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haurus nohilis. — The largest sweet bay I ever saw is at Marj^ajn, the 

 seat of J. P. Talbot, Esq., M. P., al)uut twelve miles from Swansea. 

 It is si.vty-oiie feet six inches high, and forms a magniticent and compact 

 bush.— L. W. D.—Ih. 



Rho(h(lendro7i pontimim. — At Macs!aiii;h Castle, Radnorshire, the seat 

 of W. Wilkins, Ksq., tli(M-e is a int)st rciuarkahle specin)en of this ])lant. 

 It is twenty-one feethiijli, and its branches cover a space of one hundred 

 and five feet in circumference ! It is grown without bog earth, and flow- 

 ers freely every year. — James Alexander, Gardener to W. Wilkins, Esq. 

 Dec, 1834.— /6. 



In the Hammersmith Nursery there are some remarkably fine speci- 

 mens of trailing plants budded standard high, the singuhirity and beauty 

 of which deserve tlie attention of every amateur. Wherever there is a 

 lawn or a small spot of turf as a foreground, without much interest, all 

 that is necessary is to plant one of these trees in it. — I/j. 



Covent Garden .Market. — During one week in June, the immense quan- 

 tities of the following articles were sold: — of peas, more than 2500 sacks 

 of three bushels, and 12,000 sieves of one bushel each ; of gooseberries 

 2000 sieves [or bushels] ; of strawberries 150,000 pottles [of two quarts 

 each]. — Conds. 



New Mode of Labelling Plants. — A very superior label for plants 

 may be made by turning to account that hitherto time-wasting accom- 

 plishment called " transferring." The mode proposed is, to lay on 

 the up])er portion of a suitable slip of glass, a coat of transfer varnish, 

 on which the name, &.c., of a plant, printed on paper and moistened, is 

 to be pressed with the finger (the printed side downwards). When the 

 varnish is dry, the paper is to be rubbed oft' gently with a damp cloth, 

 leaving the printing attached to the glass, on which a strong coat of 

 white oil paint is to be laid, and sprinkled with fine sand or powdered 

 glass; or another slip of glass similar to the first, painted on one side 

 with white lead, may be cemented on it, when a label of surpassing dis- 

 tinctness and permanency will be produced. Any ordinary printed cata- 

 logue of plants may be made available for the pur[)ose al)ove stated. — 

 {Irish Farmer <§- Gard. Mag.) This mode will, ])robabl_v, never be much 

 adopted, unless in private collections of plants, where neatness and 

 beauty is the sole object. For nurserymen, it will not be of much use. — 

 Conds. 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 



Introduction of the Filbert. — Cobbett, in his " American Gardener," 

 claims for himself the merit of having introduced the Filbert into this 

 country, in the year J800. This proves to be one of Cobbett's errors. It 

 is probable the first Filbert is the one still growing in the old Bartram 

 botanic garden, near Philadcl[)hia. It was introduced, we believe, by 

 the elder Bartram — has fruited scores of years ago, and as Col. Carr (the 

 present proprietor) assured us on the spot, had made firm roots in the 

 American soil, "before William Cobbett was born." — A. J. D. 



Fine specimen of the Caludium esculentum. — A plant of the Caladium 

 esculentum, has been grown the present season in the neighborhood of 

 of Newburgh, N. Y., of the following unusual dimensions. The largest 

 leaves measured over the greatest extent of length fjur feet — width 

 nearly three feet. The curiously formed spathe, was also twelve inches 

 in length. As we believe it blossoms but seldom, it may not be uninter- 

 esting to add that the color of the flower, or rather the spathe, was neither 

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