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he overlooked. — New walnuts were already in the Paris 

 market ; probably about a month earlier than they can be 

 expected at London. When speaking of these, Mr Blaikic 

 mentioned, that the Baron de Tschoudi, near Metz in Lor- 

 raine, has introduced the practice of ringing his walnut- 

 trees ; taking out two inches of the outer-bark all around, 

 and plastering over the part with the onguent de St Fiacre. 

 The ringed trees not only prove more prolific, but the fruit 

 is more early. — New almonds, of the kind called Amande 

 des dames, appeared in Paris towards the end of August. 



Paris Green-Market in August. 

 On the green-markets of the French capital few addi- 

 tional remarks occurred. Salsify was here extremely com- 

 mon ; while little or none was observable at Covent-Gar- 

 den. At the Marche des Innocens, I noticed a kind of 

 pea with the legumens very much bent, and called the Pois 

 des Couches : it was a mange-tout, or used without shelling, 

 being destitute of the tough inner film A small red ra- 

 dish, of an oval shape, was very common. Early red kidney 

 potatoes were abundant, and at table they proved of good 

 quality, but of the waxy kind. This early variety of the 

 red kidney may be deserving the notice of the Society, and 

 some tubers might easily be imported. Although the po- 

 tatoes are red, the flowers of this variety are white, which 

 is unusual. — Some plants are here occasionally used as 

 salad-herbs, which are wholly overlooked in Scotland *. 

 The leaves of Basclla rubra and alba are used like spinage : 

 The seed is sown in a hot-bed ; the seedlings planted out 

 in May, and trained against a wall or trellis, as we do love- 

 apple plants. The green garden-orachc (Atriplex horten- 



* At a restaurateur's, one day, the scedvessels of Euphorbia Latbyris, 

 an acrid and insalubrious plant, were served in place of capers ; but the 

 pnorc respectable green-grocers do not countenance such frauds. 



