5 1 8 Domestic Notices : — England. 



ginal Scotch pine ; and were sent to me from Sundsval, on the Gulf of Both- 

 nia, where I saw some of the best forests in Sweden. The town is celebrated 

 for the excellence of the red deals exported from it ; and they are from this 

 Pinus sylvestris. The Pinus ,/f bies [now J^bies excelsa], or spruce fir, pro- 

 duces the white deals, which are of an inferior quality. The tar is produced 

 from the roots of both species, but principally from those of the Pinus syl- 

 vestris. The seeds are to be sown in or about March, in a light sandy soil ; 

 and must be carefully protected from the birds by nets, until the seeds, which 

 come up on the top of the plants, have dropped off"; otherwise the birds, in 

 picking the seeds, pull up the young trees. The seeds are to be covered with 

 sand or light earth, merely thick enough to prevent them from being blown 

 away by the wind. The cones, when placed in the sun, or exposed to a heat 

 not greater than that of a place exposed to the sun in summer, will open ; 

 and, by shaking them in a cloth, the seeds will drop out. Every seed has a 

 small wing attached to it, which, by rubbing them between the hands, will 

 come off. This is a beautiful provision of nature, made for dispersing the 

 seeds; and, as the best cones grow near the summits of the highest trees, the 

 seeds are thus carried to great distances." — H. Turner. Botanic Garden, Bury 

 St. Edmunds, Aug. 1834. [We feel obliged to Mr. Hodson, the superintendent 

 of this garden, and to Mr. Turner, the curator, for sending us these cones for 

 distribution.] 



A Cockscomb was sent to us, on Aug. 6., by Mr. John Pattison, gardener to 

 Jos. Trueman, Esq., Grosvenor House, Walthamstow, Essex, which mea- 

 sured in height, from the pot to the surface of the flower, 2 ft. 4 in.; one of 

 the leaves measured 1 ft. in length, and 5 in. across the broadest part ; and the 

 flower 1ft. 11 in. in length, and 15 in. in breadth. Altogether, this was an 

 erect, symmetrical, and very handsome plant. We placed it under a glazed 

 veranda on a western aspect; and it is now (Sept. 1.) in as great beauty as 

 the day it arrived. Mr. Pattison has promised to send us a paper on his mode 

 of cultivation. 



The Galande Peach. — As I have not observed, in horticultural works, the 

 Galande peach taken notice of in the way its great merits deserve (whether 

 as to size, flavour, or appearance), I have sent a few specimens, taken indis- 

 criminately from the tree, that you may (if you agree with me as to its qua- 

 lities) specify it as one of our very best varieties of this excellent fruit : 

 a point well worth knowing to those about to plant a peach wall. It is not 

 mentioned in the summary of peaches in the Pomological Magazine (vii. 

 114.), unless they suppose it synonymous with the Bellegarde; from which, 

 I think, it slightly differs. I remember this struck me two months ago, on 

 observing some fine specimens of the latter in the peach-house here. — John 

 Thomas Brooks. Flitivick House, Aug. 21. 1834. 



The peaches received were most excellent, and more than justify the praise 

 of our correspondent. They measured, on an average, about 10 in. round one 

 way, and 8| in. the other. We sent one of them to Mr. Thompson, at the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, who returned us the following note : — 



" The peach is the Bellegarde, to which the Galande is a synonyme. It is 

 one of the very best sorts of peaches, and ripens in the middle season. It is 

 also not apt to mildew ; which is a great recommendation. — Robt. Thompson. 

 Horticultural Society s Garden, Aug. 25. 1834." 



Size of a White Eagle Gooseberry grown by Mr. Soltas, near Lancaster. 

 Length 3| in., including the stalk and the remains of the blossom ; length of 

 the berry 2iin. Breadth across If in. Weight 19 dwts. 11 grs. — M. Saul. 

 Sulyard Street, Lancaster, July 31. 1834. 



A Cucumber, 21 in. long, was exhibited by Mr. Marshall, in Ipswich market, 

 on May 31. ; being grown by him, upon the plan recommended by Mr. Allen, 

 in the short space of eight days, without under-heat or lining. {The Bury 

 and Norwich Post and East Anglian, June 4. 1834. 



A Cabbage, weighing 38 lbs. without the stalk, was cut, in the first week in 

 August, from the garden of the Rev. C. Mules of Muddiford, near Barnstaple, 

 Devon. {Devon Advertiser, Aug. 22.) 



