Cherry wine is made from the fleshy pulp, which has an excellent quality and flavor. Cherry syrup is the product of fermentation and filtration with the addition of sugar and is used as a flavor for cold drinks and added to medicines to improve their efficiency and to disguise the taste. By crushing and distilling the seeds cherry water is obtained. The flowers and fruit stems are employed in kidney and catarrhal troubles. Cherries may be preserved by drying or pickling. The fruits are also macerated in whisky and brandy, adding to these drinks an agreeable flavor and acidity. For this purpose the fruit of the wild black cherry is very extensively used. The bark, particularly of the wild black cherry, is extensively employed in medicine. It is a very popular household remedy for the treatment of coughs and colds in children. The gum which exudes from the incised or otherwise injured bark is also used medicinally. Cherry wood is hard and takes a good polish. It is used in cabinet making, interior finish and for inlaid work. Cherries are also employed by the confectioner and by the baker in making pies. The seeds (kernels, pits) are first removed. The habit of swallowing the pits is a dangerous one, as serious and even fatal troubles are caused by them. Albert Schneider. NASTURTIUMS. A tangle of broad, green leaves, All over the garden border; A mass of wonderful blooms, Parading their gay disorder. Petals of sunset and flame, Their orient, velvet-soft splendor Aflare on long, sinuous stems, Aromatic, pale-tinted and slender. Trespassers wilful and bold, Wherever they choose they wander, Spendthrift of color and scent— Made but to riot and squander. E’en to the court of the rose, Their eager, loose tendrils outreaching; Unable to guess at her pride, Or to care for her thorn’s sharp teaching. Yet such is their charm and delight, One pauses, half ready to flout them; For O, at the mid-summer’s height, What were the garden without them? —Lulu Whedon Mitchell. Transcriber’s Notes --Created an eBook cover from elements within the issue. --Reconstructed the Table of Contents (originally on each issue’s cover). --Retained copyright notice on the original book (this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.) --Silently corrected a few palpable typos. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 2 [July 1902], by Various