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 size is cut several inches from the body in March, the stump will become dry and crack open nearly to the body, and before the new growth can heal over the wound, the stump will rot, and this defection will soon penetrate to the heart of the tree, and cause it to perish.

TAKE a quart of milk, four eggs, and two large spoonsfull of flour, with a little salt and grated ginger; beat them up into a good smooth batter, and put it into a buttered baking dish. When it comes out of the oven, pour over it some melted butter and serve it up.

THIS economical article is thus made: Boil a sufficient quantity of well pared mealy potatoes, till they are so thoroughly done as to be ready to crumble in pieces; drain them well in a colander or sieve; pick out every speck, or hardness, and mash them as fine as possible; make them up into a thickish batter, with an egg or two, and some milk, and placing of steaks or chops, well seasoned with salt and pepper, at the bottom of a baking dish, cover them with a layer of the batter; and so alternately, till the dish is filled; taking care to have the batter at the top. The dish should first be well buttered, to prevent sticking or burning, and in that case, the bottom as well as top, may consist of potatoe butter. This pudding, when properly baked will be of a fine brown colour.

GRATE the rind of two Seville oranges, and beat it in a marble mortar, with half a pound of good fresh butter, the same quantity of loaf sugar, and the yolks