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be taken to use it. — Among the score of plants which show the effects of the different modes 



of (i'rdf'liiKf, the most useful to know is, that all the rare Pinu.ses, or, rather, the whole race 

 of Conifers, should he grafted down as low as the collar of the plant which is used for a 

 stock ; then, hyiilanting such grafted plants suilicicntlv' deej) to bury the grafted ]>art, roots 

 will come from the scion, or graft, in time, so that the i>lant, ultimately grows on its own 

 roots. This is really a useful lesson. — Perhaps the most interesting object which has lately 

 tlowered abroad is a new Camellia from Chiua, discovered and sent home by Mr. Fortune. 

 It is a carnation strij^ed kind, very dilfereut, however, from any w^e have hitherto possessed, 

 inasmuch as the stripes, rosy pink, are much more brilliant than in any variety we now 

 have of this class, and the general outline and form of the llowers are all that the most 

 fastidious in such matters could desire. This, therefore, must be regarded as an acquisition 

 of no mean imjwrtance. It nuiy be mentioned that the plant which has llowercd, was half- 

 starved, and nearly destitute of foliage; therefore the blooms, handsome as they are, may 

 be expected to be much more so when produced by healthy si)ecimens. — There is, perhaps, 

 more injury done in a mild winter than in a severe one, amongst the tender or half-hardy 

 plants which the gardener has to deal with ; for it not unfretiuently happens, that a period 

 of dull, mild weather, throws the inexperienced off their guard, and towards the middle, or 

 it may be earlier, a sharp frost sets in suddenly, carrying death and destruction to many 

 things which had looked not only healthy but luxuriant. A mild winter is seldom followed 

 by a genial spring ; the consequence is, that plants which have survived, perhaps, in the 

 open air, are often killed. — Hartweg declared, that a woods of I'inus Beuthamiana was the 

 finest thing he saw in his extensive travels. It is now much planted on the hills of Scot- 

 land. — Thuja fjiijantea is one of the most singular trees ; it is not unlike Sequoia 

 giijanlea, only it has not so much of a cypress look. Like the Sequoia, it is a Califoruian 

 tree, of great size and beauty, attaining the height of one hundred and eighty feet, the 

 lower eighty feet of which is as bare as a May-pole ; but, with us, we shall not see it thus 

 in our day. — Another remarkable Conifer, from Asia Minor, is Thuiopsis horealia, a line, 

 graceful-looking tree, and said to be very hardy. The Wardiau Case has brought over a 

 large batch of seedlings of Araucaria Cookii to the other side of the world, and there they 

 are as if they were sown on the spot. — In Holland, no table is without cooked Endive, and 

 almost no day in the year. It is the most universally popular dish in the country, and the 

 most savory morsel. But the method of preparing it is somewhat different from that given 

 by you. Take two good Endives, not blanched, separate the leaves, and boil them in two 

 waters (to extract the bitter). If still bitter, use a third water, but ten minutes before 

 they are ready, throw in a handful of Sorrel leaves. When ready, take them out and strain 

 them, and put them back in the saucepan with a piece of butter, the size of a walnut, pep- 

 per and salt, q. s., and a tablespoonful of any rich gravj^ Shake them well over the fire 

 till all is incorporated, and send them in hot. On no account chop the leaves. Iota. — The 

 appropriate name of one of the exhibitors of the London Horticultural Society, is Cutbush. 

 — The Southern Cultivator says : " We believe, from all the lights before us, that more loine, 

 and of better quaHtij, can be made on a given quantity of land in the South, than in Europe 

 or at the West, and that the Calaicha is by far our most promising grape for the purpose. 

 We must not, however, be confined entirely to this variety, as the Warren, and, perhaps, 

 the Isabella may be found to produce wines which cannot be made from the former." — Robert 

 Nelson, in the same periodical, pronounces a new seedling peach, of Georgia origin, and called 

 the Pocahonta, the finest he has ever eaten. — Tansy, planted round the peach-tree, is obtain- 

 ing favor as a remedy against the borer. — A good oil can be produced from the seeds of 

 cotton, but they are too valuable for manure to be extensively employed in this manner. 



Colombian Guano. — The Philadelphia Gruano Company have introduced, this spring, the 

 Colombian guano from the Venezuelan islands in the Caribbean Sea, and, from the analysis 

 of the article, it is jironoiinced the best fertilizer of the kind yet discovered. The best 

 contains eighty per cent, of phosphate of lime. Professors Stewart and Booth have analyzed 

 various specimens, and give certificates of the above fact. It is estimated that the islands 

 referred to contain an amount exceeding five millions of tons ; some of the deposits contain 

 a very large percentage of ammonia, while in that of others the superphosphate of lime 

 predominates, with but a small amount of ammonia. One analysis of Professor Booth gives 

 78 per cent, of superphosphate of lime, which is nearly fifty per cent, greater than that 

 obtained from bone dust. 



A long lease of the islands^ including the famous Bird Island, has been obtained by the 

 Philadelphia Company. Their guano has been tested by farmers in Maryland to a consi 

 derable extent ; Dr. Stewart, chemist of the Maryland State Agricultural Society, says 



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