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THE WEEPING ELM GUANO. 
sea-coast with a broad belt of evergreen flat- 
topped forest wood ; the single trees are from 
twenty to forty feet high, inclined, with trunks 
of from two to three feet in diameter, often 
flattened, seldom erect ; the branches are 
spreading and ascending, from the inclemency 
of the climate and the violence of the wind, 
forming stag-headed trees, whose tops are 
perfectly flat, as if cut with a scythe. Aniso- 
tome lat'ifolia is one of the noblest of umbel- 
liferous plants, attaining the height of six feet, 
and bearing umbels of rose-coloured or pur- 
plish flowers, each compound umbel being as 
large as the human head: the plant emits, 
when bruised, an aromatic smell. 
The style of the plates, and the execution 
of the work, reflect the greatest credit on the 
editor, Dr. Hooker, and the publishers, Eeeve 
Brothers. 
THE WEEPING ELM. 
The Weeping Elm, (TJlmus montana pen- 
dula,) is a variety of the Wych Elm, of con- 
siderable beauty, and, from the peculiarity of 
its growth, well adapted for planting singly, 
on lawns, or in front of plantations. The 
branches grow in an almost flat, fan-like 
manner, generally more to one side of the 
stem than the other, and assume different 
angles of inclination, according to their age ; 
for, while the topmost branches are slightly 
elevated, the lowest ones are almost perpen- 
dicular to the stem. The young shoots are of 
very stout, vigorous growth, plentifully fur- 
nished with buds, and leaves of a coarse, 
strongly nerved consistence, and dark green 
colour, and which are also more or less three- 
lobed, or furnished with two coarse teeth, one 
on each side, about one-third below the apex. 
Trees of good size generally flower and seed 
very profusely, in most seasons. It is of rapid 
growth, in favourable soils (such as strong 
loams or clays,) attaining from eighteen inches 
to two feet additional height in a season. 
There are good specimens in the garden of the 
Royal Botanic Society, Regent's Park ; in the 
Horticultural Society's Garden, at Chiswick ; 
and also in the Hammersmith and Fulham 
nurseries. 
THE L'SE OF GUANO. 
We have already given useful instruction 
in the application of manure, and our readers 
are in some measure acquainted'with the nature 
of Guano ; but, notwithstanding the assumed 
exhaustion of the stock, it will not cease to be 
produced, nor have we any right to suppose 
that there will be any lack of it for a consider- 
able period at least. The world is not yet so 
well known as to have revealed all her trea- 
sures in this fertilizing material, and the 
economical and judicious use of Guano is an 
object worth seeking. We do not go all the 
lengths of some admirers, and recommend it 
for every thing ; and we are just as slow to 
condemn it on account of its failures, for many 
things contribute to unfortunate results. The 
dung of sea-birds is much stronger than that 
of land-birds, and pigeons' dung is stronger 
than that of domestic poultry ; but, although 
the supply of Guano, in any large quantity, 
has been the work of late years, the use of it, 
as a fertilizing material, has long been familiar 
on the coast and in many parts of the earth. 
If we had to give florists and farmers short 
lessons on the general application of Guano, 
we should say at once, " if the Guano be pure, 
use it as you have used the dung from the 
dove-cote, but use only half the quantity." 
This, however, would be of no use to persons 
who had not learned the use of pigeons' dung, 
and therefore it is necessary to be somewhat 
more explicit. Mr. Clarke's pamphlet on the 
use and mode of application of Guano, enti- 
tled Clarlte's Practical Instructions, is one of 
the most useful pamphlets that has been pub- 
lished on the subject ; and the following para- 
graph from Gardening for the Million, con- 
tains an excellent lesson : — 
" A very simple and economical mode of 
preparing Guano for use, is to spread two 
hundred weight of dry sifted mould, &c, three 
or four inches thick, one hundred weight of 
sifted Guano over it, and two hundred weight 
of the mould, &c, on that again : leave the 
heap for two or three days protected from the 
weather ; then let it be well mixed and sifted 
through a common garden sieve. Thus pre- 
pared, it can be sown without inconvenience 
to the farmer, and spread without loss evenly 
over the field. Guano may be also used with 
equal safety in a liquid state, dissolved in 
