104 Domestic Notices : — England. 



branches, which spread outwards and incline upwards, somewhat in the man- 

 ner of those of Buddlea globosa. Mr. Lawrence, gardener to the proprietor. 

 Sir Richard Simeon, Bart., raised the plant from a cutting brought to 

 London in 1S21, — William Arnold, Bromjield, Eastmount, Hyde, Isle ofJVig/if, 

 Dec. 15. 18.37. 



EV///j/?H giganteum has grown to a fine bush in the open border of Sir Rich- 

 ard Simeon's garden at St. John's, producing its pyramidal spikes of rich blue 

 flowers most abundantly in July and August ; the shrub then appearing like a 

 magnificent candelabrum, about 3 ft. in height, with a stem as thick as a man's 

 arm. — Id. 



Vi/rus tormiudlis, in Quarn Copse, at Binstead, near Ryde, is about 40 ft. 

 high,'with a head of ;ibout the same diameter; and the trunk is 7ft. Hin. in 

 circumference at Hin. from the ground. It appears to be indigenous. — Id. 



Sida pulchella Arb. Brit., p. 363. f. 89. — This was kept here in a pot as a 

 green-house plant, \2 months ago ; and, thinking it might prove hardy, I 

 planted it against a south wall in the spring. It has made a growth of -i ft. 

 and upwards this season, and has been covered with flowers for six weeks 

 past. The frost of the 18th and I9th inst. did not seem to hurt it in the least : 

 in fact, it is, to all appearance, as hardy as a common myrtle. I believe it was 

 raised from seeds sent from some parts of New Holland. — John Spencer. 

 Bou'ood Gardens, Colne, Xov, S-i. 1837. 



The Cactus Tribe. — I am a great admirer of the Cactus tribe, of which we 

 have a very good collection ; but none of them, in my opmion, can claim our 

 admiration more than Epiphyllum truncatum, particularly when grafted on any 

 of the other kinds, such as Peresk/a aculeata, Cereus speciosissimus ; or, what 

 is the best of all stocks, Opuntia brasiliensis, of which I have several grafted 

 plants, and on which stock E. truncatum does, indeed, grow to very great 

 perfection. I have one plant, whida I grafted, two years since, on a stock 4 ft. 

 high, which has now 109 flowers open on it. Nothing can be more splendid 

 than this plant, when well grown, with its pendulous branches falling in all 

 directions. This is, also, by far the best way to grow Cereus flagelliformis, 

 &c., which can be trained very gracefully on a light wire trellis, according to 

 the taste of the grower. — John Clarke. Compton Gardens, near Sherborne, 

 Dorset, Dec. 28. 1837. 



'Euphorbis. JacquinisedoTa. — A specimen of this very splendid plant is now 

 in flower here, 7 ft. high ; it is regularlv covered with branches, leaves, and 

 flowers, from the surface of the mould upwards, and forms a fusiform cone of 

 surpassing beauty. — Id. 



2Ii)sa CavendishW, — In the cultivation of our favourite plant, the Mus« 

 Cavendish//, we are as enthusiastic as ever. One plant produced such a bunch 

 of fruit this season as would have astonished any one : we did not weigh it 

 (which I regret), as it was used at diiFerent times in the house at Chatsworth, 

 and much approved of. Two other plants are just beginning to ripen their 

 fruit, which is very fine. Each plant, we have found, produces, on an average, 

 about 110 full-grown fruit; all of which will ripen well, and of a good flavour, 

 if it is kept in a warm dry atmosphere. I think you might recommend it ad- 

 vantageously for a suburban garden, or in an ornamental point of view. — 

 Josepli Paxton. Chatsworth, Oct. 23. 1837. 



Two newly invented Ploughs in Jersey. (See Vol. XIII. p. o72.) — I cannot 

 refrain from giving you an account of two remarkably clever ploughs that have 

 latelv been invented by M. John Le Boutillier, a native of Jersey. He con- 

 structed a one-horse plough for me, about two years ago, which only weighs 

 58 lb., for planting potatoes. It is simple and efficient ; and traces a narrow 

 furrow, in ami along which women or children deposit the potato sets at any 

 given depth, when the next turn of the plough throws the earth 18 in. ofl', and 

 neatlv and completely covers the sets in the furrow that has been planted ; 

 making a new furrow at the same time. This is an admirable improvement, as it 

 saves the labour of one horse, besides that of one turn of the plough at each 

 furrow : for formerly it required two turns of the plough to plant one furrow ; 



