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d' Affaires, in Rio Janeiro; and then 1 shall give you an account of all what 

 I shall have seen until then. — D. I, F. Lipjmld. 



We sincerely hope that such of our readers as have the taste and the means 

 will patronise this excellent man, and scientific, and we need not say enthu- 

 siastic, botanist. He may either be addressed to the care of the British 

 consul at Rio, or orders will be received by Mr. Pamplin, Natural History 

 Agent, No. 9. Queen Street, Soho, who will take charge of articles sent home 

 by Dr. Lippold if required. The postage to Rio is 2s. 3d. — Cond. 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



New or rare Plants lately raised in the Botanic Garden, Liverpool. — Besser« 

 elegans, a bulb collected in Mexico by W. Bates, Esq., figured in the Berlin 

 Hort. Trans, for 1839, t. 4. ; Deutzfa stamlnea WalHch, figured in Flora 

 Asiatica, which has stood against a wall facing the east for the last three 

 winters, without protection, and without injury ; iycium obovatum, quite 

 hardy against a wall ; Lopez/a miniata, a frutescent plant, raised from seeds 

 collected by William Bates, Esq., not yet tried in the open air, but apparently 

 quite hardy ; and a new Buddlea from Mexico, with fine broad leaves, and a 

 free flowerer, which has stood out the last three winters, and appears quite 

 hardy. The seeds of this I also received from Mr. Bates. — Henry Shepherd. 

 Botanic Garden, Liverpool, Dec. 1. 1840. 



The Cotton Plant has been grown in Manchester from seeds of the Sea 

 Island cotton brought from America, and pods produced containing cotton fit 

 for use. {Lit. Gaz., Oct. 31. 1840.) 



SCOTLAND. 



Timber Bridges. — Mr. Mitchell related to the British Association his ex- 

 perience in constructing timber bridges in the Highlands of Scotland. He 

 mentioned, among several others, three of 75. ft. to 100 ft. span, over the Spey 

 and Dee. He considered that timber bridges would last from thirty to forty 

 years ; but such was the economy of their structure in comparison with other 

 bridges, that the prime cost would more than allow their being rebuilt. {Lit. 

 Gaz., Oct. 31. 1840.) 



Art. IV. The West London Gardeners'' Association Jor mutual 

 Instruction. 



Monday Evening, April 13. 1840. — Mr. John Fish read his paper On the 

 Forcing and general Cultivation of the Strawberry. He gave a brief history of 

 the plant, and of its medicinal properties, and then detailed the practice of 

 some gardeners in forcing the fruit. They lift two-year-old plants, putting 

 them with good balls in 24-sized pots, and then commence to force them 

 immediately ; last year's runners are recommended by others to be potted in 

 February, taking off the blossoms as they appear during the growing season, 

 to prepare them for forcing in the autumn : to these j)lans he objected, as there 

 would be a great loss of time and of labour, and the fruit would not be so fine, 

 as the best is obtained during the first season of growth. His practice was, 

 to prepare strong warm or any good rich soil with one third decomposed hot- 

 bed dung in July, or as soon as rootcil runners can be obtained, potted in 48 

 or 32-sizcd pots, with 2 in. of well decomposed dung above the crocks, one 

 plant in each pot. When taking them from tiic old jtlants, to pull up an arm- 

 ful of the runners, dressing, potting, and shading them at the north side of a 



