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whilst those of the lattei' are only 17 in. Agaiti, the utmost 

 limit attained by the longest shoots of grafts inserted in the 

 spring, of the same variety, and on the same tree, was 3 ft.; 

 thus outstripping the June grafts by only 8 in. 



Reasoning from the above experiment, no person would infer 

 that grafting in June is preferable, in every instance, to grafting 

 in March or April ; but it is certainly consolatory to know, that 

 work which has been neglected during the hurry of spring, or 

 omitted from lack of opportunity of procuring grafts of the de- 

 sirable varieties, may be accomplished in summer, with such a 

 very trifling decrease in the growth of the shoot during the 

 season. 



Thus, also, from a scion of any rare or valuable variety, of 

 only two or three eyes, procured in the spring, scions of the 

 young wood may be taken in June or July, so that the propa- 

 gator may have some young trees fit for removal, or the market, 

 in the month of November. The scions of young wood of the 

 pear above mentioned were produced by grafts that had been 

 inserted as late as the 7th of April preceding. 



I make no difference in my method of operating, whether the 

 scions be of the last or of the current year's growth. In the latter 

 case, I sometimes leave a small fragment of leaf adhering, as in 

 budding, and at times denude the scion of all except the leaf- 

 stalk ; but have not perceived any difference in the result, which 

 is almost invariably successful. 



Annan, May 25. 1835. 



Art. V. A Series of Designs Jbr laying out and planting Floiuer- 

 Gardens, tvith Remarks on each hy the Conductor. Design 3., by 

 Tyro. 



" The first observation Tyro would take the liberty of making 

 on the plan of a garden, VII. 726, 727. fig. 130., repeated in 

 p. 238, 239. of the current volume, is, that there seems no reason 

 for the design of the walks ; and, more particularly, that the 

 sweeping line of the walk at the right hand of the house is not 

 accounted for. Tyro would therefore thicken the planting in 

 that part, and at other turnings, in such a manner as that, when 

 approaching the house, no other direction should appear more 

 obvious than that offered by the walk. As the garden appears 

 of greatest extent diagonally from the house, he would leave it 

 open in that direction ; and fi-om that principal vista let in a 

 variety of smaller glades among the beds of flowers and taller 

 shrubs, communicating in such a manner as to allow of easy 

 access to the different parts, without any diminution of the 

 apparent intricacy. 



