. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. but bencflcial. I analyzed somebleached fruit not long since and got no sul-phurous or sulphuric acid. Had they been evap-orated, I should have gotten sulphate of bariumshowing the presence of sulphuric acid. Whenwe bleach fruit it contains large quantities ofwater. This water absorbs the sulphur dioxide in large iiuautities, and as the water is given offin the air, the sulphur dioxide is liberated andleaves the fruit, hence the necessity of dryingthoroughly in open air. The fiavor is
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. but bencflcial. I analyzed somebleached fruit not long since and got no sul-phurous or sulphuric acid. Had they been evap-orated, I should have gotten sulphate of bariumshowing the presence of sulphuric acid. Whenwe bleach fruit it contains large quantities ofwater. This water absorbs the sulphur dioxide in large iiuautities, and as the water is given offin the air, the sulphur dioxide is liberated andleaves the fruit, hence the necessity of dryingthoroughly in open air. The fiavor is generallydestroyed by stacking the fruit in large piles asit is taken in before cutting. Fruit containingsulphuric acid in small quantities is beneficial,especially in a malarial country, say John Scud-der and Dunglinson. Be sure and have fresh,ripe fruit, place it on wooden trays and bleachand dry thoroughly. Fruit prepared thus iswholesome. People want such fruit and arewilling to pay forit.—Pacific Kural Press. Oonbling of the Petunia. This is usually ac-companied by a remarkable modiflcation of the. :•*«« Remarhab. instance of Natural Orafting —in short, a secondary flower is formedwithin the ovary. In this there may be a pro-longation of the axis beyond the blossom, andthe development upon it of ordinary foliage. Inrare cases leafy branches have grown out fromthe free or blossom end of Pears, and buds andlong branches have arisen from the centre of aKose. In the Petunia this prolification, if wemay ca 11 it such, assumes the form of a small andmuch contorted flower. Examinations fail toshow any unusual structure. It is therefore,associated with the doubling process of thePetunia. Instead of the end of the fioral axis,which terminates at the base of the single cen-trally situated pistil, remaining as such, it de-velops into another flower, and this within theovary of the primary blossom. The ordinaryforces which would construct a normal flowerhave
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