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particular kinds that are esteemed of any consequence, it is the quality and 

 produce that are of the most value; and this, I believe, by proper manage- 

 ment, may be obtained from most kinds. In this neighbom-hood, growers 

 will, some seasons, when the banks are in good order, and the weather 

 favourable, realise from 60/. to 70/. an acre ; and many of them do not know 

 one kind from another, or even that there are different sorts at all. At first 

 they get a few from some old field, and then propagate them for themselves, 

 until they have enough to make the plantation. Here they are generally 

 planted on sloping banks towards thesun, if possible, in order that the water 

 may not lodge on them in winter, and that they may have the influence of 

 his heat in bringing them to maturity. I have not paid much attention to 

 the culture of this plant hitherto ; but from what I see, perhaps it may not 

 be presumption to say, that a strong loamy soil, well trenched and dunged, 

 with a gentle inclination to the south or south-west, is the most eligible for 

 this plant ; and that the particular kind cultivated is a mere matter of 

 choice with the grower. ( W. N. S., in a communication to Mr. Said.) 



Tlie use of ground Bones as Manure, particularly for turnips, is now 

 becoming general in the counties of Angus and Perth, in Scotland. Mr. 

 Watson, of Kieller farm, near Cupar Angus, says : — " The bone manure 

 has been a great blessing to the breeders and feeders of cattle in this dis- 

 trict, and, in some instances, saved the industrious tenant from ruin. The 

 severe drought even of 1825 did not prevent a crop of turnips with bones, 

 while all other manures failed; and it was thus the means of bringing 

 through that disastrous winter herds of cattle, which must have otherwise 

 perished for want of fodder." (^Worcester Herald, July 19.) 



IRELAND. 



Down Hill House (jfig. 126.), in the county of Londonderry, was erected 

 in the beginning of the present century. The situation is in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of the sea, and is rather bleak and unfavourable to the 

 growth of timber; but, considered as a marine villa, this accompaniment is 

 not essential. At some distance from the house there are plantations, a 

 mausoleum, ruins, and various picturesque objects. 



Entering the eastern glen of Down Hill, you pass the lawn, oh either side 

 of which the planting consists of the almost g^rassy green of the larch, well 

 contrasted with the bluish hue of the pine and Scotch fir. Through this 

 planting nothing can produce a more romantic effect than the tabular, and 

 sometimes almost columnar, basaltic rocks, whose naked protrusions and 

 wild ruggedness prevent the new-mown lawn and decorated slopes from 

 tiring the fancy too much, by the recollection of artificial labour. To the 

 right, over the planting, reigns the majestic mausoleum, which, together 

 w^ith the uppermost fringe of the branches, is projected on the sky, whose 

 clear blue light gives to the eye the exact outline of the columns, the 

 statue, and the dome. Along the same range appear the hay-cocks j and, as 



