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planting vegetables, and for a matter of so much importance it is 



rather singular that so little is known of safe and secure methods 



of performing it. David Thomas pursues the following. Remove 



the plant with as little disturbance to the roots as possible, then 



mud them, that is, cover the roots with a thick paste of tenacioui 



mud, and close the operation by sprinkling sand on the outside, o 



dust them over. This preserves the roots effectually. They nei 



ther dry, nor are they so liable to injury, by abrasion, &c. Anothe 



method, where large trees are to be transplanted, is the following 



In June, cut a narrow trench at a proper distance from the trunk c 



the tree, sufficiently deep to divide the roots ; the distance will dt 



pend upon the size of the tree, for the great difficulty in transplan 



ing large trees is their weight ; but at any rate, take in this trenc 



as much as can be transported with the tree. Let the tree star 



till late in autumn. Then transplant the whole. During summ. 



the mass of earth enclosing the large root will be filled with ne 



fibres and small roots ; the tree when thus removed, goes on wi 



its growth with little interruption only. 



Grafting.— The wax used by David Thomas is spread thin 

 upon muslin, like adhesive plasters. These plasters, cut into prop 

 shape, are wound around the stock and at the junction of the gra 

 In order, however, to secure certainty of success, wind the scid 

 also, to a point near its extremity. The great benefit of tlj 

 mode arises from the moisture or sap which is retained by the impj 

 vious plaster. This method of grafting is also extremely n.| 



and elegant. 



Pndt.— There is a very wide difference in the time required ' 

 grafts to bear fruit. The Bergamot bears in from twelve to fift( 

 years, requiring a pretty large part of a man's life before he can p 

 take of its fruit. Some others will begin to bear in one or t 

 years, producing fruit equally valuable with those which requ 

 a greater length of time. Dearborn Seedling, David Thomas o 

 siders among the best of our pears, if not the best. 



Our friend has succeeded in engrafting the Rohinia hispida uj 

 the common locust ; he, however, considers the calcareous soil: 

 Aurora as unfavorable to the growth of the locust. Some tn 

 he says, have but little choice in the selection of their food; oth 

 are very fastidious, and this is a case of the latter. 



David Thomas finds that manuring shrubs and trees is of 



