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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ December 29, 187fi. 



Variegated Maize for gardens, and is 9 feet high. Of this valuable 

 kind only a few seeds exist here, and no ear. 



No 31. Early White " Pop Corn." Dwarf, and cnrious, not being 

 so profitable for a sweet meal as No. 15. 



No. 32. Boston Ten-weeks Maize. It excels the French Ten-weeks 

 somewhat, bnt both are too small. 



No. 33. Small-seeded red. Carious, and difficult to ripen. 



No. 34. A similar variety ; generally of the present size. 



No. 35. Large pale red. 



It remains only to add, that seed for sowing can be obtained in 

 gardens in warmer districts, and always from such places as the Channel 

 Islands; while Maize, to be eaten green in the autumn, can be grown 

 anywhere with common attention. The same may be said of its use 

 for forage. — Th. C. Bf.ehaut, Richmond House, Guernsey. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S MEETING. 



The December meeting of this Society was held at Burlington 

 House, the President, A. R. Wallace, Esq., being in the chair. 

 Amongst the donations to the Society's library were the "Memoirs 

 of the Society of Naturalists of Moscow," and other serial works. 



Mr. Edward Saunders exhibited three species of Hemipterous in- 

 sects new to the British fauna, Salda arenicola, from Bournemouth ; 

 Plociomerus luridus, from the New Forest ; and Hadrodema Pinastri, 

 i'rom the neighbourhood of Eeigate; also a series of continental 

 species allied to Strachia festiva, in order to clear up the synonymy 

 of that insect. Mr. Pascoe exhibited two new species of Longicorn 

 Beetles from the Himalayas, collected by Captain Lang, forming two 

 new genera. Mr. F. Smith exhibited two small species of Beetles new 

 to the British list, collected by Mr. Champion — namely, Calodera 

 rubens, from Lewisham ; and Baridins scolopaceus, from the coaBt of 

 Kent. Mr. Butler exhibited a very minute specimen of Vanessa 

 Urticse ; it was one of the second brood, and had the hind wings very 

 dark coloured. Mr. Albert Miiller exhibited a series of photographs 

 of remarkable kinds of Galls, caused by different species of Rhoditea and 

 Cynips, chietly upon Oaks in North America, which he had received 

 from Mr. Bassett, of Waterbury, U.S. Mr. Sydney Saunders exhibited 

 j'. living specimen of the remarkable Eresus Ctenizoides, a very large 

 Spider of a black velvety colour, with a flattened abdomen, which is 

 surrounded by a bright red band. It is a native of Syra, in Greece, 

 and feeds upon large Grasshoppers, but it had remained without 

 eating since July last. Mr. F. Smith stated that the Grasshoppers 

 in this country are attacked by a large silvery species of Asilus, which 

 pounces on them and carries them off. 



The commencement of an elaborate memoir on the family Ephe- 

 meridie, or May Flies, by the Rev. A. E. Eaton, was read. The 

 author has devoted much attention to the minute anatomical characters 

 and transformations of these interesting insects, of which he has 

 described ITS species, British and foreign, a great number of which 

 are new to science. 



SALES AT COTTAGE GARDEN SHOWS. 



"Hobius" would find it a good plan to announce to visitors 

 at the cottage garden shows, before the prizes are distributed, 

 that it is very important to the exhibitors to sell their produce, 

 and for that purpose, immediately after the distribution of the 

 prizes, the exhibitor will return to the tent, and gladly sell to 

 anybody who will purchase. The plan is sometimes adopted 

 of putting the value on a card. This is convenient, as, if the 

 owner is away, the willing purchaser can write his name on the 

 card. — Thomas Cox, President of the Nuffield and Betchingly 

 Cottage Gardeners' Show for 1870. 



I suggest that the cottagers should affix the price of their 

 commodities. Persons wishing to buy will see at once the 

 price ; then " first co me, first serve." 



Tea Rose Madame'. Levet (see page 487) iB here, but I have 

 r.ot proved it. — W. F. Kadclyffe, Okeford Fitzpaine. 



PRUNING ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



No. 7. 



The groups dividing flower gardens or pleasure grounds and 

 parks, or those planted for shelter or other objects, afford seope 

 lor a display of trees and shrubs on the massing system quite 

 ns well as, or even better than a group to which access can be 

 had from all sides. 



Fig. 1 is a group of this kind planted as a division between 

 the park and pleasure ground, which are separated from each 

 other by iron fencing, a, Cupressus Lawsoniana, and the dots 

 on the margin are of it and its varieties ; b, Rhododendron 

 ponticum ; c, Deoc a - Cedar, on raised ground; d, Cotoneaster 

 frigid a ; e, Ghent and English varieties of Azalea pontioa; 

 /, English Hollies (Ilex Aquifolium, and vars. fcemina, flava, 

 and angnstifolia) ; g, Berberis Aquifolium ; h, Andromeda 



floribunda; i, Cupressus Lawsoniana, with a few dotted on 

 the margin ; j, Menzieeia polifolia alba ; k, Berberis Darwinii 

 I, Azaleas, with A. amcena in front; m, Wellingtonia gigantea 

 n, Irish Yews ; o, Pinus excelBa ; p. Rhododendron, varieties 

 g, Portugal Laurel ; r, Aucuba (old variety) ; s, Sweet Briar 

 t, Lime; where crossed filled in with Ligustrum ovalifolium 

 and yellow-berried Ivy; u, Black-leaved Laurustinus (Yibur 

 num latifolium) ; v, Silver Fir (Picea pectinata) ; w, Purple 

 Beech, filled in with Colehian Laurel; x, Horse Chestnnt, 

 filled in with English Yew ; y, Laburnum, filled in with Coton- 

 easter Simmonsi, and C. microphylla ; z, Scarlet Thorns. 



Fig. l. 



1, Lilacs, filled in with Berberis dulcia ; 2, Mountain Ash, 

 filled with Alexandrian Laurel (Ruscus racemosus) ; 3, 

 Broom, of sorts ; 4, Guelder Rose, with Mo:k Orange and 

 Periwinkles intermixed ; a few Vinca elegantisfima on the 

 margin ; 5, Austrian Pine ; 6, Scarlet Maple, filled in with 

 common Laurel ; 7, Hemlock Spruce ; 8, R J d-herried Elder, 

 filled in with Berberis Aquifolium ; 9, Pinus Cembra ; 10, Pink 

 Thorns ; 11, White Thorns ; 12, clump of Double Gorse ; 13, 

 Pampas Grass ; 14, Yariegated Hollies ; 15, clump of Broad- 

 leaved Holly, Ilex Hodginsi, and I. altaclerensis ; 16, Tritoma 

 Uvaria. 



Again. GroupB in park scenery need not be of the specie? 

 or varieties forming a genus, but may be variously planted, 

 but still adhering to the massing system. 



