Fkbrcary 34. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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given to the foliage more like a mist than anything else, 
there being no necessity for a drop of water to be seen 
bigger than the smallest pin-head, or even pin-point if 
you like. “Then how is this done? I never could 
get a rose watering-pot fine enough to do it; besides, 
there is the finicking, time, and the nasty drip which 
, will tall where you do not want it.” Read’s common 
, garden syringe is my favourite instrument; it is so 
simple, so effectual. With every syringe sent out there 
are three nozzles—two with holes pierced to resemble 
a rose of a pot, and one with two projections, one of 
' which is the suction medium more particularly, and 
the other the delivering jet. This last nozzle is my 
i tavourite; in faet, the others are generally put aside as 
; pretty things to look at. 
I A very foreible stream of water can be delivered with 
; this jet; but by placing your finger on the point of the 
1 jet, just according to the pressure you give to the de- 
, seending piston, will you be enabled to give out a misty 
I vapour and water in every degree of fineness and quan¬ 
tity, from that dewing up to the full volume and force 
j of the unopposed jet. Now do not try such a plan with 
I tender cuttings at first. You must practice a little on 
, anything, or even upon nothing, until you acquire a 
tact, and then you will look on all other nozzles of 
; syringes as cumbersome and useless. I once had a 
I young man that never could do it. It was a regular 
I annoyance to he. He was the only one that did not 
j like it as well as myself. When, with eonstant wear, 
I the thread of the jet is worn out, the finger is placed 
I over the hole left in the same way; nay, some of my 
: men actually dismantle them thus from choice. A 
I little practice, without any deep study of physical forces, 
I will enable you to send this dusting, or dewing with 
^ water, in any direction you think proper. To those 
; who have never tried it I should be afraid to state the 
short time, and the small quantity of water with whieh 
twenty frame lights of cuttings may bo thus dewed, 
every leaf damped, and yet the surfaee soil scarcely 
: moistened. For all bedding plants, propagated either 
in autumn or spring, after being once watered, I prefer 
this dewing to watering much, or to shading, unless in 
I e.'streme cases. A distance from the glass, and this 
dewing in sunshine, prevent perspiring, without debili- 
I tating as shading does. R. Fish. 
CONIFER/E. 
{Continuedfrom 'page 3C0). 
1st— SECTION or PINU3, WITH LEAVES TWO IN A SHEATH— 
j (continued.) 
i PiNus resinosa (Resinous Pine).—This is tho Red 
Pine of Canada and Nova Scotia, growing to the height 
I only of thirty feet; but, as its name imports, yields an 
immense amount of resin, and being a native of such 
cold climates, is suitable to plant in the coldest parts of 
this country. 
PiNus sylvestris (Forest, or Scotch Fir).—A well- 
known tree, and a very important one. I might fill the 
whole of this paper by describing its useful properties, 
but they are so well known it would be a waste of the 
reader’s time. A few remarks on its culture will, how¬ 
ever, bo useful. It will grow in almost any soil or 
situation. On the tops of high mountains, and on poor 
soils, it becomes stunted and blown sideways by the 
winds; whilst in low, sheltered places it grows rapidly, 
but as quickly decays, and in such situations the timber 
is almost useless though, even when decayed it is 
excellent for fuel. The proper situation to plant it in, 
where it will form fine trees with sound good timber, 
is whore the elevation is intermediate between the high 
mountain and the lowland valley, upon a rather clayey 
subsoil, with a surface of loamy peat or gravel. In 
the Great Park at Windsor, on the road-side leading to 
Bagshot, I observed, very lately, some beautiful speci¬ 
mens. The weed there has been judiciously planted 
and properly thinned, and the Scotcli Firs exhibit most 
clearly the effects of good management. Several of 
them were, and in fact are, remarkably handsome, even 
as objects of ornament, being perfectly straight, and 
clothed with luxuriant branches down to the ground. 
Let those who despise the Scotch Fir on account of its 
being so common just take a ride out that way. I am 
sure they would be as delighted as I was. The dark 
green foliage and reddish bark render them exceedingly 
interesting. 
There is no family in the whole tribe of Conifer® 
that has so many varieties as the Scotch Fir. These 
varieties are desirable as objects for the Pinetum; I shall 
briefly enumerate them. 
P. 8. Altaica, from the Altaic mountains. 
- argentea, the Silver-leaved, very beautiful. 
- Erzeroum, from Persia, with broad leaves. 
- Oenevensis, from the mountain near Geneva. 
- glauca, the Milky-green-leaved. 
- Haguenensis, the Pin de Hagenau, from the south 
of Germany. 
- inonophylla, the One-leaved, a curious variety, 
with one leaf in a sheath. 
- nana, the Dwarf. 
- pendula, the Weeping. 
- pggtitwa, the Pigmy. 
- pyramidalis, tlie Pyramidal. 
- liigensis. Pin de Riga, from Russia. 
—— tortuosa, tlie 'Twisted-leaved ; so named by D. 
Don, of Forfar. 
-- uncinata, the Hooked-coned ; so named by the 
same author. 
- variegata, the Variegated-leaved. 
2nd—section ok finds, with leaves three in a sheath. 
PiNus australis syn. P. faldstris (Southern, or 
Marsh Pine).—A very important species, furnishing tho 
red deal of commerce, it is almost the best of all tho 
North American Pines, the wood being fine-grained, 
capable of a high polish, and of durable quality. The 
appearance of the tree is very beautiful; the leaves 
are very long, and of a bright green, and it attains the 
height, on an average, of seventy feet. It will thrive 
well near the sea, on a thin soil, and in such a situation 
is perfectly hardy. More inland it is rather tender, 
especially in the north. Tho variety from the north¬ 
west coast of the same country has proved to be much 
more hardy. 
PiNDs BENTHAMiANA(Mr.Bentbam’sPine).—So named 
by its discoverer, Mr. Hartweg, in honour of G. Bentham, 
Esq., late Secretary to the London Horticultural Society. 
This is one of the gigantic firs of California, growing 
there to the amazing height of 200 feet, with a stem 
nearly thirty feet round. What a mass of timber there 
must be in such a noble denizen of the forest! California 
is rich in gold, the root of all evil, but it is richer in its 
noble trees, which are equal in magnitude to the finest 
forests of Brazil. Mr. Hartweg found this noble tree 
growing on the mountains of Santa Cruz, at a eonsi- 
derable elevation above the sea. Whole masses of It 
were growing together with P. Sabiniana and P. Lam- 
hertiana slightly intermixed, and as both these are 
known to be perfectly hardy, it may be reasonably sup¬ 
posed that P. Bentkamiana is hardy also. It is, as yet, 
very scarce, though there is a fine speeimen or two in 
the gardens at Chiswick. When more plentiful, and its 
hardihood fully proved, it should be planted largely for 
its valuable timber, as well as specimens for ornament¬ 
ing the Pinetum. 
PiNDS Canariensis (Canary Island Pine).—This Euro- 
