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loam. — Uropetalon longifolium. Dull bluish green flowers, 

 with no pretensions to beauty. — Phycella corusca. An ex- 

 tremely handsome plant, very like Amaryllis ignea (now Phy- 

 cella ignea) ; it throws up from the centre of the narrow leaves 

 " a stout scape about a foot in height, which is crowned by a 

 candelabrum-like umbel of long tubular flowers of the most 

 vivid crimson." Light sandy loam, and offsets. "Worth having. 



7. Account of a protecting Frame for Fruit Trees on Walls. By 

 Mr. John Dick, Gardener to the Right Honourable William 

 Trotter, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, at Ballindean, in Perth- 

 shire. 



The object is to protect wall fruit, when ripe, from wasps, 

 flies, and birds ; and the same frame may be put over the 

 trees in spring, to protect the blossoms from the frost. The 

 construction at first sight appears rather intricate, but it will 

 be understood by the following description, premising that the 

 screen is of thin semi-transparent canvass, about thirty-six 

 inches broad, made of yarn spun from the best flax, and sold 

 in Dundee at 5d. per yard. The edges and seams of the 

 screen are bound with tape, which costs %d. per yard. The 

 screen runs on two wires, placed at top and bottom of the 

 frame, and kept tight by screws at the extremities. 



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