44 Huntingdon Willow. 



if that state of inactivity is brought on sooner in autumn ; 

 hence, though the winter of 1824-5, was so mild, that a small 

 leaved myrtle and geranium zonale survived in the open air in 

 the court of the writer of this paper near Bryanstone Square, 

 the spring flowering plants and shrubs, and even the almond 

 trees, blossomed remarkably late, considering the temperature 

 of the season ; and what is still more to the point, he observed 

 "winter aconites and crocuses in blossom from north of the 

 river Trent so far as York, where the winter had not been so 

 mild as in the southern counties, but several days of continued 

 frost and snow had occurred ; those flowers, with the mezereon 

 being much more advanced than in the gardens and nurseries 

 about London, which were visited the day before he left Lon- 

 don. 



3dly, To any person, who wishes to pursue this mode of 

 hastening the maturity of grapes, north of Stamford in Lincoln- 

 shire, he recommends the cultivation of the miller's or Bur- 

 gundy grape exclusively ; for he has found it unaffected by 

 smart frost, when the shoots of the muscadine and sweet water 

 were injured ; and this is easily and physically accounted for 

 by the very thick wool of its young shoots. 



4thly, In the more southern counties, where many varieties 

 of grapes ripen better, still an attention to the practice now re- 

 commended will ensure a superior flavoured crop, and some of the 

 very best Grisly Frontiniacs, he ever tasted, were produced in 

 the late Earl of Tankerville's garden, at Walton upon Thames, 

 when under the care of Mr. John Dudgeon, who afterwards 

 lived with Dr. Fothergill. 



Art. XIII. On the Culture of the Hwitingdon Willow, Salix 

 alba, as a Timber Tree. By Mr. Archibald Gorrie, 

 C.H.S., &c. of Annat Garden, Perthshire. 



There are few subjects connected with rural economy of 

 more national importance, or more generally interesting than 

 the rearing of timber. The purposes to which the propelling 

 power of steam has been recently applied in navigation, and 

 as an auxiliary in many of the arts, together with the immense 

 quantities of coal used for furnishing gas in great towns, have 

 produced a rise in the price of coal of from 15 to 20 per cent 

 within the last twelve months ; a demand in many places for 

 brushwood to be used as fuel, with a corresponding rise in 

 price, has been the consequence ; a demand, which in many 

 districts, the state of plantations is but ill calculated to meet. 

 The present demand for timber also, for ship-building, and for 



