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THE PEACH CHOP DESTROYED. 



Wirtpt'- to 

 p ta gbbadr attrojed, 



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H .Hi inat., »w the coldest day of lie 



present winter, tbc thermometer marking from C* 

 (o 8* below lerw in the G 



1 1 l:i:ve about 10* below. This was im- 



i.r t whicb con- 



- eevof cold did 



not cum alarm nmong the extensive peacb grow- 



»], as during the winter of 



marked *e low oils' Mow 



rero, without doing the least injury h> the bloa- 



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he more curious or timid, 



their dismay found that ever] fVmt bod tost had 



teen exposed wus dead. We bare reports from all 



Dd (besijilcmenlislhcsnmc— allgone! 



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from the on I 



"i, [c of half-a- 

 du/uu now before us: 



-TktPt 

 atk. i b 



m, I presume, n 



i" ir,-|[,N. Lanowobtut, Gretct, 

 (fl miltM/rom ItochttUr Citf/,) If. >'., Jan. IT, 180% 



exception of tbc day men- 

 tioned, and the < previous, on whicb the "add 



kpap" e man I, hot boon extremely mild. The 



!■■"'.■ lii. I I... '..■■.ii. ii rivnllrn, ninJ in Ibis condition 

 were easily iujiiird. \V. 



fro ttaor parle of the country, but fear that 



i ■ 111 be a luxury beyond the 



reach of n 



tofu 



PEAH CtfLTtTEE. 



Tn the fforMouUtirist of December last, i3 a 

 lengthy article from Mr. E, Kortok, of Poming- 

 Iod, Coon., against the Culture ai Dwd 

 llic action of the American Pomologfool Society on 

 that subject, in whicb Hie editor joins to give the 

 "■!"'■ In. decided djunoval. Permit ino to call 



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 fancies their i 



own statements, 

 ■ . ..i 

 four hundred dn irftra on i 



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-ido t 



bgndtents \"< ''.<'■■■ • ipci (.■*." (I wun- 



ucrwbo.1 those ingredlcnta are, ami what the cost 

 of such ocomposl.) lie says Ihe ground was well 

 Cultivated with various crops "till latdy" liini- 

 med, scraped ami washed yearly, Ac, and at the 

 Cud of one year about 100 were dead; and that 



about GO died the second year ; and they have gi 



off at about that rate ever since; that be re-placed 



100 and that ubout 100 remain, sonic of which arc 



die soon. 



II.' names five ot tu gentlemen at Albany whom 



bo says mostly think uulavm ably of them, "though 



c ol' t 



mii-1c 



And an 

 old, 



I thinks well of 

 nicked from 





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wind, I"' BOld at from ->j to ;,u cents each. 



In Springfield, Mass., he says sonic think well of 

 tbeui and some otlieiwi.ve, though lie names some 

 gentlemen i he 1 1- who gton line I Vu its aud generally 

 dike premiums si the Pairs, for their pears grown 

 on dwarfs, Ac. lb also refers to the line display 

 or pears at the State Fair, at Hartford, Conn., as 

 evidence of linn successful culture on pear stocks, 



without attempting to snow thai any of those fine 

 i'. ore grown on standard trees, 

 Be tells us "it is evident that the pear on quince 

 grows lincly at Rochester, Iioston, and perhaps all 

 fhole sooboard where the air is temper- 

 r, Ac, and that in ull the places referred 

 io in his article the standard pear .hies u ill , ami 

 hke all otboi trees will produi i n a 

 the treatment h receives; but like the apple, will 

 grow and do something eve the hands of un- 

 skillful and careless cultivators. 



And lastly, (bat live years ago ho visited the 

 grounds "i Tboiuj Bn us, ol San 

 England, and saw his trees, and thai 



most of them looked badly, and he should like to 



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 far, and from the statements of Mr. Norton him- 

 self, and with a few words from Mr l: i 



whose brew he 



the real facta and fair conclusions. 

 The same Mr. Norton, m the Country GtntU- 



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know and «1,„ j,,, DO , k[Ul , v ^ am| , 

 from Which Ihe beat had been culled, and slipped 

 in many that could not have been sold alone," and 

 S 1 * 6 on at l - n how bow a 



nurseryman may bai i such a lot of "maimed, halt 

 next place he 

 - toH I did not v w at Aef? e00U g hbut 

 With my second lot this Wla Bfl , 

 tree* were moved from a deep, black loam to a 

 tighter soil, and thus many that wore not vigorous 

 fell away alter a time. For the death of some I 

 could assign no other reason than that they mw/j 

 die; this kind of experience, however, is not «*. 

 be observed that 

 conclusions pointed it ■rssi.r, and 

 B i>fortnnes." 

 i hear what Mr. Kiveks, to whose trees 

 i and from whom he expresses a wish 

 In the June 



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discusstoo going on in this country, 



ova TKwnuAOycnuai. I hart 



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= r ree»bie and 



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certainty there arc some kinds, thai 

 most favorable soils, vrill not do wall. 

 young man I should desire no batter 



s large pear tree garden on quince 



■ gran (fat finer 



I ■'.; but it must be under- 



Did be ttrietly a ptnr iianun, not rrran 



. .vc.,nnd then 



sot of my pomologic.il c.i 



me more pleasure or profit than the planting-out 



trees, os a pear garden." I oak, 



docs this not sound like hearing from Mr. I*rv»n,' 



trees WW," sod whether his tiotnty years rxptrimet 



does not enable him to judge wisely of tbc value 



of pear trees, as well as of " bad cvUiealortt" 



Mr. Norton, in Li* art 

 has abont twenty sorto, while io thi i 

 Rn i i- . shot erefern , he which 



he would cultivate tor gr..- 



I, he planted but one sort; 

 and it is doubtless true that expertenci 

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and vary brirf list of varieties of any kind of fruit 

 mncb more profitable than one ranre 

 extended. 



Now, I tbinfe any sensible man who knows 

 enough of trees to be capable of caring well for 

 one pear lue, will conclude jirst t that Mr. Nor- 

 ton's trees, which be nays were poor aud yVdifc, 

 and from which the good ones h.n] beCD BOld, v. ere 

 worthless, or nearly so, 



knowledge of sorts best adapted to such culture, 

 (and very few persons nt that time had.) and there- 

 :'..ic ui.lv hiire had mostly unsnit;.!, 

 he did not know how they shouli.t he planted, and 

 there ia no evidence that he ever pruned them 

 properly; and yet there are one hundred and 

 twenty, still holding vu to lind relief iu better cul- 

 ture, or an early death. 

 lie mentions one single dwarf tree, fire or six 



years old, which produced about 20>i) pears in a 

 ., which vrere sold for from L'5 to .",0 

 cents each. Only think of iti— who ever heard of 

 such a product from any other than a dwarf pear 

 true 1 ' This Is almost equal to goldei i 

 100 pears at 25 oentSj and LOO at BO cents, being btj 

 average of 87>j cents, or £75 for the crop of a 

 single tree, - r . or I', years old. and this too at Albany, 

 Whore he says they do so poorly. 



! bod felt quite well satisfied with .,'h 

 $400 worth of pears from less than one 

 sore h iih'ii -■ ■. -'ii i '.,. of pi 

 pears at IS ceo 

 uwnt of Mr. Norton ] 

 grouud, and my only remedy is to try aud do bet to 



FBUl? GSOVKCS' SJCUTTT OF ffBIffil I2W WRS. 



[Oonatadsd 



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 the last number. S. F 



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 !. l ke the wii 



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me he had 

 bottles this 



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Dr. II. II f ' 



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i clay sod. HU opinions 



I 

 Wonawos as early, or perhaps a little 



most excellent quali ,. 

 iLnniy is its hard} as the Isabel 



not as showy a gra] •■ I i ell.bu li 



nj.en 



t had rather eat a Diana balf-ripf 



.pened JxaltlUi be ever saw. A 

 The Concord linens early; twe 



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ock iu the 

 Prune bv the i 

 never lay the Yine'down. 

 issworth remarked that Dr. 

 d a large cultivator off 



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s dial i 





improetd qualify of fruit, and 1 might 

 ask, and perhaps wait long fur an answer :— What 

 variety that grows well on the quince does not 

 ' stock an improved quality of fruit? 

 tion with the article of Mr. Norton the 

 Editor inquires, Why do choice peurs bringSUOb 

 if they are easily grown on tbc quince? 

 while he al the same time claims thai as standards 

 they do well, beyond question. 



Now if it be true that slandards do as well as 

 they would have (h< pvplc uud. r>tand, let me ask 

 than why is it that good pears bring such prices, 

 while standard pears have been grown as long ns 

 apples, and gucccaled so wrflf — they, without the 

 aid of dwarfs, ought to have brought the price 

 down, if their reasoning be correct. The question 

 why such fruits are not cheaper, has been answer- 

 ed conclusively in all our agricultural papers the 

 season ; and at this time I do uot believe there 

 average of one pear tree, five years old, to/,, 

 .-four territory throughout the United 

 Slates; and it is a notorious fact, that a careful 

 has indicated, that less than one-tenth of 

 all the fruit trees planted out, arc ever cured for so 

 bring 'hem into a productive slat.' within 

 reasonable time. The truth h, that choice fruits, 

 productions of whatever kind, are more 

 appreciated, and always will command a 

 price above a common or inferior article ; and the 

 careless, heedless cultivator ought never to hope 

 any department; and any man who 

 his fruit trees, whether dwarf or 

 Btandord, pear, apple or peach, as good culture as 

 a good farmer gives his corn or potatoes, had bet- 

 ter make his calculation earlv to save any ex- 

 penditure for the purchase of trees, and allow those 

 who will giro them such culture to supply onr al- 

 ready extensive hut rapidly expanding markets 

 with choice fruits, whicb will doubtless always be 

 sought after at remunerating aud probably ad- 

 vancing prices, even though their production shall 

 ■ I B thousand fold. The careful, intelli- 

 gent and persevering cultivator will :■ 

 of luxury and profit, scarcely equaled in any other 

 department of agricultural industry. 



T. G. Yeohans. 

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" HORTICFLTURAL SOCICTT. — The 



" lllt Ml ' 1 --''' 1 ■ ■ held on Satur- 



day the 1st ins'. Th, retiring President, Joszan 

 SncKSar, Hsq„ on vacating the cb 



: i refereuce to its condition, reviewing 

 operations for the post year, and conejrjitnlut mi; 

 the members on its general prosperity. lie intro- 

 duced his successor, Josbph Brcck, Esq., alluding 

 _ appropriate terms to that gentleman's long 

 labors in the cause of horticulture, both as a culti- 

 vator and author. On taking the Chair, President 

 Bases made an able address, comprising many 

 practical suggestions, especially in reference to 

 the culture of the grape and the pear. The report 

 of the Finance Cc-mmittce showed that the receipts 

 fir the year 1J5S amounted to $11,-: 

 sum in excess of all expenditures, and leaving 

 I ;..■ Societv has 

 in property 





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oil beforehand, and 

 .__ -.fterwaid, using die 

 Mulch for a pretl 

 mud the tree; but don't let th 



cc put upon a piece of land 

 ■e, winch he plow 'I undi i , and 

 es aud three-fourths of them 

 ing out of an orchard would 



preparation of ihe land 

 anun- ih- ^ - 



W. R. Coppock about four years ago used (bur 



Had i 



Intended to top -dress 



i iipph 



orchard 



[To prevent mistakes on this Buhjest we will 

 briefly remark, that gas lime when fresh is a mix- 

 ture of sulphate of calcium with carbonate of lime, 

 aud a portion of caustic lime. It has been claimed 

 that it contains ammonia, but (l, c quantity is so 

 small as to be of no account, and is soon dissipated 

 on exposure to tbc air. The alkaline Balpbaretfl 

 Klieved to be injurious to vegetation, 

 and for this pi i not be used in 



afresh state. By exposure to the air the Bulphnret 

 of calcium speedily absorbs oxygen and becomes 

 Sulphate of lime, orgypsum, in whir. 

 be otedta advantage wherever plaster would prove 

 valuable.] 



"using in ..; 



itlnlw 



aided, the ti 

 The best way u 



■ would sink' earning th" 

 tree with it. The best wav w- 

 soil of an equal depth all 



Dd sod. then give a good top-dressing 

 of manure, and bank up with earth, and the tree 

 inter than if allowed to re- 

 in. In the spring remove 

 equ;.l to oue cultivating. — 

 r the trees decidedly inju- 



' ■ : L D r T bV°fine and 

 maturity. Starring and BOgleetlag 





Believed plowing under the i 



! basl 



i animal be considered a very uoprobt" 



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bis preiudica had ex- 



less labor than 

 steel tooth culti 



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Asm did not 



■ ; ■ ictus. Ilis sMil v.-.c. ,i 

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 lire w 



■■■■ h si, dud a boi rol coutni i i nil 



Had ii lew standard '■■ 

 soi t, mill would ■■ ■ ■■ "in inn e ■.'. illan I 



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varieties of )■■ 



■ row no thai 



The meiting adjourned, after resolving to hold 

 the summer session En Rochesler, at such ti 



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Dwj Pbji The A ion of this one- Iron 



i- no! ' mf.'d. The enemies ol dwm I ] 



In n i it'i'lev the heavy weight ot proof that thei 



failures were caused by i ■ 

 nod so they keep upai nnning fight. In the Bon i 

 . !■:. cioitTow, of Connecticut, 

 endeavored to show vhat some bftlfadozCn pi 



had failed in several places in Now Kn^laml, and 

 at Albany, in this State. This is DO doubt Ll 

 for some will fail a( uny thing requiring caro, 

 skill, or even labor. The In--: ■ r ■ = . L ■<( v. I 



• .i I'.nlllli-. A . 



wee often reminded, when called upon to use 

 ax iu reducing the sire of the sticks. Mr. NJ.ukal 

 himself. If we understand the m 

 menced pear culture some eight years ago, with 

 very extravagant notions about mafelOj 

 and perhaps a fortune, at (.-rowing pears on a ft" 

 hundred dwarf trees, and mauy of them i.-meln 

 that would not succeed on tin.- qui nee stock. Some 

 of the trees, too, were cullinffr, according 

 own BhOWiag, aud he knew but hi tie about plant- 

 ing or caring for (hem. No wonder he failed, 

 ti. YbOVANB, who not ouly writes intelligently 

 about dwarf trees, bill grows f hem underhand iir/ly, 

 and makes them produce pears in abudance, 

 dollars too, reviews the article of Mr. N. in this 

 number of the Kural. Mr. Yeoifans planted 

 largely of the WMti Do-ytnne, and expected to 

 a rich haiTcst, but the fruit cracked so badly 

 be worthless. Instead of writing and scolding 

 .mply learned the lesson taught. 



lelV 1 



g raffed his 



s uusuitcdto bis soil 

 s With the Pur/u-^t il': AnyouUine, 

 nning to receive the reward of hi 



St. Loi 



FnriT GuowKits' Conv 

 rs of Missouri met in 

 tbcotb iust. A society wasorgnnked, 

 and the following officers elected : 



Nohhan J. Colmas, of Si. I/Oiii 

 Vu; I'rmidiiiU— 1st Congressional District, Dr. 

 UcPhersoD, of St. Louis; sddo., Prof. J C Swal- 

 low; 3d do.,(Jcu. M. Ilomer; -lib do,, Dr. McOuire 

 of l'latle; oth do., Eldridge Burden, of Lufuycttc; 

 6th do., Win. C. Price, of Greene; 7th do, John 

 Deodrick, Of l'latiu Rock. 

 Stvording f&4cretary—'&. It. Elliot, of : 

 ■ ■■/ ,v , ,.'.i n j— Ucorge lb 

 Gasconade. 



/.■■■' ■■'-'.■ —.John C ii r n --il, of St. Louii 



A fine show of winter fruit was made, and the 

 discussion on the growth and quality of fruit, 

 tbe soil best adapted, is represented as interesting 

 and profiUbl 



IIltubakd Sqdash.— Having seen an article 

 Bubal of January Btn, from II. N. I. 



entitled $>v.:t I'Aato^n. IhMnrd !<qua.:h't., I 

 to add my testimony in favor of this excellent 

 garden vegetable, Seeing u notice of them 

 Rckal last spring, I sent to Marblchead, Mass., and 

 obtained some seed. From one bill I 

 squashes, not equaled by anything ii 



i BOW, In fact, I think (when baked J 



they are nearly equal in flavor to the sweet potato, 



and taking into the account their qualities for lute 



keeping, I consider them far preferable. In con- 



liOO, 1 would say to the leader-. o{ the U' B*I 



t I shall be happy to send, to any who may do- 



■, seeds of Ibis superior .squash, if they will hui 



■. ..dupe (lire. Ic) I,, I hem selves, undprt.- 



b all to teal its excellence midnm-iy it» 

 uxury.— J. E Noutb, .^ ; 



Illcstuitioxs prepared for this and the lost 

 irnber have been erowd 

 Fruit Report. In our next we will endeavor to 

 Several interesting communica- 

 tions, one quite valuable to our Western readers, 

 the Culture of Apple* at the Weal, 



apted by their hardiness to that sec- 

 o, are io tbc some condition. We like to give 

 ■ . i or three times in a year we find it 

 impracticable to do BO. 



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I hull i lied with the 

 'ndorti>lie thickene I and si rv« : 

 place mam. d< !,,,, 



hood Busk ■ To one qt i 

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■ i e cup 

 cherrtca,— miz and lei il Btnndtorii ■ than 



in balls ii... ■.. ■, light, 



A Si B90RIDIQ, 



District, W« - ■ ■: 

 B.iKsn Bei:t- \. \ Iou( linen, aotieina in the 



Hi c»i. (lint hu'.. • ■!■:, i.-coimiiendcil 



' ■■ ■■■ it, i Ihoughi ' wonld trj lorac 



eeoded to put u uiio oxocution. Prooured i 



medium-sixed I 



very hot oven hr two bonri, planed Hun i tbo 



■ !.•' tool one mouthful, 

 and then asked what it was, — told him, " Well," 

 ■ 

 little loogi a i ' ould ID ■ 



lOVO iiim-i,Ii .! 



■ .i ■ irtment, In 



■ ;. ii i -..!■■ I . ..i- ay, .i. 

 ii is to bo «urc . C i 



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:. ■ :..i. i,|., i, a, ,i. i can 



!'■■■■■ ■ 

 :: of Bugar; 9 ol bultoi , ■ ol i-ni una; 3 pints mils' . 

 3 gills of yeast; i \ . ounce i of spice ; egg R 



■ v. ilh biild.T mid hall'iil Ihe In i| 



■ and the tnder whan II bg i rti an, 



i spl) 



on, •■■-, LooO, 



Brp.ad rnuii Qnowa ffmAT, il uving noticed 

 in the Rurtii. foi Deoemboi 16th, on inquiry fur 

 the best process of making In cad ftonj the Bout of 

 grown wheat, my "better two-thii .1;," B0J land 



you the following ■"■■■ ihc ll before pulling 



it to apootfe ; let il.coul a little, uud then slu* iu the 

 yeast; knead the dough a little tifier than usual 

 It can hardly be told from good flour. — T, 1) 



■ i ■ do, <■'., laos. 



Clovh Cake,— One and oncdidlf cups of sngar; 

 1 cup of butter; 'J eggs; 1 teaspoon of saleratua 

 dissolved in 1 teacup ol" mill. ; l teaspoon of cloves; 

 1 of cinnamon; 1 of nutmeg; Hour enough to 

 make a sfilf batter. Will BOOIO Of Ihe friends of 

 the RuiiAi. be kind enough to give a recipe foJ 

 making Boole Cake?— Wett Qftttttr, 1658 



Cook iRd.— Take one cup of butter ; 'i of sugar ; 

 I egg; 1 tablespoonful of sour cream, 1 tubh- 

 Bpoonful of good buttermilk; 1 tflajpoonJml Ol de 



ratue; l tablegpaonful of ginger. Will some of 



tbo many contributor* lolbi* di.qiiii-inn'iii "nc u 



good recipe for making Crullers! \ HouaEKBEesii, 



BaHDH '■ P0H Kvkmm. I'.iinn I. '■!,.,, - 



pound; put il in a basin with a tablespoonful of 

 chopped pickles, and a teospoonful of mu itaxd, b 

 little pepper or Cayenne; put about six ounces of 

 butter in a basin, and with a spoon stir quickly till 

 it forms a kind of cream ; and add the ham and 

 all '.veil, li.n.i the sandwich bread 

 cut in (bin slice , have already cut, thinly Inter- 

 mixed wiMi rat, cither cold roast beef, veal, iamb, 

 mutton, poultry, fowl, pheasant, partridge, Ac, 



eilhcr nf I'hich lay evenly, and not (no thick, on 

 your bread; season with u little sail 

 cover over with another piece n| bread; a ben you) 

 sandwich is ready, cut them in any shape you like, 

 ..ill and tastily, and serve. You may 

 keep them in a cold place, If not wanted, u Ihej 

 will keep good under cover vu- IS bom 

 Soot. 



S*Lvr. von FnOBT Bites - The d 



recqi.- fo 11".,.' ' " '« ha » b «<"' 



long known and valued in (;eir,..m>,f" 

 i.„ ., i, ■ i, i,., been kepi ecrel till reoeofli pur 

 chased by the trove, ihiicoi i " 1 "' " i -" 1 '""" 1 Wm 

 lemberg, and ma.li(ni'd" - -»"K. mutton tallow, 

 S4oz. hogs lard, t ot. peronyd or Iron 

 mat)4oz. Venii "' " f bergamot, 



. L.-iin, rubbed to a paste 

 ii 

 ,,,,. ,,,.,,, .. - I. tu am/ with an iron spoon con- 

 BU|i u fums a perfect*? black 



color; then add gradually the other in 

 ■flrriog till well mixed. It la applied upon linen, 

 daily, and its effect upon even the moat painful 

 frost sores is most extraordinary. In all 

 probability, for other similar wounds il would also 

 ; an excellent application. 



Certs fob Chapped Havos.— Host of our juvc- 

 1 1 ■: winter season, ore troubled with 

 chapped baods. For the benefit of mothers who 

 obliged to listen to thi 

 publiah the following recipe for ell..: 

 Take 3 drachms of gum camphor, S 

 beeswax. 3 do. of spermaceti, 2 ounces of olive oiL 

 Put them together iu a cup on . i. 



,i forma white ointment If 





at on a pair of gloves. 



il them. 



