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ed by the Sparers. There as bean grate Mischef dun beside by Enty- 

 moUogy — in some parts a complet patch of Blight. Their has been a 

 grate Deal too of Robin by boys and men picking and stealing but their 

 has bean so many axidents by Steel Traps I don't like setting on 'em. 



" Sir I partickly wish the Satiety to be called to con.sider the case what 

 follows, as I think mite be maid Transaxtionable in the next Reports — 



" My '\\\1 had a Tom Cat that dyd. Being a torture Shell and a Grate 

 fevcrit, we had him berrid in the Guardian, and for the sake of inrichment 

 of the Mould I had the carks deposited under the roots of a Gosberry 

 Buch. The Frute being up till then of the smooth kind. But the next 

 Sesan's Frute after the Gat was berrid, The Gozberries was all hairy. — & 

 moor Remarkable the Catpillers of the same Bush was All of the same 

 hairy Discription. I am Sir Your humble servant 



Thomas Frost." 



We find in the '• Revue Horticole" an account of two new Esculents, 

 which are said to deserve notice. Having no personal acquaintance with 

 them we confine ourselves to a translation of what is said about them by 

 Mr. MuLLER, superintendent of the Botanic Garden, Upsal, who sent the 

 seeds to the Botanic Garden, Hamburgh : 



" I particularly recommend to your notice these two new kitchen gar- 

 den plants, Chcerophyllum Prescotti and Rumex vesicarius. We receiv- 

 ed the first from St. Petersburgh in the spring of 1862, but it did not oc- 

 cur to me till last autumn that its fleshy root as large as a Parsnip, might 

 be worth cooking. The seeds being then ripe it was to have been ex- 

 pected that the roots would prove woody; but I was agreeably surprised 

 to find it tender and very nice {de tres hon gout). In flavor it is not uih 

 like the Turnip-rooted Chervil {Cho:ropliylluvi bulbosum), but as it is 

 much larger and good even after seeding, it is a much more useful plant. 

 Cultivation will probably increase its size. In my case the seeds were 

 sown in spring, but I should expect the roots to become larger if the seeds 

 are sown in autumn, like those of Chcerophollum bulbosum. The plant 

 is perennial and not biennial like that plant. As it is a native of Siberia, 

 cold has no power over it, and it succeeds perfectly in good damp garden 

 soil. It might be called the Turnip-rooted Siberian Chervil." 



The other plant, Rumex versicarius, is a kind of Sorrel. " When 

 dressed like Spinach," says Mr. Muller, "it is very nice. The leaves are 

 slightly acid, and if mixed with common Spinach greatly improve it. 

 The plant is an annual, with great fleshy leaves, and grows perfectly in 

 any rich moist soil." 



These two plants seem to deserve the attention of seedsmen. 



The tamarind has grown in Virginia from seeds and is highly spoken 

 of as promising to be a valuable acquisition to our fruit trees, especially 

 to the prairie lands of the West. Its growth is rapid, its appearance very 

 ornamental, and it is perfectly free from blight and the depredations of 

 insects. Last season the trees in Virginia produced fruit as good as the 

 improrted. 



