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Domestic Notices. — England. 



his brother, the schoolmaster at Dalzell. (Dumfr. Cour.)— At the Autun> 

 nal Meeting of the Breconshire Agricultural Society, the_ Rev. Canon 

 Williams produced a root of mangold wurzel, grown upon his own land, 

 which weighed fifteen pounds, and measured twenty-one inches in girth, 

 and upwards of four feet in length, including the leave's ; and so convinced 

 was he of the importance of this vegetable as an article of husbandry, that 

 he offered a premium for its cultivation. (Farm. Jour.) 



Extraordinary Increase of a single Potatoe. — In 1825, a farmer, at Tice- 

 hurst, Sussex, grew a potatoe that weighed five pounds and a half. At the 

 proper season of the following year, the said potatoe was planted, and its 

 produce, on being carefully dug up, measured four bushels and a half. 

 (Brit. Farm. Chron. Feb. 5.) 



A Quantity of very fine neiu Potatoes was found on the 23d ult. on re- 

 moving a heap of rags belonging to a gentleman in Ulverston, that had 

 been laying some time withoutbeing disturbed. He intends to raise mush- 

 rooms by the same means. ( West. Adv. February 5.) 



To improve the Size and Health of Hyacinths. — Immerse an ounce phial, 

 filled with oxygen air, in the glass where the hyacinth grows, with its 

 mouth downwards. (Newsp.) 



Granadilla. — " To the proprietors of small gardens, it may be interesting 

 to know that the Passiflora edulis (fig. 63.) will ripen its fruit well in a 



common green-house. A plant trained up the end sashes, or| up or down 

 one or two of the rafters, will produce a considerable quantity of fruit. 

 I have a good crop every year ; they are scarcely any trouble, and make a 

 good variety in the dessert at this season. The specimens I send were 

 injured in gathering. Some people prefer them with a little sugar." A. B. 



The fruit sent were larger than damson plums («, — full-size); the pulp 

 yellow with dark coloured seeds, and the flavour peculiar, but very agree- 

 able. Cond. 



Increase of Carnations by Seed. — There are now growing in Mr. Saul's 

 garden Hermitage, near Lancaster, forty excellent plants, raised from one 

 pod, making a compact line of plants one hundred and eighty inches long 

 by six inches broad. The pod was taken from a pink flake (General 

 Elliott) in September, 1825/ — (S. Jan 5.) 



Models of Estates. — Upwards of twenty years ago we attempted some- 

 thing of this kind, and an account of the attempt was given in the Farmer's 

 Magazine, (vol. vi. p. 126.) Mr. Crowe, of Kensington, has amplified the 

 idea, and not only models extensive territorial surfaces with all their undul- 

 ations and surface scenery, but copies or creates particular or remarkable 

 landscapes. He excels in the composition of picturesque banks of water, 



