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bark. This treatment, repeated and I vent them being injured by its pressure, 



persevered in so long as the least ap- 

 pearance of the insect is observed, 

 never Hiiis of a cure. Linseed or rape 

 oil or spirit of tar applied to the infected 

 part, and repeated a second or third 

 time with a brush, are also effective 

 remedies. They suifocate the insects. 

 Strong pyroligneous acid applied in tiie 

 same mode is also said to destroy this 

 as well as the scale insect. The codlin 

 and June eating, a re particularly liable to 

 be infected ; but I never observed it upon 

 any of the russet apples: and theCroI'lon 

 pippin is also said to be exempted. 



AMHRICAN CRANBKRRY, (Oxy- 

 cornts macrocarpa.) 



Suil. — A light soil, well incorporated 

 with peat, and occasionally manured 

 with rotten leaves. 



Situation. — It requires a constant 

 supply of water, and on a south bank 

 where this supply can be obtained, it 

 may be planted in rows four feet apart 

 each way, and the water made to circ\i- 

 late in a small ditch between the rows. 

 But the edge of a pond will suit it al- 

 most as well. 



After-culture. — The shrubs require 

 no iitlier attention than to be kept hee 

 from weeds. 



Produce. — This is so abundant that a 

 bed six yards long is sufficient for the 

 largest tiimilv. 



AMERICAN CRESS, (Barharea pre- 

 cox.) 



Soil and Situation. — For the win- 

 ter standing crops, a light, dry soil, in 

 an open but warm situation, should be 

 allotted to it; and for the summer, a 

 rather moister and shady border is to 

 be preferred. In neither instance is it 

 required to be rich 



some twigs may be bent over the bed, 

 or some light bushy branches laid among 

 them, which will support it. The only 

 cultivation they require is to be kept 

 clear of weeds. 



In gathering, the outside leaves only 

 should be stripped off, whicli enables 

 successive crops to become rapidly fit 

 for use. 



Wlien the plants begin to run, their 

 centres must be cut away, which causes 

 them to shoot afresh. 



To obtain Seed. — For the production 

 of seed, a few of the strongest plants, 

 raised from the first spring sowing, are 

 left ungathered from. They flower in 

 June or July, and perfect their seed be- 

 tbre the commencement of autumn. 



AMERICAN PLANTS. In England 

 and the European continental gardens, 

 apartments are allotted to collections 

 ofour native plants, and usually denomi- 

 nated the American department. It is 

 somewhat amusing to read the direc- 

 tions laid down as to its soil, situation, 

 &c., as if our country, whicli presents 

 the greatest diversity of soil, climate 

 and altitude, with corresponditig vege- 

 table productions, some delighting in 

 the swani[), others in the mountain, 

 some sustaining the frosts of iiigli north- 

 ern latitudes, others luxuriating in the 

 sunny south, eaCh choosing tor itself 

 its own peculiar soil — were as hounded 

 and contracted as the British Isle. We 

 annex a specimen. " American Plants. 

 These comprise many very d liferent 

 species, which, resemlding each other 

 in requiring a peaty soil and abundance 

 of water, are usually cultivated in a 

 separate department, where the garden 

 establishment is extensive; anil, wher- 



Time and mode of sowing. — It is pro- i ever grown, should have a compart- 



pagated by seed, which must be sown 

 every six weeks from March to August 

 for summer and autumn, but only one 

 sowing is necessary either at the end of 

 August or beginning of September, for 

 a su[)ply during winter and spring. It 

 may be sown broadcast, but the most 

 })refcrable mode is in drills nine inches 

 apart. Water may be given occasion- 

 ally during dry weather, both before 

 and alter the appearance of the plants. 

 If raised from broadcast sowings, the 

 plants arc thinned to six inches apart: 

 if in drills, only to three. In winter 

 they require the shelter of a little lit- 

 ter, or other light covering ; and to pre- 



rnent to themselves, u very acutely 

 sloping bank, facing the north or east; 

 and someofihein,as the Riiododendron, 

 Andromeda, and Azalea, do not oliject 

 to being overshadowed by trees. The 

 soil, as already stated, must be peat; 

 and the best annual dressings that can 

 be applied are such matters as decayed 

 leaves, and the bottom of old wood 

 stacks; or any other mixture of de- 

 cayed woody fibre." 



AMERIMNLM. Two species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam. 



AMETHYSTIA cccrulea. Hardy an- 

 nual. Seed. Peat. 



AMHERSTIA nobilis. Stove ever- 



