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the vines ; some of the bunches from the border vines bid fair for 21bs. 

 weight each."— (Garrf. Juurn., 1848, p. 213.) 



Wash fur Peach Trees. — Seeing, in your excellent journal, a receipt for 

 awash lor peach trees, by Mr. Tillery, I beg to say I have tried many 

 mixtures, some of them similar to Mr. Tillery's, but 1 found none of them 

 so effectual as the following simple application — which has never failed, 

 either as applied by myself, or by many others: — If the trees are subject 

 to curl or mildew, I syringe with water as soon as the fruit are set, and 

 then dust them over with road dust, taking care to apply it to the under- 

 side of the leaves as much as possible. It is allowed to remain until washed 

 off by rain. Two of these dressings are generally sufficient for the season. 

 The trees may probably look unsightly after the application, but they will 

 thrive and grow luxuriantly, which will amply repay for their appearance. 

 I am convinced, by actual practice, that, when applied to thorn-quicks 

 attacked by mildew, it proves an effectual remedy, and will be a great boon 

 to nurserymen if once they resort to the use of it. A few years ago, I had 

 charge of a garden in the immediate vicinity of Dublin, in rather a confined 

 situation ; and was dreadfully annoyed with caterpillars and green-fly upon 

 the gooseberry bushes. I had tried almost every nostrum I could think of 

 unsuccessfully, and then resorted to the above remedy, and succeeded in 

 destroying, by two dressings, both pests. In this case, if the trees are care- 

 fully watched, and the lower extremities of the bush — where the young 

 brood of caterpillars first make their appearance — well dressed, it will pre- 

 serve the upper part of the tree clean. Some gardeners have been so ex- 

 asperated with them as to completely plaster the trees all over. A few 

 remarks of mine on the same subject were printed in the Dublin Gardener's 

 Mutual Instruction Society's Transactions some years ago, and many of its 

 members have proved the value of the application; though, I can assure 

 you that some gardeners would not listen to what they were pleased to 

 call "such nonsense," until, by some means or other, it wrought upon 

 their iron bigotry, and satisfied them of their folly. I think Mr. Hodgins, 

 of the Kingstown Nursery, Dublin, could testify to its usefulness. — {lb. 

 p. 213.) 



Double Flowering Stocks. — There are few plants more generally culti- 

 vated than the double stock gilliflower. Time out of mind, the Old Bromp- 

 ton, or Queen, has been the pride of the cottager's garden ; whilst the ten- 

 week, with its varieties of German and Prussian, combining every hue from 

 pure white to deep crimson, now lend their effectual aid in the decoration, 

 combining variety and fragrance in an extraordinary degree. Raising 

 double flowers has always been considered a matter of chance ; but should 

 the following hint by M. Louis Mullott, of Elbceuf, be acted upon, and 

 found correct, (and we have no occasion to doubt it,) it will confer a boon 

 on the small cultivator, who has neither the inclination nor the space to 

 grow single flowers. We give the following translation of this discovery 

 from La Revue Horticole, a French work. M. Mullott commences by ob- 

 serving that, for a long period, there has been great diversity of opinion as 

 to the best method of procuring double stock gilliflowers, and that, formerly, 



