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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CULTURE OF 



by Mr. Hay, of which fine examples occur at Lord 

 Duncan's, Lundie-house, near Dundee, and the 

 Earl of Roseberry's, at Dulmeny-park (Jig. 23.), 

 near Edinburgh. 





As substitutes for tan, leaves are the common 

 resource, but any vegetable matter of slow putre- 

 faction may be employed,, as chopped spray of 

 hedges or copse, wood-shavings, saw-dust, &c. and 

 in Scotland, it has been found that flax-dressers' re- 

 fuse keeps up a moderate heat for a longer period 

 than any other material. 



The mode of employing the vigour remaining 

 in the old stock or plant after the fruit is cut, to 

 nourish, for a certain time, the sucker or suckers 

 which may be growing on it, was practised by 

 Speechly ; but scarcely to the extent which it has 

 been carried lately. This, we think, a considerable 



