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the uew varieties having been produced by impregnating other sorts with the 

 pollen of the F. fulgens,) and he is, therefore, looking forward with much expec- 

 tation to the fruit which will be produced from the grafted plant next year. 



Whether his hope will be justified remains to be seen ; but much credit is due 

 to Mr. Mercer,, who has a great experience and knowledge of plants, for the 

 success of the experiment, in as far as he is concerned ; and this may lead to many 

 other successful experiments with the other sorts of Fuchsias, and may afford a 

 hint which may be useful to your readers. 



loth December, 1841. Scotus. 



On an Alkaline Extract vor the destruction ok Mildew, Reo Spider, 

 \c.— Sir, — As every improvement in horticultural science is important, I forth- 

 with send you the results of an article, called Alkaline Extract, prepared by Mr. 

 R. Bainbridge, flower gardener, Escrick Park, who sent me a small bottle in the 

 early part of last spring. I gave it a trial on a peach-tree infected with mildew, 

 and am happy to say it had the desired effect of completely freeing the peach 

 from this troublesome pest ; the foliage which succeeded was most healthy, and 

 the fruit fine. 1 am also informed, from respectable and good authority, that 

 the Alkaline Extract has been equally efficacious when applied by others, both 

 in the destruction of the red spider and mildew. Since such facts cannot be too 

 extensively circulated, nor so invaluable an article made too public for the benefit 

 of the horticulturist, you would much oblige by inserting this proof of its merit 

 in your valuable periodical. I am, &c, 



Kippax Park, Poutefract, loth December, 1841. William Akesteh. 



On" the Heliotrope. — A friend of mine has one of these delightful plants 

 trained to a trellis in a greenhouse. The plant is upwards of nine feet high, and 

 broad in proportion, and has never been without a flower for the last year and 

 three quarters, whilst in spring and summer it has been covered with bloom. 

 No fire or heat of any artificial kind was kept in the house during the winter ; 

 the only plan for protecting the plants iu the frosts of last winter being to light 

 three or lour rushlights in ihe house at night. 



This plan of protecting the plants at night has been found to answer very 

 well without heat. Can any of your readers assign the reason ? Will the 

 stimulus of a trifling tight only protect plauts from the action of frost ? 



This climate is well known for its comparative mildness. 



Cornwall, 7th December, 1841. A constant Reader, X. Y. Z. 



Curious and beautivul Roses, &c. — The following valuable roses have singu- 

 lar changeable properties, opening of a light rose, then becoming darker, and 

 finally dying off quite crimson, viz. — Belle Isidore, Etna, Rubens, Camellia 

 panache, and Virginie. An Italian variety called Manettii, of strong growth, 

 has been found to make an excellent stock for working China and tea roses upon. 

 Half-inch bone dust is found to be an excellent manure for the latter men- 

 tioned kinds, planted in a close soil. 



8th December, 1841. Rosa. 



Ekythrina Crista Galli, Hard*.— A strong root of Erythrina crista galli, 

 plaufed near a south wall about the 1st of May, in soil of equal parts of good 

 loam and leaf-mould, with a little sand, will flower in September as freely as if 

 kept in a stove or greenhouse ; a plant has lived out of doors here for the last 

 four years, by covering it with a little sand, or coal-ashes, during the winter 

 months. It produces about the end of this month many shoots, which strike 

 as freely as Dahlia cuttings, with a little bottom heat, provided the shoots are 

 taken off with a bit of the old root attached ; two or three of the strongest shouts 

 may be left to exhibit their splendid coral spikes in the autumn. As the summers 

 are more dry and warm in England than in this country, I am satisfied this 

 beautiful plant would grow as freely as many herbaceous plants by a little pro- 

 tection during winter. P. K. 



