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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
October 24. 
doubts over its derivation. We arc quite mindful of 
the Phonetic spelling of centuries just previous to the 
present; hut still we cannot but feel there is ground for 
asking, are “Sweetsur” and “ Switzur,” for so it was 
written in 1721, corruptions of “ Switzer;” or, are they 
all corruptions of “Sweet-Sir?” The latter is not 
an improbability, when we remember we have the 
family of the “ Deal’-loves.” 
The October Meeting of the Entomological Society was 
held on the 2nd instant, the President being in the 
Chair. The Secretary read a list of donations received 
since the last meeting, being, for the most part, acces¬ 
sions to the Society’s Library from the Royal Society, 
the Royal Society of Belgium, the Society of Arts, the 
Natural History Society of Lyons, Messrs. Guerin- 
Meneville, Koch, Bach, Perrond, and other naturalists. 
Mr. Frederick Smith also presented a series of speci¬ 
mens illustrating the different states of six of the British 
species of Ants. Mr. Walkeys sent some twigs of the 
Larch, shewing the action of the jaws of Wasps, which 
had employed the particles gnawed off in the construc¬ 
tion of the covering of their nests; thus affording 
another instance in opposition to that recently-expressed 
assertion, that the covering of the nests is of a fungoid 
character. 
Mr. Samuel Stevens exhibited specimens of the very 
elegant and rare little moth, Ooniodoma auroguttella, 
captured in the Isle of Wight. The larvae of this species, 
according to the observations and figures of Fischer 
von Rosslerstamm, reside in curious little coagulated 
moveable cases, like the seeds of some plants. He 
also exhibited a curious variety of the purple Emperor 
Butterfly, captured near Rochester; a hermaphrodite 
purple Hair-streak Butterfly, the wings on one side 
being male, and those on the other side female, the 
latter, contrary to the usual style of colouring, being 
marked with a patch of splendid purple, of which the 
males are destitute; also specimens of a new and large 
species of Scolytus, taken by Mr. Weaver, in Scotland, 
from the trunks of Birch-trees; it closely resembles the 
common Elm-destroying species, but is rather larger. 
Mr. F oxcroft sent for exhibition a number of Moths 
and other insects, which he had captured in Scotland, in¬ 
cluding Phibalapteryx lapidana, Leptogramma Scolana, 
Bepressaria Coniflonella, &c. 
Mr. Douglas exhibited a new British Crambus, 
hitherto only known as a native of Italy; also a new 
Nepticula (a genus of minute moths), reared by Mr. 
Weaver, in Perthshire, from the Vaccinium Vitis idea; 
and a specimen of the rare little Beetle, Dictyopterus 
minutus, taken in the fence at Addington, on the 17th 
September. 
Mr. Stainton exhibited a number of leaves of various 
trees, including the Oak, Rose, Whitethorn, Buckthorn, 
&c., infested by the larvae of different species oiNepti¬ 
cula, which mine between the two surfaces of the leaf; 
also Hawthorn leaves, similarly mined by the larvae of 
a very minute species of Weevil ( Ramphus pulicarius). 
'The larva, which is scarcely larger than a pin’s head, 
boars a striking resemblance to a minute Trilobite. 
Mr. Westwood gave a short account of some seeds 
from Mexico, which were remarkable for executing a 
series of small jumps or leaps, and which was produced 
by the movements of some small larvae within the 
seeds. These larvae have proved, upon examination, to 
be those of a small species of Moth, one being inclosed 
within each seed, and being themselves attacked by a 
small Ichneumon parasite, belonging to the genus 
Sigalphus. The seeds had been described by Sir W. 
Hooker (who had handed them over to Mr. Westwood) 
in this month’s number of the “ Journal of Botany.’’ 
They are natives of the western parts of tropical 
America, but the plant from which they sprung has 
not been determined. 
The Secretary read a notice from the Journal of the 
Society of Arts, concerning various instances of the 
successful introduction of the Eria Silkworm (from 
India) into Malta, but still regretting the want of a 
successful mode of unwinding the strongly cemented 
layers of silk. The Moth is the Gallirnia Cynthia, and 
it feeds upon the Castor-oil plant. Mr. W. W. Saunders 
stated that Dr. Chavennes had discovered a plan of un¬ 
winding similar closely-cemented silk cocoons. 
Mr. Douglas read a translation of Professor Zellers 
memoir, describing the curious habits of a small Moth, 
Qraplioletha Corollana, a continental species, which 
would probably be detected in this country, now that its 
habits were detailed. 
Mr. Stainton read a notice on the habits of the larv£e 
of Elachesta, a genus of minute Moth, which mine 
within the leaves of various kinds of grasses; and upon 
the history of a very curious species observed by Riville 
a hundred years since, upon the Vine, and which is very 
similar in its details to those of a species observed by 
Mr. Stainton upon the Buckthorn, the larvae of which 
resides in a fiat, moveable case, formed of two pieces of 
the leaves of the Buckthorn fastened together. 
RENOVATION OF SHRUBBERIES. 
Although the term Shrubbery has almost become 
obsolete, through the much-improved modern style of 
planting in masses, yet, in most gardens, such a screen 
is to be met with; and, indeed, in many cases, is of 
much importance. In order to be rightly understood, I 
may explain what kind of planting I would wish to 
include under this head for the present purpose; and it 
is those screens, or belts, which are considered necessary 
in most places to shut out unpleasant views, to afford 
shelter, and also to give an air of privacy to the walks, 
even something of seclusion; for Englishmen do not 
like to be stared at by every one in their private 
retreats. 
Shrubberies, of course, are composed of a mixture of 
trees, evergreens, and deciduous shrubs; the design of 
planters beiug, generally, to establish permanently 
three heights, at least, and such would seem to bo 
absolutely essential; not for variety’s sake only, but I 
also to produce a good sky, as well as ground, outline, 1 
and in order to admit as varied a collection of trees and 
