EDITOR'S TABLE. 



PLAKTiN-a FOR POSTERITY. — "There," said a gentleman to us the other day, pointing to 

 a fine group of pine and other trees, " my brother is about to build himself a house ; those 

 trees were planted for him by my father upwards of twenty years ago." IIow fortunate 

 this man to have such a father. Here he builds his house among those fine trees, and 

 enters at once upon their enjoyment. He gains twenty-five years of time, and not only 

 that, the plantation has a ten-fold value in its history and associations. It is a family 

 monument. A beautiful example this for fathers. Such an inheritance has a moral as well 

 as a material value. 



We have another instance of a like character. A widow lady, who possesses a large and 

 beautiful estate in "Western New York, informed us recently that she was about to plant 

 and improve a tract of ground for the future residence of her son, who is yet a child. 



Is there any other way in which parents can better provide for the physical future of 

 their children ? — anything that can impress the minds of children with more euduring grati- 

 tude to the parent and teach them their duty to posterity? "We are happy to be able 

 to record such instances. It shows that society is at least approaching a condition of ^^er- 

 manency^ without which it were vain, indeed, to expect people to project or execute any 

 liberal plans of improvement for the future. 



Taking a pecuniary view of the matter, what better legacy could a farmer, in one of our 

 fine fruit growing districts, leave to his sons than an orchard of five or ten acres of apple 

 trees or pear trees just coming into productiveness. "Would it not be quite as well as 

 purchasing for him a farm in the far west, scattering his family far away from the home- 

 stead and breaking up the ties that bind them to home and kindred ? The migratory spirit 

 that prevails so wide and deep among us is a deadly foe to that high culture which it is the 

 wish of every man to see, and to all those feelings of attachment to home from Avhich 

 springs the brightest charms and greatest blessings of society. Think of these things you 

 who are laboring so ardently for posterity. Turn your attention to planting. This is a 

 kind of investment not easily affected by the ordinary ebb and flow of human affairs. 



Plant ! — Plant for posterity ! 



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Domestic Eaisixs. — "We have just received a bos of nice raisins prepared from the 

 Isabella grape, by Mr. E. A. McKay, of Naples, Ontario Co., Avho has one of the most 

 complete httle vineyards in "Western New York. "We have passed these raisins around 

 among our friends, and they have invariably been pronounced excellent^ some preferring 

 them to the imported article. Mr. McKay informs us that they keep well, and they cer- 

 tainly appear as though they would. "Why may not this become an important branch of 

 fruit culture ? A very large amount of money is annually sent abroad for raisins. The 



matter deserves attention. 



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Prttxixg — Shade Trees — Pears on- Quince. — •Will you please to answer, through your 

 first number, if convenient, the following queries, or give us an article or articles on them. 



1. At what times in the year should the different kinds of pruning be performed in the 

 cold latitudes of the north and in the milder climates of the south ? 



2. What are the twelve best shade trees (I mean deciduous trees) for lawns and streets 

 in our cold climate ? 



3. What are the best three pears for double-working on quince ; or, in other words, what 

 three pears unite best Avith and grow most vigorously on the quince ? 



4. What pears of American origin will grow single-worked, or double-worked, on the 

 quince? 



