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Scottish Arboricultural Society Proceedings. 

 This gives the proceedings of the sixteenth annual general meeting of the Society, 

 held at Edinburgh on the 3d of November 1869, the office-bearers and members, the 

 successful competitors, with the titles of the essays, in the late competition, and a 

 list of subjects selected to be offered for competition during 1869-70. So closely 

 allied to horticulture are the aims and objects of this flourishing Society, that 

 what can we do else but wish it increased success ? 



"New Turfing Plant. —The dwarf -growing Pyrethrum Tchihatchewii is likely 

 to become invaluable for covering dry banks, spaces under trees, and other bare 

 places where grass refuses to grow. It is also valuable for small forecourts, where 

 the owner thereof has neither the inclination nor time for mowing the gi*ass so 

 often as is necessary to keep it neat and tidy. It is of very rapid gr-owth, so 

 that there is no danger of its being overgrown with weeds, although it will be 

 necessary to diligently weed it until it has quite carpeted the earth, to preserve a 

 neat appearance. It can be planted at any season of the year, but spring and 

 summer are the most suitable periods. The large tufts should be divided, and 

 the pieces dibbled in firmly at a distance of about 4 inches apart. Small plants 

 can be planted intact at a distance of about 6 inches apart each way. I bought 

 in two dozen plants last spring, and although they were small they were put out 

 at a distance of about a foot apart. They now cover the entire space with a dense 

 carpet of the richest green. If they were to be lifted and carefully divided, there 

 would be sufficient to plant half an acre at least. It is not necessary that the 

 soil should undergo any special preparation before planting, beyond its being dug 

 up and the surface reduced to a proper condition for the reception of the plants. 

 I do not recommend lawns to be planted with it in preference to grass turf, but 

 where grass refuses to grow, or where it is desired to do away with the bother of 

 mowing small grass-plots, there is nothing to equal it. I believe it is not yet in 

 the hands of the trade generally in this country, but any of the leading houses 

 would undoubtedly readily procure it through their French correspondents. — 

 The Gardeners' Magazine. 



Candytufts for Winter Decoration. — The value of large numbers of our 

 common flowers is entirely lost sight of. It is not so generally known as it should 

 be that annual Candytufts are invaluable for furnishing a supply of cut flowers 

 during the winter, and that their cultivation is attended with very little trouble. 

 The seed must be sown early in the autumn in small pots, and when the plants 

 are about 2 inches high, thin them out to three plants to each pot ; and after 

 those remaining are nicely rooted, shift into 5-inch pots without dividing them. 

 Stand the pots upon a bed of ashes until the end of September, and then remove 

 to a cold frame, and give plenty of air in favourable weather. In a mild winter 

 they will flower very freely in a cold frame, but in ordinary winters a heated pit 

 is necessary to prevent the plants being brought to a stand-still for lack of warmth, 

 and also to enable the frames to be ventilated sufficiently to keep the growth 

 dwarf and stocky ; but there must, however, be no " forcing " in the ordinary 

 acceptance of the term. — The Gardeners' Magazine. 



