The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-25 00:00:00

11/MDT TIMM OARDIX.

Filbert bushes.—As son AU the female flower can be
distinguished, the hushes should be systematically pruned.
All the "hugs which do not thew fruit should be shortened,
regulating their length according to their strength, and
spurring the weak 01.5 in close to the old wood ; it will be
use...ow to remove some of the shoots, to prevent over
erowdiag. After regulating the head, deer away the nest of
suchen with whin, thin bushes are too frequently rheum-
bend. If the bushes appear weak, they should be assisted
during the growing season. or, if too strong, root pruned.
There is no reason why a collection of nut bashes may not
be as truitfal and ornamental so a collection of dwart apples
or of pyranti.:al ph ar trees. In pruciag. a little precaution
le r.ecesery not to remove the whole of the sale ea,kins,
unul some days after all the fonds flow.re an expanded ;
and as many of the bushes will, i■ all probability, be desti-
tute of aisle It wet., it well be secenery to pectin some
well furet.he4 brioches trent ether bushes, and shako then
gestiy over those which have United mare only.

Knelling OLIWKII.

At this season weti;;;;lll;tspiiikliag of salt to all
graved which km bun trenched seven" weeks, OS soon as it
wol bass *iodise upon; and after the silt hat been applied
• lisk ever the surface. The improvises nt in the crops by
Ibis suss is very visible, and thousands of insects are de-
ste.iyed by it. It aril) necessary to is d, that a dtessisg
el
2f be. to the soperti.:nd yard is of the greatest benefit to the
upsweeps beds, end the 'looks stay be repeated in the
beginning of Aped. Toe crop. of seakale will be equally
benefited by the application of salt. Besides the increased
vigour and health ut these seaside plants, whets salt be. been
freely used, It pyweises the additional good qualities of
destroying insects and °editory weeds, and thus economising
labour in the regular keeping of the place. An early
crop of round @Fiend shauld be sown this week, on
• warm Wider. Frage potatoes : Fur this purpose
make up • bed of o.k or beech leaves, sufficient
to produce a peals bottom beat. The potatoes should
be started in bogie of leaf mould, and planted as soon

as they have produced shoot. as 'lamb ;by taking
thie precaution all gaps aro prevented. They should be
pleated 9 imams apart and 6 inches deep, with 3 inches
of sod between the sets and the bid of loaves, lip plastiog
them this depth ►t cote, U.. trouble of earthing up to
avoided. and an encellent opportsaity is afforded tit getting
a crop of re-lakes, which will be ready to draw bef 40 they
are IS the way of the potatoes. It wtll be noroosory, for
*emits of both 'adobes and potatoes, to admit air treaty.
and Is draw off the sashes entirely during mild weather. As
soon m the ground will admit of it, preparations a►oud be
made for 'Omuta( now beds of horse radish and Jerusalem
artichoke,. For the former the ground should be rich and,
finely blokes in trenching, that tee saw underground stoma
may be locoed clean and straight ; and as the :esti:weed
vegetable seldom comes to maturity ia this climate, a yawl
lavourable altostrati should be chime, that it may bars the
best possible thanes of farming its tabors, although it
gnaw perfect its flowers. The toil owl should be a light
lardy loam, as a rich soil makes thaw grow too rank, sad
puts oil a.. formation diabase is two Irma period.

OILAT 311111DITION.—MWEL FOX AND Co.
Taaorr.—Tlis following statasent OW charm to Waal*
ROARS and Co., has haw repaired in Nu.
ilydapark, Londoa, 15th
January, 1331.—Thos Worthington, Es q.. Exhibition
Committee, Town Ball, Manehtster.—Sir, —We beg to sante
the following wins for exhibition Wields and c)unters.
These writes ars for tha work in dal, sad for the satire
sala Design No. 1. Deal stand, 241 t. tong, by 17N. 16in.
high, tilt. wide, without cupboards or drawers, tad not
nivend in on the under aids, 251. IN.—Dalin No. 2. Deal
stand, 24ft. lon, 12ft. 6u. high, 12ft. wide at bass, with
three statues, sad elan boarding underneath maw, aid
iseleting espbaardt or drawers. 335. 158.—Design No. 3
Dial stand, Mt. long. llft. 9in. higb, Eft. wide, banded at
sada and side.' 131. Ha non
—Your obedient ninon', for Ns,
Henderson, and Co.. cptuto A. Newsom."

Tlth Bt)iRD or HEALTaI in London have decided
the great water qmotion is Biratbamptoa. The tows is
to be supplied with water from the Hellen rims. et s paw
calved Mansbridgo Lock, about Wm miles tam Beath-
amptoe. The estimated cost of conveying the water tram
liansbridge to the tows will be 18,0001. The boring for
wain at the Ansonia well on dou•hamptoa Common, from
which the isms has been partially supplied with water ter
the last few years, and which km ham looked u ao
such an interesting txperiassat by the whole of the goo
of linglead, is to be stopped. The well is nearly 2,000
feet deep.

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FALKIRK BvaGas.—Mr. David Bell, a retired
Glasgow menefeetnnr and nereltaat, and formerly • member
of th• town emoted of nu dry, bas announard himaelf a
ceadidata for the repreeentatien of the Falkirk district of
berets. Hs states that km has always boos a coasistent sup-
portar of parliararatuy reforms, pabhe seoweray, sad Mused
Unties ; and baying, since his retirement from ppublle lit,,
Immo proprietor of the lands of Blaaktall, dn, la
loaarlublre, containing aoarly a thousand acne, aad
situated stoat equi-dintaat Iron all your harem ; I am, is
espasity (me says) coosestad with the eras aad
laaestaat Wass% ad seal, iroa, ead agtioaltars.'
bulk Cesrant.