September  19, 1901. 
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BARRS':, "..‘DAFFODILS 
Have  received  Ten  Highest  Awards,  1901,  including 
TWO  GOLD  MEDALS  AND  A 
TEN  GUINEA  CHALLENGE  CUP. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  all  the  finest  sorts  in  cultivation , 1 
free. 
barrs’  tulips 
Have  received  FIVE  GOLD  MEDALS  from  the  Royal 
National  Tulip  Society,  and  SILVER  CUPS  at  the 
Great  Temple  Flower  Shows,  1900  and  1901. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  finest  kinds  for  pot  culture 
and  forcing ,  and  for  beds  and  borders  outdoors ,  free. 
BARRS'  HYACINTHS. 
The  finest  selected  bulbs  for  the  greenhouse,  sitting 
room,  or  exhibition,  and  specially  selected  varieties  for 
bedding. 
Descriptive  Catalogue  Free. 
BARR  &, SONS, 
11, 12,  &  13,  King  St,,  Covent  Garden,  London, 
Strawberry  Plants. 
ALL  THE  LEADING-  VARIETIES 
FROM 
the  Open  Ground,  and  in  Pots. 
PRICED  DESCRIPTIVE  CIRCULAR  POST  FREE. 
DICKSONS^—  CHESTER 
RIVERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
Roses,  Vines, 
FIGS,  ORANGES, 
AND 
Orchard-House  Trees. 
A  LARGE  AND  SELECT  STOCK 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  AND  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE 
Post  Free,  3d. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  &  SON, 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH,  HERTS. 
SABLOW  STATION,  Q.E  R. 
VEITCHS’ 
Genuine  Bulk 
NARCISSUS 
For  Extensive  Planting. 
DOUBLE  YELLOW 
SINGLE  YELLOW 
PHEASANT’S  EYE 
DOUBLE  WHITE 
BIFLORUS 
TENBY 
BUTTER  &  EGGS 
LEEDSI 
INCOMPARABILIS 
STELLA 
PRINCEPS 
RUGILOBUS 
MIXED  HARDY  SORTS,  for  planting  on  lawns,  &c., 
17/.6  per  1000. 
EXTRA  FINE  MIXED,  for  naturalisation  in  shrub¬ 
beries  or  extensive  planting  in  borders,  &c., 
25/-  per  1000. 
VEITCHS’  SPECIAL  MIXTURE  (includ¬ 
ing  many  new  Seedlings,  also  Trumpet 
varieties),  45/-  per  100G. 
For  details  see  CATALOGUE,  forwarded 
Post  Free  on  application. 
JAMES  YEITCH  &  SONS 
CHELSEA.  >d 
Jfoumml  all  gjartkultiiijr. 
THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  19,  1901. 
Beetles  on  the  Tramp. 
|E  do  not  expect  the  gardener  of 
average  education  to  exhibit  a  large 
amount  of  entomological  know¬ 
ledge,  but  he  can  mostly  dis¬ 
tinguish  a  beetle  from  other  insects, 
though  he  may  not  he  able  to  give 
its  specific  name.  Some  few  beetles 
are,  indeed,  that  have  been  called 
fleas  or  flies,  names  probably  suggested  by 
their  small  size  and  powers  of  jumping  or  flying. 
Such  are  the  Halticas,  which  infest  our  Turnips, 
and  Hops  at  times,  seeming  rather  flea-like  ; 
possibly  some  of  the  flat,  rotund  weevils,  the 
Sitonas,  for  instance,  too  partial  to  our  Peas  and 
Beans,  may  have  been  regarded  as  bugs  across 
the  Atlantic,  indeed  most  beetles  are  bugs.  From 
the  days  of  Shakespeare,  or  before,  the  popular  i  lea 
of  the  tribe  is  one  of  insects  accustomed  to  walk 
or  run  upon  the  earth,  therefore  ever  in  peril  of 
being  crushed.  Gardeners  are  constantly  coming 
across  beetles  in  the  soil  or  amongst  the  stems  of 
plants  on  its  surlace,  also  sometimes  ascending 
their  foliage,  or  secreted  within  flowers,  capsuies, 
and  pods,  perhaps  exercising  their  jaws  in  doing 
mischief. 
Manv  beetles  have  wings  that  enable  them  to 
fly  with  fair  rapidity,  but  they  appear  to  make 
little  use  of  them  unless  compelled,  preferring  to 
crawl.  Some  spe.ies,  familiar  to  us  on  the  wing, 
have,  seemingly,  a  difficulty  in  steering  clear  of 
obstacles,  and,  if  down,  have  trouble  in  starting 
again.  This  is  the  case  with  the  common  cock¬ 
chafer,  the  grub  of  which  does  us  notable  inju-y, 
and  the  more  noisy  dor,  shard-born  beetle,  or 
drowsy  watchman,  frequent  at  dusk  about  gardens 
and  fields,  occasionally  on  the  wing  in  daylight. 
But  according  to  some  its  old  name  was  “lousy 
watchman,”  because  the  under  side  of  the  body 
is  the  abode  of  parasites.  It  is  not  pleasant  to 
have  a  dor-fly  in  one’s  face,  yet  the  species  is, 
from  its  habits,  serviceable  to  horticulture,  aiding 
in  the  decomposition  of  substances  which  then  make 
READERS  are  requested  to  send  Notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
Intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR,"  ftt 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
address. 
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