EXTRACTS. "' 



l,v making narrow trenches round them, and filling such trenches with plaster 

 V >ri mixed with water to the consistence of a thick cream Th.s quickly 

 b com 'ha d a, ld forms a pot, by which the plant may be taken up wUhout 

 JSK Us roots. With a little ingenuity, the soil and roots may be so 

 enwmoassed with the same material, as to greatly facilitate the safe removal 

 "fa Xi« p ant to any reasonable distance.-^**'. Botamc Garden. 



To destroy Ants. 



The most effectual method of destroying ants that ™^"%*£* 



the use of the following mixture :-Take equal quantities of loa sugar, 



en c and finely powdered dried bread; rub them together in a mortar t 1 



U v^'every well mixed. This should be kept in a bottle, m readiness for 



i/ulu quantities near their haunts. Great care is requisite .n he u se 



rf this mixture, for it is injurious to vegetable as well as animal hfe.-7W. 



Conditions favourable to the Groivih and Flowering of the Rho- 

 dodendron. 

 I am led to infer (observes the author) that, in all sheltered situations, 

 where" moderate degree of shade is afforded, and where the soil ,s of a light 

 iv nature the Rhododendron will grow and flower well, without any pea 

 ■a ,h whatever; povided the ground is properly prepared, by trenching and 

 braking the surface, so that all the grass and vegetable matter be properly 

 m xed " I deprecate the too general practise of pitting and planting withou 

 he eround being previously well trenched. It may be proper to state, that 

 SKododendroniB to be" seen growing here very luxuriant y in banks of 

 ,v rouK clay; in this case, after the ground had been well trenched and 

 , r 1 had pits made according to the size of the plants, and a portion of 



. arth placid under and around each plant (say one or two ^WS£ 

 Sordine to he size of the plants). Notwithstanding my having filled the pits 

 «" h ;It earth I am satisfied that Rhododendrons, and other American 

 I a t i ,f the same tribe, usually grown in peat, will grow and thrive even in 

 da and perfectly well in loam, if it be trenched, and a portion of leaf- 

 nS.ld and of the scrapings of roads he mixed with it; the plants being 

 anted in (he neighbourhood Of large trees, so as to be benefitted by the 

 hade. I have planted American shrubs with success at all seasons, but prefer 

 from the second week in AmgUt to the end of December; always taking ad- 

 a uge of a mild day, and always giving, after the planting, a good supply 

 „, water. 1 would add. that the same treatment that I have recommended 

 for Rhododendrons is here applied to Kalmias, A/aleas, Andromedas, Vacci- 

 Btema, and Ci«tns«-and to all with an equally satisfactory result. 



I «,;„id recommend all who may wish to cultivate the Rhododendron pon- 

 ticum Wtensivaly, to provide their stock of plants by raising them from seed, 

 Tl, mode - a cheap one: and, besides the number of the plants which nay 

 be obtained bv it, > considerable variety of kinds U acquired. In those which 

 l have reared the variety is almost endless, as to the shape, «»»*«*"* 

 The sscdi should be sown in February, upon a gentle hot-bed.— John bow, 

 Gmrdl tt'r't Magazine. 



