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before they had gotten their perfect cherry colour, and when he was 
assured of her Majesty’s coming, he removed the tent, and a few- 
sunny days brought them to maturity. I. K. 
To Prevent Snails from ascending fruit trees, a paste should 
be made of charcoal powder and common oil, to be laid on the trunk 
of the tree, in a circle, a few inches from the ground, which presents 
an obstacle that snails cannot surmount. 
Asparagus Beds. —It is recommended to form asparagus beds, 
by means of very low priced cotton, whence it has been stated that 
an astonishing profit has been derived. Silk and wool, it is said, will 
produce the same effect.—From the Journal des connaisances Usu- 
elles et pratiques. 
Buffon, when he began to write on ornithology, knew but of 800 
birds, but imagined that there might be from 1500 to 2000; full 
6000 varieties are now known, and new species are being added every 
year. 
If Quick Lime be put upon land, which from time immemorial 
has produced nothing but heather, the heather will be killed, and white 
clover, trifolium repens, will spring up in its place. 
Rapid Reproduction of Insects. —It is calculated that one 
musca camaria, produces 20,000. The larva of many flesh flies, will 
devour so much and grow so rapidly, as to increase their families two 
hundred fold ; five days being sufficient to mature them. A single 
individual of the aphis species is said to become the progenitor of 
descendants to the enormous amount of 5,904,000,000, and that in 
one year, it gives rise to twenty generations. The ravages of the ca¬ 
terpillar are immense, as gardeners well know. A female moth lays 
no fewer than 400 eggs, producing a most destructive family, in its 
efforts to maintain itself.— Jesse’s Gleaning's in Natural History. 
To increase the odour of Roses. —Plant a large onion by 
the side of a rose tree, in such a manner that it shall touch the root 
of the latter. The roses thus produced will have an odour much 
stronger and more agreeable than such as have not been so treated, 
and the water distilled from those roses is very superior to that pre¬ 
pared by means of ordinary rose leaves.— From the French. 
Roses. —Roses are great ornaments to pleasure grounds, but a 
great deal of their effects depends upon the manner in which they 
are planted. To flower well, and attain their full perfection of size 
and colour, they should have abundance of air and light. And to 
look well, they should be grouped together in such a manner, as to 
form a pyramid, rising gradually in height, from the dwarf roses round 
the base, to the tall standards that form its apex. The varieties of roses 
