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free circulation of air. Therefore I would 

 advice everyone who has the management 

 of plants to give these matters the consider- 

 ation which they deserve. 



Another point requiring special attention 

 is cleanliness. All decaying leaves and 

 flowers should be picked off as they appear. 

 If the falling petals of decaying flowers are 

 allowed to lay on the leaves of other plants 

 they soon communicate decomposition to 

 the parts, and the leaf quickly decays, how- 

 ever healthy it may be. The moment in- 

 sects or vermin of any kind appear, they 

 should be cleared out directly or have notice 

 to quit. If the green fly makes its appear- 

 ance on any plant, fumigate slightly with 

 tobacco ; let this be done on the principle 

 of ' little and often." It will generally be 

 found necessary about twice a week. Sy- 

 ringe the plants clear of the bodies of the 

 aphis the following morning with clear 

 water. There is no reasonable excuse for 

 having the plants in a house infested with 

 insects, when these pests themselves are so 

 easily destroyed. 



The last point to which I will at present 

 refer, is the folly of throwing the house 

 open in every available part, thereby ex- 

 posing the plants to dry and parching winds. 

 Nothing is more hurtful to plants in bloom, 

 than subjecting them to currents of dry air, 



especially heated as it is during the hot 

 hours of noon. The flowers fade in a few 

 hours ; the vital action of the leaves is par- 

 alyzed, and moreover, the moisture that 

 rises in the atmosphere by evaporation is 

 carried off almost as soon as it is generated. 

 The better way is to keep the house pretty 

 close during the day and exposing them at 

 night, by this kind of treatment the plants 

 will grow vigorously and flower abundant- 



I shall take an early opportunity of spe- 

 cifying some plants most suitable for the 

 summer adornment of green-houses and 

 conservatories, and my system of managing 

 them. Meantime I would advise gardeners 

 to bestir themselves, or they will be left 

 behind, for gardening is making rapid pro- 

 gress in this country. Above all, do not 

 neglect plants at this season, perfection in 

 culture as in everything else, is made up 

 of trifles; even if one part of a system be 

 properly carried out in practice, if others 

 are omitted, the effect will seldom prove 

 satisfactor}'. There must be strict attention 

 and persevering energy, carried on system- 

 atically throughout, in order to reach even 

 mediocrity in the cultivation of plants. 

 R. B. Leuchars, 

 Gardener to Professor Si/liman, jr. 

 New-Haven, Conn., July, 1S49. 



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English Shows. — The agricultural show at 

 Southampton was a remarkable occasion. I met 

 a number of Americans on the ground, and was 

 told that there were several others looking for 

 me; but it was exceedingly difficult to find one, 

 unless by mere accident. There were a great 

 many farmers' wives and daughters, as well as a 

 great many of the noblesse, in tin' yards, inspect- 

 ing tlic implements and cattle, with catalogues in 

 ••-heir hands, and showing the remarkable points of 

 nimals, with as mueh skill and sagacity as it' 



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tbev had been experienced breeders of live stock; 

 some of them are, and also competitors fur the 

 premiums. One of the largest exhibitors of farm- 

 ing implements, was a woman who hail succeeded 

 to her deceased husband's concerns, and manages 

 a lar;x<' establishment with much success. 



The English women and ladies, to their praise 



be it spoken, while they arc as far from anything 



indelicate as any persons I have seen, have no 



sickly appreciation of modesty, and do not die at 



i once at the sight cither of a cow or a bull. The 



