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inflicting severe wounds on the elephant with its acute 
elongated proboscis, or rostrum. He also exhibited some 
remarkable rolls made at the extremity of the leaves of 
the Spanish Chestnut, about the size of a small thimble. 
within each of which an egg had been deposited, and 
which Mr, Westwood considered to be the nests of some 
species of Attelabus or Ehynchitis, genera of Weevils which 
are known to possess such habits. 
ACHIMENES CANDIDA. 
Presented to the Society by G. U. 
Skinner, Esq., in the spring of 1848, and 
said to he from Guatemala. 
From a foot to a foot and a half high; 
stems purplish, nearly smooth, with a few 
scattered, spreading hairs near the upper 
end; leaves about four inches long; 
flowers about half an inch long, with a 
yellowish tube, and a white, flat, oblique 
limb, with a short line of purple dots along 
the middle of each lobe except the frontal 
one, and many more within the tube. 
Generally three flowers appear together, 
of which the central ones open first and 
the side ones some time afterwards. 
It requires the same kind of treatment 
as the other sorts of Achimenes. Being a 
neat, free-blooming plant, it is worth cul¬ 
tivation on account of its white blossoms, 
an unusual colour in the genus.—( Hor¬ 
ticultural Society's Journal.) 
NOTES FOE SEPTEMBEE. 
Whoever may have doubts of the ad¬ 
vantages of deep cultivation will have them 
removed this summer by a comparison of 
the crops growing upon deeply-trenched 
ground with others growing upon ground 
that had been dug only one spit deep. Where the system 
of deep cultivation is adopted he will see them luxuriating 
in the heat of the summer, while the frequent use of the 
watering-pot will be barely sufficient to keep alive the crops 
on the one-spit-deep system, with a hard and almost im¬ 
pervious bottom at the depth of nine or ten inches. 
A successional plantation of Endive to be made, and some 
of the first sowing that had been planted out will now be in 
a good condition for tying up for blanching, a few only at a 
time, and to be tied loosely, to allow the heads to swell out 
large. The seedling plants of Cabbage intended to stand 
through the winter to be pricked out into nursery beds 
about four or five inches apart. A sowing of hardy green 
Lettuce may still be made on a sloping border to stand 
through the winter. To prolong the productiveness of Scarlet 
Runners and Dwarf Kidney Beans it is necessary to gather 
every large seed-pod. The Spinach to stand the winter to 
he thinned nine inches from plant to plant. 
The Flower Garden will now require particular atten¬ 
tion to keep up a neat and attractive appearance, by re¬ 
moving all shoots of Verbenas , Petunias , &c., that ramble 
beyond the bounds of the beds or borders, by cutting off 
decaying flowers, by cutting down or removing altogether 
all plants that are done blooming, and annuals that have 
become shabby. Any blanks that may appear should be 
filled up with plants from the reserve stock, plunged in 
their pots, taken up at the first approach of frost, and 
removed to their winter quarters. Continue to propagate 
showy and choice herbaceous plants by cuttings and divisions 
of the roots, and seedlings of late-sown perennials may 
still be pricked out with advantage. Continue to plant out 
Pinks, Clove Carnations , and rooted cuttings of hardy her¬ 
baceous plants into nursery beds. The plants already esta¬ 
blished in beds to be kept in a state of healthy vigour by 
stirring the surface of the soil. The lately-budded Roses 
to be looked at occasionally, the tyings to be loosened where 
necessary, and all suckers and shoots from the stock to be 
removed. If it is intended to preserve some of the old 
stock for flowering next year they should be taken up 
towards the end of the month, potted in good light soil, and 
placed in a close pit, where they will have time to make 
fresh roots and to establish themselves in their pots before 
they are placed in their winter quarters. The old plants 
are sometimes more useful, as they cover more space and 
flower earlier and more abundantly than young ones. 
The many publications of the present day on Ferns 
attest the fact that this class of plants is becoming more 
popular, and very justly so, as they all form leafy plants 
that are exceedingly interesting, and produce a root-stalk 
which either creeps below the ground, spreads over the 
surface, or rises into the air like the stem of a Palm. 
Eockeries of all descriptions are well adapted for Ferns, 
because these plants require less earth than most other 
plants, and, as they luxuriate most in shady places, they are 
very suitable for suburban villas. As this is the season 
when families visit their friends or make excursions or 
tours into the country, and as it is also a most suitable time 
for making a collection, we would commend to their notice 
the following native Ferns, which are not difficult to be 
found, and will produce a good effect on rockwork :— Atliy- 
rium jilix-fcemina, Lastrwajilix-mas and dilatata, Polystichum 
angulare and aculeatum, Scolopendrium vulgare , Polypodium 
vulgare, and Blechnum boreale, of the larger growers ; Cys- 
topteris fragilis, Adiantum capillus Veneris, Ceterach officina- 
rum , Asplenium adiantum nigrum and trichomanes , and Allo- 
sorus crispus, of the smaller kinds. As gems, Trichomanes 
radicans and the two Hymenophyllums , Tunbridgense and 
Wilsoni. Osmunda regalis is a noble plant for a boggy spot. 
As the seed-vessels of Carnations and Picotees on the 
same plant ripen in succession it is now advisable to go 
over them twice or thrice a week, cutting them off as they 
ripen with two or three inches of the stem to each, to be 
tied in small bundles and labelled. The late fine rains have 
been most favourable for planting out seedling Polyanthuses , 
Heartsease, Pinks , Wallflowers , Canterbury Bells, &c. Very 
many of such seedlings have been lately destroyed by a 
small grub that attacks the roots and foliage. Whenever, by 
the sickly appearance of the plant, you are led to suppose 
that the enemy is at work, by carefully removing the soil 
with the back of a knife you are almost certain to find the 
