TE MANSE GARDEN. 1H 



ing, instead of its own little, sour, and unwholesome 

 berries, large, sweet, and nutritious pears, in conse- 

 quence of engrafting, has given rise to a scriptural 

 metaphor most expressive of a like change in our 

 moral nature one that is as true in point of fact, as 

 certainly accomplished by appointed means, and as 

 ^beneficial in its effects, comparing the fruits of the 

 old nature with those df the new. It becomes not 

 immortal beings to admire the one mystery and to 

 overlook the other; it becomes not me to tell a fel- 

 low creature the remarkable art by which his trees 

 may be fruitful without reminding him that he is 

 himself a tree to be engrafted ; and it becomes nei- 

 ther him nor me to study the fruits that we shall 

 gather without considering the fruits which we bear. 

 May we who are gardeners in the Lord's vineyard 

 be wise in the heavenly art as well as in the earthly, 

 that we may see around us the blossoms and fruits 

 of the engrafted word, which is able to save the soul ; 

 and may we give ourselves earnestly to the work, 

 lest the Lord of the vineyard cut down our trees, 

 because having come and sought fruit thereon, he 

 found none. 



The mode of performing the beautiful and inter- 

 esting operation of budding, or inoculating, is as 

 follows. To procure the bud to be inserted, cut off 

 a shoot of one year's growth from an approved tree, 

 and from the side most exposed to the sun. Slice 

 off a little of the wood and bark containing the bud, 

 and let the slice extend from half an inch above the 

 bud to one inch beneath it; then separate the woody 

 .part from the bark and bud, arid observe narrowly 

 -whether the heart of the bud, that is a small white 



