354 Domestic J^otices. 



Messrs. Luscombe and Pine, for heaths; Messrs. RoUison, for Asiatic 

 Orchidacese; ditto, for American ditto; ditto, for a collection of stove 

 and green-house plants; Mr. Lane, gardener to J. H. Farmer, Esq., for 

 a collection of stove and green-house plants; Mr. J. Young, of Epsom, 

 for a New Zealand plant; Mr. Green, for a Chinese plant. 



Silver Knightian Medal, to Messrs. Wather, for hardy azaleas; Mr. 

 W. Smith, for green-house azaleas; Mr. James Young, for ditto; Mr. 

 Salter, for Amaryllacece; Mr. Fuller, for ditto; Mr. Green, for calceola- 

 rias; Mr. Glenny, for ditto; Mr. J. Wilmot, for cucumbers; Mr. Lane, 

 for ditto; Mr. Falconer, gardener to A. Palmer, Esq., for Cacti in flow- 

 er; Mr. RoUison, for melon Cacti; Mr. Redding, gardener to Mrs. 

 Marryatt, for ferns; Mr. Wilmott, of Isleworth, for grapes; Mr. Mount- 

 joy, of Ealing, for heart 's-ease; and Mr. Glennj^, for ditto. — (Paxton's 

 liort, Reg.) 



Art. in. Domestic Notices. 



Jun'iperus virginiana. — Two splendid and ancient trees of this dura- 

 ble timber, may be seen growing each on the summit of a small diluvial 

 hill near my present residence. Their unique and peculiar beauty, and 

 singular similarity in size and form had long attracted ray attention. In 

 nearly a century thej' have been observed as comparatively of the same 

 magnitude as now. I should think they might be as old or older than the 

 settlement of the country. They are twin trees on twin hills. The 

 circumference of the one is five feet and seven inches, and that of the 

 other six feet. The length of trunk, exclusive of the base of the branch- 

 es and crown of roots, answers in each to the circumference. Both 

 are riven and decayed at the heart. The tops are nearly flat, and the 

 annual increase of the branches very small. They are splendid speci- 

 mens of the species. From their great size and elevated situation, they 

 are conspicuous objects in the scenery, and would do honor to any park 

 or lawn, as noble representatives of an American forest tree. — Yours, 

 An Observer of Trees, South Hingham, Aug. 8. 



Quere. — Have any attempts been made, this season, to cultivate the 

 far-famed "O'xalis crenata," the supposed rival of the unrivalled jjota- 

 to, and what the success .'' 



Quere. — Is " JVforus multicaiilis" a species, or a variety .'' 



Zephrydnthes rosea. — We recommend to the lovers of delicately beau- 

 tiful plants, that interesting and pretty individual of the Amaryllacecc, 

 " Zephyranthes r6sea." We saw a bed of this species, a few days ago, 

 which promised great beauty. It is tender, but needs only the same 

 care as the splendid Tigridia, near which it might be grown with great 

 effect. Plant out the offsetts in the spring, and on the decay of the fo- 

 liage remove them to a dry and warm situation for the winter. The 

 bulbs are procured at any good collection of exotic plants. — R. 



Microscopic beauty of the fruit of Aspidium marginule. — Having oc- 

 casion to examine, with a magnifying glass of considerable power, the 

 indusium of the fruit on Aspidium marginale, I was delighted to observe 

 the rapid dehiscence of its beautiful conceptacles and evolution of its 

 minute spores. The indusium of this fern is furnished with a lateral 

 sinus, very distinct under a common pocket lens, which serves as an ex- 

 cellent character. Beneath it are the pedicillated conceptacles, which 

 are sometimes thrown off from the common axis of the fruit, exhibiting 

 their ring and entire figure. These elastically unroll themselves, and 

 numerous minute bodies (which to the naked eye are but impalpable 

 powder or dust), are scattered, leaving the ring entirely empty. 



