often thought how desirable it would be if its 

 coldness could continue throughout the summer 

 and autumn, 



"Well, we have lately found the remedy for 

 this defect. Judge R — — dining with us on 

 the 3d of last month, brought in his carriage a 

 large lump of ice, intended for other purposes 

 but which we plunged into the well. For about 

 two days, the water was gradually growing 

 colder, and then it was all iced water, delight- 

 fully cold, and far more pleasant, in myestima* 

 tion, than any water from a jjitcher of ice. It 

 continued .so about a fortnight. If no rains had 

 swelled the springs that flow into tlie well, this 

 temperature would have continued longer. 



Ten or twelve pounds of ice every fortnight 

 would not be deemed a high tax ; and may be 

 compared with the expense of a quid, a i>uff 

 of smoke, or a pinch of snuff ad libitum. D. 

 T. — — 



LiiitJM lANCiFOLiuM.-^This is the season when 

 these superb flowers are blooming. Let us 

 counsel all who have either of the varieties; to 

 save seed, and to hybridise them with some of 

 our native species. Some growers have done 

 this, but we are not aware that any great result 

 lias hitherto arisen. It is perhaps rather soon 

 to expect it, for it takes three years at least to 

 flower a seedling from the time of sowing; and 

 therefore much may be in store for us yet, of those 

 now in process of growth ; and besides, judging 

 by analogy from the hybrids of other flowers, 

 we must not expect to get distinct and fine new 

 sorts without continued application. No trouble 

 however, or time either, can be thrown away in 

 this matter, for if strikingly new varieties are 

 not produced, all the seedlings will be beautiful; 

 and it will be a long time yet before the stock 

 of these splendid ornaments of our green-houses 

 and gardens at all approaches what we should 

 like to see. There is a fine lot of these seed- 

 lings coming into bloom at 3Ir. Boll's nursery, 

 at New- York. "\7e heartily wish him success. 

 We do not generally see these Lilies grown so 

 Avell as they ought to be. "We have grown L. 

 lancifolium punctatum, ten feet high, with from 

 10 to 16 flowers as Avell as th.e stem and leaves 

 of a siz'! proportionately large to that height. 

 This variety is always both earlier and taller 

 ubrum, or Album, and when duly en- 

 aged in its growth forms a much more ma- 



jestic plant; although in beauty it must yield 

 to the first of them. Black peat earth is by 

 no means essential to this plant, as many sup- 

 pose; good loam, well enriched, it delights in. 



The MicROPUYLLA RosE.-^The Microphyha 

 Rose, according to Loudon, was 'introduced in- 

 to Britain, from the East Indies, in 1823. Its 

 specific character is, " Leaflets, finely serrate, 

 shining. Calyx muricated with very dense prick- 

 les. Sepals, short, broad, acute, apiculate," 

 In 1829, he mentioned no variety of this spe- 

 cies ; but I have seen the names of nine in a 

 recent catalogue. I have only the white, and 

 the red, — the latter agreeing best with the spe- 

 cific character, and would do so entirely were 

 its leaves " shining" when dry. The white va- 

 riety, I think must be a hybrid, as its leaves are 

 larger, its calyx less muricated, and its sepals 

 longer and more slender. 



The red sort is a beauty, perfectly double, 

 and blooms throughout the growing season, 

 though it is rare to find more than two or three 

 roses open on the same bush at one time. The 

 flower bud resembles a bur, and hence it has 

 been called the Biir Rose. 



Both varieties, however, are very desirable, 

 though they are unable to withstand our rigor- 

 ous winters; and as the flowering twigs stand 

 on the stems of last year's growth, it is neces- 

 sary to bend them down and cover them on the 

 approach of severe weather. 



The Champney, Fellenberg, Chromatella, 

 and other tender sorts, when the stems are 

 killed by the cold, send up radical shoots which 

 bloom earlier or later in summer, and thus as- 

 sume the habits of herbaceous perennials. D. T. 



Money found in Peat Earth. — A gentle- 

 man was not long since breaking up some peat 

 earth, which he had procured for gardening 

 purposes at Wimbledon, a few miles from Lon- 

 don, when his spade struck against a hard sub- 

 stance, which turned out to be a silver half 

 crown piece of King Charles the first. It was 

 about three inches deep in the turf, and assists in 

 forming some estimate of the time which elap- 

 scs in the reduction of vegetable matter to tlie 

 state which we term peat. For the coin was 

 so firmly fixed, and the surrounding vegetable 

 matter was so perfectly even in texture both 

 above and below it, that no reasonable doubt 



