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considered tender, in Ireland. We have had an interesting Return 

 Paper from Mr. Nevin of the Giassnevin Garden ; and we have 

 seen Mr. Mackay's list in the Dublin Philosophical Journal, 

 vols. i. and ii., and reexamined Mr. Mallet's list in this Magazine. 

 We could wish, however, to have a very full Return Paper 

 from Mr. Mackay, and a second measurement from Mr. Mallet. 

 We are greatly obliged to Mr. Murphy for what he has done 

 for us in this respect; and refer all our readers in Ireland to the 

 Irish Farmer's and Gardener's Magazine ^ov Feb., p. 89., footnote. 

 We earnestly entreat those, whose names are there mentioned, to 

 write to us. 



But to return to our acacias and eucalyptuses, it may be said 

 that the size and apparent hardiness of these trees is owing to 

 our late mild winters ; and that the first severe winter will kill 

 them to the ground. We do not believe this. After a tree has 

 attained a trunk of 3 in. or 4 in, in diameter, it is not easy to kill 

 it to the ground ; and, if the points of the shoots and the smaller 

 branches should be killed even every winter, it is not more than 

 happens every year to the deciduous cypress, which yet attains 

 the size of a very large timber tree. We would stronglv re- 

 commend every person, who has it in his power, to turn out into 

 his gardens and shrubberies as many species of y^cacia and Eu- 

 calyptus as he can procure. If he be afraid of the winter, we 

 recommend a mat to be stretched horizontally over the top of 

 each tree, at the height of 1 ft., or so, above its summit. This 

 mat could be supported by four long poles ; and these poles, as 

 the tree advanced in size, might be set up every winter, and 

 taken down in spring. This sort of protection might be carried 

 to a very great extent, when we consider that the poles for scaf- 

 folding used by builders may be procured, in every part of the 

 country, from 50 ft. to 80 ft. in length. Perhaps the easiest way 

 would be, to form a triangle with three long poles, a good deal 

 higher than the tree, and to suspend a mat, or mats sewed 

 together, from the apex. If it were worth while to go to the 

 expense, an umbrella might be contrived on the pole, which 

 might be let down during the day or in mild weather, and 

 expanded during the night. No protection of this kind, how- 

 ever, we are persuaded, would be required longer than three or 

 four years after planting; and that protection for that time 

 might, in most cases, be given, by merely sticking in branches 

 of trees. See also the modes suggested by Mr. Bowie, 

 Vol. VIIL p. 8. 



Garrya eiliptica, figured in the Botanical Register for July, 

 1834, and noticed in X. 401., is a beautiful evergreen shrub. It 

 was brought from California in 1828, and is now (Jan. 20.) in 

 flower in the Chiswick Garden. The leaves, to a general 

 observer, are of the colour of, and not very different in shape 



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