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the double white and striped red, and one or two others : the 

 latter do very well. Carrie a alba is quite hardy. Edwardsm 

 grandiflora and microphylla, iV/im ul us frlutinosus, Ononis iVatrix, 

 and Commelin« tuberosa, will remain in the ground without in- 

 jury. Leptospermum, three sorts, quite hardy; Pittosporuni Tobira 

 and undulata, Acmena (Metrosideros) floribunda, Ceanothus afri- 

 canus and azureus, Jasminum revolutum, Yzicca aloiTolia, Melas- 

 toma Fothergilh', cut down last winter, but has come up again quite 

 strongly, and is now 4ft. high; Duvaua dependens, undulata. &c.; 

 Ttucvintn latifolium and suffruticosum; with many other things, 

 that would take up too much room to mention. The Eucomis 

 punctata is hardy, and has been out in the borders many years. 

 £^chium candicans, I am sorry to say, was killed last winter ; but 

 there are several seedlings come up in the place where it grew. 



We have some fine Portugal laurels here, three or four of 

 which are from 25 ft. to 30 ft. high, and cover a space of from 

 40 ft. to 50 ft. in diameter with their tops ; also a large plant of 

 the Taxodium distichum, 30 ft. high. The stem is 15 in. in 

 diameter at 1 ft. from the ground. 



Pendarves, Oct, 8. 1836. 



Art. VIII. On the Rust on Vines. By John M'Evoy, Gardener, 

 Levveston House, near Sherborne, Dorsetshire. 



Seeing, in p. 263. of the present Volume, remarks by J. 

 Wighton, on the rust on vines, I am induced to offer my humble 

 opinion on the probable cause. I fully agree with your corre- 

 spondent, that the disease is often caused by "friction." Indeed, 

 if we examine a working gardener's hands with a microscope, 

 we need not be surprised that the berries present the scabrous 

 appearance that they so often do. I have frequently seen a man 

 catch hold of a bunch as if he were going to tie a head of 

 cabbage. I do not consider that your correspondent has proved 

 so satisfactorily as he imagines that the presence of the head 

 gardener is either the preventive or the cure ; for, in very many 

 situations (and this is one of them), the head gardener's attention 

 is called to the plantations and the farm ; or, as is frequently the 

 case here in the spring months, a dozen different tradesmen are 

 waiting for his advice or directions ; the neglecting of which, 

 and the plea that he was preventing by his presence the rust on 

 his vines, would be a weak excuse, and unworthy of the ob- 

 servant gardener. 



The fact is, I have often observed it more frequent on the 

 early than on the late vines ; and I will endeavour to account 

 for it. In the months of March and April, forcing-houses are 

 getting forward in many places; and, as we have at this season 



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