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PART IL 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, 

 Vol. VI. Part II. London, July, 1825. 4to. 1 Plate. 



The principal feature of this part is a paper on strawber- 

 ries by Mr. James Barnet, which occupies eighty of its 133 

 pages. The plate is a plan and sections of a conservatory. 



9. An Account qf a new Seedling Grape. In a Letter to the Secre- 

 tary. By Mr. Henry Burn, F.H.S. Gardener to the Marquess of 

 Ailesbury, F.H.S. &c. at Tottenham Park, near Marlborough. 

 Read December 6. 1824. 



This excellent grape, known as the Tottenham Park 

 Muscat, is the produce of seeds of the muscat of Alexan- 

 dria, sown in 1819. It is considered equal, if not superior, to 

 the old muscat in point of size, both in bunch and berry, and 

 to surpass it in flavour. 



10. An Account qf a Lime Duster for the Destruction qf Insects on 

 Fruit Trees. In a Letter to the Secretary. By Mr. Samuel 

 Curtis, Glazenwood, Coggeshall, Essex. Read August 20. 

 1824. 



This utensil {fig. 84.) is made of tin, 12 inches long, 7 



inches wide at its broadest, and 4 inches 

 across its narrowest part. The handle 

 is B\ inches long, and to the top of it is 

 fitted a cap {a\ which is put on when the 

 lime is to be thrown on low trees; but 

 when high trees are to be operated upon, 

 the cap is removed, and a pole, of suf- 

 ficient length to reach the height required, 

 is inserted into the handle. The time for 

 dusting trees with powdered lime is in the 

 dew of the morning. The caustic quality 

 of the lime does not injure the most deli- 

 cate, fresh-expanded foliage; it is only 

 prejudicial to insects of all kinds, and to 

 dead vegetable matter. Mr. Curtis, by 

 the application of lime dust with this ma- 

 chine, destroyed the caterpillars over a 



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