FLORICULTURAL HINTS. 
Ill 
to convince the sceptic than all that can be written. I would 
therefore urge all who have an interest in the matter, to satisfy 
themselves in this way, and they will speedily come to the con¬ 
clusion that frogs and toads are among the garden’s best friends. 
J. T. 
[In confirmation of the above, and to prove frogs have a 
higher claim to regard than is generally accorded them, we may 
add, for a considerable period we had three confined in a stove, 
where they soon became domesticated as it were, would come 
when called, and take food from the hand; their movements 
when in pursuit of prey were astonishingly quick, and we have 
known even a butterfly captured; the tongue of the fiog, and 
toad also, is an extraordinary organ ; it appears to be folded in 
the mouth, the point lying beneath the base, and when the 
creature is about to seize its food, this is thrust out and withdrawn 
with inconceivable force and rapidity, dragging with it whatever 
it is directed against; they will pick up and devour things of all 
sizes, from a minute beetle to a worm six inches long. In frames 
and pits, or in fact all parts of a garden, they are most useful 
being actively engaged through the greater part of the season in 
search of the most destroying insects and grubs we are troubled 
with ; naturally they are dormant in winter, but in the tempera¬ 
ture of the stove they were equally lively, and continued to eat 
as they did in summer.] 
FLORICULTURAL HINTS. 
Tulips are this season very forward, strong, and promising; 
considerable anxiety will be felt through the next week or two 
lest injury occur from strong winds before they can be got well 
opened; the awning should be got over them, but kept drawn up 
as long as the season will permit; it is well to have it at hand in 
case of boisterous weather, but, I repeat, don’t use it if at all 
possible to do without; the stems “ draw” so quickly now, that 
to be closely shut up for a few days will inevitably render them 
so weak as to require sticks before the blossoms are thoroughly 
expanded; this is a dreadful disfigurement to any bed. A 
