‘DIVISION OF GARDENS AND GROUNDS. 687 
Phaseolus of many kinds, Dolichos wnijlorus, Soja hispida, and various species of 
Vigna, which are largely grown in the Southern States under the name of Cow- 
peas. These, however, are not peas, they are small beans, | ; : ; 
Bajery or Bajree is a name applied to the seeds of Penicillaria spicata, which is 
well known here as Pearl Millet, and may be procured from most dealers in agri- 
cultural seeds in the United States. 
SEEDLING ORANGES. 
M. E, R., FREDERICK County, Mp. 
I have three orange and one lemon tree in tubs; the plants are about 4 feet high: 
the lemon tree is the tallest; they have not had any blossom, and I am told that 
before they will flower they must be cut down and grafted ; but the plants are so 
fine, and I value them so highly, having raised them from seeds planted by myself, 
that I will be very sorry to have them cut if it can be helped. Please inform meif 
it is true that they will not flower unless they are grafted. 
Answer.—Undoubtedly they will flower without being grafted. Probably one- 
half of all the fruit-bearing Orange Trees on this continent have never been grafted; 
but they seldom blossom until they are eight to ten years old, unless under special 
treatment. This special treatment consists in what is technically known as 
“stunting” the plant, or allowing it to become ‘ pot-bound,” thus retarding its 
growth for want of nourishment, which in all cases tends to the formation of 
blossom buds, and checks the growth of wood. But this must not be carried so far 
as to interfere with the general health of the plant, because it would then have a 
tendency to produce disease. 
Orange Trees are grafted or budded only ‘when it is desired to extend, by propa- 
gation, any particular variety. 
The Orange reproduces itself from seed more closely than most varieties of tree 
fruits, but no dependence can be placed upon this mode of reproduction for abso- 
lute similarity in all of the essential qualities. But budding or grafting has a 
tendency to hasten the flowering period, and the operation is often performed for 
this purpose on the Orange where it is grown only as an ornamental plant. 
PEEN-TO PEACH. 
B. F. G, Winmineton, DEL. 
I have applied to several nurseries for plants of the Peen-to peach, but have not 
been successful. In reply to my last application I was informed that the variety 
would not live in Delaware, and also that the fruit was small. bitter, and not worth 
having. 
This does not conformto what I have heard about the fruit as grown in the South, 
where it is claimed to be the earliest and best peach they can grow. What is the ex- 
perience or knowledge of the Department on this tree and fruit? 
Answer.—The Peen-to peach will not do wellin your climate; the winters are too 
severe for it. 
As to the fruit it is, when well grown,-not above medium size, and when fully 
ripened on the tree is of fairly good quality for so early a fruit, but if gathered before 
full maturity it has somewhat of a bitter taste. 
In portions of Florida, where the common peach rarely bears fruit, the Peen-tois 
the earliest and best peach they grow, and it will undoubtedly be the parent of a 
class of trees particularly suited to that climate. It is stated that already seedlings 
of ate Peen-to have been procured which prove to excel the parent both in size and 
quality. 
INDIGO. 
H.°S. B., SANFORD, FLA. 
T should be much obliged if you could give me any information as to the planting, 
fertilizing, and preparation of Indigo, and also if it would flourish in this soil and 
climate. 
Answer.—The Indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria, is a native of Asia, but has been 
cultivated in many parts of the world. Indigo was at one time an article of export 
