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and thus form a rough revetment or wall ; the vines are then planted in the bottom of the 

 trenches, and, as they grow, trail themselves over the mounds. 



The advantages of the system are obvior - During the long winter, the vines are buried 

 deep in snow, and this warm covering is retained by the trenches until some time after all 

 on the surface of the country has disappeared, and danger from spring frosts has passed 

 away. As the snow in the trenches melts, it finds a ready outlet at the lower ends. When 

 once the vines begin to push, their progress is rapid, as, from the mode of growth provided 

 for them, they receive not only the full benefit of the whole of the direct rays of the sun, 

 but also of the heat radiated from the underlying stone revetment. 



Gkapes in 1856. — Mr. Editor : This has been one of the most propitious seasons for the 

 grapes, and the Isabella has never been known to grow larger, or perfect itself better. Large 

 crops have been grown, and price reduced to five cents per pound. It is hoped the Catawba 

 will ripen ; a few days more of sunshine will do it. Fine specimens of the " Delaware" and 

 " Diana" were shown at the Genesee Valley Horticultural Exhibition. The " Diana," a seed- 

 ling fromthe Catawba, ripens full two to three weeks earlier than the Catawba, and is truly 

 an acquisition. The Delaware is very sweet and delicious, as well as being early. A new 

 grape, called the " Rebecca," was shown by Dr. Grant, who lives near Newburgh, New York, 

 which IS also a choice one. It appears like the " White Chasselas," and is very fine, early, 

 and hardy. It will command universal attention, and be generally admired. 



Mr. Longworth sent fine specimens of the " Catawba" Gi-ape from Cincinnati, for one of 

 the conventions, which came too late, but, be assured, good use will be made of them in 

 distribution amongst the lovers of the grape at Rochester. 



Truly, J. H. Watts. 



Rochester, N. Y. 



Gossip. — A lemon girthing, eighteen and a half inches from the footstalk to the flowering 

 point, girth cylindrical fourteen inches, and weight one pound nine ounces, has been the 

 wonder of a large neighborhood in England, and is considered to be the largest on record. 



Mr. Roswell L. Colt, of Paterson, New Jersey, states, in a letter to the Commissioner of 



Patents, that he has ordered from Scotland the spawn of the trout, carp, and salmon, with 

 the view of propagating them in the waters of New Jersey. He suggests that the Patent 

 Office should import for distribution the spawn of the red mullet of Europe, as well as that 



of the sardines, for breeding in the Middle and Southern States. N. Longworth, Esq., 



writes to a Cincinnati paper : " You say, the wine manufacturers of our city contemplate 

 raising the price of their wines, in consequence of a failure of the grape crop. I have heard 

 of no such intention, and believe there will be no such cause for it. I, last spring, had up- 

 wards of 40,000 gallons of old wine, which I have been selling, and still sell, at one-fourth 

 less than cost. It is true, that last winter was very destructive to the crop. But many will 

 have a fair crop ; and a better yield, in Kentucky and Indiana, south of us. And, I believe, 

 increased grape culture will give us as large a crop as we had last year. But little injury 



has been experienced from the rot, and I believe the season of danger is past. A lily, 



the Lilium giganteum, is making a great sensation among the English gardeners. It grows 

 ten or twelve feet high, the flowering portion measuring twenty inches, and bearing eighteen 

 superb flowers somewhat resembling the common white lily, excepting that they have a deep 

 purplish tinge along the inner edge of each division of the perianth, and measuring five and 

 a half inches across the mouth of the tube. Have any of our gardeners received this plant ? 

 Moss roses require a good deal of manure, and a rather cool situation. Many per- 

 sons are unsuccessful with them for want of this information, and from not niul 

 their roots. A good, old-fashioned correspondent so well expresses our own views 



