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lions of a hollow cone (a b), with a spring within (c) ; which being set free 

 by the mole's entering and pushing forward the plate (d), the spring c raises 

 the valvular stopper (e), which prevents the retreat of the mole. The ring 

 of withy ( /), which might be of iron, is for keeping the sections of the 

 cone united when the trap is set ; and, of course, it is slipped off every 

 time a mole is taken out. 



Mr. Murray, of the botanic garden Glasgow, has_ rightly suggested that 

 it would be an improvement to have traps of this kind made in pairs, one 

 at each end of the same piece of wood, but still to keep them distinct in 

 the middle ; so that, let the mole encounter either end, it may have an 

 opportunity of entering. — Cond. 



An Annular Pan, as a defence 

 against all such Insects and Vermin 

 as either never, or at least very sel- 

 dom, jly, has been sent us by Mr. 

 Allardyce. It consists of an an- 

 nular pan {fig. 17.), which is to be 

 filled with water, and so placed as 

 to have the plant to be protected in 

 its centre, whether in the open 

 ground or in a pot. This defence 

 will, no doubt, be very effectual 

 against woodlice and slugs ; but it 

 will be a very imperfect one against 

 earwigs, as those insects are now 

 generally known to fly, and more es- 

 pecially in the night-time. ("Seeil/crg. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. iv. p. 436.)— Cowc^. 

 Gauntlets for Lady Gai-deners. — Sir, The extensive range taken by the 

 varied contents of your Magazine, and, above all, the kindly interest felt 

 by yourself in every thing conducive in the smallest degree to the comfort 

 of others, induces me, without apology, to trouble you with the following 

 communication, trifling though, I fear, it may appear to many of your 

 readers. Perhaps it may seem ridiculous to those whom cuffs of broad- 

 cloth render invincible by such evils, to say, that, having for some years 

 (even from the time that I could first wield a knife for that purpose) been 



in the habit of keeping pruned the rose-bushes of a small garden, I have 

 always experienced much inconvenience from their prickles, which, to say 



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