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from the infected parts, and is visible in the form of a darkened spot 
in the stem. When cut into the tissue is seen to be brown wherever the 
disease has penetrated, which is often very deep and wide, before it is 
discovered, though the stagnation of growth will probably have induced 
a suspicion of something wrong long before. If the plant is to be saved 
every particle of brown matter must be carefully cut out with a sharp 
knife, and the plant then treated as in the other case. 
References to Cuts. 
A. The side-board of the frame, inner side. 
B. The rest nailed to the side-board, to support the shelves, and graduated 
according to slope of the top light. 
C. The shelf, formed of two pieces of strong laths, and fixed together at each 
end by short cross-pieces at the under-side. 
D. Outside view of the back-board of the frame, with its two sliding- doors, 
E being shut and F g open, and having a small knob for handle. 
The doors slide in a grooved beading of wood. The front board of the frame is 
similar to the back-board, D, now described. 
I know of nothing else absolutely necessary. Indeed, if they are 
kept carefully from summer’s sun and insects, every rational treatment 
seems to succeed with them. And well they are worth the care. 
George Jeans. 
LUCULIA GRATISSIMA. 
This is one of the most beautiful and most deliciously fragrant of all 
our winter flowering plants. With a little management, it may be 
had in blossom from September to March; and, with the exception of 
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