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THE GARDENER. 



[mar. 



down acorns, kernels, and berries, of various kinds, 

 iu beds of well-prepared earth. 



Fruit Garden, — Protect the blossoms of Peaches, 

 cxc. in the open garden from frost and sharp wmds, 

 and lay manure over their roots if you have not done 

 so before. 



The prunlr.g of fruit-trees ou^rht to have been 

 fii i^-hed at or b-r.re the commencement of this month. 



The impoi'tant operations of grafting are to be pro- 

 ceeded wiih; its modes are very numerous, but 

 whatever be the method, it is essential that the 

 scion and stock be at least of the same genus, if 

 not varieties of the same species.* 



For small grafts of fruit-trees, Rose trees, Pelar- 

 goniums. Carneliias. 6:c., a cement of these ingredients 

 is excellent ; — Rosin, one part : pitch, ditto ; bees*- 

 wax, half part ; to be m.elted together, and applied 

 with a small painting brusli or a few feathers together 

 over the thread, A man accustomed to this micthod 

 of graftins: ■::^o f.ivcurire with our gardeners however) 

 can graft one hunar-d or more stocks in a day. 



It is by clefr-grafrir.g however that the French pro- 

 pagate their nimier-us ^'aricties of Roses in sprinsr: 

 they consider it the most simple and certain method, 

 if care is taken during the summer to pinch the shoots 

 of the Rose L:rafts to from fotir to six inches to make 

 them branch, and to rub otl' most of the buds at the 

 lower end. The French gardeners obtain Roses in 

 two months from the time of grafting, and for stocks 



* There are exception? to this as to most sreneral rules. Tne 

 medlar aud the ptar will unite with the hawihorn. though tae 

 genera be diiierent, because tney happen tj ha^ e some pecuh.ar 

 assimilations of organization andtemperar:. r.-, v, cl •^vr.icu 

 prevents the union of other trees, as of tiir 'v; . .: :::e l berry, 



and of the aprie 'A im tr.e near : the latr^ r iv- . cc-u may be ^rarted, 

 but thev do no: ihr.v? v.-i":. See Gireo;:or.s for Grafting and 

 Layering, at P^^zes 37 — '47, 



