114 JVotcs and Gleanings. 



The originator of this variety has seen it growing on the quince only one year ; 

 it seems to thrive pretty vigorously, but he does not recommend that stock, as it 

 appears to him to be the destroyer of the new pears, enfeebling them and caus- 

 ing their premature degeneracy. This, however, will depend much on soil, cli- 

 mate, and exposition. Ilhcstration Horticole. 



Garibaldi as a Gardener. — A correspondent at Turin of the AUgemeine 

 Zeitiuig publishes an interesting account of the results of the cultivation of the 

 Island of Caprera by Garibaldi and his family. He says that Caprera has been 

 converted by Garibaldi's labor and skill from a barren rock into the richest and 

 most beautiful of gardens. There is a vineyard with fourteen thousand vines, 

 mostly Piedmontese and Tuscan, though there are some magnificent specimens 

 of the Malaga grape and of various Sicihan kinds. He has successfully planted 

 lemon trees, orange trees, cypresses, pines, almond and olive trees. Mulber- 

 ries, apples, pears, cherries, and peaches have proved a failure. The Indian 

 fig {JDpiuitid) and the locust tree, on the other hand, have produced so much 

 fruit that the pigs are fed upon it. There are also plenty of potatoes, and the 

 general has lately taken to the cultivation of bees with great success. The 

 island abounds with artichokes, which are used to feed the cows. The game on 

 the island consists of quails, partridges, and wild goats ; the general has also 

 introduced pheasants and wild boars. The fishing on the coast is very valuable. 

 In the fields are numerous sheep and oxen, and these are allowed to wander all 

 over the island, with the exception of six Cremona cows, which supply the house 

 with milk and butter. Garibaldi also has a windmill, and a great number of 

 agricultural machines given him by an English friend. Round his house are 

 date trees, mimosas, pistachio trees, and thick bushes of laurel and myrtle. 



Strawberry Runners. — It is an error to suppose that the first runner is less 

 prolific than the second on the string. I invariably choose the first runner, and 

 cut off the string beyond it. Some soils are so good that they drive the runner 

 into foliage instead of crowns. This does not often occur. There is another 

 error in the opposite direction, viz., that only the first runner is prolific. If the 

 plant 'is not staminate (i. e., a male plant ; most of our European sorts are her- 

 maphrodites), the last runner would be equally prolific, but it could be planted 

 later, and hence would not bear so well as the early runner. 



IV. /'". Radclyffe, in English yournal of Ilorticitltiire. 



The Great "Forest Tree" of Moray. — A magnificent aboriginal 

 pine {Pinus sylvcstris) is, par excellence^ known by the name of the " Forest 

 Tree " to the frequenters of the forest of Darnaway, which for miles surrounds 

 the castle of the same name, the northern residence of the Earls of Moray. 

 The " Forest Tree " is fifteen feet in circumference, and rises to the height of 

 fifty feet from the ground without a collateral branch, terminating in a vast 

 spreading head, hke a gigantic green tent, impervious to snow or rain. In sum- 

 mer its topmost boughs are covered with the blossoms of the white wild rose, 

 whicli has climljcd to tlie summit of this mighty tree. 



Note in Poems by diaries Edward Stuart. 



