May 5, 1860.] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 411 
Gould be requisite to obtain the money imme- | And here the Council desire to give public expression to their | patterns of colonnades as pre ared b the 0 al > 
termined om d f for the progress of the works by the issue of | sense of the very valuable assistence that has been rendered the an onen “anil he EPP Ya p o Com 
aias ripe bearing interest at 5 per cent., to be redeemed as | pene ace by that most sary Ch mt officer ; with whom they must > ground 
debentns from Life Memberships beca aid availa; Dona- \also a iate. Mr. Hen: 2, C. B., and Mr. Redgrave, R.A., | all of which appeared to give universal satisfaction. 
the rhe a d of the sone ener E would at the same ‘tim the formes fris pal officers the whe artment of Scienceand Art. 
beinkfully accepted by the:Council, and they would be mae The arrangements for the great nar demand such long 
t to ri donors of sums exceeding Twenty | and serious consideration, that no report can'as yet be made on ENTOMOLOGICAL: April 2 e President in the 
to exten e dono: x |: 0 ye 
ivileges similar to those possessed by members. | that subject; but the Council are promised the detailed plans ; 
nimated-diseussion;it-was finally resolved— | and specifications by the 10th May ; and they hope and believe chair. The chairman exhibited sone samples from ‘a 
i arden vi large ein r of bags of Rice imported from the Bay 
i ext ey’s i 
hat in of unforeseen ‘obs' e x 
nam The Council have al CA eet ce high ac, z b all 
t works o Wharf infeste d to a ‘ver t extent a sm 
pane tions’with the Royal Commissioners, reporting as o Counci. ve always expec a y grea y 
pa as mmo oe = Fellows of the Society the final proposal | pee pet A ats ie Raoul pa e aes ort red to the Society beetle belonging to the genus rogodo rma, both inthe 
of the Com to receive them. That diao binen bedig iain be oso and perfect states. Mr. S. Stevens ex hibited 
This resolution hk sams “botona. the Honourable S p p alee of sculpt fares ee ers of the Great Ex new and beautifu 
of the noble Chairman sivas Treas one! e ata le a cae id iy 1851, and costing above 6000 OL., has been mos tliberally Wallace” s Batohim collection xhibited 
a her sui tubal oe he pon placed at the disposal ths Hacky by oouneuthtes entrusted > a k 
mportan with a pea = noble object at ‘the head o Telephorus ater of Linnæus (a mom British beet e) taken 
ji. Dipa rs mee gad =i x i e grea al or n the “upper oa of the. Gar den, the podeis at Renfrew. priri of ‘sev: e species of 
“My Lord,— e cians s- of her mye o| arving vo y tog omy! gh suc alterations as are necessary in er . 4 k in Pert ; 
the Queen, and ‘of his Ro: yal Higbness the Prince Consort, ith the surrounding aeo ote: Anaccount a tles mi ppi ns ir. Tarner at Tene tree ant 
inform you that in the event of the plan being carried out for | | of on steered pyaodaivod: and expended on the Kensington Gore | S <a oe uding Boletophagus crenatus, Wiater qan 
the establishment of the Garden of the Horticultural Society of | account, upto the 31st of March, will be found in Appendi u d two new ‘species cus, 
London. upon the estate at South Kensington, belonging to the | From Kensington the Council turn to orig and the were ie exhibite ted. se seer made some ‘obser- 
Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, it is the inten- n- jja ordinary working of the Society. It has now’ bee Se ally “i of: Bouchi which infest 
Majesty and of his Royal Highness to make don ttled that hen amen although no mo: Keto the e of ¢ hi bad 
brilliant piinaa and agrees exble, e promenados shall be ma main Palm seeds, Cocoa- veri Coquilianuts, &c., whic a 
tained ak. purpose, of 4 mahiak, guitivation, ad f | been much confused hame the name of Bruchus Bactris. 
Sefi 3 ton hem jon among Mr. Douglas directed a tention on various new and 
the Fellows. In consequence of part economy of the |. H pa flies fi Mr. Hewit 
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ur Lordship that Iam authorised by her Royal Highness the | been made to the Ciootions of fruit trees, Sais s vacant and y 
ric William of Prussia, Princess Royal of Eng- | unprofitable have been filled with them, new Cherry and*Plum pe an _ asin prt nae ee of insects ‘at Sierra 
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« arl of Ducie, HIPPS. pe sone ing th aiat collection ore Vines in Great Britain, is Tati asa 
ediately afterwards, Mr. Dilkeannounced that H.R.H. G arden ring to bo is being dealt with in the Fa Baars ~~ am tices of Oks. 
premadon Rim to prion te ead teal meeting | ex ‘ample, preparation is made, among other things, for proving | The Amateur Florist’s Guide. By John Slater. Smal} 
Lhe Prince would take | 4 very large number of so-called varieties of Cucu: mbers, Peas, Sö Pp. 111. ‘Siimpkin 
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following ofort Iiia the, Society or ti two years’ notice | extensive collection A rate aoa ah present to be listened to; and we 
welt of PTR ortha ma ce Gs e to be renewed | young for the purpose. But the Gouna feel at he directs, They will ine pm alusión by long and 
wok če, a ready p ee Thee Comeingt ‘or this p will be satisfactory until the ait on once Sotra E recommendations; but — ry oe wink 
sg poreikis ek > daslon to renew the fk da ector who ean be dopen we ia a aet small gardeners want to kno v, amà no m! m this 
at a Bip mache 4 Liat $0;eerne,; tick Jan vestigated o country. Some meen} it is evant that Mr. Sinter ‘is Rg to those 
anding at | ago the noble Duke, Ky o long presided over the Society; and | who do not wish to t ouble themselves with 
the smn of 20 000l of 31 ea pee ae a not gfe “Aim whom nes Garden m is held, aa liberally O anced % rent ina er of what is called “ growing for Exhibition.” 
ir Apate ian Aa full rent. othe in tho piste a tells them what mod t seer er r the. decorati ion n of 
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2 munificent spirit, the Dowager Countes: mer este ville, who | t 
unable for aay ate aori has succeeded to the estate since the en e of the Duke d ttl t le wil g 
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A Catalogue of Ferns, Exotic and Tndiġenoris, offered 
Hi seai by Robert Kennedy, Conservatories, Covent 
course hy 
Sova and Fruit Committees hate been re-constructed : ent t i pazari but it is- illus- 
ause | placed upon a more’ active footing, Mr: Thomas Moore having | trati wp 
with v very 
years, Secre of the former, and Mr. Robert H 
the | of opopo, Their pe rations having boon seconded in the | distinctions between the different genera, so that it is 
dha ber et xy | Monthly PE te Bl abet Ae SiE foe to. áll Fellows, in some degree a work of science. deners this. 
cheat nh tingly | no comment. a e laboured earnestly | sort of information may be of great use: if they will 
per 
bp asia Sy o-all that has been atii pen erneki aer erm ly th lyes t derstandi hat the woodcuts 
tiled, yet t the E = andl roper place of meeting and exhibition shall ha =f asa ain tie een p39 a gp a 
very nearly at | bes pro rovidod at piste E me ting eee te render really mean; in doing which they will find Moore’s 
hem as effi nt asfehey mus ust be when suitable accommodatio Semtex of British Ferns a considerable 
shall bave been cite he monthly isme of 
Fion «'Proobedlngs,” it,is-obvious: that it:can, only oe Rede sys oie or the Gold Mine of Coane 
| be regarded as a peste yi expedient to re the pelone i Ftal Neighbour fe Slows; EA 
n | with periodical accounts of the progress of the Society. 
e | Council contemplate giving it a new and very different form re pails , 
— Se ue ego: parr tsp tg — New wspapers have lately been much occupied by äise 
Praat state E eE of Cus Society will be found in the | CUSSions respecting a new sort “of bee which apiarians 
‘Appendix, and the Council trust that they will be regarded as | have Aldora be domesticated in the Swiss Alps, 
for r eln n when it is seen that the entire ebt, everything of | which entomologists call =e tac woruigts i 
list, inorder | a 16,75 Thigh wo cameron op A agree parativel ytd Fn ot also one the name of the Ligurian Bee. 
nity of E being provided for | 5, Lo AAi eo welt we CH MM We have now before us the ardhi oa of ngit genes 
Sa th f 4 es so s as these have ceased to have any 
reduce the pte sali and the Council entertain the confident uan ijen account of this "Tittle insect from the ‘hand ofa 
iakapper™ Tae the that the Sadet is now menik npa a career of utility 
Sppepetin sack anit has aaeae before experipnoed. in this Beets aay ae be, at least in an equal degree, 
Mr. Dilke observed that it oe uld be borne in mind| Mr. s his reade: = that “As all good 
be: provided, measures were that the Punni which the Society was bound to | and noble t “thing in ae“ wo n more scare sya 
eis be os Garden. Mr. Nesfiel whose expend on the new Garden oa pee include a common there are mo m bla vi 
sou of Rens and practice of geometrical gar n | fittings, ame: or etal moveables, and that there- | than of the aia yellow ipes hed latter ow oniy 
me ay D piers Pan oe paa Seer |fore there would be e additional outlay on tha at | a very small ae of country, while the black one 
porth |The o vow et ae even in ae a 
| W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., added that all monies alian. gta bpn ifieri osia or 
‘Mnd. the is received. by the Society on the Kensington Gore black bee in its cy slender form, and light chrome 
roceeding the | account were invested in Gover nment securities so | Yellow colonr, wit h light brimstone: coloured wings, and 
S | as to yield interest in aidiof th bwo orange-red Eee co each o ixth o! of an inch wide, 
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Jobn Claronncas Whiteman, Hing ? 
| then moved, and Sir Da Moa 
ee cichad Bart M.P., seconded the adop report, 
as carried unani agge 2 
Boalar PRE of the executi The Seruitineete a that ye? T, 
; lows andthe fionda to been already taken toadmit | Hope Esq., of the Deegan sea ean pa 
@ object of first ig = oe ag Pagar . | nall, Esq., of R ussell Square; and R. Wrench, Esq, | 
ge gt neg general entrance to an i of London Bridge, had been agge e a bee 
Whether © Society could be new members of ‘council; that > H. the Prince Paronen ht shag unprovoked, they never sting, 
ny reer ye nd frui Consort had been unanimously - elected Pinet, least of s barip r. It is a specific Swiss 
Sa ales ad > age W. Wilson Sanin Esq, Tre ; Prof. Lindley, | bee; the ore md thor they thrive 
£ pe Siete in | Saori nega o Clar Yr. her, and Mr, beet fo ihe the, better The ‘exhalation. of 
‘Garden. en George P. mesic “Anditor for the “ensuing year, the | an Itali n bee -hive is ene to be distin- 
sooopted, and th buil rai eim pome to inspect the drawings, | l s seldom — 
elise fre "rom the various weg of the new garden, that an rete hive of thie Sins bees, fi pave 
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plans and elevations suspended in an ajom and a alal € of 
Will be able to see ‘how beautiful an mo epee | the tentative dksiches alluded to 
in, the report, the | Italians resist an attack muc 
