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other atmospheric influences, the attacks of insects, and of birds, soon 

 produce a complete disorganization of the place laid open by the wound. 

 Little reservoirs of water soon are formed in the cut, and insects' nests 

 are seen, which, sooner or later, occasion the decay of the tree to the 

 very heart. Then growth ceases, the leaves become discolored, the 

 fruit is thin and of bad quality, and at last the tree perishes. 



A French agriculturist of some note. General Higonet, has lately made 

 known his mode of proceeding in such cases. He says, "To obviate as 

 much as possible the serious evils arising from fissures in old trees, I al- 

 ways adopt the following simple method, in my orchards at Veyrace, 

 where I have trees remarkable for the quality of their fruits and the pic- 

 turesque beauty of their branches. I regularly, every year, cover over 

 with mortar the hollow of every aged or wounded tree. The wounded 

 part is always filled with stones, and some of the trees are so old and 

 wasted, that a whole bushel of stones has been used in a single instance. 

 I have practised this plan for ten years, and the good effects of it have 

 been perfectly astonishing. Every autumn I examine all the trees, and 

 I make a mason fall to work where any services appear necessary. A sin- 

 gle workman, Avith a boy to assist, is equal to the task of finishing off 

 three hundred trees a day. Since I have taken this precaution, I have 

 not lost a single tree, though many of mine are exceeilingly old. They 

 have received fresh vigor, and yield an abundance of fruit. This meth- 

 od also succeeds with oaks, ash, and other trees. I may remark, that the 

 lime of the mortar stimulates so actively the parts of the tree which it 

 touches, that I have seen large hollows, filled with masonry, completely 

 closed by the tree growing over it in two or three years after having been 

 built up." {Hort. Jour.) 



Art. II. Foreign Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



Prize Dahlias. — We have not yet received our English floricultural 

 journals, which give the results of the various exhibitions throughout 

 the kingdom; but we have letters from various sources, which state that 

 the display of flowers has been large and extensive. A Cambridge pa- 

 per of a late date has been forwarded to us, containing an account of 

 the great Birmingham Show, the names of the flowers, and the exhib- 

 itors; but it has not yet reached us, and is probably lost. Mr. Widnall, 

 among our other correspondents, in a letter of a late date, informs us 

 that he had exhibited at several of the principal shows, (open to all Eng- 

 land,) and had received the following prizes: — 



At the York Exhibition, August 30th, 183S, 

 Best forty-eight blooms, £5. 

 Best one, £1. 



Best one, (extra class,) £1. 

 Seedling, 15s. 



At the Cambridge exhibition, Sept. 6th, 

 Best thirty-six blooms, £10. 

 At the Birmingham Grand Show, Sept. 12tb, 



Best twenty-four blooms, silver cup, £20. 

 Best twelve blooms, £5. 



Second seedling, £2. 



Fifth seedling, £1. 



Mr. Widnall aUj states that he has not exhibited a stand this season, 



