FOREIGN NOTICES. 



Watorinf, too, requires moro than ordinary attention. Tiio cutting-pot", as they arc removed 

 from the jiropagating-pit, are so full of soil, that when water is given in any quantity, the 

 greater portion runs over and saturates whatever they may be placed ujion. Tliis, in winter, 

 and in a cold frame, is of course not to be permitted ; and to obviate it, as water mustBomctimcs 

 be given, some of the surface soil should be removed, to afford space enough for its application. 

 It will not often be required ; but when-it is given, let it be given thoroughly. 



Among many kinds. Verbenas especially, the green-fly becomes a great pest. To eradicate 

 them, tobacco-smoke is the best remedy. Trevention is, however, better than cure; and if 

 healthy growth be at first established, and all puny attempts at subsequent elongation are des- 

 ti'oyed, the insect annoyance will be of seldom occurrence. — Turner s Florist, November. 



Fren-cti Short -Horn Carrot. — It does not appear to be known either to seedsmen or 

 gardeners that this carrot, of which we see so many brought from France into Covent Garden 

 Market in the early part of the season, is easy of cultivation, and better suited to some soils 

 than those generally grown in this country. Carrots in a young state are at all times in great 

 request here; and this one, when fully grown, fi-om its shape, and from its being of finer texture 

 and flavor, is much preferred to any of the others for ornamental cookery; therefore it is a 

 great acquisition to our former stock. I procured through Messrs Knight &, Peeet, last season, 

 some seed of it^ which I have found to be both true to its kind, and of excellent quality. I find 

 it likewise to be a much faster grower than the common horn. To prove so, I sowed on the 

 15th August^ on a well prepared piece of ground, two beds, one of each sort, side by side; they 

 vegetated and came up as near as possible at one time ; but I find now (the 4th of November) 

 that the French-horn is, on an average of the crop, nearly double the size of the other. Upon 

 the soil in this neighborhood, the sorts of carrot commonly groAvn are very subject to canker- 

 worm, (fee, so much so, that they frequently prove a complete failure : while the one in question 

 has entirely escaped, and has done in every way remarkably well. — /. Skene, in London Gar- 

 deners' and Farmers' Journal. 



"We can cheerfully endorse all that is said here in favor of this carrot. It so pleased lis, 

 ■when in France, that we at once procured seeds and distributed them among some friends, 

 all of wliom, we believe, esteem it one of the best, if not the very best, table carrot. 



Destruction of the Gf^eev Ftv in Plant IIouses. — ^Tlie fumigating of plant houses and frames 

 is a troublesome matter, especially to amateurs, and hence the following plan, which we have 

 practiced lately, may prove interesting to some. 



Provide a strong solution of nitre in water, in which soak some sheets of strong brown paper, 

 and afterwards dry it slowly, and cut into lengths of convenient size, the largest eighteen inches 

 by twelve inches ; then get some strong tobacco and strew it thinly over the paper, and with a 

 coarse pepper box, dredge in a good coat of common Cayenne pepper ; wrap the whole up 

 loosely like a " cigarette," paste the end over, and when dry it is fit for use. 



Two or three of these suspended by a wire under a greenhouse stage, and lighted at each end, 

 will quickly settle the accounts of the green fly and thrip, and that with comparatively little 

 trouble. Indeed, if a quantity of these " cigarettes" are kept ready made, a few plants may be 

 put into a pit or small room, and be cleaned, at least have their insect pests destroyed in a very 

 short time. By using Cayenne much less tobacco is required, and the two combined is most 

 deadly, for as the " cigarettes" will burn for a considerable time, say an hour or more, it is impos- 

 sible for insects to live in an atmosphere so thoroughly impregnated with elements of sufi'ocation. 



Since writing the preceding we have tried an experiment with " cigarettes" against tobacco 



