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tion, and it will soon dry without any un- 
pleasant smell. The antiseptic paste is 
made by mixing eight parts of finely pow- 
dered white arsenic, four parts of Spanish 
soap, three parts of camphor pulverized in a 
mortar, with a few drops of alcohol, and one 
part of soft soap. 
Chinese Horticulture. —The following 
method is described as being practised by 
some Chinese, retained by Count Linhares 
in Brazil. The tree practised upon was a 
Brazilian myrtle. The branch to be sepa- 
rated and planted, already some inches in 
thickness, was surrounded by a band of 
straw, mingled with horse dung, forming an 
envelope five or six times as large in dia- 
meter as the branch itself; then an annular 
incision was made below this part, and water 
was allowed to drop from a considerable 
height on to the wrapped part. The vessel 
is usually a cocoa-nut shell, pierced with 
very fine holes. In about two months the 
Varieties. 
(Dec. 
branch is separated from the tree and 
planted. To obtain rapidly growing trees, 
the Chinese choose the upper smaller 
branches; but for more production, and 
better trees, they choose stronger branches 
that are nearer to the earth. 
Common Salt in Chili.—An incrustation 
of salt, 30 miles in length and several miles 
in width, is found on the coast of Chili to 
the south of Coquimbo. It has the appear- 
ance of that compact ice which forms on 
the surface of lakes and rivers in America 
towards the middle of winter. The thick- 
ness is about two feet. When a block of it 
is removed, the space is soon filled up by 
new salt. The great road runs for a con- 
siderable distance along the edge of this 
curious formation. It has frequently hap- 
pened that when mules, horses, and even 
men have died in this part of the route, their 
bodies have been perfectly preserved for a 
long time afterwards. 
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