516 Extracts. — Floriculture, <§c. 
North America, in a bottle of water, which is the surest way for transporting 
seeds of bog- plants safely. If the seeds are dropped into the water of a pond or 
bog-, they will vegetatent the proper season, and their produce will be particularly 
satisfactory (o those who now collect the G/i/ncria,Jli(ita/is,as the grains are not 
only larg-er, but have more nourisliing qualities in them, and an excellent flavour. 
They are very good to fatten fowls with. It grows in Canada in boggy places, 
where it sows itself plentifully, as the least agitation of the stem causes the seeds 
to fall, even before they appear ripe. — M. Otto. 
To Destroy Insects. — IVoodllm, Crickets, and Black Beetks. — Take 1 fb of 
oatmeal, and ^ tb of coarse brown sug-ar ; mix them, and add 2 oz. of pepper, 
ground fine. Lay it upon pieces of pot, where the insects frequent. 
St7(gs, &jc. — Take cabbage leaves, and hold them before the fire till they are 
soft, then rub them with fresh butter or dripping, lay them in places infested with 
slugs, and when the leaves are infested with them, destroy them as you think 
well. Woodlice and Earwig;s are attracted by the same. 
Black and Grttm Fly. — Take yellow clay, and work it in a tub of water, till 
it becomes of the consistence of paint; put some of it in a pan, and dip the parts 
of the branches that are infested, in it, and it will effectually destroy the insects 
for that season. 
T/ie Scale oh Pines has been destroyed by the same mixture. 
yjpkig lanigera, or Aiuericati Blight on fruit trees: to every 6 gallons of the 
above clay and water, add 21b of cream of tartar,] 1 !b soft soap, and half a peck 
of lime; mix it, and in dry weather wash it over the infected trees, with a large 
brush. 
Flits and fVusps. — Pepper, sugar, and water, will effectually destroy these 
insects. — Gardener's Magazine. 
To Hbal the Wodnds of Fkdit or Forest Trees. — When the tree is cut, or 
otherwise wounded, smooth the place with a sharp knife, and if cankered, scrape 
or cut it all out ; then put 5 ft of tallow into 2 ft of tar, warm it over the fire till 
the tallow is melted, then add loz. of saltpetre, and stir it together, and lay it on 
the parts you want to heal. 
To Pdrify Soil for Pines ok other Plants. — Take 4 barrowfuls of good 
rich earth from a pasture field, one barrowful of leaf mould, one of sheep dung, and 
one of fresh cow-duug. A mouth before it is nsed, lay it in a circular form, 
about one foot thick, and placing some old pea rods, or any sort of wood on the 
top of it, set fire to them, and when they are burnt, lay another foot of soil, aitd 
burn wood upon it after the same manner, continuing the process until you haT«5 
as much as is wanted. — P. Martin; Gard. Mag. 
Thb Wire Worm. — Mr. Tallant, of Little Houghton, in a communication to the 
Northamptonshire Farming Society, states that he has discovered by repeated 
experiments, that land previously cropped with white mustard seed, (^Sindpis dlSa) 
will effectually protect grain from the depredations of the Wire Worm, (Eldter 
segetis,) and he seems to have no doubt that they may be successfully repelled and 
eradicated, by carefully destroying all weeds and roots, and drilling white mus- 
tard seed, and keeping the ground clear by hoeing. — British Fanner's Mag. 
FLORICULTURE AND BOTANY. 
Propagation, &c. of the Polygalacordifolia, Eutaxia myrtifolia, and 
Phcenocoma prolifbba, — When the plants have made shoots about | of an inch 
