Le Bon Jardinicr. (J I 



Magnolia Thomsoniana flowered in the garden of M. Gode- 

 froy, at Ville-d'Avray, near Paris : Astrapsea Wallichii in the 

 garden of the Duke of Orleans; and the Cactus truncatus in 

 great luxuriance with M. Lemon the florist. 



M. Richard, a watchmaker, sent to M. Poiteau a sprig of 

 double yellow gilliflower, four feet long. The Botanical 

 Society of Ghent are promised a double-yellow paeony from 

 America. 



The yellow Chinese rose, which M. Poiteau calls a sub- 

 variety of the tea-scented, (our R. odorata,) has flowered with 

 M. Cels ; the Anemone arborea has also flowered with the 

 same cultivator ; its flowers come nearest those of Pulsatilla. 



M. Poiteau has heard of a strange plant having been dis- 

 covered in the isle of Noussa Kambangang, with flower buds 

 as large as a cabbage, and the flower when expanded two feet 

 in diameter. He says, " It is probably the same plant that 

 Mr. R. Brown has described and figured in the Transactions 

 of the Linnean Society of London, under the name of Raf- 

 flesia Arnoldi, and which we are induced to consider as a 

 species of fungus, notwithstanding the opinion of that learned 

 botanist." Though our brother Poiteau feels that in garden- 

 ing " il ne sait pas grand chose," it would appear he has that 

 sentiment yet to experience in Botany. 



We are not a little surprised at being informed by M. Poiteau, 

 that the fan-mode of training the peach is likely to be super- 

 seded in the gardens of France, and especially in those of Mon- 

 treuil, by the horizontal method, (figures to 26th edit. pi. 17., 

 and Encyc. of Gard. § 4453.) or what the French call " taille a 

 la Forsyth," from Mr, Forsyth's treatise on Fruit-trees, but 

 which the author of that work only intended to apply to apples, 

 pears, and cherries. Some receipts for killing worms are 

 quoted, from which it would appear that M. Poiteau, like many 

 British gardeners, is not aware that this may be most effectu- 

 ally, easily, and cheaply accomplished by the use of lime-water. 



We have elsewhere noticed the directions for deterring 

 mice, by putting leaves of water-cress in their holes; rats, 

 by bruised leaves of cynoglossum officinale; and moles, by 

 some cloves of garlick. If these vermin have other resources, 

 they may probably shun these smells for a short time ; but 

 nothing of this sort can ever be considered an effectual pre- 

 servative against them. No starving animal will be deterred 

 from seeking its food by a smell. — A new recipe for prepar- 

 ing verjuice next occurs, which we will give under Domestic 

 Economy. 



