680 Domestic Notices : — England. 



tected ; also the Aloysia citriodora, also growing in the open air with won- 

 derful vigour ; but, what took my attention most (what I dare say will occa- 

 sion you a little surprise) was, that there were two trees of Edwardsza chry- 

 sophylla, growing as standards in the kitchen-garden, the dimensions of which 

 were as follows: — girt, 2 ft.; height, 20 ft.; diameter of the top, 18 ft. The soil 

 is a light loam, with a limestone bottom. I only mention this to show you 

 the humidity and mildness of the climate in that part of Wales. — Thomas 

 Fondest. Kimnoul Park, Aug. 26. 



The Oleander grows luxuriantly, without any sort of protection, in the gar- 

 dens at Sketty Hall, near Swansea, the seat of L. W. Dillwyn, Esq., M. P. 

 It flowered freely, for the first time, this summer ; and it still makes a brilliant 

 appearance. Mr. Dillwyn, who is a skilful botanist, and very fond of arbori- 

 culture, has also a remarkably fine variety of Cratae^gus Crus-galli, which is 

 nearly evergreen. — W. L. Sivansea, Sejit. 20. 1835. 



Chenopodiiim Quinoa. — I had a large piece of ground planted with the 

 quinoa this year; and, after the plants were nearly 2 ft. high, they were burnt up 

 with the sun, though constantly watered, except four or five, from which 1 hope 

 to get plenty of seed. I have four plants of the black quinoa, which are not 

 at all injured by ihe sun, and are already nearly 5 ft. high, and very much 

 branched ; they certainly belong to a distinct species. — A. Bourke Lambert. 

 Boy ton House, Sept. 4. 1835. 



The Agave americdna, or Great American Aloe, was, during part of August 

 and September, in flower at Bute House, OldBrompton. The plant was brought 

 thither from South Carolina, in 1760, by the gentlemen who then owned the 

 property. The stem of the plant grew 20 ft. within seven weeks, and produced 

 twenty bunches of yellow flowers, all near the top. These flowers are so pro- 

 lific in honey, that it actually drops from them. The stem, where it proceeds 

 from the plant, is about 6 in. in -diameter, and gradually diminishes to about 

 half that size where the flowers commence; viz. about 17 ft. from the ground. 

 (^Neiv Monthly Magazine.^ 



There is a Hydrangea growing in the open ground at Tringwainton, near 

 Penzance, which is 45 ft. in circumference, 8 ft. in height, and had above 1300 

 flowers on it last year. There are some hundreds of hydrangeas in the plan- 

 tations at Tringwainton, which have all sprung from this plant. — John Harvey. 

 Penzance, October 29. 1835. 



A Tree Dahlia. — In the beginning of August (1835) I went to Liverpool. 

 At the old Botanic Garden there I saw an arborescent dahlia growing : it is 

 a cutting, resembling a middle-sized trunk, or small stem, of an elder birch, as 

 thick as one's leg, and fully as woody as the elder. The plant is said to grow 

 40 ft. high in Mexico. It was throwing out leaves very like those of our her- 

 baceous species. Several plants of Cactus (or Cereus) senilis were received 

 by the same package, much resembling a head hung with long grey hairs. — 

 P. N. Edinburgh, September, 1835. 



A Strawberry was gathered, a 'i&'N days ago, in a garden near Worcester, 

 which measured 8iin. in circumference. {The Bury and Norwich Post, 

 August 5. 1835.) 



The heaviest Gooseberries for 1835. — I send below a list of the heaviest 

 gooseberries for the year 1835; but you will observe that they are lighter 

 this year than they have been for the last ten years, owing to the very dry 

 season. There are also fewer seedlings : only one red, one yellow, and two 

 white seedlings are advertised this year ; and this is also owing to the dryness 

 of the summer, as many other seedlings must stand another season, to judge 

 fairly of their merits, before they are oflTered for sale. The following are the 

 names of the heaviest gooseberries for 1835 : — 



Red. Wonderful, 24 dwt. ; Companion, 23 dwt. 2 gr. ; Lion's Provider, 

 22dwt. 6gr. ; Lion, 22 dwt. — Yellow. Leader, 23 dwt. 12gr.; Gunner, 

 21 dwt. lOgr. ; Sovereign, 20 dwt. 20 gr.; Two to One, 19 dwt. 22 gr. — 

 Green. Thumper, 20 dwt. 8 gr. ; Peacock, 20 dwt. 6 gr. ; Providence, 20 dwt.; 

 Lord Crew, 19 dwt. 20 gr.— White. Eagle, 21 dwt.; Ostrich, 20 dwt. 12gr. ; 



