494 Domestic Notices : — Scotland. 



equal, if they do not surpass, in beauty, any of the species of this handsome 

 genus. Mr. Morrison's experiments have been confined to four species, all 

 herbaceous, viz. C. corymbosa, C. arachnoidea, C. plantaginea, and C. Fo- 

 thergilhV. He has succeeded in crossing the whole of these. C. planta- 

 ginea he finds most apt to produce seeds of itself, and most readily to 

 fertilise others. The hybrids which Mr. Morrison has sent to the Botanic 

 Garden are the following :'" — 



1. C. plantaginea-corymbdsa, raised from seed of C. corymbosa; pro- 

 duced by the pollen of C. plantaginea. An exceedingly handsome plant, 

 with the foliage of C. plantaginea, and the outline of its flowers. 



2. C. plantaginea-arachnoidea; raised from seed of C. arachnoidea, pro- 

 duced by the pollen of C. plantaginea. A large healthy plant. 



X 3. C. arachnoidea-plantaginea; raised from seed of C. plantaginea, pro- 

 duced by the pollen of C. arachnoidea. Almost identical in appearance 

 with the last. 



4. C. corymbosa-Fothergillw ; raised from seed of C. Fothergillw, pro- 

 duced by the pollen of C. corymbosa. Quite unlike any of the others. 



Eidoca sericea. A pretty and hardy alpine, raised in the Edinburgh Bo- 

 tanic Garden in 1828, from seeds collected in Captain Franklin's second 

 expedition to the arctic coast of America. Flowered first in spring, 1829. 



Ferraris, elongdta. From Buenos Ayres, by Dr. Tweedie, in 1828, to 

 Mr. Neill. Flowers expand about six in the morning, and decay about 

 three in the afternoon. 



Habendria obtusdta. From Montreal in autumn, 1829, and flowered in a 

 cold frame at Canonmills in May, 1830. 



Halenia Fischera. From Dahurica, to the Botanic Garden, in March, 

 1829, and flowered in the open border in June, 



Hibiscus splendens. Raised from seeds sent by Mr. Fraser from New 

 Holland, in 1828. Its only fault, as a cultivated plant, is its great size : 

 but in its native situation it must present a most brilliant appearance. Mr. 

 Fraser writes of it : — " This I consider the king of all the Australian 

 plants which I have seen. I have it 22| ft. in height. The flowers this sea- 

 son measured 9 in. across, were of the most delicate pink and crimson, and 

 literally covered the plant." 



Salvia rhombifolia. From Lima. 



Schizmithus Hookerii. Raised from seeds gathered on the Chilian side 

 of the Cordillera of the Andes. Biennial ? 



Scilla pumila. A pretty little species, from Portugal, which flowered 

 blue, and sometimes white, in the garden of David Falconer, Esq. of Car- 

 lowrie, in May, 1830. 



Vegetable Market. — June 1. Grapes, 3s. 6d. to 4s.; pines, 5s. to 6s. a 

 pound ; gooseberries, 6d. per quart ; cucumbers, 6s. to 9s. per dozen ; early 

 cabbages, 6d. to Is. per dozen ; asparagus, Is. 6d. to 2s. per hundred ; rhu- 

 barb, id. to 6d. a dozen ; new potatoes, 3s. a quart. Green pease grown 

 here have been sold privately, but none have been exposed in the market 

 excepting a quantity purchased in Covent Garden, London, and brought 

 down by a steam vessel. They were as fresh and green to appearance as 

 if they had not been above six hours gathered, and sold for 5s. the imperial 

 peck. Tart gooseberries have also been brought by steam from London, 

 and sold considerably cheaper than those raised here. (Scotsman.) 



The Infant Schools in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen are in a most 

 prosperous state. Mr. Wilderspin has given a series of lectures in Leith 

 on his principles of infant education. A most interesting account of the 

 exhibition of the Edinburgh infant school will be found in the Scotsman of 

 the 5th of May, and abstracts of Mr. Wilderspin's lectures in subsequent 

 numbers of the same excellent journal. 



Tivo Cooperative Societies have been established at Perth, and one is now 

 establishing at Dundee. A cooperator, writing on the subject in the Dun- 

 dee Courier, recommends buying and selling for ready "money only, keeping 



