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For the iVeiF Ensland Farmrr. 

 PUjAJfTrWG THE APPI.E TKEE. 



A SOXG, BT THE "PEASANT EAlil)." 

 I. 



Well dig the turf, well turn the mold, 



Tho' nature bard has bound it ; 

 Make deep the bed, and let it hold 

 The stock, all mellow roand it. 

 Chona: 

 We'll set the tree, Donald, — well plant it ont well. 



And we'll have it in care and in keeping ; 

 And mark and remember the words I shall tell : — 

 T will be growing when we shall be ■sleeping. 



II. 



A lifeless stick it may appear 



When wintrj blasts are blowing. 

 But in the spring-time of the rear 

 * Well see it lire and'growing. 



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The fTwelling bud and flushing leaf 



Will beautify ere long; 

 And weary warblers, for relief. 



Perch here, and ponr a song. 



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And years shall come, and years that go 



Its boughs to fruit shall wed; 

 And mellow Autumn fill below 

 The table we have spread. 

 Chorus: 

 So set the tree, Donald, — we'll plant it ont well. 



And we'll have it in care and in keeping ; 

 And mark and remember the words I shall tell : 

 T will be growing when we shall be sleeping. 

 Gill, iJang. 



IfEW- BOOKS. 



Jhs OziTZ CcxTrElsi: A Treatise on the Cultiration of the 

 Kat Te Grape. By Andrew S. Fuller, Practical Horti«ultur- 

 jst, Brooklj-n, N. Y. For sale by A. Williams & Co., Boston. 



The subjects discussed in this book are : Grow- 

 ing from Seed ; Propagation by single Buds ; 

 Cuttings of unripe Wood ; Propagating-Houses ; 

 Cuttings in open air ; Layering the Vine ; Graft- 

 ing the Grape ; Hybridizing and Crossing ; Trans- 

 planting ; Soil and Situation ; Stem Appendages ; 

 Planting the Vine ; Grape Trellises ; Time to 

 Prune, and Pruning and Training ; Garden Cul- 

 ture ; Miscellaneous ; Insects and Diseases ; De- 

 scription of Varieties and a Pie view of various 

 , systems of Training.- These several topics are fa- 

 miliarly discussed, with an ability evidently grow- 

 ing out of a practical acquaintance with the whole 

 subject, and with such a clearness of expression, 

 strengthened by engraved illustrations, as to make 

 the way plain and easy to those who enter upon 

 the culture of the grape for the first time. 

 Theories are well enough in their place, but it is 

 always pleasant and safer to know whether the 

 author of the book is laying down theories or 

 facts. If we know they are theories, we are at 

 once on our guard and shape our operations ac- 

 cordingly ; but if well-tested fads, we unhesitat- 

 ingly proceed as if standirfg upon a sure basis. 



We are glad that the culture of the grape is at- 

 tracting so much attention, and that so many per- 

 sons are venturing upon it in a small and careful 

 way. They will not find it a difficult work, unless 

 thev attempt to do too much. The grapevine 

 does not reqmre a very rich soil, hut a sheltered, 

 warm, and well drained one, where rade winds 

 will tiot thrash its foliage to pieces, nor standing 

 water drown its tender and succulent fibrous roots. 

 On a common soil, a little ashes, pounded bone 

 and charcoal added annually, together with occa- 

 sional watering from the sink spout in dry sea- 

 sons, will give the vine a wonderfal growth in 

 wood and fruit. . 



Some of the varieties recently introduced are 

 great accessions to the list. Mr. Bcll has con- 

 ferred a signal blessing upon the race in the intro- 

 duction of his "Concord," which has been thor- 

 oughly tested, and stands high in the front ranks 

 of the best varieties in the country. He and oth- 

 ers are still striving for better ones than this, and 

 the labors of some will be eventnally crowned with 

 success. 



If the inexperienced grape grower will call to 

 his aid some person who understands starting the 

 vine on its way for tha first five or six feet of its 

 growth, and in pruning it once or twice, he will 

 find little to perplex him elsewhere. In these ^wo 

 particulars a Tialf hour's actual dernomtration 

 would fix the whole thing indelibly in his mind. 



Mr. Fuller's book is an excellent one, and 

 will prove of much service to grape cultivators. 



NOVEIi MODE OP GKOWXNG SQUASHES. 

 An excellent method of growing squashes, mel- 

 ons and other such vegetables, where a person has 

 but little room, and wishes to make the most of 

 it, — as a small city plat — is to plant them so that 

 they will run on a trellis. Set four upright stakes 

 or small posts, about two feet apart each way, in 

 the centre of which plant the melons, squash or 

 whatever else is wished. As the vines begin to 

 run, support them upon the trellis by nailing 

 across small slats of board, and when the melons 

 set and begin to form fruit, erect a shelf for it by 

 placing short pieces of boards across the slats pre- 

 viously nailed on. Pinch off the running shoots 

 of the vines so as not to have too heavy a growth, 

 and as they run higher, place additional slats for 

 the purpose of supporting them. There are two 

 advantages to this plan, and so far as we are ac- 

 quainted, no disadvantage ; it economizes space 

 in the garden, and the fruit ripens earlier than 

 when upon the ground half covered with leaves. 

 Those of our readers who have small gardens 

 would do well to "make a note" of this plan and 

 give it a trial another season. — California Farmer. 



XiTiiATK OF Soda. — tt is said that watering 

 strawberries with water in which nitrate of soda 

 has been dissolved, to the amount of one ounce of 

 soda to a gallon of water, will help the plants to 

 produce a wonderful crop. 



