iB6 Scientific Intelligence. — Geography, 



an3 about 100 seedlings were raised. Of the first-mentioned 

 400 seedlings, three-fourths closely resembled the male parent, 

 A, pontica, in foliage, inflorescence, and general habit. Some 

 were very beautiful, and highly fragrant. The remaining 

 fourth part resembled the female parent in habit, but the foliage 

 was rather on a larger scale. The colours of the blossoms were 

 very rich, various tints of crimson, vivid pink or scarlet ; and 

 most of these will form beautiful acquisitions to our shrubbery 

 borders. 



. 17. Preservation of Fruit-Trees froin Hares, — According 

 to M. Bas, young fruit-trees may be preserved from the bites 

 of hares, by rubbing them with fat, and especially hogs-lard. 

 Apple and pear trees thus protected, give no signs of the 

 attacks of these animals, though their feet-marks were abundant 

 in the snow beneath them. — Bull. Univ. D. xiv. 381. 



18. Cure of Wounds in Elm-Trees. — Those elms which 

 have running places or ulcers, may be cured in the following 

 manner. Each wound is to have a hole bored in it with an 

 auger, and then a tube, penetrating an inch or less, is to be 

 fixed in each. Healthy trees, which are thus pierced, give no 

 fluid; but those which are unhealthy yield fluid, which in- 

 creases in abundance with the serenity of the sky, and exposure 

 to the south. Stormy and windy weather interrupts the efi'ect. 

 It has been remarked, that in from 24 to 48 hours the running 

 stops ; the place dries up ; and is cured. — Journal des Forets^ 

 1829. 



19. Preservation of Frozen Potatoes. — In time of frost, the 

 only precaution necessary is to retain the potatoes in a perfectly 

 dark place for some days after the thaw has commenced. In 

 America, where they are sometimes frozen as hard as stones, 

 they rot if thawed in open day ; but if thawed in darkness they 

 do not rot, and lose very little of their natural odour and pro- 

 perties. — Recueil Indust, xiv, 81. 



20. Precautions in the planting of Potatoes. — It would ap- 

 pear from experiments made in Holland, that when potatoes 

 are planted, the germs of which are developed, as happens 

 occasionally in late operations, or rather after mild winters, 

 the produce differs in quantity by more than a third to what it 



