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the grape to a high degree of perfection. We are sure Mr. Hag- 

 gerston would not l)e afraid to put his grapes in comparison with any 

 of those grown at Chatsworth, or elsewhere in England, making 

 proper allowance for a voyage of fourteen days. 



The steam -ships afford ready means of communication with Eng- 

 land, and we trust that exchanges in fruits may hereafter be made, 

 which will he of benefit to cultivators in both countries. We are 

 not sure but that some kinds of pears and apples could be sent from 

 Boston to London with as much safety as from some of the inland 

 towns from whence productions are sent to the exhibitions of the 

 London Horticultural Society, over a rough road of two hundred 

 miles. — Ed. 



Pruning fruit trees. — At the meetinir of the London Horticultural 

 So(;ipty, November 2d, a paper wcs read on a peculiar system of 

 priming fruit trees, by Mr. Grace. The object in view was, to make 

 old !)ranchps, which liave become barren, re-produce bloom l)U(!s. 

 Having well drained his garden, which was oriainally a brick-f^.eld, 

 'he })Ut light rich soil to the depth of two feet on it, and on this he 

 ))lanted his trees, keeping them steady by pegging down the large 

 roots. To ciieck luxuriant growth, he annually prunes the roots, 

 cutting them each time an inch longer than before. In June, the 

 young shoots are nipjied of^" to aiiout six inches, which occasions the 

 development of the dormant buds on the old wood, and causes the 

 bloom buds round the shoulder to ])roduce their foliage, thus bring- 

 ing to maturity numberless eyes before dormant. \\'hen the fruit is 

 ripe, the autumn pruning is commenced, by cutting off the shoots to 

 within an inch of the shoulder, excepting the tops, which are left 

 uncut till winter. Mr. Grace has been very successful in the culti- 

 vation of various fruits, particularly pears. — Ed. 



Cultivation of salvias. — A correspondent of the Gardener^s Chron- 

 icle states, that he has j)erfect success in growing his salvias in the 

 following manner: — At the end of JMay he procures cuttings of .Sal- 

 via splendens, fiilgens, coccinea, &,c.; he strikes them in a small 

 frame, and then trans|)lants them into a bed on the west border, 

 which he had previously trenched, strongly i7ianurcd and limed: the 

 salvias grew with the sj^reatest rapidity, and in a short lime beat, in 

 strength and general vi^or, the parent plants: the whole of these va- 

 rieties flowered freely the past summer, and in September had attain- 

 ed the height of three feet. — Gard. Chron. 



Cinerarias. — This pretty tribe of plants is attracting much atten- 

 tion just now in England. Great quantities of seedling varieties are 

 annuallj' raised, which are gi'eat improvements upon the old species. 

 We hope some of the new kinds will find their way into the collec- 

 tions of our nurserymen, juhI from thence into the hands of amateur 

 gardeners: they would contril)ute greatly to the ornament of the 

 green-house in February and March. — Ed. 



Destroijing the Gooseberry caterpillar. — We see it stated in a 

 London paper, that the powder of white hellebore is effectual in de- 

 stroying this insect. The insects are on the under side of the leaf; 

 and one man holds up the branches, while another dusts the powder 

 on them from below: if perfectly dry, it spreads in a cloud of dust, 

 and misses none if well <lirected; and none it touches will live, if the 

 hellebore be fresh and good. {Mark Lane Express.) 



