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these pipes should he introduced along the whole length of the house, each 
pipe having a communication with the external air. The cost, we under¬ 
stand, would he about 20.?. each pipe, against which would have to he set the 
economy of construction arising from having the sashes everywhere fixed; 
while the advantages secured by additional vigour in the plants, and more 
perfect colouring and flavouring in respect to flowers and fruits, deserve 
also to he taken into account. 
The principle of this invention, so far as regards ventilation, is very 
similar to that of the plan proposed by Mr. W. Thomson, in which a perforated 
sheathing to the liot-water pipes was made to communicate with the ex¬ 
ternal air, and thus supply a steam of fresh warmed air. A plan similar 
in principle has also been devised by Mr. Stuttle, of Shrewsbury. We under¬ 
stand that Mr. Taylor’s plan has been for some time in practical operation 
in his garden at Nursling, that it answers admirably, and that it may there 
be seen in operation. T. M. 
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. 
HE Great Metropolitan Flower Shows of 1868 are now for the most 
part fixed. The Royal Botanic Society comes first with a two-days 
exhibition on the 27th and 28th of May, followed by others of similar 
duration on the 17th and 18th of June, and on the 1st and 2nd of 
July. The Royal Horticultural Society has a four-days show, to 
open on the 2nd of June, on which occasion, we believe, tender plants may 
be removed after the second day ; a Special Prize and Variegated Zonal Pelar¬ 
gonium Show on the 16th and 17tli of June ; and a Rose Show on the 
30th of June. In addition, the latter Society holds three Spring Shows : 
on the 14th of March, 28tli of April, and 9tli of May respectively, and also 
a Great Provincial Show, at Leicester, from the 16tli to the 21st of July in 
connection with the Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society. The 
National Horticultural Exhibition at Manchester is to open on the 29th of 
May, and close on the 5th of June, and will be on a very extensive scale. 
- ^he once famous Botanic Gardens of Calcutta must now be 
numbered amongst the things of the past; for what of their contents re¬ 
sisted the force of the cyclone of 1864 have been swept away by that of the 
2nd of November last, together with the rich and varied collections procured 
in the interval, by Dr. Anderson the talented Superintendent. 
-Samples of a new Sprouting Cabbage have been sent to us by 
Messrs. Peter Lawson & Son. It is the result of a cross between the 
Brussels Sprouts and a Cabbage, and produces a distinct cabbage head of 
the Sugar-loaf form, while the stems are thickly feathered with sprouts, 
which form diminutive cabbage heads. Both sprouts and heads are 
excellent when cooked, and have a mild cabbage flavour. If its habit can 
be fixed, this Cabbage will be a first-class and most useful vegetable. 
