DRAINAGE OF SOILS. 
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Monkey Flower, (Enothera, Monarda, Potentilla or Cinque-foil. 
Penstemon, Feather-Grass, Verbascum, German Catchfly, Scarlet 
Lychnis, Scarlet Geum, Perennial Larkspur, Blue Catananche, 
Dahlia, Menganthes, Campanula Pyrymidalis, Gladiolus Cardinalis, 
Holand, Lupinus, Polyphylus, Potentila, Lathyrus Grandiflorus, 
Sea-Holly, Water-Lily, Ixia, Stapelia, Gladiolus, Psittacinus. 
Ornamental Greenhouse Plants in Flower .—Sensitive Plant, Ne- 
rium Splendens, Escholtzia Californica, many Ericas, Acacia, Wax 
Plant, Haya Carnosa, Double Red and Double White Lily, African 
Lily, Agapanthus, Begonia Evansiana, Commelina, Gardenia, Me- 
laluca, Neurumbergia Phoenicia, Double Pomegranate, Psidium 
Catlcyanum, Cape Trumpet Flower, Bignonia Capensis, Tuoma 
Capensis, Single Oleander, Double Red and White Oleander, Ver- 
benum. Fuchsia, Calceolaria, Double Nasturtium, Metrosideros, 
Jasmin, Melaleuca, Chironia, Agapanthus, Balsams, Ice Plant, and 
the whole tribe of tender annuals. 
Shrubs — Roses —Although the greater part of the Rose tribe 
flowers has passed away with the last month, there are many varie¬ 
ties of the Chinese, Bourbon, Musk and Damask species, still in 
bloom. Yellow Broom, Spanish Broom, Aristolochia (a beautiful 
climber,) Azalea, Rhododendron, American Canotlms, Virginian 
Ilex, St. John’s Wort, Cytisus Capitalis, Double Bramble, white 
and red, Lupine tree, Menziesia, Buddlea, Myrtles, Jasmines, &c. 
Climbers. —Japan and Chinese Honeysuckles, Passion Flower, 
Clematis, Eccremorcarpus, 
RURAL AFFAIRS. 
ARTICLE XII.—THE PRACTICAL IRRIGATOR AND DRAINER, 
»Y GEORGE STEPHENS, 
Land-Drainer, and Member of the Nerician and Wermlandska Agricultural Socie¬ 
ties, Sweden.—Third Edition. —8ro.—8s. 6d. Boards. 
This work may without hesitation he pronounced the best, on the 
subjects hitherto published. And this edition of it is superior to 
those which have preceded it, inasmuch as it contains many im¬ 
portant additions and improvements. The whole is divided into 
short, practical essays, written in a plain sensible manner, containing 
the General Principles of Irrigation, the Formation of Water Mea¬ 
dows, Catch-Work Irrigation, Management, The advantages of Irri¬ 
gated Meadows, Irrigation in Scotland, Draining, Straightening 
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