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the same kind of metal, fastened to 

 the sash-style (e e) by the screw-nail 

 f. When the sash is to be pushed up, 

 the piece of metal d is moved up- 

 wards by the finger, and this piece, 

 working on the screw f, loosens the 

 lock or catch at g, from the other 

 metal plate a. In drawing down the 

 sash, the piece of metal d naturally 

 falls into its place again, and fastens 

 the sash to the sash-head, as before. 

 I have seen this sash-fastener in use 

 in various parts of the United States ; 

 but whether it is of transatlantic 

 or European origin, is more than I 

 can tell. In old-fashioned green-houses, with the front glass in two sashes, as 

 in common windows, this sash-fastener may be useful, being very easily made, 

 and consequently not dear. — James Frewin, Builder. Kingsland, Nov. 1838. 

 Spencer Wood, near Quebec, Oct. 10. 1838. — My summer has been so de- 

 voted to gardening pursuits, to putting up grape-houses, laying out parterres, 

 and to matters thereunto belonging, that I have literally forgotten the world, 

 and even myself. This, I trust, will be my excuse for not having sooner 

 written to you. I had intended to make a large collection of indigenous 

 plants, and to attach a Canadian flora to my English flower-garden, and 

 send you a list of the contents of both gardens, that you might know what 

 will stand the open air in this country ; but you must wait another year. My 

 park is finely wooded with the most beautiful oak trees in this part of Canada, 

 and of these I send you a few leaves and acorns. [The acorns were without 

 their caps, and therefore we cannot with certainty determine whether the 

 species is Q. rubra or Q. coccinea, but we think it is the former.] With these 

 I send you two plants of Sarracenza purpurea, two cypripediums, three hepa- 

 ticas, one plant of what the Canadians call ginger root, producing a flower very 

 early, as white as the snowdrop, and by some called the Canadian snowdrop ; 

 and also some Canadian lily seed [Zalium canadense]. This Canadian lily I 

 transferred to my garden some years ago, and it has since been universally 

 admired, both by natives and strangers. The plant, though found in abundance 

 in some spots, had not attracted notice here till lately, though we have an in- 

 numerable number of collectors of flowers. None of these flowers, however, 

 can rival the Canadian lily, for elegance of form, both of the flower and stem. 

 We have had a most lovely season, the finest I recollect to have occurred 

 during my residence of nearly thirty years in Canada. — Henry Atkinson. 



Our readers will find an account of this gentleman's residence in Vol. XII., 

 p. 467. By some mistake, which we are now unable to account for, the name 

 of the proprietor is stated there to be William Atkinson. — Cond. 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Effects of the Hurricane of January 7. — In our last (p. 91.), we stated the 

 number of trees destroyed in Knowsley Park at 3283, it should have been, as 

 the Earl of Derby informs us, 3287. — Cond. 



In the park at Lowther Castle, the number of trees blown down or mu- 

 tilated amounted to 9767. Among these were, a larch 110 ft. high, with a 

 clear stem of 50 ft., containing 78 ft. of timber; a Scotch pine 103 ft. high, 

 containing 347 ft. of timber ; one 100ft. high, containing 263ft. of timber; 

 and one 72 ft. high, containing 187 cubic feet. A Spanish chestnut, 104 ft. high', 

 contained 278 cubic feet; and oaks were blown down containing from 300°to 



