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tered. In this little department is to be seen Rendle's system of glazing with- 

 out putty ; also Parham's, — both of which answer their purpose very well. 



The bothy, fruit-room, potting-sheds. Mushroom-house, and stoke-holes are 

 situated on the north side of the kitchen-garden. The boilers used are Ste- 

 phen's improved Trentham, and two old saddles, that work most efficiently. 



In conclusion, I am compelled to say all ardent horticulturists would enjoy 

 a visit to Storrs, and would be courteously received by Mr Evans. I may also 

 add, Mr Evans got his preliminary training at Enville under Mr Craw, and 

 subsequently at Chatsworth during the period of Mr Taplin's superintendence. 



James MopwTon. 



DUNDEE HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION". 



The first meeting of this newly formed association took place on the evening 

 of Friday, December 3d. There was a large attendance. The president, Mr 

 Doig, Rossie Priory Gardens, occupied the chair, and delivered an interesting 

 address on the progress of horticulture. He went on to show that there 

 was, however, still room for improvement, and for an association such as had 

 just been formed. He had sometimes heard it said that they ought not to 

 permit all they said and did to go abroad to the public, as in that way every 

 one would become acquainted with the secrets of the trade ; but such ideas as 

 these had long ago been exploded. It was not his intention that evening to 

 treat upon any subject specially, but rather to indicate some of the many 

 subjects which might be discussed at their meetings. It was very desirable 

 that the nature of the different soils, and their adaptability for the growth of 

 the various plants which came under the care of the horticulturist, should be 

 considered. The winter digging of soils might form not an uninteresting 

 paper, whether in all cases it was desirable or beneficial. The different kinds 

 of manure and their proper application was a subject of paramount import- 

 ance. The matter of seed and seed-sowing demanded careful inquiry, and the 

 seasons for seed-sowing should form part of the information to be derived from 

 their meetings. He suggested for the consideration of local nurserymen 

 whether it would not be for their benefit, as well as for the benefit of horti- 

 culturists in general, to persevere in eliminating from their catalogues the 

 great amount of unnecessary varieties of the different genera. The theory 

 that Potatoes became exhausted after several years' growth had been brought 

 very prominently before the public of late. The fact that they still had the 

 ash-leaved Kidney as vigorous and prolific as it was forty years ago, pointed 

 to the duty of raisers of seedlings to cultivate early varieties of good keeping 

 (qualities, so that they might be ripe and stored before the disease got hold of 

 them. It was not to be wondered at that Potatoes had succumbed to the 

 treatment they had received for many years. How often did they see them 

 planted in May, at the time they ought to be breaking through the ground, 

 with all the first sprouts broken off, and sometimes the second, and thrown 

 amongst fermenting manure in such a crippled condition, that, in their efforts 

 at recuperation the season was so far advanced that the wet in autumn found 

 them in a soft unripened state, and an easy prey to disease ? Instead of saying 

 Potatoes were exhausted, it would be nearer the truth to say they were de- 

 stroyed through neglect and want of attention on the part of the cultivator. 

 The rotation of cropping the kitchen-garden was another thing worthy of 

 being brought before the Association, as was also the transplanting of trees. 



