210 General Notices. 



To destroy Slugs. — I have always remarked that slugs will attack the 

 leaf of a somewhat withered cabbage, in preference to those in a more 

 thriving condition. When I plant out a bed of cabbages, therefore, I strew 

 the leaves that I cut off all over the bed, and the slugs will lie under them, 

 and feed on them in the shade. Every day or two I have the leaves 

 gathered up and given to the pigs, and then strew more leaves ; and so on, 

 till I get rid of the slugs entirely. — W. B. Rose. Foxcote, Jtine 10. 1829. 



To destroi) the Caterpillar. — A person has tried successfully, for a num- 

 ber of years, " 2 oz. of white hellebore dissolved [infused] in three gallons 

 of water." — R. C. Kirkliston, August 22. 1829. 



Propagating the Genus Vinus by Cuttings. ■ — Since I last saw you, I have 

 succeeded in propagating, by cuttings, several species of Pinus, in addition 

 to those you have mentioned in the Magazine. It is a curious fact that 

 the young glaucous shoots that spring from the collar and a little way up 

 the trunk of P. longifolia, P. canariensis, sinensis, &c, strike readily, and in 

 a short time make as handsome plants as if they had been raised from seeds. 

 I have at this moment plants of the P. longifolia, canariensis, sinensis, and 

 occidentSlis, which cannot be distinguished from seedling plants. When- 

 ever trials were made with the extremities of the proper branches, they have 

 with me invariably failed. A good example of the young shoots I allude 

 to may be seen in a two or three years old seedling stone pine. — W.Baillie. 

 Dropmore, Dec. 22. 1829. 



Canavdlm? (Dec.) bonariensis ; Legumindscs § Vhaseolecs, Lindl. Bot. Reg., 

 t. 1199. — This "lovely climber" has been noticed as a "tender stove 

 plant ;" but it is a most important addition to the green-house or conser- 

 vatory, flowering, as it does, the whole summer. The stem is woody, sar- 

 mentose, extending to a great length ; the leaves are ternate, smooth, and 

 shining ; the flowers appear in axillary racemes, of a most beautiful reddish 

 purple. Propagated with facility by layers. Cuttings are also rooted with- 

 out difficulty in sand under a glass in bottom heat. A rich loamy soil is 

 suitable for it. — Botanicus. 



Encelia (Adans.) canescens Cav. ; Nat. Order, Compositcc § Helianthece, 

 Bot. Reg., t. 909. — Plants of this interesting species were subjected to a 

 warm border in May, which have, notwithstanding the unfavourable season, 

 thriven with marked vigour. The stem is shrubby, 2 to 3 ft. in height ; the 

 leaves are large, ovate triangular, clothed with soft hoary down. The 

 flowers appear in corymbs ; florets of the ray about twelve, of a fine 

 yellow ; disk dark purple. It requires to be an inmate of the green-house 

 during winter in an airy situation. — Id. 



Shallots. — I frequently hear it mentioned by different persons, that they 

 find a difficulty in growing these useful and piquant roots. I formerly did 

 so. I. have for several years past planted my shallots in drills about the 

 middle of March, putting in each drill a small sprinkling of salt ; upon that 

 a layer of dry soot, about half an inch thick. I then plant the roots upon 

 it, about 6 in. apart, and immediately cover in and beat clown the soil with 

 the back of the rake. By this method I uniformly succeed in getting 

 excellent crops of large and sound clusters of bulbs. — Ovtoos. Yorkshire, 

 lot. 54°, Oct. 31. 1829. 



Marking Geraniums. — It occurs to me that my method of marking gera- 

 niums mighty be useful to Mr. Daniel and others, and I therefore beg to 

 send it for insertion in your useful work. I make my tallies 3 and 4 in. 

 long, and one quarter and three eighths of an inch wide. I paint them 

 black ; and as I use them, I cut the mark in the Seton method, which then 

 appears white and visible. I am quite satisfied with the plan, and don't 

 doubt it will be approved of. — X. Y. Sept. 15. 1829. 



Prolific or conical Hautbois Strawberry. — I last year received a parcel of 

 strawberry plants from the garden of the Caledonian Horticultural Society 

 at Edinburgh, and among the varieties was one bearing the above name. It 



