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COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLLC 1 IONS. 
James Frost 
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ville, Bocconnoe, Cornwall, were,struck with the electric fluid, no 
other tree being struck at the time. One was completely torn from 
the ground, the other being struck at the height of about ten feet, 
was rent from the top to the bottom. One of the trees stood by a 
small river, which runs through his Lordship’s lawn, and the other 
in a'wood about half a mile distant. 
Design for a Flower-Stand. 
—I send you a design for a Flower- 
Stand, (Fig. 39,) for placing cut flow¬ 
ers in, which has an excellent effect, 
having the appearance ol a complete 
pyramid of flowers. It is well calcu¬ 
lated for shewing Dahlias, &c. each 
height of vessels is Ailed with water, 
and the flowers placed in as shewn in 
. the outline beginning at (a), and 
Ailing every vessel down to ( b ). The 
whole is made of tin, and can be 
manufactured any size, and for a tri¬ 
fling expense. M. Saul. 
Chenepedium Bonus-henricus. 
—The culture of this excellent vege¬ 
table appears to be very imperfectly 
known, except in the Kirton Lindsay 
Division of Lincolnshire, where it 
has been cultivated time immemo¬ 
rial, producing abundance of vegeta¬ 
tion from May until October, far su¬ 
perior to spinach in point of flavour 
as well as utility. It is astonishing, 
that its culture is so little known, its 
method of cultivation being very sim¬ 
ple. Make beds about four feet wide, 
plant in rows about one foot apart on a 
good soil; in the autumn clean the 
beds and cover them with rotten dung. In February make vour beds 
good, and no more trouble is required. But to keep it sufficiently, 
pick it so as to prevent its seeding. It is brought to table precisely 
as spinach. Bv the insertion of these remarks in vour valuable 
Magazine, I feel confident, you will induce many to give it a trial. 
Deception Practised on Dahlias.—A s T grow a large 
quantity ol Dahlias, I am consequently in the habit of purchasing 
