EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Notes on Garden Vegetables. — ^I imported the year before last some Lettuce and Cos seeds 

 from Paris, and have been so much pleased with some of the kinds that I think them worth 

 knowing. I tried both the Green Cos and the Grey Cos {Romaines vcrtcs and grise), and found 

 both so good that I cannot decide between them. They both headed remarkably well, and were 

 very large, tender and sweet. Among the Cabbage Lettuces, the Genoese {LaitiK de Genes) pro- 

 duced also a very large, fine and tender head, equal to anj- Cabbage Lettuce I have ever known. 

 The Maltese {Laitue de Mcdte) headed very finely ; is curled, full sized, and so tender that it can 

 hardly be handled. It combines the crispness and sweetness of the Cos with the tenderness of 

 tlie Cabbage Lettuce varieties, and, on that account, I prefer it to any other that I am acquainted 

 with. I tried about twelve varieties in all, but the above were far the best. I have been well 

 supplied with fine heads of the above since the last week in November ; I mean to save seeds 

 abundantly, and can send you, when gathered, such of them as you may desire. Lettuces, to do 

 well, must have plenty of fresh manure, some salt, and plenty of rain or other water, besides 

 good culture. Rob't Chisolm. — Near Beaufort, S. C. 



glnsixitrs to C^orrtsponbtnts. 



(David C. Scofield, Norwich, N. Y.) Transportation of Trees. — Your suggestions are excel- 

 lent, and if space permitted we should insert your letter entire. The evils of delay are becom. 

 ing intolerable. A movement is on foot here to effect some arrangement that will at least lessen 

 the difficulties. "We shall give notice of it in our next number. We have a mass of letters before 

 us, on this subject, showing that there exists no little solicitude in regard to it. We trust that 

 railroad directors will hereafter class living trees and plants among " perishable articles," and 

 forward them with the same promptness and dispatch 



(E. P. G.) Draining applicable to level Ground. — We presume you mean draining ground 

 on Avhieh there is not a natural fall or outlet for the water. In some eases of this kind on our 

 own ground we have sunk large reservoirs and filled them up with stones, and have carried the 

 drains into these. A very slight incUnation will lead off ordinary drainage; and drains sunk 

 pretty deep, and made close, will have a good effect even where the water can not run. In such 



cases we prefer stones to tUe. 



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(P., Waterville, N. Y.) Pears. — You will find some notes from a correspondent, whose state- 

 ments you can rely upon as correct in this locality. 



Torr invite your readers to ask questions ; therefore allow me to inquire whether budding trees can be successfully 

 practiced in spring? If so, what is the process — the whole? (1) 



■\Vhat is the best time to cut scions for grafting, and the best way to preserve them till spring ? If kept in dirt, 

 should I bury the whole, or what part? How wet must the dirt be ? (2) 



In sotting out a young Pear orchard, would you prefer the pyramidal form or horizontal mode of training to the 

 trellis ? By the latter mode would not the large fruit be safer from winds ? (3) 



I have a number of thrifty Cherry trees, of different kinds, which have made fruitless efforts to bear for several 

 years. Some are in sandy soil, others in heavy but not wet land. The fruit falls prematurely, and but few specimens 

 come to perfection. The Pear docs well on the same ground. What does the Cherrj' want more than, or different 

 from, the Pear? A neighbor succeeds admirably with the Cherry, but can do nothing with the Pear. (4) 



I have asked the preceding <iucstions in a plain, farmer-like way. They undoubtedly seem very simple to you : so 

 the solution of a simple problem in the Rule of Three would bo to me ; but to require a boy to do it who has not 

 crossed the bridge of Addition, would be imposing a difficult task. I am just commencing fruit growing a little. The 

 trees I have are self-educated, and have worked their way to trechood with but little aid ; therefore I infer that the 

 soil, climate, and exposure, are pretty fair ; and reading the I/orticuUitrisi has made me willing to lend them a hand. 

 I have set some hundreds of Peach trees upon a hill of considerable altitude, with a northern and western exposure. 

 The north wind has a clean sweep upon them for sixty miles. I set them there because there are fewer frosts, 

 think less intensity of cold in winter, than on the plain below. I have Peach trees standing on an inclined ] 

 the >ii)pcr ones about twenty-flve feet high ;r than the lower. Summer before last the upper ones were full < 



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