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COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
are almost endless; it would be useless to enumerate them, and we 
shall only observe, that one of the most beautiful dwarf sorts, is Lee’s 
scarlet perpetual, which is generally in flower seven months in the 
year. The best for standards are the different varieties of Noisettes 
and Boursalts; the latter having also the advantage of being remark¬ 
ably hardy and free growing .—Farmer s Magazine. 
Mode of Destroying Ants in pleasure grounds, or in any pas¬ 
ture land. Take a heavy rammer, or any heavy instrument of the 
kind, and beat the hillocks well down, when very wet; let them be 
even with the surface, the best time is spring or summer, when the 
ants are near the surface .—Agricultural Revieic. 
To Destroy Earwigs. —This destructive insect to the florist may 
be destroyed in the following manner: take some small sticks, and 
upon the top of each put the bowl of a tobacco pipe, free from the 
smell of the tobacco, and place them among the flowers infested. In 
the morning, you will find an insect or two in each bowl, which you 
can shake out and destroy. 1. K. 
Receipt to keep Apples.— It seems not to be generally known, 
that apples may be kept the whole year round, by being immersed 
in corn, which receives no injury from their contact. If the Ameri¬ 
can apples were packed among grain, they would arrive here in much 
better condition than they do at present*— Atlas. 
Narcissus. —I should be obliged to any one of your correspon¬ 
dents or readers, who would give me a few hints as to the culture of 
the above plant, with a list of the different varieties. I. K. 
Ranunculus. —There is a species of this handsome flower in our 
neighbourhood, which is different in its habits from the sort generally 
cultivated, though alike in flower and foliage. It is called Seedling 
Ranunculus, and as it is but in few persons’ hands, it is not much 
known. The method of cultivating it, is to sow the seed in pots or 
boxes, in April, which will soon come up; and as soon as the leaves 
of the plant turn yellow, take them and preserve them very dry, 
planting them the next February into the mould, and you will be 
sure to have a good bloom, and perceive some most beautiful flowers. 
The plants then seed very freely, but the old roots are not worth 
planting again, for not one out of ten of them will flower again. I. K. 
Seed Corn.— I believe it is universally recommemded to change 
the seed from time to time, as it is found to deteriorate when lonjjr 
continued from the same. I will not enter into the question; but 
will only ask whether it is not usual for the farmer to get the best 
sample he can, without at all adverting to the soil or climate in which 
it has been grown. Now we know that by high cultivation and care, 
