190 General Notices. — Foreign Notices. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General JVbtices. • 



A mode of Preservins^ the Floivers of the Pansy. — I was induced, last 

 summer, to endeavor to preserve the flowers of some very fine pansies, 

 by gumming them on pasteboard, and covering them with gum water ; 

 they looked very well at first ; but, in a short period, the colors of seve- 

 ral of them began to fade, while others are at present as brilliant as the 

 day I finished them. Had all the specimens faded on exposm'e to the 

 light, I should not have been so much surprised ; but I cannot account 

 for some having faded, while others remained good. Perhaps some of 

 your readers would be kind enough to give me information as to the best 

 and surest mode of preserving- the colors. I have heard that, if the 

 flowers are gathered under a very hot sun, the colors will stand.— (J. L. 

 in Gard. Mas:.] 



Art. II. Foreign JVotices. 

 ENGLAND. 



The question tvhether Potatoes ought to be planted ivhole or in sets, appears 

 to be still undecided. It is still vexnta questio. * * * * j 

 have no doubt but that the whole potatoes produce the greatest I'eceipt. 

 I proved to a friend of mine in Yorkshire, that, by his mode of cultivat- 

 ing potatoes, he lost not less than one thousand pounds last year. I 

 once before addressed you on the subject of potatoes, in the hope that 

 you would have called the public attention, and I told you I should make 

 an accurate experiment this year. I did so, but I fear it will fail. We 

 were without rain for six weeks ; the haulm was quite burnt up, and now 

 the weather is so wet, that I cannot take 'the potatoes up. However, 

 I will note the result, be it what it may ; for I think the culture of pota- 

 toes a much more important object than others seem to do. — [R. Lowndes, 

 Gard. Mag.) 



JVew Variety of the Grape. — At the September meeting of the Cam- 

 bridgeshire Horticultural Society, last year, Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth, 

 presented specimen clusters of anew seedling* grape of the Muscat kind. 

 It is stated to be a most prolific bearer, and can be obtained to perfection 

 from March till October. It is called Wilmot's Early Prolific Muscat. — 

 [Gard. Mag.) 



JVeiv Species or Variety of Onion. — In an article on Horticulture, in the 

 EncyclopcEdia Britannica, vol. ix, p. 671, is mentioned "a pearl onion, as of 

 recent introduction and little known. It is said to produce clusters of 

 little bulbs at the root, the bulbs having a fine white color like the true 

 silver-skin, and being very fit for pickling. Mr. G. Don considers it a 

 distinct species, the ^'llium Halleri of his Monograph. — ( Gard. Mag.) 



Trifolium Incarnatum. — The cultivation of this plant is, we are glad to 

 learn, spreading rapidly ; and it is, in some parts of the country, gene- 

 rally taking the place of tares. It produces a much greater quantity of 



