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become trees ; and if an old mulberry tree be 

 blown down, every branch sends down roots 

 into the ground, and in a very short time be- 

 comes a tree. When apparently dead, a mul- 

 berry may in most cases be resuscitated by 

 cutting it down to just above the collar, when 

 it will send up a number of young stems, 

 which will very soon be covered with fruit. 

 The mulberry, in other respects, needs very 

 little care from the gardener; it requires no 

 pruning, and even the fruit does not require 

 gathering, as it drops as soon as it is ripe. 



The Elder is rather a shrub than a tree ; and 

 from its very disagreeable smell and straggling 

 habit of growth, it is rarely planted except in 

 cottage gardens. There are several kinds ; 

 one with white berries, another with green, and 

 a third, which is very ornamental, with scarlet 

 berries. There is also a very handsome kind 

 with cut leaves. A ptisan made of the flowers 

 is reckoned excellent in France for producing 

 perspiration in cases of colds and fevers ; and 

 the fruit of the black-berried kind is used for 

 making wine, and also a kind of jam. 



The Pomegranate. — If the elder be con- 

 sidered a plebeian fruit, the pomegranate may 

 be called an aristocratic one, as it is rarely seen 

 in England except in the gardens of persons of 

 rank and wealth. Notwithstanding this, it 

 requires but little care from the gardener, and 

 it is only necessary for him to spare the knife ; 

 since the flowers are produced only on the 

 points of the shoots, and on short slender 

 twigs projecting from the branches, which are 

 exactly what a gardener, whose only care is to 



