FOREIGN AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 



gain ; he sows his seed with pleasure ,hc watch- 

 es the progress of his plants with interest, he 

 loolcs for tlieir opening tlowers or swelling fruits 

 with auxietj'; and if liis hopes are crowned by 

 one solitary plant, fruit, or rtower, better than 

 his present stock, he is repaid for all his trouble, 

 labor, and watchfulness; if not, he begins 

 again, nothiagdaunted, saying to himself, " Bad 

 luck now, better another tune." Is there any 

 fruit eats so sweet as that from our own garden? 

 Does not every day develope some new claim 

 to our attention? Every new visitor in the form 

 of a flower, or fruit, or vegetable, is a welcome 

 one. A man does not go into his garden, as 

 he must into a gallery of pictures, a cabinet of 

 coins, or a museum of natural history, to S3e 

 the same things in the same places time after 

 time: he finds something new every day: his 

 beds of Tulips and Kanunculiise.s, his collections 

 of Picotees, Carnations, and Finks, his Fansies, 

 Dahlias, Auriculas, Polyanthuses, and other 

 flowers, come in, one after tlie other, to reward 

 him for his recreation — for, though there be 

 much exertion occasionally required, he will 

 not call it labor. His vegetables and liis fruit 

 repay him for the trouble and expense he in- 

 curs; and after all, there is one sweetener to 

 all his cares, one refreshing reward for all his 

 anxieties, one circumstance that gives an addi- 

 tional relish to all he personally c joys, and it 

 is this, — he has not to seek a connoisseur to 

 participate in his happiness, for ask whom he 

 may to see his establishment, all the classes of 

 society are delighted with a well-kept garden. 

 It delights all the senses; its fragrance, its bril- 

 liancy, its usefulness, all speak to us in lan- 

 guage not to be misunderstood, upon the numer- 

 ous pleasures and duties which are inseparable. 

 But there is one point of which we must not 

 loose sight, — it is the facility with which every 

 class of society can accommodate his gardening 

 to his means, and yet excel as far as he goes; 

 one cottager, with scarcely more ground out- 

 side his house than his house covers, can be 

 king above his neighbors for the growth of 

 Stocks; another prides himself upon his double 

 Larkspurs; a third will allow none to surpass 

 hira in Pinks; a fourth will shine in Pansies; 

 and so, according to the means at his disposal, 

 the owner of a garden may be ambitious, suc- 

 cessful, and happy. — Thomas Miller. 



SuLrnuRATiNG Machine. — Among the many 

 instruments essential to the proper management 

 of a garden, this invention by Mr. Fryiiromises 

 to be one of the most useful, alike indispensable 

 to the cottager as to the manager of the largest 

 establishment. Through the kindness of a 

 neighbor, we have had an opportunity of trj'- 

 ing some experiments with the machine, and 

 we And it admirably adapted for the purpose in- 

 tended, as well as for fumigating with tobacco. 

 It is manufactured on the principle of Brown's 

 Fuinigator, the sidphur being drawn into a box 

 by means of a fan, and distributed through a 

 tube in a continuous cloud. With this instru- 



ment, a row of Peas, a score of Heaths, a 

 frame of Cucumbers or Melons, or a house of 

 Vines may be covered with sulphur in a iaw 

 minutes, and that not in superabundance in one 

 place, and none in another, but it is equally 

 distributed like flne dust, and so as not to be 

 offensively perceptible on the plants. Sulphur, 

 and more especially sulphur vivum — the waste, 

 is very cheap, if bought at the manufactory; 

 and we have reason to believe that the Hop 

 growers of Kent intend to avail themselves of 

 this machine to destroy the mildew upon the 

 Hop plants. It is necessary that the machine 

 as well as the sulphur be perfectly dry when 

 used, or it is liable to clog. For distributing 

 snuft'to destroy the Aphis on wall trees, and 

 also for quick lime for the Turnip fly, this ma- 

 chine might be used with advantage. 



It is true, we have not been in the habit of 

 using sulphur so extensively in garden manage- 

 ment as has been necessary; but now we have 

 got this machine, and know at the same time 

 sulphur suflicient for the supply of a large gar- 

 den may be purchased for a few shillings, we .see 

 no reason, why Peach trees, Peas, and many 

 other crops should be allowed to draw out a 

 miserable existence, when the enemy that kills 

 them can be destroyed by a few puffs of this 

 instrument. One of the best flower gardeners 

 in the country, Mr. Beaton, of Shrubland Park, 

 uses sulphur among his flower beds, as Verbenas, 

 Calceolarias, &.C., to destroy the mildew, which 

 upon some kinds, late in the autumn, is very 

 troublesome ; and we have no doubt he will re- 

 gard this machine as a perfect boon to him, as 

 will every other gardener who procures it. 

 AVith it, all the beds in an ordinary flower gar- 

 den might be dusted in less than an hour, and 

 without being rendered unsightly , as theymust be 

 when sulphur is thrown upon them by the hand. 



When used as a fumigator, the tobacco is 

 placed in a vase provided for the purpose, which 

 can be attached to the machine in a few seconds; 

 thus there is no chance of the ignition of the 

 sulphur, or the generation of sulphurous acid 

 gas, wh ch is so destructive to vegetable life, and 

 which is so much dreaded by some gardeners 

 who do not know the machine. In fumigating, 

 this machine discharges the smoke much colder 

 than Brown's instruments, as a portion of cold 

 air is drawn into the tube and mixed with the 

 smoke with each revolution of the fan. 



The only fault we have to find with it is, that 

 it is not manufiictured sufliciently strong, but 

 when properly made, we doubt not, it will last 

 for a number of years. It can be procured 

 from Mr. Fry, gardener to Mrs. Dent, Manor 

 House, Lee, Kent. — Gard. Mag. of Botany. 



Hydrangea involuckata vae. floee pleno. 

 — All the species of this beautiful genus are 

 welcome in our gardens. Every one knows the 

 Hortensia (Ilyd. Hortensia,) the first species 

 introduced to Europe. This elegant shrub was^ 

 received from China, at the royal gar 

 KeAv, in 1790, and from thence plants w 



