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and to be kept moderately dry when at rest during the winter 

 season. 



Sophronites ^mtidijlora.—A dwarf-growing orchid, with flowers 

 ot the most brilliant crimson-scarlet. It should be grown on a 

 block of wood suspended from tlie roof. 



_ TrichopiUa suavis.—A. beautiful species ; the flowers are blush 

 richly spotted with deep rose. They are produced in clusters at 

 the base of the pseudo-bulb, and the plants, to show them off to 

 advantage, should be potted about three inches above the level of 

 the pot. 



_ AH the sorts iiere mentioned may be grown in an ordinary stove 

 witliout any special difficulty ; and as they bloom at various seasons 

 ot the year, and the flowers remain so long in perfection, there will 

 not be many days in the year in which one or other of them will not 

 be in bloom. 



NEW INVENTIONS. 



|ELF-ACTING SEED DEILL.-Thls implement is remarkable for the 

 simplicity of its construction, and will be found of considerable service 

 tp adepts in seed sowing, as well as to those amateurs who have but 

 little practice in work of this kind. By its use the seed is deposited in 

 the drill with the greatest degree of regularity, and asavino-rantrino-from 

 twenty-five to fifty per cent, is effected. The seed is deposited in the hoppe'r, and 

 by pushing the drill along by the side of a line laid down as a guide, the travelling 



wheel gives motion to a slide at the bottom of the hopper, and the seed at once falls 

 through a tube behind the coulter and drops int j the soil. A lady or boy may 

 work it with ease, and drill the seeds of the kitchen garden crops with tlie same 

 facility as an experienced hand. It can be altered, by simply turning a screw, to 

 sow all kinds of seeds. It is manufactured by ilr. Josiah Le Butt, Bury St. 

 Edmunds, Suffolk. 



The Spencer Toultuy and Theasant i-'EEDni.— In this invention the 

 corn, whilst always visible to the poultry, is most etfectually protected from the 

 wet and vermin. The corn is placed in troughs, and these are provided with 

 framed t^lass cover?, which iinmeJiately the poultry stop on to a platform running 

 along the side of the trough, thu cover iifcd up and the birds are able to reach the 



May. 



