716 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Aveusr: 4, 1860, 
the | 69° wly and steadily d wine te r poting 0 seg Pina 2 are mo g ible i 
nursery is a ea in an a omk of ay irian Se iilowiag. night. As to the | winter except in the shape of well established plants, 
Waltham” D, tiis mu y i ; e is So size of the pieces of ice which Siy two which were | Keep gravel walks perfectly gean, and smooth by 
x p pores 4 , after having melted conside: erably, w e 3} weeding, sweeping, m aa, ey da may ty pac $ 
the railway about half-a-mile in length; the centre is | and 5-ounces respectively; while Ih ithin due limits. 
Grass with a ae lw on eac pt Conifers and | me, a good quarter of an hour after the squall, which HARDY FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDEN. 
nted and esta- | would only just go into an ordinary tumbler. = It may be at to go over re trees as are oter- 
blished hive. wail Roses, Holly hocks, warmer plants, the si a and sto = about half the shoots, beginning of 
hardy Climbers an aial» are intended to be|ofa brick. On examination of the chip's mails afterwards, | | ith the strongest, for a general stopping at 
conspicuous features of this avenue. The soil appears they were found to be perforated in numerous places vosy Upa canta probably be of little farther evik 
well oe Fae nursery purposes, being o A very thick — cover to one of the | than to induce the production of a mass of useless 
but rich, and t situ: ation, is “admirable. compasses | was broken. Although s eral ‘guar Were | spray, whereas stopping the stronger shoots or those 
e was | which incli r 
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Several nt stractures sort na warehouses ly inj > Proceedings of Royal Society weaker co which will bo fasten ait ie while the buds 
in course of ——— e on thes that have b oe top’ KY ee full 
—S ions. | and teint tnt starting i into grow ould it be 
aie of aha s | fetches aha foots topping incline to start nto 
AGE See nereeng 1088k. oe it ‘will be avi sable as soon as the fru 
ee ellaneo 
Musical Insects.—Whilst pot hg in n the remote and | chan pen 
Reg imeceible village of Taganana (towards Point LANT DEPARTMEN' eal ee pope or the trai; cutting the stronger Sooke.” me 
Anaga), in rth of Teneriffe, during the spring of} Cowszry. conn &c.—All kinds "Of soil used in will be of the greatest service in checking growth, 
1859, my Serie was called to a pecnlianity in a| potting and shifting should now be laid in a pes fod ST probally dees towards secuting ripe 
je es peis of ao cal i s believe t the A. argillosus, delay except in cases where it is very wet and unfit wood thai. anything: tai “chat could be adopted, 
h I emember to have seen | sto oring. Store them de ently in narrow ridges so ast obe e| Get the Strawberry plan ntation ntended to stand 
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et ado: Coleopterous insect fit me soon aS convenient, 
. It sant Qr mt mre of pey to collec) action of the air; “and as success in plant growing y Galii off and l clearing away the runners so as to afford 
whom ad sent out to col tha} otmi lent: 
tm Acall ouble or expense that may be necessa essary to proc „fór w rapi a alas 8 plenty 
re heats oios sip dsoithin t in a onea yoni a T ema ot ath should foyer babes gpa grown sn eae are f Yes dive, a of Taies kamed yg p De 
e rocky slopes expected. Loam o era ood quality may be 
Phich avet but lite pra t (kom d tis 5 description) ae ee Seg agen gp rca eae gg ae pest ip rece a where it can be readily protested § in 
the Kleinia neriifolia, DC., oughout the | ~ so easily got; bey is absolutely Tenas how DEN. 
isla nds of the "Canarian archipel ant TE ad been r, for the growt th o nd A few Cabbage pl cathe ab. os now will be found 
t tl q Ag ean season have | useful. Green Kale may still be got yä where blanks 
f tl s Euphorbias, that my attendant | it in a fit st: state ri use at t he SEE time. "Stov be ants | exis t, and a few Dutch Turnips might yet be sown. If 
ms had scovered, from inte i time, the locus quo of | flowering in the conservatory will —— attention, | a cow is ke ept, Rye or winter Vetches may be sown on 
page a mig by imit pajan Ta ie met hady of bout in this especially Achimenes and things of that sort, which | 5 
use n, he was in thi 
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and, to y fully 
at cutting will leave a fibre in the ground almost 
amounting to turf, and moreover will help in a great 
awa | pick ff d q flows s, &e _ Any of the twiners on 
tanci 
en he eedt a loud gra ating, almo: 
chirping, noise, as of many c Oranan in poacat § and on | s0 as to Fiction aur shading the- house too muc ch, for 
att closer for the m etm cause, he d tected a after this season permanent shade sho uld be avoided. 
c was q cold p 
AT CHISWICK. NEAR LONDON. 
uite evident | | Youn ng sto ock in 
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a ata of bh noise pro oceeded. On shaking 
p much as possible in order to ripen MPERATURE. 
0 tem, so as to arouse its inmates, an pu fe the wood. __Ofthe Air. jOfthe Earthly; ng 
his ear alongside it, the whole plant appeared musical, FORCING DEPARTMENT. ax. | Min. |Mean|!, foot)2. feet E 
as though enchanted; andit was evident to him, there-| Pryertes.—Those who intend Shadi the cul- a Perm oe ee RI SR a ee Fs 4 
fore, that there were more of the perfo ormers within,— | ture of Pines on the planting out s hace cannot begin | FAO 30 18:1 set) coer) hae | SOO Ohh 88 |W. 10-00 
The bed | Sunday 29) ? 75 |. 51 | 63.0 | 6o N. {0.00 
open the isga he captured nearly a dozen ioe 18i feet deep, and should con- | Tues, eak daaa ko RA Siw Jo0 
ee So pleased. w: with the sates Ry of e= | sist oie in of rr rich mellow turfy loam, well | Wed. i ee ie as R 
os on ian whs when peosas iei a o me, that I felt | broken up, and carefully intermixed with a liberal > wom r ns e E r = 
reluctance (even thoug! mologist rinkling of clea anid, yaa conan oii Of leaf | sr. ` £ : 
them to death. -L therefore made a compromise tepat Aiti ied rich "Abry peat ; for tion fe rough turfy soil | 77 Uigen oreen very nes severe thunderstorm 7 RMG 
my feelings, ree T kepe alee eight of them. The is used and the bed is ever, from any canse, allowed to| C 3p) Peele eek Pde acs Shae 
t I iira ive for — weeks, and get thoroughly dry, it is. HA difficult to moisten it <= BO=Very Ge; densely overcast af mi 
ook the Madeira—where, however, they | again, as the water passes off np mae = Overcast qiicdy s breredene AAN 
ihe tenattly died. as I imagine, from sperar „just ont gy pan thiha. a lo k picea 3—Overcast; cloudy: densely cvereast and mild; wigs Sa 
befor fore embar! arking for En glar rd. r peat an ida nd, Mean tempera tu ure of the week, 3$ deg. . below the average. 
however, it f | will be found to ko eee! pos enough, and ‘be __Daving th ast yen forthe ening Week ening Au 11, 1860. 
these creatures stridulate, or “sing,” fd ioti oiy e as much under command as when the : iling Wind 
called, which they would invariably ha a aloe any | plants a A oni in pots. -Persons commencing this aE a $8 | io, Foren o a ae 
length of a when alarmed,—as for instance, when method a of growing Pines should also en : £8 ZŠ | which it eg a Aiea old le 
meai pene the fin nger and thumb, and slightly | avoid planting out pot-bound plants, for these, whe be OME Sn HMR i iS oi 
pinch n this manner I have had four of bee oung or old, seldom strike freely into the fresh LR RE 42 
chin ga se ht times and so loud was the noise me d|and are apt to fruit prematurely; but if such plants | Tues. a7 ee} n 037 lz 
it mig heard at the, distance of mai yends must be turned out, then care should be used ; 9.. $7 |87 | 3 - | oa giz 
ht nd all the A Aealles hay , I| make the soil firm about the balls, so as to prevent the Friday 1. 169 | 583 | 17 1.06 p i 
not undertal ke o pronounce; but so far as the water assi off thout te the balls. aks roger th: 
nom, pee it sags withou mois ening TA E E RS during UN period occurred on the 11th, 
2 Atlantis partie are | herm. 92 deg.; and the lowest on the 6th, 1833—therm. 36 ee 
concerned} I have bat t little hesitation from the general | ENa Vines planted this spring vize sorte pera are 
Appearance of the constricted apical region of their expected. Let a vigorous root action be secured and Notices to Correspon niek ts. 
elytra, in believing that they Ea And, indeed, this | endeavour to get the wood well paied +* Correspondents are requested to clea al letters, whether to Baitor 
ecture has been absolutely verified in five of the CUCUMBERS. —' ‘he praeit senson Deit ng so or Publisher, 41, Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London, 
fM gen nied by the direct and careful observations | able to the growth of these in the open air, ae it) FARFUGIUM GRANDE: A R. This is hardy in allo 
of Mr. B i eae Mice? the received some Meet An importan nt that more than the usual attention should nes he yea gs eg anaes pie et last eiater. 
ae moe l n my arriva en is infested to a great ex 
me iar from Tener e 1859, I poe aba therefore the linings should be re enewed, to maintain a "he makon ‘alloy iE lus pubes to fiat ii) We ey 
oi a F yee en in e lively ae) of the A. argillosus | steady bottom heat. Stop at — the shoots, so that | slices of Potatoes, &c., under ground, and which should be 
r. Bewicke, ang requested him to listen ate NeT they do not get Malte. to Co top dress with rich | examined daily. The insects (which will congregate upon 
to ae Madeiran whenever he chanced to soil th that hav t them) must be destroyed.— W E. The insect which makes a 
k them, Te the fe ollowi ing summer, in ‘order to oge thine in bearing; water spiral case of Rose leaves is one of the Sawflies, Lyda syl 
a e tth order to | freely and cl goes jies a early i in’ the afternoon; | vatica. Its history, with figures, has been given in a pre- 
more towards — volume of the Gardeners’ Chronicle.—R 5. Your Swedes 
R kris have since ae ee that | the end of this month, for the. ntet supply. Keep| 2e AAE by the black or nigger oe app peo | 
mS music consi iy. in e „ dispar, | the hardy by gi giving plenty of air, thalia Centifolize. ‘brood or twoo! young ducks into 
ali, x g field.— Old Sub. The Pear lea: infested with the slimy 
s, terminalis, and ornatus ; and that “ip was These require plenty of air and moisture | grub of the Sawfly (Sclandria stops). Line watenaors 
audible” in even tna ha Wollastoni. while tbe fruit is swelling, in hot weather the} on the leaves will destroy them.—D. The grub found 
ollaston in Annals of Natur tory for Ju nly 1550) sashes may be drawn off altogether through the day | §f9U%d is the larva of the groen rose beetle Cetonia aurata =, 
str $ ul iain of these CARE curious musical | with advantage. Keep the plants free from all useless foniy tat is the fe rae Bir Gi tage er. be redit 
in = - We have 
e Shower.—As “describéd by Capt. Blakiston, z st a is sa yg oak npproaches matarity lei a A a A aa his summor E daa bcs 
RAW Tai the 14th of January, 1860, w hen two dis > | m mois are is nee ed. f woodlice are tro “oublesome place | re the common’ Chrysomela Vitellius + would it not be 
out from the Cape of Good Hop pAn Ai NeT NAMES ‘on Eee : "reli, Sacodabis hee —A BR. 1 
+ in lat. i 53’S., ne A ry 45’ E., we encountered FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBB’ " Abutilon striatum; 2, Tacsonia pinnatisti neon 3, Sipho- 
a àeavy squall with rain at 10 A.M., lasting on e hour,| Go over a flower beds frequently and remedy any campylus seg —JS. Not a me ge at “all, but Sagina 
the wind shifting suddenly from east to wath. (true), defects that may be perceptible without loss of tim nt) toe tie rthless.—C W'S. The plant from Natal is 
i ing the squall there were three vivid flashes of} for the bedding-out naam are enjoyed but d Agin some See goer ook peopel: ntl with th ea 
a ning, one oi ee was ver: to the ship; , | paratively sho: and now | that they nj times produces seed.—J P. A Physalis of some kind, not 
it the same time, a er of ice fell which listed about beauty every means 1d them as ber enced paren eatin Pailin oops 
ns ill’: i 
ot sli ic oa eres wasnt buti ayrip pie half effective as secre by maintaining the most perfect Queen, and Aliping: the latter MEATIA erop.—A W E. 
an dn _ Where the stock is clean and} Collomia grandifiora. No care you can bestew upon it 
abrick. The induce it to flower differently from the state in which ie : 
There pen kans = ds a ination | and it will be necessary to go over = beds, frequen eprint S.. We have received the TEFIE a 
om beep o | pi down wher e ne and uttar bak 60k: Nurseries: 4 IV M. The nursery of Mr. Masters at Canter-. 
ieni: 70°: ‘a s Mes į of the shoots as may inclin encroach upon the edging | _ bury still flourishes, and we hope will long continue to do 30. 
cf vantage of liesure hours to put in | VISE Borpers: 7 7. Your Vines are poisoned by the garvag®, 
tings, and use e 1 h with this| 70% havo put into theborder. We hare too often been obliged: 
dace eh t use e a wi tie id var ot the danger of so disgusting a practice as putting 
here is a good in a fair way for umps of flesh into line Wonders : 
