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are deposited, is a point we should ascertain. In spring, it is 

 very astonishing to see a plant perfectly clean one day, and, 

 three days afterwards, bearing a dozen balls of froth, each 

 ball with an insect inside it ; and this is not rarely the case. 

 —J. D. 



A Utensil for transplanting^ in use in the Island of Guernsey. 

 — Sir, A sight, in Vol. VIII. p. 667., of a flower trans- 

 planter invented by Captain Hurdis, has induced me to send 

 you a figure and description of one {fg. 129.), in use among 



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a few amateur florists in this island. Who its inventor is, or 

 was, I know not ; but I find it useful, and think it worth 

 recommending. 



« is a cylinder of tin (or sheet iron), which has a wire 

 rim at the top, but a sharp edge at the bottom : it has two 

 strong handles, b is also a cylinder of tin, and is made to 

 slide freely into cylinder a, and is of the same length, and 

 has a horizontal rim at the bottom, a quarter of an inch in 

 width. 



The application is the same as in Hurdis*s transplanter 

 (Vol. VIII. p. 666.), except in using the cylinder h to dislodge 

 the plant, instead of his two plates and pronged instrument. 

 A good size is 6 in. long by 4^ in. wide ; but as they are very 

 cheap, this size costing here \s. 6d., it is best to have three 

 or four sizes. A small one, for transplanting seedlings, is very 

 handy. I am. Sir, yours, &c. — A Member of the Guernsey 

 Horticultural Book Society. Guernsey, Jan. 21. 1833. 



An Instrument to enable any one to implant Plants into 

 Beds and Borders ^without his trampling on the Soil, invented 

 hy Mr. Whiddon. — Sir, I send you a sketch {fg. 130.) of a 



