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Had Cameron been a stranger without any references, however innocent he might have been of the odious charge, it is probable the circumstantial evidence against him (as he just had 250 dollars and a 10 dollar note beside, the remainder having been necessarily laid out on stores, &c.) would have been the loss of his little all, and perhaps imprisonment; for the difference of the bank notes would not have cleared him in the eye of the law, because he might have exchanged them at an office in Boston for notes on the New York bank. But an overruling Providence brought him out of the trial, pure as gold from the crucible. — G. Thorburn and Son. New York, Jan. 31. 1929.

We are happy to learn that our introduction has been of use to Mr. Cameron. We always considered him a very worthy man, and it is but justice to him to state that at the commencement of the Gardener's Magazine, he contributed several papers which must have been written from the highest motives; because at that time, and for upwards of a year afterwards, we were personally unknown to each other. - Cond.

Fruit trees received from Mr. Prince of the Linnean Botanic Garden near New York. -The following were intended for the late John Braddick, Esq.; and have been sent by Mrs. Braddick to Mrs. Young of the Epsom nursery, who will propagate them for sale, and thus spread them through the country.

Downer's late Red Cherry.

Remington White Heart Cherry. The latest of all American cherries, flavour but middling, its late maturity being its principal merit.

China Heart Cherry. A seedling of the Carnation, raised by Mr. Prince. A very peculiar fruit, both in flavour and appearance.

American White Heart Cherry. The largest and finest of the White Hearts.

Prince's Duke Cherry. Yellow Honey Cherry. along our roadsides.

The largest of American cherries.

Comes the same from seed, and much planted

Bowne's Imperial Russet Apple. The largest of all russetings and highly esteemed.

Hubburdston Nonsuch Apple. An apple of very fine quality, and held in great estimation, yet but partially disseminated.

New England seek no further Apple.

Red Baldwin Apple. Highly esteemed.

Bowne's Imperial Russet Apple. A great acquisition, and quite new here.

Pope's Scarlet Major Pear. Beautiful.

Boston Epargne Pear. This is claimed by some as a European fruit, which is a point undecided.

Rushmore's Autumn Bon Chrétien Pear. An excellent baking and tolerable table fruit; a great bearer, and the fruit ripening by degrees during five or six weeks.

Bowne's Winter Rousselet Pear. Esteemed.

Red Raspberry. The fine kind cultivated for the market, and excellent for raspberry brandy.

Many's Italian Apricot. A seedling from a stone received from Italy.

Lemon Freestone Peach.

A Nectarine sent by mistake. I believe it is the Early Scarlet, a European kind.

Prince's early Purple Plum. —(Extracted from the duplicate list sent us by Mr. Prince.)

Indian Corn.- Messrs. Thorburn of New York have sent us some beautiful spikes of six different varieties of Indian corn. Three of them are of a dark blood colour and beautifully formed; the others are yellow.

Of these one is 1 ft. long, has 8 rows, and weighs 10 oz. ; the other is 9 in. long, 2 in. diameter, has 12 rows, and weighs 93 oz.

American Seeds.-They have also sent us the following seeds: Ipomoea nòva, New Ipomoea, beautifully blue and white spotted; Ipome'a quamòclit; Campánula americàna; Franklínia Attamaha; Eupatorium cœléste; Centaurea americàna; Cardiospérmum Halicácabum; Euphorbia variegàta; Momórdica Lúffa; Chama`rops húmilis; beautiful orange gourd.

We have sent the seeds to the Horticultural Society; and any person desirous of having a few grains of the Indian corn shall be welcome to them, for the trouble of sending to Bayswater. - Cond. March 13. 1829.

The House of Assembly in Jamaica offered the following premiums on Dec. 22. 1828: -

To the best regulated and most extensive establishment in the island, for educating and giving employment to poor persons of free condition, 250l. To the person who shall raise and manufacture the largest quantity of tobacco of good quality, not less than 5000 lbs. weight, 100l.

To the person who shall raise and manufacture a substitute for hemp, not less than one ton, equally cheap, strong, and durable, and applicable to all the purposes to which hemp is now used, 100l.

For producing within the island the greatest quantity of cochineal, not less than 50 lbs. weight, 1007.

For the best treatise on the management of the cochineal, and on the growth and manufacture of indigo, each 50%.

For the greatest quantity of good indigo produced within the island, not ess than 500 lbs. weight, 100l.

For the manufacture, within the island, of the best piece of cotton shirting or check, not less than fifty yards long, and one yard wide, from cotton grown and spun in the island, 150l.; next best, 100l.

For converting the silk cotton to some useful article of manufacture, 100/ To whoever shall produce and ship to Great Britain in one year the largest quantity of good and marketable wool, not less than 500 lbs. weight, shorn from his own sheep in this country, 100l.

Samples and certificates to be produced to the House of Assembly during the session of 1829 and 1830. Yours, &c.-X. Y. March 9. 1829.

ART. II. Domestic Notices.

ENGLAND.

HEATING Hot-houses with hot Water. - During the autumn, I have been engaged in fitting up a small stove and green-house, which I have heated with hot water, the simplicity of which beautiful process cannot be better exemplified, than from my having been able to perfect the whole in the most satisfactory manner, by the common artisans of this place, who, I need not tell you, had never either seen or heard of such a process before. The regularity of temperature is delightful, while consumption of fuel (of no object here 'tis true) is a perfect bagatelle. Instead of tan I have heated the entire bed of the stove with branch pipes of a small diameter, and covered them with sand, and in order to obtain the moist heat of bark, I have constructed small laterals, pierced like the rose of a watering-pot, which, by means of stopcocks, I can, at pleasure, and if occasion requires, flood the bed, cause steam to arise, and, in short, realise all the advantages of fermenting material without its dirt and annoyance. I take credit to myself for this little addendum to the system, and I am gratified to say it works delightfully.-J.T. A. Carmarthen, Dec. 24. 1828.

Heating Hot-beds by hot Water, in 1801.-A scientific gentleman of my acquaintance [Mr. Williams of Pitmaston] grew fine melons by means of hot water in metal pipes, in the year 1801; and, seeing his success, I followed his example, and raised cucumbers and melons in the same way, for some years. He discontinued his plan on account of the facility which occurred to him in procuring tan. I discontinued my apparatus on changing my residence, when I attempted an improvement by the use of a great number of one-inch pipes, which failed after one season, partly from the difficulty of excluding air from them, but principally from sediment in the water supplied to them, without due regard to its purity. But fully satisfied of the excellence of this plan, in the year 1809, or earlier, I had drawings made of it by an architect, adapted to horticultural purposes, and lent them to many persons.-T. N. Parker. Feb. 12. 1829.

Iron Hot-houses at Woburn Abbey. We had an opportunity, Feb. 20., of inspecting the hot-houses erecting here, and heated by hot water in a very superior manner, by Mr. Barrow, under the direction of Mr. Atkinson. (Vol. IV. p. 304.) Mr. Forbes informed us that in one of the coldest nights of January last, he determined on ascertaining what a pine stove would lose in heat, between 8 o'clock in the evening and 8 the next morning. January the 25th, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the thermometer in the open air stood at 13°, that in the pine stove after the fire was made up for the night at 65° and next morning at 55. The temperature of the atmosphere in a wooden house, as compared with that of an iron house, in neither of which there was any artificial heat was ascertained, when that of the iron house was 3° higher than the other, owing, as Mr. Forbes conjectures, to the laps of the glass being puttied in the iron house. At any rate, this proves that the loss of heat, by the conducting qualities of iron is but a small matter. Not a single pane has yet been broken in these iron houses, either by contraction or expansion. Cond.

Lemons and Oranges. Mr. Skey, of Spring Grove, near Bewdley, Worcestershire, has sent us some very fine lemons of his own growing: one of them weighs 11 oz., and two others nearly as much; and the whole are well-formed fruit. Mr. Skey mentions that he gathered last year 65 dozen of lemons and 45 dozen of oranges. (Extract from Mr. Skey's Letter of March 14. 1829.)

Bregazzi's Bark-bed Thermometer has been greatly improved, by the addition of a thermometer for the atmosphere in the inside of the small door (Vol. III. p. 215. fig. 61. a), and by imbedding the bulb of the plunged thermometer in cork or in wood, to neutralise the conducting effects of the case of copper. It is now by far the best instrument of the kind.

A Self-registering Thermometer has also been produced by Mr. Bregazzi at the very low price of 5s. 6d.

Mr. James Rollins, late of Dingle Bank, who was among the earliest of our correspondents to establish a garden library, has, we have observed, commenced business on his own account in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. We have no doubt that in his new capacity he will support the reputation which he has already attained as a serving gardener, and as the author of various papers in this Magazine. The editor of that ably conducted newspaper, the Liverpool Observer, expresses (Observer, Feb. 19.) a similar opinion.

Models of Estates. We have before noticed our own models, and those of Mr. Crowe (Vol. II. p. 232.), made, or to be made, with a view to show the effect of surface improvements. In the National Repository, Charing Cross, London, is a model of a tract of country in Wales, by R. C. Taylor, Esq., mineral engineer, which not only shows the state of the surface, but that of the substrata. It is an excellent example of that sort of picture which one would suppose every very extensive landed proprietor would

desire to possess of his land. It would be exceedingly interesting to see such a model of a parish, on such a scale as to show the form of every house, and the plan of every garden. The model of a county would be highly interesting; and, still more so, that of the whole of our island: but the most interesting model of all would be that of the whole of our earth, about the same scale as the model of Germany in this exhibition; or in the form of two semiglobes, as suggested in a former volume, each semiglobe containing several acres, and planted in correct imitation of the actual distribution of the vegetable kingdom; the whole of the tropics being of course under glass, and all the tropical lakes and rivers of water heated by steam-pipes, from the fires which would produce the imitations of Vesuvius, Etna, &c. To preserve the necessary curvature in the surface of the imitations of the ocean, it would be necessary to compose all the extensive surfaces of water of a great number of separate vessels placed close together; or perhaps it would be better to have the imitation on a flat surface, by which the water, being on a level, would be perfectly natural. The most suitable part of the British Islands for such a garden would be the south of Ireland, because less glass would be required there than in England, and because 200 acres, which would be required to do justice to such a garden, might better be spared there than in the coal district of the south of England.

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A Metropolitan Sepulchre. One of the most extraordinary, and, if it were possible to say it without giving offence, we should add, absurd projects we ever heard of, is that for a metropolitan sepulchre, of which a section is exhibited in the National Repository, and a circular published, addressed to the Lord Mayor. The design is a pyramid, with a base, to occupy an area as large as Russell Square, and to be raised nearly four times the height of St. Paul's. It is to be laid out in 152 stages, which are to contain about 900,000 catacombs for ten millions of coffins, "which are to be closed up and sealed for ever when interment takes place, with stone tablets on the face, explanatory of name, age, place, &c." The prime cost will be about seven millions, and the profit upwards of sixteen millions sterling. After answering the principal objections that he supposes will be made to it, the projector says, in answer to the question, " From whence are the tenants to come?" "Not many centuries will pass away before it will not only be completely filled, but that another one will be required."

No public improvement is more wanted than the removal, in Britain, of burial places from the cities to the country. We would turn all the churchyards in London into flower-markets, and all those in the country towns into public gardens. For London we would establish two or three burial-grounds, of some hundreds of acres each, a few miles in the country, on the poorest soil, and planted as an arboretum, according to the natural system. But even this we do not think adequate to the wants of an increasing population. We would pass a law, rendering it legal, under certain regulations, for every man who had land, either in perpetuity or for a certain number of years, to be buried in his own grounds in any manner he chose. We would allow every cottager to make use of his own garden, and every farmer of his own farm, if they chose to do so; always, of course, smoothing the way for such an innovation by taking care of existing interests in the rites of burial. The idea of closing up dead bodies in sepulchres is to us disgusting, and crowded churchyards, which, have been used for centuries, little less. After death, the sooner we are resolved into our primitive elements the better. It is surely a purer and more noble idea, to contemplate the union of our bodies to the whole of nature, than their separated existence in a musty wooden box, or in a mass of putrid mould.

Dammara orientalis Lamb., the A'gathis loranthifolia of Salisb.—I have succeeded in striking cuttings of this plant, by keeping them in a gentle

bottom-heat and a moist atmosphere. Pìnus spectabilis of Nepal, I have also rooted in the same manner.-W. B. Dropmore, Aug. 29. 1828.

The Agapanthus umbellàtus, once considered a stove-plant, has stood the severity of the winter here for several years, with a slight protection during hard frosts; and, at this time (Aug. 28.), is in the highest perfection in the flower-garden. Alexander Gordon. Appley Castle, Wellington, Salop.

A Horticultural Impostor at Sheffield. A fellow has been cheating people here, by selling what he described as tree-tulips, growing the usual size of common tulips, but which produce many flowers on one stem, and some of them of different colours. This impostor called on me, in August, 1828. He said he received them from a brother residing in South America; that he was the under-gardener in Lord Fitzwilliam's botanic garden at Wentworth House, near Sheffield; he said they had bloomed them in great perfection at that place last year. Knowing the gardeners at that place to be truly respectable, I, along with many other gentlemen, purchased some of each kind. My gardener planted some of them in pots, and placed them in the forcing-house; others in a cold green-house; and some out of doors; some are about six inches in height. I have been looking for the sidebranches, but in vain. One he calls the Eye of the Mountain; there is also the Pride of the Valley, but, he observed, the Rose of the Valley surpassed all, it had so fragrant a perfume.

He appeared about 6 ft. in height, about 45 or 50 years of age. I took him into my stove; he appeared to be well acquainted with the names of most of the plants, was dressed like an under-gardener, and talked much of their last new plants at Wentworth House. I fancy he reaped a plentiful harvest in this neighbourhood; was here on the first day of August, 1828, and, some days afterwards. As he mentioned to me correctly the name of the head-gardener there, as well as the name of the gardener in the botanic garden, under whom he said he worked, I, as well as my neighbours, had no doubt of the man's respectability. As people do not like to subject themselves to the laughter of their friends, for their gullibility, I shall subscribe myself only -M. P. Sheffield, Feb. 26, 1829.

SCOTLAND.

Caledonian Gardeners' Society.-At the last Annual Meeting of this useful Institution, held on January 27., Mr. Daniel Sinclair, gardener, Broughton Hall, was elected President; Mr. John Notman, slater, Broughton, Treasurer; James Gardner and Henry Cribes, Key-keepers; Mr. John Hay, fruiterer, Prince's Street, Secretary; and E. D. Allison, M.D. Northumberland Street, Consulting Surgeon. Prizes were awarded to the successful competitors in articles of horticulture, produced in 1828, as follows:- Pinks (best six): 1. Mr. John Young, gardener to Oliver, Esq., Newington; 2. Mr. John Reid, nurseryman, Easter Road. Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots: Mr. Thomas Inglis, gardener to the Hon. Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton. Red Cabbage: 1. Mr. Thomas Leddle, gardener, Warriston; 2. Mr. David Stewart, gardener, Inch. Parsneps: 1. Mr. Daniel Sinclair, gardener, Broughton Hall; 2. Mr. Thomas Leddle, Warriston. Celery: 1. Mr. David Stewart, Inch; 2. Mr. Daniel Sinclair, Broughton Hall. Ribston Pippins, Golden Pippins, Balgone Pippins, and Nonpareils: 1. Mr. John Macqueen, gardener, Bonnington; 2. Mr. John Williamson, gardener, Canon Mills Cottage. (Scotsman, Jan. 28. 1829.)

The Aberdeenshire Horticultural Society held their Anniversary Meeting March 10. The articles exhibited are not enumerated in the account sent us, but the regular office-bearers were elected, and the conductor of the Gardener's Magazine nominated an honorary member, for which he returns his best thanks.

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