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At the end of March plant the first crop, and the second about the middle of 
July. I he First Crop .—It is well known to growers of the ash-leaved kidney, 
that it is difficult to prevent its exhausting itself previously to the time of plant¬ 
ing it, and that if seed potatoes of it are allowed to remain too long in the pit 
frequently not one third of them will grow. To prevent this put them into the 
pit about Christmas, and take them out the latter end of February, or beginning 
of March. The Second Crop .—Those intended for the seed potatoes of the 
second spread thinly on the floor of an outhouse, where there is a fine current of 
air. This treatment so much checks the growth of the chits or sprouts, that 
these do not become more than an inch long, and are individually furnished with 
a cluster of roots. Plant the potatoes with the shoots upon them in this state, 
and in planting them guard carefully against breaking off' any of the shoots. 
1 hose produced in the second crop, are the fitter to preserve in next year’s plant¬ 
ing, as when housed or pitted, they are less prone to exhaust themselves by 
sproutiveness than are those produced in the first crop. As part of the first crop 
may probably be taken up, it would be w ; ell not to bury the unripe tops as they 
are apt to produce some minute potatoes, to the detriment of the second crop. 
—John Denson, sen. Gard Mag. 
To Destroy the Aphis on Peach Trees, or Trees in Orchards.—Water the 
tree infested over head with a syringe or garden-engine, then put a quantity of 
gas tar into a flower pot, or any open mouthed vessel, place it as near the tree as 
you can, without incurring the risk of the heat injuring the leaves. Then 
put into the vessel so many burning coals as will set the gas tar on fire, and in a 
few 7 minutes a dense cloud of black faetid smoke wall rise up and completely en¬ 
velope the leaves of the trees. The evening or the morning is the best season 
for this process; a very few minutes will suffice for each tree, and as soon as the 
fumigation is over, the trees should be syringed, to wash of the soot and dead 
insects.—G. Jamieson, Card. Mag. 
FLOR1CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. 
New and very Rare Plants, figured in the Botanical Periodicals for November 
CLASS I.—DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS, OR EXOGENES. 
asclepiape^e. 
Physia'nthus a'lbens. —Whitish leaved Physianthus. Flowers white, and 
slightly fragrant. Native of Buenos Ayres, whence it was received from Mr. 
Tw r eedie, by Mr. Neill. Bot. Mag. Culture—It requires the heat of the stove, is 
an herbaceous climber, probabty thriving.in loam or peat. 
Caralluma fimbriata. —(Fig. 5) —Fringed Caralluma. Flowers rich crim¬ 
son. Native of the Burmese Country, where it w^as discovered by Dr. Wallicb, in 
arid and exposed situations. Culture—It requires the stove and will increase 
by cuttings. The soil should be loam with a mixture of decayed mortar.— 
Lod. Bot. Cab. 
