526 Nafit)-{ii/si's Calendar. 
in the raw and prepared stale; and fruit ol tlie Allspice, from Mr. J. Oliver, of Cootnbe-Ab- 
bpy; — Flowers of Echeveria liibbiflora, aud of Glosinia caudida ; Newtown Pippins; Winter 
Bon.chri'tien and Easter Bergaraot Pears. 
The Meeting- on the 20th, was not remarkable for any particular exhibition, further than 
Camellias and Azaleas; amongst which we observed the Cami.-1 ha reticulata, and a hybrid 
Azalea, between A. Indica, and A, Iiidica phonicea. Grafts of superior A])p!es and Pears were 
again distrib\ited. Announcements were made from the Chair, that a new part of the "Trans 
actions," was ready for delivery to the Fellows of the Society, .ind that certain Medals would 
be awarded at the Meeting, to be held on the 3rd of April, for the best collection of CameUias, 
which might be exhibited on that day. 
DEVON AND EXETER BOTANICAL AMD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Annual Meeting of this Society, was held on Friilay, February 17tii, at the Society's room, 
263, High-Street, Exeter; when Col. Fulford, one of the Vice-P residents,took the chu'r. On 
the table was placed a fine plaut of the Double White Camellia, grown in the open air, by Mr. 
Richard Saunders, Gardener to C. Hoare, Esq. Luscombe. Mr. Saunders stated that in the 
month of March, last year, there were 600 flowers open at once, on a single plant, growing out 
of doors, without any protection. The receipts of the past year have been .£3(16 is. being 
.£57 llJ. 6d. more than the preceding year — The arrears of subscriptions were stated to be £80, 
and the balance in the Treasurer's luuids, £U9 3s.l0d. upon which it appeared there were claims 
to half the amount. The practicability of establishing a Botanical Garden and Library, was 
considered, — but nothing definitely settled for the present. 
I v.— NATUR ALISTS CALENDAR, 
FOR MAY. 
BOTANY. 
May is proverbial for flowers; they are indeed now in abundance, and among the most promi- 
nent is that most beauteous of British dowering shrubs, the Hawtliorn, which perfumes tlie air 
with the delightful fragrance of its blossoms, and which so peculiarly belongs to this month as 
to derive one of its most common names from it The Crab, the Wild Plum, and the Cherry, 
are also in blossom, and add to the general beauty of the fields. The woods and coppices are 
filled with the flowers of the V/ild Hyacinth, and present in many places an entire sheet of rich 
blue. The plants in flower are so numerous as to prevent anything approaching to a complete 
catalogue from being given ;u fli-s j*??.:^' ; the following list, therefore, only contains a few of 
the more rare, or remarkabl- , s.nd ;ji;. ive as a memorandum for the Botanist, not to neglect 
looking for them in their proper habitats. 
Mousetail, Myosurui 7rJmm:ts ; Grass-leaved Crowfoot, Ranunculus gTamineus ; Alpine 
Crovftoot, R.alprslris ; Globe-i" iwer, TrMius europes^us ; Creeping Marsh-mangold, Caltha 
rddicans ; Entire.leaved Pa^ony, PwuniacoralUna ; Barrenwort, Epim''dium alv'inum ; Yellow 
Fumitory, Cory^dalis li'ttea ; Hoary Stock, Mathlola incdna ; Bristol Rock-cress, Arabis 
etricta ; Hairy Wall-cress, A. hirsuta; Impatient Lady-cress, Cnrddmine impdliens ; Rock 
Whitlow-cress, Draba rupestris ; Danish and English Scurvy -cress, Cochledria diinica and 
finglica ; Scentless Rocket, Hesperis mutronolis i Cream-coloured and Yellow Mountain 
\\o\eis, Viola lacteaanA Intea ; Red Gennan Catchfly, Lychnis viscdria ; Vernal Sandwort, 
Arendria vfrna, a beautiful little plant, which covers with its brilliant white flowei-s the heaps 
of spar and other refuse of lead mines; Dusky Cranesbill, Geranium phit'um- Sea Stork's bill, 
Erudium maritimum; several species of Saxifrage, (Sajrj/raja) found chiefly in alpine situa- 
tions; Birdsfoot, Ornithupus perpusiUus; Arctic Bramble, /i;iA«s«rc/2CMi; Scotch and Irish 
Roses, Rusa spinosissimc and ItibfTnica -. Alexanders, SmyTiiiiim olusrfrum ; Misseltue, I'iscum 
Album; Leopardsbane, Dor6nicum Pardalianches ; Winter-green, TTirnlalis euTop<E^vs; Coral- 
root, CoTollorh'iza inndla; Narrow-leaved Helleborine, Epipdctis ensifolia-, several species of 
0^c\\\i,y\%. 0.fusca,mililiiTis,tephrosdnthos, and lat i/Jlia ; Drone (.(rchis, Ophrys fuci/era; 
Summer Snow-flake, Leucdjum rest'ivum; White Narcissus, Narc'nsus pa^licus ; Lily of the 
Valley, Common and Angular Solomon's Seal, Convallaria majdtis, muUiJldTa and poh/gonutum. 
ZOOLOGY. 
INSECTS.— The Swallow-tailed Butterfly, [Papllio Machdon,) the most superb of British 
Butterflies, having Iain in the pupa state through the winter, may now sometimes be found, as 
may also the following: — 
The Cabbage Butterfly, Pontia brdssicte-, the Pearly. border Butterfly, Mclite^a euphrdsyne; 
the Plantain Fritillary, AI. ciniin; the Duke of Burgundy Fritillary, M. luiunn-, the Common 
Blue Butterfly, Po/yu'wima/uj alexis; the Queen of Spain Butterfly, .'Irgynnis l.thinia; the 
Goat Moth, Ciissus lignipfrda, — see page 30 of the Register ;' the Wliite or Ghost Moth, Hep'i- 
alushumulii the Cinnahjir Moth, Callimi}rphajacobee''a'; the Puss Moth, Centra vimilii, — the 
caterpillars of this moth are found on the Willow, Poplar, &c , and from their singular form, 
the beauty of their colours, the oddness of their motions, and the variety of changes they un- 
dergo, are peculiarly interesting, and worth the trouble of collecting and breeding; the Yel- 
low Hawthorn or tJrimstone Moth, Ritmia cratmgnta ; und the Silver-ground Moth, Ciddria 
implicdria. 
* Mnchcurious information respecting thij Miith will also be found in " Insect .Airchitei'ture," and •' Insect 
Transformations," wtiich, together with •* Insect Miscellanies," form an interesting treatise on Insects. Jhey 
ar« elieap and useful worts, which the Entomologist would do well to avail liimself of. 
