COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
103 
May 15. 
i 
: towards the apex: ciiia pale grey. Posterior legs pale 
yellowish white. 
“COLEOPHORA LIMOSIPENNELLA, F. v. R.; 
bred this summer i'rom ‘ elm leaves, picked at Sutton, with 
the large Coleophora of the elm (limosipennella?) ” (Ent. 
Comp. 127); and also from similar larvie on alder, thus 
noticed in Ent. Comp. 133 : ‘ Aug. 23rd, T. 13. sent me 
two Coleophora larvae from alder, the cases similar to 
those of C. limosipennellaV In July, 1854, I collected 
the larvae very plentifully on elms, near the Bee-hive at 
Burford Bridge. The species in the perfect state closely 
resembles C. badiipennella, but is larger and darker, and 
the whitish apex of the antennae is generally uuannu- 
lated The case of the larva is very different. 
“ Alis anticis saturate britnueo-ochreis, costa anguste 
albida, postice oclirea; antennis albis, f'usco-anuulatis, 
articulo basali ochreo, non penicillato. Exp. al. 5—6 lin. 
“Head, face and palpi pale ochreous. Antennas white, 
annulated with fuscous; the basal joint pale ochreous, hardly j 
| as robust as in badiipennella ; the extreme apex is frequently 
I entirely whitish, without annulations. Anterior wings dark 
\ brownish- ochreous, the costa narrowly whitish to beyond the 
| middle (yet more broadly and less sharply margined than 
: in badiipennella); cilia ochreous, inclining to fuscous towards 
i the anal angle. Posterior wings greyish fuscous, cilia rather 
| darker.” 
The British Pomological Society held its usual i 
monthly meeting at the Rooms, 20, Bedford-street, 
Covent Garden, on the 8th inst. Mr. Davidson in the 
chair. 
The Secretary reported that he had received a cheque 
for ten guineas, from Sir Joseph Paxton, as a donation 
to the funds of the Society; and it was unanimously 
agreed that the thanks of the Society be given to Sir 
Joseph for liis very handsome donation, and that the 
same be engrossed on the minutes. 
The Secretary also reported that he had received 
grafts of two varieties of Apples, and of three varieties 
of seedling Plums, from Dr. Davies, of Pershore, for \ 
distribution amongst the members, and that he had for¬ 
warded them to Messrs. McEwen, of Arundel Castle; 
Breadley, of Somerleyton Hall; Saul, of Stourton Park ; | 
Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, and Adams, of Brentford. 
Mr. Snow, gardener to Earl De Grey, presented a 
I collection of thirteen varieties of Apples in a very high 
! state of preservation ; among which were remarkably 
fine and handsome examples of Blenheim Pippin, as 
sound and firm as in November; the old Coclde Pippin, 
though small, was very fine; Scarlet Nonpareil, re¬ 
markably firm, and very highly flavoured ; Syltehouse 
Iiusset, also in very great perfection, both as regards 
condition and flavour; the Ribston Pippins, Golden 
Russets, Dumeloiv’s Seedlings, and Bedfordshire Found¬ 
lings, were also as plump and sound as the day they 
were gathered from the tree; and what surprised us [ 
most of all, was to see such specimens of Cellini at this 
1 season of the year looking as fresh as it was possible 
for them to be. This collection reflected great credit 
on Mr. Snow, as showing that he knows not only how 
to grow fruit, but also how to keep it when he has har¬ 
vested it. We think there is quite as much merit in 
keeping fruit in the state in which this collection was 
so late in the season, as there is in all the art of cul¬ 
tivation. 
Mr. Dickens, of Peteiston, near Ross, sent a col¬ 
lection of fruit without names, which were far advanced 
in decay, and could not, therefore, be serviceable for the 
purposes of the Society. 
The following members were elected :— 
H. T. Hope, Esq., The Deepdene, near Dorking. 
H. G. Bohn, Esq., York-street, Covent Garden. 
M. G. Thoyts, Esq., Sulhamstead. 
Mr. George Lee, Clevedon, Bristol. 
A GLANCE AT OUR FRUITS, VEGETABLES, &c. 
I have often, in these pages, urged the benefits arising 
from an artificial retardation of the blossoming period 
in fruits, and this season seems destined to show, na¬ 
turally, what the value of the principle may be. 
1 felt very much gratified, perhaps flattered, to find 
lately, in the columns of a contemporary work, a com¬ 
mendation of the practice from no less a person than 
Mr. Bailey, of Nuneham, who is so well known in the 
gardening world, and than whom no person is more 
competent to duly estimate the value of disputed points 
in Horticulture. 
Now, Mr. Bailey has the very singular property, in 
these times, of being ingenuous and honest, for he 
cheerfully accords to me the earliest suggestions as to 
this course of practice. 
I may here observe, that although, as everybody must 
know, the blooming period, as to most of our fruits, is 
at least three weeks later than in ordinary seasons, yet, 
that I have just as strenuously retarded my fruits, thus, 
at least, proving, that I have an increased faith in the 
practice, and that I have signed no act of recanta¬ 
tion in this affair. Here I may indulge in a few 
remarks on the present character of fruits, as to the 
blooming season. Of course, I can do little more than 
state facts connected with the district where I live, but I 
must say, that I have certainly never known so great a 
display of bloom; aye, and the healthiest blossom I 
ever saw. Take hold of which kind I may, there is 
calyx, corolla, pistil, and stamens, all perfection, with 
the utmost freedom of development. But how different 
have we known these things. I know not how other 
persons may feel on this head, neither can I imagine 
what may be their impressions, but I must, in freely 
offering mine, observe, that I am more than ever im¬ 
pressed with the vast influence that light exercises on 
those buds of fruit-trees, which Nature herself has so 
framed as to be in a position to be convertible into 
either blossoms or shoots. 
During last summer I left no stone unturned, as to 
pinching, dubbing, thinning, &c., all wild or superfluous 
shoots on my trees, and to this, and the fructifying in¬ 
fluences of a most genial summer, fraught with a con¬ 
siderable amount of solar heat and light, I attribute, 
without hesitation, the excellent prospects of the coming 
summer. 
And, now, let me advise, once more, all that have to 
do with our notoriously fickle climate, to follow out such 
principles during the following spring and summer as 
will enable the trees to perfect their buds; this, as our 
readers should know, consists in early and careful dis- 
buddings, thinning-out, and stopping, or pinching. The 
disbudding season has already arrived, and for my own 
part, every trained tree here shall undergo this process, 
which may be performed at thrice; let us say thebe- 
ginning of May, the middle, and the first week in June. 
Our annual visitation of the Aphides, Red Spider, &c., 
is at hand, if they have not already commenced ope¬ 
rations; and here let me impress on the minds of our 
