | 
ripen ae one Gia before Winter. After this iț|mongrel Brassica between the Cauliflower and engaged in collecting, and the ment haga 
Nd gt and dry by Mr 4” d whicl i 
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‘until it shows signs of Brussels Sprout reared _ Mr. Lee, and as by it a single 
proved true for four generations, should also have con- | drop could be obtained Chay any pita of spilling or 
jem lan A uld be given very | tained a See: that our great agriculturists are | evaporation, A new part of the Society’s Transactions 
y, otherwine the one shot push wre haag looking out for some substitute for the Swede Turnip, | was announced as ly for delivery to the mem! 
and the um Plants here | which they of the isis wet by the i 
growing in 7. lok pois tony as poe ‘ate of t blooms In this latter case we have, as it seems to me, a striking | Council to be made at, es anniversa the list. of | 
on them are ex sh Abse y handsome, The Lucnlia is rm ear, 
f 
d 
n maker which ne it notwithstanding all the care which a strong sense 1 
and Cany. The -tem ure 2 Pr iti is thelr utility has caused to be bestowed upo; sy Dugan BOTANI Ar prvi ay Dec. 8.—Prof. Balfour 
, in severe weather it is — jn mh om ndeed, is an instance. ] likewise of much impo a ph pio in the chair, Several dona and B kedis announced. The 
I have seen the leaves of view as negativing the theory that dy followin, munica my Noe 
sustaining any’ injury. Ly is aito paniki that this in a more especial manner, tho s ecies only bo p“ op nasthetic ] ects of Chloro 
| pint is m to m in its native country | animals and plants, which are use el man, Ani are | and Amylene on para Mne. 
| than we at 8497 roam ge hl it Sa fond ie in jee to permanent modification by cross-breeding | Esq. After bed naar, A “ite Bary dh TERN 
goat abu on the smaller and careful propagation, This is not the place to enter | forming the experimen’ ngston 
prorvell Thorp Perrow, '| into a lengthened discussion of the question whether all detail t such of them as a typical a. 
iit 
ongthe 
i Weasel.—Wh that interesting article | these eaceineations either of hybrids produc by ag gs ne red înfluenee i ive gé nd proceed ; 
in your Paper of Decem noe “by Mr. ieran hy ro- crossing d t species, „or of a ee els by crossing | leaf to leaf in riably in the descending order, andit 
called tom pea A olronmstanoe ro rdin wea vari ies, the species very rarely l p above e one if 
which I witnessed in the vi of the Tos os year if left to Sq gi» from those canses | on was at all disturbed. "This effect paama first observed 
This animal, although small either natural or artificial 1 sy ich they have by Professor Marcet, of Geneva, and co ee by 
, is nevertheless an thers that ar flourished, and bro eat bn Shon pa Sr Ngee ater | him in a paper to the Société de Pays, To what- 
much largor in size. a the ert it Ought to bo species, pt si, flouris t ultimatel 
e than mi pews Ith admission of reversion to poy ype otherwise pe rane, whether to n susceptibility « of the descend- 
itis said to be one of srt animals in a 5 at on per ah hay CPs “eo of progres- | ing sap for a ng n effects, or to the 
the world; it is py a master gate, mieg and | sive development, whether for the more paa, benefit | existence of some yet S iiai organ which had 
mojes, In the spring of the yaar m mumbar 6f ts were | of p individ or oa abs r pacia ecies. Hence, I should not | that power, A wer fact, was, at all events, beyond dispute. 
ere ew mon rassica, | To set aside any so fa X bj this 
sand; even tho 'atentcher w with his traps and falthough it ie might fe tra tne  continae to Yo the | fact to as kr a scarfs Baie AP ong a ee of 
t y when | soil and situat first produced, lose its | Mimosa (Sensitive Plant) were carefully ex 
the 4 oth was o sens on pe i iag abest fom from | peculiar character Se pot treatment” an ip doses of chloroform, ether, and amylene given, in order — 
one hole to another, w among the | different soil. In like manner also pes im see whether it was not possible in this way to — 
Carrots; the rats tat apparently did n ‘tid not Tike the ane keeping a breed true, unless from time n kaa. a propagation of the influence 5 
of the new crossed by individuals of another yf n, seems equall ly | ovary, case in Rin gg any effect was exhibited, it 
noise w within which told that it pI F y. Isee, in both | invariably proceeded downwards. Wip a and 
that was going on; but np p ont were soon over, ne these cases, the efforts of Nature to get ri ply at were ariel te effect, it is true, was 
in æ little the wense e its appearance carrying | monstrosities, and to revert to the true type of the | duced; but in the ove H dosah; instead <a 
a dead rat ns large as ak which it concealed in the species as originally created. To say That wild | narcotic influence be: the leaf nearest 
shrubbery; Ì it wax soon back again, and brought o animals or plants which keep true to their kind—| the roots, as one Beer j pac his priori, it pimay 
another r til fi sai as, for instance, the _ Egyptian Ibis (which is| four of the leaves, and appearing first at the fifti 
carried out. The weasel must have despatched still identical with the individuals found in the mummy | proceeded downwards till the first was reached. 
rap er re only 80 De Candolle, in his “Physiol 
ee 7 some experimen 
before oaa E ‘ay tt Wie werd 3 elia me a pos nih adds, 0 on 
the weasel, and very neatly it b done. We are algo | by some accident Ay can of tee Tih Ag cd in pated the pati and a dropping of the ‘petioles ` in an ai 
r. progeny were ad been t 
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informed that the weasel t of the} and this pair and t to continue to | ing order, 
day in sleeping, and reserves the 1 x. ht for dy Aa of not | and ‘sistant eve ig cles By 
Kercise and enting; but the above transactions were | remain true at the end of that time? t 
done in daylight, P. Mackengie, Plean, Stirling also refuted ive hee. crossing 
Conifers, &c., in Lincolushire.—Living in . | sary, even if but a single hive were to be 
ast corner of Lincolnshire, distant only six’ miles| Year to year, unless w that the 
rman Ocean, I think perhaps) lery voluntarily flew away from h ethren to 
will be much surprised to find that even here I can | partner amongst the males of so i 
diness of some of the recently intro- | many hives are kept “on it is not ” 
ced Conifers. Some years ago it was thoug that such crossing might take place; but i he petioles dro 
very few evergreens would flourish in this part of the bos e —— the utmost rach x probability i ae PE did with € er, 
country, and certainly in my remembrance a aret by out these hints in the hope ee we |S 
change has taken place in the temperature, owing no rahat Sas on these and other question s way A M The 
doubt to the effectual drainage of the land, and ihe CmDarwin i in his v very remar io volume lately 
Grass land come under the plough. Five years | lished. J. 0 » Weeewns. 
I oe ae am en z a, parim out ofa a 
n very soils. I drained it 
iy 8 fect deep, trenched it 2 fect, and planted the 3 acittes. 
A 
they have never snfii m frost,|. ENTOMOLOGICAL : ae ether w 
of last spring, which pene thee | NA „in the ehair. Mr, Soca Sera sci with sme, 
; that gave | box of beantifal insects of various orders collected in | creasing ra 
@ check, but they very soon recovered. Siam by M. Moubot, amongst which pT ppt inia. This was very unlike the r 
eee? fats She bartion atan all trees and one of | resting novelties. "ss Grove exited a specie of cl it, deliverate oldir 
utiful. The following also are perfectly unin- | Libellula pectoralis, a species of dragon-fly new to this | chloroform, With amylen 
