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lowed in an instant. The disappointment of my pet was extreme; so I gave him another. This, you may be sure, went no further! Our robins are now shy; and busily employed in building and sitting. Still they notice us, and "bob " to us as we pass.-HEARTS-EASE, Hants.

[Many thanks, fair maiden, for these little racy anecdotes. You have imagined rightly, that they would interest us and our readers. The pair of robins about which our pen has been so often eloquent, are now sitting. They have built their nest or a shelf in the greenhouse, close to the dwelling-house. It is in one corner, based on an old japanned dressing box, over which a pair of garden-shears, in an upright position, are carelessly placed. Between the handles, is the place of entrance and exit. It was as good as a play to watch the construction of that nest, and see the large mouthfuls of dead leaves, hay and hair, that were carried in. We were invited to look, and we did look; and no doubt we shall see, as we have before seen, the exodus of the "happy family when fledged. Our wrens, dunnocks, and thrushes, are all equally tame; and we look daily for the nightingales and blackcaps to complete "the band" that always sojourns with us in Spring and Summer. If we could only prevail upon our neighbors to lay aside their murderous guns, who could be more happy than we and our "little families ?"]

Tameness of Little Birds.—I have often been delighted, whilst listening to the details you have given of the tameness of the birds living in your garden, and entering your windows to be fed. An affectionate heart cannot but enjoy these truly "natural" pleasures-so different from those of the giddy world at large! As one of your readers -and "admirers" of course, let me tell my little story. During the past cold and inclement season, our garden, like yours, was the resort of quite "a family" of birds,-the principal were robins, chaffinches, and hedge-sparrows-or, as you familiarly call them, "Dicky Dunnocks." These saucy rogues seemed intuitively to know that I was a friend to their race. They followed me about Pillar Roses. To ornament a garden, there is everywhere. I had such games with them! no kind of shrub, however beautiful, so well Sometimes, for the fun of the thing, I would pre- adapted to take various forms as the rose. It can tend not to see them. At such times I would be used as a dwarf, to fill the smallest beds; as a walk carelessly round the garden; humming a tune, bush, to plant amongst evergreens; and as a tall or making believe that I was perusing a letter. standard to form avenues of roses on each side of a Well, Mr. Editor, this would not do. They fol- noble walk. In the centre of larger circular beds, lowed me in my walk; clinging to the trees and it is often planted in groups, with half-standards bushes on either side, and warbling a soft, musical around, and dwarfs in the front; thus forming an note to attract my ear. At last, I fairly burst out amphitheatre of roses, which, when in bloom, is laughing at their manoeuvres; and it was hard one of the finest sights in the floral garden. Again, to say which enjoyed the fun most,-I or my as climbers, to ornament the amateur's villa, or pensioners. We were well-matched! I have, the more humble abode of the cottager. Also, to however, a complaint to make of my pets; for plant against bare walls and palings, forming droopthey were shockingly quarrelsome. The chafing shrubs, when budded on high standards, waving finches were even more pugnacious than the robins--doing battle whenever I fed them. The females were, I am sorry to say, as bad as the males. Talking of the robins, I had such a game with two of them, one cold morning! I was feeding a fine handsome fellow, with a bold, speaking eye, when, in a fit of jealousy, a rival made a dash at him, and tore out a whole "bunch" of feathers! I picked them up, and had the curiosity (woman-like) to count them. There were only eighteen. Didn't I scowl at the red-breasted savage! What cared he? Nothing. My last game was with such a very tame little fellow! Taking up some half-dozen meal-worms, I threw him one of uncommon size. This he snapped in halves. The first half he hopped away with, and swallowed it. Returning for the other, it was gone, and he had not seen the going of it! I had. His rival, watching his opportunity, had darted down with the velocity of lightning, and put his appropriation claws upon it. It was swal

*What will Mr. John Gray, of Glasgow, say to this "curious (but solid) fact?"-ED. K. J.

gracefully their boughs, laden with fragrance and bloom, in the warm gales of summer and autumn. What can be more desirable? All these forms are certaintly very pleasing; but, however elegant their appearance, still none of them show off the beauty and grandeur of the rose so effectively as training it upwards to a pillar. In the gardens of the gentry of this country, pillars for roses are frequently made of iron rods, with arches of the same, or small chains hung loosely from pillar to pillar, so as to form beautiful festoons of those lovely flowers. These arches and chain festoons of roses on each side a terrace-walk have a splendid effect. Sometimes the arch is thrown over the walk only, and the roses trained accordingly. Those persons who may feel disposed to erect iron pillars, can easily ascertain their cost of any respectable ironmonger. They may be either made of a single upright rod, or with four rods at about nine inches distant from each other; thus forming a square pillar, fastened with cross pieces of strong wire. The rose may be planted in the centre, and the branches as they grow be trained to each corner rod, and the small shoots arranged

the roses,

between them. Bring all the shoots to the outside, and do not allow any to twine round the rod. Tie them to each, with bass matting or small string, as they can then be easily loosened from the pillars whenever they require painting-an operation that must not be neglected, as the iron would soon rust, and thereby injure the plants, and be very unsightly. Previously to planting the soil should be rendered rich; so that they may grow quickly, flower freely, and cover the pillars, arches, and festoons, as soon as possible. This rather modern and pleasing mode of culture cannot be too strongly recommended; and for that purpose, if expense be an object, poles, either of oak, ash, hazel, or larch, may be used by fixing them firmly in the ground in a triangular shape, three feet apart at the base-the ends being brought together at the top, and tied with some strong tarred cord or stout copper wire. Then three roses of the same variety, or of different kinds, according to taste, can be planted one at the foot of each pole, and trained so that when in full foliage and blossom a handsome tall pyramid will become apparent, formed of the beauteous and odoriferous" Queen of Flowers."-R. M.

Chrysanthemums for Seed.-Your near neighbor, Mr. Salter, of Hammersmith, has a paper in the Florist I see, about growing Chrysanthemums for seed. To prove that this may be done, he mentions that they are often in flower in France in April and May. Cuttings are struck in September or October, and kept in a close frame through the winter. These bloom in spring; and Mr. S. suggests that, with the summer sunshine before them, there would be no difficulty in obtaining good seed from such plants.-J. D., Fulham.

Sugar made from Maize.-A patent has been granted to an American for making sugar from maize. He boils the meal with water and sulphuric acid, by which brown sugar is produced, held in solution with the acid. To separate the latter, chalk is introduced, with which it combines, and falls to the bottom of the boiler. The strength of the acid is not diminished, nor its quantity lessened; so that the same vitriol would suffice to convert into sugar an indefinite quantity of meal.-W. A.

Triphona Pronuba-This morning, Feb. 27, I beheld to my great amazement, a fine male Pronuba just fresh out of the chrysalis. This is too remarkable an occurrence not to be recorded. More particularly as this fellow was brought up by myself, together with about 150 others, all of which are still in chrysalis. The usual time for the appearance of this moth, is in June and July. These were reared from the egg, and the whole of the brood were hatched on the 25th of August last. Being an old practical "dabbler," I have naturally witnessed many "eurious facts in entomology, but seldom any more curious than the one I now bring under your notice. I may mention here, that Arctia Lubricipeda likewise made his appearance ex pupá yesterday. Ile, however, is so odd a creature, that I am never surprised to see him at any time.-BOMBYX ATLAS, Feb. 27.

A singular Land slip in Ireland.-One of those curious phenomena, a moving bog, was recently witnessed on the lands of Enagh Monmore, the estate of Marcus Keane, Esq. A tract of bog, about a mile in circumference, was observed to be deeply fissured. Shortly afterwards, the whole mass commenced moving in an easterly direction, and continued in motion twenty-four hours. During that period of time, it accomplished a movement of about eighty perches to the east of its former position; and the result has been the exposure of a quantity of bog timber, which was previously covered with peat to the depth of fifteen feet. The cause of the land-slip is supposed to have been the accumulation of water in a slough which occupied the centre of the bog. It now covers a piece of ground from which the turf has been cut away.-J. TRACY.

The Victoria Regia.-M. Otte, of Hamburgh, has published in the Garten-und Blumenzeitung, some observations on the heat acquired by the flowers of the Victoria at the time of their expansion. The experiment was made on the second evening the flower opened. At fifty minutes past six, the temperature of the air, in the house, was 80°, of the water, 79°, and of the interior of the flower, 87°. At six minutes past seven, the air was 77°, the water 79°, the interior of the flower, 88°. The development of heat by flowers, during their expansion, is not a fact new to science. Numerous experiments have, at different times, been made upon it; nevertheless, the subject is interesting, and as everything relative to the

queen of flowers" now attracts so much attention, this phenomenon should not be lost sight of, by those who will now soon have opportunities for investigating it.-R. M.

The Larvae of Insects.-I see by Mr. Miller's remarks, in your last number, that he has had his patience sorely tried, whilst endeavoring to bring up Bombyx Rubi. I am not surprised at it. know the gentleman well, but I think I can inform Mr. M. how he will be more successful another season. In the first place he must give him his natural food. He will not touch Bramble, (although called Rubi,) nor Willow. Try him with Violet, Hearts' Ease, Dandelion, Ground Ivy, Dead Nettle, and you will see him feed, and get plump. In Autumn build him a nice little house, and give him a garden with plenty of the above low-growing herbs; but let the walls of the garden, and windows of his lodging, be so protected that he cannot get out. Be sure that he is protected both from heavy rain and severe frost, and I think you will find yourself amply rewarded for your trouble. If Sir, you should have a great many caterpillars, and will send half-a-dozen to me, you shall have the produce, or know the result. It is always a queer fellow to bring up. I have generally lost one third, sometimes more than that. With respect to Neustria, it is quite true their voracity is most ungentlemanly. I had almost said uncaterpillarly. They will eat almost anything, although not quite omnivorous. I am afraid, Sir, you pet them too much. If you wish for a few nests, I shall be most happy to supply you. Give them the first thing that comes to hand. They are not particular. But, observe, during the first week of their ex

istence, they must have the tenderest leaves, and, at all times, the greatest attention must be paid to cleanliness. Be careful never to touch a caterpillar with warm hands, and never give it its food when wet. I generally rear about a couple of hundred Potatoria, and never otherwise than on Bromus Sterilis and Arvenis. May I, in conclusion, ask you, Sir, to tell me how you bring up Potatoria-by feeding them with water? I have never heard of this plan, and should be extremely curious to know it before next season, in order that I might compare it with my own.-BOMBYX ATLAS, Tottenham.

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and brings me all kinds of dainties. This kindness
does not end with me. I have seven children of
different ages, and the same care is equally ex-
tended to them. Their names are
"Wilful,"
"Sprightly," "Fawny,"
"Snowdrop," "Pink-
Eyes," Brown-Paw," and "Crocus." I have
also a numerous progeny in this neighborhood, and
at Wyckham Market, Suffolk. Myself, my brother,
and my sister, inhabit a beautiful palace; and my
seven children another, and a more capacious one,
close by me. We occupy a nice corner in "B.'s"
little study, and a snug corner it is too! There
sits my old master, writing to the Editor of OUR
JOURNAL, on one side of the cosy table; and his
favorite FINO on the other a large black cat
stretched before the fire, and a dear little redpole
opposite to my palace. Nay, Mr. Editor, I once
saw your own smiling countenance in the said
little room, when you drank Fino's health in a
glass of ale. [Hush!] Now some people object
to us poor little mice, because we are dirty
things." This is libellous. Only let them follow
the kind example of my master and his daughter
Anne, and clean our palaces regularly every day—
giving us sweet wholesome food, and I am certain
you will not find that we deserve such abuse. No;
and we will enliven your apartment very much
indeed, by our merry, active, cheerful movements.
Ought I not to bless the day when first my master
caught sight of my tiny body in St. Andrew St.;
and am I not a happy mouse? In conclusion, let
the Field Mouse," by Susannah Strickland, to
me recommend the "History of Little Downy; or,
every kind-hearted young lady; and may it induce
them to keep a pair of pet mice! May they afford
as much amusement to their mistress as I do to
mine; and may they be as happy as your affec-
tionate-LITTLE DOWNY, Tottenham, March 15.

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A Happy Mouse-Knowing how ably and how kindly you advocate the cause of all domestic pets, I venture to give you a brief history of my happy life; hoping it may be the means of some other of my dear little relations being equally fortunate and happy. I must premise that I belong to a very amiable mistress, whose name is "Anne" [all ladies named "Anne" are amiable], and she is one of the younger daughters of "Bombyx Atlas," whom for shortness I will call "B." | Now, it happened rather more than two years ago, that "B." was fluttering about Great St. Andrew Street, Holborn (a strange locality at such a strange season of the year, for such a large exotic as "B." to choose), when he suddenly stopped opposite a window, in front of which my miserable cage was placed. I did not escape his eye. Ever accustomed to watch all Nature's creatures, my funny little body was soon perceived; and I saw by the twinkle of his optics, that my fate was sealed; so, fearing to excite more of his curiosity (being perfectly ignorant as to what my fate might be), I ran in-doors and hid myself. But it was too late. "Show me that little fawn-colored mouse, if you please," said "B.," and my cruel mistress brought me out, as well as my little brother and sister. The business was soon settled. I was purchased, packed up, and taken home. When my cage was opened, I saw a large black dog called “Fino," and he opened such a dreadful-A YOUTHFUL Inquirer. mouth! I thought it was all over with us-cage and all. Judge of my surprise, then, at finding myself placed in a nice new cage; so clean and so neat with some delicious bread and milk. I was coaxed too, and played with, by "B." and my dear new mistress. Well, though I trembled so much when first I saw him, yet did I soon get accustomed to the old gentleman, who himself cleaned out my cage regularly every morning before he had his own breakfast. After a time, I had a little family; and "B." was so pleased with my children, that he bought a new house for us, and made us quite happy. Bless his old heart, Mr. Editor! After I had been six months in the family, I was named "Little Downy," my sister "Velvet," and my brother "Silkes." These names were taken from a very interesting little volume, entitled "The History of Little Downy; or, the Life of a Field Mouse," by Susannah Strickland, which “B." gave my little mistress some six years ago, at Lausanne, in Switzerland. I am now two years old, as are also my sister and brother; and I am dignified by the name of Queen Downy. My dear old master never eats his breakfast until he has made my cage clean, sweet, and comfortable; and my fond little mistress feeds me,

What is "the cause" of the various Fogs that arise?-Will you, Sir, be so kind as to explain to me the origin of fog? Does it ascend or descend? Please tell me, as I have heard conflicting opinions.

[The very common, but mistaken idea that the fog which we see of an evening hanging over low meadows, and by the sides of streams, is ascending, arises very naturally from our first observing it in low places; and, as the cool of the evening advances, remarking that it ascends to higher land. The fact is, however not that the damp is ascending, but that, from the coldness of those situations, they are the first places which condense the before invisible vapor. As the cold of the evening advances, the condensation takes place at a higher level. A large portion of the vapor ascends to the upper regions of the atmosphere, where it cools, and becomes visible to us in the form of clouds; and increasing in density by cooling, they gradually descend nearer to the earth-until at last, becoming too condensed by the loss of heat, they fall in rain, to be again returned in endless succession.]

Gold Fish-The beautiful little fish, called in this country "gold and silver fish," were originally natives of China and Japan. In these countries they are held in great estimation, and are called Kingu. From China, the English carried some of them to St. Helena; and from thence the captain

of one of our East India ships brought some of them to England in the year 1728.-ELIZA G.

The Gapes in Fowls.-How can I remove from the throat of my suffering birds, the worm that prevents them from eating their food? They pine sadly, and hide away in corners.-DOROTHY T.

[Take a soft feather. Strip it to within an inch of the bottom, and carefully put it down the invalid's throat. After twirling it rapidly round between your hands, and quickly withdrawing it, the enemy will be found adhering to the feather. To facilitate this operation, place the chicken between your knees.]

a couple of fish-ponds to be formed with the water of the adjoining brook, and stored one of them with trout and the other with tench. It was evidently his wish to render himself comfortable in the retreat where he had a reasonable prospect of passing many years."-DODMAN.

Sagacity of the Sheep Dog, or Collie.-On the 18th February says the Banffshire Mail, the shepherds on the extensive grazing grounds belonging to Captain Grant, Achorachan, Glenlivat, were compelled, in consequence of the heavy falls of snow, to drive the sheep from the high grounds. It turned out that sixty head were missing. For these, instant search was made by the shepherds. For a long time, no clue was got to the missing animals, and the shepherds were nearly exhausted with fatigue; when one of their dogs was seen digging a hole in the snow with its fore feet. The shepherds went to the spot; and down the hole made by the animal, one of the men thrust a stick, and instantly discovered by the motion that he touched a living animal. The men now all set to work; and after removing snow to the depth of some six or eight feet, found the whole of the missing sheep all huddled together. Had it not been for the timely discovery, it is more than probable that not one of the sheep would have been left unsmothered.—E. S.

Arrivals of Strange Birds in Cornwall, and Devonshire generally. During the month of February, many birds not generally seen hereabout, flocked to this neighborhood in large numbers. I am no ornithologist, but all who enjoy the power of observation who were hereabout during the early part of February, could not help seeing some of the many strange birds driven south by stress of weather. Amongst these were the lapwings, or pee-weets of many localities. On one occasion, I saw fully two hundred of them on about an acre of meadow grass. The natives have shot many of them for stuffing. Golden plovers are another species that came to see us a very shy bird likewise, yet some of them fell a prey to the amateur sportsman. The water wag- Death in the Pot.-Alas, Mr. Editor, what a tails, as they are called in the north, likewise came world we live in! We can neither eat, nor drink, in goodly numbers. In some instances these without danger. Read what is now going the birds will soon become as familiar as the gar-round of the press; and tremble, if you be "a deners' well-known acquaintance, the little pugnacious robin-redbreast. Many goldfinches were seen; some of them were found to have died from the effects of the cold. Starlings were resorting to the more sheltered portions of the higher grounds, and every now and again passing and repassing in considerable flocks, keeping up amongst themselves an incessant chatter. Since about the 20th ult., the above-named migratory inhabitants have apparently nearly all taken themselves off from this neighborhood. The lapwing is so seldom seen here, that many persons had never observed any of them before. Moorhens, likewise, came in immense numbers, and many water-fowl; all testifying to the severity of the weather throughout Great Britain.-colored (as it commonly is) with Prussian blue, G. DAWSON, Cornwall, March 5.

man given to appetite." We are warned to mark yonder portly individual. He has scarcely passed the period of maturity we are told, and yet he incessantly complains of ailments which the art of no physician has yet been enabled to reach. His health is evidently breaking; his system has struggled long against the ravages of an insidious foe. Probably the water with which his domicile is supplied, besides being tainted with all the foulness that a "London Company can impart, is received into leaden cisterns, which are fast corroding from the action of carbonic acid; and are thus hourly tending to bring their victim to the grave, by means slow but sure, and terrible as sure. At breakfast, his tea,

chromate of lead, or carbonate of copper, adds to the already poisonous nature of the water Introduction of the India Pink into Europe.- with which it is combined. His bread, if he The following extract from the delightful book of resides in London, is certainly adulterated with Mr. Stirling, the "Cloister Life of Charles V.," alum, not improbably plaster of Paris or sand. may be interesting to your readers :-" From Tu- His beer is "doctored with coculus Indicus, nis he is said to have brought not only the best of grains of Paradise, quassia, &c. Those ghirkins, his laurels, but the pretty flower called Indian of emerald hue, that appear so innocent, and, Pink, sending it from the African shore to his consequently so tempting in their prismatic jar, garden in Spain, whence in time it won its way owe their seductive beauty to one of the deadinto every cottage garden in Europe. Yuste was liest poisons in all the range of chemistry! a very Paradise for these simple tastes and harm- The verdant apricots in that tart, are attractive less pleasures. The Emperor spent part of the from the same baneful cause! The anchovysummer in embellishing the ground immediately paste, produced contemporaneously with the below his windows; he raised a terrace on which cheese, if analysed, would be found to consist of he placed a fountain, and laid out a parterre, and an amalgam of decayed sprats, Venetian red, beneath it he formed a second parterre; planted and red lead. Nay, that double-Gloucester itlike the first with flowers and Orange trees. Amongst his poultry were some Indian fowls, sent him by the Bishop of Placencia. He also caused

self is not free from contamination. Its color is due to annatto; and that annatto has been compounded of red lead, chrome, and ochre. The

oil in that salad has possibly come from Paris, where incredible quantities are manufactured at the knacker's yard! Whole carcasses of horses being there boiled down, the fat is resolved into its component stearine and elaine; the former being converted into candles, and the latter into olive oil.-But I will stop here-hoping that some good may come out of the knowledge of so much evil!-JANE R., Chiswick.

Mr. Stephens' Cabinets of British Insects.British Entomologists will be pleased to learn that the Trustees of the British Museum have purchased the whole of the late Mr. J. F. Stephens' Cabinets of British Insects. As the Collection contains the whole of the typical specimens described by Marsham in the " Entomologia Britannica," a considerable number of those described by Haworth in his "Lepidoptera Britannica," and the whole of those described in Mr. Stephens' "Illustrations of British Entomology -the acquisition of this collection is of course a matter of national interest.-W.

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"The Ladies' Petition."-As OUR JOURNAL treats of "Things in General,"-may I ask what you think, Mr. Editor, of the monster petition of the Ladies of England, on the subject of American Slavery? Though a woman myself, I really blush for my sex. Tell me-am I right ?-SUSANNA.

[Yes, Lady Susanna; you are right. The twenty-six volumes, folio, of Signatures," got up by our masculine women of England, will stand as an indelible "mark of impertinence" so long as time shall last. They have had one decent trimming already-they richly deserve another. How brightly Woman shines in her own sphere! But let her once pass the bounds of decorumand where will she not run to! "Clever Women," and "Political Women," are our mortal aversion.]

there is a necessity for supplying their places with some of our hardy ornamental shrubs, which can be kept in reserve for that purpose. Planting up the empty beds would rather be a matter of consideration of time and labor, than any difficulty in the operation; and very little extra trouble would be involved in keeping plants for the express purpose. An arrangement of this sort seems highly necessary-at least where the flower gar den is contiguous to the mansion; and by introducing choice varieties of shrubs, patches of earlyflowering heath, and margining the beds with different-colored crocus, and other early-flowering bulbs, the whole effect would be lively and pleasing.-G. F.

Chance, or Design?-In what confusion, says the good Derham, must the world for ever have been, but for the variety which we find to exist in the faces, the voices, and handwritings of men! No security of person, no certainty of possession, no justice between man and man, no distinction between good and bad, friends and foes, father and child, husband and wife, male and femaleall would have been exposed to malice, 'fraud, forgery, and oppression. But now man's face can distinguish him in the light, his voice in the dark; and his handwriting can speak for him though absent, and be his witness to all generations. Did this happen by chance, or is it not a manifest, as well as an admirable indication of a Divine superintendence ?-Infidelity, Mr. Editor, must surely "blush" sometimes! What a horrible wretch an atheist must be!-AMELIA C.

[Yes, dear Minnie. Such characters lie down like monsters, and rise up mere cumberers of the ground. Hating their Creator, they try to poison all the streams through which His many mercies flow. Do such people, Minnie, read OUR JOURNAL? Oh, no!]

Evergreen Shrubs introduced into Flower Gar- Insects.-Cossus, Cerura; &c.-Thanks, many, dens. It would justly be considered, at the pre- to BOMBYX ATLAS, for his kind information. sent day, a retrograde movement in gardening As regards Cossus, I have tried no particular practice to train or trim trees and shrubs in re- method for rearing it, beyond supplying it with presentation of animal life; and such figures, fresh wood; but it could neither be induced to eat, however skilfully formed, cannot be ornamental, nor to change its state. I have another now,but rather indicate a whimsical and childish taste. a small one, procured a few weeks since. How There can be nothing more pleasing to the eye shall I manage him? Do they exist as larvæ for than symmetry of form, as represented in the gi- one year, or for three years? This is variously gantic formation of our forest trees that occupy stated in different books. Should I be able to secure individual stations in the park or lawn, or the any more of the eggs L was unsuccessful with, I finely-balanced proportions of our less imposing will certainly avail myself of BOMBYX's kind offer shrubs forming single specimens or massed in immediately. I cannot now for one moment doubt groups, towards the limits or boundary of the the fact with regard to Cerura, after the confirflower gardens. That shrubs and flowers, as mation it has received. However, I should be separate objects, possess beauty independent of very sorry, in this instance, to have ocular demonone another, is willingly admitted; yet a visit to stration. I think myself very fortunate in having the flower gardens at the present time, forces the escaped their discharge, While rearing them last evident truth before us that, with a great amount year, they were certainly very compassionate to a of labor, time, and expense, we are only remune- young and unskilful entomologist. have experirated by a fine display of color for a very short enced great pleasure in reading the communications period of time; and until that time again comes sent by BOMBYX to OUR JOURNAL; and should feel round, we have nothing to look upon but the much obliged to him, if he could give any inforempty and desolate appearance of the flower beds.mation as to the best method of obtaining caterThat this order of things is absolutely necessary, pillars.-CERURA, Pimlico. cannot be at least in its widest sense; for if there is a shadow of reason why oranges, and other tender shrubs in boxes, should occupy prominent situations in the flower-garden in summer,

PLATONIC Affection, Love full-fledged,-eagerly watching for the first fine day to fly.

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