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duty for the benefit of the garment — the fig-leaves of our first parents, and the first gardeners — wc 
do not know ; but perhaps the fig-leaf argument is as far fetched as any that is likely to be urged 
against the impost. Let us, however, caution gardeners against being too lavish in the use of soap, 
or possibly they may have to resort to restoratives, as well as cleansers, in the management of plants ; 
for soft soap is certain death to the tender foliage of most plants. We lately saw some specimens 
of Ixora quite dead from the effects of soap-suds upon the roots of the plants. If soap is used, 
it must either be while the plants are in a dormant state, or it must be washed off before it has time 
to dry upon the young foliage. — W, 
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PROGEESS OF HOETICULTUEE, &c. 
SCATTERED through the horticultural press many facts, scientific, cultural, or otherwise interesting, 
frequently present themselves ; and though considered important for the time, soon pass from the 
mind and are forgotten, until accident again brings the reader in contact with them. Useful hints 
also appear in various places, but gardening periodicals are now so numerous, that few have the 
means to procure them all ; and hence suggestions frequently of great importance escape the notice of 
those practical men who by experiment would best test their value ; and hence too, facts of great 
importance are forgotten for want of timely appreciation. To remedy this state of tilings, and also 
to render our journal a complete register of progress, we intend from time to time to give short ab- 
stracts of such novel or interesting papers as may appear in the pages of our contemporaries, and thus 
render this Magazine what it ought to he — a complete register and index of progress ; and to render 
the excerpts complete, the name of the journal, and the page from which they are taken, will be given 
with each paragraph as a guide to further research. 
Pomeranian Cabbage. — Remarkable for its conical tapering form, very compact and firm to the 
apex. It is veiy hardy, and likely to prove valuable in situations too cold for the Battcrsea and other 
Cabbages, grown in the neighbourhood of Loudon. — Jour. Hort. Soc., vol. 5, p. 280. 
Haricot a" Algiers. — A Runner Bean, from Lorraine, remarkable for its pale colour; and the 
pods being entirely destitute of any lining, they are exceedingly tender and excellent when cooked. 
Its pale colour renders it unattractive, but when known it will be esteemed for private gardens, though 
not suitable for market purposes. — Ibid. p. 281. 
Early Peas. -Essex Champion, Warner's Early Emperor, Warner's Early Conqueror, Early 
Bcdalean, Early Railway, and Early Wonder may be considered identical. Warner's Early Emperor 
is stronger and taller than the Early Kent ; not quite so early, but a few days earlier than the Early 
May. Danccroft Rival, Danecroft Early Green, Farnes's Conservative Green Marrow, and the 
Transparent Pea are the same. — Ibid. p. 282. 
Late Peas. — Of fifteen varieties (so called by the seedsmen) the following appear to be the best, as 
proved in the Horticultural Society's Garden : — American Dwarf, sown Api'il 6, fit for use July sili : 
about one and a half foot high, a good bearer, ripening about ten days later than Bishop's Long Pod. 
Stubb's or Surbidge's Eclipse, sown April 0th, fit for use July 12; a good dwarf for its season, having 
(he peas larger than any other variety equally dwarf. Hunter's New Marrow, sown April 0th, tit for 
use July 18th; larger than Knight's Dwarf Marrow, and of very sugary quality ; a good bearer, — Ibid. 
p. 282-3. Hairs' Dwarf Green Mammoth Marrow, two and a half feet high, sown March 11th, in full 
flower June 24th; six peas in a pod of large size and full flavour j first gathering July 10th, the most 
prolific and best N. B. Jour, of Hort., p. 41. 
Cauliflowers were sown on April 9th, and subsequently treated alike in every respect. Of the 
eight kinds tried, the large Asiatic and the Walchcrcn proved to be those mosl deserving of cultivation. 
It must here be remarked, that April 0th is much too late to sow Cauliflowers to prove in this country j 
for every gardener knows that a kind that conies good in spring may be almost worthless in a dry hot 
summer. The early varieties were failures ; but the late kinds were good. In experiments upon 
vegetables, it is important that they should be proved in the best season for their growth.— Jour. Hort. 
Hoc. v. o, p. 2 I . 
Summer Lettuces. — White Paris Cos : Of all the varieties of summer Cos Lettuces, tibia was the 
largest, the best, and the longest in running to seed ; it was sown April Kith, and had not commend '1 
to run July 27(b, when the other Cos Lettuces sown on the same day were running to Sower. Malta, 
sown April 10th; it was only running partially July 27th. A good Cabbage Lettuce, larger than the 
Neapolitan; leaves dentate, their margins not curled. — Ibid., p. 26. 
Neapolitan Cabbage Lettuce. — Sown April 10th; still remained in the Cabbage form without 
running July 27th. Compact, finely blanched, crisp, and tender; leaves having the margins dentate, a 
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