104; Qjicrics and Answers. — Obituary. 



approve of paring 2 or 3 inches of the verge every time. It is perfectly pos- 

 sible to pare for seven years, and yet not widen the wallc 1 in, after all ; and 

 those gardeners that cannot keep a walk without widening it, and keep verges 

 with very little clipping, should read, mark, and learn. If I had leisure, I 

 should like to hint at various items, such as Counsellor Harrison's coal- 

 box, an article, doubtless from his own design, now employed as a hot-house 

 boiler, &c. ; but this, and various matters, I must defer for the present. — 

 Alexander Forsyth. Z)cc. 19. 1839. 



Native Scotch Pine. — After your able article in the Arboretum on this 

 subject, little need be added ; yet I may mention it as my opinion, founded on 

 observation, viz., that the three varieties of the late Mr. Don of Forfar, that 

 is, those with upright, horizontal, and pendent branches, merely denote the 

 youth, maturity, and decay of the tree. The horizontal or mature state, of 

 course, contains the best timber: decaying trees will produce most seed ; but 

 the most vigorous seedlings will be the produce of cones taken from trees in a 

 state of matiu'ity. — R. Lymburn. Kilmarnock, Dec, 18.39. 



Art. V. Queries and Ansivers.. 



Names of Insects. — The species of wasp of which the nest was formed in 

 the branches of the larch fir is the Fespa britannica of Dr. Leach, so called 

 because this species has not yet been found on the Continent. The insects 

 among the leguminous seeds are specimens of one of the many species of 

 J?ruchus, which feed, both in the larva and perfect state, on the seeds of these 

 plants. Those on the Clianthus puniceus are a species of Coccus, which it 

 would be necessary to study in a living state before their specific name could 

 be determined. The same remark may also be made on those sent by J. B. 

 W., which infest the pear and the manettia. All these species are doubtless, 

 distinct. — J. O. f'F. Dec. ,31. 1839. 



The Yellow Dutch Turnip. — This turnip, sa highly recommended in the 

 early editions of your Encyclopcedia of Gardening, I cannot find in the cata- 

 logues of either provincial or London seedsmen. Can you inform me where 

 it may be procured ? — N. T. 



The yellow Dutch turnip is nothing more than the common yellow turnip ; 

 the seed of which, having formerly been chiefly procured from Holland, thus 

 obtained the name of Dutch. It is little grown in England in gardens, but 

 much esteemed and generally cultivated in Scotland. It may be had from most 

 London and all Edinburgh seedsmen. By enclosing 6d. and a twopenny 

 stamp in a prepaid penny letter to Mr. Sang of Kirkaldy, a packet of the 

 genuine Dutch yellow turnip may be had, by return of post, sufficient for two 

 sowings in an ordinary garden. — Cond. 



Art. VI. Ohituari/. 



Death of Baron Jacqiiin. — Vienna, Dec. 1 1 . Universal regret is excited by 

 the death of Baron von Jacquin, who has been carried off by an apoplectic 

 fit, at the age of 74. His celebrated father attained the age of 90. The loss 

 of the learned world will be the more severely felt, as his house was, for a long 

 series of years, the rendezvous of all the most eminent characters in literature 

 and science. He was, in every respect, a highly accomplished and most 

 honourable man. {Leijmc Allgemeine Zeitung, as quoted in the Times of Dec. 

 23. 1839.) Since we commenced the Gardencr''s Magazine, we have received 

 many favours from this excellent man; the last of which was a beautiful 

 drawing of Cytisus Weldeni, which arrived simultaneously with the above 

 account of his death. — Cond. 



