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clay subsoil." As you remark, the trees grow too 

 rank, and too late in the fall. You must have 

 dry, gravelly, or sandy upland. It might be well 

 to put a bed of stones and gravel under each tree, 

 and mix sand and gravel with the soil about the 

 roots; work them also on plum stocks. 



(A Subscriber.) In grafting the limbs of large 

 trees, it is neither necessary nor proper to cut tliem 

 back to the ti-unk, but merely so far as will bring 

 the new shoots at a proper distance from one an- 

 other to make a good shaped head. 



(K H. H., Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y.) Nei- 

 ther the Chromatella Rose, nor Double White 

 Althea, are hardy enough to bear our wintei-s un- 

 protected. A slight covering of straw protects 

 them. All the other Altheas are hardy enough. 



(T. K, Cavan, C. W.) Pears on quince stocks 

 succeed well on all good soils. A deep, dry loam 

 is best ; gravelly soil should be avoided. The 

 quince itself succeeds as well, and better, on a dry 

 soil than a moist one, provided it be deep and 

 good. Tlie cold vinery will be forthcoming soon. 



(J. H., Newstead, Erie Co., K Y.) Subsoil 

 Plows. — We use the No. 1 Subsoil Plow made by 

 Rugglcs, Nourse & Mason. In clear land without 

 stones, two horses, following the common plow, 

 will pulverize the bottom eight or ten inches 

 deep ; if stony or gravelly, four horses will be re- 

 quired. For very heavy work, we would recom- 

 mend No. 2 of the same make. 



Planting Trees in a Wheat Field. — If you do 

 tliis, you must keep a clear space of at least six or 

 eiglit feet all around the trees, or they will be 

 ruined. 



(Mrs. J. H. W., Whitesboro.) Tlie green insects 

 on your roses are aphides, easily killed on your 

 house plants with tobacco smoke, and on the gar- 

 den plants with a mixture of soap suds and to- 

 bacco juice thrown freely over them with a 

 syringe, or by dipping in the branches. 



(J. W. C, Bull's Pond.) The Northern Spy 

 fully sustains its high character here. We do not 

 hesitate to call it the best of all long keepers. 



(II. K. K, Rockford, Ills.) We refer you to the 

 Nurserymen's advertisements; any of them will 

 send you a catalogue. 



The Osage Orange is easily gi-own. You can 

 get seed of any seedsman at 75 cts. to $1 per 

 quart, and young plants from the nui-serymcn at 

 $10 per 1000. Sow the seed as you would peas. 

 The plants are set in a row, for a hedge, six in- 

 ches apart, in good, clean, well prepared soil. 

 We will be thankful for any information in regard 

 to your section. 



(H. C, Huron, N. Y.) You can use either the 



English or American Thorn for stocks for the 

 pear. Paradise stocks, and dwarf Apple trees, 

 may be had at any of the nurseries. See adver- 

 tisements. 



(A. V. B., New Paris, Ky.) The seeds will be 

 sent. Enclose us a few melon seeds in a letter, by 

 mail. 



(P. F. E., Cross Keys, Ya.) We cannot recom- 

 mend you a cure for " lutter rot." It prevails in 

 certain localities, and in some varieties more than 

 others. Renew your stock from the north, and 

 plant on dry soils. 



(D. S., McGillirsay.) You will find a recipe 

 for grafting composition in back numbers of the 

 Farmer. Rosin, beeswax, and tallow, in equal 

 parts, melted together and well worked, answers 

 very well. See Hints for this month. 



(M. C. W., Chagrin Falls, 0.) Follow up the 

 tobacco solution and it will destroy the insects you 

 allude to effectually. White-washing is of no use, 

 as it is the leaves they feed on. 



(J. L. E., Mexico.) It is not good to plant trees 

 on green sward ; but if you must do it, dig and 

 pulverize well a space four or five feet in diame- 

 ter around each tree. Plowing ridges six feet 

 wide, for each row, would answer. Keep the 

 ground clean about the trees all summer. 



(A T., Aiiiboy, Ohio.) Hovey's Seedling stra'W- 

 berry can be procured of any nurseryman, at 

 about $2 per 100. 



(Subscriber, Rushville, N. Y.) The groirad, for 

 hedge plants, should be well plowed or trenched, 

 in as good order as for corn. You can set the row 

 a foot from the stone wall. We would recom- 

 mend you Buckthorn, as we are not sure that 

 the Osage Orange will be perfectly hardy. We 

 think it will, as our hedge now looks well after 

 the hard winter. 



J. H. L., East Charlemont, Mass., inqnires if 

 any of our correspondents know of any method of 

 preserving trees that have been girdled AVe 

 know of none. 



(T. N. M., Canandaigna.) Some of your seeds 

 may come up this season, but it is doubtfvil. Tliey 

 were either too old, or some way mismanaged. 



(S. E. P., Potter's Hollow.) Use lime water. 

 If badly infested, re-pot with fresh earth. 



(J. H. C, Springport.) You can graft the Grape 

 Vine before it begins to grow. Cut off the stock 

 level with the ground, and cleft-graft as you would 

 an apple tree ; when the scion is secured, draw 

 up the earth around it, leaving out one bud. The 

 best way to protect tender sorts is to lay down 

 the vine in the beginning of winter and cover 

 with a few inches of earth. 



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