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actor. The Anlhoxanthum, or swvct scL'iitcfl venml grass wliicli has a 

 siiiiilar Hwoet and allocable pci rmiu . It is a native of tlic iiurtliciu 

 count lii's of Europe, ami the simple einumstance tliat it is an exotic 

 anil far fetcheil, it is much cultivated in the (lower borders of our g'ardcns, 

 while aen.'s of similar, and in some respects of a superior character, which 

 absolutely surround this city, are passed by daily unnoticed and unknown. 



Periiaps I may Ite permitted to comment on this proneness to pitjfer 

 foreign articles to those of American orig'in, as it has been so unwisely and 

 inconsiderately applied even to our food and t>iir raiment. This seeming'ly 

 national defebt of judgment is characteristic only of the weak and the giddy 

 portion of our population, and it is itself an exotic passion; for we witness 

 that even in many European countries, the fashionable societies look to 

 Paris for dictation; but with us, as patriotism and economy seem now in 

 the ascendant, we may trust that the nobler independent sentiments, which 

 are truly American, will be amply developcjd. 



Then, indi-ed, we shall be taught to regard our glorious country, yet 

 oidy in its inf.mc}', as the mightiest demonstration of God's creative wisdom, 

 power and love, combining, in her vast regions of inexhaustible mineral 

 wealth, numerous oceanic lakes, boundless forests, and fertile fields, all the 

 matrrial elements of greatness. 



Setting out Trees. 



Henry A. ( ook, Hillsdale, N. Y. — I set out 310 apple trees with the aid 

 of two boys in two days in the spring of 1862, and on the 1st of September 

 following but six dead ones were to be found. I adopted the following 

 plan ; 1st, I staked out my ground both ways, having a line of stakes for 

 each row, I then took an iron beam plow, set it to run as deeply as possible 

 attached to horses, letting a boy drive while I held, now coming to a place 

 where a tree should be, I let the plow dip in suddenly and as suddenly 

 threw it out, and so on to the next place for a tree until I came to the end 

 of the line, then returning, dipping in the same places, but throwing the 

 furrow in the opposite direction, and so on until the holes are all made, 

 thus they were very large each way, and the ground loosened a depth 

 below the tree. I then made a thick solution of muck and water in a 

 wash tub, immersed the roots of as many as I could plant in half a day, 

 sending a boy to place them near the Ixdes, following on to set them. The 

 muck adheres plenfeously to the most minute libre and retains moisture 

 beneath the surface. 



This is my practical plan, with the above results. 



Mr. Joseph Caller, i'awtucket, II. I., wants to know how to keep rosc- 

 bugs t'fl' grape-vines. 



Mr. Sill. Ill K.iliiiisiiii — Thi- (iiily i-fiufdy f<ii- them is to pick them otV and 

 kill them. 



I)r. Triiiii !'■ says loads <'at thi-m, and but lew birds will cat liicm. 



Mr. Win !{.. I'rincc says that in his nursery they preserve all the birds, 

 and are not troubled with inst-rts. 



Fruit Growing. 



The following letter from .Mr. C. \V. Carpenter, .Mt. Gilead, Ohio, upon 

 the subject of fruit growing, was read. He says : 



