1082 
e have any record have a 
which wi 
some “considerable e period— for one or two centuries— 
THE GARDENE 
always prevailed for 
(it a favour 
if yc you would, 
as to which of 
oe cholera are likely to recur again and again. | 
[Th 
so doing you will much obli ige 
n the 
pee Old 
RS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
in your"next week’s Number, } 
ander the Notices to Correspondents give me 
right. By 
Subscriber. 
our 
[December 8, 1860. 
parat: ion of dinner, but s 8 they sang on unmoved. 
After dinner I turned one of the em anto a basket (not 
having a cage at hand for 
three hours “with only a minte ’s intermission. 
E 
Fageia _— to prevent their rec urrence, it ma 
e first pl 
most a, prove eded 
y 
better than broken ones. | 
ain. 
eign Correspondence 
For 
Nice, Nov. 26, 1860.- —The journey to this beautiful 
When 
he softest re- 
the next loudest E 
sembled the singing of a kettle; 
any TOWS; while the loudes st a 
twittering of m spar: 
so exactly 
dec ceive the nicest ear. zh chir rping noise appears 
ve only while Nothing frightens ra 
follow the example 
A Joseph, and lay up a store in abundant 
the subsequ uent t de: aficte nt ones. 
I} 
F 
time, legis: alata AN prep p oti g 
up a ab 
the nex y toot 
vhe transit; 
thr 
a luxury, for as that vegetable appen to be mo 
the Medite 
a 
DY 
the railway foe Kanone to Toulon. 
from the form ay A take fe i hones "for 
erran 
+h 
abe 
byt now eae 
rough a most iotas ‘ont 
ry 0 the 
n to the Mobribed: port 
nai of disease than any other, it 
cultivation, as rti 
Be 
“a cout of two par ts published by 
ra the first in 1841, the second in 185: ee Both 
were noticed. b; hee ag time of their appearance. The 
chapter on Black alone occupies 38 ae, had is | 
therefore far too cae for insertion here.] _ 
Lean-to Houses.— 
two years 
formation 
| there ar 
the railw: 
Poate 
jrn ee to the 
and: others 
building such such structures, I think it wi = saroye useful ped pa 
facilitating their calculations, and saving them much | 
labour, and, | perhaps, some Tittle 3 parley The: follow- 
dimensions of a 
houses yet a 
rs engaged in penn and s fhas 
The d 
Ta 
of Ton lon, | 
sites or malle poste tat a 
Nice in Fess thai an i ta > aoe a is ex erga that in 
way, active progress of lhe 
from Tou lon i this ‘placo, will i open we 
ges al Veg 
kward tha 
they e 
the in pd of shoes, a A bones ee of thread, 
and ot ther m ssiles, do not hurt them 
the 
m, but 
e kit chen, gon to- ag where one victim is 
luring the 
Pei |P 
o hot as usual, and though | Ow 
Aad 
NIOMOLOGICAL: November 5.—J.W. Douglas, Esq. . 
Joke in the pairs 
At Toulon. 
wo month: 
it may be ap) 
Erot- aris vt a of Back-wall 15 feet, and the required 
angle gre $ eet pag be the Width of the House and 
Length 
Ft. Ft. 
17.865 or 
Width of House... = 1.191 x 15 ={ ft. in. 
17 3 
ary 93.325 or 
Length of Rafter ft) ime 
23 
Fx. %—With an angle of 50°, what would be the Height of 
Back-wall rors ‘Length o of! Rafter, supposing the width of 
the House to 
Steed ae 
Ft. 
= 1.555 x 15 ={ 
35% 
i of Rafter = s x Lism | 
er examples m might be adduced, but 
cient to state generally that 7 on 
three dimensions with the required angle banh given, 
the others m = easily be found from the Table. alee of 
i i 
ise. fk 
t will perhaps tem nip og Tt it 
eee teorologienl 1 raides by way of comparison with that | 
erin sunshine for 
rkable. 
T was alt’ ere had not bee 
s. wea thar here darin ng 
the 
nth pas been of the or rdinary variable character, 
of t whie 
d i In fact the climat ate 
y be said to hee sympathied with that of Ya, ny 
d th 
dant 
ovember 
e days o 
what 
the Pat still we have had within the last forth 
f beantifu 1 warm „sunshine, 
th 
mers; one nip 
the Vegetable arwi were 
valleys, There are yet m 
an 
are splen 
one aly 
ie 
made of the 
mdid. 
berries, Figs, Peaches 
ea Pens, C: 
e 
essary when 
atl 
seh 
uite equal t 
e best of our En 
there was a slight frost by 
par 
to 
p ph 
ch 
cnt off int: e 
the 
Before I le ft England complaints wel ms | 
* | phlæu » He 
nest of Formica rufa at Wey 
Pree beetles. 
ad m 
exhibited vari 
w and rare > British Hars SEE three species 
swe to Pa peri anpii ia: Mr. Stevens exhibited 
pasate: collected in Cambodia 
b; 
| thei insects of that genus being salieri found in 
thei 
m: ve nests of mad 
doughy state of 
bi condition of the Wheat, here, however, it i is excel- | 
|in the angles of the walls,. &c. ‘A paper was communi- 
cated by F. Walker, Esq., containing desasiptio ions of 
‘parley, for 
| 
oft their 
sort 
ee 2 
o interesting t 
od of wettin ing their corn in a bin as ‘we do 
a short time and then laying it out i 
floor to Pee the quality of 
pet 
J 
new species of exotic ic: Tablas toes insects in the col- 
ection of W, W. Saunders, Esq. Mr.G.R. Waterhouse 
read a paper on of the Linnean 
Banksian wv? cates had ly exam 
with the of determining the mr a be 
pecen of that family, ia by bri- 
s, 80 far as could be learned by zs a of ta 
origina nal s spec imens _ examined by those a aut thors, 
existing or ed spres if any two dimensions De e gpa Ne hi 
are given or known, the an Sa the third dimension Tiam: | Midday. | 10} rir- ee the species were ree w known’ under sore correct 
may be found by aid of the Fa — z = mes. A new Part of the Transactions was announced 
T wing the relative ance, in Lean-to Houses, of | NOV pher x K Ha a EN a ad age for phe ag amongst the members. 
|, Width of House, and $ Length of Rafters, when: me H co $ 52 6l 5 sie Ti a Nien i 
formed by the Rafter an ase or Ground Liner: FrN a z 53 56 52 
to" to 60° inclusi nga Se e Hak ial oaks ep 59 52 ROYAL HORTICULTURAL OF IRELAND: The winter 
o of Rafter ~ |_ Height of & Width of Length. of S 18 es ; ga o 3 exhibition of Kei fruit, a which took place the 
id Line. |Back Wall.|~ House. Rafter. aT aea E E FE pe 4 other day in the Rotundo, was in every way successful. 
aeih is sis kak via 55 41 Indeed it could not oe boen eihera. Ti neither 
4 1.732 2,000 Jog ec tas ots 4h 55 45 {pains nor expense were spared in Tin jts al that 
ees 1664 1.941 i ee A N y 56 44 ay: be wish It may be bered ti beck 
igs oe 1.600 1.887 a Wi vit ak N So aoe A G e Pillar Room was that elected Ha the win 
Ps N tire Sen He Sines ee MO eg 57 50 delibition, b ut aoe bg the. 
Sg Saat 1498 1743 ey Saas 41 59 48 present occasion that the Round Room had to be Le 
ees 1.376 1,701 “M ‘6 nto requisition. The ki in which he flowers w 
SEN 1.327 1.661 Ly Ma oR ER Ld = arranged here displayed ye greatest taste, the whole 
A AS, ae sire E. Copland, 21, Promenade des Anglais. | presenting. a ys brilliant and beautiful appearan 
Re ae 1.191 1.555 ——___== | The pepe me ane the room, with 
eS 1,150 1.524 of promenade, and in the centre stood a 
Bi ec aoe ee Societies, large table, } ani an exquisite colle per of flowers. 
Se ay 1,035 1.430 eee 
A i te 1.000 L4l4 LINNEAN : Nov. 15. ae ee in the cas ry striking, and. elicited eine ks 
an i a: pane The following, communications were read:—1. “ Ca banter from the visitors. The stages contained 
abe Bi “900 1345 logue. of Dipterous. Insects collected in- aen] fine collections of Chrysanthemums, ke, in pots. 
Rann yee -360 1.335 Ka and Maki: and at Pep inaboa by Mre A. Se jirde elites were the € Chie 
eR e : $ ; Vallace, y Wi ‘ s 3] v Spi Ch I 7 
Eo TARRIO Sar Lino | 2 “Catalogue of Dipterous Insects co ee tlemen were so nicely matched that th 
a hw [ 758 252 in Ce bes, and in veces? i re were unable to say whose exhibition was the 
ose ts 5 T 1.236 descriptions of new species; had, auretee, to award a first prize to each. 
eee | pi tap 3. “Note on. the Fruc mhouse plants were On the 
“See  sasinge 21103 Hydnum: gelatinosum,” by F. e centre, to which we have referred 
s F -625 1:179 tracts from a letter from. Miss Dr pla some beautiful Camellias (in 
Re 601 1 ko Patterson, ast, on the which Alderman sa pi Mr. Gray the chief 
SE I, T PANER = wi mice,” communicated by the Pri wet. dr ese Orchids in rich pro- 
4 stated that the inmates of their house fusion, Tn: 1 the latter cl clas the: Eepoaene compete ar 
0 jater Shells for Vine Borders. a o the head of | pis all winter by singing mice; “ y 
the ‘Home Corres) gig ardeners’ | or little creatures, who e e got into| In th hing was n i 
oner KA last week, ven see uch struek | the ‘beds, run up the cook’s shoulders fai mily | the ce. sta be Ny with some exquisite 
ppard’s letter on the use of burnt oyster ly Al 8, sat sph on dressing tables, while, toilette | New Holland plants, beneath which, on either side, line 
shells in the construction of his Vine border, On me and inside the can fonder for an | after line, were dishes of frui ting a pleasing 
tioning the t to m to thin} dl pting appearance: The collection of Grapes 
that were the oyster shells mere rely Zer ken fine, and not ey om the Chief Secre tary, who had no less than nine 
burnt, they would have à neficial effect. I do to. agree oye Aa e wall Ae ‘hem as Poia besides onien mear the classes, 
not concur in his opinion, and as no doubt the letter | th hey wr more tormenting ins pi ape. | was very fine indeed, oy el mening 
must have attracted the the es wers | Y. © for book k. possession of my Mr. T. AG ka Mr. te i presented some ad- 
jR En Wales, and Scotland, India rok ten a Asa which were lying i in ‘the ea middle of | m jm: specimens. Mr. H, Maunders showed an 
= every one is now bony in making new Vine | the kitchen floor. The > shoes. were moved. a tittle | exellent Pine Apple. Mr. Woods and Colonel par 
-borders and id renovating their old ones, I should esteem |'several times: by. the hibited an extensive collection of T trait, In Se 
