580 Short Comnumications. 



readily see, when the glass is down, if it 

 contains a prisoner. When the trap 

 {Jig. 133.) is set, the edge of the hand 

 glass is nicely placed on the curve of a thin 

 piece of wood, and the bait, say a bean, 



is attached to the inward end of this piece of wood. I 



would add, 



" Keep traps to extirpate those pests, cats, mice, and rats ; 

 For where's the gardener who works to please the cats ? " 



— Wm. Godsall. Hereford, Sep, 29. 1832. 



The mouse trap here described is, in principle, strictly 

 identical with that described in Vol. VII. p. 2L9. ; but the 

 garden pan and the small hand glass seem more eligible and 

 ready instruments by which to apply it. 



In the transplanting of Trees, it is advantageous to place the 

 respective Sides of each opposite these Points of the Compass 

 totioards "dohich they had formerly groxmi. — Sir, Evelyn, in 

 1660, asserted that not one in a hundred of transplanted 

 trees would miscarry if they were planted in the same as- 

 pect; that is, with that side which faced the south, again 

 towards the south. In Germany this point is not lost sight 

 of: here, I fear, it is little noticed, although it could be 

 easily eifected by marking, with a brush and a little white- 

 wash, the trees, before removal, all on one side, say the south 

 side. Mr. Maund, in a late number of The Botanic Garden, 

 also gives his testimony in favour of this practice. I am, 

 Sir, yours, &c. — C. M. W. July 29. 1833. 



Cassia multiglandulosa Jac. {toynentbsa Lam.) thrives best 

 in the open Air, in the folloxmig Circumstances : — A fine 

 individual of this beautiful shrub is now growing in the open 

 air, in the garden of G. Graham, Esq., of Stoke Fleming, 

 Slapton, near Dartmouth, Devonshire. It was planted in 

 the spring of 1831, against an eastern-aspected wall, and in 

 a rich light soil, and soon assumed a vigorous appearance. 

 It has continued in flower ever since, and at Christmas last it 

 displayed 150 corymbs of expanded flowers, and continues 

 one of the greatest ornaments of the garden. It is at this 

 present time 8^ ft. high ; spreading laterally 5 ft. ; it displays 

 230 bunches of flowers in full bloom. During the two 

 winters it has been in its present situation, it has been pro- 

 tected by night with a reed covering, and the roots were 

 covered about 3 ft. from the stem to the depth of 4 in. with 

 old tan. — J. Mitchell, Jun., Gardener. Slapton, near Dart- 

 mouth, Devonshire, Jime '26. 1833. 



The Cassia multiglandulosa will thrive and flower satis- 

 factorily, trained on the eastern or southern side of a wall, in 



