390 Domestic J^otices. 



For the formation of beds for green-house plants in sum- 

 mer, the following- is laid down: 



" The base of these pot beds should be excavated about six inches, and 

 there siiould be a row of bricks on end on each side of the bed, forming 

 a sound edging; a stone edge would be preferable, but this is not always 

 to be obtained. The edging should rise about three inches above the 

 ground level, and the excavation within should be filled to within two 

 inches of the top with clean sand of any kind. On this the pots may be 

 set, or plunged in it, according to the necessities of the season; and many 

 of the £ricea;, the Epacridese, the Ciimell«ece, &c., would be found much 

 benefitted by being plunged in it through all excessively hot weather, as 

 we know by experience that many of these tribes are much injured by a 

 very hot and dry temperature. In the sand the mean temperature would 

 probably not exceed 70*^ at all times, and the pots would be always sur- 

 rounded by a feeding medium; whereas in the open air, and on the sur- 

 face, they are of necessity exposed to a heat of frequently 80^ to 90^, and 

 surrounded by dry air, or, in other words, by a robbing medium: so much 

 for plunging." 



Art. VIII, on Mr. Mearns's coiling system of vine culture, 

 (inserted at p. 60), records its failure, as practised by Mr. 

 R. Fish; the paper should be extensively read, and we shall 

 notice it in our next number. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic Notices. 



Packing of Scions for Transportation. Dear Sirs, — Last spring I re- 

 ceived a parcel of scions from Mons. Noisette, of Paris. They were cut 

 in the preceding January, and were packed in the following manner: 

 The cut ends were put into potatoes; the part remaining out (and they 

 were quite long) was surrounded with moss, and all the vacuities filled 

 with it. After having an outer covering of straw, they were put into a 

 bundle containing trees. They came in very fine order; some of the 

 cut ends had grown over considerably, and, in one instance, two of them 

 had united together. Yours, E. M.'R.—Dedliam, Sept. 10th, 1835.^ 



Rare native Plants flowering in the Gardens of this Vicinity. — Cdnnm, 

 Monan. Monogyn.; Canna flaccida Roscoe, S. Carolina, — one of the 

 most strong and delicate of this genus; flowers of pale yellow and of 

 large size; at J. P. Cushing's garden, Belmont Place. 



Thalia dealbata Roscoe, S. Carolina; a fine aquatic, perfectly hardy, 

 and suitable for aquai'iums, or the margins of artificial ponds. Leaves 

 large, ovate, on long petioles; flower stems nearly five or six feet in 

 height. — September. 



Cacti. Icos. Monogyn.; Cactus suffruticosus Nutt. Stems very 

 broad, ovate; spines large and strong; flowers large, yellow, showy. — 

 July.— Southern States?— at Dr. Webster's, Cambridge. 



Composites. Polygamia, Necessaria: Sil])hium elatum ; Carolina. 

 Radical leaves large, cordate, sinuate, alternate; stem eight to ten feet 

 high; flowers pale yellow, in diffuse panicles; a desirable addition to 

 these autumnal plants.— Botanic garden, Cambridge.— September and 

 October. — Conds. 



