304 Foreign JVotices. 



"flowers," or the finely laevigated stone brimstone, are with great diffi- 

 culty mixed with water; and yet it is sometimes highly desirable to 

 throw a shower of suljthurated water over the entire foliage of a vine 

 or peach tree. This ol)ject can be readily effected by the aid of a little 

 gum tragacanth, (gum dragon, as it is vulgarl}' called.) Half an ounce 

 of the powdered gum, which can be procured very cheaply of any drug- 

 gist, may perhaps suffice for tv.'o or three years. To a table spoonful 

 or two of flowers of sulphur, in a wedgewood mortar, add three or four 

 grains (or a quantity that would scarcely cover one half of a four-penny 

 piece,) of the tragacanth; rub them together, dropping in a very little 

 water: work these materials with the pestle till an even pasty mass be 

 produced; then add water, to bring the sulphur to the consistency of 

 cream; and in this state it will unite with any quantity of water; or, in 

 other Avords, the particles of the sulphur will become diffused through- 

 out the whole bulk, and can then be taken up by the syrinije. The 

 sulphur, it is true, will be deposited in time, but vegetation will bring it 

 again to that state of diffusion in which the particb s may be thrown on 

 the plant; to which, also, they remain fixed, in situations wherein they 

 may exert their utmost energy, whether that be a preventive or reme- 

 dial. (Id.) 



Art. II. Foreign Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Value of Tulips. — A beautiful new bizarre tulip, called the Everard, 

 has been lately figured in the Horticullural Journal. The whole stock, 

 consisting of seven roots, has been purchased by Mr. Glenny for 140 

 guineas, (nearly |700,) who proposes to divide the roots with any per- 

 son wishinsr to possess it. The whole stock was purchased, as the indi- 

 vidual who raised and broke it refused to sell a single bulb. It is stated 

 as a singular fact that this variety was perfectly broken the first time 

 the seedling bulb bloomed, and among seedlings, which, from the period 

 of original growth, were kept separate. There is therefore not a breed- 

 er of it in the country. {Gard. Gaz.) 



The while Carrol. — A new variety under this name is said to have 

 been lately produced. In color it is something whiter than the parsnij); 

 in flavor much more delicate than the orange carrot. Seeds have been 

 advertised by the London seedsmen. — Id. [We hope this variety will 

 be speedily introduced by our seedsmen. — £</.] 



London HorlicuHural Society. — The anniversary meeting of this So- 

 ciety was held on Tuesday, May 1st, 1838. Mr. Knight, the President, 

 had arrived in town, but the state of his health prevented him from at- 

 tending (see an oliituary notice in another page,) the meeting. 



The auditors of the treasurer's accounts made a report of the finan- 

 cial srat(; of the Society, which gives a surjihis over the expenditures of 

 £1557, 15s. 2rf. The receipts for exhibitions, &tc. amounted to £5705, 

 3s. '2d. 



The outstanding debt of the Society is now reduced to £12.898, 00s. 



