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(J. G. C. L.) Leap year, as such, has nothing 

 to do with the success of grafts. A silly old whim, 

 sure enough ! 



(J. G., ilohawk, C. W.) We do not know 

 where seeds of ornamental trees or shrubs can be 

 found now. You might secure them by applying 

 to the nurserymen or seedsmen in the summer. 



(J. G, Creages, Md.) Get your trees early in 

 the spring. Send your order to the nurserymen 

 early. 



(P. M., Sylvania, Pa.) We do not know where 

 cheriy and quince seeds can be obtained now. 

 Such things should be ordered in season — cherry 

 in June and quince in October. Seeds are gener- 

 ally saved but to order. 



(J. P. H., Charlotte, Mich.) The insect you de- 

 scribe was the rose bug itself, and your mode of 

 destruction was as good as any we know. They 

 are destructive, voracious, and almost unconquer- 

 able. 



IIot-Beds. — (J. P., Porafret.) A hot-bed frame 

 is simply four boards, or four pieces of one and a 

 half or two inch plank, made into two sides and 

 two ends, one side being twice as deep as the 

 other, the ends sloping from back to front at such 

 an angle as will throw off the rain and admit suf- 

 tieient light. The ends and sides may be nailed 

 together, or attached by hooks and staples ; the 

 latter is more convenient for taking them apart to 

 lay away. Small rafters of two inch stuff, four 

 inches wide, are placed across and let into the 

 sides to support the sashes. Tlie sashes are made 

 of any desired width — three to four feet — and as 

 long as the hot-bed is wide. It is made as a win- 

 dow sash, but without cross bars, except one in 

 the middle to keep it firm. Tlie lights are over- 

 lapped an eighth to a quarter of an inch. Use 

 good, strong, clear glass, free from specks. The 

 number of frames you want will depend i;pon the 

 extent of your proposed operations. This you 

 must determine. In forcing largely, it is well to 

 have some pretty large frames. These you must 

 get ready in season, and also plenty of stable ma- 

 nure. You can begin to force about the first to 

 middle of March. We will endeavor to give you 

 some further information, but would advise you 

 to gtt Bridgeman's or Buist's treatise on Kitchen 

 Gardening, as we can not go into all necessary de- 

 tail short of writing a book. Get our volume for 

 1849. 



(R. P. R., Chittenango.) We will endeavor to 

 give you some facts respecting circulation of sap 

 in ])lants. The egg plant is grown like a tomato. 

 The plants should be started in a hot -bed before 

 putting out in the garden. The fruit is cut in 



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thin slices and fried in batter usually. There is 

 no possible way of producing several sorts in one, 

 but a number of varieties may be obtained on one 

 tree by grafting or budding. 



(J. D., Corydon, Ind.) Seeds of the arbor vltie 

 can not be obtained here now; the other seeds 

 will be sent in season. 



"Twenty best Peaf^s for General Cultivation." 

 — (D. E. G., Haviland IIollow.) We can heartily 

 recommend you the fallowing : Sitmmer — !Made- 

 laine, Bloodgood, Dearborn's Seedling, Bartlett, 

 Osband's Summer. Tyson. A utumn — Beurre Diel, 

 Beurre Bosc, Belle Lucrative, Louise Bonne de 

 Jersey, Duchesse d' Angoulerae, Doyenne Bous- 

 sock. White Doyenne, Swan's Orange, Seckel. 

 Winter — Vicar of Winkfield, Winter Nelis, Law- 

 rence, Princess St. Germain, Pound. If six varie- 

 ties of summer pears are too many, strike out 

 some and add Flemish Beauty and Van Mons 

 Leon le Clerc. • 



(J. C, Indian Spring, Pa.) We can not, with 

 out more information, venture a decided opinion 

 in regard to the disease that affects your apples. 

 It may be the soil is too cold, wet, or sour — may 

 need draining, deep plowing, and manuring. It 

 must be owing to the absence of necessary ingre- 

 dients of food in the soil, or the presence of some 

 injurious one. Lime can not cause it, for the 

 apple is always finest on limed and limestone soils. 



Osage Orange. —(J. D. A., The Square, N. Y.) 

 You can get the seed through any of our seed 

 stores, at about one dollar per quart. Soak it 24 

 horn's in warm water before sowing. Sow in 

 drills in light soil, and cover an inch deep. The 

 plants are fit for a hedge row at one year old ; 

 and if well planted and taken care of, will make 

 a good hedge in four years. It is a little tender. 

 The Buckthorn is a hardy, rapid growing, fine 

 hedge plant ; but neither so thorny nor so elegant 

 in foliage as the Osage Orange. 



The Pawlonia. — (J. C, Mechanicsville, K Y.) 

 It is true that this tree can be prop.agated from 

 pieces of the roots ; but it does not follow from 

 this that it will throw up suckers, unless special 

 means be taken to produce them. We have never 

 seen the appearance of a sucker, nor heard of any, 

 and therefore we think apprehension on this point 

 needless. The roots of almost any tree can be 

 forced to emit suckers. 



Onions. — Will some of our good kitchen gar- 

 deners answer the following: 



If it would not be out of place, I should like to ask you a 

 few questions in regard to the cultivation of onions. We 

 have anxiously looked over the Farmer for information on 

 this subject, but could find none. We wish to know when 

 to plant to ensure a good size; what time to Rather seed- 

 lings, as we use top onions, or sets ; whether it is of use to 

 break the tops to incro.TSC the bottoms. We have experi- 

 mented three years, and have had no success in preserving 

 seedlings through the winter. Please inform on this sub- 

 ject. S. A. D. F. K. — Colimibus. 



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