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third and 2 fourth; by this time ethe ink on the first ; Messrs. Turner and James of — orth. Mr. Gaines | the — me -= world, and makes his appearance in 
jg quite dry, I then cut it off at the proper Nenad sent A maryllises, and Mr. Young a collection of|the shape slender worm, exceedingly minute of 
a next the pris third, af, fourth in rotation f Tropxolums, Gloxinias, Tulips, and | cou nse, and Saai few of the distinctive marks of his 
this means I a ther: straitened for want. of | La chen Three fin ne specimens of Dioscorea Batatas | species, either as to shape or co olouring. On ing 
gull however long ps name may be, nor waste my | came fro’ essrs. Ivery, and a dish el Keens’ Seedling himself at'liberty, in the a of plentiful good cheer, 
see >] however short, as I found was invariably the Da A from Mr. “Taylor, gr. A ete falls vigorously 
had the wood or the zinc.cut into lengths } Esq. For list of prizes see our adv ataia columns = his life—eating ; often making ‘his first meal—oddly 
i Ee commencing operations. After I have 20 or ee oi gros the À egg-shell, ately his ir This sin- 
5 the He oon! letely dried, I woven them gular relish, or digestive pill, swallowed, he addresses 
al pataa gah of v: p 7 Notices of of 2500ks. imself to the ood i Ato ther form the fi 
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standing: the inclemencies of the nutes It | British Butterflies. Figure and Descriptions of | leaves of his food-plant, which at the same ‘time is ‘his 
occurs. to me, however, that the pias tally that could| every Native Species, vith. an econ A reeuei home-plant too. At this stage his growth is marvel- 
be .got wo! be this: viz., that nurserymen furnish | Development, Structure, Habits, Loca ode of | lously por and few creatures can equal him in t 
themselves with glass phials in the hse of parallelo- Ca sry p Preservation, ge. By W reed capacity for doubling his ee ee = en She eikiovan 
ms, abou mg, fi ide, just the} 127 utledge. lodging-house ‘ slavey, wher o her new 
‘of our common W Boge the slit to be at} Ilustr: Sey by the ‘author in 16 ney. excellent plates | pay with <_ Stiseche dill ear the key of pi 
\the bottom, through the top a hole ‘to. suspend it by; earning butterflies, eggs, rape terpillars ; all for pantry ; for n the course of 24 hours , he will h 
the label itself to be print’ ie eee acters on|one shilling. This forms the title-page, | Dk 
on both so pect ak migh oon al itin justice to the eta who ' has arte | with such persevering jikri does he` oy his pleasant 
; ible in all se ee of coi of the | what would have been one e most useful of our |: aml: at, as i wi pe ty a caterpillar ‘in ie. course of 
size to fit exactly the aperture in rv inside of | little books on Home Natural History, had’ he only | one mo ed nearly 10,000 times his original 
the glass, and then corked, the cork to Eg of the} iar hae to add a better index. Butterflies are apesi on leaving the the egg; and, to farnisht this increase 
same shape, ie a “parallelogram Mes Paul, minggi sair the one whose caterpillars eat our |.of substance, has consumed the pro igi Fett t “ 
. Rivers, Wood, Turner, Keynes, an a others weet A et Cab bag has made its appearance, an nd we trust = tof food—tru uly, 
printed! 1000 of each of the names of their established the her hyi oe feed on, it is ‘to f living, only th at pr n leaves are s eheap:” 
plants, such as Géant des Batailles, General Jacque- be ho oped that she “will remain for once in a state of| “What Butterflies a are good for Uti tilitarians may, 
minot, ‘Madame Vidot, President, Hon. Mrs. ‘Trotter, ewes s celibacy. Schoolbo, ag sean all will ‘be de- | perhaps, inquire the uses of butterflies—what they do, 
Lord erston, Neville Keynes, Sir George Douglas, | lighted by Mr. Coleman B, ara repre but children ofia | make, or can be sold for; and I must confess that my 
&e, ‘These two items would.add but little to the price | larger amgin ma; adva soii He | little favourites neither make anything to bien? like 
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would be their appearance in comparison ‘with the wn from a moth, and then passes to a little | bio- |nor are their ies saleable by the ton, Nike oy 
clumsy, illegible, dubious indicators we so often. see in | graphy which His cation will ifind as hineal ts, and that, commercially speaking, th 
our nurseries and gardens. Were the glass only pro- | tale of fiction, and.much more reading. are just: worth nothing at. all, excepting the few pal ity 
videdin the first place it would bea step in the right | there taught how a butterfly is is formed, and all's aa pence or shillings that the dealer gets for Saul ae 
direction. Let us e that some of our patriotic | her.eyes, and horns, and wings and legs, and toes, and | dried bodies occasionally; so they are be no 
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h i ome in than poe nd m t in- 
the undertaking. D. D., wees This last is a ened the way of PPKT butterflies, and sticking | bows, sia « such unbusiness-like things. In fact, I 
ee ant does not answe % | „and kili ing them, and laying out th their compensa have nothing to say in the  butterfly’s favour, except 
ping P that it is a joy'to the deep-minded and to the simpte- 
oe cat, separate descriptions of the aie hearted, to the sage, and, still better, to the child— 
Societies. ferent pe of- orya ma What more would a reader | that it gives an earnest of a better world, not-vaguely 
all this is well done—very well—as the |and generally, as does every ‘thing of beaut, y but 
have? An enerally, y. 
HORTICULTURAL : April iL 26. —Revy. rs Toi in ed following : extracts suficiantiy prove. with clearest aim:and purpose, through one of the most 
chair, Messrs. E. G. Henderson e * What Butterflies never Do.—Among the negative | strikingly ett and ‘beautiful forse = iti that we 
occasion an interestin i collection “of variegated attributes of butters mig ie ; 
Semin ff hich i tH 1 the siare gapo =t i 1 
butterfly f bite in erg ip 
t rantia coccinea, had particularly handsome degree; “and from their total rant oe tow as ow The butte rfl, n progressive stages of 
kt ‘and the plants Fappoardd even more robust in | person of man, conjoine ed with their outward attrac- Savespsy iat chs A nae seater is an em 
growth than others with less attractive fo li iage. These | tiveness, tl e human nso ul ’s igi ogress through earthly life and 
Adit to | fe sith * dread and disgust: that attach to many, or, I| 
the sos to ane ae: belong. From Mr. ay of say, to almost all others abet. of insects; even to 
Sas e- their e ke iz harmless nea: pea ithe J ae moths. 
G Ap k ip aiainiaea mashes Garden Memorinda a 
“ = a hot h a pri i ját least, it has never been saa ne to. meet batch Messrs. E.G R AND 
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both of which are mentio 
From Messrs. Parker a Williams. came a Tydoen, ‘vith owl fol 
prettily marked rose and orange’scarlet flowers. » “A. the Young. Entomologist.—Dow’t waste 
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ee dene i —At this the third spring | the poem ‘of butterflies scientite names. Now but soms. This plant has generally pe 
meetin lants «were exhibited. | and inly,/ they have. some allusion to the ought down to We level of. 
From Mr. Tena of the R Rove al Nursery, Slough, came | insect’s appearance, “or = the plant on which it-fdeds; | Sjaftel oat in abed 
a very fine self-coloure d Auricula sania? Volunteer, to | thus, for instance,- , the ven ntomo- Ith OF ie 
p varded. Its flowers. good | logical name of the R: <a Butterfly, means t wt Bre jiis 
pe eet of a deep mulberry spurple with even eae” inged, (bu ttertly) of tives bat in gen and this ; eat aai hat on each 
also ‘came various Cinerarias, among which the best | is no more connection betwee name vand ‘the | be aiii Apea severa! of the an hd racemes 
ree Deis oan «ln prnsh chen rai al a bitig Say thre ees Ah Peja "o ep hat ola tt he ie 
. : Shi et ed ‘by us-on a | name—the ‘ is, th og the ‘Pretty 1 ; y y 
l former occasion ; Miss Marnock, Queen Victoria, Sol- | Jane,’ as it may be—and the moral -i iti or hae Pie ae ae we Hah a rper cs aa 
; ferino, and Constaney, the last.a ind, white with vessel:that’ bears it. Don’t | P” it. = HEN stake o poem 
htips and dar! ; Mr. ) i y a visi ; 
j lirimpton, gr.to | waste money and e! aacirean dishonesty, by giving ti We 
A. J.I ox Esq., Putney Heath, con’ ‘ibuted Cineraria | absurdly farge prices put upon British, or pretended and p Ite ORE eM blishment me ny gl mf 
Martha, white tipped with rosy crimson, a pretty British. specimens sof butterflies, or other insects that | boiler ns oo ‘and t meta are: heat 
x lee oi a a ing the same are rare in. this apie: sb aaiim Abeer ar te ee er eos ae and fa ag 
pr gee gem aat) s fe revious severe 
Wimbledon Tk o Giit E edi Cte saien” of | Co ntinent ; „when, for al L oses: of science, or the By its employment a MTB ‘is found ‘to be “tlcted 
` which one —— ie was a showy sort, but specimens, at cuotwentieth ot i price, will do just as vie Be he Ane get 
coarse. = Mess paraga produced well. In putting these into your. cabinet, ie dtie | 
white 1 ti speed $ with “bright osy crimson; always attach to the vi underneath the insect Miscellane 
ny, wi white ‘ied oy purple tips, blag hand- | a label, beari ing some mark to denote the specimen’s | Crystal Palace Exhibitions. amen se, We set bya 
i ii g remp — to R. | re Tn |se schedule of ‘prizes which has been sent us, is year 
ae. agent s ‘Park a Butterfly—The usual notion of a j reduced to one show, which is to take place zigem 26th 
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aay with leaves distinetly “edged | pas f is gl a gay fluttering thi whose broad | of t th } 
ose Madam ae wan ar A y nia ipti mealy at eei the me stings EEN agviakione ies om those 
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which attention was directed in our ibe 
the r g April 7, were sold by ak (Deka other ox 
m mag- hreadlik tn Aa -a th r Stevens, viz.:—Tow c - 
s eae, ei and cent | Kin Bean, | bearing a asy oe a ye hame. 
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