rity of the plant, by destroying a portion of the work 
which it has already done, and thereby obliging it 
to commence again. If the strength of the plant 
be not too far exhausted by its progress towards 
the production of flowers and fruit, its business of 
the season will still be performed. Accident will 
oftentimes teach us useful lessons. The last spring 
(1837) was one of unusual severity and delay of 
vegetation, but useful as a preceptor. In several 
instances we observed the flower-buds of the Mou- 
tan Paeony entirely destroyed, but this did not 
thwart the purpose of the plants ; luxuriant young 
shoots were emitted, bearing a second crop of buds, 
and these flowered delightfully, but later than usual 
in the season. The early shoots of many Roses were 
destroyed by frost. A second and luxuriant pro- 
duce has ensued, yielding abundance of flowers as 
late as the end of July. The first shoots of Roses 
are frequently cut back to occasion a late bloom. 
If the stems of Raspberries be cut down in Febru- 
ary to within a few inches of the ground, the growth 
of the young bearing shoots will be so retarded, 
that their fruit will not ripen till autumn. The 
principal crop of Alpine Strawberries, also, may 
be delayed by taking oft' their early blossoms. 
The simplers of by-gone ages used the Galega in 
many diseases; and Johnson, the editor of Gerard’s 
Herbal, reports that the juice of the leaves, or the 
leaves themselves, bruised and applied to any part, 
swollen by the sting of a bee or wasp, mitigate the 
pain, and are a present remedy.” 
It will grow in any sort of garden soil, and may 
be divided in almost any season. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 2, 228. 
