. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. MEL 371 MEL MELISSA. Balm. Four species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELITTA melis-tophyUum and two varieties. Hanly herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELOC ACTUS. Melon thistle. Fourteen species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Offsets. Sandy peat. MELODINUS. Two species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Loam and peat. MELOLONTHA, the Cockchafer. M. vulgaris. Common Cockchafer. M. hortkolo. May-Bug, or Bracken- clock. Feeds upon the leaves of the Raspberry and Rose. Mr. Curtis justly observes, that—" When the ro
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. MEL 371 MEL MELISSA. Balm. Four species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELITTA melis-tophyUum and two varieties. Hanly herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELOC ACTUS. Melon thistle. Fourteen species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Offsets. Sandy peat. MELODINUS. Two species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Loam and peat. MELOLONTHA, the Cockchafer. M. vulgaris. Common Cockchafer. M. hortkolo. May-Bug, or Bracken- clock. Feeds upon the leaves of the Raspberry and Rose. Mr. Curtis justly observes, that—" When the roses are in full bloom in May, these beetles termed, is more economical, and by enabling a more regular temperature to be sustained, renders the fruit in great- er perfection. The pit is a rectangular frame or bin, built of nine inch brick- work, in preference to boards, which have to be renewed every five or sn years, if employed and enclosed by a glass case of the necessary dimensions. Mr. Smith, gardener to A. Keith, Esq., of Ravelstone, N. B., has suggested a mode of building a pit which renders the renewal of the heat in it easy ; and as the committee appointed to examine it report, is the means of considerable saving compared with the common mode of forming an open bed. But the facility with which linings may be ap- plied is its best feature ; for if by any sometimes do very extensive mischief chance the heat failed, there was seldom to the flowers, by eating out the anthers and consuming the petals. Having de- posited about a hundred eggs in the earth, the female dies, and the larva; hatch and commence their attacks upon the roots of the grass. It is stated, that they are feeding three years, and they reside about an inch beneath the turf; but as winter approaches, they retire deeper into the earth; and even in November, when frost has set in, they have buried themselves a spade deep. The larva; are rather active and can walk tolerably well, dragging their bo- dies afte
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