DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



dening for Ladies, Lindley's Horticulture, Lou- 

 don's Suburban Horticulturist. Paxton's Bota- 

 nical Dictionary, and Loudon's Encyclopedia 

 of Gardening. 



Grafts. — Ibid. Nurserymen usually send 

 grafts of rare fruits, at the price of a tree for 

 a dozen grafts: more common sorts at much 

 lower rates by the quantity. John Jones. — The 

 grafts of the grape-vine should be kept in a cel- 

 lar till the leaves of the stocks are bursting — 

 then grafted. In this way they take very rea- 

 dily. 



Evergreen Screens. — 0. V.. (Syracuse, 

 N. Y.) Nothing would be more suitable for a 

 screen for the purpose you mention, than ever- 

 greens — especially a mingling of the following 

 sorts: Norway Spruce, Hemlock, American 

 Arbor Vitse, with an occasional White Pine, 

 Scotch Pine, and Balsam Fir. Do not plant 

 them too thick — or if so planted, thin them 

 out before the branches touch — otherwise you 

 •will lose much of the beauty of the trees. 



Glass Pipes. — C. W. Wever. Glass pipes 

 for conveying water, can, we imagine, be had 

 of Ai.LEN & Co., Agricultural Warehouse, N. 

 Y. The cost we do not know. 



Lawns. — A Lady, (New-London, Conn.) 

 Plant your lawn with a mixture of the follow- 

 ing grass seeds, at the rate of three bushels to 

 tlie acre, viz: one and a quarter bushels red- 

 top, one and a quarter bushels blue grass, four 

 quarts of white clover. This will make a thick 

 lawn in 10 or 12 weeks. 



Cut- WORM. — James. Sow the ground with 

 coarse salt — three bushels to the acre, before 

 you turn it over with the spade. This will des- 

 troy the grubs and benefit the crops. 



Currants. — M. R. (Utica ) No shrub 

 shows the good efTi'Cts of high manuring so 

 completely as the currant. If you wish to get 

 very large fruit, train the bushes on the north 



side of a trellis, and feed the roots well with 

 half rotted stable manure. 



Melons. — A. B., (Trenton.) The earliest 

 by far is the Christiana — a Boston variety — full 

 ten days before the green fleshed sorts. The 

 green fleshed Citron and the Beechwood, are 

 two of the highest flavored sorts. The Moun- 

 tain Sweet is the best water melon. 



Peach Worm. — J. Constant Reader, (Pitts- 

 burgh.) Take away the ground three inches 

 deep at the base of the trunk, around all your 

 peach trees; if you see gum, the grub is then 

 at work — follow and take it out with the knife. 

 Pouring a pail of boiling water at the base an- 

 swers the same purpose. It is a good plan to 

 heap a small hill of leached ashes around the 

 trunk, to keep the insects away. 



Stunted Trees. — S. Johnson. Most proba- 

 bly your orchard was planted too deep. Loosen 

 the soil well with the spade, and if the ground 

 is heavy, dig in a mixture of stable manure and 

 hard coal ashes. Head back the ends of all the 

 shoots to make the trees throw out new ones, 

 and wash over the trunks with thick soap suds 

 — or rather soft-soap and water. 



Summer Bulbs. — ji Working Lady G arden- 

 er, (Staten Island, N. Y.) The best bulbs for 

 blooming in the borders in summer, are the fol- 

 lowing: Mexican Tiger flowers, (two colors,) 

 Tuberoses, Gladiolus Jloribundus, roseus, gan- 

 davensis, formossissima, and .several other 

 Ghent varieties; Amaryillis, Johnsonia and 

 formossissi7na, Crocus autumnalis, Oxalis Bo- 

 weii, Liliuin Japonicum and speciosum. The 

 latter should be planted in a shady sheltered 

 border. Tlie others only require a rich sandy 

 loam — the manure either poudrette or very rot- 

 ton stable manure — the former the best — and a 

 sunny open border. Plant all of these as soon 

 as possible, before the middle of May. 



