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killed by overwatering^ than from any other cause. At this season, 

 once in ten days will be sufficient, [at least once a week in our cli- 

 mate. — Ed.] but this must depend somewhat upon the weather. 



Succulents are easily multiplied by cuttings or seeds. If the cut- 

 ting is soft and liable to damj), it oujfht to 1)6 dried a little before it 

 is put into the sand. Sometimes a little quick lime is used for pre- 

 venting decay, and can either be used for the base of the cutting, or 

 applied to any part of the plant from which the damping part has 

 been renjoved. {Gard. Chron., 1842, p. 4.) 



Art. II. Foreign Notices. 

 AUSTRIA. 



Description of the Garden and collection of Plants of Baron von 

 Hugel, near Vienna, — The March number of Loudon's Gardener's 

 Magazine, contains a long and interestinff account, translated from 

 the Garten Zeitung, of Baron Hugel's celel)rated garden. The de- 

 scription is so interesting, that notwithstanrling its length, we have 

 ventured to extract it entire, knowing that it will be |)eriised with 

 pleasure by all our readers. The collection is one of the finest and 

 largest on the continent; no j)ains or expense have been spared to 

 obtain whatever was new or beautiful, and the garden has been en- 

 riched with the productions of all countries. The several green- 

 houses, conservatories, &c., are also put after neat and tastefully ar- 

 ranged designs, by the baron himself; the whole afTordinir one of the 

 most delightful treats to lovers of plants. The following is the de- 

 scri|)tion : — 



For a full account of this rich collection, I must refer to the sys- 

 tematic catalogue published in 1840, and shall here confine my re- 

 marks to plants at present in flower, and particularly remarkable for 

 their beauty, rarity, or size. 



The view, immediately on entering the garden, is one verj' rarely 

 seen, and displays knowledge, taste, and propriety, often looked for 

 elsewhere in vain- I particularly allude to the beautiful terrace in 

 front of the living-rooms, where the [)illars, surrounded by climbing 

 plants, seem composed of masses of flowers; where in the beds of 

 flowers between the pedestals, revel, in all the richness of coloring, 

 Lilium longiflorum, Gladiolus psittacinus and floriliiindus, Tiirridia 

 ■pavbnia Juss. (Ferrar/a ]j.) Ferraria undulata, and numerous |)e- 

 tunias; and where the wire j)lant-boxes are overgrown with difierent 

 species of Lathyrus, with a gigantic specimen of Fuchsm fulgens 

 and LebretoiiM coccinea in the centre, by the sides of which are 

 rare specimens of Scottm trajiezoides and dentata, and new s|)ccies 

 of c^cacia and Gnidia. The terrace floor is tessellated, and on it 



