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operation without soiling the fingers. B. — It has a distinct advantage over 

 other kinds of grafting mastic, inasmuch as it may be used cold, whereas other 

 kinds have to be heated before being used. 



Improved Fruit Shelves. — In the Pear-room at Baron 

 Rothschild's at Ferrieres there is a new and excellent plan 



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Fia. 316. 



Portion of Pear stand at Ferrieres. 



End view of Pear stand. 



Fib. 317. 



for arranging the fruit — the successive shelves of splendid Pears 

 being so formed that every individual one can be examined 

 without touching any. I need scarcely 

 say that in the case of a fruit requiring 

 so much nicety of judgment and atl 

 tention as the Pear does, in the gar- 

 dener who makes the most of his 

 collection, and has each kind, or even 

 each perfect fruit, eaten at the right 

 time, this is an improvement. The 

 Pear-room in the Imperial garden at 

 Versailles usually presents a fine sight. 

 There the old flat form of bench is in 

 use, and all the shelves are closed in 

 by wooden doors, so as to exclude the 



Position of each line of 

 Pears in the Fruit room 

 at Ferrieres. 



light from the fruit. 



Drying Fruit Rooms.— Chloride of calcium is sometimes 



