616 Foreim Notices : — France. 



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hens' eggs in one year : — Take a bunch of potato apples of any sort, in 

 November, when they are ripe ; hang them up in a warm room during win- 

 ter; and, at the end of March, separate the seed from the pulp, by putting 

 them into a basin of water until they are soft. Then squeeze them with the 

 fingers ; and, after gently pouring off the water, sow the seeds in drills, with 

 the feathers of a goose-quill, in a good bed of earth._ When the plants are 

 about an inch high, draw a little earth up to them with a hoe, in order to 

 lengthen their main roots ; and, when they are about three inches high, dig 

 them up, and separate them carefully from each other, in order to prepare 

 them for planting out in the following manner : — Prepare a piece of fresh 

 ground by trenching it well ; dig up the seedling plants, as before directed, 

 and plant them out in the ground thus prepared, in such a manner as that 

 thei-e may be 16 in. between each plant. As they advance in growth, let 

 them receive one or two earthings up, in order tolengthen the main root, 

 and encourage the shoots underground. By this management, potatoes may 

 be brought to a good size in one year. (Essex Stm^dard.) — Sent by W. B. 

 Oxford, Sep. 1836. 



Filberts are preserved a Year and upiuards, with as good a flavour as when 

 gathered from the tree, by packing them in earthern jars, covering them with 

 about an inch in thickness of common salt, and keeping them in a cellar. — 

 J.J. Shade HiU, Manchester, Dec. 1936. 



Bramhleberry , Blackberry, or, as is called in the North, Bumble-kite, Jelly. 

 — The process of making this jelly is precisely the same as that for currant 

 jelly, except that only fib. of loaf sugar is required to 1 lb. of the strained 

 juice, instead of 1 lb., as in the currant jelly. It is much recommended by the 

 faculty, as being a diuretic ; and is commonly used in the North of England 

 in tarts. A large spoonful in an apple tart, not only colours it, but gives it 

 a sort of plum flavour. This season has not been favourable to the setting 

 of the jelly, owing to the wet. It is a remarkable fact, that only the jelly 

 from the first crop of these berries is fit for preserving : that from the second 

 crop turns ropy, and will not set ; perhaps owing to their berries not ripen- 

 ing so fast as they do earlier in the season, or to the want of sun. — W. A. 

 Nesjield. Fincliley, Nov. 11. 1836. 



Art. II. Foreign Notices. 

 FRANCE. 



Vi'NiIs montereyensis, and keeping Pines clear of Insects. — Tlie Pinus 

 montereyensis of the collection of M. Godefroy is the P. adunca of Bosc, Pin 

 de Monte-Rey (California), Fr., of which the history has been given by M. 

 Loiseleur Deslongchamps in the Nouveau Du Hamel. The original tree, which 

 still exists at M. Godefroy's, and from which a number of grafts are annually 

 taken, is supposed to be the only one extant of those raised at the Jardin des 

 Plantes, from the seeds sent by Colladon. It was given to M. Godefroy by 

 M. Thouin. Those of the Jardin des Plantes, which were planted out in 

 the open air, are now dead. The tree appears to be too tender for the climate 

 of Paris : but M. Godefroy protects his pines. A fine plant which I possess 

 at Verrieres, and which increased in height and thickness in an extraordinary 

 manner, with a magnificent foliage, was so much injured by the frosts at the 

 end of last winter, that it will probably not recover, although there are some 

 of its branches yet alive. Out of thirty-eight fine (herbaceous) grafts which I 

 had made at Barres, only seven remain, the frost having destroyed the others, 

 especially the finest. Nevertheless, the pin de Monte-Rey will, I think, thrive 

 in England, especially in the maritime parts; and also in France, on the 

 northern shores of Brittany. It would appear to be a tree of very large 

 dimensions ; but it possesses, besides, an extreme interest on account of its 

 origin ; for it is, I believe, the only tree, and perhaps the only plant, procured 



