138 ON THE FERFUMED CHERRY. 



month of April last, after (Cutting my plants, I covered the 

 ground all over, at least six inches above the crov^n of the 

 plants, with this earth, they soon shot up through it, and ne- 

 ver looked finer, or produced a larger quantity of good seed 

 than that year. 



I am thus particular in order to show, that this vegetable' 

 will succeed as well, if not better, in poor ground than in rich ; 

 provided the soil be dry, and care taken in the management, 

 I speak from the long experience, having been well acquainted 

 with the management of this i'aluable plant from my youth. 

 When I cut the sea-cale for use, I immediately draw up thdk 

 ihoald be co- earth with a trowel, so as com pi eely tir cover the whole of the 

 cut. plant; this I fancy makes them grow more luxuriantly. Thii 



plant, if properly managed, is superior to asparagus, and if mors 

 is cut than wanted for immediate use, it will keep for some 

 days in a pan of cold water, but of course it cannot be better 

 than when recently cut. It precedes the use of asparagusji 

 being ready for the table in February and March. 



H. B, WAY. 



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On the perfumed cherry, Prunus makaleb : ly Mr. TollaRd, 



The perfumed (HOHE perfumed cherry is a pleasing tree for shrubberies. 

 ornatnemal Its flowers are white, and diffuse a very pleasant smell. 



It rises as high as twenty feet, grows in poor land, and appears- 

 particularly particularly suited to a chalky soil. In this respect it is a 

 chalky land, Valuable tree, as scarcely any other thrives in a soil of this kind ; 



except the Scotch fir, pirius sylvestris, and the salhc caprcea. 

 Yery useful. '^^^^ wood of the prunus mahaleb is smooth, close grained, takes 



a good polish, and is useful in turnery, cabinet-making, &:c. 

 ed^Lth other "^"^ ^"^^ '^^ cherry may be grafted with success on a stock of 

 ehetres. the prunus mahaleb. It is propagated by seed, which is sown 



Seed sown in in the course of the autumn. It thrives so much in chalky 

 Autunm, gj^^ marly soils, that extensive plantations of it have been made, 



«ince this property has been discoveied. 



Sonnini's 5ib, Phys, Econ. Feb, 1810, p. 82, 



