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FOREIGN NOTICES. 



tho wood is a littlo greyish; the branches aro vig- 

 orous, and tho loaves uro lar;,'o uiul of a beautiful 

 green eolour. , , , , . , , , 



««Tliis plmn, altnoui:h very trooil, is not equal to 

 the oUl Heine CUuule, but its chief value is the season 

 of its maturity. This last year, n.itwithstanilinnr 

 the 'Treat heat %ve have experieneed, it did not ripen 

 untirthe '2!Hh of September, a time when no fruit of 

 the old Reine Claude can be found reraaininjj." 



Fig. 115. Reine Claude de Eavay Plum. 



From the above description, it is probable that 

 this variety will be an acquisition to our list of late 

 plums partakinir as it does, in a great degree of the 

 merits of the old Queen Claude^ or the well known 

 Green Gage. We have it among our specimen 

 trees, but have not yet eulivated it for sale. — S. B. 

 Parsons. Flushing, Long Island, N. Y. April , 

 1847. 



Tobacco water for Destroying Insects. — 

 The tobacco water I have used is procured from 

 the tobacco manufacturers. In the process of 

 preparing tobacco for use, the dried herb is steeped 

 for a certain time, and the water which it has ab- 

 sorbed, is afterwards expressed from it, into the 

 water in which it had been steeped. This liquor 

 is to be purchased at eight pence or ten pence per 

 gallon from the manufacturers, and should be ob- 

 tained as pure possible, without adulteration. One 

 gallon of the liquor is stronger than any that could 

 be made by steeping several pounds of tobacco in 

 the same quantity of water. The mixture of the 

 tobacco liquor with water is in the following pro- 

 portions, and should be api)lied to the trees infec- 

 ted, by means of a garden engine, or syringe, ta- 

 king care in its application, that it is given so 

 forcibly that the under side of the foliage is well 

 sprinkled. For the destruction of the common 

 aphis, or green fly, I mix one gallon of tobacco 

 liquor to five gallons of pure water; this quantity 

 is sufficient to wash three trees twelve feet high, 



and each extending fifteen feet in breadth. For 

 destroying the black insect, one gallon of liquor 

 to three of water. For destroy ing (he caterpillars 

 on the i)ear, apple, jilum. and apricot trees, and 

 on gooseberry hushes, one gallon of li(|uor to four 

 of water. The above ])ro))Oriit)n3 have been 

 frequently tried, and have never failed of success. 

 — J. H. London Hort. Mag. 



Fig. 116. SpircEa ■prunifolia. 



Spir^a prunifolia, with double flowers. 

 — This charming shrub was introduced into Europe 

 by Dr. Sicbold, to whom our collections are indebted 

 for so many novelties, only to be procured with the 

 utmost ditliculty. It deserves the attention of all 

 amateurs, as well for its hardiness as its elegant 

 habit and beautiful flowers. The Dutch traveller 

 found it cultivated in the Japanese gardens, and 



