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Nightingale.— In the notices of the migratory songsters, in 
your Magazine for April, 1834, it is there stated that the Nightin¬ 
gale is seldom heard before the 16th or 17th of that month. I 
thought it would not be uninteresting to some of your readers, who 
are pursuing the study of natural history, to he informed that the 
Nightingale was heard near Ryde, Isle of Wight, on the evenings of 
the 10th and 11th of March. As I was going through a wood, on 
the afternoon of the 10th, I was surprised by its soft, low 
whistle, and on returning to the spot, about seven o’clock in 
the evening, I had the pleasure of hearing its beautiful notes, full a 
month earlier than I had ever noticed them before. A friend to 
whom I stated the circumstance, said he had heard her the same 
evening, though in another spot; he heard her again on the next 
evening; but since then we have not been greeted with her melodi¬ 
ous song, owing to the coldness of the weather. B. B. 
Improved GardenChair 27 
—By Mr. Saul .—I have 
sent you the present drawing 
of my improved chair, fig. 
27, which differs materially 
from the one you gave before 
in Volume 2, page 462 ; and 
in the Magazine of Botany, 
page 123. The seat is sup¬ 
ported by the pattern of a 
vine branch, which gives it a 
very pleasing effect on a 
lawn. 
Advantage of Soot 
used to the stems of Cauli¬ 
flower plants.—In the year 
1829, my Cauliflowers ap¬ 
peared to be all going off, in 
the month of May. Finding the injury arose from the grub at their 
roots, I resolved to try the effects of soot. I put a quantity round 
the stem of each, watered them well, and afterwards earthed them up, 
and immediately the plants began to recover, and grew rapidly, ma¬ 
king at the proper season very fine heads. On examination, T found 
