PROCEEDINGS. 



apothecaries' phials, except that they had their tops closed up 

 and their bottoms cut off. The latter is done for the purpose of 

 admitting a slip of common paper (on which the name is written) 

 into the bottle in such a manner that it can be most easily read 

 through the glass, and then the end is stopped up with a common 

 cork. Labels of this kind were more especially recommended for 

 use in glass houses, where they would not be blown about and 

 broken. They have this advantage over Mr. Bohn's glass labels, 

 examples of which were exhibited last year, that the names can 

 be changed at pleasure; whereas, Mr. B.'s, when once hermeti- 

 cally closed, as they are by the blowpipe, do not admit of the 

 label being altered. 



Specimens, showing the effect upon roots of Mr. M'Glashen's 

 transplanting apparatus, were exhibited. It was mentioned that 

 this apparatus has been objected to on account of the laceration a 

 tree lifted by it necessarily sustains, in consequence of the rough 

 manner in which it is wrenched out of the ground. It was further 

 stated that although the transplanting of the large tree in the 

 Society's Garden had proved perfectly successful, yet that some 

 had attributed that success rather to the tree being a Poplar, one 

 of the least liable of all trees to die from the operation of moving, 

 and to the ground and weather favouring its well-doing, than to 

 any merit that belonged to the machine. Mr. M'Glashen, how- 

 ever, in the following letter, opposed this view of the matter ; he 

 says: "In a former communication, referring to my transplant- 

 ing machine, I stated that I had removed at least 1200 trees and 

 shrubs within a circle of many miles round Edinburgh, and that 

 all had succeeded, with three exceptions, the cause of the failure 

 of which was explained. And I have now sent for inspection, as 

 a specimen, the root of a Scotch Fir, removed by me in March 

 last. In further confirmation of the success which has attended 

 the use of my invention, I have much pleasure in enclosing 

 a letter I have just received from Mr. Black, Ground Superin- 

 tendant at Hamilton Palace, a gentleman whose intelligence and 

 accuracy on such matters are undoubted. I have further the 

 pleasure of stating, that the Caledonian Horticultural Society 

 have appointed a committee to examine and report on the trees 

 and shrubs I have transplanted round Edinburgh. When they 

 have reported on this matter, I trust I will obtain permission to 

 forward a copy of their report, as it is my earnest desire that the 

 truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, should be 

 known as to the expedition and success of my transplanting 



