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grass. The sod soon checked that rampant growth of wood, and the crop of grapes 

 is beautiful to behold, from the lowest vine to the top, one mass of fruit. The berry 

 of the Franklin is larger than the Clinton ; has about three per cent, more of saccha- 

 rine matter, and makes a wine something like Norton's Virginia. At one end of my 

 trellises is a Hartford vine, which has borne fair crops of fruit, and does not drop the 

 fruit as much as in cultured ground. 



The two past seasons I have cultivated the rest of my vineyard lightly in the 

 spring. Sow with oats and harrow in. It prevents the ground from working after 

 heavy rains, and saves a vast amount of labor. Of course I let the oats rot down, 

 which makes a covering for the ground during the winter. I would mention, that 

 the vine on which the grapes have rotted for the past three years, are not in the vine- 

 yard, but in my garden, and have always been kept scrupulously clean, never allow- 

 ing the ghost of a weed to be seen therein. 



Lastly. — " Why have so many Grapes failed V 



I can throw but very little light on the subject. The mildewing of the foliage is 

 one of the principal causes. But I am utterly in the dark as regards the rot. The 

 foliage of the Hartford, Franklin, Clinton, Virginia Norton's, and Concord, is never 

 affected by the mildew, and all, save the Concord, free from rot. The most perfect 

 fruit is the Franklin. You might cut a ton of them without finding a faulty berry. 



Flowers and Plants in Cemeteries. 



IN our rural cemeteries we usually find too little taste displayed, or attention given 

 to adornment. How often is it the case that cemeteries are entirely destitute of 

 embellishment, except it be here and there some tree, evergreen or other ! In some 

 places, we have noticed, the unoccupied ground has been allowed to come in to white 

 birches and other wild shrubs, as well as briars. In one cemetery, we have in mind, 

 a portion of the ground has been allowed to come in to blackberry vines, trailing 

 over the ground; and individuals occupying lots, which they took some interest in 

 keeping in decent order, have been put to considerable expense of time and labor in 

 rooting out and destroying these intruders ; but where only one individual works, 

 unless he can have the co-operation of others interested, as also that of the town 

 authorities, whose duty it is to keep our cemeteries in order, the task is a heavy and 

 constant one. Why is it that so many take so little interest in the places of burial 

 of their dead ? Let each answer for him or herself. Some of our cemeteries are laid 

 out and kept in sopiething like fair order, yet there is generally but too little taste 

 in individual embellishment of the graves of friends, although we are free to allow 

 that there is a growing taste for more adornment, individual and general, of our rural 

 cemeteries ; and all this is brought about by example, and from observation of the 

 more embellished grounds of our cities and populous places. Now what shall be done 

 or said, to induce our rural people to take greater interest in their cemeteries? We 

 know of no better way than to agitate the subject through our agricultural and family 

 papers, educate individual taste, or, if that is impracticable, appeal to individual 

 pride, from which few will withstand long. 



Pla7its, Shrubs, etc., for Cemeteries. — It is a difiicult task to advise as to what 



