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JOUKNAIi OF HOETIOULTDEE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ March 2, 1671. 



jection applies to the anthracite coal and the balls as that 

 which " A. B." makes to his small coal and cindurF, for one 

 must have wood or soft coal to " set the fire going ;" if it is 

 desirable to put on a fire in a cold morning, it will not be 

 forced. The stoker must wait patiently after he has lighted 

 the fire for it to burn up of its own accord, if poked it will not 

 bnrn. | 



As regards price, I think the fuel described will exhibit a 

 favourable contrast to soft coal ; we buy the coal at 6s. a- ton, 

 and the clay and making cost 2s. per load. This is the extreme 

 price here for making it. It is considered that one load of the 



" balls " will last as long as three loads of soft coal, the price 

 of which is from 12s. to lis. per ton. The small amount _of 

 ashes which come from the balls is a great advantage in a 

 small stoke-hole ; they partake of the character of burnt brick, 

 and are an excellent material for applying to heavy land. There 

 is no danger of sparks, and the annoyance of much smoke is 

 avoided, for the cottages here have their chimneys of the shape 

 of a small round hamper with the bottom out, rising about a 

 foot above the thatch, and having a little mortar round'it to 

 keep it on ; but I never heard of any disaster from fire. — J. T.> 

 Maesgictjnne, Carmarthenshire. 



SOLANUM CILIATUM. 

 f This highly-ornamental species has been reintroduced by | was portraited as long ago as 1813, by Danal, in hia ",Hifltoire 

 Messrs. Carter & Co., nurserymen and seedsmen, HighHolborn, Natnrelle des Solanum, &o." 

 from Porto Bico. It was cultivated here fifty years since, and | It is either an annual, or has to be cultivated as if it were 



Solonum ciliatam. 



BO, by being sown yearly. Its stem is herbaceous, from 12 to 

 18 inches high, having numerous yellow prickles ; leaves sub- 

 cordate, sinuately lobed, ciliated (hence its specific name) with 



prickles on their ribs; leaf-stalks short; flowers white, fivs- 

 iobed ; berries nearly spherical, more than an inch in diameter, 

 orange-Ecarlet when ripe. These render it highly ornamental, 



