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Market of Paris ; by M. Masson, Commissary-General. The times when t|ie 

 dainties of all kinds from the gardens arrive, are here put down ; and it ap- 

 pears that, in quantity, quality, and variety, the market is fully supplied. He 

 speaks of apples grown on dwarf trees being brought to market in December^ 

 and adds that such cultivation is increasing. 



3. Melanges et Nouvelles. — Of Trees which escape the attack of the 

 Cockchaffer Grub. These trees, M. Vilmorin states, are the Morus alba, 

 C^ltis australis, Gieditschea triacdnthos, and the Ailantus glandulosa. The 

 attention of farmers and gardeners is called to this circumstance ; and it is 

 conjectured that an extract from one, some, or all of these trees, may, per- 

 haps, be a useful vermifuge. This is followed by a note on the subject, in 

 which several other trees are mentioned as offensive to the grub ; witK 

 suggestions for detecting the essential qualities of the plants, in order to find 

 out some protection for other plants on which they prey. — Melon-beds 

 made of leaves ; by M. Fontaine. Leaves (except those of the beech) 

 are collected in the woods in winter, kept dry, and put into a trench 

 about the beginning of April, Holes, 3 ft. apart, are made along the 

 middle of the bed ; these are filled with compost, to receive the plants pre- 

 viously raised ; stop them in about a fortnight, and soon after cover the 

 whole bed with tiles, which keep in the heat and moisture, and on which 

 they grow and fruit well. — Notice of lectures on the Grafting, &c., of Fruit 

 Trees, delivered in the School of Practical Cultivation, by M. Dalbret, a 

 worthy 4leve of the learned A. Thouin, The precepts and practice incul- 

 cated by this master, have already, it is said, given a new face to the gar- 

 dens under his management. — Noticeof Works of Sculpture for the deco- 

 ration of gardens, after Canova and others, by M. de Bianchi. — Summary 

 of work done in the Fruit, Kitchen, Flower, and Pleasure Gardens in May ; 

 also in hot-houses, beds, &c. — Prices-current of Fruits, Vegetables, &c. 



Liv. IX. for May, contains 



1. M^moires, Rapports, Sfc. — Report of Messrs, Michaud, Redout^, 

 i'Abbe Berlese, and Chevalier Soulange-Bodin, on new plants lately intro- 

 duced into France by M. Boursault. M. Boursault sent his head-gardener, 

 M. David, in the summer of 1827, to collect plants in London. He exe- 

 cuted his mission satisfactorily, by choosing a fine assortment of plants, 

 which were not only new to France, but were even rare in England, having 

 been received at Kew, and other botanical receptacles, only a year or two 

 previously. Among this selection the following are named and shortly de- 

 scribed, viz. Boronza serrulata, Conata pulchella, Grevillea ?'0smarinif61ia, 

 Pimelea decussata, and Anthoc^rcis littorea and albicans. Many other fine 

 and new plants, introduced into England by the collectors for the royal gar- 

 dens, and the collector of Mr. Mackay of Clapton, are also noticed. Many 

 compliments are paid to Mr. Mackay for his spirited exertions, and success, 

 in having first flowered rare exotics, which are also named. Such as have 

 been lately imported from the Cape of Good Hope, China, North and South 

 America, Nepal, and other parts of India, are also enumerated and de-. 

 scribed. In fine, the reporters go over the whole collection of M. Bour- 

 sault, bestowing the highest praise on that distinguished amateur, as well as 

 testifying their unqualified approbation of the great merit of M. David, his 

 gardener. It is also noticed in this report, that it is no longer doubtful 

 that the Camellia may be naturalised to the climate of France. — Consider- 

 ations on the processes employed by Nurserymen for obtaining better sorts 

 of Fruit, and on the means by which Nature appears to accomplish the same' 

 result; by M. Poiteau. 'J'he author observes, it is but rarely that improved 

 varieties of our cultivated fruits originate with nurserymen ; they are gene- 

 rally the productions of chance, found in the woods or hedges, or from, 

 distant corners of provinces, where the finer sorts are hardly known, and 

 where the sorts they have are mismanaged or neglected. That " likq. 



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