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when taking up such trees. The practice in digging is to cut the tap-root eight 

 or ten inches below the surface, and to preserve as many as possible of the 

 rootlets springing from this portion ; the proportion of the roots saved rarely 

 exceeding one-quarter of the whole. Now, if the rule which is often applied to 

 deciduous trees to " reduce the top in proportion to the loss of roots," could be 

 applied, the result might be different, but the peculiarity of the growth of this 

 tree precludes its application in this case. It is seldom that more than an odd 

 twig here and there can be taken off without destroying the tree. The source 

 of vitality of such trees are thereby so much lowered that several years' growth 

 is required to regain this loss. Indeed, such trees ten or twelve years old rarely 

 attains the height and the healthy appearance of untransplanted trees of one-half 

 that age. 



(1) Propagation and cultivation. For whatever purpose walnut trees may 

 be required, whether for shelter, for ornament, or for profit, it is a matter of the 

 utmost importance that the nuts be planted where the trees are to grow. The 

 method of planting may be of the most primitive kind. Holes three or four 

 inches deep, of sufBcient size to receive the nut, may be made with a pointed 

 stick ; force the nut to the bottom of the hole with the other end of the stick, 

 which should be blunt ; earth is then placed on the nut sufficient to fill the hole 

 and well trod down. This is all that is absolutely necessary, yet much better 

 results will undoubtedly be obtained if the soil is first put into a good mechanici^l 

 state by thorough trenching to the depth of two feet or more. 



The cultivation and attention required during the succeeding ten years 

 depends upon the immediate purpose for which such trees are grown. If planted 

 along division fences for shelter for vineyards, orchards, or growing crops, or for 

 the protection of buildings from prevailing high winds, or for ornaments on the 

 lawn, the trees in such cases being comparatively isolated, nothing remains to 

 be done but to so protect them that nothing whatever may touch them for ten 

 or twelve years, by which time they will be safe from all danger, except from 

 mischievous or thoughtless persons who may break the branches, or otherwise 

 injure the trees, in their efforts to obtain the nuts before they are ripe, and, 

 therefore, of no value. In all these and similar cases, the trees will branch near 

 the ground, and, therefore, better serve the several purposes for which they were 

 planted. 



Lindsay. Thos. Beall. 



A Successful Enterprise at Grimsby is the growing of tomatoes under 

 glass. Two large greenhouses, 200 ft. long, have been erected for this work, 

 and for two or three seasons past we have been shipping beautiful large tomatoes 

 to the city markets, at from 30 to 50 cents a pound. Each tomato is carefully 

 wrapped in tissue paper, on which is stamped the grower's name. The Garden 

 and Forest notices these fruits as coming into the New York market. 



