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wish to remark, we had bees not far distant, and they were much upon 
the flowers. The riihra^ fapavardcea, and Bdnlcsia, were all in flower 
at the same time, and the bees did their ofiice in impregnating them 
most freely. The Bdnksia first produced seed, from which the three 
varieties above referred to were raised; a year or two after, both it 
and the jocrjoararacm seeded, from which were raised some good plants, 
that I believe have not yet flowered; all that have flowered proved new 
and very interesting varieties. The one figured in the Transactions, is 
a beautiful though slender variety;—another, we thought very much of, 
and called it the double papavardcea ;—the third, Mr. Sabine calls 
alhida plena; and fine growing plants the tw'o latter were. 
The situation for them was the front of a lofty forcing house, under a 
frame with a glass roof and upright sashes, with other Chinese plants, 
till the Pcednias required the whole; we found them very hardy, till 
they began to vegetate early in the spring, when sometimes we had oc¬ 
casion to mat them also; but we freely exposed them in mild weather, and 
when coming into flower. I expect in the south of England, and in warm 
sheltered places, they may flower, and seed too, without protection. 
If you could insert this in the next number of the Register, it might 
be a means of inducing some of your readers to try the experiment: 
the operation will require patience, both in getting up the seed, and 
flowering the plants ; but an ample reward will be reaped should a new 
and valuable variety be raised. 
W, Mowbray. 
Manchester, April 10, 1832. 
We hope the above hint will not be lost upon our readers, not only with respect 
to the Paeonia, but other flowers also. There are but few plants in cultivation 
from which hybrids might not be raised ; and Heaths, Pelargoniums, &c. we have 
no doubt might be so impregnated with hardy kinds, that in the course of a few 
years our flower borders might be filled with varieties as beautiful as those now 
cultivated under glass. This is a subject well worthy the attention of out- 
friends.— CoND. 
ARBORICULTURE. 
Article XIII. —On some of the modes of disposing of the 
Thinnings.) Prunings, and Underwood, of Plantations, 
Coppices, ^c. By Edward Murphy, Esq. Agent to 
the Horticultural and Arboricultural Societies of Ireland. 
Not unfrequently when descanting on the advantages which would 
result to proprietors, and the community in general, from planting on 
an extensive scale, the waste lands which abound to such a vast 
extent in each ]>ortiori of the United Kingdom, it has been objected. 
