"with a Glossajy of Terms: " 23 1 



With this box the practical man, though no draughtsman, 

 may equally with the draughtsman take sketches of any leaf, 

 flower, or fruit which arrests his attention. All that he has 

 to do is to gather the leaf or fruit, and place it in his draught 

 box until the evening. When his work is over he may then 

 go to his box ; open fully out the slate lid (c), place his leaf, 

 fi'uit, or flower upon the middle of the glass lid (6), a lamp 

 on his slate (now folded down at d, or removed altogether), 

 and a sheet of white paper in the bottom of the box (at e). 

 The shadow of the object placed on the glass lid will now be 

 thrown on the paper by the lamp, and all that the gardener 

 has to do is to trace its outline with a pen or pencil. Or, 

 supposing the lamp placed in the position of the paper (at <?), 

 the glass lid [b] inclined backwards, and the leaf or other 

 object laid on it, a shadow will be thrown on the slate, which 

 may then be delineated on the slate as it was before on the 

 paper ; and the gardener may copy it from the slate on paper 

 at his leisure. 



I now submit an outline sketch [Jig.H'\ and short de- 

 scription, of a 

 Cornish crab 

 now in my gar- 

 den. It keeps 

 from the 1st 

 of October to 

 May; measures 

 27 octems one 

 way, and 25^ 

 the other, tak- 

 ing an average- 

 sized fruit of 

 the produce of 

 a dry season. 



The tree up- 

 right, as wild- 

 ings generally 

 are ; wood, 

 hazel- coloured 

 and smooth ; 



leaves dark-coloured roan, and serrated; petioles short; 

 buds long, though not lean ; petals pale pink, and medium 

 size; stamens slender; pistillum medium length; in full 

 bloom when the leaves are fully out. The tree a standai'd, 

 a free grower, but not gross in its wood or leaves. Soil and 

 climate : suitable for any situation, being a full bloomer, good 

 setter, and abundant bearer. 



