28 Domestic Notices. 



again and again feathered, until, as a whole, plants, some 4 to 

 5 feet high and 15 to 18 feet in cii'cumference, were the re- 

 sult. They were amply furnished with foliage — plump, 

 healthy and vigorous ; the flowers on these specimens could 

 not have numbered less than three hundred, and of these there 

 were scores fit for exhibition as single blooms." 



With such results as these, will not our amateurs and pro- 

 fessional gardeners endeavor to imitate the example of the 

 London cultivators ? We are sure it only needs one grand 

 exhibition of the flowers, to bring it into greater notice, and 

 render it a general favorite. 



Two NEW Double-flowering Peaches from China. — Two 

 new varieties of the peach are advertised for sale from China. 

 One is called the Amygdalis persica sanguinea plena, (double 

 crimson) and the other A. persica alba plena (double white). 

 They are stated to be " exceedingly ornamental plants either 

 in the open ground or in pots, constituting handsome objects 

 for Avinter and spring decoration in the conservatory. They 

 are still so rare as to be priced at three guineas each." 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic JVotBes. 



Recipe for Tomato Figs. — Pour boiling water over the tomatoes in 

 order to remove the skin ; then weigh them and place them in a stone jar, 

 with as much sugar as you have tomatoes, and let them stand two days ; 

 then pour off the syrup, and boil and skim it until no scum rises. Then pour 

 it over the tomatoes and let them stand two days as before ; then boil and 

 skim again. After the third time they are fit to dry if the weather is good ; 

 if not, let them stand in the syrup until drying weather. Then place on 

 large earthen plates or dishes, and put them in the sun to dry, which will 

 take about a week, after which pack them down in small wooden boxes, 

 with fine white sugar between every layer. Tomatoes prepared in this man- 

 ner will keep for years. 



A few apples cut up and boiled in the remainder of the syrup make a 

 very nice sauce.-^MRs. Eliza Marsh. 



It is only necessary for us to add that the Committee of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society awarded Mrs. Marsh the Society's Silver Medal 

 for excellent specimens exhibited Nov. 29. They were tested by the Com- 

 mittee and pronounced to be superior to any they had ever seen. They 



