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which are as much as two feet, but it differs in having a smaller 
panicle, sharp column-wings, very narrow falcate side lobes on 
the lip, and a single-ridged tubercle at the base of that organ, 
placed at right angles to a flat, somewhat concave, swelling, which 
almost connects the side lobes. This species is found wild in 
Panama, whence it was sent to Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it 
flowered in April, 1844.— Bot. Reg. 27-46. 
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Although not exactly destructive in a flower garden, still the 
presence of wasps in or about any part of the pleasure ground is 
of course not to be tolerated. To judge by the quantities of large 
or queen wasps which were about early in the season, the number 
of nests which will be found in the summer and autumn will be 
unusually numerous. The only consideration, then, is the best 
way to destroy them. Many methods have been recommended, 
but perhaps none is more used than the old squib of sulphur, 
with sufficient gunpowder mixed with it to make it burn. A 
tolerably sized squib of this mixture is sufficient to kill or stupify 
the largest nest of wasps; and, as the nest should be dug out 
directly after the fumes of the sulphur have acted on the wasps, 
and taken home, or mashed upon the spot, to stupify them is 
quite sufficient. The grubs are greedily eaten by fish, and the nests 
may therefore be broken up and thrown into the ponds or brooks. 
A troublesome tribe, especially among pelargoniums in the 
houses, are the bees—one, if not all the species. They attack 
the flower-bud before it expands, cutting a round hole through 
the petals, no doubt to reach the nectar secreted in the tube of 
the flower, and thus entirely spoil the bloom. They should be 
closely guarded against, especially where flowers are wanted for 
hybridizing, which may thus be spoilt long before the pollen can 
be applied in the ordinary way. 
The flower garden ought to be entirely filled with its perma¬ 
nent summer plants early in the month, and then the work in 
this department becomes very routine in its character. Directly 
they are turned out, peg down all plants that will bear it, as 
petunias, verbenas, &c. This operation is beneficial in two ways, 
enabling the plants to cover the beds in the shortest time, and 
also protecting them from being blown about by the wind. It 
