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a late period of the year. To this query, Mr. Foote replies, that the 

 apples were kept without any extraordinary labor or pains on his 

 part. He puts them in an uncovered bin in his cellar, which is 

 made secure from frost. In the spring, instead of opening his cel- 

 lar, and admitting the fresh air, as is usually the case, he keeps it 

 closed tight, as in winter. The consequence is, that his apples keep 

 sound throughout the summer. The apples which Mr. Foote exhib- 

 ited, were called " Everlastings," but he thinks any good winter ap- 

 ple may be preserved in equally as good condition if the same at- 

 tention is observed. Mr. Foote thinks that the admission of fresh 

 air in spring is the sole cause of their decay. — Ed. 



Dr. G. Watson, our friend and correspondent, of Philadelphia, 

 has been chosen corresponding secretary of the Botanical Societies of 

 London and Edinburgh, and is engaged in collecting specimens of 

 American plants, and arranging them in herbariums, for the two 

 societies. He has already sent to England several species. — Ed. 



To destroy cabbage ivorms. — A correspondent of the Southern 

 Cultivator states, that he had a square of very fine cabbages in his 

 garden, upon which the worms had commenced making great rava- 

 ges. Pennyroyal was gathered, and scattered over the cabbage 

 heads plentifully, and the work of destruction ceased. The writer 

 did not know whether the method was a new one, or not; but, as it 

 seems to have been an effectual one, it might be recommended for 

 trial. Quere? What kind of ca!)bage worms are cultivators at the 

 south troubled with, that do any material damage to cabbages, 

 after they have headed up.'' — Id. 



Mrs. Perrine, the widow of our correspondent, the late Dr. Per- 

 rine, who, it will be recollected, was killed by the Indians, at Indian 

 Key, Fa., last August, has sent a memorial to Congress, praying for 

 a tract of land and relief from government. Mrs. Perrine, with her 

 two daughters and son, miraculously escaped the fate of her lament- 

 ed husband. His house was destroyed, and, with it, his valuable 

 collection of tropical specimens of plants, his library, and all his 

 writings. Mrs. Perrine is now thrown u])on the world, with a fam- 

 ily, and without any thing for support, and we hope that Congress 

 will grant her petition. The labors of Dr. Perrine fully entitle his 

 wife and children to a liberal reward from government, and those 

 who know the services he has rendered in the cause of agriculture, 

 will stej) forward and plead in behalf of his afflicted family. We 

 would call upon the editors of all our agricultural journals, to speak 

 in behalf of Mrs. Perrine. 



Since the death of Dr. Perrine, we have received yb?<r letters, writ- 

 ten by him, and forwarded to us by the way of Ohio: they were dated 

 in February last, and did not reach ns till November. They contain a 

 variety of intelligence relative to the introduction of tropical plants, 

 and the progress of the Tropical Plant Co.; and, as we trust the 

 interest, which the indefatigable labors of Dr. Perrine have created in 

 relation to the subject, will not die away, we shall, at a convenient 

 opportunity, extract some of the most interesting portions of his 

 communications. — Id. 



Enkidnthus quinqueflbrus. — Probably the only plant which has 

 ever flowered in this country is now coming superbly into bloom, at 

 the country residence of Col. T. H. Perkins, at Brookline. It has 



