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and for what, or why, it was enforced ; 

 annually, Lady Kolle doubles the amount 

 so' collected, and if good order has been 

 kept, and only a small sum so collected, 

 her ladyship trebles the amount. I add 

 my own mite, and each foreman his, 

 as a sort of compound for any matter 

 that may have slipped our memories, &c. ; 

 the amount is then placed in the Savings 

 Bank, as a reserve sum in case of illness, 

 &c. We have the same order and regula- 

 tion kept in each tool-shed that is to 

 say, the tool-shed of each department 

 that I need here describe only one. The 

 tool-shed of the hothouse and flower- 

 garden department is a lean-to shed at 

 the back of a hot house, substantially 

 built, and covered with slate; length, 

 fifty -four feet; width, thirteen feet; height 

 at back, fifteen feet; and height at front, 

 nine feet ; paved all through with York- 

 shire flag-stones, which are neatly swept 

 up every night, the last thing, and washed 

 every Saturday thoroughly. There is a 

 door at each end, and one in the centre 

 of the front wail, and a window on each 

 side of the centre door. Strong beams 

 are thrown across from front to back, and 

 strong planks laid on them, which form 

 a useful loft for placing mats, stakes, 

 laths for tally -making, brooms, nets, 

 canvass for covering and shading, &c.,&c. 

 Within two feet of the roof, against the 

 back wall, is placed a row of pegs the 

 whole length of the shed, for hanging 

 the long-handled tools, such as grass and 

 leaf rakes, long-handled Dutch hoes, and 

 iron rakes, &c. ; on the next row of pegs, 

 the whole length of the shed, are placed 

 the various kinds of draw hoes, tan forks, 

 dung forks and prongs, strong forks for 

 digging and surface-stirring, spades and 

 shovels of various kinds, pickaxes, mat- 

 tocks and bills, dung drags,edging shears, 

 &c. ; on a third row of pegs, still lower, 

 are placed the water-pots, all numbered, 

 with initials as well, thus B, G 45, or 

 CO, whatever the number may run to; 

 underneath those is a row more of pegs , 

 for placing the noses of the water-pots 

 thus the back wall is furnished. The front 

 wall, half-way, is furnished with shelves 

 for placing shreds and nails, rope yarn, 

 tallies, flower-pegs, whetstones, rubber 

 or scythe-stones, and many other small 

 articles. Underneath those shelves are 

 pegs for hanging the hammers, axes, 

 saws, hatchets, mallets, and stake-drivers, 

 irowels, hand-forks, reels and lines, 



hedge-clipping shears, scythes, chisels, 

 the various sizes of one-handed crane- 

 necked hoes, crowbars, mops, hair- 

 brushes, and brooms, and various other 

 articles. The scythes are hung up over 

 the end beam, and on the other side, 

 without shelves, the hand-barrows are 

 placed; birch and heath brooms, both 

 round and fan-shaped, that are in daily 

 use; and various other articles. The 

 garden rules are hung in a conspicuous 

 place; also in the tool-house. Every 

 tool is to be put into its proper or allotted 

 place every night thoroughly cleansed, 

 any omision of which subjects the de- 

 faulter to a fine. Each tool-house is 

 under the same system. We have sepa- 

 rate wheelbarrow sheds ; sheds for placing 

 soils in the dry, arranged in old casks ; 

 varieties of sand, pebbles, and flints, for 

 potting purposes, with lofts over for flower- 

 pot stowage; a shed for the liquid -manure 

 casks, which is one of the most essential 

 and valuable of all. A shed for placing 

 the charred articles of all kinds, equal to 

 the last ; a potting shed ; mushroom shed ; 

 stove shed ; fruit rooms, and onion lofts, 

 &c., &c. Each and all are kept under 

 the above regulations." 



TOOTH-ACHE-TREE. Zantfio'xylum. 



TOOTHWORT. JDenta'ria. 



TOP-DRESSING. Manure spread over 

 the surface whilst the crop is growing. 



TORCH-THISTLE. Ge'reus. 



TORE'NIA. (Named after Bev. O. Toran, 

 a Swedish botanist. Nat. ord., Figworts 

 [Scrophulariacese]. Linn., \k-Didynamia 

 %-Angiospermia.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings of the points of 

 shoots, or small side-shoots, in sandy soil, and in 

 a little heat ; if far enough from the glass of the 

 frame or pit, they will want no bell-glass ; fibry 

 loam and sandy peat in equal proportions, with 

 another part made up of dried old cow-dung, 

 charcoal, and rough sand. Winter temp., 42 to 

 50 ; summer, 60 to 80. 



T. Arracune'nsis (Arracan). Deep purple. June. 

 1846. 



Asia'tica (Asiatic). l$.Purple. June. E.Ind.1845. 



co'ncolor (one- coloured). l. Purple. July. 



China. 1844. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). J. Lilac. July. 



E. Ind. 1811. 



edenta'ta (toothless). 1. Purple. June, E. 



Ind. 1845. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). White. June. E. Ind. 1823. 



sea' bra (rough-leaved'). 1. Pale blue. June. 



Moreton Bay. 1830. 



TO'RTRIX. A genus of moths. 



T. luscana generates a red grub, and 

 T. cynosbana a black-spotted, green grub, 

 both very destructive of blossom-buds. 



T. vitisana, Vine Tortrix. Found on 



