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JOUBNAL OF HOBTICULTXJRE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ December 33, 1875. 



the vegetable tingdom which contribute perhaps more of 

 ornament to onr shmbberies and gardens than any other. 

 Mr. Fraser's great experience as a nurserrman in one of the 

 largest, if not the largest, nnrseries of Scotland, enables him 

 to write and speak with authority on such a subject, and in 

 this handy boot he certainly communicates without any 

 reserve an amount of information which is useful and instruc- 

 tive. As a manual to planters it will be of great service, and 

 as a book of reference to gardeners and nnrserymen it ought 

 to find a place in every establishment. All the information 

 respecting the subjects upon which the book professed to treat 

 is exhaustive. 'We could only wish that Mr. Fraser had given 

 na the characteristic distinction of the difierent species of the 

 Conifers, which would have made the work complete. We 

 know of no handy book which gives us this information — to 

 distinguish, for instance, the essential characters of the different 

 species of Capressus, which are in some cases very puzzling. 

 A few synonyms would also be a great help if added to the 

 difierent specific names. But even without these Mr. Fraser 

 has given ua a very useful book. 



PLANT PEOTECTOE. 

 As lunal at this time of the year we have numerous appli- 

 caiionB for advice how to protect plants — applications which 



prizes at these cxhibitionB is £2500, the prize money on all 

 occasions to be paid on the first day of the Show. To further 

 add to the attractions Mr. W. W. Eobertson, the Manager, has 

 purchased the Cmikshank Art Collection, which will be arranged 

 under the personal superintendence of Mr. George Cruikshank, 

 and will be exhibited in the Art Galleries of the Society at the 

 close of the first annual Fine Art Exhibition. Over two thou- 

 sand paintings have already been sent in, and the Exhibition 

 promises to be one of unusual excellence and interest. 



We recently noticed the increasing employment of Sea- 

 weed as a manure, and one nurseryman told us that " it made 

 the things healthy;'' and he wrapped Seaweed round the 

 broken part of an Apple-tree branch before he tied splints on 

 each side of the fracture. It has been found similarly Uceful 

 to mankind. Pliny tells of a man who fell from a tree and 

 broke many of his bones. He was merely kept enveloped in 

 Seaweed, and eventually recovered. The people of Provence 

 apply Seaweed to contusions. Following these hints the great 

 reviver of sea-bathing in Europe, Eussell, satisfied himself 

 that " Katnre herself supplies us with the best medi cine for 

 dissolving tumours in the Quercus marina or Sea Wrack at one 

 season of the year, for in July this plant bears certain vesicles 

 or pods that contain a slippery and soapy juice. These 

 vesicles are to be squeezed in the hands and the tumour 

 rubbed with them till it imbibes this soapy liquor; and, lastly. 



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ghould have been made before the winter arrived. To those 

 who are willing to obtain a protector ready made we recom- 

 mend attention to the following. It is manufactured by 

 Messrs. Messenger & Co., and they thus speak of it : — 



" The lights can be opened to any extent for ventOation, or 

 they can be run completely under the light on the opposite 

 side, and that it is held open perfectly secure by iron pins, 

 leaving the gardener's hands free for working, as shown on 

 the illustration. It is made either with the sides a of three- 

 quarter-inch slate or 1-inch wood, or it is set on brickwork. It 

 is adapted for protecting plants, or for forcing as a ground 

 vinery, or for growing early vegetables and salads. Any length 

 can be added at future time.'' 



A gardener who has used protectors of this nature speaks of 

 them as being invaluable aids in any garden large or small. 

 He has used them for bedding plants, French Beans, Violets, 

 etc., and as shelters for many tender crops in winter and 

 spring. In the summer and autumn they gave an abundant 

 supply of Cucumbers, and for growing collections of plants, as 

 Pelargoniums, Primulas, Cinerarias, Poinsettias, &:., he found 

 them of the greatest value. 



NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 



'We are glad to be able to announce that a farther sum 

 of £100 consols has been purchased in the names of the 

 trustees for the Gardeners' Boyal Benevolent Institution, and 

 that the amount now standing in their names is £10,700. 



As advertised in our columns, the Eoyal Aquarium 



Summer and Winter Gardens Society propose holding a series 

 of Geasd Flowze ask FEtrrr Shows on the following dates — 

 April 12th and 13th, Forced Bhododendrons, Azaleas, &e. ; 

 ^y 10th and 11th, P.oses in pots. Azaleas, Palms, and Table 

 Decorative Plants ; May 30th and Slst, Grand Exhibition of 

 Plants and Fruit ; July 5th and Cth, Great Bose Show and 

 Dinner- table Decorations ; and October 1th and 5th, Great 

 Fruit and Chrysanthemum Show. The amount offered in 



it muft be washed with sea water, and dried perfectly cleai}. 

 This disperses all hardnesses." This is a curious anticipation 

 of the more recent employment of iodine. Acting on this 

 principle, Foubert has found poultices and such applications 

 of Fueus vesiculosus useful in scrofulous sores ; and baths have 

 of late years been prepared containing more or less of the 

 mucus or slime of Seaweed, and are to be had at both French 

 and English bathing establishments ; for instance, at Margate 

 and at Bamsgate, where they are known under the name of 

 ozone baths. 



We commend to our readers " The Agbiccltueai, 



Holdings Act, with Notes and Necessary Forms for the use of 

 Landlords and Tenants. By H. Winch, Barrister-at-law." It 

 is only a shilling pamphlet, and might save many pounds to 

 those who are proprietors or occupiers of land. We will make 

 one extract. 



" clauses of the act. 



'• CoTuen' of Landlord for firtt cJois. — 10. The tenant shall not be entitled 

 to compensation in respect of an impiorement of the firEt cla63, onlegd be haa 

 executed it with the previous consent in wnting of the landlord. 



^TenantstitU to compeiuation. — 5. Where after the conunencement cf thia 

 Act, a tenant execotea on bis holding an improTement comprised in the 

 following : — 



"ItESi Class. 



Drainage of land. 



Erection or enlargement of boildings, 

 i Laymg down of permanent pastore, 

 ' Making and planting of Osier beds. 



Making of water meadows or works of 

 I irrigation, 



Making of gardens. 



Making or imprOTing of roads or 

 bridges. 



Making orimproriiigof wuteroooisee 

 ponds, wells, or reeerroixs, or of 

 works for snpplj of water for agri. 

 cnltnral or domestic porpoflee, 



Making of fences. 



Planting of Hops, 



Planting of orcliards, 



Bedaiming of waste land, 



"Warping of land. 



be shall be entitled, Bnbject to the provisions of this Act, to obtain on 

 the determination of the tenancy compensation in respect of the improve* 

 ment." 



OLD TEEES. 

 What various thoughts are called forth in contemplating old 

 trees ! What storms they have outlived, what events they 



