458 Domestic Notices : — Englcmd. 



ITALY. 



A Nurserij has been established by a Frenchman of the name of MaU- 

 poil, in the province of Dolo, about eight miles from Venice, and he now 

 supplies all the neighbouring gentry with useful and ornamental plant?, 

 besides sending many to Greece and the Ionian Islands. He has also trans- 

 lated Le Bon Jardinier into Italian. He mentions, as a new discovery of 

 his own, that the common black-thorn (Primus spinosa) forms an excellent 

 stock for dwarfing different varieties of the cultivated plum. — A Constant 

 Reader. June 6. 1829. 



POLAND. 



Warsaw, May, 1829. — The rise in the price of corn has put us all in 

 good spirits here, and we hope soon to establish a wool market. Professor 

 Schubert is every year adding something to his collection, as well from our 

 native Flora as from what he receives from other countries. He makes a 

 botanical tour in our provinces every year j and he has now got an assistant, 

 by whose help he hopes soon to complete the examination of every parish 

 in the kingdom. — J, L. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



The Jamaica Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture and other Arts 

 and Scieiices held a Meeting at Kingston on April 14., when the following 

 prizes wei'e awarded : — To Miss Roger of Port Royal Mountains, for a 

 specimen of starch obtained from the Arracacha, 2 dol. To Mr. Mapother, 

 of Good Hope, for a yam weighing 38 lbs., 2 dol. To Charles Stephen, a 

 slave belonging to Smithfield, for a yam weighing 35 lbs., 2 dol.. To Mr. 

 R. Smith, for flowers, including a newly introduced species of Heliconia 

 and Metrosideros, 6 dot. To Mr. Macpherson, of Industry, Port Royal, 

 for cauliflowers, 2 dol. To Briston, a slave belonging to T. L. Yates, Esq., 

 St. Andrews, for asparagus, 2 dol. To Mr. H. Johnson, of Albey Green, 

 for artichokes, 2 dol. To Mr. Charles Satchel!, of St. Andrews, for pota- 

 toes, 2 dol. Some specimens of Jamaica mailles [?] were presented by Mr. 

 J. H. Smith, statuary, for which thanks were voted. A dinner followed, at 

 which Dr. Bancroft presided, and Mr. Atkinson was croupier. I remain. 

 Sir, yours, &c. — X Y. Jidy 6. 1829. 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



A Mode of setting up Sheaves of Corn during harvest has been promul- 

 gated by Mr. Robert Vazee, who, it appears, has taken out a patent for his 

 improvement. In a letter which he has sent us on the subject, ho^v•ever, 

 he liberally observes, that any agriculturist desirous of ascertaining the 

 effect of the coi-n preserver, " will be at liberty to apply the same during 

 the approaching harvest, without application to the patentee." The im- 

 provement, or corn preserver, is as follows : — "A stake from 6 to 7 ft. in 

 length, being pointed at each end, is placed, by means of a bar, about 6 in. 

 in the ground. There are then set round the stake eight sheaves of the 

 usual size : a hood sheaf, of double the size of the upright sheaves, is bound 

 tight near to the straw end of the sheaf; it is then inverted, suspended on 

 the stake by which it is exclusively supported, and spread around the top of 

 the lower sheaves, as per the elevation (j%. 98. «) and section {b) sent 

 herewith. In this state the corn will remain without injury or further ex- 

 pense, until it is in a proper condition to be housed." In Cornwall, Scot- 



