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Domestic Notices : — Eiisland. 



strength of the vitriol), if applied by rubbing well into the crevices of the 

 wood, wherever the kind of hoariness produced by the insect is perceptible, 

 we have found in practice to destroy the insect without hurting the tree : it 

 is very penetrating. Hot water is apt to cool before reaching those insects that 

 are in very inaccessible crevices. — R. L. Kilmarnock, Feb. 4. 1841. 



Pince and Co.'s permanent Botanical and Horticidtural Tally, mentioned in 

 p. 86., is shown in figs, 38, 39. ; 

 the former is a perspective view, 

 and the latter an elevation of the 

 cast-iron shank. The length of 

 the shank from the disk to the 

 neck is 1 ft., and below the disk 

 8 in. The width of the shank at 

 the neck is rather more than an 

 inch, and at the lower extremity 

 three fourths of an inch. These 

 shanks can be afforded by Messrs. 

 Cottam and Hallen at 4s. Gd. per 

 dozen, orwithalead plate riveted 

 on, as in^g. 38., at 85. per dozen. 

 The size of the name plate will 

 depend on the number of words 

 which are to be stamped or 

 painted on it. These plates may 

 be formed of sheet lead one 

 eighth of an inch thick, and the . 

 letters stamped with steel type, 

 and filled in with white lead, the 

 •body of the plate being painted 

 black ; or they may be made of 

 wood thoroughly dried, soaked 

 in oil, painted black or a blue 

 black, and the letters painted 

 ■white The disk, on firm ground, 

 such as turf, will prevent the 

 tally from sinking too far into 

 the soil, or leaning to one side. 

 On the whole, this tally pro- 

 mises to be one of the best 

 hitherto devised for arbore- 



Tallyfor Trees and Shrubs.'', ' i,,™„ 



New Besom for Garden Purposes, — Mr. G. Duncan, gardener at Levenside, 

 always uses the twigs of the snowberry (Symphoria gloraerata) for sweeping 

 walks, &c., which he prefers to either birch or broom, as Ijeing more tough, 

 durable, and easily obtained. The snowberry is a hardy free-growing plant, 

 that will thri-ve in almost any situation, even under trees it grows well ; so that 

 a ready supply of material for making besoms might be provided by planting it 

 in any unfrequented place near the garden, where it could be cut when wanted, 

 which should be done as soon as the wood is properly ripened, and tied up in 

 bundles to dry before it is made into besoms for use. — L, Glasgom, Feb, 10. 

 1841. 



Fig. 38. 



Fig. 39. 



Shank of Tally for 



Trees and Shrubs. 



Art. II. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Churchyards at Lancaster. — Since you were in this neighbourhood, we have 

 had some new churches built ; and I consider the plans of the churchyards 

 deserving of notice in the Gardener'' s Magazine, as they are calculated to meet 

 the approbation of both rich and poor who may wish to cherish dear remem- 

 brances. — D. Said. Lancaster, Feb. 1841. 



