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where these are not used, take a piece of slate the size of 

 the bottom of the pot, and place it where the pot is to stand ; 

 then take three small stones, or any thing else, and place them 

 between it and the pot: this will permit the water to drain 

 away, and prevent the worms from getting in. 



Worms and slugs are also very destructive to crops of potatoes, 

 especially if it happens to be a wet season for planting ; and 

 many persons suppose that the bad crop is owing to the wet 

 having rotted the sets, when, upon examination, it has been 

 found that they have been destroyed by worms and slugs. To 

 prevent this, as soon as the potatoes are cut, spread the sets thinly 

 on the ground, and throw a small quantity of quicklime over 

 them ; then turn them up together, when the moisture of the 

 potatoes will cause the lime to slake, and form a thin coat over 

 the sets, which will save them. If the sets (or whole potatoes, 

 where these are used) are too dry to slake the lime, they may 

 be sprinkled lightly with water previously to putting the lime on. 



Another thing looks very bad in many collections of plants; this 

 is, a dirty flower-pot, oftentimes as green all over as the leaves 

 of the plant it contains. To prevent this green accumulating, 

 take care that all empty pots are kept clean ; and, in a wet day, 

 let a man take a few pots of each size, and, looking over the 

 houses, let him gently turn any plants out that require it, and 

 put them into clean pots of the same size. This may be easily 

 done without making a litter. 



Perhaps some of your readers will think the above hardly 

 worth sending to your Magazine ; but there are others who are 

 not so well informed, and who, like myself, are glad of any 

 friendly hint, and thankful for any information they may receive. 

 It is for such I write : and should you think this worthy your 

 notice, I may, perhaps, at some future time, trouble you again. 

 The foregoing remarks being applicable at this season of the 

 year, I thought it best to begin with them. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 Middlesex, Feb. 1834. R. T. 



Art. V. Descriptive Notice of the Garden of the Rev. Thomas 

 Gamier, at Bishopstoke Vicarage, Hampshire. By the Conductor. 



We called at this place, August 20. 1833, and the following 

 notice of it was made the same evening, at Southampton. 



Bishopstoke Vicarage, the Rev. Thos. Gamier. — August 20. 

 This is a place of an acre or two, on a bank facing the south, 

 remarkable for its wall, covered with choice half-hardy plants, 

 and its lawn, ornamented with the finest American shrubs and 



