1 58 Domestic Notices : — England. 



varieties of Pyrus, Tilia, A^cev, and Tlvia from France, through Mr. Webb; 

 among the pavias are, P. mutabilis foliis varieg., and P. pallida foliis varieg. 



List of Kinds of Wheat, received from Mr. Gorrie. — Nov. 1835. 



1. Victoria wheat, sown Oct. 24. 1834, at Annat Park; ripe 30th of July. The 

 grain seems larger than when first introduced; and, being sown in the 

 middle of a field of common wheat the preceding year, it appears to have 

 sported. 



2. Early white-bearded Tuscany wheat. 



3. Early beardless white-glumed Tuscany wheat. 



4. Blanc d' Ho ngrie, supposed to be the best sample amongst 60 sorts; re- 

 quires an early situation ; and is rather a late wheat in Scotland. 



5. Hunter's white, raised successively for 65 years on one farm in the Lo- 

 thians. 



6. Ble de Mars d' Odessa ; too late for Scotland. The seeds were received from 

 Mr. Lawson of Edinburgh. 



7. Early striped chaff, gathered in a field, in 1 834, on Shanny farm. 



8. Shanny yellow Surrey, gathered by Mr. Gorrie in a field on the farm of 

 Shanny. 



9. Richelieu blanc. 



Wheats received from Mr. hawson of Edinburgh, through Mr. Gorrie, Jun. 



10. Trlticum ae'stivum, var. Victoria wheat. 



11. Triticum bengalense, received by Mr. Lawson from Germany. 



Wheats received from Mr. Taylor, of Whittington, Stoheferry, Norfolk. 



12. Hickling wheat ; prolific winter variety. 



13. Golden drop wheat; also a winter prolific wheat. 



The above wheats were chiefly sent to M. Vilmorin, Paris, but partly to 

 Vienna, Poland, and to different correspondents, farmers, and seedsmen in 

 Britain. 



The accompanying sample of Tritlcum bengalense is part of the produce of 

 a spelt-like wheat, which Mr. Lawson procured when in Germany, in 1833, 

 under that name. It is a free grower, very early, hardy, and prolific; and (as 

 you will see by the ear sent) quite distinct from either T. Spelta or T. Zea. — 

 W. Gorrie. Edinburgh, Nov. 13. 1835. 



Hickling Wheat. — I see you wish for a quantity of any new and valuable va- 

 riety of wheat ; and I therefore present for your acceptance a small parcel of the 

 " Hickling wheat," of which you have doubtless heard, as a lately-discovered 

 and most productive kind in Norfolk. Now, observe, in sending you the above, 

 I do not vouch for the truth of the marvels of which so much has been said 

 and written concerning it ; still less am I disposed to draw the inference that, 

 because a fine sample and an immense crop has been produced on some soils, 

 the same may be expected from all soils. You and I know such reason- 

 ing is very likely to lead to disappointment : at the same time, I would by no 

 means be understood as wishing to discourage experimental husbandry ; and I 

 know none more important than that branch of it which involves attention to 

 a judicious change of seed, both in grain and roots. With regard to the wheat 

 in question, I have heard from so many quarters, that I cannot doubt the fact, 

 that from 12 to 20 bushels per acre have been grown of it more than of any 

 of the common wheats. The parcel I sent you was grown by my neighbour, 

 Mr. Pearson of Sporte, near Swaffham; and is, I think you will say, excellent 

 in quality. 



Golden Drop Wheat. — There is another variety of wheat, which has lately 

 occasioned a good deal of talk amongst our farmers, called "the golden drop." 

 It appears to me of the yellow lammas, or something very like it ; a fine, bold, 

 yellow sample ; though the quality of this, as well as all other varieties, will 

 depend much on the nature of the soil. I have seen it very good, and I have 

 also seen it miserably bad. It originated with Mr. Fullard, a tenant of the 

 Duke of Bedford, I think, at Thorney. 



