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to the scene. Suspended, too, from the roofs are 
large baskets of Achimenes, some radiant with 
their brilliant blue flowers, and others like a 
sheet of snow ; and thus again artistic beauty 
and horticultural skill go hand-in-hand. 
The Walnut (Juglans regia) is a native of 
the mountains of Asia, from the Caucasus al- 
most to China. * It is supposed to be the Enoz 
of the Bible. The Greeks had it from Asia ; and 
Jlicander Theophrastus, and others mention it 
under the names of Cary a, Carya persica, and 
Carya basilike (or Royal nut). Pliny informs 
us that it was introduced into Italy from Persia, 
an introduction which must have been of early 
date, for, although it be doubtful whether it is 
alluded to by Cato, it is certainly mentioned by 
Yarro, who was born in the year 116 b. c. The 
Romans called it Hux persica, Nux regia, Kux 
euboea, Jovis glans, Diuglans, Juglans, etc. 
They recognized several varieties, and amongst 
them the soft shelled Walnut still cultivated, 
which several of the commentators have con- 
founded with the Peach. In modern days, the 
cultivation has been extended, and the number 
of varieties considerably increased. Jean Bauhin 
noticed six only. Micheli, under Cosmo III. of 
Medici, describes thirty-seven, of which the orig- 
inal specimens are still preserved ; some of these, 
however, are scarcely sufficiently distinct from 
each other. — Journal of Horticultural Society. 
QUERIES. 
Oh I What a Name. — A correspondent asks, 
can you tell me where I can get the Ahiea alba 
glauca coerula aurea striata-puncta f No I if we 
did we should not dare to tell. Such an inquiry 
as this is calculated to strike a deadly blow at 
the very foundation of botanical nomenclature I 
An American would have called such a variety 
John Brown, Governor Wise, or some such 
heroic name, and would have been satisfied 
with this measure of glory. It must be an 
English variety. 
^otriicultural 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
«HIO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
HOW THE CURCULIOS ARE CAUGHT. 
Two Mistakes Corrected, 
BY M. B. BATEHAM. 
In the May number of the Monthly., p. 158, 
speaking of the plum orchard of the Messrs. 
Brown of Norwalk, Ohio, their mode of catching 
curculios is given as I understood it at the time 
of the meeting referred to, and when the report 
was written for these pages *, but subsequently 
the Messrs. Brown wrote me more fully and 
corrected a couple of mistakes which I had made. 
They do not use what should be called a ‘ pounder’ 
in jarring the trees, nor strike a blow at all, as 
this would be sure to injure the bark. Their 
jarring implement is in the form of a crutch, 
about eight feet long, with a head or cross piece 
firmly attached ; and by placing this in the main 
crotch of the tree a sudden shake is given, which 
causes the insects to fall. 
The other mistake is in stating that the jarring 
is done by another person than the one that runs 
the machine ; whereas it is found more econom- 
ical to let one man do the whole work, carrying 
the crutch on the catcher when going from tree 
to tree. Two men with two machines went over 
the orchard of 2,000 trees twice each day without 
difficulty. 
Dr, HulVs Improved Catcher. — I have not as 
yet seen any 'mention in the Monthly^ of the new 
style of curculio catcher invented by Dr. Hull of 
Alton, 111., which is made to operate on the same 
principle as those that run on wheels, but is so 
light and portable as to be easily carried by a 
man, by means of straps over his shoulders, its 
weight being only 12 lbs. It is claimed that 
this can be worked more easily and rapidly than 
those on wheels, especially where the ground is 
at all rough or weedy as is commonly the case. 
I learn that a good deal of plum planting has 
been done this spring in different parts of the 
State. There are now, it is believed, not less 
than thirty thousand plum trees planted in 
