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will accouHt for tbese plieuoiuena on principles, which are 

 assigned for the congregation, and association of Zoophytes ; 

 the Chemist will point out the exhalation of certain gasses, the 

 secretion of certain constituents and aromas which are mutually 

 salutary, ^c. The fact is incontestable that Plants do affect 

 certain associations. The Corn Flower (Cyanus) is found only 

 in fields where grain is grown, &cc. — Of grafting he is pleased to 

 give what is now considered a tissue of fables— as that the 

 Medlar may be grafted upon the Pine — the Pomegranate upon 

 the Ash — tho Damson on the Apple — the Cherry upon the 

 Fir, &e. The directions for grafting and inoculating are slight 

 but for the most part correct. 



He then proceeds to the nursery, in which there are very few 

 directions given, but among them the very erroneous one of 

 planting deep. 



Hercsbach then proceeds to dwell upon the cultivation of 

 the Vine, which he docs in a manner so full and satisfactory as 

 would not discredit a writer of the present day. — ^Thenofthe 

 Olive, and then of the Apple, of which there were many, but the 

 " cheefe in price" were the Pippin, the Romet, the Pomeroyal, 

 and the Marligold. — On its cultivation he is very meagre — on 

 the keeping of the Fruit he is more full and correct. — The Pear 

 he says, he has himself grafted with success when in bloom. — 

 They had evidently no keeping varieties — though of Apples he 

 had seen some that had been preserved three years. — Quinces, 

 Medlars 2. — Service — Pomegranate — Orange and Lemon — 

 showing how to shelter them with Straw, &c. in winter. — 

 Mulberry -Cornel— Ziziphus.— Pistachio Nuts— Bay— Al- 

 monds, bitter and sweet — Walnut — Hasel and Filbert — Ches- 

 "ut — Cherry — Plumbs seven kinds "whereof the Damson is 

 the principal," vsiiich demonstrates that of this fruit, they 

 were very deficient. — Peach, of this they must have had but 

 '^oor varietiea, since he says, the Apricot was much preferred. 



