ON THE HYACINTH. 



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are so fine that the natives think that it cannot be spun, and only 

 use it to fill matresses. Ulloa's Voyage to New Spain. 



One in China secretes a tallow, like animal fat. This has lately 

 been introduced into the Mauritius, aud succesfully cultivated. 

 The tallow obtained from it is stated to be equal to that which is 

 obtained from the fat of animals. 



Mr. Ward exhibited to the Linnsean Society, a portion of the 

 Lace-bark Tree of Jamaica (Lagetta lintearia ofJussieu). The 

 tree grows on the high rocky hills of Jamaica, to the height of 

 twenty feet : the bark is thick, and may be separated into twenty 

 or thirty laminae, white and like gauze. Caps, ruffles, &c. have 

 been made out of this. Lit. Gaz. No. 791, March 17th 1831. 



The Tillandsia of Buenos Ayres, yields on incision, a copious 

 quantity of pure water, so good, that the woodmen in the forests 

 never take any with them. They perforate the plant near the 

 root, and the water gushes out as clear as crystal. From the 

 fullest plants, about two quarts may be obtained. Andrew's Jour- 

 ney. This last might, perhaps, be introduced with advantage in 

 climates resembling its own, and situations where water is not 

 abundant. It is regretted that the references to the books quoted 

 by Mr. Turner are so much abbreviated, and that the transcrib- 

 ers cannot add to them, any bookseller on a large scale, or other 

 persons conversant with scientific^ works, would at once recog- 

 nize those named. 



Amicus. 



October 24th 1833. 



ARTICLE III. 

 ON THE CULTURE OF THE HYACINTH IN BEDS OR POTS. 



BY H. L. ISLINGTON. 



I hasten to fulfil my promise by rendering an account of the me- 

 thod observed by many amateurs and florists in cultivating Hya- 

 cinths in beds and pots, and which is adopted by me as being 

 the most preferable. The observations I am about to offer there- 

 on, should be as succinct as the subject admits, and be strictly . 

 confined to practical results, for mere theoretical statements in 

 this, as in nearly all other matters, bewilder rather than instruct. 

 Being an enthusiastic admirer of the flower, I have taken no oidi- 



