The Savine. — Juniperus Sabina is a splendid lawn plant, when left to take its natural 

 growth, in an open space and kindly soil. A plant on my lawn, twenty-five years old, 

 measures twenty-two yards in circumference. Its branches radiate from a single stem, 

 which is invisible in the centre, feathering all round, without gap or blemish, down to the 

 grass, and rising only about three feet in the middle. It is at all times a pleasing object ; 

 but in the spring, when it has put forth its tender shoots, or in the autumn, when bespan- 

 gled with dew, it is particularly beautiful. — 3f. R. Toivnshend. 



Let Hexs sit where they Choose. — I have long been a keeper of poultry, and an observer 

 of their habits ; and I have arrived at the conclusion, that hens are most prolific when left 

 to their natural instinct, as I think the following interesting circumstance will prove : One 

 of my hens (a pullet of a late brood last year) formed herself a nest among the ivy on the 

 top of a wall nine feet high, and on Sunday last, August 31, from sixteen eggs brought out 

 fourteen strong, healthy chickens of every color, though tlie hen is a cross between the Gold- 

 Pencilled Hamburg and the Gray Dorking. During the time of sitting, she was several 

 times exposed to violent storms, and the wall faces the high road, with constant traffic. 

 — Wistaria. 



Mode of Prevexting Fowls Flying over Fences. — Recently, I described a ready mode of 

 preventing pigeons flying, for a few days, by soaping one wing. I now wish to call attention 

 to an equally efficacious plan that is adapted to fowls. Being on a visit to a friend, I noticed 

 a hen with the appearance of having a wooden yoke across her shoulders. On inquiry, he 

 informed me that it was a New Forest plan of preventing the flying of such of the lighter 

 and more active varieties as it was wished to keep within bounds. It consisted merely of 

 a piece of light, thin lath, about two inches longer than the width of the body. Two pairs 

 of opposite notches were cut in it, the distance between the pairs being the exact width of 

 the body of the bird. In these notches a piece of tape was securely tied, leaving the ends 

 free ; the lath was then placed over the back, and secured by tying the loose, free ends of 

 the tapes under the wings close up to the body, taking care that they were not tied so 

 tightly as to cut into the flesh. This contrivance ofi^ers no impediment to the movements 

 of the fowl until it attempts to raise the wings for flight, when they are checked in their 

 upward movement by the projecting ends of the lath, and flight is consequently imprac- 

 ticable. This plan is superior to running the scissors down each side of the primary quill 

 feathers of one wing, inasmuch as the fowl is not disfigured, and it is, beyond all comparison, 

 better than the unpleasant practice of cutting across several of the quills, which destroys 

 the appearance of the fowl, and leaves an ugly set of stumps, which moult out with 

 difficulty. — W. B. Tegetmeier. 



The Hyacinth. — There is hardly a flower in cultivation so generally a favorite as the 

 hyacinth, and certainly not one which so gratefully repays the attention bestowed upon it. 

 There is not a medium capable of retaining moisture but it will grow in, and it will give us 

 as good a bloom when planted in wet sand as it will in the richest compost. Many people 

 lit to be thankful for this spring visitor, from those whose delicate hands put the finish 

 beautiful stands which grace the drawing-room, to the salamander-like men wh 



