94 Domestic Notices .- — England. 



C/ii'onicle above alliulecl to, and the work of Mr. Earl, now in conrse of 

 publication.) — Cond. 



Fruit Trees sent to Van Dieman's Land. — Among the goods brought out 

 by the Wave, for the Van Dieman's Land Company, we have much plea- 

 sure in observing a very excellent assortment of fruit trees of all kinds. 

 Capt. Lister must have taken unwearied pams in attending to them during 

 the voyage, as almost every one is alive, with the exception of the straw- 

 berry and raspberry bushes, which have entirely perished. We regret, how- 

 ever, to see that the whole of the apple trees are covered with American 

 blight, the insect being already matured and prepared to flj' the moment the 

 box is opened. Though this proves that the insect must have been in the 

 ground or round the roots in the first instance, it evidently shows that the 

 close atmosphere which it enjoyed in the pent-up boxes is peculiarly fa- 

 vourable to its propagation : and thus we see that those gardens which are 

 in the lowest and most confined situations, and but little exposed to winds, 

 are most attacked by it. {Holiart Town Coicrier, July 17. 18.30.) 



We find, from advertisements in the same paper, that the average price 

 of young healthy fruit trees, of the ordinary kinds, in Hobart Town, is 5s. 

 each ; and that hawthorn berries form an article of exportation. These, 

 deprived of their pulp, sell at 10 guineas a bushel. — Co7id. 



Art. lil. Domestic Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



Peake's Vases, Floiuer-pots, Tallies, and other Gardening Articles, will be 

 found figured and enumerated in the advertising sheet which accompanies 

 this Number. To those who have not seen any of these vases, we think it 

 but justice to Mr. Peake to state that the beauty of the workmanship far ex- 

 ceeds any thing of the kind which has hitherto been attempted in England ; 

 and, as far as we know, they are equally in advance of the pottery of the 

 Continent, and even of Italy. We have seen at Earl Mansfield's, at Caen 

 Wood, a number of vases of potter's ware, lately chosen by the family when 

 in Italy, and- now arranged in the flower-garden. We v/ere informed by a 

 London potter, that these vases were so much prized by Lady Mansfield, 

 that she declined allowing him to get copies of them, lest they should be 

 rendered common. We were therefore rather curious to see them ; and, 

 having applied at the season when they are set out of doors (for during 

 winter they are kept under cover), we must say we never were more disap- 

 pointed. In general form they are misshapen, and the details of the sculp- 

 tures, flutings, mouldings, and foliage are very imperfect. Deprive them of 

 the associations connected with the country they came from, and they 

 would not find purchasers in an English earthenware shop. We cannot 

 say that we admire the forms of all Mr. Peake's vases ; that may be matter of 

 taste : but for the correctness of the shapes intended to be given, the sharp- 

 ness of the sculpture, and the foliage, we will say, that neither the Italian 

 vases at Caen Wood, nor any which we have seen in Boboli, or other gar- 

 dens at Florence, or in any gardens in Italy or France, are at all to be 

 compared with them. The column for a sun-dial, or for supporting a bust, 

 is an object perfectly beautiful in its kind. 



The brick tallies for naming trees in arboretunis will, we are of opinion, 

 be found far superior to any other for this purpose ; they are formed of 

 semi-metallic earth, and must last for centuries : their cost, delivered in 

 London, is only fi'om 3,?. to 4*. per 100. 



These brick tallies have panels in the end, like Murray's tally (Vol. III. 

 p. 28.), and the name may either be printed on a card or written on a slip of 

 wood, and covered by a piece of glass, and so made air and water tight by 



