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a healthy, smooth skin ; this part being to them, as to 

 animals, an organ of great importance in the function of 

 transpiration, and here, too, in that of respiration. 



When taken up from the ground with sufficient care, 

 the roots should present an appearance of a mass of fibers, 

 rather than that of a few prongs of smooth forks. The 

 former condition is that most favorable for success in 

 planting, and is worth much to the purchaser, but is not 

 obtained without the expense of labor and time by the 

 nurseryman, and should always entitle him to your con- 

 fidence, and to a liberal remuneration, for the extra pains 

 he has taken in transplanting the trees to produce this 

 condition. 



Excuse, dear sir, these hasty notes, thrown off rather 

 as suggestions than as precise rules for the selection of 

 trees. Hoping that they may not be entirely useless to 

 some of your readers, believe m.e yours, 



Fehtrary 23, ISbl . Jno. A. Warder. 



PRESERVATION OF FRUITS, BY SCHOOLEY'S 

 PATENTED PROCESS. 



As we have referred to Sohooley's Patent Process for 

 the Preservation of Fruits, we deem it our duty to say a 

 few words in reference to it. We had the pleasure and 

 satisfaction of examining the plans of Mr. John C. Schoo- 

 ley, of Cincinnati,' several years ago, and were then confi- 

 dent they were based upon correct scientific principles. 

 Since our first examination of his plans, Mr. Schooley 

 (who has endeavored for many years to ascertain the best 

 mode of preserving ripe native and tropical fruits) has 

 been very successful, and has demonstrated, that the ripen- 

 ing process can be so retarded as to preserve all kinds of 

 our choicest native fruits, from one season to another, 

 with all their original flavor and freshness. It is evident 



