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figured and described in our Vol. VT. p. 216, 217. Our gardening readers 

 will not fail to perceive that Mr. Saul's amendment to the sonde and aqua- 

 rian is very similar in its nature to that supplied by Read to the garden 

 syringe, and, if this kind of watering engine be adoptable, we think, quite 

 as important. — J. D. 



SauVs Machine for transplanting large Trees or Shrubs. — Sir, My ma- 

 chine ( J%. 1 1"!-) for the above purpose differs from all you have hitherto 



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noticed. To remove a tree, T first dig a sufficient trench round it, and 

 then place on one side of its ball one of the irons {a a), which resemble in 

 figure an inverted cross, or say the letter T turned bottom upwards. Each 

 of these irons has three holes in its lower side, and one hole in the top or 

 end of the upright part : this single hole is, in its direction, crosswise to 

 the direction of the three holes below. Through these three holes I force 

 three iron rods {b b b), and cause them to pass under the roots of the 

 tree, and until the points of the rods appear in the trench on the opposite 

 side of the ball. To their points I then applyand fasten on the other side-iron 

 (a). I then lay a plank across the trench dug round the tree, and run the 

 wheels of the machine to and upon the plank, and then raise the draught- 

 beam, or lever (c), until the hooks (r/ f/) catch into the holes in the top of 

 a a. When this is done, as the draught-beam, or lever (c), is drawn down, 

 the tree with its ball is raised out of the pit, and, when secured by a rope, 

 may be conveyed, with the greatest ease, to the place of replanting. The 

 rope is fastened to the end of the lever over the axletree, passed over the 

 ball of the tree, under the machine, secured to the cross-piece (c), and 

 thence, if necessary, extended up to the stem of the tree : great steadiness 

 is thus produced. When the tree is brought to the hole prepared for it, 

 the rope is removed, and the draught-beam, or lever, is raised until the iron 

 frame (formed hy a a,b b b) rests on the bottom of the hole ; the machine 

 is then disengaged from the irons (a a), and driven back, and the iron rods 

 (A b b) with the irons (« a) are withdrawn. The filling in of the soil now 

 completes the transplantation. Yours, &c. — Matthias Saul. Sulyard 

 Street, Lancaster, January 25. 1831. 



The Royal Dwarf Kidney or French Bean, a new mid excellent Variety. 

 — Sir, Out of a very great variety of kidneybeans cultivated in this island, 

 1 send you a packet of one sort, which, for its various excellences, is 



