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the course of 12 hours, the pain ceased, and, shortly after, the swelling went 

 down ; hut it was several weeks before they were tit to work. A man named 

 Don Pedro Pearos, who lived in the neighbourhood of Caraccas, was stung 

 by a correll snake, and his life was in imminent danger. After drinking the 

 juice for 18 or 20 hours, he got some relief; and, in the course of 48 hours, 

 the swelling went down- A large piece of the flesh fell off the leg; and the 

 part that received the sting, and the hollow of the wound, still remain, the 

 part never filling up. Seeing the great virtue of this most valuable vine, I 

 procured it, and cultivated it in my botanic garden at Caraccas, where 

 persons daily apply for it. I gave two bottles of the juice to Mr. Ryan, 

 who had laboured under rheumatism for several years. In four days aft; r 

 using it, the swelling went down ; and in ten days he was enabled to at- 

 tend to his work. I gave it to a Mr. Bell; and, in like manner, he got well 

 m a few days. I also gave two bottles to a gentleman in La Guarryro, who 

 was troubled with the gout. He got so well from drinking the two bottles, 

 that he considered himself finally cured ; and, having such good faith in 

 it, he sent some bottles to a lady, a relative of his, in Hamburgh. In ap- 

 plying it for the toothache, one drop is sufficient to remove the most vio- 

 lent pain. The dose is a wine-glassful, morning, noon, and night. It in- 

 creases the appetite, and keeps the bowels gently open.— 2>. Fanning. 

 London, Dec. 1829. 



Tobacco.— Many cottagers, both male and female, smoke tobacco; and 

 we do not see why they should not, if it procures them any enjoyment, and 

 does not annoy others. Tobacco, in decoction, is also one of the most uni- 

 versal and efficacious poisons for insects ; and the cottager ought to know, 

 that, with a stock of tobacco which has been fermented in the manner of 

 hay, and with quick-lime for forming lime-water, he may destroy every in- 

 sect, worm, reptile, or fish, with which he can bring one or the other of 

 these articles in contact, Lime-water, which is made by throwing a pint of 

 quick-lime, in powder, into 40 or 50 gallons of water, stirring the mixture 

 well, and letting it stand half an hour to become clear, will destroy earth 

 worms, snails, frogs, lizards, snakes, and most kinds of caterpillars before 

 they are fully grown. It will not, however, destroy the scaly insect, woolly 

 insect, or red spider, on trees, or the grub of the cockchafter, or the wire 

 worm (the grub of a species of Ti-pula), in the soil : but for these a strong- 

 decoction of tobacco will be found effectual. Every cottager, therefore, 

 ought to grow 30 or 40 plants of tobacco. He may sow the seed in a pot, 

 ana place it in the inside of the glass-window of his cow-house, where it will 

 get heat from the cow, and light from the open air, in the beginning of 

 April ; and transplant it into his richest soil, in a month afterwards. When 

 the stem begins to show flower, or has thrown out five or six leaves, he may 

 pinch out its centre bud; this will increase the magnitude of the leaves, 

 which may be gathered just before they begin to show symptoms of decay. 

 The bottom leaves will be first ready, and there will be three gatherings in 

 the season, each of which should be first slightly dried in the shade, and 

 then put under a mat to be fermented in the manner of new hay. After 

 having lain in this state for some weeks, it may be moistened with salt and 

 water, rolled up into balls, and kept in a cool and rather moist place till 

 wanted for use. In the north of Europe, where the common or round-leaved 

 tobacco (N. rustica) is grown by every cottager for smoking, they do not 

 take the trouble of fermenting it, but simply dry the leaves, and keep them 

 in bundles in a dry place, till" wanted for filling their pipes. We see no 

 reason why a cottager should not manufacture both his tobacco and his 

 snuff, and we shall hereafter give him copious directions for both.— (Gar- 

 dener's Magazine.) 



Those who have Quince hedges round their Gardens, may find it profitable 

 to engraft good Apples on those branches of the Quince stocks which form 

 the inner side of tne hedge. 



To train trees on a wall having a southern aspect, in England, is estimated 

 as equivalent to the influence of a climate 7° nearer the equator. 



The sets of the extreme end of the Potatoe are found to grow fasti r and 

 ripen about a fortnight earlier than those from the root end. 



Potatoes, after being washed, may be put so to boil in cold water. with. 



