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and they beet act like a} | greatest toughness ; alterwards it is very likel ely to 
a few g pla 
10s. 6d. each. “The vu discount to i othe “Trade when oe or 
may be judged | b e brittle. Such trials would be easily con- 
acta by intelligent cai oan whose employers 
r is to render have e a little land tos Of course they should 
ndent ot the Tag eria t and o thei expenses, and of the 
their best to iten weig ght of fibre obta ra the market va 
e done by | wh ich will be ea ara ma when the fibre is 
hich onee| prepared. That by some means ave 
ecured will place the chiffonnier at the feet of the | indicate plenty of good paper material may be 
to obtain ahd bik ar we cannot doubt; for we do not believe 
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me ow. wear out shirts before Hey can have bibles. 
ON SOME CHINESE VEGETABLE i - 
and | materiais: is sot unlimited 3 seem: aE ae TIVATED IN CALIFO i wy. = 
e sun never sets s no doubt óf the fact: lwhat 
ith old rags. eni rot while many valuable sitions inv o of Jate 
er-makers haye already | yé een made lita: cultivate woods, 
a vi without having | shrubberies, and er ens, sea’ an 
ve no doubt of it. | made to the kitchen den. New varieties of old 
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anufactarers tell us the ey tried | favourites are common enough, such as Peas, Straw 
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hat may be, but that it did not succeed | ,, rorid feed u 
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WOODLANDS Eee rey MARESFIELD, Sain es, Sussex. 
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much money, a ot in | berries, and eae ie but with the aoa of the 
Wi r | Dioscorea Batatas, 
6 edible added to + Kitel hen garden 
‘a ” What is ais r reason of ‘this? ae there no new 
culinary vegetables to add? Do Y the or ager of the 
pon the same epla ants į Do explorer s. 
e was too u 
xpress surprise that men of business | [oet ring a Certainly these are not the causes, It 
should ever have tried such an experiment. When | may be and probably is the case that we 2 not to look 
re infi = t we could dissolve a| for edible ssibly not 
zany tab d make it intoļeven in diffe genera from those which already 
” we vantioe"but ve ca Pg omc po furnish ai: tu i te we may not expect to discover a 
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imn on Seems to sa say 
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use so pre-|new ki of food altogether, we might «at 
i varia rset 
if they are worth ha avi Hite 
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pi nt y of pare willing to pay for them, even 
h for paper se not tough enough fo ae rae ple h reared in ‘the hothouse. It is not very 
or easy 
en we ate, what the ma terials | to answer this parm There ‘are ce 
abal w better 
| That artioli. promising well may turn out 
ra ee: may fa il, it 
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of à t tries were nog ar and ae uses of 
fail emight yet secure’a afitab? 
ps al ways, 
pine i aaia 
The Garbeners gem powe 
n kingdom did no 
ls ashie ieve his suce cessful Spun without tastin 
tae monarch of aati “cial A De a if ‘they could ‘be 
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e foreign country and see what 
ae s look at 6 
. Iti aoe nreasonable might op got from i it; “Jet us take China, as an ins 
fro: 
stamee. 
The ere the Pak choy or Pak -tsae of Pekini is well known 
read the life of| £2 bea grent fav : : 
sali | OF it Forth ral 
Sue etree his that tliey ve Cs Cabbage tribe whieh seem Scoot IE OPESA to China. 
s possible that are n the fields at this season both 
in the south and north. "These never produce a solid 
Ac component fi one of on ay papers is |1 ike our Cabbages, and are ‘of no value when im- 
a ae Ja tit rated Pak-tsae or 
eyi ported to England. Ba the celebra 
He se Fi if 100 Tbs | white Cabbage of Shanghaiand Pekin is avery 
per 
the same'| Plant. It is sage nace ae ee China, but is 
ore than | Produced in the summer n the north. Surge 
‘to say that for every quantities of this preserie msc i are 
100 Ibs, of rags 200 bs. me hi 1 sey a Tor eey on aia ge are anes at the commence- “s 
of cotton, and it will oe home seeds, they grew, but the plant did not 
required | realise expectation, There may | been two causes 
We | for this, for we m remeinber that. more 
i 
e aa case much | elements to the success of a veulinary v TARARE bape 
wee seem os = all new raw other kinds of plants, Pine tr not mly Khaw how to 
ted to n board in 
d not reduced 5 in bulk We now know agi more about it. The Chinese, 
nd pane ad by mado, and th the latter, i am atter were 
or 
e belieye an e like ourselves etry in their train much of their 
ill-made paper |W peculiar civilisation, have in emigrating to Cali- 
Suppose this fornia brought t the Pa ak-choy along with theine nro Mare 
market, could not | Prove at there is nothing pad 
i d 
oi the tw i "The other dag, * instanee, a: plant, kampea 
ese purposes’as 
Bis wi os 
i loss were i able would not th 
| wie of the original article still ensure the process | with great care. :The beds are laid out somewhat after 
i at of the Grass cloths of the |the fashion of our ‘Cele ery beds, but not so‘ closel 
s as 
are forme d pe ae the market? We strongly 
i, matter to 
bbe a ae bg should “tales care that the crop ispa 
soe to die—n 
is eli imate of China necessary for its S success. mrs is. Seay 
nt. ; 
elow |y name ites OF the Chine hatia It is there callie 
pa, | 
planted. They are earthed up about the Lg 
constantly watered with liquid manure i 
manure pbb ros tise for oe ür pose. is 
ittle tanks. 
a ripe of the metier 
E aain ei salt and lime to the ordi 
of ai 
ot Sat sooner, p [égie po 
when growth vegetable. 
