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To Propagate Marsh Plants

The best plan is by means of a stone trough 6 inches to a foot deep, and of any convenient length and breadth, with a hole for a tap at one corner. This is to be treated as a flowerpot; the bottom being covered with small stones, and the trough filled up with a compost of peat and light loam. The surface is then covered with any description of light moss that can be got, and watered till the whole is saturated to the brim. 1884. To Prepare Seeds for Exportation. Seeds intended for exportation should not be gathered until they have become perfectly ripe; they should then be laid in a stove, or exposed in the sun to dry, as getting them perfectly dry is the principal point. They may be packed in bags, papers, or boxes. If they are kept dry, they will bear a voyage of many months, without injury to their vegetating properties. 1885. To Prepare Nails for Wall- Trees. These should be of cast iron if they can be obtained. Before using, they should be heated red-hot, and then thrown into cold linseed oil. This gives them a varnish which preserves them from rusting, and prevents the mortar of the wall from sticking to them when they are drawn. with turnips, carrots, beet roots, and, in particular, potatoes. By the cold of the place, vegetation is so much suspended that all these articles may be thus kept fresh and uninjured till they give place to another crop in its natural season.