FOREIGN A>rD MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. 



tiou applies to the artizans and mechanics of 

 Terriers. 



In a treatise published by Hoog [? Hogg,] 

 in 1820, we find mentioned the double Dwarf 

 Carnation of Liege, having the flowers sessile. 

 or without much stem. There is also men- 

 tioned a Tree Pink, having an under-shrub-like 

 form, growing from five to six feet high, and 

 which was grown on a trellis against a Avail. 

 It appears evident tliat the Dwarf Pink was 

 unknown before the 19th century; and it is not 

 less clear that this interesting creation origina- 

 ted in Belgium. The Dwarf Pink is. indeed, 

 a remarkable plant, and confined to the banks 

 of the Yesdre and the Weay, two rivers of 

 Terviers and Spa. All the dwarf varieties 

 formerly belonged to the series known as bizar- 

 res. the petals being fringed: but at the pre- 

 sent day it is the custom, at Yerviers. to make 

 all indistinctly dwarf. Thus we see dwarf bi- 

 zarres. dwarf picotees. dwarf flakes, and so on. 



There is, however, in cultivation, particular- 

 ly in the trade, a race of Pinks having flowers 

 smaller than those of the primitive sf>ecies. 

 They are generally rose purple, red, striated, 

 or white ; rarely yellow, or varied inthe ground. 

 These Dwarf Pinks would thus seem to claim 

 kindred with the old bizarre, from which they 

 are derived. At the recent exhibition of Pinks, 

 held under the auspices of the Horticultural 

 and Agricultural Society of Yerviers, we had 

 occasion to notice the excellent management 

 which these Dwarf Pinks receive in that quar- 

 ter. Of these, the productions of Messrs. 

 L'Enfant were particularly deserving of notice. 

 M. Barhon. also, had two specimens, the one 

 h-iving 184 flowers, and the other 178. These 

 were indeed astonishing productions, combin- 

 ing all that is grateful in odor, elegant in form, 

 and ornamental for the drawing-room conserva- 

 tory. 



The Dwarf Pinks of Yerviers grow about 

 four inches high: the stems are crowded with 

 blossoms, the number of the flowers being very 

 great ; the corolla of a delicate rose color, with 

 the variations. The aroma of these flowers is 

 very agreeable, and nothing can be more suita- 

 ble for the boudoir or parlor. To produce a 

 .specimen such as those alluded to, requires 

 about three years of careful cultivation. These 

 Dwarf Pinks are usually grown in pots, painted 

 outside of a deep green color, and from five to 

 six or seven inches wide at the rim. The most 

 favorable aspect for them, if grown at a win- 

 dow, is that where they may have fuU exposure 

 to the sun for the greater part of the day. 

 The reflected warmth of the window-sills is also 

 beneficial to their roots. The pots are not quite 

 filled with soil, but to within about an inch of 

 the rim: and, as the leaves extend, and cover 

 the border or rim. a humid atmosphere is 

 maintained around the stem or neck of the 

 plants. [Abridged from La Bels;ique Horti- 

 very interesting new periodical, edited 

 '. Morren.for The Gardeners' Magazine 

 otany.'] 



The Properties of the Carxatiox. — First 

 The flower should be not less than two and a 

 half inches across. 



Second. The guard or lower petals, not less 

 than six in number, must be broad, thick, and 

 smooth on the outside, free from notch or ser- 

 rature, and lap over each other sufficiently to 

 form a circular roseate flower, the more round 

 the outline the better. 



Third. Each row of petals should be smaller 

 than the row immediately under it ; there should 

 not be less than five or six rows of petals laid 

 regularly, and the flower should rise and form 

 a good bold centre or crown; and in quan- 

 tity should form half a ball. 



Fourth . The petals should be stiff", and slight- 

 ly cupped. 



Fifth. The ground should be pure snow- 

 white, without specks of color. 



Sixth. The stripes of color should be clear 

 and distinct, not running into one another, nor 

 confused, but dense, smooth at the edges of the 

 stripes, and well defined. 



Seventh . The colors must be bright and clear, 

 whatever they may be ; if there be two colors, 

 the darker one cannot be too dark, or form too 

 strong a contrast with the lighter. With scarlet 

 the perfection would be a black: with pink 

 there cannot be too deep a crimson; with lilac, 

 or light purple, the second color cannot be too 

 dark a purple. 



Eighth. If the colors run into the white and 

 tinge it,, or the wliite is not pure, the fault is 

 very great; and pouncy spots or specks are 

 highly objectionable. 



Ninth. The pod of the bloom should belong 

 and large, to enable the flower to bloom with- 

 out bursting it ; but this is rare ; they general- 

 ly require to be tied about half way, and the 

 upper part of the calyx opened down to the 

 tie of each division; yet there are some which 

 scarcely require any assistance, and this is a 

 very estimable quality. — Glcnny's Properties 



of Flowers. 



THE GREAT DISCOVERT IN" VEGETATION. 



All our readers may not have heard of Mr. 

 RrsSELL CoMSTOCK, and the fundamental 

 secret of vegetable growth, which he claims 

 to have discovered. Ashe is now before the 

 Legislature of the State of Xew-York, ask- 

 ing for the "paltry sum" of ^-150,000, we 

 feel bound to lay his statement, (which we 

 copy from a newspaper published in the 

 count}' on the Hudson where he Lives,) be- 

 fore our readers. 



" The Great Discovert. — Under the 

 agricultural head, on the first page, will be 

 found another appeal from Eussell Comstock 

 for legislative aid, to enable him to make 

 known his great discovery in agricult 

 which, he says, when universally 

 stood, will be a great blessing to ma 



