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them be planted in a warm and dry situation, exposed to the full sun, 
and in a shallow porous soil, and after the fruit is set commence applying 
liquid manure freely till August or September, and if you do not over¬ 
crop your trees (and where very fine fruit is obtained abroad a thin crop 
only is allowed) you will find them swell to a large size. I am further 
of opinion, from proofs obtained in my own garden, that the very finest 
French Pears may be produced in England equal to the Parisian ones, 
by planting the trees on poor gravelly soils, hot and dry, and supplying 
them during the growing season with sewage manure. So satisfied am 
I of the great use that may be made of household sewage, that at the 
risk of being thought tedious, I have stated my views at so great a 
length. The constituents of London sewage consist of 102 grains per 
imperial gallon of solid matter, the value of which, supposing it 
separated and sold as a solid manure, would be about £6 per ton, 
relatively to guaho at £11; but it has been proved by analysis that 
six-sevenths of the fertilising properties of sewage are held in solution, 
an evident proof that, to make the most of it, it must be applied as it is 
found. The sewage from country places and single dwellings will of 
course differ largely from the above; less mineral matter will be found, 
and on the whole it may be pronounced richer in fertilising agents. 
I hope this brief allusion to an important subject may obtain some 
attention. - • ' 
C. G. F. 
BEAUPORT, NEAR BATTLE, 
The Seat oe Sir Charles Lamb, Bart. 
Away on the Sussex Coast, beyond Tunbridge Wells, lie both Battle 
and Hastings, the latter a little sea-side town, which has taken to itself 
a partner in pretty St. Leonards-on-the-Sea. About half-way between 
Battle and Hastings is Beauport, a second Dropmore, where rare Coni¬ 
fers luxuriate in abundance. Near the mansion are superb specimens 
of Araucarias, Abies Deodara, and other Pines ; and there is no diffi¬ 
culty whatever in finding hundreds of Araucarias alone, about the paik, 
if the visitor can only spare sufficient time—a few days for the^ pur¬ 
pose. Our visit there was of very short duration, much too brief for 
enjoying a close inspection of the place, as the paik and woods extend 
over a great tract of country. Sir C. Lamb has devoted very consider¬ 
able attention to the planting of recently introduced Coniferous plants, 
and we noticed several fine examples of Wellingtonia gigantea succeeding 
admirably. On some future occasion we hope to be in a position to 
give further details respecting the Conifers at Beauport, and at present 
confine our remarks only to pointing out the position of a place that 
will some day be ranked with Dropmore and Elvaston. 
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