42 "ERE 
GARDENERS 
CHRON ELE. 
the Tulip tree, —_— it sag the pea He 
sa “The a Poplar in Virginia of a very 
peculiar shaped leaf, as if the paint t of it were cut off, 
whic ch grows very ` well w ith the curious amongs 
ee 
chick has so little revemblance to 
ecticut, 
New Jersey, it is also aie 
Canoe-wood, and also, though more rarely, by that 
of Ponti pkn which we in England have chosen as 
its title 
The aiai of the ee of the Tulip tree 
th 
is somewhat peculiar, an paS pa sia d by 
Michaux :—‘* Leaf-buds rege cookie of 
scales closely applied ae upon inn a whic in the 
spring are distended by the growth of the minute 
bund eaves wiich they enclose, till they finally 
fall. n som buds ar hout scal 
ye for instance on a Sie Siak 
the 
Tulip tree the terminal bud 
the ach shoo 
sorells chueshpryly before it 
os hs ye PAY 
SEs = 
=e 
ound gaaei which, after the first leaf is put Torth, 
we lls, bursts, and gives birth to a second 
ich are now called stipulz.” 
The Heantifal. and, on on well-grown trees, very numer- 
ous, flowers of the Tulip tree are generally admired, 
and are sold in sprin a markets of iee 
Yok < Much of the beauty of th tree is also d 
its straight trunk, which someti ‘ines Ere the height 
of 140 feet, with a circumference at § feet from the 
gr een 22 and 23 feet. Its blossoms 
ae aa until the tree is twenty or thirty 
w-wooded variety is termed, which is em- 
ployed | in the construction 
shingles of Poj 
pay Tena to split Te exposure either 
e of the principal pepas = 
which ‘the wood oe this tree T ed 
of panels for pathos, they rèket ivé 
paat well, and admit of a high polish. “Cattle Baie 
rai dges, 
s ligh' ‘strength, a Gt ings 
a! : being capable of Ginan i cae pek as twenty 
persons.. The charcoal prepared from Tulip-tree wood 
is very fides is ext ly employed. 
= _ A decoction of the tae s been employed in 
American medical practice with considerable success, 
and in Paris a spirituous liquor is prepared from that 
of the fresh roo — d, is said to 
e e sass ee i 
"the garden ther mangeant È and the 
very satisfactory, i 
yee hie oy dae regular thing, be glad 
t, and oa 
plea hemi ey get it and usually ke i without 
wholesome sine} 
from the ure with which they rub their chins in 
the fresh ath, may be presumed to remove a 
rritat the skin, AF yas: prudent 
loose more of o e hutch at a time, s 
2 fight is aE Sure to ensue; and once 
is no caly mta to onsite the 
own experience the anim es were kept in 
hutches, placed in two ro bove the other, so 
as to form a narrow brick lean-to is i a slated roof in 
ing about a yard 
with th 
ne grating, abon half the width of the hutch and its 
full height, thus allowing plenty of air and light, an 
keeping the little wbite from tumblin which 
they are only too apt to do, if the matter can possibly 
be managed, 
For a constant moderate supply the produce of one 
ck rabbit and four does answers well, during a 
long course of years, with due renewal of these, 
never kne fai 
pid a succession of litters as 
hime, the health of the rabbits entirely gave way, 
and they Or given up. 
When the does are about to make their nests (which 
is seca A their ag den È the mf which they should 
supplied with ding, to shady corner of 
the hutch in their sai oe they should on no account 
be disturbed. If let alone they will probably heap 
h od sized mass, line it for the reception of 
fur pulled from their own coat 
time the little rabbits may be expected to 
ma their eir appearance ; but if meddle with the doe 
is greatly annoyed, and it is more likely than not that 
she will destroy sea nest and scatter the young in all 
directions. Sometimes the nest may and 
the little ones replaced by some gentle hand that the 
much | probable 
For regular food I usually found two meals a day 
answer wed the first shot nine o'clock in the morn- 
ing, of bran with a small quantity of Oats well mixed 
in it, given i portion of one child’s handful of 
in it, given in the pro 
bra: d Oats to each growing rabbit, and rather 
more for the heads of the family,—this pla 
wooden troughs, s 
miniature pig troughs, bir 
y pain nt 
rabbi 
that ing pieces of vegetables are left 
from day ‘i day! in n “Lbahaons Perhaps a little 
food in t desirable; but 
those I knew throve well without it, and being always 
bedded on hay had a resource 
In v on or under cir rcum- 
stances, such as the have young to support, 
milk and water, adds muc 
aoe 
h 
Rens upset into the 
tity of hay eaei to the rabbits 
keeps them comfortable and clean, on a brick or slate 
floor, a nd the i 
k 
= enough, "i sauce circumstances, to keep 
in proper 
The supply £ fresh kagta food costs little where 
thera ie Aet ik 1, for su outside leaves as 
or pies hg 
is taken “seem they are freshly 
and i ion ane ieces or dirt ; 
aad similarly with roots or pty pieces of aeiia 
any broken or Posed ss will serve if clean and fresh 
m iges from 
n the ‘asa peg Oats the rabbits soon learn, if 
indulged, to look in preference for the Oats, and are 
apt to scatter the supply of food broadcast in their 
researches, but if onl ps allowed a small oe el 
If the hutches can be arranged so as to open on 
some little protea lawn or grassy court, where the 
rabbits can be let out for an occasio run, it tends 
much to their well-being ; they are able to ogh a ra 
of food for Te and a 
reanga not only affords 
“Fors similar reason it is wel to be certain that no 
received, 
injured, yet _ pe and interminable hunt 
si ou e hutch, and the mouthfuls of fu 
in the process, are detrimental hal disturb 
ail conce 
The niii gnawing propensities of the anim 
have sometimes to be gua arded against ; probably, ff í 
the nature of their teeth, it is almost essential to t 
and then in their hutches might save a deal 
roaka. T 
Much is said of the soopaa value of diffem | 
breeds of rabbit ; but w s known as 
tame rabbit answers vat 
colour or otherwise, beyond choosing healthy spe | 
mens when it is desirable to ren 
stock, and e occasionally introducing some diffe 
breed fade ac È. 
wn rea the white ones were avoi 
(as ape ot TO ap = e -eared variety did 
answer nearly a as rs; but with 
exception the rabbits, date Wel fi long cours 
yea the tr ve described, the o 
disease that was troublesom iarrhoe 
leso 
quantity ; and the partial withholding of the gr 
food, and the addition of a ae gar quantity 
bran and Oats, acted as a remedy. O 
F ae 
THE FARM. : 
ON SMALL FARMS, -There can be no pas 
than to s 
ce eater amount of food a 
han the ee i bas and it is an equally great n 
session of so much land would be profitable 
occupant, 
We have been led to make these remarks b 
it has been somewhat hastily assumed that large 
ing is wasteful on the one hand and that small fai 
asserted that he ebeen b 
better off. Now 
tailor or a s er, is usu lk 
parish, and, in virtue of this position, he often, 
rent a i glebe-land ; the E oa 
a tailor by trate ” soon neglects his iSpitionale 
his bit of a farm takes all his time and more th 
dependent men in the parish, we should ue 
applying to the homes of these smaller holder 
t is not generally known that to farm a large 
cost money—as much, if not more, than 
got for in the market ; 
show best these enj 
