626 Domestic Notices : — Scotland. 



says has taken place in the country during that period is quite astonishing ; 

 nay, even within the last three years the progress is visible. Gardening, he 

 says, is carried to the greatest perfection in the north of Ireland, and more 

 especially in the neighbourhood of Belfast. The grand promoter of horticul- 

 ture there is Michael Andrews, Esq., of Ardoyne. The Belfast Botanic Garden 

 Mr. Moore describes as fifteen acres in extent, beautifully situated, with an 

 excellent soil, and well managed by Mr. Ferguson. The remaining plant of 

 Phyllocladus is in a thriving state, the other being now in the collection of the 

 Rev. T. Williams of Hendon Rectory. On the whole, the account given of 

 the state of gardening and planting in Ireland, by Mr. Moore, is more gratifying 

 than any we have had for some time past. — Cond. 



The Weeping Larch at Denham Hall, Suffolk, the seat of the Earl of Strad- 

 broke (Arb. Brit. p. 2358., Hort. Lig. 123.), covers a walk, forming an arch- 

 way, 30 yards in length, and has never yet made an upright shoot. In fact, 

 so perfectly pendulous is it, that its shoots creep along the ground. I received 

 grafts of it three years since, and find that its pendulous character is perma- 

 nent. It appears to me to be a variety of the red American larch ; its shoots 

 are red, and its foliage is of a dark glaucous green. — T. Rivers. Sawbridge- 

 worth, Sept. 1839. 



The plant of this variety of larch in the Horticultural Society's garden, re- 

 ceived from the Earl of Stradbroke when Baron Rous, has a leading shoot 

 as upright as that of any common larch, but the. lower branches trail on the 

 ground ; and, if encouraged, might probably extend to a great length. The 

 tree, however, is not in a thriving state, and might very well pass for being 

 nothing more than the common larch. — Cond. 



Pla?its lately raised from Seeds in the Birmingham Botanic Garden. — In 

 1837, iupinus Barkens and Begonia macrophylla, from Mexico. In 1838, 

 Impatiens sp. from Himalaya ; Arenaria grandiflora, from Russia. In 1839, 

 Pinus HartwegK, P. devoniana, P. Pseudo-5tr6bus, P. patula, P. Teocote, 

 .^bies religiosa, .Betula jorullana, .^rctostaphylos pungens, Cotoneaster 

 denticulata, from Mexico; Lathyrus canescens, from Buenos Ayres ; and 

 Cheilanthus farinosa, from the East Indies. — D. C. Sept. 1839. 



Refuse Apples as Manure. — It may probably be in the recollection of some 

 of our readers, that, owing to the superabundance of the crop of apples last 

 year in the orchard of Mr. Bryer of Leece, in Low Furness, Mr. Bryer tilled 

 a field, which he purposed sowing with wheat, with the refuse or unsaleable 

 part of his apple crop. The result shows the value of the experiment, though 

 it is one, we presume, which the farmer will seldom be able to make. The 

 wheat promises a good return, being the best crop, with one exception, in that 

 far-famed corn district. (Cumberland Packet, July 6. 1830.) — M. Saul. 



SCOTLAND. 



The Highland Society of Scotland. — The newspaper reports, given from time 

 to time, of the meetings of this Society show the rapid progress that is 

 making in agricultural improvement in every part of Scotland ; and though 

 we chiefly store up the ideas that we derive from these reports for supple- 

 mentary matter to our Encyclopaedias of Agriculture and of Cottage, Farm, and 

 Villa Architecture, yet there are some things so far connected with gardening, 

 that we consider it our duty to notice them in this Magazine. At the meeting 

 at Inverness on October 3., among the subjects discussed after dinner, 

 thorough draining was one. 



" Colonel Maclean, of Ardgour, asked whether in those parts of the country 

 where stones could be had cheaper than tiles, they should not be preferred ? 



" The Marquess of Tweeddale. ' In my experience, every drain made with 

 stones has choked up, and tile draining is the only efficient system. I cannot 

 give a preference to stones on any terms. Whatever drain does not filter the 

 water is objectionable.' 



" Major Cumming Bruce then questioned the marquess more minutely as to 

 this opinion. He had himself gone to considerable expense in stone draining, 



