1 50 Domestic JVotices. 



" This is the mode of cultivating this potato: The earth is dug to 

 the depth of twenty inches; inaice the distance between the holes four 

 feet, and put two or three eyes or sets in each hole. Earth up tVe- 

 quentiy. The stallis reaching six or seven feet in height, need to be 

 supported on transverse stakes. The potato being late, the tubers, 

 which are very farinaceous, or mealy, should only be taken up about 

 Martinmas, when the stalks wither. 



" To give you an idea of the extraordinary produce of this potato, I 

 give three exam|)le.s at random. M. F. Martial, of Alais, gathered 

 last autumn, tubers weighing thirteen pounds seven ounces, eleven 

 pounds nine ounces, and nine pounds twelve ounces. M. de Montel, a 

 proprietor near me, asked me for tubers, when I could not give him 

 more than a single small tuber having four eyes. He weighed it for 

 curiosity, aud found it lacked a few grains of half an ounce. This 

 small tuber being planted, produced forty-eight pounds. The attorney 

 of the abbey of Autrerive, canton of Friiiourg, to whom I gave two tu- 

 bers two years ago, and who, delighted with his tine harvest, after hav- 

 ing eaten and given some to his friends, planted the rest, and obtained 

 last autumn six double horse-loads and eight scuttle-fulls. It is not the 

 largest tubers that succeed best as seed." 



Growth of Phlox ripens in January last, in the open air. — At Charles- 

 town Vineyard, in a ratlier warm situation in the flower-border, a patch 

 of this early creejiing phlox began to vegetate; and just as the cool 

 weather appeared, at the close of the month, it showed buds. Mr. 

 Mason junior took up a piece of the plant, and we saw it in bloom in 

 the green-house some time since. If the warm weather had held only 

 a few days longer, many of the perennials would have been exceedingly 

 injured. — Ed. 



Pcebn'ia. Moiitan papaveriicea var. Bdnksi^e. — A fine plant of this su- 

 perb variety is now in full bloom at Mr. Svveetser's. It has on it uyj- 

 wards of fifteen flowers, some of which are eight inches across; the 

 narcotic odor arising from such a number of flowers is quite disagreea- 

 ble after the house has been closed an hour or two. It is a beautiful 

 plant for green-houses, and we should think might be grown well iu 

 parlors. — Ed. 



Early spring flowers. — March 23. I have Galanthus nivalis L. 

 (snow-droj),) in bloom, to me the first flower of the spring of 1838. — 



J. L. n. 



Iiouge Charmanle hyacinth. — We recommend to the lovers of the 

 hyacinth, Rouge Charmante as an elegant red variety, and sufficiently 

 double to be beautiful. — R. 



New Dahlias. — At page 72, where we noticed several varieties of 

 dahlias, we mentioned that we should, in a future number, notice some 

 of the new kinds w hich have not been introduced into this country, 

 and which are equal or superior to those which were cultivated in our 

 gardens the past sunnner. We do not wish to occu[)y our pages with 

 catalogue descriptions oidy, as it would be an utter waste of room to 

 give the same here that may be found in our advertising sheet: but we 

 may offer some additional observations which may be of interest, and 

 perhaps of some value, to our readers, and form a guide to the selec- 

 tion of varieties for cultivation. The past year has been less prolific ia 

 first-rate new varieties than the year previous; some most superb ones 

 have been produced, excelling any thing before known, but the number 

 has i)een more limited. Mr. Widnall appears again to have been the 

 most successful grower, and has raised five very magnificent ones, if we 

 may place any reliance on his descriptions, for which he gained several 

 prizes. These are as follows : — 



