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Indeed, for an amateur or gardener to wait for ten or fifteen years, is 

 enough to discourage them. Nevertheless, I think I have found a way of 

 shortening this long space of time, and I wish to communicate the means 

 that I have employed for the purpose. I received, in the spring of 1833, 

 a branch of a pear tree, without a name, the fruit of which I was assured 

 was excellent, being much like the St. Germain. I was a nurseryman 

 then, and I would not send out a tree without being quite sure of its fruit; 

 so I then made three scions (in the manner of cleft grafting,) with this 

 branch of the pear tree. I chose for the stock three principal branches 

 upon a Quenouille which had been planted about eight years; I shortened 

 these branches to eleven inches from the trunk ; I fixed to each branch a 

 graft provided with two eyes, which pushed very well, and each made two 

 shoots, 23 to 26 inches long. The next year I pruned my Quenouille as 

 usual, except the branches proceeding from my grafts, which I preserved 

 at full length. J bent them by drawing towards the ground, and brought 

 them as close as possible to the trunk of the tree, where I fixed them. 

 They remained in this state all the year. Each bud, instead of growing 

 into a branch, formed a fruit spur. The third year I detached ray 

 branches, straightened them a little, which permitted the sap to circulate 

 more freely, and that same year I gathered from my three grafts 36 pears, 

 which I found to be the Pastorale. At the same time that I tried the 

 above experiment, I inserted four other cleft grafts, upon some young 

 quinces ; T cut them to one bud the following August; they produced me 

 32 buds, which I worked with a dormant eye ; 29 succeeded, which I 

 sold the year that I was able to judge of the fruit. Cleft grafting, then, 

 can be employed with success to prove a tree raised from seeds, — only 

 there is the disadvantage of sacrificing a good tree, to gain, perhaps, a 

 bad fruit ; but those who have old Quenouilles, can employ this kind of 

 grafting, without making a great sacrifice. Plantations of apple, or pear, 

 or quince stocks, may be prepared in Quenouilles for this purpose. The 

 same branch may be grafted several times. Thus, a branch which has 

 been grafted for the first time, eleven inches from the trunk, can be graft- 

 ed six times, by cutting an inch and a half oflf each time that a new graft 

 is placed on. It is to be observed, however, that the stock on which these 

 experiments are made is not intended for a perfect tree, but merely a 

 stock from which one must draw what advantage he can. {Revue Horticole.) 

 Potter''s Liquid Guano. — About two months ago I communicated some 

 practical and important results, from the use of Potter's Liquid Guano, 

 which, during the spring, I applied to a large variety of flowers, plants, 

 and bulbs, in pots and in glasses. My remarks were quoted by Mr. Pot- 

 ter, in his advertisements, and thereby they have obtained a wide pub- 

 licity. In reference thereto, I have been asked to state further, " What 

 was the effects produced by the guano on the plants after the very beau- 

 tiful flowers they had borne had done blooming ?" Some are of opinion, 

 that the roots were of necessity enervated, and unfit for further bearing. 

 At all events, they imagine that the productive powers of the roots were 

 very considerably impaired. This, as far as my own observation extends, 

 (and I have severely tested the matter by oft repeated experiments,) is to- 

 tally at variance with the fact. The roots and leaves improve wonder- 

 fully, both in substance and health, — so much so, that the fertalizing na- 

 ture of the guano is apparent to every observer. It is not the quantity 

 used that effects this, but the regular and moderate application of it in 



