76 Domestic JVotices. 



ditch, and giving grace to its weedy mai-gin, recalls the token of true 

 affection, in the oft repeated " Forget me not." Nor unapt is its name; 

 for thoueh it may long pass unnoticed, from its unobti-usive character, 

 yet, once found, it will ever after prove a favoi'ite. Emotions such as 

 these, which the simpler beauty of a flower excite, are worthy the finer 

 and higher principles of our nature, and evince a connection and sym- 

 pathy with nobler and better things. — .R. 



Moms multicaiilis. — We have left out this season, in our garden 

 here, upwards of twenty strong roots of this plant, with the object of 

 testing its hardiness. The shoots were cut off close to the ground, as 

 recommended by M. de Wael, vol. ii. p. 391, and about three inches of 

 soil thrown over them. The situation is a sheltei-ed one, under a south- 

 west fence: and the unsettled question respecting their hardiness in this 

 latitude we hope to set at rest. — F. B. H.,jr., Cambridgeport, Dec. 

 llth, 1836. 



Inarching Camellias, by inserting the bottoms of the Scions in a phial 

 of Water.~^We have lately seen a large plant of the camellia in the 

 forcing flower-garden of Mr. Wales, Dorchester, on which he has in- 

 arched several varieties by this system. It is an excellent mode when it 

 is desired to inarch a large plant with several kinds, and supersedes the 

 necessity of elevating other plants on stages for the same object. A 

 scion of a rare variety can also be carried a great distance, and inarched 

 on to another plant. — Cond. 



Pfeoraia Moutan papaverucea var. Hawes'n. — A plant of the same kind 

 as that mentioned, in our article in vol. ii, p. 371, as existing in Col. 

 Perkins's collection, and which we suppose to be the variety RawesiY, 

 will be in flower in a few days in Mr. Leathe's green-house, in Cam- 

 bridgeport. We hope when it opens to satisfy ourselves respecting its 

 true name. — Cond. 



Forty-fold Potato, — This fine variety, which we have frequently 

 noticed, and which has been cultivated to a considerable extent the past 

 season, and is likely to be more so the coming one, is an enormous pro- 

 ducer, and we have been informed by several gentlemen, who have 

 grown it, that the quantity of potatoes generallj^ found in a hill is three 

 times the number of any other sort. Owing to this large number, the 

 potatoes are, consequently, not so large in size as they would be were 

 there not so many in a hill; a gentleman who raised upwards of fifty 

 bushels year before last, observed this, and, the past season, ordered but 

 one potato to be planted in a hill; but when the crop was dug the num- 

 ber of potatoes was found to be nearly as great as the year before. The 

 coming season he informs us that he shall cut them up into sets, and in 

 this manner one potato will plant three or four hills: what the result 

 will be remains to be seen; but we have no doubt that the potatoes will 

 be less in number and of much larger size. The same gentleman has 

 stated to us that he thinks it is the best variety he has ever eaten. — 

 Cond. 



Loasa nitida. — This plant, which has been recommended as a beau- 

 tiful annual, is not deserving a place in the flower garden. The leaves 

 are covered with a prickly armature, which appear to be hollow 

 tubes, secreting a poisonous fluid. The flowers cannot be plucked 

 without some of their prickles stinging the hand, which wounds are 

 generally attended with considerable'pain. When there are so many an- 

 nuals which are so much more beautiful than this, it seems singular that 

 it should have ever been recommended to cultivation. — Id. 



Araucaria imbricdta. — Plants of this spendid species are for sale by 

 Mr. Buist, Philadelphia. This species, as also most all the coniferous 

 tribe, are multiplied extensively by cuttings and layers by the French 

 nurserymen. We hope to see it in all collections of plants. — Id, 



