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Extracts.—Florimlturey 
North America, in a bottle of water, which is the surest way for transporting 
seeds of bog' plants safely. If the seeds are dropped into the water of a pond or 
hog, they will vegetate at the proper season, and their produce will he particularly 
satisfactory to those who now collect the Glycerin fl(titans the grains are not 
only larger, but have more nourishing qualities in them, and an excellent flavour. 
They are very good to fatten fowls with. It grows in Canada in boggy places, 
where it sows itself plentifully, as the least agitation of the stem causes the seeds 
to fall, even before they appear ripe.— M. Otto. 
To Destroy Insects. — JVoodlicey Crickets, and Black Beetles. —Take 1 fb of 
oatmeal, and 5 Ife of coarse brown sugar; mix them, and add 2 oz. of pepper, 
ground fine. Lay it upon pieces of pot, where the insects frequent. 
Slugs, ^'C .—Take cabbage leaves, and hold them before the fire till they are 
soft, then rub them with fresh butter or dripping, lay them in places infested with 
slugs, and when the leaves are infested with them, destroy them as you think 
well. Woodlice and Earwigs are attracted by the same. 
Black and Green Fly. —Take yellow clay, and work it in a tub of water, till 
it becomes of the consistence of paint; put some of it in a pan, and dip the parts 
of the branches that are infested, in it, and it will effectually destroy the insects 
for that season. 
The Scale on Pines has been destroyed by the same mixture. 
Aphis lanigeray or American Blight on fruit trees: to every 6 gallons of the 
above clay and water, add2Hj of cream of tartar,] 1 Ih soft soap, and half a peck 
of lime; mix it, and in dry weather wash it over the infected trees, with a large 
brush. 
Flies and fVasps. —Pepper, sugar, and water, will effectually destroy these 
i nsects.— Gardener*s Magazine. 
To Heal the Wounds of Frdit or Forest Trees. —When the tree is cut, or 
otherwise wounded, smooth the place with a sharp knife, and if cankered, scrape 
or cut it all out; then put ^ hb of tallow into 2 lb of tar, warm it over the fire till 
the tallow is melted, then add loz. of saltpetre, and stir it together, and lay it on 
the parts you want to heal. 
To Purify Soil for Pines or other Plants. —Take 4 barrowfuls of good 
rich earth from a pasture field, one barrowful of leaf mould, one of sheep dung, and 
one of fresh cow-dung. A month before it is used, lay it in a circular form, 
about one foot thick, and placing some old pea rods, or any sort of wood on the 
top of it, set fire to them, and when they are burnt, lay another foot of soil, and 
burn wood upon it after the same manner, continuing the process until you have 
as much as is wanted.— P. Martin; Gard. Mag. 
The Wire Worm. —Mr. Tallant, of Little Houghton, in a communication to the 
Northamptonshire Farming Society, states that he has discovered by repeated 
experiments, that land previously cropped with white mustard seed, {^Sindpis alba') 
will effectually protect grain from the depredations of the Wire Worm, (^Eldier 
segetisy) and he seems to have no doubt that they may be successfully repelled and 
eradicated, by carefully destroying all weeds and roots, and drilling white mus¬ 
tard seed, and keeping the ground clear by hoeing.— British Farmer*s Mag. 
FLORICULTURE AND BOTANY. 
Propagation, Sec. of the Polygala cordifolia, Eutaxia myrtifolia, and 
Phienocoma prolifera, —When the plants have made shoots about I of an inch 
