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downwards, and not more than one 

 inch deep. The first of June is early 

 enough for this latitude. The bean 

 needs frequent cultivation, until the 

 vines shade the ground. This crop is 

 well suited for farmers remote from 

 cities and markets. The market gar- 

 dener will not grow Lima beans to sell 

 dry, because they are worth more in 

 the green state, and he can sell all he 

 can raise. But the fai-mer, however 

 remote from the city, can market his 

 whole crop in the winter, and be well 

 paid for his labor. — American Agricul- 

 turist for March. 



SHRUBS WITH ORNAMENTAL 

 BERRIES. 



In answer to inquiries for a list of 

 shrubs and small trees which produce 

 ornamental fruit after flowering, and 

 after the leaves have fallen in autumn, 

 the Country Gentleman names : 



Prinos verti Hiatus, or Black Alder, 

 which grows wild in muck swamps, 

 and bears a profusion of scarlet berries, 

 which continue through a large portion 

 of winter. It grows well, and produces 

 its masses of berries when removed up- 

 land. 



Celastrus scandens, Bittei'sweet, is a 

 climber, and with its clusters of orange- 

 scarlet iruit may be made a graceful 

 display in winter. 



Berber is vulgaris, the Barberry, is 

 ornamental as a shrub when in flower, 

 and also with its beautiful racemes of 

 berries, the purple variety being the 

 most ornamental. 



Euonymus atropurpureus, Burning 

 Bush. 



Viburnum Oxy coccus, the Bush Cran- 

 berry. 



Symphoricarpus raceinosus, the Snow- 

 berry. 



Juniperas Virginiana, the Red 

 Cedar, soiue trees of which bear a pro- 



fusion of blue and pur])le berries, which 

 have a singularly beautiful effect in 

 winter, in connection with the dark- 

 green foliage of the trees. 



iSorbui Americana and aucnpariu, 

 the Mountain Ash, with their several 

 varieties. 



SliPj^hp/rdia argentea, the Buffalo 

 Berry, bears dense masses of orange- 

 scarlet berries, and, being dioecious, it 

 is necessary to have staminate and pis- 

 tillate plants growing together. It is 

 a shrub of straggling growth, but by 

 pinching back and training, it may be 

 brought into a symmetrical shape, 



Crataegus pyracantha the Evergreen 

 Thorn, is a low -growing evergreen 

 shrub, which, late in autumn and early 

 in winter, affords a fine display of 

 dense clusters of red berries. Being 

 slightly tender, it should be planted in 

 the shelter of evergreen trees — Ameri- 

 can Garden. 



GRAFITNG THE GRAPE VINE— A 

 NEW METHOD. 

 We desire to have new varieties of 

 giapes come quickly into bearing, but 

 vines from nurseries are usually tardy. 

 Even after careful nursing they will 

 often droop and die, while a few buds 

 cut off on arrival and properly grafted 

 may |)roduce fruit in a short time. 

 Grafting on cut off underground gnarly 

 stumps of vines, as usually practised, is 

 very uncertain at best. Our method is 

 to take a good strong branch or cane of 

 vine, or even a whole young vine when 

 a change of fruit is desired, and whi}> 

 graft in the usual way. We then 

 cover up the vine in the soil as near 

 the roots as possible, leaving above 

 ground only a bud or two of the gmft, 

 It is well known how quickly a layer 

 will make a bearing vine, as it has the 

 advantage of the parent roots as well as 

 the roots it produces. The layer may 

 be extended, if long enough, to grow 



