466 Domestic Notices. — Scotland. 



seedling auriculas ; James Ferrier, Gilcomston, polyanthuses ; Robert 

 Fraser, gardener at Woodside, asparagus ; William Grant, gardener at 

 Cornhill, broccoli ; John Davidson, gardener at Dunottar, cucumbers ; 

 Alexander Hurrie, gardener of Arbidie Cottage, preserved apples ; Mrs. 

 Young of Glassel, black currant wine. 



The Collection of Auriculas and Polyanthuses was much greater than could 

 have been expected, after so backward a season ; and the tables were de- 

 corated with a variety of beautiful flowers not offered for competition. 

 The whole were viewed with much satisfaction, by a numerous assemblage 

 of ladies and gentlemen. Mrs. Crombie of Phesdo honoured the meeting, 

 by delivering the medals to the successful candidates ; and, we are happy to 

 add, that on this occasion several new members were enrolled. {Aberdeen 

 Chron. May 5.) 



Perthshire Horticultural Society. — A schedule of the prizes offered by the 

 society, extends to every department of horticulture and floriculture. The 

 first general meeting was held on the first Tuesday of May, and the second 

 on the first Tuesday of June, but no particulars have been sent us in time 

 for our present Number. 



Destruction of Worms and Slugs. — From the Glasgow newspapers it 

 appears that Mr. M'Dougall is very active in the use of his recipe {Gard. 

 Mag.vol.'i. p. 89.) in that neighbourhood. We hope its immediate and power- 

 ful effects will produce such an impression on gardeners and their employers, 

 as to induce the latter to insist on never seeing a single earth-worm, snail, 

 or slug, in their pleasure-grounds. We can assert from observation, that by 

 persevering in the use of Mr. M'Dougall's application for a season or two, 

 the breed of these insects maybe entirely extirpated from the richest and 

 deepest-trenched garden ; and from lawns and pleasure-grounds of ordinary 

 quality, where the worms do not descend very deep, they may be com- 

 pletely destroyed by one good watering. We by no means approve of 

 secrets, under any circumstances whatever connected with general utility. 

 Mr. M'Dougall's recipe, however, is no secret. It was used by the late Mr. 

 Forsyth, and is mentioned in his book, and in numerous places in our 

 Encyclopaedias, and in this Magazine ; but we are almost ashamed, on the 

 part of gardeners and their employers, to say, that we really believe its 

 simplicity and cheapness has prevented its coming more generally into use. 

 Had Mr. M'Dougall disguised his material, taken out a patent, and issued his 

 composition from London, like a quack-medicine, or some of the patent 

 manures, he would probably have killed more worms. Let every reader ask 

 the first gardener he meets, whether he knows the recipe ; and if he does, 

 whether he uses it. Again, let no gardener complain of earth-worms or 

 slugs, for they are much easier got rid of than any other description of 

 insects, or even than weeds. 



Coal-gas in a Hot-house. — A singular explosion of coal-gas lately took place 

 in the hot-house of a gentleman near Falkirk. Some fresh coals had just 

 been put into the furnace (which is of a peculiar construction), when the 

 door was shut, and the explosion immediately followed. The flues were 

 burst with immense violence, and so intense was the heat, that the vines 

 and other plants were completely singed and spoiled. This is the second 

 time the same occurrence has taken place in the same hot-house. 

 {Scotsmayi, April 14.) 



Chimonanthus frdgrans. — A plant ten feet high, and covering all the east 

 gable-end of a hot-house in the nursery of Mr. James Dickson and Sons, at 

 Broughton, was profusely covered with flowers during the whole of Decem- 

 ber and January last, diffusing the most grateful fragrance for many yards 

 around, and not in the least injured by the frost. I do not think the peach 

 would ripen in such a situation, so that you see it is very hardy. I should 



