of strawing was, therefore, many times repaid, by the saving made in the labour of watering; and the profit of this saving was immediately brought to account in the increase of other crops, by the use of water spared from the strawberries; and besides, the berries themselves were, under this management, as fair, and nearly as large, as in ordinary years, but the general complaint of the gardeners this year was, that the scarlets did not reach half their natural size, and of course required twice as many to fill a pottle as would do it in a good year. In wet years, the straw is of less importance in this point of view; but in years moderately wet, the use of strawing sometimes makes watering wholly unnecessary, when gardeners who do not straw are under the necessity of resorting to it; and we all know, if watering is once begun, it cannot be left off till rain enough has fallen to give the ground a thorough soaking. Even in wet years, the straw does considerable service. Heavy rains never fail to dash up abundance of mould, and fix it upon the berries. This is entirely prevented, as well as the dirtiness of those berries that lean down upon the earth; so that the whole crop is kept pure and clean. No earthy taste will be observed in eating the fruit that has been strawed; and the cream which is sometimes soiled, when mixed with strawberries, by the dir that adheres to them, especially in the early part of the season, will retain to the last drop that unsullied red and white which give almost as much satisfaction to the eye while we are eating it, as the taste of that most excellent mixture does to the palate.

patentee, lays on an additional surface or coating of glass, prepared for the purpose, which, when subjected to a proper degree of heat, will incorporate with the glass to be operated upon, so as to produce an effect similar to that which has hitherto been obtained by means of grinding. When it is required to ornament glass, then, previously to the heat being applied, with an etching or engraving tool such parts are to be taken out as will produce the required effect, and that in a much superiour way to the effect produced by the usual mode of grinding, polishing, &c. The materials used are to be melted in a crucible, or other pot, and they are to be made up in the same manner, as if used for the making of the best flint glass, broken glass, or as it is usually denomi nated, "cullitt" being the principal ingredient in it. Mr. D. gives several mixtures, of which the first is; 160 parts of cullitt; 10 of pearl ashes; 40 of red lead; 10 of arrence.

The second is; 120 parts of cullitt; 160 of red lead; 60 of sand; 60 of borax. The third is; 70 parts of red lead; 22 1-2 of sand; 40 of calcined borax.

When these are subjected to such a heat, as to be thereby completely fused, he takes equal parts of each mixture, and grinds them to an impalpable powder, for the purpose of being mixed with a menstruum proper for coating the glass.

The menstruum consists of one part of double refined loaf sugar, dissolved in two parts of pure water; to which is added, at the time of mixing the powder, about one third part of common writing ink. The ef fect, we are told, produced by this addi tion, is similar to that produced by the addition of oxyd of manganese, used in a small quantity by the glass makers, in making their best flint glass, because, without such an addition, the specimens would be of a cloudy or milky appearance. A quantity of this menstruum is used sufficient to render the ground mixture of a proper consistence for laying on with a thin, smooth surface. When the coating or mixture is thus prepared, the glass is to be coated by means of a camel's hair brush, or squirrel's foot, &c. It is then to be exposed to a heat sufficient to produce a semivitrification of the coated surface, and to incorporate it with the substance or body of glass, so coated. But the heat must in that case, a complete vitrification would not be carried higher than this, because ensue, and the desired effect of having a surface in imitation of the rough surface produced by grinding, would not be obtained. The article must, under such circum

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