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they have broken well ; maintain a temperature of 55° at night, and a rather 

 close, moist atmosphere ; and syringe overhead twice daily. 



Removing Leaves from Cuttings. — The propriety of allowing leaves to 

 remain on cuttings, or removing a good portion of them, depends entirely on 

 the treatment you are able to give them. Remove not a leaf, say some ; and 

 right enough too, if you can so arrange, that by a close atmosphere, shading 

 irom sun, you can keep these leaves from flagging, — in other words, force 

 them to absorb rather more than they perspire : then, the more leaves on the 

 cutting, the sooner will roots be formed, and the plant established. Remove 

 most of the leaves, say others ; and, if enough are left to keep on growth, the 

 cutting will be longer in striking ; but it will require less trouble in preventing 

 flagging from extra evaporation. Generally, the medium mode is resorted to : a 

 few leaves are removed from the base of the cutting, and some of the other 

 larger leaves are shortened, the smaller allowed to remain to keep on the growth. 

 In the case of calceolarias, we generally remove the two leaves at the bot- 

 tom, or the joint at which we cut across, and leave the others mostly as they 

 are. If the cuttings are made in the end of October, they suffer little from the 

 evaporation of their juices ; but, in making cuttings of similar plants in April, 

 it is necessary to reduce the foliage, or shelter them. 



Prospects of the Fruit Crop in New England. — The cool weather 

 and late season have proved very favorable for the fruit crop. No frosts have 

 occurred to injure the blossoms or young fruit, and the frequent showers have 

 not prevented the fruit from " setting well." The crop, especially of apples, was 

 very short last year ; and it was confidently hoped, that as the trees had enjoyed 

 a long season of comparative rest, and as last season was so favorable to the 

 growth of the trees, and formation of buds, the yield this year would be large. 

 This will not, perhaps, be entirely true ; though there is every appearance 

 of a tolerably fair crop, except of the well-known Baldwin, which persists in 

 bearing almost wholly in the even years. The Roxbury Russet, American 

 Golden Russet, Rhode-Island Greening, Seaver Sweet, Hubbardston Nonesuch, 

 and many others, have shown a good bloom ; and, on the whole, the prospect is 

 pretty good for a crop of this indispensable fruit. In some localities, the canker- 

 worms still continue their ravages, destroying the fruit, and permanently injuring 

 the tree. 



The pears were nearly a month later than usual in blooming, as were all the 

 fruits : but the weather was favorable, and the fruit " set well ; " and the trees are 

 full of small pears, giving promise of a very large crop. If nothing unusual 

 occur to prevent, the yield of this fruit will far exceed any crop we have had 

 for several years. 



The cherries have advanced rapidly, and give promise of a fair crop. This 

 fruit has not been plenty for three or four years, though it was better last year 

 than for a few years previous : good cherries sold for a high price in Boston 

 market, the very best bringing twelve dollars a bushel. This is not so health- 

 ful a fruit as some we cultivate ; still it is relished by many. It is reasonable to 



