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CULTURE OF THE HORSE RADISH. 
taken away and the whole mixed well together, at the same time 
spreading over the top eighteen inches more new hark. The lights 
which cover the pit are attached by a loop, or string and nail to the 
rafters of the house (7) at the time of sprinkling the cuttings with 
water. The front stage is supported by frames of one inch square 
iron (8) set firm in three or four covers of brick work, and also dri¬ 
ven into the wall of the house. One of these frames is placed at 
about every three feet. (9) flue; (10) beds of sand, with pots and 
glasses fitted in them; there are three pieces of wood one and a half 
inch square, laid at the bottom of each bed to support two flat tiles 
on which the sand is laid; aboard is also screwed to the turn-up iron 
to keep the sand up in the front, the pots of cuttings are then plung¬ 
ed, by which means they are not so liable to suffer from either 
drought or constant watering, and the flue being underneath gives a 
moderate warmth, and keeps the cuttings in a growing state through 
most part of the winter; a bracket is rivetted into each iron support 
(11) to bear a shelf, for the purpose of setting on the cutting glasses 
when not wanted, or at the time of sprinkling the cuttings. The pit 
is shaded by a covering of very thin canvas, three feet wide, which 
can be rolled up or spread out at pleasure by means of a wooden 
roller (12.) The canvass is attached to a lath, and by means of pul¬ 
ling a string tied to the lath, and passed through a ring (13) the 
canvass is stretched out as wide as the ring; the string is then fasten¬ 
ed to a nail (14) to keep the canvas in its place. When the string 
is loosed from the nail, the canvas may be rolled upon the roller by 
the hand : (15) roller for shading the front pots in a similar manner, 
the lath is placed on a hook at (16) which keeps the blind extended, 
and is rolled up or spread out by the hand. 
J. Ronalds. 
ARTICLE ITT. 
ON THE CULTURE OF THE HORSE RADISH. 
BY RUSTICOLA. 
The horse-radish (Cochlearia Armoracia of Linnaeus) and Ar¬ 
moracia rusticana, of modern botanists, belongs to the natural order 
Cruciferae is indigenous to many parts of England, being found in 
marshy grounds, and by road sides in Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and 
, other places in the north of England. My manner of cultivating it 
is this: I first fix on a quarter composed of yellow loam, and in an 
exposed situation ; this I have trenched feet deep, taking care to 
