578 Summary Vievo of the Progress of Gardening, 



Committee, which is to determine upon the nature of the ex- 

 periments to be undertaken, and to report from time to time 

 the result of their investigations. The duty of conducting the 

 experiments has been intrusted to Mr. Edward Solly, jun., 

 " already so favourably known for the skill with which he ma- 

 naged the chemical examination of the substances submitted to 

 him by the Committee of Agriculture of the Asiatic Society." 

 [Gard Chron., vol. i. p. 379.) 



Experimental Culture. — The application of powdered char- 

 coal to the growth of plants, and more especially to the striking 

 of cuttings (p. 221.), and the experiment of sowing seeds in snow 

 (p. 302.), have been attended with some interesting results. 

 Cuttings and leaves have been rooted in charcoal, that gardeners 

 had never been able to root in sand ; and seeds have germinated 

 in snow, which come up with difficulty when sown in soil alone. 

 It appears to have been the German practice for many years to 

 sow the seeds of the auricula in snow, which is not unnatural, 

 considering the native habitation of this plant : but we should 

 not have anticipated the success which has attended sowing in 

 snow the seeds of Cape and New Holland plants ; nor has this 

 success been yet satisfactorily accounted for on scientific prin- 

 ciples. 



Implements, Utensils, Sfc. — A draw-hoe in use in Leicester- 

 shire (p. 311.) is an implement which we can very strongly 

 recommend, believing it to be better adapted for thinning out 

 seedling crops than any other tool of the kind. The Guernsey 

 weeding-prong (p,630.) will save weeders from stooping, andlessen 

 the necessity of using the fingers. A substitute for hand-glasses 

 by Mr. Forsyth (p. 204.) promises to be economical, where gentle- 

 men cut down their own timber; and a glazed flower-pot, recom- 

 mended by the same intelligent gardener {Gard. Chron., vol. i. 

 p. 499.), and which is manufactured by Mr. Legg of the Furnace 

 Lane End, Staffordshire, and of superior materials for drawing- 

 rooms by Messrs. Spode and Garrat, London, deserves a trial. 

 These pots are recommended by Mr. Forsyth, as requiring less 

 labour in cleaning from their glazed surface outside, and because, 

 their bottoms being pierced full of holes, no crocks are wanted ; as 

 lasting longer, on account of the strength given to the material 

 by the glazing, and as being handsomer in shape. Should these 

 pots be attended with all the advantages that Mr. Forsyth anti- 

 cipates, the saving of labour, and the improvement in point of 

 shape and colour, will doubtless soon bring them into general use. 



Garden Architecture. — A great deal of discussion has taken 

 place on this subject during the past year ; and it is but candid 

 in us to state that Mr. Penn's mode of heating has been shown 

 not to deserve the high eulogiums which we, in common with 

 Mr. Marnock in the FloricuUural Magazitie, Mr. Wilmot the 



