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A great deal of conversation followed that experiment ; some 

 Ian ;he(i, sotne fouod it absurd. I myself visited and examined 

 with anxiety the tree every day. To our great surprise and satis- 

 faction, after the fall of the faded leaves, the vegetation resumed 

 all its activity, and a new set of beautiful, long, green leaves again 

 covered the tree. Encouraged by this success, all the trees of the 

 garden, sound or not, were scalded before the setting in of winter. 



The brother of the young lady having taken confidence in the 

 operation, and having himself an orchard of 1.50 fruit trees, apples, 

 pears, plums, peaches, &c. &c., of which a few were also worm- 

 eaten, took the resolution to have them all scalded before winter. 

 An iron kettle was brought into the orchard, kept boiling, (water 

 added from a neighboring brook in proportion as it was used,) and 

 three or four quarts poured at the bottom of each tree, about one 

 foot above the ground ; care was taken to cause the water tc fol- 

 low the trunk and penetrate to the roots, by pouring it round the 

 tree, and not too fast. This was done to each tree in the orchard 

 with the greatest ease in less than half a day's labor. The same 

 operation was performed again in the spring as soon as the frost 

 was out of the ground. Not a single tree died. Those in bad 

 order revived, and they are all covered with the most luxuriant 

 blossoms. 



This discovery, for it well deserves the name, will certainly rank 

 among the most useful. 1 hasten to send it for your valuable pa- 

 per ; it should be reprinted in all the publications of this country, 

 for it might save many thousand fruit trees this season from de- 

 struction, if known by gardeners and farmers. 



In former times, a young lady who had become a benefactress of 

 her own country, by her ingenuity and industry, would have re- 

 ceived, as a reward, a crown of the finest flowers, with a basket of 

 the best fruit ; but in these dry modern times, let her, at least, re- 

 ceive our best thanks. D. C. 



[JVetv- York States mnti. 



If any of our readers have ever tried the following method of 

 propagating Fruit Trees, we should be ])leased to hear with \\liat 

 success. 



" The new method of raising fruit trees by planting the scions? 

 is a great desideratum in the art of obtaining choice fruit. It has 

 many advantages over grafting, because it is more expeditious, and 

 requires no stalk or tree. They may be planted where they are 

 required to stand ; and the labor of a man for one day will be suffi- 

 cient to plant out enough for a large orchard after the scions are 

 obtained. The method of preparing is as follows : — Take the 

 scions as for engrafting, and at any time after the first of February, 

 and till the buds begin to grow considerably, and dip each end of 

 the shoots in melted pitch or wax, rosin and tallow, and bury it in 

 the ground, the buds uppermost, whilst the body lies in a horizon- 

 tal position, and at a depth of two or three inches. We are in- 



