Domestic Notices. 89 



Botanic Garden, Mary-la-bonne. This establishment of Mr. Jenkins has 

 been entirely broken up, and the plants sold to make way for buildin« 

 operations. Several nurseries have submitted to the same fate. 



Large Pine Apples. On the 50th September a pine-apple was cut in 

 Lord Anson's garden, at Shugborough, which was two feet in circum- 

 ferance, and weighed 1 1 lbs. 3 qrs. — {Morn. Chron., October.) About the 

 same time one was cut in the Duke of Buckingham's garden at Stowe by 

 Mr. Brown, somewhat larger than the above. 



Brighton Athenceum and Oriental Garden. The principal objects of this 

 institution are the following : I. An extensive collection of exotic plants 

 inclosed in a glazed conservatory. II. A library of standard works in liter- 

 ature and science, museum of natural history, &c. &c. III. Annual courses 

 of lectures on all subjects of interest and importance. 



The Oriental Garden. This name has been chosen from the adaptation 

 of the place to the growth of tropical plants. The building will be of ori- 

 ental character, entirely of glass, supported by iron-work of a peculiar con- 

 struction ; which, while it possesses the requisite strength for covering so 

 vast a space, is delicate enough to admit the light with perfect freedom. 

 It will include about an acre of ground : and under this magnificent canopy 

 the finest and most beautiful tropical plants may be grown in all the per- 

 fection of their native soil and climate. 



New Plum. Two nurserymen have been advertizing a plum imported 

 from New Jersey ; the one calls it La Delicieuse, as being a name given to 

 it by Charles X. of France; and the other, Cooper's Large Red American 

 Plum, as being the original name. It is said to be very peculiar in the 

 habit of its wood and leaves ; the fruit of a large size, oval, purplish color, 

 rich, and juicy, making an excellent preserve. It is ripe in this country 

 about the end of September, on trees trained to a wall ; on standards it 

 ripens a week or ten days later. 



Destruction of Worms and Slugs. Mr. D. M'Dougal perseveres in dis- 

 seminating his remedy for these vermin, and wherever he is employed is 

 completely successful. His secret is well known, but we do not mention it, 

 because most people make light of things which cost them nothing, and be- 

 cause we think that Mr.M'Dougal merits something. — Encyc. of Gard.2284. 



American Aloe. One flowered last Autumn at the Duke of Devonshire's, 

 of which the following description was sent us by Mr. Lindsay, gardener to 

 his Grace : " The plant is upwards of twenty-four feet in height; the leaves 

 average about four feet and a half in length, and about seven inches in 

 breadth ; the circumference of the plant at the base is about four feet, and 

 that of the flowering stem about sixteen inches. In all probability the 

 plant will continue flowering for three weeks. The flowers on being 

 minutely reckoned, compose the immense number of 2112. This species 

 of agave is a native of South America, and was introduced into Britain 

 in the year 1640; the class hexan. monog. This plant is known to have 

 been in Chiswick gardens for nearly fifty years, and is supposed to be 

 upwards of ninety years old." 



Mustard Seed of Scripture. Mr. John Frost thinks he has discovered 

 that the Mustard Seed of Scripture was the seed of the Phytolacca do- 

 decandra. — Journ. R. Inst. Oct. 



Action of Poisons upon the Vegetable Kingdom. M. T. Marcet, of Geneva, 

 has lately made some curious experiments upon the effects of poisons upon 

 the vegetable system. By causing plants to grow in poisonous mixtures, or 

 by introducing poisons into their system, it was found that the effect upon 

 vegetation was nearly the same as upon the functions of animals. The ex- 

 periments were generally made with plants of the Kidney Bean, and a 

 comparison was always made with a plant watered with spring water. — 

 Journ. R. Inst. Oct. 



Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Considerable alterations are making in the roads and 

 fences of the park, and a bridge, or viaduct of some description, is being erected at the hearf *>f 



