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EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Slnsiocrs to Corrtsponitnls, 



(J. R. S., Georgia.) IIedces. — In dirocting osafio orange liedgos to be shortened or shorn 

 annually, we mean both leading shoots and side slioots; but the latter require less shorten- 

 ing tlian the former, because they grow with less vigor. The object is to thicken and 

 strengthen the hedge in all parts. 



Pauadisk Stocks are grown either by seed or layers — generally the latter — from a 

 small, shrubby species of api)le. 



DoucAiN is intermediate between the coinnion njjplo stock and the Paradise. The 

 latter is used when very small trees are wanted, and tlie Doucain fur trees of moderate size. 



CuiXESE DwAKFixG. — We know little about the stocks used for dwarfing in China. The 

 Chinese are wonderfully successful in those matters it is said ; and we believe one of the 

 most efficient operations is to start the trees by confinement in small pots, in the same Avay 

 tliey are said to prevent the growth of women's feet — by enclosing them in small shoes or 

 bandages that admit of no expansion. 



Filberts. — Wo know of no good reason why filberts will not bear in lat. 34° 30'. You 

 must either have a barren sort or mismanage them in some way. 



Apple Trees. — The bark on the side of the tree next the sun, south and south-west, is 

 always brighter colored than on the north side. Young shoots show this more consjdcu- 

 ously. If the natural color be reddish, the south side will be a much brighter red than the 

 north. Some old fashioned planters take especial pains to place the tree iji the same posi- 

 tion in the garden or orchard as it was in the nursery. 



Some of the French writers treat of "orientation" as of much importance; and, in some 

 climates, it may be. A tree turned round — its north side to the south and south side to the 

 north — must feel the effect of it to some extent, and must pass through a sort of acclimat- 

 i]ig process. 



(W. B., Madison, Ala.) Buclianaii's Treatise on Grape Culture and Wine Malcing. 



Question. — Will some one of experience tell us what is the best wine grape for the State 



of iUabama ? 



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Raising Evergbzexs fkom Seed. — I would like to get some information on the best plan of 

 raising evergreens from seed — such as Junipers, Arbor Vitte, <fcc. Tuos. Tuornily. — Fallston, Pa. 



The seeds of Junipers require to be put in a " rot heap," mixed with earth, and left one 

 year before planting ; then sow in light sandy or peaty soil. The Arbor Vitas seeds may 

 be sown when gathered, or the spring following, and it will grow the first season. The 

 soil should be a sandy peat if possible. At one season's growth the plants may be trans- 

 ferred from the seed-bed into nursery rows, or into other beds where they will have more 



room. 



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OsaGe Or.vnge. — In answer to your correspondent in the January number, who asks whether 

 " the Osage Orange is liable to throw up sprouts," I can state that I have had about oae hundred 

 yards of the hedge growing for the last three years. It has been cut down annually, according 

 to rule, and is now six feet high in some places, and has never yet thrown up the first shoot. It 

 is not easily propagated from cuttings. I have tried it for two years and not more than one in 

 fifty would live. Perhaps the new method, of putting both ends in the ground and leaving the 

 center above, would prove more Bucecssful. The roots do not sprout. I cut off all tap roots 

 when I planted the hedge and carefully planted them, but none came up. — J. R. S. — Clarks- 

 ville, Ga. 



