EDITOR'S TABLE, 



Inclosed I send you a couple of Cherries, also a short bit of its stock and a leaf. I think it will be something new 

 to you. It grows wild here on the shores of Lake Erie. I have a few slocks of it in my garden, and have budded 

 them with the Bigarreau. The buds look very fine, but I do not know how they may prove to be ; but if they grow, 

 I think they will make fine dwarf trees, for the stock never in its wild state grows more than six or seven feet high, 

 and generally bears immense crops when only eight or ten inches high. It is called the Sand Cherry here, but what 

 its real name is I don't know. If you can tell, I should be glad to learn. Those I send are very imperfect specimens 

 on account of the drouth ; their general size is about the size of the comcion pie Cherry in their wild state. Daniel 

 Lee. — Nonnandale. 



Tliis must be the Cerasus depressa of Pursii, and C. pumila of Miciiaux. Tlie common name of 

 which is the "Sand Cherry." Its employment as a stock is well worthy of experiment. 



I wish to propagate some Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum, Cherry Almond, and Quince trees, from cuttings. Please 

 inform me when they should be cut from the parent trees ; when they should be planted in the ground, how the 

 ground should be prepared, how the cuttings should be managed during the growing season, whether watering and 

 shading is necessary or not. What length cuttings should be cut, and how prepared for planting? Where do they 

 emit roots, at the base or at the buds that are inserted under the ground ? In short, give me an account of the whole 

 mode of cultivation, from the time the cutting is removed from the parent tree until it has grown to a well rooted 

 tree. A Constant Eeadeb. 



We regret we cannot comply with the very reasonable request of "A Constant Reader;" but, 

 none of the trees mentioned, except the Quince, can be pi-opagated from cuttings, and "The 

 Fruit Garden" gives a much more complete account of their management than we could possibly 

 here. 



I HAVE a piece of ground which is called Walnut soil with us. It is a deep, and very black soil, becoming loose 

 when worked. I wish to know if such ground would be suitable for fruit, such as Peaches, Pears, and Grapes. I 

 have also a lot of ground which is a heavy clay, mixed with gravel. Will this do for the Plum and Apricot ? J. H. N 



The "Walnut soil" will answer for Peaches and Grapes, if perfectly dry at all seasons. The 

 gravelly clay is just what you need for Pears and Plums, and Apricots on Plum stocks. 



(W. S. H., Gallon, Ohio). Budding. — If you have failed to prepare your Basswood bark for 

 tjiug buds, perhaps you can get bass matts; these, if new, sound, and well soaked in water, will 

 answer. If this cannot be had, try coarse, strong woolen yarn. We have never tried Corn- 

 husks. You want something that will fit close, and tie secure, to exclude air. 



Grafting. — Do not use old roots, or pieces of roots of Apple trees ; it is a most vicious mode 

 of propagating fruit trees. There is no necessity for it, as good healthy seedlings are now 

 abundant in all parts of the country. Eoot-graft only strong growers ; bud the others on 

 strong stocks. 



J^ottuultural .Sotutitjs, ^t. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. — The following is a list of the premiums awarded at 

 the late Exhibition of this Society. 



Prizes. — Apples. — For the best -30 varieties, of 12 specimens each, the Lyman plate, valued at $30, to Messrs. 

 Burr, Ilingham; for the second best, $20, B. V. French, Braintree; for the third best, $10, Josiah Lovett, Beverly. 

 For the best twelve varieties of twelve specimens each, the Society's plate, valued at $20, B. V. French, Braintree ; 

 for the second best, $15, J. B. X^oore, Concord ; for the third best, $i:), Messrs. Burr, Ilingham ; for the fourth best, 

 $8, John Gordon, Brighton. For the best dish of Apples, twelve specimens Of one variety, $(>, .James Guild, Roxbury ; 

 for the second best, %ri, Francis Marsh, Dedham; for the third best, $4, John Gilbert, llillsboro', N. II. ; for the fourth 

 best, $3, B. V. French, Braintree. 



Fears. — For the best thirty varieties of twelve specimens each, the Lyman plate, valued at $30, to M. P. Wilder, 

 Dorchester; for the second best, $10, Ilovey & Co., Cambridge ; for the third best, $10, Josiah Stickney, Watertown. 

 For the best twelve varieties of twelve specimens each, the Lyman plate, valued at $20, Josiah Stickney, AVatertown ; 

 for the second best, $15, Josiah l;ichardson, Cambridge; for the third best, $12, W. K. Austin, Dorchester; for the 

 fourth best, $8, J. II. Stetson, (Juincy. For the best dish of pears, twehe specimens of one variety, $6, Nahum Stetson, 

 Bridgewater ; second best, $5, Josiah liichardson, Cambridge ; third best, $4, John Gordon, Brighton; fourth best, 



f, J. A. Stetson, Quincy. 



Assorted Fruit. — For tjc best basket of IVuit of various kinds, $S, to M. P. Wilder, Dorchester ; for the second 

 best, $4, Azell Bowditch, Koxbury 



