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the native fruit trees, the forest trees, and lastly garden plants. 

 Numerous wood engravings facilitate the meaning of the text. 



In September we take the leaves off the vines sufficiently to 

 bring the sun to the grasses, in order to help their ripening. This 

 is done because it has been proved that where leaves were few 

 and the sun penetrated, there the grapes ripened soonest. 



Now set out in the nursery, all the seedling plants sound last 

 June. 



THE CROPS OF FRANCE. 



Spring was favorable to all the vegetables. The night of May 

 6th to 6th, the grape vines, in low places, were touched by frost. 

 But in fifteen days they grew again, and are as beautiful as others 

 which were not touched. For a long time we have not seen a 

 crop so advanced and in such good condition. Our wlieat is 

 superb and full of grain. The harvest will commence on the loth 

 of July. 



Rye and barley are also fine and abundant. The potatoes are 

 still finer than the grain and grasses, and in great quantity. They 

 grow astonishingly and abound in flowers, which they have not 

 done before for ten years past. Our pears grow only passably. 

 But fruits, such as cherries, plums, &c., abundant; apples, scarce. 



[Journal De La Societo Imporialo et Centrale D'lTorticulture, Napoleon III., Protecteur. 



Paris, Octobre, 1867.] 



Tht Transplanter of Baron Jidol. Von Call, of B&tsen, from the 

 {Monatschrift fuer Pomologie.) 



This implement transplants nursery or garden plants so as not 

 to arrest their vegetation a moment. It is a cylinder of the re- 

 -quired size for the plants. It is split from top to bottom — the 

 lower edge sharpened inside — the upper edge made strong by a 

 rim. It is made of sheet iron or stout tin. The edges of the 

 split are a short distance apart. To one side of the split there is 

 secured a strait metal rod, long enough for use. On the lower 

 edge of the other split side is attached another rod, which is con- 

 nected at the top of the cylinder by a pin, thus rendering the two 

 rods like a pair of scissors. The tops of the rod made convenient 

 for handling. This machine being put over a plant, is pressed 

 down by the operator's foot, as deep as necessary, then he uses 



