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and; on the same day, my ed 
the middle of each dish of tobacco, and a s small pile of we have seen them parish), epia be saraaap pa — | dozen Sat and, on the same day ~ 
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should | certain destruction ; the Yew tree seems to . N d the sar Our gardens bein 
— = 3 2 ansad — gee proper tree for epee geld — c.—l — rated by a light — ‘railing we could sie * 
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"of nitrate of the following statement respecting the Yew tree, from attention each paid his favourite plants, and I can 
yi oo i of the wc the proportion o should a ountry —— some 5 - —— a time the | afirm that the golden fruit in the fabled can safely 
only that which’ eld water » will ve. My question was discussed with the same discordant opin- | He es, was not more unceasingly watched, w À 
in this 3 simple m bas induced some of my jons as at present. “A herd of very tine bullocks, | and weeded, than — his, Mr. Neill's, flowe garden 
neighbo — . p and they, like myself, declare it the property of the Rev. R. Eden, were fe n one and mine. Iremarked that his Dahlias, and those 
te be ect . L., Bath Hampton. of his pastures at Messing, some of them broke me a | surroun parterres, were dwartish, discoloured, and 
— in New — W A — When the vintage | small plantation, and ate a quantity of Yew. On roken in the b ontour such flowers 
season makes * a uisite | following day, one beast was observed suddenly to nts preserve, when approaching perfection, The 
ear, the husba Sod into ni : he | down, — then another, without any apparent reason. | to droop, while mine rose to a towering altitude, easig 
sees that his cellar is put in proper order, ‘ae — walls Mr. Poulton, veterinary surgeon of Kelv edon, was sent disdaintul glances of superiority on those of their e 
the trestles examined, and, if de — for, who instantly bled the animals ; and although — in my neig abour's garden, as well as on the lowlier in- 
made good; empty e nd other vessels are were — for the whole berd, not more t mates of my own, My friend was surprised at my 
sealded and snus up to dry ; the latter is a 3 four died. = perfectly ng the pa was aa =s om s sa ee = ange aa with more zeal, 
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point, the greatest care being taken not to allow a drop e it was only on openin gt — These with Flax led me to observe the cee E ee all 
nsis v a small vessel | facts will show how necessary * is that sins a be waters in which it was submerged, preparatory to 
to receive the liquid as it flows from the former, and by | kept from access to the Yew tree.—J. M., Hammer- | breaking and seutching; I found that animal life 
it i i th er. E t ith, {pri became extinct, whether in the runnin g brook, or in 
s bur cider-press, but in small establish- — m n of Hothow ses. — r ding that a good | the stagnant po ond if Flax had been s seeped there. 
i or inseets could sooner exist in of boilin ing liquid 
than in the steep water o flax: i The knowledge of this 
fact, together with tl lection of the good effects of 
juice cou steep water on Gras ass land, induced me to supply the 
collected into a vessel below the tap. The Grapes are | through the house, I Gresten my ‘attention to the cause | roots of my Dahlias with sm mall quantities of the steep 
gathered at three different times, according to ripeness, | of winds in the atmosphere, in the hope th at this might water; and my anticipations that benefit would be de. 
and always when perfectly dry, as they have to be | afford something which might be imitated “artificially. rived from it were more than realised, as your readers 
carried ess carefully, and in small quantities, When theatmosphere, from any cause, becomes — in are already aware. Lalso a applis ied ne water for the 
to prevent breaka e and loss of juice. A man with a one region, the air expands and rises, and passes aw infested 
good going knife will keep several persons busy. Before above; a diminution of pressure in this region is the plants, and after an abluti ion of this wate r, I was ghd 
— to the 2 each bunch is examined, and | consequence, and a current sets in from a neighbouring | to find they soon et erf red. In usion I may 
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of white wine they are squeezed gently, and afterwards house; A, a chamber attac to one end, and who may wish to try its effects with a supply.—J. Hill 
thoroughly pressed for red wine. The Tincture Grape | closed on all pres with the exception of one or more | Dickson, British Flax si pey Mills, Skinner Street, 
forms an exception ; its ae isa — red, and is used | apertures, C, at the outer edge of the roof, and holes in poeyi sgaie, London, 
for imparting a high eo r to red wines in general. the partition, DE. This chamber to be higher than Fertilising Melons. Arbe following Lye for setting 
The pressing for the — — over, — must will scon the house a chamber attached to the other end, Melons was pointed out to * some time ago by Mr, 
uire close attention, as fermentation in those warm | with holes in the — tition, FG. The chamber A being Butcher, the nurseryman at 5 apr apie -Avon, 28 
climates goes on at a rapid rate, and the moment very highly heated, by means of a contrivance for the | being very _ ient and — attend wich better 
you perceive it attain a vinous flavour, it must be | purpose, the air 1 in it, finding vent upwards, success than the old system of fertilisation. The only 
drawn off into casks, If it is allowed to ferment will rise and escape through the aperture C. To difference this system claims over = ee one is this, 
beyond this point, while in the vat, all the supply this — air will enter 2 the house through After being fertilised, the flowers ar 
art employed would not prevent — from going to the holes in the wall, DE; and this aga ain will cause with í a piece of bast, and the flower mt re fruit 
vinegar. 1 ought to mention that, w the er. e ha the ; aket to — EN ra into Hi through the ree 9 the is attached to it are buried overhead in the il of the 
of a little sugar someti u — a Dg, , FG. to ed; in this manner they are left to grow out of the 
— ng whatever is added to the must, not even as H, . ae ai be “supplied oak means soil, a 1 which takes place five or six day 
Ihave known some, it is true, who added a little —. of of furnishin g moisture to the air; and air to enter into | after fertilisation, T can vo h tor the aceuracy of this 
but this is an exception to the common rule. The B from the po sphere, which might be through statement, having tried it myself at with 
must will continue to ferment for some time after being p passing tbr — ahd external wall, and carried | success n nine eases out of ten the Melons setadmit- 
put into casks, and of course should not be bunged | some distance — the hot - water pipes, so as to be in — 4 uld any correspondents adopt this simple 
down until fermentation has ceased; but the casks must sA — will find the same happy results to ensue 
be kept full, so as to prevent any vacuum in which air C4 mai. Con, Exotic Nursery, mom Ea ae 
would accumulate and turn the wine sour. It will here Vertical longitudinal section of Early Asparagus, &. cu a good dish of Aspari- 
i i s, when it is n off into clean l d chambers gus on the Sth ot April. ane year I cut on the mth 
casks and bunged firmly down, and at the end of 18 of Mareh. Ia miles of Abe By mise, 
or two years it is fit for use. Many are in the 886 of the house. leaves without mauure, this wo — Seakale bas been 
of all the stalks and skins uuti 3 very good, better than I ever had it.—J. B. H. Abergti 
vintage is over, when they are disti randy ; ` Railway Emba ts — Fon 
while others merely pour boiling water over them, è) rrespondent filis the banks of r l-roads with plants 
then expose it to sun and air until it be vinegar, B ni E i of this — mmend him to inspet 
which it never fails todo at the end of a few weeks. in the line from Wakefield quite away to 72 
* is intended, the P not so severely R and he will see that the noxious smoke pei 
Las it would otherw — urnett g engines is inflicti an the timber 
Kew. Poisonous to Cattie.—in confirmation of the in the vieinity.—C. 
„ Bucks Yeoman’s” opinion that the Yew is not poison- È A E “ The Florist” and the Rose eee 
2 eee ¥ = readers as may have followed the e, 
ears 2 planted Floor line. 
the common kind, I believe) some degree warmed before ee Thus 80 Tam as 
ina churchyard in Lincolnshire, which my sheep (a very | A was a a heated, there would be a continuous 
small — having access to the ——— cropped current e outside into B, t thence “through the 
to kill the trees, but, as far could dis. | Whole body of the house into A, and escaping again into 
= and snags of their 
cover, without 8 least injury hep = — — | the atmosphere at H. Morever, this air being warmed 
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edly done; but as wa writer of the 
ie. ee I am bound to inform them that we atin 1 ber 
— f en a perhaps the iin ee into pee with such a temperature | jp eee 9 ‘this — “The subject br 
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2 aul Whi Antiquities of Selbor may ; e e Diese, the attention of the writer of the entomologi l 
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be found before the owner can be aware that an use of it, the vegetation of the seed will be : 
danger isat hand : and the writer has been —— checked. I use the following mode, FU On eon wink kag destroyed, and this 
times a sorrowful witness to losses of this kind amongst ps ae 5 easure of spirit of tar to six parts of sand, incor- * a 
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and as park. keepers sa; , deer, will — these | then drained and dried, is a strong and rather attractive | 
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anches green 8 ce to which Roots will travel two vipers, no ; 
aud that they will kill only when dead and withered, by —In Sele month of November I found AR E observing them to * 2 5 gorged 
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