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be nearly as surprising to some of your i second, the third, and the fourth flu 

 as toada an 1 frogs living in confinement in a»* vmr%*A k» i m S fw nwA u -m « ii^fir.i, mS 



when 



and treat. It is no unconun n unng, wnen a 

 t is old and worn out, for a crop of vegetables to 

 ^session of the upper parts of it ; even rare plants 

 _ etimes be found in such places— but how they 

 there, I know not. It happened, some years ago, 

 jilt m old pr with an abundance of vegetation about 

 nouth, and also down part of its throat, had to be 

 „ i ^ rc ,i op ; wood was laid over its mouth, and turf waa 

 yd over the wood ; the object of the covering was to 

 j p T no current of air in the pit. After remaining in 

 ffet state for some years, this season the mouth of the 

 pit was uncovered, and all traces of the former vege- 

 £yj0a hid disappeared, except one plant, and it was so 

 £K*tly changed in appearance, that it took a few 

 IBtes to ascertain what the strange-looking thing was 

 bid been ; but there it existed, living a I growing 

 m>idly, an as it could not get upwards, it was making 

 jb way downwards as fast as it could, and when it was 

 lionght to light its extremities had reached nearly three 



down the pit. Pi r Mac ie 9 We pk , 

 gating. [This was, we presume, a Khizomorpha ; the ] 

 tttdy mycelium of some Boletus-like plant] 



Jjtfc /'« urns in Pots. — I have been so much gratific 

 wii!i the ripening of late Plums in pots in my orchard 



that I am induced to send you a few fruit of 



C§e*» Golden Drop ; theyare i luced in rise from shrivel 



lag iu the dry atmosphere, but they are highly sac- 

 efasrine and rich, and would, I have 

 renuuned on the trees till November. 



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no doubt, have 



Thomas Rivera, 

 excellent in all 



flotfrcs ot 33oofts. 



The Rod and the Line ; or, Pract Hints and Dainty 



Devices for the sure taking of out, Gray t, ti-c. 



by Henry Wheatley, Esq. With nine coloured 



plates. Longman and Co. 

 Tins is an exception to most of the modern books on 

 bhing, for there is much original matter in it which i 

 nod and clearly explained. Brothers of the angle well 

 know that spinning is one of the most difficult points to 

 accomplish, because the principle is but little understood. 

 This book explains it, and points out what to do and 

 what to avoid ; it gives clear instructions for making the 

 jroper tackle and the various artificial baits, with re- 

 ■rences to plates, so that the manufacture can be easily 

 accomplished. 



The work also m'ves information 



gives miormat! <n to fly-fishers for 

 ■hnon and trout, and it is written in a free and pleasin 

 Style ; but the spinning instructions are so good that \\. 

 Wrongly recommend all anglers to study the pages of it, 

 fcr those who do not know anything a! ut it may thus 

 readily learn, and those who perhaps fancy themselves 

 tbjtop fishermen may gain valuable information which 

 wfflbe new to them, and increase their chance of return- 

 agfroin a fishing excursion with a full pannier. 



Garden Memoranda. 



Chelsea Botanic Garden A small plant of the 



Littrea gem ini flora is now blooming in the Chelsea 

 Garden. The flowering stem measures about 1 1 feet in 

 fcright The plant has been kept in a greenhouse tem- 

 perature for the last two or three years, in the winter 

 aewon being associated with Aloes and similar plants ; 

 and, though comparatively small, is in perfect health, 



and opening its blossoms very freely ; the foliage is 

 Terv Derfppt. 



Tulips. 



FLORICULTURE. 



As the season for planting has arrived, it 

 may be well to offer a few observations on that subject, 

 together with some remarks respecting the cha- 

 racteristics of certain varieties somewhat closely allied, 

 not only in the collection under my immediate care, but 

 «80 in that of others whose beds I have been privileged 

 to inspect when at their best. I cannot boast of a 30 

 years' acquaintance with the Tulip, and, therefore, I have 

 few old prejudices to forget in connection with it ; yet 

 *Uh much care and a firmly fixed determination only 

 to grow « selections " and not « collections," I find an 

 occasional variety whose room proves more desirable 

 «an its company. I have ever been an advocate for 

 |ue duplicate system of arrangement, i. c, planting the 

 t*o outside flowers of each row with the same variety ; 

 *« *o on with the second and sixth, and with the third 

 ™* nfth, as the following example will show. 



IP*** 1 - I Row 2. 



{wCerUeblanc.1. Bvbl., David 

 + *yw-i Salvator 2. Biz., Vivid 



3 la 5 , I 3 - Rose > Aglaia 



J {?*•» PplTphenuM ,4. Bvbl., Thalia 



*" S* e »j Magnificent 5. Rose, Aglaia 

 6 plli Pol JPheuii^ 8. Biz., Vivid 

 ' Soli Sal?ator j 7 - Bvbl., Davi 

 7 -fco*e, Cerise blanc 



1 p A R9W4 ' 



J ^Ofe, Ariette 



i' »**. Mutidora 



J' S iZ ■ F *biu» 

 !• 2©*e, Emily 



7 « ! * , Fabius 



*• hK Mu.idora 

 '• *<**, Ariette 



Row 5. 



Bow 3. 



1. Biz , Solon 



2. Rose, Bijou 



3. Bvbl., General 

 Bouroaveld 



4. Biz., Dukecf De- 

 vonshire 



5. Bvbl., General 

 Bourn aveld 



6. Rose, Bijou 



7. Biz., Solon 



I Bow G. 



1. Bvbl., Byzantium 1. Biz., Albion 



2. Biz , Pilot 



3. Rose, Triompb 



Royal e 



4. Bybl., Louis XVI. 



5. Rose, Triumph 



2. 

 3. 



4. 



Hose, Lac 

 Bybl., Princess 



Royal 



Biz., Platoff 



Bvbl , Princess 



Royal 

 Rose, Lac 

 Biz,, Albion 



Royal* 



6. Biz., Pilot 6. 



7. Bybl. f Byzantium 7. , — 



% this arrangement the different classes f 

 ™y distributed throughout the bed, thus, the first 



regu- 



B yblocm 



ni row 1 is a Rose : the first in row 2, a 



en ; the first in row 3 ; a Bizarre ; and so the 



ars in 



are varied in uniform order ; the fifth, sixth, and 

 corresj iding with those already given in d 

 from any point, the colours are thus so well 

 and distributed, that I have ever failed to disco 

 least cause for variation, and therefore 1 

 advocate the more general adopt'on of the plan, 

 difficulty may, however, be found in carrying out the 

 system through the entire bod, owing to the want of 

 *toek : nevertheless, that should not deter anyone f] 



the attempt When purchasing, take especial 

 care to have two hulbs of each of those you waa 

 for inst ce,' bmy two of Magnificent (Marefieid), 

 2 Bijou (Scarneli), 2 Vivid (Sanders), 9 llaml (Brov >, 

 •2 L ic ( , 2 Lacheses (Gro* i),2 Salvator Rosa irown), 

 2 Victoria Regina (Groom), 2 Ariette (Dl «), 2 Thalia 

 (Clark), &c., and of the less expensive sort I find m 

 original purchases varied from four to eight bulbs of 

 ea kind, such as Marshal Soult (t . jom) t David ), 

 Ponceau tres blauc (Dutch), Pru ss Royal (Gibbons), 

 Pilot (Gibbons), «&c. In o select n of varieties, 

 however, mueh caution is required ; for all that is true < 

 dealers* seed lists equally pertains to Tulip catalog! 

 What is Hose Astonishing! Hot* Matilda 1 Rose II iue I 

 Kose Triumphs Roy ale I Rose Lacheses! what Albion ? 

 Polyphemus! Sheet Anchor Priam! Dou/ '.'■ I J rd 

 Strathmore! Hamlet 1 r:\ssea! I do not my that th 



oses are one and the same, but I do say that great 

 authorities a^ r that any thret of tliem are too nearly 

 alike even for an exhibition of 12 blooms : so in 

 Bizarres, Albion is said to bt but a sliort-m ^"ng 

 vainety of Polyphemus ; Priam (Wells) a good strain 

 of the same ; Sheet Anchor a tall-growing variety of 

 ditto; Hamlet and Ulysses both Slough strains of the 

 same flower ; and sim ■ cases might l>e multiplied to 

 a great extent, but enough has been adduced to show 

 that caution is at least requisite when in ^ pureliases, 

 or what is peril ape a sounder policy, make those of 

 whom you buy feel their responsibility, that is the 

 way t<» raise and maintain confidence. How interesting 

 would an enumeration be of our popular Tulips ai 

 their affinities! Suivly, many of our cultivators could 

 enlighten us on a subject so full of importance; and in 

 so doing, would they uot be conferring much bei t \ 

 No Tulip 1 ality should fail to establish a i • . the 



periodical publication of which would set the matter in 

 a fair train for ii uiry throughout the wl le u fancy ;" 

 further, as a rule, 1 cannot but regret the omn m of 

 the raiser's name — this is a fault alone to be charge to 

 the Tulip and K< growers ; for, taking the whole round 



of florists' flow *s, Pinks, Pansies, Picotees, Gera- 

 niums, Dahlias, &c., the tab s name is as perse\ ingly 

 reserved as the variety itself. 

 Cuuysantiiemums. — The unusual mildness of the 





Kfs Ins love for \ :»:»•> mm MU -n m m mmm m pareMS 



to take him a gardener, and ho was thes ap- 



pren ed to Mr. London, at I^ekhei: Hail, bow 

 Carstairsll mse, in Ijmarkshire. At tlie « of hie 



apprentieeehip he i it to Wdodhall, theses of W. 



cordial! ..ipbell, Esq. of lsU, where he nishiil for several 



ears, under the late Mr. Wal: r Henderson * 







years, under the late 



afterwards remov .1 ;o London, and for soniefiin w 

 engaged in the nursery estabhshmsnt of >! i-ssrs ins, 



Regent's Park. Subs ^ucnily he ,pj ed in the 



I\ ^*a1 Gardens at Eew, under the late William A 



Eeq In this Royal establishment, the late Mr. M\Nab and 

 he were felltAv-labourers, and both 1< lor .lead 



-iring the month of April, 1810. Shortly after hie 

 arrival in Scotland, he procured a small piece o! ground 

 at ComKy Bank, to form a nursery, and which has been 



\tended several times ; it now contains a larger amount 

 pot plants than an _v niilar establ in in lairope. 



Duriiu' Novsm 1 837, he was ap; inted Nurseryman 



and Florist to the < n for Scotland. Mr. Cunningham 

 did not exe< 1 so iuu in cuh ion as he did ia uom. 



I 



l ion ; in this latter d i he Bt*>od nnri 



and many oflhemethods piaetbed el iomle> Uetth wmi 



patent to himself. 1! as the ake up the 



hybridisation of Khododem! >ns in Scotland, and many 

 excellent hardy standard varieties' vtere produced 1 



him. The e< U brated Hnranil.us creetm was likewise 

 iie result of 1 1 is labours ; i !, strange to say, r several 

 recessive ars the same variety way prod need between 



the same plants without any percept Me (hang* in the 



eflViprin • Mr ('imninghaui thr u^h h'e was ipn< i and 

 iv-tii . with habits peculiar and somewhat eeoenn 

 I lis remains wire interred on the 24th Ortobt r, in the 



parish church-yard of Carluke. North British gri* 

 cufturist. 



Pirns AbpU*.— In 



of th-- lt Hortus Me us 



of the foregoing 



a coj 

 Amstelodamus," now l>y favour :it hand, on the |-late 

 Ananas is entered the following MS. note by P. ( Ilia «n 



—the eminent F.U.S. : — *& Matthew" Decker first 

 rough t the A nana or Pine-apple into England to hie 



garden at Richmond, win I saw them a ut the year 



1712." in the "Horl Itural Transactions;' vol. i 



(p. ISO), we read : — " Lady Mary W'ortlejr 11 ntagu, 



i her journey to < : lai pie, iu the year 1716, 



remarks th tanoe of l'i: appl« - beiag served 



up in the dessei^t at the Id toral tahicat llan^vwasa 



thing she had never before seen or heard of* Had 

 Pines hi » then grown in Knglattd, her ladyship could 

 Mt have lx« no rant of the fact" (l*mrlcrly Review. 

 [In Lord \Vald< rave's collection at Strawberry Hill 

 was a picture representing Rose, the Royal gardener, 

 pres« ting the I ' I applet- Kin Charh the '2d, 

 in the Garden at 11. tpton C-ourt. The Pine-appla 

 must therefore have boiled in I upland bt re 1685. J 



New Style of Glass for ( h u L Chapel, ami 

 School Windows. — A deecri] n of glass, termed 

 w quarry" glass, has been recently manufactured by 

 Mef-ssw. Hartley, which we think will speedily come 

 into general use* for the purpoeee above named. I -or 

 these windows, small pieces of ; ne rally us* d. 



fastened U ether with lead, which, from he amount of 

 labour required, are rendered costly, and when fid bed 

 are constantly lial .get out of repair ; the wind and 



rain arc I n found to penetrate the joints, and render 



adjoining sittings exceedingly uncomfortable. The great 

 improvement afforded by the glass we refer to, consists 

 in its being thick, of large size, un transparent, figured 

 in imitation of lead, and presenting that chaste appear- 

 ance so necessary for places of v rship. In com ion 

 with these advantages, the quarry dass is so strong that 

 no frames are n red to support it ; and though three 

 times the thickness of crown glass, windows made of it 

 will be loss exp« sive, perfectly air-tight, of 1 < tter 

 appearance, and much more durable. To archi eta 

 and builders the quarry glass will recommend itself as 

 combining utility, beau and economy. Smdaiand 



II d. 



Vegetation <f Borneo: Asctv' of Krni-Halu. — The fol- 

 lowing interesting remarks arc from a letter received by a 

 correspondentirom Hugh Low, 1 q.,Co! al Secretary at 

 Borneo, who has n the fin- to ascend the loftiest 

 lountain of that island* The position of Kini-Balu is at 

 the N.E. extremity of Borneo, in about 6° north lat, 

 where it forms a most conspicuous feature from the 

 ocean to the east, north, and south. It has hitherto 

 erroneously been presumed to be volcanic, from its 

 peculiarly steep summit, and the rugged crater-like 

 ridges it presents on various sides, and probably as 

 much from analogy, the lofty explored peaks of Java 



The discovery of its granitio 



season is telling in favour of the Chrysanthemum, whose 



progress during the past week lias been rapid. The 



truer sorts (such as Princess Marie, Vesta, &c.) are 

 well nigh expanded ; and the late sorts, I have no 

 doubt, will be in bloom by the 20th of November. As far 

 as appearances go, a splendid bloom may # be expected. 

 Preparations should be made without delay for protect- 

 ing both plants and blooms, so that they may he a il- 

 able at the shortest notice. Much may be done < her 

 for the purpose of retarding or forwarding the bl m 

 by the means used for protection. Such varieties as 

 Perfection, Campcstroni, Two-coloured Incurved, King, 

 and Dupont de TEure, should be housed first ; not only 

 because they are late varieties, but also from the fact 

 that they take a long time fully to develope themselves. 

 These remarks apply to plants grown in pots. When 

 grown against a south wall, &c, other means of protec- 

 tion must be resorted to. Lights not in use may be 

 made available for the purpose, also covering with oil 



anvas ; both of which, however, in some cases are ob- 

 jectionable, as, for instance, when the plants are grown 

 against a wall m the pleasure-ground. The plan I adopt 

 is simple and effectual, and it is not so urn litly as cither 



; I u the cover or tops of my hand- 

 lights, which are made of iron ; I drive two nails into 

 the wall just above the blooms, for one edge of the 1 lit 

 to rest upon, and a third nail 2 feet above the otl -, 

 to which the handle of the light is secured with a string. 

 By this mode of fastening, the light is suspended over 

 the blooms. If the latter are forward, this is sufficient ; 

 if late, by lengthening the cord, both edges fall to th 

 wall, completely enclosing the blooms, and at the SMQ 

 time forwarding them considerably. One glass may be 

 made to protect three or pore plants, by drawing them 

 to it. Among the more modern varieties, the Duke, 



Evarden, Cloth of Gold, Lyzzus, Dupont de l'Eure, will j being invariably so. 



take a prominent stand. Nevertheless, our old favourites, structure is on this account the more ntemting. To 



r - ear finer than the botanist, Kim-Ualu n ee mt to afford a rival m Khodo- 



Vesta, Annie Salter, Goliath, &c, will appear 

 ever. I have no doubt plants will be exhibited in fine 

 condition. There will be some immense specimens. I 

 have no hesitation in saying that the competition iu 

 plants and blooms will far exceed that of any previov 

 year. Be careful in not housing the plants too soon, or 

 loss of foliage will probably follow. Wm. Holmes. 



Catalogue received from Mr. IS. G. ileaderaon, &t» 



Wood. J. E. 

 PELiaGONiCMS: WEB. Two plants. J. E. 



John's 



Miscellaneouf 



We have to an- 



I) th of Mr. James Cunninrjl a. 

 nounee the death of Mr. Cunningham, Nurseryman, at 

 Comley Bank, Edinburgh, which took place on Wednes- 

 day, the 22d October. Mr. Cunningham was long 

 celebrated as a nurseryman, and was one of the most 

 uccessf id propagators of plants of the age. He was 

 born at Carluke, in Lanarkshire, in 1704 * ai 





at an early I ance. 



dendrons to the Himalaya, and in Pitcher plants to any 

 known country. In the same communication, Mr. Low 

 informs us that he intends sgatn ascending the mou ntain, 

 and, if possible, reaching a higher elevation. We wish 

 this adventurous and intelligent explorer every success, 

 Nothing is said of the difficulties and dangers that mttsfc 

 have attended his journey from the coast to the foot of 

 the mountain, ti y were doubtless many and severe, 

 and we wait with anxiety for further parncuhu which 

 shall be bid at once before our readese. ** Labuan, 

 April 23, 1 K5 1 . As, when I had the pleeeaw of meeting 

 you in Ei land, yen expreeeed a wish to know some- 

 thing of the mountain Kini-Balu, 1 have now the 

 pleasure to inform vou, that I have aetu to >lonel 

 Butterworth, the Governor of the Straits, a small col- 

 lection of plants made there by myself, on a visit I paid 

 to then nntain last month, of v ich I lw r your ept- 



I enclose in the same parcel two or three small 



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