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corn and potatoes are also assisted in the same way ; and after trying seve- 
ral kinds, the Early Tuscarora corn seems the best for first crop ; of course, 
it is not equal in quality to the Twelve RoAved, but on an average will be 
ready a week sooner. Stowell's Evergreen is a large cobbed, deep seeded, 
and good sort, but the Twelve Rowed is superior in quality, and equal as a 
bearer. One of the best early potatoes is Batty's Early. Lima beans, if 
planted before the soil becomes warmed, or even then, in damp or cold situ- 
ations, are subject to rot, which makes it advisable to get them started a 
month beforehand, as advised above ; quart pots are the best for this pur- 
pose, as the plants can be more readily turned out without injury to the 
roots. Tomatoes, Egg Plant, and Peppers, ought to be sowed by the first 
of March, on a gentle hot-bed, or in an early grapery, and when they are 
two inches high, planted into boxes six inches apart, or singly into pint 
pots, and hardened off in a cold frame for two weeks before final planting 
out of doors, which may be when all danger of frost is over. 
Having given the above few remarks to engage attention to the subject, 
I would refer your readers for further details, to Buist's Kitchen Gardener, 
which gives very reliable and honest advice, is one of the best works of the 
kind extant, and ought to be in the possession of every body who has a gar- 
den, and wishes to have good vegetables. 
February VltJu Wm. Chorlton. 
ON ENGRAFTING AND BUDDING THE CHERRY. 
By J. P. KiRTLAND, M. D. 
The cultivation of the Cherry has been a favorite amusement with me 
since the year 1812. More than forty years' experience and observation 
have imparted a tact, at their propagation and management, which, with- 
out much reflection, I had supposed was possessed by every practical 
Horticulturist in common with myself. Recently, communications from 
two, among your most intelligent and experienced nurserymen of the middle 
states, inform me, that they succeed very indifferently, in propagating this 
fruit, by engrafting. As my success with it, is about equal to that with the 
apple and pear, their statements have induced me to scrutinize my course of 
management in order to detect the secret of such different results. 
The rationale of my success, consists, perhaps, mainly, in inserting the 
