Kurrou's tajjle. 



(W. r. S., West Amcsbnry, Mass.) Lkatiikr Shavings fou Fkuit Treks. — We do not believe 

 tliiit the leather shavings had any iiilluciice in attracting tlic Borer to Apple trees. 



(A SrnscRinEu, Gait, C. W.) Root-Grafting Peaus. — This can be done as well as the Apple, 

 but is not much practiced, and we do not recommend it. If practiced at all, it should oiil}' be 

 with strong growers, and by using the whole root, grafting on the collar. 



(A New Jer.sey Sudscriber.) Name.s ok Trees. — "We do not know any tree or shrub that bears 

 llio nameot N^annyhcrry. Your descfiption answers that of the Kalynla or Mountain Laurel — an 

 evergreen. If you will send us a few inches of a branch we will be able to give you a satisfac- 

 tory reply. 



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(M. P. L.) The Beurre d' Anjou Peau. — ^This is not "the Beurre gris re-christened." It has 

 been known in most of the French and Belgian catalogues as Xe plus ineuris. Le Roy's cata- 

 logue, and some others, have it among the synonj-nis of the Brown Bturrc, which is a great mis- 

 take. We have received it from a French nursery as Miel d' hiver. 



(A Subscriber, Whitinsville, Ma«s.) Double Sashes for Green -IIoitses and Vineries, in.stead 

 OF Shctters. — We think well of the plan. The first cost would be the chief objection, but there 

 would be a great saving of labor and trouble in putting on and removing shutters. The effect 

 on the vines or plants would, we think, be more beneficial than otherwise. We have thought of 

 trying it on some of our own plant-houses. 



(P. M., Merwinsville, Conn.) The Augusta Rose. — It is not "perfectly hardy." Without 

 protection it would be killed to the ground, either in your State or this. 



Isabella Grapes. — See that the soil is perfectly free from stagnant moisture, and fork in 

 around it some old well decomposed stable manure and a few broken bones or shells. Water 

 occasionally during summer with soapsuds. 



(J. W.G., Hillsboro, Ohio.) Insects.— ^The Borers sent us are not the Apple tree Borer described 

 in the books, {Saperda hivittata,) but, as Dr. Fitch informs us, a larvrc of the Buprestis family, 

 probably the Chrysohothris femorata, or thick-legged Snapping Beetle, wliich, Dr. Frrcii says, ycu 

 will find on your trees next June. Try to get some, and send us specimens. The reuiedies UbU- 

 ally recommended for the Borer will apply to this. 



(R. G. C, Wellington, C. W.) The Diana Grape. — The Diana is an excellent Grape, resem- 

 bling the Catawba, not so large, but ripening full two weeks sooner. It can be had in most of 

 the nurseries, and especially around Boston, where it has been more extensively propagated. 

 The stock is small, partly because of the demand, but more on account of being more difficult to 

 propagate by eyes or cuttings than most oth^r hardy varieties. 



(D., Hamden, Conn.) To raise Norway Spruce from Seed. — Prepare a bed or border six or 

 eight feet wide, soil light sandy loam ; rake perfectly level, and sow the seed broadcast about 

 twice as thickly as you would Apple or Pear seed ; then cover with fine sifted soil, light and sandy, 

 about one-quarter to one-half an inch deep ; press it down lightly with a board, or the back of a 

 spade, so that it will look as if rolled, and then give it a good watering. The next thing is to 

 provide for shade — a protection from the mid-day sun. The easiest and most effectual way to 

 do this, is to surround the bed with a frame of boards on their edge, rising some twelve inches 

 higher than the surfaoe ; nail on some cross pieces, and stretch over it during the hottest part of 

 the day an awning of common coarse sheeting. To manage this shade, and water when, and 

 only when, needed, is all you can do to secure a good crop. If any of these points are misman- 

 but a little, you will probably fail. Manage all evergreen seeds the same way. We 

 recommend you a book on the subject that is reliable. 



