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fered no obstacle to the junction in question ; possibly it took 

 place before the hairs had formed. 



Such being- the case, it becomes a question whether, in grafting 

 seeds, it is at all necessary that the embryos should themselves 

 unite. It may be indeed conceived that the firm, solid, highly 

 carbonized, and scarcely azotized tissue of which such an embryo 

 as that of the Orange consists, would from its very nature be un- 

 likely to form an adhesion ; just, indeed, as grafters find that old 

 wood is very diflScult to operate upon. It is by the young tissue, 

 when first growing, soft, tender, succulent, and rich in azotized 

 matter, that junctions are effected. Is it not then highly probable, 

 that if embryos are to be grafted on each other, the union mus-fc 

 take place between the surfaces of the young radicle and the ten- 

 der lengthening stem when first born ? We think so. And upon 

 that supposition it may be a question whether the operation now 

 under discussion may not be most easily and certainly performed 

 by allowing the embryos to enter upon the early stage of germi- 

 nation before they are finally tied together. 



Suppose a couple of Orange pips were allowed to grow just 

 long enough to be handled, and then had, in each case, one of the 

 cotyledons removed, so that the nascent stems could be secured to 

 each other with collodion, or a film of India-rubber, or some such 

 elastic matter. We only throw this out as a suggestion. 



THE BERGAMOT SECKEL. 



BY ROBERT LINDLET, (Loudon.) 



I have always eaten the little American Seckel with a relish 

 surpassing that derived from any of the English, French, or Bel- 

 gian sorts. It has a peculiar aromatic flavor that belongs to it- 

 self. It favors in taste none of the spicy tropical fruits, neither 

 does it resemble in any point that of more northern fruits. It is 

 anomalous to its class and is worthy of the distinction awarded 

 it — the highest standard of flavor among pears. 



In the garden it forms a nice tree, without the least assistance in 

 the way of disbudding, or shortening in wayward branches, as is 

 required by other kinds. It is a round, chubby shaped tree, filled 



