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{ash leaved) growing in Dalmatia, Yenetia and Georgia, in shady, 

 sheltered and stony places. M. Treviraniis, of the botanic 

 garden of Breslau, named it ash leaved. But the P. roseum and 

 carneum are extensively cultivated now for insecticide 'powder^ (the 

 capsules are pulverized). It was introduced from Dalmatia into 

 Italy long ago, for it was cultivated in the botanic garden of 

 Padua, as a rare plant in 1660. It is of the Chamomile family. 



TREE PLANTING IN FRANCE. 



Mons. de Courval, on his place of about 3,400 acres, has planted 

 the most valuable trees — nearly 300,000 forest trees, all in order 

 heads balanced, and all growing finely. He has 36,000 young 

 ones about three or four feet high. Among these, the Giant 

 Washington, of California, four feet high! 



Session of September 27. Moys. Payen presiding. 



Two enormous yellow pumpkins or squashes were presented 

 by M. Fournier, gardener of the Maria Theresa Hospital of Paris. 

 One weighed 123 kilometres, and the other 112; or nearly 300 

 pounds and 254 pounds. 



The largest I ever saw was raised by David Gelten, late col- 

 lector of New York, 224. 



Mons. Fournier says that he has for a long time planted in 

 succession, the seed of the largest. M. Gelsten let only one re- 

 main on his vine. I let all grow, and had 700 pounds the whole 

 of them together, but the largest was only 72 pounds. 



H. MEIGS. 



TOMATO 



Suffers from a malady like the potato disease — and this as well 

 tender glass as in open air ! 



STRAWBERRY 



With very large j?a^ berries and also flat stalks. 



APHIS LANIGERA. 



The woolly plant-louse — we owe to America. It came from 

 there about the beginning of this century. But Salisbury says 

 England got it from France, in the reign of Louis XIY, brought 

 over to Paddington by some refugees. 



Sir Jos. Banks said it went from England to France, and was 

 brought to England from America on some apple trees set out in 

 a nursery at Chelsea. Lime has failed to cure the evil. Warm 



