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praftinp,) or by sacUllp-frraftinfr, it matters not. A 

 pooil lit is ncccss;iry, ami the barks of the stock or 

 prafi, must oxacily nioet on one siilo, at the least, 

 anil by these means you may make a plant of every 

 leaf or eye. — J. W. Gardener's Gazelle. 



Ants. — Ilnwever these pests may plapiie yon, all 

 you have to do, is to make deep holes with a crow- 

 bar, say two to three feet, and carefully withdraw 

 the instrument so that the hole maybe open; thou- 

 sands, aye millions, of these little pests will fall 

 down them, and not pet out any more; in fact, the 

 place will, in time, be completely cleared. When 

 they conpreprate away from plants, boiling water 

 will settle their accounts quickly; but the former 

 method will do any where, if the ground will al- 

 low of holes bcinp: made, and the holes being kept 

 open. In some light soils it is diflicult, but if you 

 can do it in no other way, soak it well with water 

 first. — Jlnnals of HorticuUure. 



[A writer in'one of the French Horticultural 

 .lournals, says that he has used the fresh leaves of 

 the tomato, with success, to drive away ants. — Ed.] 



Mr. FoRTTTNE. — Two years ago, the London 

 Horticultural Society, with praiseworthy enterprise, 

 de-patched Mr. Fortune to China, for the special 

 •urpose of making collections of all the most intc- 

 lesting trees, shrubs and plants, cultivated in that 

 country, and which, previous to the late treaties, 

 were not to be obtained by foreigners. We per- 

 ceive it is now announced that he has just returned 

 to England. His collections, in eighteen glazed 

 cases, have arrived in beautiful condition, and will 

 be put in course of culture at the Socicty"s garden. 



The gardening world look forward with great in- 

 terest to the results of this collection. The Chi- 

 nese arc the most patient ami skilful of merely 

 jiractical gardeners. Their double (lowers are stri- 

 kingly beautiful; and some of their fruits — as for 

 example, the peaches of Pekin, are represented as 

 of extraordinary size and excellence. Thenlimale 

 of a considerable part of China is so similar to that 

 of this country, that many of its trees and shrubs 

 prove perfectly hardy here, as for example the 

 Chinese Magnolias and Wistaria. 



Wf.igf.la rosea. — This is one of the new plants 

 sent home a year ago by Mr. Fortune, to England, 

 from China. Its present appearance in the Society's 

 garden, is thus noticed in the Gardener's Chronicle : 

 " In the atljoining garden was a fine plant of 

 Weii^ela rosea, sent home from the north of China. 

 It has the ajjiiearancc of a Syringa, (Philadeljihus) 

 with opposite, and nearly sessile leaves, of about 

 three inches in length; and monopetalous tubular 

 flowers of a delicate rose-color, hanging in loose 

 clusters of from three to five at the end of every 

 little side branch. This valuable acquisition to our 

 gardens, h.is hitherto been kept under glass; but it 

 is not improbable that it may yet turn out to be 

 hardy. In the house recently erected in the hardy 

 department, a thriving specimen of Calystegia pu- 

 besccns will soon be in flower. This was sent 

 from Shanghai, by Mr. Fortune, under the name of 

 a Double Convolvulus, and is the first plant of its or- 

 der that has been mentioned as producing double 

 flowers. The latter are of a delicate pink color. 

 If it should prove hardy, it will be a valuable ad- 

 dition to plants of that kind.'' 



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Superb new Camellias. — The most remarkable 

 novelties in the horticultural world at home, are 

 the new Camellias which have been raised by Col. 

 Wilder, of Boston. Among all the exquisite 

 sorts that the skill and long-continued devotion to 

 this plant have produced in Europe, we may safely 

 say that none surpass in beauty of colour and perfec- 

 tion of form, these two new American varieties. 



These Camellias were first exhibited on the 14th 

 February, and the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, in their usual handsome manner, immediate- 

 ly signified their appreciation of their merits, by 

 awarding their originator a piece of plate of the 

 value of fifty dollars. 



The following extract from the proceedings of 

 the Society comprises a full description of the new 

 Camellias, anil we therefore place it upon record: 



'• At a meetingof the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, on Saturday, Feb. 14, 1846, a vote was 

 passed, directing the committee on Flowers to take 

 special notice of the fine seedling Camellias ex- 

 hibited at that time by Marshall P. Wilder, Presi- 

 dent of the Society. 



" Agreeably to this vote, the Flower Committee 

 submit the following report: 



"The number of seedling Camellias exhibited was 

 five. Two of them were of surpassing beauty and 

 perfection. As the committee have had the plea- 

 sure of often examining the extensive collection 

 of the President, as well as those of other gentle- 

 men in the vicinity, embracing the most i)erfect 

 varieties known among amateurs, they feel them- 

 selves suiRcienlly acquainted with this beautiful 

 class of flowers, to judge the comparative merits of 

 the seedlings under consideration, and they have 

 no hesitation in pronouncing them as varieties of 

 the very first order, and such as will be diflicult to 

 surpass in this or any other country. The produc- 

 tion of two such remarkable varieties, by one per- 

 son, we believe unprecedented, and will reflect 

 much honor upon our President abroad, as well as 

 upon the Society of which he is the head. 



" We, therefore, recommend that a gratuity be 

 awarded to the President, for these tvvo superb 

 American Camellias, and that it consist of a Piece 



