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THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
at the taking of Badajoz. He was buried on the scene of his last glories, 
collar, medal, and all. A plain stone, with the simple inscription 4 Ci- 
git le brave Moustache ,’ was placed over his grave; but the Spaniards 
afterwards broke the stone, and the bones of the poor animal were 
burned by order of the Inquisition.” 
MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 
THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY IN ST. JAMES’S PARK. 
This interesting society is advancing rapidly in public estimation. 
Several aquatic birds are, however, still wanting to complete the collection, 
and the following list of desiderata has been sent to us for insertion, 
through Captain Mangles, from the Secretary, Mr. Holl. 
SWANS. 
Hooper, 
Bewick’s. 
Black. 
Trumpeter. 
GEESE. 
Grey-lag. 
Red-breasted. 
Spur-winged. 
Hutchins’. 
Cereopsis. 
DUCKS. 
Eider. 
Gad wall. 
Ruddy. 
Bimaculated. 
King. 
Western. 
Velvet. 
Scoter. 
Surf Scoter. 
Red-crested. 
Cutaneous, or White-eyed. 
Scaup. 
Harlequin. 
Long-tailed. 
Summer. 
Shoveller. 
Red-billed Whistling. 
Black-billed ditto. 
Buffel-headed. 
Canvas-back. 
Dusky. 
Pied. 
Mandarin Teal. 
Japanese Teal. 
DIVERS. 
Great Northern. 
Black-throated. 
Red-throated. 
GREEBES, 
Crested Greebe. 
Eared. 
Red-necked. 
Little. 
Carolina, or Pied-bill. 
Horned. 
Goosander. 
Red-breasted Merganser. 
Hooded Merganser. 
Smew. 
RETROSPECTIVE CRITICISM. 
PERSIAN CYCLAMEN. 
In the answer to your correspondent H. B., you recommend keeping 
the bulbs quite dry during winter. Now, I have been a grower of 
Persian Cyclamens for many years, and have had some hundreds of pots 
in dower at one time, and I am no friend to the drying system. I 
would not of course give my plants as much water in winter as in 
summer, but I would never let them become quite dry. Another thing 
