268 Domeslic JYotices. 



to try the above method of destroyinsr, those at least, which infest the 

 rose bushes? In some places they are so nmiierous as to completely de- 

 stroy every leaf. We shall be glad to learn the result of any experi- 

 ments made with this composition, and we would recommend a thorough 

 trial of it. — Ed.] 



Ribes speciosum. This beautiful species, together with nearly all the 

 others, suffered very much from the inclemency of the last winter. In 

 many gardens the plants standing out were totally destroyed. Previ- 

 ously it had been cons'idered as very hardy. The R. sanguineum ap- 

 pears to be the only one which stood uninjured. {Hort. Jour.) 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 



Public Garden. — Since our last notice of the meeting of the subscrib- 

 ers to the public garden, another meeting has been held, at which, the 

 committee chosen to solicit subscriptions reported progress. The 

 amount subscribed was nearly twenty thousand dollars, and the corpora- 

 tion was immediately organized by the choice of officers, viz: five trus- 

 tees to rejjresent them until the first Mond.iy in October next. Horace 

 Gray, Samuel A. Elliot, Chas. P. Curtis, Geo. Darracott, and J. E, Tcs- 

 chemacher, were chosen. The suiiscription pajiers are still o|)en, and 

 we hope there will yet be found a sufficient number of gentlemen inter- 

 ested enough in this excellent project, to come forward and fill up the 

 sum wanted to commence the work in a proper manner. We presume 

 operations will not be commenced until the ensuing fall. The idea sug- 

 gested by one gentleman of ruiming a plough throuffh the soil, to mark, 

 out the outline of the walks, and then j)lant dahlias in the borders, which 

 we thought, at the time, visionary, has been abandoned. It will require 

 more labor and expense than many are aware of to put the grounds in 

 a fit condition for j)lanting. — Ed. 



Kerrhi japonica, (Corchorusjaponica) stood out the last winter with- 

 out the least protection wh.itever, and not a single shoot was destroyed. 

 It is now, (June 1st,) displaying its golden blossoms, which add greatly 

 to the appearance of the border at this early season. It is the first time 

 for several winters, that the shoots have not been killed to the ground. 

 Its exemption from such injury is good evidence of the nn'ldness of the 

 weather, and the little destruction it has caused among plants general- 

 ly considered only half hardy. — Ed. 



Seedling Pinks. — Mr. E. S. Payne of Lowell has sent us two or three 

 specimens of seedling pinks, one of which, called Payne's Beauty, ap- 

 pears to possess the properties of a fine flower. "Unfortunately," says 

 Mr. Payne, in his letter to us, '"my garden has been broken into, and mj"^ 

 best pinks stolen, and I am under the necessity of sending you such as 

 the thieves were pleased to leave." The specimen was, however, a very 

 good one. We are glad to perceive that the cultivation of the pink has 

 been taken up by Mr. Payne, and we hope he will, another year, send 

 us some of his best varieties when in their best state. A taste for gar- 

 dening is rapidly spreading in Lowell, and those of our friends there 

 who are lovers of the pink, should call and sec Mr. Payne's plants. The 

 seeds, Mr. Payne states, were procured in England, — Ed. 



