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should be planted from six to twelve inches from the surface of the 

 water ; Hottonia palustris, Menyanthes trifoliata, and Aponogeton 

 distachyon, should be potted, and the pot fixed so as to be half 

 immersed in the water. After the blooming season of the Apono- 

 geton is over, and the leaves look yellow, they may be taken up and 

 dried, and again excited in the following March. Stratiotes aloides, 

 which is one of the most curious indigenous aquatics, should also be 

 kept with half the pot under water. 



As some arrangement is requisite for plants of this description, 

 it is desirable that ledges should be made in ponds or tanks where 

 these plants are to be grown for them to be placed upon, according 

 to their height, and also for the blending of their colours : the low- 

 growing varieties, being generally the more tender, should for this 

 reason, as well as to preserve a more systematic appearance, be 

 placed at the margin, while those of larger growth and greater alti- 

 tude should be planted towards the centre. The situation for 

 Nymphsea alba and Nuphar lutea should be either in ponds or fast 

 currents ; the two, planted together at the edge of a waterfall, will 

 blend their noble flowers in rich luxuriance amidst the surging foam 

 of the surrounding water. Most of the other species prefer a shady 

 situation, and are to be found in Nature's untrodden wilds, 



" Far from the busy haunts of man ;" 



shedding their florets of varied hues in gay profusion, as if emanating 

 from the lucid bosom of the water from which they partially derive 

 their sustenance, and diffusing a pleasing lustre over the margin of 

 the willow-shaded pond. T. D. 



RHUBARB WINE, OR BRITISH CHAMPAGNE. 



flROVIDE a fermenting tub that will hold from fifteen to 

 twenty gallons, or larger if required. It should have a 

 guard or rim on the inside, similar to that used for 

 brewing beer, in order to keep back the husks of the 

 fruit, and a tap near the bottom. 

 Take fifty pounds of rhubarb, and thirty-seven pounds of fiue 

 moist sugar. In the tub bruise the rhubarb ; when done, add four 

 gallons of water ; let the whole be well stirred together ; cover the 

 tub with a cloth or blanket, and let the pulp stand for twenty-four 

 hours ; then draw off the liquor through the tap into another tub or 

 pan ; add one or two more gallons of water to the pulp, let it be well 

 stirred, then allowed to remain an hour or two to settle, and then 

 draw off'; mix the two liquors together, and in it dissolve the sugar. 

 Let the tub be made clean, and return the liquor to it, cover it 

 with a blanket, and place it in a room, the temperature of which is 

 not below 60 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer ; here it is to 

 remain for twenty-four, forty-eight, or more hours, until there is an 

 appearance of fermentation having begun, when it should be drawn 

 off into a ten-gallon cask, as fiue as possible, which cask must be 



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