MEASURES. 



MELIANTHUS. 



Seakale Punnets. Eight inches diameter 

 at the top, and seven and a half inches at 

 the bottom, and two inches deep. 



Radish Punnets. Eight inches diameter, 

 and one inch deep, if to hold six hands ; 

 or nine inches by one inch for twelve 

 hands. 



Mushroom Punnets. Seven inches by 

 one inch. 



Salading Punnets. Five inches by two 

 inches. 



Half Sieve. Contains three and a half 

 imperial gallons. It averages twelve and 

 a half inches in diameter, and six inches 

 in depth. 



Sieve. Contains seven imperial gallons. 

 Diameter fifteen inches, depth eight inches. 

 A sieve of currants twenty quarts. 



Bushel Sieve. Ten and a half imperial 

 gallons. Diameter at top seventeen inches 

 and three-quarters, at bottom seventeen 

 inches ; depth eleven inches and a quarter. 



Bushel Basket. Ought, when heaped, to 

 contain an imperial bushel. Diameter at 

 bottom ten inches, at top fourteen inches 

 and a half; depth seventeen inches. Wal- 

 nuts, nuts, apples, and potatoes, are sold 

 by measure. A bushel of the last-named, 

 cleansed, weighs 56 lb., but four Ibs. 

 additional are allowed if they are not 

 washed. A junk contains two-thirds of a 

 bushel. 



Pottle. Is a long tapering basket that 

 holds rather over a pint and a half. A 

 pottle of strawberries should hold half a 

 gallon, but never holds more than one 

 quart ; a pottle of mushrooms should weigh 

 one pound. 



Hand. Applies to a bunch of radishes, 

 which contains from 12 to 30 or more 

 according to the season. 



Bundle. Contains 6 to 20 heads of 

 broccoli, celery, &c. ; seakale, 12 to 18 

 heads ; rhubarb, 20 to 30 stems, according 

 to size ; and of asparagus, from 100 to 125. 



Bunch. Is applied to herbs, &c., and 



varies much in size according to the season. 

 A bunch of turnips is 12 to 25 ; of carrots, 



15 to 40; of greens, as many as can be 

 tied together by the roots. 



Grapes are put up in 2lb. and 4lb. 

 punnets ; new potatoes, by the London 

 growers, in 2lb. punnets. Apples and 

 pears are put up in bushels, sieves, or half 

 sieves. A hundred weight of Kentish 

 filberts is 100 lb. Weights are always 



16 oz. to the pound. 



Medlars, Mulberries, Quinces, 

 &c. 



There is nothing of any especial im- 

 portance to be said about the culture of 

 these fruits, the mode of planting being 

 similar to that adopted for any standard 

 tree wherever there is room for them : one 

 or two trees of each kind should be planted : 

 the first and last may be placed ia the 

 garden or orchard, the second should have 

 grass under it to save the fruit from injury 

 when it falls. In buying these trees, or, 

 indeed, fruit-trees of any kind, it is desir- 

 able to state nature of soil and the position 

 they are to occupy to the nurseryman, and 

 then leave it to him to make the selection. 

 Of medlars there are three varieties, the 

 Dutch, the Nottingham, and the Stoneless. 

 Mulberries are of two kinds only, the Black 

 and the White. Quinces are distinguished 

 as Common, Portugal, Apple-shaped, and 

 Pear-shaped. There is also a variety 

 known as the Chinese quince. 



Melian'thus (not. ord. Sapinda'cew). 



This, also known as the honey-flower, is 

 a native of the Cape of Good Hope. It is 

 a shrubby plant, with bluish-green leaves, 

 and in our climate is mostly found in 

 greenhouses. If grown in the open air 

 and slightly protected from frost, it will 

 attain some 4 or 5 feet in height, and 



