EDITOR'S TABLE. 



vrere set out ia 1845, and others in each subsequent year, until 1849, when about 300 were 

 planted and the garden fully stocked. The manures used were solely barn-yard manures, some 

 seven cords being applied to the two acres — a very moderate dose. One man only was em- 

 ployed upon the garden, and he had also charge of two horses, cow, pigs, carriages and the 

 chores — enough to busy one pair of hands, with the errand department of the household — suflS- 

 eient, usually, to monopolize one set of Irish legs. But mark ihe proceeds of the garden: 



Cr. by nett sales of fruit, as per sales book (three-quarters of which is for pears), $831 72 



Dr. To— say >=^— man's wages, $100 00 



To four cords manure purchased, 24 00 



To three cords manure made 18 00 



142 00 



Showing a nctt gain on \% acres of $689 72 



"Mr. Austin, as may be seen, does not manure highly; his land is good, to be sure, but his 

 success with the Pear he attributes mainly, if not solely, to his system of pruning — watchful — 

 constant — preserving the wine glass form, instead of the pyramid. His trees are, indeed, a mar- 

 vel of human patience and horticultural skilL Here are sixteen LrKhesses, ' aU in a row,' and 

 all as like to one another — in height, breadth and shape — as twin peas in a pod; and there 

 stand sixteen Vicars, erect and uniform as Life-Guardsmen. Every tree of each variety ex- 

 tends its limbs at Austin's direction, like a well-trained poodle, — only the tree ' stays put,' while 



Pug soon ' puts out.' " 



♦ 



Propagation axd Winter Forcing of Roses. — At a Conversational Meeting of the 

 New York Horticultural Society, as reported by the Ameri'ian Agriculturist A Bridgeman 

 read the following remarks on Roses : 



"My practice does not, I presume, differ much from that pur.'ued by other growers. For com- 

 post, I prefer a proportion of two bushels of vegetable mold or rotted leaves, two bushels of 

 chopped sod, passed through a coarse sieve wide enough to allow moderate sized lumps to pass 

 through ; one bushel hotbed manure, and one of sand. The sod I use is clayey. In propagating 

 by cuttings I find that wood of one month old will strike in many cases very readily ; and when 

 put in during the latter part of February, will be rooted in March. I use cutting-pans, about 

 three inches deep, and a compost of two-thirds sand to one of loam, and apply bottom heat. I 

 have a bed heated by a flue passing through it, which I find very useful for this purpose. When 

 well rooted, I pot them off into small-sized pots, and plant them out in May. In the fall I re- 

 pot them in the compost already mentioned, and keep them in a cool house, without fire-heat, till 

 January ; unless the frost is too greats when I protect them slightly, but use no fire-heat, till last 

 of January or February. Tliese plants flower well. The Tea, Bourbon, and China are treated 

 in this way; the Hybrid Pereptuals, or Moss Roses, are not included, as neither these nor the 

 Noisettes are adapted for winter flowering. I do not prune very closely in the fall, but in May 

 prune thoroughly, and sink the pots in the soil, and lift them in September for winter flowering, 

 repotting them if necessary, and pruning out all dead wood. At this season, care must be 

 taken not to break the ball much. The temperature should be kept moderate. A dry atmos- 

 phere is very injurious and is the chief cause of failure in keeping plants in rooms. The water 

 should always be applied at the top; where saucers are used it is only for cleanliness. Planting 

 out secures strong plants, but is not admissable for winter blooming. I have found Hybrid Per- 

 pet'ials to succeed best on their own roots. Teas and Bourbons will do well from layers. In 

 England and the north of France, budding is generally practiced and succeeds well, but here it 

 is quite different. I have known many failures in budding, and in some cases not more than 

 twenty-five out of a thousand have succeeded ; two out of a dozen is often the proportion in our 

 climate.* Budded plants are liable to produce suckers, which have been sometimes mistaken for 



* This Ig greatly at variance with our experience. They may be seen budded in the nurseries here as succcssftiUy 

 OS Peach or Apple trees, by the thousand ; and many varieties bloom more freely, and produce larger flowers, when 

 budded, than on their own roots. — Ed. 



