April 1. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
EUCALYPTUS COCCIFERA. 
(COCCUS-BEARING GUM Tr.EE.) 
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This belongs to the Natural Order 
of Myrtle-blooms (Myrtaeere), and to 
[cosandrla Monogynia of the Linnrean 
System. In Devonshire and shel¬ 
tered situations along our south coast 
it has been found hardy, but in most 
districts of England it requires a south 
wall and winter protection. 
It is a native of the highest moun¬ 
tains in Van Diemen’s Land, where it 
is a small tree of about ten feet high ; 
but at Exeter, in Mr. Veitcli’s garden, 
it is double that height. It was dis¬ 
covered by the late Mr. Lawrence, who 
absurdly gave it its specific name from 
observing that its foliage was infested 
with a Coccus or scale insect. Its 
leaves, and, indeed, the whole plant, 
is very glaucous. Its petals are pur¬ 
ple, but little of them is seen owing 
to the abundance and length of its 
lemon-coloured stamens. 
Mr. Smith, of Kew Gardens, says it 
is easily raised from seed, which, like 
those of the Myrtle-blooms generally, 
do not readily lose their vitality by the 
sea voyage. The seeds vegetate 
quickly when placed in moderate heat, 
and when the seedlings are about lmlf- 
an-iuch high they should be trans¬ 
planted into pots singly. If intended 
for growth in the open air they should 
not be long kept in small pots, for the 
tap-root, by being confined, becomes 
coiled, thickens with the growth of 
the plant, and ultimately, owing to its 
rapid growth and dense foliage, the 
tree is unable to resisthigh winds.— 
Botanical Magazine. 
CULTURE OF THE AME¬ 
RICAN CRANBERRY. 
lakes, as their distinct and peculiar foliage contrasts and 
harmonizes pleasingly with variegated Periwinkle, Creeping 
Junipers, Polygala Chamtebuxis, Ganltheria procumbens, &fc. 
Let me add, no fruit is so easily preserved. All that is re¬ 
quired is to gather the berries when dry, place them thinly 
on trays for a few days, and then to put them in dry bottles, 
—storing them in a cool cellar; and as long as your supply 
lasts, you need not want for one of the best of tarts. As 
far as my taste goes, John 13ulj may have his roast beef and 
plum pudding; Sandy, his porridge ; and Patrick, his pota¬ 
toes ; but a piece of Turkey, and a nice Cranberry tart for 
me.—D. Ferguson, Stowe, Buckingham, 
Cement ton Rooms. —A recent invention by M. 
Sorel promises to bo of great advantage to plasterers 
and workers in 6tucco. He stated that the invention 
consisted in the discovery of a property possessed by 
oxychloride of zinc, which renders it superior to tho 
plaster of Paris for coating the walls of rooms. It is 
applied in the following manner:—“A coat of oxvd of 
zinc mixed with size, and made up like a wash, is first 
In my rambles, I am sorry that I 
so seldom fall in with my old friend 
and favourite, the American Cran¬ 
berry. It surely must be from the 
want of not knowing how little care 
and attention this valuable plant re¬ 
quires in cultivation, and also in pre¬ 
serving its fruit; or, perhaps, rather, 
in not having tasted and found out 
its good qualities, that so rarely is it cultivated. Be this 
as it may, I will, with your permission, place before your 
readers what I know about it. 
Many years ago, when gardener at Hylands, near Chelms¬ 
ford, in Essex, I had quite a hedge of the Cranberry,—at 
least 300 feet in length, where it annually produced 
bushels of its useful fruit. The plants were treated as fol¬ 
lows :— 
Supposing any one in possession of a large tank, pond, 
or lake, and that fifteen inches in width, by fifteen or eighteen 
inches in depth of peat, are placed along the margin of either 
of the above where you wish to grow them, and where the 
water line will reach within one foot of the surface ;—plant 
the Cranberries in the centre of the peat, and give them 
water when necessary in dry weather, till such time as their 
roots reach the water in the tank, &c., after which they will 
drink when they want it without troubling you, If grown 
purposely for fruit, they ought to be trained on a wire trellis, 
at least two feet in height (the system practised at Hy¬ 
lands), which, it trained over, they will soon cover and grow 
down to the water's edge. But where, there is scope to grow 
them in quantity this is unnecessary ; for, if allowed to grow 
naturally, they form beautiful masses along the margins of 
