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immense portion that is rendered latent by the conversion of so large a part of 
the fermenting substance into the gaseous products of fermentation? 
I should not have sent you the above, had it not been for the very useful 
papers which have lately appeared in your pages, on Horticultural Chemistry. 
Gosport, December 16,1833. J. B. 
Rabbits and Hares. —If “J. F.” reside within a convenient distance of furze, 
gorze, or ling; and will bind a few of their bushes round the stems of his young 
trees, I think he will find the remedy effectual, in preserving them from the at¬ 
tacks of the animals he names. We reside in an open country, celebrated for 
sporting,—on the verge of a common, where furze grows largely; and our young 
apple trees, I know, have been thus protected, and are uninjured. If the above 
plants should not be attainable, perhaps a defence of simple black thorn bushes, 
fastened to the lower part of the stems, would answer the purpose. I. J. T. 
Indian Corn. —Mr. Saul’s American Correspondent is much mistaken, in 
supposing (see page 30, in the last number) that the favourite dish across the 
Atlantic is not attainable in England. The green ears of the hardy short grow¬ 
ing species of Maize, which has been so successfully cultivated in this country of 
late years, form a most delicious vegetable, for about six weeks of the summer 
season, on which my family regale, preferring it to every other that can be 
brought to table. The cobs should be plucked just as the styles, that elegant 
silky looking appendage tp the plant, are beginning to turn brown, and wither. 
The corn is then of a delicate cream colour, and nearly of the same consistence. 
These cobs are stripped of their covering, and boiled for about three quarters of 
an hour. 
They are eaten with cold butter, pepper, and salt, are held in the fingers,—for 
greater convenience, by a small portion of the stalk which is left on for that 
purpose, when the grains easily detach from their indigestible receptacle. I. J. T. 
Various Queries. —What is the best and cheapest mode of procuring a 
quantity of manure for a gravelly soil ? Is Tanner’s Bark, a lasting or useless 
manure? Will it do salted, and if so, how much to a three horse load ? Would 
Rubbish-like-Straw be of any use,also salted? I allude to salt, because sea-weed 
here, and of all other sea side places is the stable manure. What are Crow-foots 
of Iron, which were planted to prevent nocturnal incursions into a turnip field, 
mentioned at Vol. I. page 500, of the Horticultural Register ? At the same page, 
Mr. Haythorn says, “I took a pint of strong tobacco water, &c. &c.” I wish to 
know what is strong tobacco water, i e, the quantity of tobacco, to the quantity 
of water—otherwise we are at a loss. S. C. 
Plants that will Grow under Trees. —Will you inform a graveller, in 
answer to part of his inquiry, at vol. 1, page 517, whether the Butcher’s Broom 
(Ruscus aculeatus the Perriwinkle; Penca Mayir aud Menor) and some of the 
Fern tribe do not grow exceedingly well under trees? These are all very orna¬ 
mental, and except the Fern, evergreen. S. C. 
Woodlice. —These nuisauces multiply with inconceivable rapidity, and when 
they become numerous in a stove, they take possession cf every pot, by entering 
the hole at its bottom, and forming a nidus for their progeny. They render the 
soil dry and powdery, aud seem to prevent it from retaining a due supply of 
water. They swarm in a leaf or bark bed, and if a pot be lifted, they may be 
seen in troops of ten to an hundred, of all sizes. Do they do any real injury to 
the roots of plants, and can any experienced gardener point out a general reme- 
