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distances round the stock. By this arrangement, the sap 

 will ascend equally on all sides, and every part of the stock 

 will be preserved from decay. 



On the 7th of May, Mr. Thomas Shea, Gardener to Lord 

 Burghersh at Florence, communicated the following parti- 

 culars of the treatment of Orange and Lemon trees in that 

 part of Italy. He has observed, that throughout the winter, 

 instead of being placed in Greenhouses as in England, by 

 which means they are kept in a state of growth, they are 

 put into sheds, the windows and apertures of which are 

 only closed during frosty weather. At other times, the ex- 

 ternal air is freely admitted, the plants are watered only once 

 or twice a month, and then sparingly. In the end of April, 

 they are taken from the sheds and set in the open air. 

 These plants are kept dwarf, and in large earthenware pots. 

 In June they are manured with two handfuls of kiln-dried 

 Lupines, mixed with double the quantity of Goat's dung, 

 and this is covered with stable manure. Throughout the 

 summer, the plants are very much watered ; to a large plant, 

 as much as five or six buckets every other day is given, and 

 in very hot weather, they are watered daily. Every fourth 

 or fifth year, the plants are lifted out of the pots, and the 

 balls reduced, the external roots being taken off. 



On the 3rd of June, Mr. John Walmsley, Slate Merchant, 

 of Belvedere Road, Waterloo Bridge, exhibited a Trough 

 made with Slates, contrived by William Atkinson, Esq. 

 who has used such at different places, where they have been 

 found to answer better than any other material for Troughs 

 for Greenhouses ; or they may be made water-tight for aquatic 



