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He proves also, that lime, used hot from the kilns, in great quantities, viz. 

 two hundred or three hundred bushels per acre, effectually destroys the in- 

 fection, and frees the land from smut." (Com. by D.) 



Botanic Garden, Bury St. Edmund's. — " In the year 1820 three acres 

 of ground were occupied for the purpose of establishing an ornamental and 

 scientific garden for the recreation and amusement of the inhabitants of the 

 town and neighbourhood, who might become subscribers at two guineas per 

 annum, the proprietor allowing the curator to dispose of such superfluous 

 plants as could be spared from the collection, to be purchased (by subscribers 

 only) at a moderate price, for the benefit of the establishment ; and as the 

 garden has now arrived at no inconsiderable degree of perfection, it has 

 been found expedient to add two additional acres of meadow land for the 

 cultivation of ornamental trees and shrubs ; there are also spacious grass 

 walks and rustic seats on the margin of the river Lark, which incloses the 

 east end of the pleasure-grounds. The upper part of the garden is chiefly 

 devoted to the cultivation of the more ornamental and showy plants on the 

 borders, the quarters being laid out in long narrow beds, containing the 

 classes and orders of the Linnean arrangement. Climbing plants and shrubs 

 ornament the walls inclosing two thirds of the garden. The grounds are 

 on a gentle declivity to the ancient vineyard of the Abbey, divided only by 

 the river, which is accessible to the subscribers by crossing a rustic Swiss 

 bridge. The salubrity of the air, for which the neighbourhood is proverbial, 

 has been found highly beneficial for the cultivation of many of the more 

 rare herbaceous and alpine plants ; it may also be proper to observe, that 

 the summer of 1826 has proved particularly favourable in ripening seeds of 

 many tender exotics in the open ground, and which it is presumed will 

 ultimately become sufficiently acclimated to withstand the vicissitudes of 

 our climate. In order to encourage a taste for botany and horticulture, 

 information is always solicited and as freely given. The terms of sub- 

 scription is also reduced to one guinea per annum for families residing 

 beyond ten miles from the garden, and strangers are admitted by printed 

 tickets upon application to a subscriber. I hope at a future period to send 

 you a plan of the garden and pleasure-ground for the information of the 

 readers of your interesting and useful publication, and I am, Sir, &c. 



" Chapel House, Bury St. Edmund's, N.S. Hodson." 



Nov. 18. 1826." 



Bones as Manure. — Sir, Among your Domestic Notices (vol. 1. p. 3.33. 

 if is observed, that mills for grinding bones have been lately erected in Lin- 

 colnshire. I take the liberty of remarking, that bones have been long used 

 in that county for manure ; and that nearly thirty years ago a steam-engine 

 was employed for crushing them at Brotherless, near Boston, by the late 

 excellent Major Cartwright, who, to his other accomplishments, added great 

 knowledge of agriculture, and whose various improvements in that branch 

 of science are recorded by Mr. Arthur Young, in his Survey of Lincoln- 

 shire, published in 1799. Wishing you every possible success in your 

 laudable endeavours to circulcate information, and to promote cultivation, 

 both in the natural and moral world, I remain, Sir, &c. 



" The Neighbourhood of Portman Square, A Constant Reader." 



Jan. 15. 1827." 



SCOTLAND. 



Caledonian Horticultural Society. — At a Committee Meeting, held in 

 October last, the following seedling apples, raised at Coul by Sir G. S. 

 Mackenzie, was examined. No. 1., called the Tarvey Codlin (cross be- 

 tween the Manks codlin and nonpareil) was considered a very good and 



