600 THE GARDENERS’ ele wt ae aiaa GAZETTE. [June 20, 1860. 
“all the pains we take | tris, in the nuts of red segments being de stitute of these breathing pores. 'e 
$e nl n ha ag ee of caulking | by Jacquin in Nis laney of Select American Plants, larva previous to ype the pupa state gnaw 
to cau our s at f ant pl. 170. According to Schönherr (Gen. Curcul. i p. 92, | circular burrow to the outs ide of the Nut, and then 
oe oa te hy para Tekr aonr own and v., p- T this ig jes and an pasi a Ë. nu- | returns to the pon 
‘or e e€xXcluslo: o : 
method. 
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mely, i the ioe side of t the d it larv T i 
Axrnoven the art of distinguishing the culti- e mediate ey of the antenne In the o| Mu ein it re ee en Oxford, is preserve 
vated varictids of Prox the one from the other is | Pr sig of the idhrtinisotagical Society o of London t 
not so difficult as to know at gat the sorts of| of t by h Sept., 1854 (new Series iii, Journ. o companyir 
Pears and Apples, or Peaches and Nectarines, yet | Pro >. Pro's it is stated that some of the| ficiently vith Bruchus rufieor nis of Germar so 
especially to the inexperienced, every aid which |se Ws of th Copernicia cerifera, the Wax Palm of the preclude the oni essity caminga a distinct pede 
renders their distinction more easy is use l]. A | Brazils, bretti ields the Carnahuba wax, were exhi- | name to it unti > — lctailed e RA of the 
method of effecting this object, proposed by a bited by Geo F Wilso n, Esq. (of Price sine t Ca vd | allied species can be mai 
i EL, in the 
Mon Com k = 
Horticultural Society of Paris, seems to deserve | ieh appears ae iN ee nt to STRAWBERRY FORCING. 
publication n here. This ge entleman insists upon the Bactris. At the sale of the Entomological iis THE preparation of Pepa necro for forcing has for 
great importance of attending to the form, &e., of | Collection I purchased the specimens of thes inaeote some bese mi fallen a — a f routine, for though 
the stone in judging Plu ‘ls ee ee ‘wo r | then exhibited vii S Wax seed, im wai y are now | Mr. McEwen gave us the ut of 1 his experiments, his 
e collection at Oxford. T} any material opine 
the Bu the Damson, the Orleans Plum i fi SF | from those who had gone paraa E and thus we find 
the Quetehes, all varieties apparently Prey rie site species closely allied to B. B was | pots and the usual routine of layering, potiiis pit the 
from the isang and in one way or another the | described and figured by ere} in Eri pimi | only method followed. But is that the best plan—the 
nts m or less remote of our, aatan work (Voyage =o Humboldt and Bonpland, Ole de | plan by which with the least trouble the best result can 
paren yag 
varieties, he sag ine deserves atten penne p- 158, pl. 16, f. 5) ett the name of Bruchus len be attaine ety: ; to “ buy in the 
Acco to Monsieur LIEGEL the "following | © th st ye Te Tap et eae i narket” is the genera rule, | and if it can be 
è ruit near Serullo, in New Ever 
a pakepti 2 be attended to in pursuing this ki na which he brought to Europe (and whieh when cal at pty than ee the ordinary plan, why then it may be 
Erand Thr hep e Hodite t toli | to contain one of these large insects. Lat ille’s sp c | thi ing bey 
the point is placed in the middle or one side, i is 
long or short, blunt or pointed, prominent, 
ond mere slavish adherence to precon- 
Botai and customs cian ln the 
cence, the elytra with rows | of deep punctures the | autum m of 1887, h aving a desi ee he 
an ine 
d tibi antenne entirely black and | roots exceeding bad and a I determined to try the 
2. ae side are three angles, one f serrated. It roa ied “that the precise species of | experiment of grov vin g them n boxes. Unfortunately 
median, Rh la Sometimes they are clearly | Palm which Br. curvipes attacks was not recorded. Ih to work with, but making the 
separa ated, ekiri slightly € elevated ; in some | _— The transformations of another „lied, species are best $ could of fresh cut, I set the carpenter to work to 
Tees al close to together, in others as prominent and | described and figur E by nto- a pattern box, and taking that as a aaa 8 set 
wide apart as in an Apricot. The median angle eae feelin p. 1, pl. 1 D under ‘the mat te Barope epa E E ES i td of 
i i u y , 
bi generally “prominent, ee Bet th ae R 717 i ee EEY the bottoms being hattened or spel 
ORGET SONAXUR tes Meany elle’ Mone Brao o! DAES o give ood d rainage, and t thus ach box contained 
ying d about wd wil oer 
| plane ant ‘make. up six “to eight of these ay, 
and thus, allowing for good seasoned timber nd ad 
coats of ‘anti-corrosion paint, the expense ought 
not to exceed 2s. each p 
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salient angles, sometimes open, woanothines half 
closed, forming between them a eh in some 
instances narrow, in others broad, and of variable 
. The dorsal and ventral an sometimes 
bend away near the top, or the bo ttom, or the 
—, 
ms 
Ho 
ct 
is 
Ez 
the ey -will last depends upon 
is taken of them, but I thi ay Pa Ja may be 
taken asa fair average. Now of these 5 feet 
boxes I put in the first aoad ts, but that I 
_ | found much to thick and mow 1 "seven ee 
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Se 
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a 
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gh, nae strong growing k uit 
pdt ular in nee sufficient. In point of “cultivation I "find the fess 
their base eyo ‘often have mt panier angles at | troublesome plan is to bed o sufficient number of 
suitable 
straight = much curved or pyra widened. 
may be next the top, the middle, 
-or the cee 
ut out in rows 1 foot apart, 
6. Finally its size must be compared with that | 
p ana. 
inches apart in the row. In tis situation they ‘will 
oe at fruit; for we often find large-Plums with oer tiles ques da lent of habe sa 
portions ei t haaraan ome i portant.. o the.relative al runners, an A te al in PAN weather an abundant 
onsieur instructi minor. The il ror to th 
fe ks will enable s to begin to test rebate thighs ovate, "aerated, pee rmed with a binds tooth From the middle to the end ot July will be found 
value. The Jaune hative or White Primordian the general colour black, clothed with grey p , | the rig he boxes, it belt 
~~ to be ripe in July. itl to get them in ea sas Sth at the roots may 
rows of punctures. Schénher: time ‘to ramify and thoroughly fill the boxes. 
identical with that described Wå Tatre, peaa aa; Before however we begin to box the plants it will be 
ENTOMOLOGY. howe Aes aa from their Teapentive descriptions, the two | necessary to prepare proper soil. A good sound loam 
_ ‘Tm Coguitza Nut insec reely appear 6 me to be identi ax Whether, | of aay consistency with about one-third of rotten 
nsec! 
red ‘this may not be the real insect first described by | dung is the best t that can be used, the ae bein ng t Mi 
an extensive ag by pesi, the species | Ji rb k bet no precise means of determining. 
William Hoo! 
of wet în the in the tes, reside within the ia ago Sir W: ker was kind enough | Each box will requi o be with pot taher 
o interior of which is con- “fo larva of one of these large species of RASS orein or Gated: rabbis: pred put in the Led 
sumed bythe Is licen, mhich when grown gnaw a Bruchids, w which had been found in the an of the | pared soil, make it noes firm, and with a sharp spade 
à Speiiags tò the surface the seed, biting Aei a circular notch | seed of a oh oe ni ce mca r ) y j ch a good 
zer hrough the envelope, so the perfect | received at Bo al Gardens, Kew. TAE a tees Shee pe eae 
? te dvchoea, Ye tna only to posh the: exp Of end ever, able to rear the Insect to Creal eieeatates Ti The eae mi taking eare to ge Pea and to keep the 
ee oes As may be ges gpa ee ince eani a from that described below. Tore aR vt, 
-insects are- most _of small their ‘species which. is infested Se as s until they take root, 
«= colours are very obscure, and thelr of et opa poe by one of the ea eae rge Bruchi. This Nut but afterwards 43 more they ia a potto thesm f° 
ee eee g ioaad g ions rest sa a nd upon two bricks s0 
the TER „by coloured scales on the u the maritime provinces of Brazil, where i 
a aia to admit of ampie drainage, and eo plants should 
r by | Piacaba by the natives, who regard it as one i, the be printed. ery mene just as the sun is leaving 
Water at the root will not b ired, exce 
ling of the “collector. tt is of course dither npon t ins conferred on man. The best cordage in America for|in very dry s sit try w a mo: Po tha i twee fe the 
j | naval purposes is manufactured from the fibres of the week, and indeed after the midd the 
tender that the egg is deposited by the female beetle. Heafstelke, Th p eaa ater mi hrener aye 
These insects compose the family Bruchidw, named | to 30 feet high. Its Nuts when full grown are about poe iy aei thoro 
after the typical genus Bruchus of Linnæus, and the | the size of an ostrich’s s egg, | on we a hard shell like he 
mmon Pea beetle, Bruchus Pisi, is one of the best | that of a Cocoa-nut. of this 
of the oao others feed on the seeds of Leni 
dry iS 
ii EE 
highly. te Bom B 
pis must bot poi or en. ho se full 
Nut, em- or vel spider, bat ee attempt acme bring 
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ta 
Ë 
ployed for turni nme in us ng —— pek of wi ell-matur sl coh the 
her wild pap’ us plants. exhibited b "vallace, ‘at the December 11 ing peas ie ma, 
It is not ae pes = thee A ender species of plants Gs) of the Entomologia seg ee rn toa used tong “ihe ph sl, ared 
cant the insect f this family only subsist since some size of largi Lem _ whic fr cowdung will be found the q 
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ne t Ore course se all unn 
Arare Acacia, and the fruits of various | ye shell par belii very a madhara. "One of aia me are produced, and through the gro the 
_ Palm rees, a which various species are nam was “te ae by the large fleshy white maggot | surface of the soil must be occasionally stirred up to 
Bruchus i Sabhd te accompanying woodeut.* The head | keep it free from weeds. Managed, as thus directed, 
is very siall; the a short but very powerful, the | the plants will get unusually strong, sufficiently 50 to 
‘(in | legs reduced to mere rudiments attached in pairs . | throw up 10 or 12 trusses of bloom each: ` 
Be. Bactris, um, rot 1763, p. 392)| the first t Esaa oaii following the head. There ar Before the heavy rains of October set in cont mae 
: after an American Pal of the genus Bac- | nine small spiracles on each side, the second and third | must he removed to some sheltered situation, | asa 
