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COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
to state my method of treating them. Having several fine plants 
more than I wished to heep in pots, I turned them out about May 
into the borders of the flower-garden with the balls entire. The soil 
of the borders was rather sandy, the situation was low, and the bottom 
cold, but well sheltered; and the plants flowered in the summer of 
the ordinary colour. As winter approached, I covered the roots and 
lower parts of the branches with old tan, any light substance would 
do, to keep out the frost and preserve the stem. The tops of the 
branches were killed in winter; but in spring the lower parts of the 
stem threw up some fine strong shoots, which bore a profusion of blue 
flowers. In the winter 1 treated them as before, and the summer 
following they were much improved, both in strength and beauty of 
colour. These facts have led me to judge that they require full li¬ 
berty for their roots and plenty of moisture. Perhaps they might 
do well turned out in the border of a conservatory. 
Eastwood, Sep. 12, 1833. J. Haythorn. 
Seven-Eared Egyptian Wheat. —This grain really produces 
seven ears on the same stem, and the bread made from the flower is 
excellent. The price is also reduced one half this year, and the 
grower, Mr. B. Wilkinson, seedsman, Hounslow, has but little seed 
remaining. Culture .—It produces the most abundantly on a good 
yellow loam, four feet deep, the weaker the earth, the less the produce, 
if sown on fallow, one barrowfull of rotten dung, if peas or early po¬ 
tatoes were the last crop, and dunged in the spring, one peck of lime 
to the rot, the ground to be dug with the lime or dung spread over it; 
the drills to be made eight inches apart, and two inches deep, and to 
be raked. The seed wheat to be sown in the drills, one pint of wheat 
to a rod of ground ; this wheat to be brined and limed, and the drills 
to be raked in and trod upon. Time of sowing, is the first week in 
October. Growth, a solid stalk from five to six feet high. Some 
of the finest ears to be selected every year for seed. The above 
directions accompany each packet, on a printed paper. The packet 
we have received appears to be nice plump grain. And it is said 
that the Agricultural Society, and Mr. Salisbury, have approved of 
it as being of a superior quality. 
On the Dahlia. --October is the proper time to take up the roots. 
Clear off all the earth, and put them in some place secure from the 
frost. I place mine in the greenhouse, at the back of the stand, un¬ 
der some arches. I begin with my dahlias the last week in Febru¬ 
ary, but I think the first week in March is early enough. I put 
them in the hot house, or in the frames ; in the latter case they re¬ 
quire care, as the damp is apt to rot them. After I find that they 
