Domestic Notices: — England. 41 



suitable for the cultivation of the negundo, could not this tree be planted, 

 which, besides being ornamental, is useful also for its timber. 



[The negundo, in Britain, is not a very hardy nor a very long-lived tree ; 

 and as the sexes are on different plants, a plantation of seedlings must 

 necessarily contain a number of males, which, of course, yield no seeds, and 

 yet are necessary to the maturity of the seeds of the females. Hence, we 

 would suggest a trial to be made of the seeds of the common sycamore. 

 A K cer Pseudo-Platanus, which produces seeds in immense quantities in every 

 part of the country, and in every year.] 



You will have already seen the first part of a monograph of the genus 

 .Moms, by the excellent Dr. Giuseppe Moretti, professor of botany in the 

 university of Pavia, in which there is a notice of your Arboretum et Fru- 

 Hcetiim. If you have not already seen it, write to me immediately, that 

 I may send it to you by some means ; and I shall take that opportunity 

 of giving you some information about the increased cultivation of silk worms, 

 according to experiments made by my brother Louis. — Giuseppe Manetti. 



Remedy for the woolly Aphis. — I have just had a letter from my brother, 

 in which he tells me that a shepherd, of the seven communes of the Rhetian 

 Alps, has discovered a remedy for the A'phis lanigera, which infests apple 

 trees. It is the most simple that can be imagined, and consists in attaching 

 to the central branch of the infested tree a ring or girdle of sheep's dung. 

 By the next morning, not an aphis is to be seen on the tree. It appears, 

 that the smell of the sheep's dung is so insupportable to these insects, 

 that they retire beyond reach of its odour. — G. Manetti. 



INDIA. 



The Fountain at Harrackpoor, which you recommend for imitation in Ken- 

 sington Gardens, was erected by the Marquess of Hastings in ] 8 1 7. The steam- 

 engine was of 18-'horse power, and had belonged to an old steam-boat. It 

 raised the water more than 100 ft. high, and was greatly admired ; but it 

 was destroyed by Lord William Bentinck, on the principle of economy. — 

 J. Cooper, Engineer in India for several years. 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 

 ENGLAND. 



Epsom Nursery, Nov. 30. 1841. — Flex, latifolia is here perfectly hardy, 

 and some of the plants have leaves 9 in. long. Quercus glabra, Fiburnum 

 japonicum, and various other rare and beautiful shrubs, make a fine ap- 

 pearance, and there is a variety of Mahdm'a fascicularis which is said to be 

 quite hardy. — T. C. 



Pine-apples at Branspeth Castle. — I cut a few days ago the two fruits from 

 the two suckers on the same plant that you seemed to admire (rough from the 

 knife), the one weighing 6 lb. 13 oz., the other 6 lb. 9 oz. I showed them, 

 with others, at the Newcastle Horticultural Meeting on Friday last, as a rude 

 specimen of pine-growing, and I was awarded the first and second prizes. 

 The plant which bore these two fruits this year, bore a fine fruit in September 

 last year. I have practised this mode of growing pines from suckers, with 

 good success, for many years. I have had Enville, 6 lb. 4oz. ; Providence, 

 larger, and frequently twins. Should I have a vigorous plant, I am not content 

 with the production of one fruit, provided I have means to my wishes. If you 

 will look into your Magazine for July, 1830, you will find that a pupil of mine 

 had produced in four successive years, from the same plant, four fruits, the 

 sum total of the weight of which was 20 lb. 6 oz. — G. Dale. Branspeth 

 Castle Gardens, October 17. 1841. 



The Sweeney Nonpareil Apple, grown on a south wall, at Sweeney Hall, 



