exception of ci'stem, force-piimp, hose, and tank ; and if we make an estimate of all 

 incidental expenses on a house equal to the above, and fifty feet long, it will stand thus : 



House, 50 feet long, furnished with two coats of paint, at §12, 0600 00 



Brick cistern, cemented, 10 feet square, 70 00 



Tank, Force-pump, and Hose, 90 00 



25 tons of manure for borders, at $2, 50 00 



Material for drainage, 20 00 



90 bushels of bones, at 50 cts., 45 00 



100 bushels of charcoal, <fec., 15 00 



Labor — making borders, (fee, 20 00 



48 vines, at 50 cts., ' 24 00 



8934 00 



As, in the first example, the house is '74 feet long, and, in the latter, 50 feet, the 

 comparative weight of fruit that may be taken will be about two-thirds, or 1964 lbs., at 

 the same prices, making the total value for the five years $982 ; and making the same 

 comparison in labor, expenses, &c., in both cases, we may put down S298 gain upon a 

 capital of 8934, which shows a profit of about six per cent, per annum, and this, too, at 

 the commencement. If we were to calculate upon seven years, the per centage would 

 amount to nine per cent.; and continued further, it would be still greater, as the ■vines 

 will continue each season to produce a full crop. 



From these illustrations it will be readily seen that, with good management, there is 

 no loss in having a Cold Grapery, even though partial failure may occur. 



A NEW FACT IN GRAFTING. 



BY LTMAN B. LANGWORTHT, GREECE, NEW TOEK. 



The better process generally for working Cherries and Plums, is to bud or inoculate 

 at the proper season ; but it often happens that it is desirable to work trees too old, or 

 the season so dry that the bark will not slip and the budding j^ii-ocess cannot be per- 

 formed, in which case grafting sometimes becomes important. 



The grafting of the Cherry is quite an uncertain operation and never succeeds wel', 

 except wlien performed early in the spring, and the scions, which are difficult to keep, 

 are fresh and in good order, the bark is so liable to discolor, and the wood to shrivel, 

 which is absolutely fetal to its vitality. The same trouble applies to the Plum in a 

 less degree. Individuals not nurserj^men are apt to neglect cutting their scions in 

 proper time, and are only sensible of the oversight when they observe the objects they 

 wish to alter at the opening of spring, when it is too late. 



The new process to which I allude, is a means whereby a scion of any kind may be 

 cut from the tree after the buds are fully expanded, but not opened, and grafted the 

 same minute, and which almost invariably succeeds if properly executed. In this pro- 

 cess I prefer the terminal point of a linib for the scion, or any part may be used by 

 cutting the wood close to the upper bud and dipping it twice, with two or 

 minutes internal, into a vial containing a small quantity of collodion, or artificial c 



