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I send you in a box a few insects which destroy seeds in abundance ; they 

 must be of the weevil kind ; perhaps they may be of interest to some of your 

 friends. Mr. Westwooil, perhaps, could say the best way of guarding seeds 

 from their depredations. — D. Beaton. Kingsbury, June 20. 1839. [We have 

 sent the insects to Mr. Westwood, and his report will be given in next 

 Number.] 



Laburnums blossoming Twice in the Year. — It may not be an uncommon 

 circumstance, but I certainly never remember before this year to have seen the 

 common laburnum cut off by the frost. I have many trees, but not one of them 

 came into blossom. Six years ago they blossomed quite as profusely in Au- 

 gust as they did in spring. — IV. S. B. Grove Parsonage, Wantage, June 20. 

 1839. 



Danish Gardeners in England. — M. Weilbach has lately arrived here to study 

 his profession, strongly recommended by M. Moerch, curator of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden at Copenhagen, and by Professor Schouw. There are two 

 other Danish gardeners now in England, M. Lona and M. Petersen, all the 

 three having been pupils of M. Moerch. M. Petersen's brother, now the 

 court gardener at Rosenberg, near Copenhagen, passed several years in 

 England, and on his return to Denmark introduced many improvements, as 

 noticed in our preceding volumes. The circumstance of three or four Danish 

 gardeners having each studied some years in England, returning to their native 

 country, and filling conspicuous situations, can hardly fail to render horticultural 

 improvement general. We wish we could see the practice followed by the 

 Russian and Swedish governments. — Cond. 



SCOTLAND. 



Dorydnthes excelsa is now in full bloom in one of the hot-houses at Dunkeld 

 gardens. The plant is one of four which were sent from New Holland to the 

 Duchess of Athol twelve years ago, and the only one that survived the voyage. 

 The scape is upwards of 12 ft. in height, from the top of which diverge seven 

 stalks, each bearing nine large flowers of a deep crimson and pink colour. The 

 formation of the stalks, and outer petals of the flower, remind one of the 

 Crinum amabile, but much larger. The gardener had no communication as a 

 guide to its culture, but kept it at all times, and in all seasons, associated with 

 the most hardy green-house plants. (Dunkeld Gardens, May 24., as quoted in 

 the Caledonian Mercury, June I. 1839.) 



Douglas's Monument. — The committee expect to come to a final determina- 

 tion on this subject in the course of July. — Cond. 



Art. III. Visits to Suburban Gardens. 



Stafford House Flower Hall. June \2th. — This hall, which is intended for 

 the exhibition of plants in pots competing for prizes, appears to us to be well 

 adapted, both in design and construction, for the object in view. The building 

 stands north and south, and the light being admitted only from above, from 

 windows in the upper part of the side walls, the plants will be seen to the 

 greatest advantage ; and supposing the show table to be placed along the 

 centre of the hall, the plants may be placed upon it in a sufficiently isolated 

 position to be viewed individually, and on both sides. This, we think, ought 

 to be the case with all plants exhibited to display the effects of extraordinary 

 care and culture ; except in cases where a plant has been trained to a flat 

 surface, and exposed to the sun only on one side, when the flowers will be 

 produced on that side only. Plants of this kind may be placed on a table 

 against a wall, or anywhere else, where the best side can be seen to the 

 greatest advantage. Plants, also, which are exhibited merely for their 

 rarity, may be placed in masses, or in any other manner in which they will 

 present only one surface, or even a part of the plant, to the spectator j be- 

 cause the object, in this case, is merely to show as much as may determine the 



