THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
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cucumbers at Christmas, and Cantaleupe melons in May, are effected. 
To all such we recommend Mr. Mills’s book ; and those who have suit¬ 
able establishments, we recommend to purchase it for their gardeners. 
Mr. Mills has detailed all his operations as clearly and fully as possible; 
and, as he has given all the dimensions of his improved pit, it will be in 
the power of any person who reads his book to erect one, with the aid of 
a common bricklayer. 
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER FROM MRS. MOLLOY TO CAPTAIN MANGLES, 
DATED JUNE, 1840. 
“ I gathered all the seeds, but those of the Isopogon, up to the very 
hour before I sent off my last box. You ought to be interested in the 
Isopogon and Petrophila, for they are beautiful beyond description, and 
such flowers of imagination ! I am even now in raptures whenever I 
think of when I first discovered them ; coming suddenly upon such gems, 
and finding myself surrounded by them, made me for the moment fancy 
myself in fairy-land. 
“ I should very much like to have some common red flower-pots. I 
have long wished for some, as I now only possess two out of the five that 
I brought out with me. These were filled with Yucca gloriosa , of which 
I have a hedge thirty yards in extent, at dear Port Augusta. I have 
frequently tried to get some flower-pots here but could not. 
66 As soon as I know the method of managing my seedlings, I will 
collect a nursery of plants for you, and range them under my veranda, 
which I make into a sort of conservatory. I will promise seedlings of 
Nuytsia, Isopogon, Petrophila, the blue Geranium, only found here, 
Anigozanthes, Yerticordia, and in short, everything I should like myself. 
Pots will be useful for these, but for raising my own seeds I use perforated 
raisin boxes. I have only just received some seeds of Nemophila, &c., 
which were ordered from a nurseryman in Scotland in 1837! What a 
space of time, you will exclaim. In this isolated place no vessels coming 
to us direct, we have much to contend with ; but as soon as our bay is 
known in England, I do not doubt we shall be frequently visited. 
“ I have a little musical instrument here which is like an organ and a 
piano united. It resembles a work-table in appearance, and being a wind 
