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ment of lieavenlj' felicity, A. T>. 1*763. 

 May bis memory be chcrislied and bis 

 name reneratcd as one of the fathers of 

 Englisli hind scape gardening. A plain 

 mm, standing on a pedestal, bearing the 

 following tribute of respect, is erected in 

 the parish church of Ilales-Owen :^ 



" Whoe'er thou art, with reverence trcatl 

 These sacrert mansions of the dead ; 

 Not that tlie monumental bust, 

 Or suiiliituous tomb here guards tlie dust 

 Of rich or pieat : let wealth, rank, birth, 

 Sleep unUibtinguish'din the earth. 



This simple urn records a name 



That shines with mere exalted fame. 



Eeader, if genius, taste refined, 



A native elegance of m nd — • 



If virtue, science, manly sen?e, 



If wit that never gave offence. 



The clearest head, the tend' rest heart, 



In thy esteem e'er claim'd a part, 



Ah ! smite thy breast and drop a tear, 



For know thy Shenstone's dust lies here '."' 



William Haeeis. 



Sa-iss Coiiage, BircliJieUI, 

 Birmingham. 



ASTEES EATEN BY SLUGS.— HINT ON -WATERINCI. 



It may be of use to your subscriber who 

 asl<ed you how to protect his asters from 

 slugs, to hear the experience of a person 

 ■whose ground is very much infested witli 

 them. Heaps of two or tlu-ee cabbage 

 leaves placed on both sides ofanytliing, 

 will generally attract slugs away from 

 it, even before their numbers have been 

 lessened. The leaves should be tolerably 

 fresh, of course, and the ground under the 

 leaves should be watered in dry weather. 

 Going out at night with a lantern and 

 searching about the plants to be preserved 

 is also of great use ; I liave saved many 

 a one in this way. Finally, marrows or 

 cucumbers, which are often destroyed in 

 a single night, may be covered up in tlie 

 evening witli a flower-pot ■with the hole 

 stopped, or a basin fitting closely to the 

 ground. Tiiis a perfect protection. Lime 

 is useful in dry weather, but becomes use- 

 less after it has been rained upon for a few 

 hours. 



But much of the above trouble might 

 be saved by raising seedlings out of the 

 way of the slugs, etc. Put boxes or pots 

 on a stage, the legs of which stand in pans 

 of water and they will be safe. A stage 

 may be extemporized by putting small 

 flower-pots in wide pans or saucers of 

 water, and laying boards, etc., upon the 

 pots. Upon the boards place the boxes. 



Even a piece of wood nailed underneath 

 at each end of the box, so as to keep it off 

 the ground, will do much to prevent slugs 

 climbing up. Unless some of these plans 

 are adopted, vermin -will ascend the sides 

 of boxes, and return every night, as long 

 as there is anything to devour. 



If plants are kept safely till they are 

 strong there will be less trouble in adopting 

 soms of the plans just mentioned, for a 

 short time, till they become large enough 

 to be quite safe, and thus anything may 

 be preserved, in places the most infested. 



Those who are bothered by dirty water 

 choking the rose of their watering pot, 

 will find a canvas strainer save them a 

 great deal of trouble. Let four sticks 

 be fastened in a square form, two of them 

 being long enough to reach across the 

 sides of tlio water barrow, tub, or pail in 

 wliich the water is carried to the garden. 

 A deep canvas bag is then to be attached 

 to the sticks, wliicli are to belaid upon the 

 tub. Into the bag pour the -n-ater. If the 

 watering pot is dipped into the vessel, 

 care should be taken that no trash sticks 

 to the bottom of the former. 



Something similar, with a wire rim, 

 might be contrived to fit large watering- 

 pot's, which would be useful when the 

 garden is watered from a reservoir. 



A. B. 



SPEEaULA PILIFEEA. 



BT SHIELET niBBEED. 



The point I reserved about Spergvla 

 jiilifera was determined a few days after 

 the last number of the Floeal Wokld 

 ■was printed, ■when my piece came into 

 bloom, and proved that this Spergxda is 



altogether distinct and unique in charac- 

 ter. The specimens sent by S. E., Mr- 

 Robertson, ai.rl others, are the same as my 

 patch of Sperr/ula saginoides, our old friei^d 

 of the peat beds, a very common plant in 



