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ba THE SHANKING OF GRAPE Home Co orrespondenee. ater 1 put 3 tbs. of the best Hops to 6.busneis uf malt; 
Tuose who have written in the Chr oie year on Tank- Healtag 1 lately put down a i two hours, I throw it into 
this abject sagas to differ very much s with regar rd to plant-stove, 8 feet in width by 12 ki ength. As 1 he boiler with the t, Hops, and all;:and when 
s; ted to make it at as little cost as re Og and to scent boiled, I peek? it into the coolers. The 
over-c roppi ng, or to an See ae tmo sph por | have the sides and bottom ex osed, so as to give ou Hop will do again to boil with small beer.—A Farmer's 
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i ith the first of these opinions I quite agree, but | Un, as it. was easily worked. -The tank is 2. feet in —While advising you to sagt hegre to the 
ey the orhers With ai ct fo gs crop, however width, 11 feet in length on the sides, 6 feet 6 inches Welbeck Black Tripoli Vine, I beg also to give notice 
abundant that may be, it will the s to | on ee g (one end of the house is occupied by the | Of tw r Grapes o the first class a ios I mean the 
shank, pee ph border is good, and do r 5 inches in depth, so as to allow 3 |geruine gre rple Constantia, which the Duke of Portland 
inside the hovse wha at it ught to be. foe only « evil that inches of water, which is covered with blue slates, with 3 Abra told me was first brought into this country 
T ae e> foun arise fr b es of bark above the em. e Cape, by his father, and was the grape ffom 
smaller bunches, fae still the fruit was perfec t, well- sar, v which ted by which they made the Constantia wine. It is generally 
coloured, and quite free from what is termed shanking. and it has 4 inches of the front ateri and ros Dati ent fi the name of Black oe 
I do not think that the damp state of the atmosphere of He bontom ; but I found that I could not get ibara tigamn $ 3 but his Grace is desirous that it should be kno 
T the house would cause the evil; on the contrary, I ima- | 50 deg. or 55 deg. of heat, without Tarii the water so | by no other name than by that introduced by his ale 
gine that it Ea Sy 3 1 likely to occur in a dry ko t rua it ey have been unsafe to plunge any pot father. The genuine Black Fronti tignan has smal or 
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e hat A at them better | €ach other, an inch or two from the ground, under the | # fine black colour; but I threw it ont pha be Wel- 
Mati TERDA a genial EE in the house? I have | back leg of the tank, connecting tied with "each other | beck collection, as it was ‘an indiffer nt bea r. er. The 
le frequently seen —o under my charge cov me with | and with the boiler by lead pipes of an inch in the bore, | othe better 
i W Gonin the morning, to such an extent aa fo be perfectly and I can now keep the heat at, 60 deg. in the coldest ber; the Duke of Newcastle’ 5, in Beh perfection, and 
i shite with it ; andi is ae state I always like to see them | “eather with facility, covering the lights with a mat. collection where there is room for 
before air is give The tank, well painted, cost 35s.; the lead, pipes, &c., it, vind wherea hardy, good late Grape | is desira ble. 
EENE. ra oo nar DE jose on Fe with the boiler, 25s.; making altogether, 
Lah nti E ibly ama ape he iron pipes Mo bom ntly laid down, and amt Jae Mearns, F.H. 
pai, lumbers’ work, will Un der wood. —In re sly to an “ tr pr pers i> ees 
shanking, rests in the border ae long it will last viton awe Hea + ao be i i e as under 
= When I entered upon a tention, which was in June, biit if 1 find it necessary i renew the paint, it can Ne not liable, especially when young, ri rena iid aed 
aski where there was naaa extent of Vineries, I found | done without much difficu ulty. The tank stands n and rabbits, I would mention that the Rhododendron 
e la arge | house with the rop tipe, and cian ate regular | He inches above the et round, and that space s hould b will grow and tutte (I do not insure its flowering) 
ae y Gig: in any soil and in any situation = press the common 
Seine of a peund e d ber D., Bolton. [It ood place for forcing Rhubarb, and Portugal aa or Holly will grow; and in alt 
p>: sound ones being re a go i on, “te t throughout As sparagus, or Sea. kale $ “its darkness renders it unfit for | Stages of its growth, and in all seinen is left untouched 
the whole house there was not more than a third part of any be blanched. b : seriber. 
the bunches fit for table, and at leas at two- thirds ae The Tontit One word in favour ‘of the unfortunate a w rs preserve Passiflora edulis.—Take fou Se 
et e | tomtit, whom that wholesale murderer, who signs in uit and peel them with a sharp knife as hia 
4, Colour of claret, and were as acid as the best E š | your Paper “ Scrutator,’”’ condemn a lingering and ble, eee bad foot-stalks. ‘In the end o piti 
in the foot-stalk of the be A was e black an d dry - On painful death. No person who has a garden will deny | t° the stalk ma small cross incision, and take out 
toi inquiry, I ee Seed this house h that many birds are injurious to their fruit, peas, &c. ; | the palp, which ma be preserved in a cool place until 
orii number without any a attention having lees but very few seem to have the slightest knowledge of the | it is wanted ; throw the fruit as peeled into a vessel of 
paid to the Baer, the Vines were gee inside the | good, which it is indisputably and weekly urged in your | Cold water until all is prepared; then Bp afi ow, 
house, both at the back and front, and, on examining the | Chronicle they effect in other respects. The very bird water, throw in the fruit and give it 
border: y were quit te dry, and completely = by “Scrutator’’ is, I believe, as useful as | brisk oy until it becomes tender; then priate it, an nd 
kot of all nutriment—not a s ngle fibre c ould be y, though he may be b Bea rather more of a depre = ow it into cold water AKEN The following syrup 
seen as far as I could search; the only roo zA I hav observed, during the late frost ng previously prepared viz. : 6 lbs of sugar boiled for 
ofa large size, # and when touched the bark or outer cover- every : 30 of. the wreat tombe (Parus 5 lah with 6 quarts of water— —immediately boil the 
in eee one particular part ofa mee- fruit in it ‘for 5 spent ; this 5 minutes’ boiling must 
but adhered to fos pe dark stain PERE- oppos va) ining-room window, which i ccessive rr observing” each day 
upon = ringers, and smelled like decaying wood, „ Feel- | brated for having less hay upon it the rest of he | to take the $ ee out of Pe ot hs 
ing t this field: T have no doubt ae the tit minutes in chy i a proper strength ; by 
I endeavoured to rem edy the evil by impro ving t the aR of EARS Shik if hee e prevent kea my Gra s from | this dint her feui will Te lear, aud the syrup strong 
bordeta; aad, as fog only _— = the width of the | growing. Another member of e GbE too, Ma coal | enough to keep ; sien he pulp in its original state, 
paths in both th he back and fron the house, I could | tit (Parus ater), I have often seen busily engaged in his | and | the operation is fini sib iw. + Stackpole. [Our 
only do it partially without Aedetetig the Vines; and | crusade against larvæ, which in y y ay f 
3 I had no wish to do at that time, as I Rowe gris that axils of the Fir branches, &c., while the little blue tit | Preserve; taught u two things: first, that P, edulis can 
might be improved, — that they might ees be preserved ; ad secondly, that it is perhaps the very 
equal young ones; and, a r treating them { in the follow- | Now, for services done and performed, I claim for my best article of confectionery that is sent to table. We 
ing gan nner, they certainly realised my utmost capes: tits — the wbole tr ibe of which. I have an_especial,| 0 had no idea that the fruit had such eee or er ake 
"arly purpose it is said to have been much esteemed by His 
trom a nahas UR. 5 OF 1 de th rateiant Cee a j King Geo ne am 
‘more, where te uld g old [servic ah a t to a basely returned by a bee: oti ant oe trast Beticeen lish a h Weather.—In é 
Toots, and cAn it wich, aa peh of neid turfy | and nux vomica ! get “ Seri utator’”? ever observe a tit | one of your late Piers T ‘have js rad a Laitinen” ; 
EEES , rats ngs cayed dung and leaf-mould, from | crack a nut? If n m t, his sgar- |” teas 
i my this was well mixed and turned before it | den, let him listen i 
was used ; it was Piken worked in between the old roots, | some tree. If he lo oki ER he will discover Tom |” in Bower, y which go ta ‘to condbbeste the opinion of the 
sath, ta d made moderately firm, but was not | nae bug ‘nnd with all his might and main the Toom ily one OF this tocatity 
trod till the whole mie was filled. In the front path I f tbe Haw or Yewberry, and not even “ Scruta- | for acclimatising several halt-hardy ts—(vide “ Gar- 
Nines bi rds, so as to form boxes round the stems, ci w ey presence, redolent as it may be of suet and nux wig sy meio of 2 ma eA rae ti wad 
nes iio’ g in front y planted against the pit-wall ; thes vomica, w bi et align his J pitt oid fe hed l eiri diftora’ (var. ferragines); wit hits Binisouls = i rates 
“he bo nels this caused the Vines to root freely fro om | he will suspend ‘ll hostility azainst birds i in gen eral, and aatia. Pre aen tirah ? ath pale-green young 
eye on the old stem, and these roots descending | tits in particular. It is ssib aes rigida, in a simi fal Glee amia 
the fresh soil, the border soon became filled with 2 na waging war sarfi the birda; ‘the. 7 aera Pr ie Eriobotrya Sine covered with beauti 
kiz RES t tthe mate up in the carly y part of De. | of which w ould be a na ational cala iiti ity. The grest folgo 5 2 whores em some Orange — vary tse any 
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he Vines. s had pushed rg buds, c on ei | Srii design that it shall prevent the too grea panded. I also found Clianthus puniceus in full flower, 
he stems, I found quantities of Birds have enemies enough in seen, jae green as in June last—Ceanothus azureus and 
huiedaaecn a Saa » without the wid or n, wh they | Several Fuschias in bloom. Photinia serrulata appears 
per ends of the old roots. As e young shoots ad- | bettie is fie e most, and are repaid with wanton destruc- Foa quite per hardy ~ its neighbour, the Portugal Laurel. 
à i ; h, the new ore sais made rapid pores: satel vd i and, ea aori suet por Merion, Cork, D ee 22 as yet to call for protection.— 
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2 weck wi e ey nowle caged exped haaay o paving ear-bor an 
een oe oe manure-water, k pa s ee was ap- own “wil i slate ori the antsy ind val, md | oce oe gris e a a few w ecks igo. We were obliged 4 
ealthy in appearance, and the ' frai was much | white paper will be sufficient, if he is opulerne and if PEAS e years ago, which pa 
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novel, + assis laid with flat flags eicSivut cement, ha rubbis 
p: , Nothin ing more was done during that season, not, le t him LEi a little Ssi re seed, a and} t the bi a as r the em. Ther te had swelle d and ¢ ere ept throug 
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ance, a the borders subsided. Atn t pruning- | C. R. Bree red ee as incline to ‘think that 5 
as impossible te fork up the totes as they | men like “ Seratator” have’ 
roots to the very aic aeaeaie own acts, th ] a on saa : welling ou — ander oem tnd proce eding 
overed over a few inches in thickness with SEn DiE T of Iry.—In es course of some alterations | °° f of hi ciii A eer linan ion ae a met 
mould, from old beds ; ov et this was put a | I had occasion to sacrifice a very fine plant of broad- | PFOOt OF the pr opriety of cementing the bottom: 
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Daf ing of soil, and the p athw; laid d leaved Ivy. hen it was uprooted and torn from the 
ard. 8 treatment the p, after- | wall, one “of he topmost shoots broke sho ai è Potat os. Mr, Knight a sys 
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ond crop afier the bordari hadt ly attached. bd of six ee 
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ith all the luxuriance of oun lants, and | served the as a ven as ever’ and, f 
ver afterwar aw the slightest ATEC of | on procuring a Telio: ddie tet the af ee in the rt ps 1 des a 
rered the kaipan being very fine *» wel!-colour ed, i gress of its growth,shad insinuated itself into a hole wio asserts 
bwy t fine bloom. This stat occasioned by the deéay of a soft brick, and had’ struck 
ses t ke chief cause of shanking lies i ik the border, ig the del may here add, that I| 
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ie as it appears t sat as Vines a at entice prejudice, si it if care 
EF “obj ae they like, they will not sa in Laas n from the eaves abe a house, the Brot. castle Ivy 
Thee. hat which is panne to their well-being. — | power fol I proteo n to the walls, both against Fon? 
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