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be 14, 
a packet of “ Wiltshire com- 
powering agers tig ¢ mice,” » with which he will 
; the best amongst them is mixing 
with fresh butter or lard, and forming a 
which is to be spread on bread.. I 
y rats in the first instance, and found 
it to kill cockroaches by thousands. It is poisonous ; and 
lace as the cockroaches, it will 
b 
most druggists ond vendors 
iends have also tried 
holes with tow soaked in the same, and washing all the 
under-pianings, of whatever kind, with it, he d, 
think, be rid of his plague, .No t they are in the 
ground-floor of his house, and if once dislodged from their 
uarters baa be mers ‘ soon “ag 4 If »! 
Fr n for an ignor —H. B., Who mee 
L 
= the rsh of all this i in their Fae rk tn tL 
everal instances in which, where 
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ns 
to have answered the purpose; but perhaps a sufficient 
ay was not used, —X,. ¥.Z. 
with thet pests, both ‘taedeors and out, the following in- 
may perhaps be useful, and anerele. the necessity 
of keeping pairs which are nuisances alike in the house and 
ure : x apnecttapts © of that kind are are 
wire spring 
Pace! in each; they’are 
ant shops mates such vantioles 4 are ke ept. 
ae meal in a 
St. which fill pp hole arp full. 
od ; and whe 
4 Ms 
xe thread, the wire 
Mice 
en they bite off 
siaies 
a 
adition that news did inhabit the 
n seen. Its pre- 
aspect (but most of them in a much lighter 
rier soil), ar my great grief, have perished.— H. B. 
ar for Gravel- Watks.—Let me advise some of 
some t 
nest 
and Roses, Geraniu 
other gor ay a ts of = shy os yet in embryo. 
and ums, 
over, many who could assist in rendering these exhibitions 
attractive have no pute in imp: lity or know- 
ledge of the judges chosen e Society, and therefore do 
not choose to put themselves to trouble xpense in pre- 
paring for them; it being, alas! too notoriousthatthe best 
s do not always obtain their rewa he é Ber- 
lése exhibited (not for a prize) a large and, considering th 
ess of the — fine c tion of Camellias—Trinm 
ans, Lactea, Duchess oe Imbricata alba, He- 
teropetala, Reticulata, pati, and Grand Frédéric, were 
in splendid colour. Those of M. Paillet were also fine, 
especially iakseet, Futtang, Elegans, and Leeana su- 
perba; he had a me good specimens of Rhododen- 
drons, amon whiel c iphtiona Duchesse de Wurtemburg, 
Excelsum, Sepa nah ae oy erbum : _ sae rie mn 
finest collection in ~~ class was that o ‘ 
; and yet ize was awarded - ee +09 
lants mb elite orthless. A the Rhododen- 
drons of M. Modeste were Atrosanguineum, Altaclerense 
speciosum, Consinum superbum, Duchesse de Wurtem- 
urg, Formosissimum, Recsclliansm, Smithii, Caucasi- 
cum album, Punctatum roseum, and Rubescens flore-pleno, 
with magnificent trusses of blooms. MM. Roblin an 
Berger had some good forced Roses; the most striking 
were Comte de Pari ady Fordwich, Lamarque, Prin- 
cesse Héléne, Bougére, Smithii, and Laffay’s new varieties 
—Duc umale, Perpétuelle Rivers, e » and 
Mrs. Elliot. M. Leblanc had some large and well 
own Hyacinths which attracted much notice, and som 
gr y ed m e 
very middling Auriculas and Pansies which would have been 
Mr te rhart exbibited Rhododendron altaclerense, Tri- 
Fulgens, Russellianum, an ustum—the fi 
as the best collection, the o or the newest plants, 
This award has given scone dissatisfaction, the. injustice 
ng too 4 to e notice from the merest tyro 
in horticulture, : fue eailectian comprised som 
very good E and Epacrises, also Mi pet 
i 
Columnea supe and Li se. eshier 
sae auviére also had . ural ware, 
nii, Paltenwe fea ca 
Pcie 
mall greenhouse—indee 
od. The be 
some beaut ens of 
department, Such was the opening sho 842, adding 
nothing to the reputation of the Society, affording ‘but 
little satisfaction to the exhibitors, and he public at 
large so flat and uninteresting, that even the Paris papers 
could, not help noticing its poverty. {Our readers will 
rceive that the two cor nden ve se an 
sent u 
account of this oe ies have taken very yo yg views 
of the quality of the ts exhibited, and of the manner 
in ——- os ei _ ucted 
Ss of agriculture in this mae 
po eatery bees very ‘great and Col. Rei id has 6 
Misr much fabour, got t sufficient ground c leared | 
purpose. If the work begun by his Excellency be follow ed 
up by his successors, the yee: House Ga ay! he 
pag pee ona t the most beautiful anywhere. It is 
ne between two hills, with a flat at the | San 
a Sg pt formerly a peat no meadow 
alks and terraces are being formed, and about two miles 
Ss 
with nga 
€ agriculturist sent out by the aGee ial 
woe 
ory of the 
though the valleys were once before a previously 
© the settlements in Virginia extending themselyes.— 
7 
rnando — This island produces the rankest vege- 
— ae oo mina can eee — being covered from 
the foot to the top of the ce 
tions which would repa - the Ia tis 
tanical collector to investigate. antity of fine timber 
is annually brought sas thence to this — (England) 
by the West African Society. It i e regretted that 
- cultivation ~ —— Cote, Indigo, and other tro- 
ot 
uced to 
owing: Sweet and na squamosa 
and muricata), Anona Cherimoyer, Papaya Carica, Pa- 
m hectvons Cc 
he fine fence formed of Yuccas plan 
the road leading from the beach to the des _ 
- a cee — uckers from t 
he til 
only thick, and srtoile thi 
sharp sre a it Seipncaiie to man or bea: 
J. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
HORTICULTURAL 
May 12.—Mr. Solly’s third Lecture mot Meityored to- 
it constitutes 
about four-fifths ; and. that, being possessed of pee 
a d distinguished zt the abse: 
fic cist 
a oe 
oo 
Az) ee th cht Der At 2 
d 
cid; and, on the other fan ‘when nitrogen and — 
hydrogen | are ‘combined ,they form ammonia : ; thus affording two 
bi 
and the aver Y erent @ Saag existing bet unds © 
pee "their elem thus onerinad the roy pve: ber 7 
peeecare ° Plants, hie properties, and tte agen neti é 
draw the proximate elements of Plan’ von those co el 
of Savon hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon, onditferent oro 3 
tions, which, as woody fibre, gum, sugar, ee gluten, &c., 
comautate vegetable matter; the Proper ies nature, and different 
fo hese subs d, and t 
Mr, that, hav e through 
the introductory part of the pe he should “next take a be 
grea’ ae of the food of plants, 4 
lect 
HROYAL Citi gees SOCIETY OF ENG 
e 
to the “oth « of pie and 
next monthly council es i Soap pprery ol seser should be em. — 
tions of member residing in n Looe 
Mr: R. Ba ice j itt prese 
pier 
their bet and the aie submitted = Mr. Dean for the social 4 
ous The committee was directed to hold its next meeting on 
condi ay, and ayia: m this sub jec ect to the OES | cone, 
—— ar f n the north- — 
a en at htehs the annual country meting should be — 
held n 1843; documents were mabeaitest to onsidera- 
shou 
g¢ fu 
que: . Itwas resolved that the final consideration — 
aal oo ‘the llth of May,—W. Tay 
bundle of Bokhara Cl iver (recently cut), with a coloured engrav- 
ing and the following account of its cultivation :—‘‘ A small pac! et 
of the seed of this Clover, ws h appears to be variety of Meli- 
$ arbore ea, Ss giv a 
oem 
sopenater when it was Sisue feet high ; 
the stalks were manufac tured into d ago emp. Horses 
idity in its young state; and to judge fromits extra- 
ry growth the first year, it ‘may be fed off three times, 
amely, the middle of J a It stood je 
h; 
quently on the 28th of June ght i7 ; 
and in September 12 feria | the first flowers appear: din June, 
ith fragran 
pmercgiey 
ig i ‘om ii 
a gn ed ing m Gen eared plant, with a stro) 
i =e va paten with Ree ane blossom, it Keeps the proms 
Grass ki ate than most other p of t he artifice 
iene nd and é roe pare will be more ‘ntuential in ee 
It is a plan & soils for the reception of Wheat ¢ ws 
hes Plant capahie of cay cultivated with ad vantage onalm 1 
iit d dry descripti land, if in a tolerable state 
fertility 3 and it may Match “a The p por- 
pg 2a is neces ust vary according to the quality 
e d the state ys preparation to apie h it nee been 
um Melilotus dite, or (as it had been . 
A ana ina- 
lor, Esq., F.L.S., presented & S| 
