Do?neslic Notices : — E?igland. 609 



great heat. The flower bud, as I have proved by cutting down full-grown plants 

 of Miisa rosacea and M. Cavendishzi, and I think also of M. paradisiaca, re- 

 mains at the root till a time after the plant has attained its full size, varying 

 according to its treatment, and then pushes its way upwards ; its appearance 

 at the top of the stem being preceded by the evolution of one or more leaves 

 smaller than the rest. (^Edinburgh Phil. Journ., October, 1840, p. 386.) 



New Fuchsias raised by W. May, Learning Lane, Bedale. — F. multiflora 

 erecta, F. pendula terminalis, F. fiilgida superba, F. floribunda magna, F. 

 longifolia elegans, F. grandiflora maxima, F. stylosa conspicua. — Cond. 



The Pommerail Pine-apple is superior to all others in our cultivation, for 

 the size and flavour of its fruit. It is sold by the Parisian pine-growers at 

 from 25 to 30 francs a plant. — W. Gordon, Gardener to the English Ambassador, 

 39. Rue de Faubourg St. Honore, Paris. 



The Swainston Seedling Strawberry was raised at Swainston in the Isle of 

 Wight in 1838, and promises to be a very valuable variety. The foliage is 

 large, somewhat resembling that of Keen's seedling, and the fruit is also large, 

 and produced in extraordinary numbers during the whole summer. In shape 

 the fruit resembles that of the Alpine, but it is three or four times larger. 

 The scapes are much branched, and contain many fruit, and even blossoms, in 

 all the different states, from the opening blossom to the mature fruit at the 

 same time. We have seen specimens brought from the Isle of Wight by 

 Mr. Forrest of the Kensington Nursery, in the first week of October, with 

 many ripe fruit, and others in different stages, and also blossoms, as above 

 mentioned. The flavour is said to be good, and the culture that of the com- 

 mon kind. — Cond. 



Dry Rot. — A solution of muriate of zinc has been found by Sir W. 

 Burnett to be equally effective in. preserving timber, cloth, ropes, &c., as Kyan's 

 preparation of mercury, while it is a great deal cheaper. A patent has been 

 taken out to secure this valuable invention, and specimens of articles pre^ 

 served by it during a year in one of the dampest cellars in Somerset House, were 

 exhibited before the Society of Art in Edinburgh, on February 26. 1840. 

 (Jam. Jour., Oct. 1840. p. 401.) 



Supplying packed Plants with Water during long Voyages. — Mr. Knight, of 

 the Exotic Nursery, has found that a slowly leaking porous earthen vessel, 

 placed in the centre of the box or bundle, or two or more of them, if the 

 package should be large, will supply as much water as can be wanted during 

 the longest voyage. — Cond. 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Ca'NNABIS satwa var. gigantea. — You may, perhaps, recollect, that in the 

 spring of 1839 you favoured me with some seeds, of the progress of which 

 I will now render an account. The first was Cannabis sativa var. gigantea 

 from Siberia : several of these seeds had been bruised in the journey, and 

 none of them vegetated. — hinum sp. was the next, and was said to be of 

 great height, from Siberia; this vegetated and grew freely, but the rabbits 

 laid such close siege to it, that they destroyed all the plants except two or 

 three, which I took up in the autumn, and potted ; and as the vermin had not 

 permitted them yet to flower, they survived the winter, and have this summer 

 perfected a few capsules of seed, sufficient to reproduce the species, and I hope 

 to be more fortunate with them next year. — Melilotus sp., from Bokhara, was 

 the next species, and was said to attain the height of 13 ft, in its native 

 country. I sowed it on the 6th of April, 1839, very thinly in drills, interlining 

 drills of Himalayan barley, on a strong sandy loam of the old red sandstone, 

 deeply trenched. The seed freely vegetated, and rose, in the course of the 

 autumn, to the height of 3 ft., exhibiting a few florets on the strongest plants, 

 and ripening about an ounce of seed. In the present year, the crop rose to 



