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six came to perfection, nia ‘hi autumn 
d. The 
plant, the berries | The whole 
every eye 
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iu Folio, 
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is a Ser ae is 
wn in size, but n perfect heal 
Socicties. 
ea SS 
SE ra aoe Oct. 1.—H. T. 
VF Mr. bs 
British "species ‘ot “Baltica t 
and Mr. 
flowers, it is a charming shrub, with racemes of sno 
white pear-shaped berries, resembling pearls and as 
Jewellers aud artificial lower makers | 
hem 
[aranh and 
a | Hastings, and probably imported 
collections of insects form 
Ox ee and i in the neighbourhood of the Cape of G 
rom the ground; this 
0 Apples, we of which 
ith. 
hayeaaphabhad, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire. 
THE a CHRONICLE © AND euio daikid -S 
mature. 
fts have not 
om 
Shi mpling, was exceedingly adinired, 
[November 8, 1860. 
the village 
and the 7. E 
Ged. 
, Esq, 
Had Rey Halifax. 
w 
a new 
There was exhibited an eb 
of 
Ta 
Vine Bor 
of last ‘week a Jiandae desire is s manifested to „guard 
and an apparently new jr | 
| ver, ry ‘penal thors allied to Goliathus Derbyanus ; | 
jnitere esting portion 
sey arranged, containing eac os 
cottage 
sort in the soil for Vine borders, and so br rig 
i 
Eie gi mee, 
kihat T 
ae atte val of 
tb tb l oh ws s 
pits fi 
Mr. Westwood bited~a 
epiti which. he had st 
g Papilio Lary dalus, Mo: 
includin 
Pimplea ae the Sake 
EE 
mly havi 
viously event md oe reid Strikingly from „the 
of beautiful exotic the 
Sots pirar in Paris, |} 
ern Zethera 
been pre- 
arden produce, peg 
t Pe was a aoe of 
any autumnal flow 
Cathe Teta, Peas, Kidney Benns, iid many then 
well grown vegetables. It hg wd great 
admiration > ad the others ers “whi rae on wih 
ly rere some excellent Apples 
ray 
pretty extensive acquaintance with the requirements 
of Vines nen are to be kept in good health and bear 
s of good Grapes for a number of years 
that they require a better ` bor der than a 
female), Debis 
r rillia nt blue. gloss 
hecl 
on the win ae 
J 
also shown, but of 
æ and Et 
T years, Nothing ae however was anting 
ept fine Pare rs, an whole a more mentee 
i, | eottagers display could. soareely, be conceived. - It was 
wiles 
last mentioned species in Pari; 
nts 
are being made with Fii view of introducing 
silk r 
Pes ws! 1 a 
and the kind 
emulation 
Aate ok Sp 1 Y 
common shi odl walk to grow in, £ ž 
Crawshay’s, though here I am satisfied their g growing |t into the French s k manufactories. Dr. |by them. Great blest was ‘mai gone ed in their 
in a gravel ‘walk was more apparent than real, for such | Baly exhibited a series of speci ; of the gen acia, | demeanour as the Rev. Edwin Sidney stated the merits 
‘is the rambling nature of the roots of the Vine, that I | together with preparations of the generative organs, | of each, and they were icindly greeted is the a pen 
‘am convinced they wonld n oo themselves long | Which he ses sett ow to afford excellent specific and company. Engaging the rural poor in 
to a Bai walk, but pas more congenial soil. | Characters s difficnlt genus, two A ws ony yA f been “the 
‘This r weil TR equally “opty pe hee clay in Mr. | which were exhibited by Mr. Ianson. r Sym of Nahe ing sonh excellent examples of esculent 
Glendin ng’ e, and to s at Isleworth, exhibit specime phinx Convolvali piat vege aie but it has a great moral effect. Their 
for an ii 7% pt rect thee sy my + OBARI t the >a! September, having me nearly 12 | leisure hours i in the lo t, they 
Morden, iéa Edinburgh, where Vine roots had gone mont re econ a the ovaries never- | kee ep a t hom e with their wives = fam: 
‘60 yards in quest of nourishment their way ag m "this specimen. Mr. of t 
‘passed through two gravel t a garden | Smith exhibited ‘some Parasite Pe eye. pa ape most of tee keep a i pig, Ki enjoy the se. 
‘Wall, showing clearly that it is impossible to say where | Anobites paniceum, and also a X vidual of a Danish | pesiđes obtaining an 
bn 7 may penetrate to he course ars ; | Species of Bombus (B. equestris), which flew o e the very habit of = atte 
‘and if proof of this wi anting, those i pana vessel half way be Pec and Denmark. eir improvement in geni 
‘some tliree years’ ago in the conser we a Chiswick | beautiful series of m: meres of the larvæ of | cottage seat is general 
passed out ie their Mirow bart er and pene trated ue the British Rented of ei ippo acker. ‘Mr. F. Bond the | house, and | both are 
a gravel bank Da anA of 10 ea Mba supply it. | exhibited . F. Bond g es ete b cd 
om all his n to me that Vine Aas Iso exh peta g-gn ary of Lenen a, Agrotis, | promoters PAAA t ha 
should of c ears w idé and n addition | "a Heliophobus the Isles of Wight. | described are oing real good amongst the aur 
that tha, vine roots shona have easy phy provided A note was read by Mr. Ianson on the economy of classes, and the Vegetable Show at Sudbury this 
for them Pa mmon garden soil beyond, | Hylobius Abietis, a jnrge weevil injurious to Fir trees. | trying year has shown wh t sk ill and industry may 
especially if in to Asparagus beds, where they arp not | Dr. Knaggs pointed out the distinctions between two accomplish for t “th oor man 
likely for years to be disturbed; and that the border allied species of Nonagria heretofore confounded | jg given to himby his wealthier neighbours and 
should neither te made of cinders, I nor clay, together, for one of which he proposed the name of-N. | employers. 
f good friable loam, with an admixture of Bondii. A letter was read from Mr 
‘gharred earth and wood, on which, wi -ih = ace ount of the, mode in which the egg í cases of the 
` process of boolin, the cesspools of tithe cowshe 
‘or stables ages been sir some old. ‘Plaster wi 
Time rubbish, and a th of crusbed bones for th 
Aaner of á house about 60 feet in length. In the 
ites 1847, a jo Ist of July, I planted a house of 
uscats at. otham Park in a border such as I oe 
1850, ‘the 
o | discharg 
tained simply consisted of a coating oi of v 
po egg, and 
o gave an account 
habits of the genera 3 Mestiyue and Selasia. 
ed with each sep 
ried ints a mass. 
Vi scous ecem 
SUDBUR 
TTAGERS : Oct. 23,— 
The Sibay Association for Arada the deserving 
UAA da crop T Grapes I eve 
“til ha e present season, when Tih saw the i in August last, 
hood lias oyi- a time c 
. 
ie ‘appearance of mraba to be as fruitful as they 
share ei ‘or many ye: vib to come, showing clearly that 
3 oes not require all the ingredients put i into 
prizes, hdl an exhibition of the pro 
gardens. What such encouragemen 
mt m 
most strikingly proved on this occasion. The handsome | 
connected with it plou ching 
nniversary for the echt of its | 
roduc 
Notites of of Books, 
Le Jardin Fruitier du i Be éum, ow Iconographie 
vi toutes les espèces et variétés Car Sruitiers cul- 
NS Ci Decaisne. 
és dans cet établissement, &e. &e. Par J. 
vied Paris, Firmin Didot. Parts 25 to 36. 
(Continued from p. 955.) 
Poire Figue.—Fruit large, long-pyriform; stalk 
short, thick, fleshy at its junction with the fruit; eye 
middle-sized, placed in a very slight depression ; * skin 
sprinkled wit ea hese dots, and covered 
aia wa 
siderable extent atches of olive russet. 
Pies white, lanlting sn pincer vt slightly astringent. 
d December. 
ane witcher eatldroa” 
“at the same'time it thrives in a gooo cca mix- 
‘ture such as T have here indicated. W. Thomson, Dal- 
Teitt Por Pork. 
Illustrated Natural History —In an 
T 
“ Habits of the K 
mi and wts, 
e prey of this bird,” &c. T had 
considered the mole a true maininal ! 
+ s slip for a naturalist, but the 
z aig ied you find it in our columns. ] 
A wide open ay: was left in the centre for spectators 
ach of = meritorious poor to receive 
an vs the appr 
N: oee Ba by the 
t atula’ 
enon 
The following note 
ar was eeoaived by Prof. Decaisne 
m M. Léon = taz 4 be of Alençon: “The Poire Figue 
is pts caprici ph n one 
humid mired it is insipid, ad sometimes 
5 ADUA o speck, án: assi specks a ure indication of 
ittornoss, ; is yarjety was 
repeting “ae Peik 
owood Muscat Grape.—The opin 
a, that he Bowood and Passe inet a à Heit 
gy ng. I fe el t o be qui 
LI Ror This 
mtrast made in ne 
) 
e have here both of them growing in in 0 
„devoted ENS to the growth of Muscats. Nov 
“have o ese Vines attentively for a couple "of 
years, bora the opening of the buds to the mate uration 
of the fruit, 
| That such fine specimens W dela sare 
been prods t in| 
ra 
Thie to M. Lecomte-Morte- 
‘of the town R A s in inay bane f $ , near Alençon. It 
the were placed of | was sent out p the names of Figue P Alençon, and 
produce Aa, On the ie were si specie root | Bonnissime de la Sarthe. The first name is the 
Beare eee by the farmers themselves, tonigis with which ought to be retained.” The of | 
Eve reens, „Pears in Pois, well “tate, tae rmed by M. Dupont, President of 
| plant J f Mr. . Bro On e right | the iété Horticulture de POrne; and there is 
f tabl yi vaP | nothing it to the contrary of the Poire ai he 
been perfectly described by. ge 
between A rag either as to time of ripening, outline of 
bunch, fi r flavour of. the berries, and T hav ve not 
fisticed that thes one sets its fru i — freely than the 
` other, A. Cramb, Tortworth oe 
Fruiting of Grafis— 
hint $t 
ing incident worth your nie, T will ae errs 
pie diidini 
last year my gardener grafted three grafts upon a small 
rst-rate quality an 
g pgm the village of Buces, | for use in Dec 
under the auspices of the Rev, A. Hanbury, greatly 
and | till February, March, or pea 
a season so unfavourable astonished all Who saw them. ja cent before its ee Lecomte- 
Thi Mint, imak e thin Poire Pigre eseriko 
| bought = pri w; the poor ee for large prices | by Prof. iar ts certain dierent m near 
with grea’ Immense pains must have been | Duhamel: the former, t. è mürir en 
taken in Ae 3 ANVEND, and several of those who { Novembre, et Sue t PERPER” jusqu’a la fin 
bei ah tg said that there were not many diseased | de Decembre.” Duhamel states that the Poire Fi 
ones i allotments or cottage gardens where they | “ mûrit au Legppacar vise: de Septembre.” In 
 beatifa Kidneys and York Regents could aa Me e commences to ripen in November, nae 
not 4, Haigha € hey were perfect examples of their | wi mes i till the end of December; 
kinds. Carrots were beautifully briglit in colour, and ber, Now: 
of enormous size, oh ips were of extraordinary aleia Se it ‘frequently tah Pears such as the 
imensions; ain were AA oe ee: in ae od quantities. Sticks s | Easter Beu Beurré and Be hich usually keep 
ibit 
tomten 
any 
ember ; yet we are not ordery 
pens usually in the b 
! Pear which ri 
