352 Domestic Notices. — Englatid. 



Worcestershire, produced ninety-four tubers, all sound, and of good size ; 

 one potato cut into twenty-one sets, produced 117 lbs., or upwards of two 

 bushels, a bushel weighing half a cwt. (Newsp.) 



Several large Gourds have been sent us, and notices of the weight of 

 others : out of about twenty specimens, the largest we have seen or heard 

 of is a Mammoth Gourd in the window of Messrs Noble and Goude, seeds- 

 men, Fleet Street. It was raised in the garden of Henry Hoare, Esq., Mit- 

 cham Grove, Surrey, weighs 159 lbs., and measures 7 ft. 4 in. round. The 

 second largest was grown in the garden of W. H. Bracebridge, Esq., at 

 Wellesbourne, by Mr. G. Braithwaite, and weighed 145 lbs. ; and the third 

 in the garden of John Cresswell, Esq., Beacon Hill, Exmouth, Devonshire, 

 and weighed 136 lbs. — Cond.< 



A Hydrangea is now growing in the garden at Amroth Castle in the 

 county of Pembroke, belonging to David Dick, Esq., of Glenshill, which 

 measures 5"5\ feet in circumference, and displays 852 handsome flowers. 

 {Warwick Chronicle, Sept.) 



A Hydrangea in the pleasure-ground of the Earl of Ashburnham, Ash- 

 burnham Place, Sussex, last summer produced the extraordinary number 

 of 1072 bunches of flowers. The plant is about 30 ft. in circumference, and 

 about 5 ft. in height. — B. Battle. Sussex, Dec. 1. 1827. 



A great quantity of Seeds from the Straits of Magellan have been lately 

 received by Mr. Mackay of the Clapton nursery. From these he has al- 

 ready raised the celebrated Winter Bark, Drimia Winter? Dec, and Win- 

 tera aromatica Willd. Many of the plants raised are expected to prove 

 hardy. (Sweet's Flora Australasica.) 



The Four first-rate Polyanthuses cultivated in Lancashire are the Bang all 

 Europe (21s.), Princess Royal (10$.), Earl of Ollerton (10*.), and Black 

 Stranger (5s.). The two first were shown at Manchester last spring, and 

 were considered to surpass everything before exhibited. — M.S.July, 1827. 



My Arracacha plants are doing well, and seem sufficiently hardy for our 

 climate; two of them have flowered. Next spring I shall try them 

 in the open ground, and hope in a couple of years to have roots enough to 

 supply a few of those, whose agricultural enterprise and public spirit lead 

 them to take an interest in the introduction of new and valuable articles 

 for cultivation. — William Hamilton. Oxford Place, Plymouth, Oct. 12. 



A botanical garden at Manchester is in contemplation by the Floral and 

 Horticultural Society at that town. — S. Manchester, Oct. 14. 



Myrrh. — A reward of 25/., or a gold medal of equal value, has been 

 offered by the Medico-Botanical Society, for an accurate description of the 

 plant yielding the myrrh, which is supposed to be merely the produce of the 

 ,4'myris Kataf. (Ne,wsp.) 



The Powder of Horsechestnuts being mixed with a third of flour, is found 

 to make better paste than that made from flour only. (Mech. Mag., viii. 

 p. 223.) We are glad to observe that these nuts can be applied to some 

 useful purpose, and hope some country shoemaker or bookbinder will take 

 the hint. — Cond. 



Burnet, Voterium sanguisorba, so much used by the French and Italians 

 in their salads, is of so cheering and exhilarating a quality, that it has passed 

 into a proverb in Italy, that no salad can be good without it. (Evelyn.) 



Pine-apples at Shugborough. — Our pines here this season have been very 

 fine. I have cut upwards of 300 within the last twelve months. The 

 Anson, or Otaheite, is an admirable pine ; I have cut a great quantity of 

 them this season, weighing generally from 6J to 7£ lbs. I did not fruit 

 many of the New Providence this season, but what I did were uncommonly 

 fine; in August I cut five of the following weights: one of 12i lbs., two of 

 11 £ lbs., one of 10i lbs., and one of 10A lbs. ; the united weights of which 

 were 55\ lbs. avoirdupois. — W. M'Murtrie. Shugborough, Nov. 23. 1827. 



