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this roup, in the pr ес 
d drying. It 
M have remained after the washing and drying. sub- ачта е might be found, 
bth. The 
is then passed through P» н ды fine to| 
eding ( one, several i, 
TS 
о 
operated о 
ent they 
а 
f they could not 
ihe. Къ: if their con nstitnent posi ина 
only have b been sold as old materials, then dia: new 
decision avour of tenente than any 
prior decision with w ted. B 
e- | fow 
ken that they ar 
as possible, care being jak en 
from rain or dew. Ift they cannot be h à 
than in a damp state, us Pu means а: 
to dry them : only on two pieces a Die 
| iB, in the botto А Асет hich there is i" an 
water to cover the y lusit extremity of ыч: бона е 
der such MN ecom 
flaggin iog: A bonet or pot, or other vessel Bo enough 
to contain the flower or Like, is then taken —— 
bottom is covered with a layer of the ried san | in 
depth sufficient to maintain the specimen erect w. : 
its lower end is inserted. means of a funne 
mall s sieve. 
a | serpent, group exhibits any 
interest to the barni but it is 
dener. By crossing. i g race 
or ova 
th. The ет ате ат 
а Саа both ʻe 
rw: 
xcept by the Preis 
| basal point of Mad 
Tth. The Chito Melon.—!This 
es "uod in к Mm 
mall Me lon whi d 
much talked 
any part, not|the series of в 
haken, other- describe, a 
го erm "er be T T шы ust be| with a white, eun ре Жез x 
m dint in | — д from New Granada no larger 
reden эү ot. 7 
3“ 
an to remoy 99 | orde вро 
his «i is edible a 
aware that the right of te th bego the ci The heat used, too, must Ue dnm 
hothouses has ev been allj à decided in жез not be too strong, otherwise the colour of the flowers , 8th. The Melon r Iu» а P o 
English eourts. Should D kia come before | would be tarnished; on the other hand, if the tem- |in c Tolone ї тт: pem A 
them there can, we conceive, be little doubt that peratur too low the тацы > — in Me соза ons, is smh uni Жут scar! et, like, 
i i nough, 
па а Ioas жс а мар оа о 9 гай, the неон i In eu nearly —— perle dst without p 
ве Бевей ite 
i Же had not agreed to leave - them for the benefit | сазе, however, ought the heat to exceed A whi 
of his landlord. 
HOW TO MAKE DRIED FLOWERS KEEP THEIR | 
(Abridged from the Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und 
Blümenkunde.) 
THE formation of bouq ] 
ornaments composed of Totas dried so as to retain 
8, head dresses, and table itin 
With a litt 9th. гут Dudaims, а vast group of y 
| have contrived to make several о 
consider the type of this ins to Jes 
fruit o 
is easily known when the 
plants are perfectly dry, by tapping tho box. "The latter is 
^ 80 as to admit of the e specimen being very gently 
moved. It wil then be very brittle, and must be 
handled with great care; but after some rad expo- | ‹ 
sure to the air үрт regain sufficient moisture to|its d 
ender it more 
From the den % will be seen that this new 
h Germ 
dark reen streaks. or speckles 
i f the fruits of 
strong в 
some ОКЕ ся 
nnotremain in the: same 00 
rocess about whic an, English, and arae 
very nearly their natural appearance, has of late consti- Ame rican periodicals are ma akin ng so mu uch fuss, is| The fruit varies in size from that ofa | 
Er and other continental towns quite a by Monty - that M e Orange; but it sometimes b | 
ranch of indus tory of the matter is as "e 1772. Every day therefore brings us fresh | larger. e seen itas b | 
proofs о PT the old saying, * There is nothing new under 
he 
e havi 
Notted "Maloc. 
rosy, 
THE MELON AND ITS VARIETIES. 
EO аз he 1 Ore were - 
Mont; Y, p ublished in in 1772. Не чь ied drying ly by ti 
seed, bot oral pn Е: vraie were eai: form, en eeu and fla the fruit, and if 
and retained of the в. He also tried | characters were same md p Sp c distinctions, | 
"апа Wheat, with ; similar il success ; and at last he there , would ү ^ iem it to the d of species. | and 
dt receded us 80, an 
туна аз these the - effect ^ rendering the y had not the slightest acquaintance with the | eat. 
drying cess tedious and imperfect. Monty next е бт of new which have appeared since | Melons ; а згуб тегу grier s 
anploye + river sand for ding but the e stuck, to their time. will Phoverer point out some well|little hea 
ihe plants; at last he adopte i f er to an idea e 10th. The 
he separated the grosser particle by iiber and the | the immenity al of the variations exhibited by the Melon, | known, and w 
finest by washing; and, having dried the residue he | and which m an we consider to be ча 
the plants with the ried sand in boxes, | single species, notwithstanding the endless number of | the cific, 
which aapa either to the sun or to the heat of | different е which presents. Proce боШ | to an alm 
an oven. This fin 2з tinguis 
ces. Не т: кн sea sand, but this did поб answer.| 1st. The Melon of i Coworsslon, the fruit of which 
About. fifi ears ago М. Poss slas Martin made weighs, ie is said, as much as 66 lbs. the 
known, ptr "the name of em balmi ming, а process in | е е ав Ње Ме lon Turquin or Quinta — ves diverse and the most widely 
which dried san : did not |b: ff thi i 
mention all the precautions «a y ry toi rope, two of which are m to. bea a | others scarcely 
er to insure su эз d for a camel, mu there may be some e yellow all over, 
At the Universal Exhibition in Paris 1855, in this. It was cultivated at а useum in 1860, green. T 
Ken а German, exhibited flowers admirably ven — to nothing, owing to the col deis of that | sionally a.slight degree of bit 
dried, but he, too, did not publish the details of his | season, which was шалу и een ty to the cul- | ^ cultivatió 
р and Berj т various unsuc- | de. of шры us plan aracters of 
obtain similar ts, at last arri 2d. The C "еа Melons, which every one — leaves become 
plan as that indicated by Monty, of | and of iih. реет б sub- i 
ruis Y were и а oir d' ollande, N oir des Carmes, Dena чы that are 
TIE : 
FLY pio А д in 
v Fe oi ssi id e. of 
etween the vr By as io 
surface of each Lipa of sa ft 
thus prepared was putin a box about 75 Кеи 1 
The bottom of the ox was made to slide in vA 
that it could be „easily withdrawn ; but wi 
1. 
ease th 
he sand 
e are not жола. defined, fo 
Sight, on considering the 0 
first 
aréa over which the Melon — 
eger 
into the S. 
т ае Тһе 
d aip is almost Кора, чов v 
vay rmn È netted. kie 
— a 
was 
1 
ied was в 
remained fixed. 
out and vem jute ovi with the esand. The box 
excellent Tg , but o insip 
medium qualit E^ t degenerates i in 
of 
then covered w. 
я ribs, of а uniform colour, ог err gna 
Mia ч hc ires] with red or white ese &c., 
which ar Tos orld. 
AM. 
"ты Е now pursued in the drying of е 
described in the Deutsches Mag 
"Pine sand, say silver sand, is was hed Ы 
passes off perfectly clear. It жаи мым 
апа sifted to remove any fine dust which 
quite dry and 
of this y 
medium s Size, pne а & sig 16 but 
some of the varieties possess ч, flavour. To ages ago ; 
this section may be referred the Melon Вагіоје de 
which i is oblong, without ribs, marbled with dark | over 
on an orange-yellow ground; and the Melon | 
d'hiver from the South of Tarwe having a firm thick | indigenous. 
fiesh, and which keeps till January r February. In 
mong which the | co о! 
сл the apos highly 
fes Mas sually f| by hun 
