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much watered in summer, shifted every fourth or fifth year, 

 and preserved during winter in sheds, the apertures of which 

 are only closed during frosty weather. Should Mr. Shea see 

 this, we request him to turn to p. 82., and see whether he can 

 do any thing for us ; we should like to hear from him, as we 

 do from our Brussels correspondent, every two months. 



Slate Troughs, instead of pots or boxes, or made water-tight 

 for cisterns, have been contrived by Wm. Atkinson, Esq., 

 one of our most scientific horticultural architects, and manu- 

 factured by Mr. John Walmsley, slate merchant of Belvedere 

 Road, Waterloo Bridge. They cost 2s. 2d. per superficial 

 foot, and may be made of any length not exceeding five feet. 

 They are very durable, and may or may not be painted. 

 We have lately seen slate boxes in the garden of Wm. Strut, 

 Esq., at Derby, put together without screws in a very pecu- 

 liar manner, and should like to see Mr. Mackintosh's orange- 

 tub (Vol. I. p, 140.) manufactured of the same material. For 

 dividing and partitioning off spaces in bark beds for creepers 



and other purposes, slates 

 may also be advantageously 

 applied. 



Blocks of Stone {Jig. 127.) 

 are built into the garden walls 

 of G. Gregory, Esq., at Remp- 

 stone, in Nottinghamshire, to 

 which by pins {Jig. 128.) the 

 rafters of temporary forcing- 

 a row of stone 



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houses are attached. Along the front border, 

 or iron posts, not rising 



higher than the surface, ___ """"] 



may be permanently fix- rv^-""' j 



ed, on which a temporary L ™ 



front wall or plate, for 



the lower ends of the 



rafters, may be placed. 



The garden walls for 



this arrangement should 



be flued, and the trees 



and other particulars 



suitably contrived. 



Nuts are kept till nuts 

 come again, by A. B. 

 Lambert, Esq., in brown 

 earthenware pans, buried deep in a dry part of the garden 



