. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. July. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. : 1845. 1846. 1 1847. ! 1848. .^ Cloudy. Showery. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Stormy. Fine. 1 Fine. & iSwesI temp. 75°—57° 70°-46° 88°-55° 70°-50° 77°° 95°-50° 6 Showery. Fine. Cloudy. Showery. Fine. Showerv. Fine. Fine. 72°—52° 72°-40° 73°—51° 81°—60° 88' —59° 88°—59° Cloudy. Rain. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Fine. 62°—47° 75°—52° 74° —51° Showery. Rain. Rain. Fine. Fine. 62°-45° 77°-58° 78°-54° 68°-56° 70°-51° 9 Showery. Fine. Fine. Showerv. Showerv. Fine. Rain. 71°—44° 72°-49° 73°-47° 74°-49° 71°—53° 68°-52° F
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. July. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. : 1845. 1846. 1 1847. ! 1848. .^ Cloudy. Showery. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Stormy. Fine. 1 Fine. & iSwesI temp. 75°—57° 70°-46° 88°-55° 70°-50° 77°° 95°-50° 6 Showery. Fine. Cloudy. Showery. Fine. Showerv. Fine. Fine. 72°—52° 72°-40° 73°—51° 81°—60° 88' —59° 88°—59° Cloudy. Rain. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Fine. 62°—47° 75°—52° 74° —51° Showery. Rain. Rain. Fine. Fine. 62°-45° 77°-58° 78°-54° 68°-56° 70°-51° 9 Showery. Fine. Fine. Showerv. Showerv. Fine. Rain. 71°—44° 72°-49° 73°-47° 74°-49° 71°—53° 68°-52° Fine, Cloudy. 7i°-49° 73°-50» 69°-55° 7a°-60° 71°—55° 73°-45° 79°—81° 72°—47° Cloudy. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. Stormy. Pine. 62°-52° 78-55° 70°-46° 73°-49° 83°-56° 72°-48° j and head are dark green, and the antennfe reddish, having: at their ends a dark green elub. This is the beetle {Phyltoperthu horUcola, and Melolontha hortU'ola of some); it feeds on the leaves of apples, pears and roses, gnawing them full of small holes, and even transferring its attacks to the young fruit of the apple. During the latter part of July the female retires into the earth for the purpose of there depositing her eggs, from which the grubs speedily are pro- duced, and feed upon the roots of plants. The only mode of reducing the number of these beetles is by searching for them during the even- ing, when, if detected, they stiffen their outstretched legs, and feign death; but in the day they fly about swiftly, and are captured \vith great difficulty. Having before us more than one application for dis- sertations on the commonest operations of gardening, we shall comply with the request, commencing with Digging, fully aware in doing so that we have no- thing new to ofter for the consideration of the expe- rienced practitioner, yet agreeing in opinion with one of the api^licants, that " eac
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