some of them did not advance much, all, nevertheless, seemed healthy and vigorous. 

 Some of the sorts have made four feet of new growth. 



There were two thousand young pear trees, which were also a little drj', but by bury- 

 ing them under-ground some time before planting them, we succeeded with the greater 

 number, that is to say, four-fifths are living and doing well. The quinces and other fruit 

 trees were buried not in sand, but in earth which was too moist, on account of the abun- 

 dant rains of that season, so that we were less fortunate with them, as well as with some 

 young plants of the Cedar of Lebanon. The Larches, Mahonias, Hollies, Norway spruces. 

 Rhododendrons, Judas trees, Filberts, &c., all flourish well. 



This method has been known to us for some time past, and we have already pointed it 

 out on the first page of our catalogue; these fects now serve to corroborate its value. 



We also made the experiment during the past winter, with seventy-two rosebushes that 

 were left out of the ground during three months; we had them covered with nearly six 

 inches of earth, for the space of eighteen or twenty days; we planted them afterwards in 

 the midst of others, which had not been subjected to this test, and we lost only five out 

 of the whole number. All the others grew and flourished as usual. 



This method cannot be too much urged upon those persons who receive their trees in too 

 dry a condition. B. Despoetes, 



At Andre Leroifs Nursery, Angers, \_France.^ Feb. 5, 1S51 



Having made trial of the above method, we can vouch for its efficacy. We will add to 

 it, that trees which are imported when not in a growing state, should never be packed in 

 wet moss, (ignorant packers often put them up for a long voyage as if they were going 

 100 miles at home,) but always in dry moss. In the latter case, they never heat or start 

 to grow — in the former, always. If they are over dry, they are easily recovered by bury- 

 ing them in earth, (^not too damp') as our correspondent suggests. If they have been for- 

 ced into vegetation by being enveloped in damp moss, they are often wholly, always half 

 ruined. Ed 



GAKDEN UTENSILS. 



[FROM THE GARDENER'S MAGAZINE OF BOTANY.] 



The annexed engraving represents some Belgian novelties of the class of garden uten- 

 sils, and may, perhaps, be suggestive of some improvements in the mode of watering 

 plants. The figures and descriptions are taken from La Belgique Horticole. 



At the Agricultural Institute of Hohenheim, a new method of watering plants and gar- 

 dens was brought into notice, and which, in German, is called Schnellgiesser; in Flemish, 

 Schnclgieter; and in French, Jlrrasoir a la minute, (all three terms signifj^ing, literally, 

 quick waterer.) Figure 1 shows this invention with the mode of applying it. It consists 

 of a wooden tub, bound by hoops of iron, furnished at the top with iron handles, and in 

 front with two stout leather straps, by which it is suspended from the back of the work- 

 man. At the bottom of the tub is a copper socket, to which a gutta-percha or India-rub- 

 ber pipe is attached, and at that part of this pipe, which may be conveniently held by the 

 hand, there is a small turn-cock, and beyond this a spout and rose, the latter having the 

 holes below. The tub contains as much water as the workman can carry, and when it is 

 empty it is not taken off his back, but filled at the pump by a second person. The turn- 

 cock enables the operator to stop or discharge the water at pleasure. By this contrivance 



