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fecundans" may perform, without injury, its pro- 

 per office. About seven in the morning, the 

 stalk erects itself, and the flowers rise above 

 the surface of the water; in this state they 

 continue till four in the afternoon, when the 

 stalk becomes relaxed, as if weary of exertion, 

 and the flowers sink and close. 



INTERESTING EXPERIMENT WITH A TULIP. 



The bulbs of a Tulip, in every respect resem- 

 ble buds, except in their being produced under 

 ground, and include the leaves and flower in 

 miniature, which are to be expanded in the y' 

 ensuing spring. By cautiously cutting in the 

 early spring, through the concentric coats of a 

 tulip root, longitudinally from the top to the 

 base, and taking them off successively, the 

 whole flower of the next summer's tulip is 

 beautifully seen by the naked eye, with its 

 petals, pistils, and stamens. 



LUMINOUS POTATOES. 



The following interesting letter, from an 

 officer at Strasburgh, was read at a meeting of 



