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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM 



PART III. 



the tree, cats a hole through the shell with its strong jaws, and pushes itself 

 through the aperture thus made; although it appears too small to admit 

 the body, which contracts itself to get through, and then falls to the ground, 

 having no Legs to support itself on the husk. Legs, however, would be an 

 incumbrance to the insect, as it is born in the midst of its food; and when 

 this is consumed its feeding time has terminated, and it is ready to make its 

 way into the earth ; where it forms an oval cell, and changes into a pupa ; 

 soon after which the perfect insect 

 makes its appearance. In Jig. 1947., 

 a shows the wound made by the 

 introduction of the egg into the 

 young fruit ; b, the hole in the 

 mature fruit, by which the larva 

 has made its exit; c is the larva; 

 d, the pupa ; and e, the perfect in- 

 sect (these last three figures being 

 represented about one third larger 

 than the natural size). The tip of 

 the rostrum, magnified, is shown at 

 /; g being the jaws, and h a side 

 view of a single jaw. In addition 

 to this insect, Orchestes avellana? 

 (one of the small flea weevils), 

 Strophosomus coryli, Apoderus 

 coryli, Jttelabus curculionides, 

 Tropideres niveirostris, Rhyn- 

 ehites Bacchus, and Polydrusus 

 argentatus, are found in the nut ; 

 as well as the following, belonging to the Chrysomelidae : — Chrysomela 

 cocci nea and hemisphas'rica; Clythralongipes,4-punctata,tridentata,andaurita; 

 Crj ptocephalus bipunctatus, cordiger, coryli, and 6-punctatus ; and Hispa 

 pectinicornis. Amongst the Linnaean Hemiptera are : C'imex coryli, avellanae, 

 and annulatus Linn ; Cicada aurka, bicordata, and coryli ; A^phis coryli ; and 

 Coccus coryli. Hemerobius hirtus, amongst neuropterous insects; and 

 Allantus coryli, amongst the saw-flies, complete the list of the chief species 

 of insects which i'eed upon the common nut. 



Fungi on the Hazel. On the wood and fallen branches : yfgaricus galeri- 

 culatus Scop., Sow. t. 1G5., and fig. 15883. in the Encyclopaedia of Plants ; 

 A. polygrammus Dec, syn. A. fistulosus, Bull. t. 518., and fig. 15884. in 

 the Encyclopaedia of Plants ; and A. striatulus Pers., a minute resupinate 

 species ; Thelephora rugosa Pers., syn. T. corylea Pers., remarkable for its 

 blood-stained hue, when rubbed or scratched ; T. Avellanae Fr.; Clavaria Arde- 

 liia Sow. t. 215, and fig. 16171. in the Encyclopaedia of Plants; Peziza 

 nirfuracea Fr. ; Sphae x ria fusca Pers.; S. verruciformis Ehrh. ; S. dece- 

 dens ; Dernutium griseuin Fr. ; Toiula antennata Pers. On the roots, ^ga- 

 ricufl radicatus Relh. On the leaves : S. Avellanae Schmidt, a highly curious 

 species which has, in the present year, occurred abundantly in Northamp- 

 ton .hire, but appears not to have been found before, since its first detection 

 by Schmidt; Spha/ria gnomon Tode; A'rysiphe guttata Schlecht. On the nuts, 

 Peziza fructigena Hull., already noticed under the beech, fig. 1900. p. 1974. 



Commercial Statistics. The price of plants, in the London nurseries, is : one- 

 year's seedlings, lO.v. per thousand; two-years' seedlings, 15*. per thousand; 

 transplanted, from 1 it. to 2 ft. high, 30#. per thousand; transplanted, from 

 2 ft. to 3ft. high, 50.v. per thousand. Plants of the different varieties are 1.9. 

 MM R. l'i i' e of English nuts, in Covent (harden market, from 2s. to 3*. per peck ; 

 of Barcelona DUtS, from 5s. to 6s. per peck ; of English filberts, from 4/. \0s. 

 \<> >/. per 100 lb. Price of plants, at liollwyller, of the varieties, from 2 

 femes to 6 francs each; at New York, the varieties are from 25 cents to 



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