bed 5 ft. in diameter, with the intention of keeping them there through the winter. Mr. Reed recommends the surface of the bed to be 2 or 3 inches below the level of the adjoining ground, which, he says, is a protection from the frost. He suggests the idea of a large wicker basket shaped like a beehive, the top to come off, with handles on the outside to lift both top and sides on and off at pleasure, and with a canvass cover to be put over the top during heavy rains. The species planted in this bed are as follows:-Erica Hartnélli, E. assúrgens, E. echiiflòra, E. cerinthöìdes supérba, E. mirábilis, E. ventricòsa, E. incarnàta, E. pícta, E. intermèdia, E. linnæoides, E. Wilmoreana, E. hýbrida, E. blánda, E. tróssula, E. Bowieàna, E. vérnix coccinea, E. cruénta, E. mammòsa, and E. verticillata.

STAFFORDSHire.

Cliff Vale and Prospect Nurseries, near Leek; F. Fox.- Quercus pedunculata aúrea. A new gold-striped-leaved oak, raised last year from seed.

U'lmus montàna crispa. A new curled-leaved elm, raised last year.

Fagus sylvatica atro-rùbens. A new variety of the purple beech; leaves more indented than those of the common purple, and the plant keeps its leaves in winter more like the common beech.

Pyrus aucuparia aúrea. A mountain ash with golden leaves, the stronger it grows the more golden the leaves appear; raised here some years ago.

Spira a Fórii. A dwarf shrub, growing from 1 to 14 ft. high; free bloomer; colour white; raised from S. trilobàta impregnated by S. corymbosa. Flowering in June and July; with the habit of corymbòsa, but a clear white, and a more compact and hardier plant.

Taxus baccata nàna. Raised seventeen years ago from seed; and, at the present time, not more than 12 in. high.

Taxus baccata argentea. A new silver-striped yew, raised seven years ago from seed of the T. hibérnica; height, at the present time, 4 in.

Ilex Aquifolium salicifolium. A new variety of holly, with very narrow leaves.

Ilex Aquifolium serratum. Leaves deeply serrated.

Azalea póntica nàna álba Fóxii.

bloomer Mr. Fox has ever seen.

A new white azalea, the dwarfest and best

Erica Tétralix aúrea. Shoots of a golden yellow.

Erica vulgaris nàna Fóxii. A new dwarf heath; being much smaller than E. v. dumòsa.

Ribes nigrum laciniatum. Leaves cut like those of the eagle's claw. Dodecatheon Meádia pállida. A new pale-flowered American cowslip; raised from seed of the white, with much of the habit of that variety. Anemone hortensis. Fifty varieties raised here from seed.

Delphinium elatum pallidum. The palest-flowered variety which Mr. Fox has

seen.

Paònia officinalis aúrea. The common pæony, with yellow-blotched leaves. Specimen sent.

Tart Rhubarb. A new variety, raised from the red Tartarian, impregnated with R. palmatum; large and vigorous. Leaves cut in the way of those of R. palmatum.

Mr. Fox's printed catalogue exhibits a respectable collection of forest trees seedling and transplanted, fruit trees, ornamental trees and flowering shrubs, evergreens, climbers, &c.

SURREY.

Clapham Rise Nursery; Henry Groom. ·Mussendock. A plant from the North of India; said to be used to repel the flies from the melons. Echites Carrássa, Poinciana règia, Abutilon bedfordiénsis, Dasylírion filifórme, Francíscea Lockhart, Manéttia spléndens, Bignònia speciosa,

Eschynanthus Horsfall, Gésnera digitális, Zièria lævigàta, Clerodendron laurifolium.

Twelve varieties of hardy lilies, between Lilium atrosanguíneum and L. bulbiferum: rather dwarf, with very large umbels and beautiful rich-coloured flowers; some of them spotted and marked with a darker colour.

Agapanthus máximus. Fine blue, tall, with a very large head.

Euonymus fimbriatus. This promises to be a first-rate evergreen shrub. I have not yet tried if it is hardy in this climate.

Euonymus tingens. I have only one plant of this, therefore do not know much of it.

· Tetranthèra japónica. A beautiful evergreen shrub; and, if hardy, will be a most desirable addition to the British arboretum.

Gaultheria cordata. This, I should think, is quite hardy.
Bérberis sp. From India.

New Cross Nursery; Cormack and Oliver. - Cormack's Prince Albert Pea. The earliest and best sort we have ever seen. A quantity was put into the ground on the 14th of March last, and the produce was fit for the table on the 25th of April following, being only forty-two days from the day of sowing to the date of gathering; and, we think, if it were sown about the present time (Nov. 14.) it would come in earlier in the season.

The British Queen Pea; syn. the St. Helier's Pea, Lawson. See Saunders's Nursery, under Jersey; and Lawson's Nursery, under Edinburghshire. The Incomparable Cos Lettuce. Peculiarly crisp and juicy; perfectly hardy as a winter lettuce, not apt to run in summer, and requiring no tying.Cormack and Oliver. Nov. 14. 1842.

The Deepdene, near Dorking; H. T. Hope, Esq., M. P. —An unnamed species of Arbutus from Mexico'flowered here and at other places last autumn, for the first time in England. — J. B. Whiting. Jan. 16. 1843.

WARWICKSHIRE.

Birmingham Botanic Garden. - Coniferæ: Pines, Firs, &c.- Pìnus Hartwègi, P. Pseudo-Stròbus, P. Llaveana, P. Teocòte, and A'bies religiosa, remained in the Birmingham Botanic Garden, in a rather unfavourable soil, uninjured, without the slightest protection. P. Devoniana and P. Russelliana perished more, I believe, from continued wet, and from being in a naturally springy soil, than from the severity of the winter. Cupréssus thurífera stood well.-D. Cameron. Oct. 24. 1842.

Onagracea. Fuchsia macrostèmon discolor Lindl.; Hort. Brit., p. 636. This plant is a shy flowerer in pots, but it proves so hardy that none of its most tender shoots were injured last winter, while other species were killed back to near the surface. It flowered freely, and ripened plenty of seed. From the form of the berries, Mr. Cameron, of the Birmingham Botanic Garden, thinks it is entitled to be raised to the rank of a species. — Idem. Ranunculaceae Clematideæ.. Clematis Sieboldti and C. azùrea grandiflòra have stood the winter well, and the latter has ripened seeds. — Idem.

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Stoneleigh Abbey, near Coventry. A new Pine-apple raised from seed of the old Queen. The leaf is of a dark chocolate colour, the plant has the habit of the Queen, but the shape of the fruit resembles that of the Enville. Raised in March, 1834, and fruited in October, 1840. Likely to prove a valuable variety. — John Brown, Gardener. Stoneleigh Abbey, Nov. 16. 1842.

YORKSHIRE.

Hope Nursery, Leeming Lane, Bedale; W. May. Quércus álba, nigra, and rubra do no good in this part of Yorkshire, either as useful or ornamental

trees.

Arbutus Unedo var. stricta. A compact upright-growing plant, very different from anything Mr. May has seen. Raised from seed.

Crataegus Oxyacántha var. Wýchnor (origin of the name unknown) is a puny-growing sort, but very distinct.

C. Ox. heterophylla (where or when originated not known). A very beautiful variety, and a free grower.

Tilia europe a whitleiensis, the Whitley Hall (near Wakefield) variety of the common lime. This variety is much more graceful in its growth than the species; the branches stand out more horizontally. They are partly pendulous, and the internodes longer. I think it the most ornamental of all the tilias, most of which, when young, are dense and lumpish in their growth; but this variety is not.

I have found a very fine gold-blotched Ontario poplar, which, if the variegation is permanent, will, I think, be a very ornamental object.

Fuchsias. Many new hybrids of great merit.

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and

May's new large late Red Victoria Currant. Berries very large, sometimes measuring upwards of 13 in. in circumference; bunches many of them 6 in. in length; the fruit of a beautiful scarlet, and the flavour excellent. foliage differs much from that of the ordinary red currant, being thicker, not so much cut or pointed, and it hangs later on the plant in autumn, thus affording protection for the fruit to a later period without being matted or covered up.

Fuller's new hybrid Winter Radish. This is a great improvement on the old black Spanish radish, being a hybrid between that variety and the long scarlet, producing roots varying in colour from white and pink to black or purple: it is not so large as the black Spanish, consequently much finer in quality, and, for winter use, is a most desirable acquisition. It is perfectly hardy, so much so, that the person who raised it says he very frequently has the snow to brush off the ground to gather it, when it is at all times found perfectly sound and good. The best time for sowing it is from the first to the

third week in August.

The Lapstone Potato. This is a seedling variety of "second early" kidney potato, raised between the early ash-top kidney and the Scotch rednosed kidney; both much valued for their superior qualities. It was raised by a shoemaker in this neighbourhood, from seed, and hence the name Lapstone. It succeeds the early ash-top kidney, and is very productive, of very dwarf habit, of a good size and handsome oblong form, and of first-rate quality either for early or late use. It is the only really "second early" kidney I am acquainted with. It is not yet in circulation, but probably may be sent out towards spring in small parcels, of which due notice will be given through the usual medium.-W. M. [A few of these potatoes were sent to us; we found them full-eyed, very mealy, boiling soft, and of an excellent flavour. We think them a most valuable kind of potato.]

May's Victoria Swedish Turnip [of which we received very fine specimens] I consider as near perfection in shape and quality as it is possible to attain. I have been working with this Swedish turnip many years, and I consider I have attained the object I had in view, by producing a Swedish turnip perfectly globular, with small root and small top; and one which is not subject to run in the neck in the autumn, which is invariably the case with all other Swedish turnips that I know. The original stock from which this was raised was direct from Sweden, and was given me as being something extra. I sowed it in July, and produced fine turnips by November the same year; a very unusual thing: and I thought there was something peculiar in their form. I had then the whole, about fifty, planted for seed, and sowed the produce of the whole next season, and had a splendid crop; but I was surprised at finding a great diversity of colour and form in them, still all of them good specimens. They were visited by many leading agriculturists, and considered superior to any Swedish turnip then in cultivation. I saved the whole of these, selecting perhaps a dozen of the very best. The bulk of the seed was sold to good advantage, and is now known as May's Victoria; it is in great repute. The selected few I kept, and have been working with them two or

three years; the specimens sent are a fair sample of the variety, which is planted for seed, and of which I shall have seed to offer, if all does well, next year.

The early White Nonsuch Turnip [of which fine specimens were also received] has undergone a similar process of care, and it is considered to be the very finest early white turnip known. It may be sown with the Dutch in spring, to which it is very much superior both in form and quality; and it is found very valuable to the market-gardener. I have supplied Mr. Charles Farnes, seedsman, St. John's Street, Smithfield, with it, who tells me he has had great praise of it from the market-gardeners who frequent Covent Garden Market.

May's Golden Globe Swede is the name which I shall give to the last improvement of the Swedish turnip when it is sent out.-W. May, Nov. 22. 1842.

Mr. May's Catalogue of select Plants occupies 20 pages of small type, and exhibits an astonishing assemblage of names, with the price to each. Stove plants, 100; Cactàceæ, 60; miscellaneous greenhouse plants, 360; camellias, 90; ericas, 70; geraniums, 110; fuchsias, 36; calceolarias, 60; cinerarias, 20; verbenas, 24; chrysanthemums, 50; select and showy hardy herbaceous plants, 620; hardy ferns, 11; new and superior kinds of heartsease, 100; carnations, 100; pinks, 60; auriculas, 90; select polyanthus, 20; roses, 440; ornamental trees and hardy shrubs, 620; Coníferæ, 68. St. John's Nursery, Wakefield; Mr. Barratt. - Fraxinus excélsior var. aucubæfòlia Barr. The leaves spotted like the aucuba, and very beautiful, Found by Mr. Barratt.

Salix magnoliæfòlia Barr. A seedling, with very large leaves. Raised by Mr. Barratt, but from what species is not mentioned.

Effect of terrestrial Heat on an Apple Tree. I have an apple tree, a late winter kind, Robin, which often reminds me of a theory of yours about heating the ground to improve the growth of trees. This tree stands where the sun is shaded from it until 3 o'clock, so that its situation cannot contribute to its early or fine growth; but there is a flue runs close by its roots, which causes it to vegetate and ripen its fruit three or four weeks earlier than any other kind, and it produces larger fruit than any of the same kind. I am quite persuaded, if the ground for fruit trees could be artificially warmed, we should secure earlier, better in quality, and more certain crops.-W. B.

Beverley Nursery; Laing and M'Intosh.- Rhododendrons raised from seeds sent from Mr. M'Intosh at Dalkeith Palace, quite different from R. arbòreum or R. cinnamòmeum; said to be of great variety of colour, habit, and character; and found at an altitude much greater than that where R. arbòreum is found, and hence more hardy.

The Hubshee Grape, of which fig. 10. represents a berry of the natural size, is esteemed the best dessert grape in the South of India. Plants will be ready to send out next spring.

Frárinus sp.

Rosa sp. A climbing plant.

Spire'a sp. Said to be as fine as S. bélla.

Lobelia sp. Very unlike any other species which we

Fig.10. Berry of the Hubshe
Grape, natural size.

have seen, except one at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, which may possibly be the same.

ISLAND OF JERSEY.

St. Helier's Nursery; Bernard Saunders. Le Feuvre's new Pea: syn. British Queen Pea, Cormack and Oliver, p. 65.; St. Helier's Pea, Peter Lawson and Son, p. 68. This new and very superior variety of pea was

raised by Ph. Le Feuvre, Esq., of this island, and, for its great produce and good qualities, deserves to be more generally known and more extensively cultivated. It is an improved variety of the shriveled marrow, resembling that of Knight's tall marrow; but it is considered by every one who has tasted it to be much superior to that esteemed variety. It grows from 5 ft. to 6 ft. high, and produces two, and often three, crops in succession from the same stalk. Its first crop is from the top, and it immediately throws out laterals, and produces another crop from the centre; after which it frequently shoots out from the bottom, and produces a third crop thus continuing a supply for near two months. The pods contain from 7 to 9 peas in each; and, what is rather peculiar, when the pods become old and ready to dry, the peas still continue to boil green, and are well flavoured. It is particularly well adapted for late crops. Sown in June or July, it continues to produce till November, if not destroyed by frost before. I have this autumn supplied what I had to dispose of to Messrs. Cormack and Oliver, seedsmen, &c., New Cross, Surrey, and to Messrs. Peter Lawson and Son, seedsmen, No. 4. George Street Bridge, Edinburgh; from whom they may be procured.

Talavera Wheat. In January, 1842, about 52 lb. of Talavera wheat were sown in drills at 14 in. apart, after a crop of potatoes, in a plot of ground dug with the spade, and measuring exactly 774 perches. A small portion of lime ashes was deposited, and carefully raked into each drill. In May, lucern was drilled between each row of wheat, after hand-hoeing, which now exhibits a most luxuriant and flourishing crop. The precise produce from the above experiment has been 100 cabots and 18 lb. of remarkably fine wheat; and, as 90 Jersey perches are equal to an English acre, a similar produce from an acre would be 66 bushels and 32 lb., equal to 8 quarters 24 bushels and 2 lb. The accuracy of this statement can be satisfactorily proved. — B. Saunders.

Lawson's Nursery, Edinburgh; Peter Lawson and Son.-Onion of Nocera. The only really new culinary vegetable which we have introduced in course of the past season is the Onion of Nocera (Ognon de Nocera, p. 25. of the Bon Jardinier for 1842), seeds of which we received last spring; and these, being sown in a rich garden soil, produced a crop of ripened onions by the beginning of July, of a globular form, silvery white colour, and very small size, the largest being under an inch in diameter, which must render this a very desirable variety for pickling and other purposes for which small onions are used.

The Pomeranian Cabbage has not, we believe, been much grown as yet in the vicinity of London. We introduced it in 1837, and all who have grown it here agree in stating it to be the richest and most delicate autumn cabbage hitherto known; but, if grown on rich soil and allowed plenty of room, it gets too large, producing even a greater weight of head and leaves than the late drumhead cabbage. It is allied to the sugar loaf, but is so different from it that it may be reckoned to form a distinct class of cabbages.

The St. Helier's Pea (syn. Le Feuvre's new Pea, Saunders; the British Queen Pea, Cormack and Oliver) is a new wrinkled marrow we have had for two years past, from Mr. Bernard Saunders of Jersey, which attains a height of 6 to 8 feet, and yields a very heavy crop, of good quality, but inferior to Knight's pea in sweetness. It is, however, a decided favourite with all who have made trial of it in this country.

The oblong Radishes are a class, we believe, not generally known. They are of an oval form, or between the long and round rooted; and, three years since, we introduced from the Continent three varieties, viz. the red, scarlet, and white. The first of which is generally allowed to be fully superior to any of the common sorts, while the others are at least equal in quality to either the common, long, or turnip-rooted sorts.-Lawson & Son.