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structure a heavy and prison-like appearance-, and if the glass does not crack 
until the wood decays, (and good vvoo<t should have been used,) no one will have 
cause to complain. With regard to the cracking of the glass from the shrinking 
of the wood, I do not think there is more danger by glazing on the new method, 
from this case than by the old one, when the wood is not properly seasoned. Be 
this as it may, the above objection will always prevent the use of the diagonal 
bars. 
The remarks of Mr. Saul, on Messrs. Harrison and Curtis’s method, in the same 
No, of the Register, are worthy attention; but I must leave them to some of your 
readers better acquainted with the subject than myself, and I trust they will not 
allow it to be idle, for it is an important and interesting one, and doubtless, the 
method is capable of improvement. 
It strikes me that a great objection to this method will be the difficulty of pro¬ 
curing glass, (without great trouble and expense,) sufficiently flat at the edges, 
to join so closely and evenly in the centre of the ribs, as to prevent the water from 
running between the insterstices, and eventually finding its way into the house. 
I remain. Gentlemen, yours, &c., a Young Amateur, 
G. A. L. 
I 
P. S.—I must be allowed to call Messrs. Harrison and Curtis to order : they 
advertise that specimens may be seen at Messrs. Bailey’s, High Holborn, and in 
consequence I called there last Monday, but Mr. B. informed me that when Mr. 
Harrison was in town, he called upon them and appointed them as Agents, and 
promised to send a specimen, which he had not done. The disappointment was of 
no consequence to myself, having plenty of spare time, and no distuncti to go; 
but there are some who may be disappointed, and who have but little time, and 
come from a distance. 
Oct. 5, 1831. G. A. L. 
Balsams. —Gentlemen, the following extract is from the Atheiueum, of October 
22nd : “ Horticultural Society, Oct. 18. A paper by the Author of the Domes¬ 
tic Gardener’s Manual, was read, ‘on the propagation of the Balsam, by cut¬ 
tingsan operation which has been attended w-ith success, and the design of 
propagating the variety by converting one of its members into a perfect vegetable 
body, and thus in a degree counteracting the annual nature of the plant, found to 
take effect satisfactorily.” My object in making this extract, is to suggest to the 
Author of the Domestic Gardener’s Manual, that he would confer greatr pleasure 
on your readers by communicating to you, for insertion in the Horticultural Regis¬ 
ter, the substance of the above-named paper on the Balsam. There are few of 
your readers who require to be informed that the seed of the Balsam can never be 
depended upon, not even when saved from the finest double flowers; there are few 
also, who have not experienced the mortification and disappointment of seeing 
their Balsams flower single, or of a bad colour, after having bestowed upon them 
that care and attention which this beautiful but valuable annual requires. The 
successful method, therefore, of propagating the Balsam by cuttings, or any other 
way, which secures us from the risk and uncertainty attending its propagation by 
seed, is a desideratum to be wished for by every admirer of this plant; and I feel 
assured that the ingenious Author of the Domestic Gardener’s Manual will not 
hesitate to gratify them by an early communication on this interesting subject. 
I remain. Gentlemen, yours, &c., a Young Amateur, 
G. A. L. 
Nov. 7, 1831. 
