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arul were very long before they had gotten their cherry-colour : and 
when he was assured of her majesty’s coming, he removed the tent, 
and a few sunny days brought them to their full maturity.” 
Figure of a Fruit Stand, by Mr. Saul. —Fig. 28, Each di¬ 
vision is made to hold one fruit; a card is fixed on the back of the 
stand by means of a tape nailed lengthwise at the back. Each card 
contains the descriptions of the two fruit opposite to it, with a short 
notice of the qualities, origin, &c. The full size of the cards, is 
four inches long, and two broad. 
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Large Cockscomb. —(Celosia cristata.)—Not having seen any 
accounts of large Coxcombs, during the past twelve months, I here¬ 
with send you the dimensions of one I grew last year of the tall sort. 
The height of the plant to the bottom of the flower from the surface 
of the mould, two feet six inches, height of flower sixteen inches, 
total height three feet ten inches, length of flower over the crown, 
from one point to the other, two feet, and one foot ten inches across; 
and if the flower had been laid upon a board, and each convolution 
of the flower straight along, it would have measured upwards of forty 
four feet and one half. The compost, in which it grew was maiden 
loam, rather sandy, and the old dung of a mushroom bed, rather 
more than one half. I had several more, none of which measured 
below seventeen inches, and one in particular, of the dwarf sort, 18 
