DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Fondante d'Automne, Duchess d'Angou- 

 leme, Doyenne Boussock, Heathcote, Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey. Wintar pears — Beurre 

 d'Arembergh, Lawrence, Winter Nelis. For 

 three plums, we would plant Green Gage, 

 Purple Favorite, Imperial Gage; three cher- 

 ries — May Duke, Black Tartarian, Dow- 

 ner's Late. The Breda is the hardiest apri- 

 cot of first rate quality. 



Keeping Grapes. — W. S., (New-York.) 

 If you wish to preserve your grapes very 

 perfectly, take large earthern jars and fill the 

 bottom one inch in depth with dry charcoal 

 dust. Pick the clusters in a dry cool day — 

 dip the end of the stalk in melted sealing 

 wax ; cut out every decayed or wilted berry 

 with a small scissors. Wrap each bunch in 

 soft paper, and lay one upon another till the 

 jar is full. Then put the lid of the jar on, 

 and cover it all round the edges with pulve- 

 rised charcoal. Set the jars away on shelves 

 in a cool dry cellar, or room where the tem- 

 perature is low without frost. 



Taking up Green-house Plants. — ^ 

 Lady in Ohio. First remove all the earth 

 very carefully, by slicing it gradually awaj^ 

 with the spade, so as to leave an unbroken 

 ball,containing the roots, about the size of the 

 pot or tub into which you wish to remove 

 the plant. Then soak this ball of earth very 

 plentifully with water, so that it is quite 

 saturated. Leave it all night to drain off. 

 In the morning you will find the ball to ad- 

 here well to the roots, and you can then lift 

 it and pot it with little or no check to the 

 plant. For forty-eight hours after removal 

 it is best to place the transplanted exotics 

 in a close frame or cellar — where the air is 

 damp. 



Tomatoes. — William^ (New-Bedford.) 

 If you pull up the tomato plants before the 



frost has touched them, and hang them up 

 in a dry light seed room, or garret, the fruit 

 will continue to ripen for several weeks. 



Evergreens. — R. Van W., (Oneida 

 Co.) You may transplant evergreens suc- 

 cessfully at any season, if you take balls of 

 earth with them. Otherwise, they grow 

 most readily when the buds have just start- 

 ed in the spring. The white pine is the best 

 for your purpose — it transplants easily, 

 grows fast, and holds its color all seasons. 

 The English Yew is a little tender north of 

 New-York. We are not confident that the 

 Chili Pine will prove entirely hardy with 

 you — but the Deodar will, and is a most 

 graceful tree. There is no more ornamental 

 hardy evergreen for general purposes, than 

 the Norway Spruce. 



Clean Trees for Streets. — A Phila- 

 dclphian. There are no better or cleaner 

 trees for streets, than the Silver Maple, Su- 

 gar Maple and Tulip tree — not one of which, 

 so far as we have observed, are infested with 

 insects. Lindens and Elms are always haz- 

 ardous in this respect. 



Preparing Fruit GARDENS.-i?., (Hart- 

 ford, Ct.) First give the soil a heavy dress- 

 ing of stable manure and ashes — then trench 

 it two spades deep. Plant your trees in good 

 composted soil, and mulch them with three 

 inches of tan-bark — after the ground has 

 settled over the roots. In your light soil 

 we would never stir or dig the ground at 

 all, over the roots of fruit trees. But every 

 other autumn we would remove the mulch- 

 ing — give a top-dressing of decomposed ma- 

 nure and ashes, and replace the tan again 

 upon the top — keeping it there summer and 

 winter — by renewing it as often as necessa- 

 ry. Nothing is so injurious to fruit trees in 

 light soils, as to be constantly stirring the 

 soil, and breaking the young fibres. 



