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plot 8 dwarf pear trees from the bud; 10 hills 
early nutmeg potatoes ; 3 hills crook-neck bush 
squashes ; 2 hills of corn ; 13 cabbages ; some 
parsley roots, and over eight quarts of very fine 
strawberries. The strawberries are grown be¬ 
tween the white and red Antwerp raspberries. 
On the plot I, beside the trees indicated by the 
figures, and described below, there are 8 currant 
bushes; 8 gooseberry bushes, of a large green 
variety, name unknown; 1 climbing rose, near 
40 ;• 1 white fragrant peony, near 54 ; 1 worm¬ 
wood plant, near 41; 1 yellow rose : 1 garden 
Isup plant, as it is called, and 7 flower roots of 
various sorts. During the past season there have 
been raised on this plot 30 gooseberry plants, 
from cuttings; 29 Angers quince stocks, which 
are now budded with a variety of pears ; 6 two 
year old dwarf pears, to be removed; 1 row, 
across the plot north and south, of early beets ; 
3 rows of early radishes ; 2 rows of bush beans ; 
1 bed of early beets, which furnished more than 
was used by the family; 8 cabbages; 4 dahlias, 
and lettuce in abundance. Two crops of radishes 
were grown round the edge of the beet bed. Mr. 
S says he generally plants radishes around the 
beds of beets, onions, &c., as they are soon 
grown and out of the way. 
The plot J, beside the trees indicated, and 7 
flower roots and 6 dahlias, has produced, the last 
season, 2 beds of onions with radishes ; 2 beds of 
early peas; 2 rows of early nutmeg potatoes, in 
drills ; l bed of late beets, for winter use, and 30 
late cabbages. The ground occupied with early 
peas and potatoes was afterward sown with Rus¬ 
sia turnips, which did not do well on account of 
the drouth. 
The plot K was planted with bush beans, pota¬ 
toes, and some winter squashes. 
The plot L, L, beside the trees, is chiefly de¬ 
voted to vegetables. There are 4 blackberry 
bushes, and a row of flowering plants along the 
walk Q, from the house to the privy, R. On the 
plot L, L, there have been cultivated the past 
season, early cucumbers, potatoes, sweet and 
chicken corn, bush beans, Lima beans, a bed of 
peas, gherkins and late cucumbers, for pickling ; 
nasturtions, and some winter pumpkins among 
the corn and potatoes. 
N, is a cold grapery, 14 by 32 feet, containing a 
cistern, a simple force-pump, and 25 grape vines, 
of the following 13 varieties . 8 black Hamburgs; 
3 white Muscats of Alexandria ; 2 royal Musca¬ 
dine ; 2 grizzly Frotignan ; 2 Chasselas de Paris ; 
1 Chasselas de Fontainebleau ; 1 red Chasselas ; 
1 black Prince ; 1 black St. Peter’s ; 1 Zinfindal; 
1 white Frontignan; 1 de Candolle; 1 golden 
Chasselas. Ten of these are planted in front; 
10 against the back wall; 3 at one end, and 2 at 
the other, the pump occupying the place of one 
vine. 
M, is a grape border, 18 by 32 feet. Around the 
edge of this there have been raised, the past sea¬ 
son, melons, winter squashes, and large peppers, 
for pickling green. The roots of the front vines 
in the cold grapery spread out under the sill into 
the border. 
O, is a raspberry border, by the side of the fence. 
Mr. S. says the vines should have been placed far 
enough from the fence to admit a walk. 
EXPLANATION OP THE FIGURES. 
Where there is more than one tree of the same 
kind and variety, the figure indicating its location 
is repeated. 1, horse-chestnut; 2, dog-woods ; 
3, elms; 4, English mountain ash; 5, cherry 
trees, of the following seven varieties, viz.: l 
each of Mammoth, yellow Spanish, Coe’s Trans¬ 
parent, White-Heart, Honey-Heart, 2 black Tar¬ 
tarian, and a black Mazzard, to be grafted with 
the May Duke; 6, common red cherries; 7, 
dwarf May Duke Cherry ; 8 dwarf apples, Fall 
pippins and Wagener; 9, Norway spruce; 10, 
balsam firs; 11, white pine; 12 fir tree; 13 
Denny plums; 14, imperial gages; 15, green 
gages; 16, seckel standard pear; 17, standard 
pears, grafted with Lawrence and Beurre Clair- 
geau; 18, standard pears, grafted with Bartlett 
and early bell; 19, peaches of the following varie¬ 
ties : 2 each of Morris white, Snow peach, Craw¬ 
ford’s late Melocoton, yellow Melocoton, yellow 
Rareripe, and Danen peach, and 1 each of Nut 
meg, Magistrate, Druid Hill, Heath Cling-stone, 
Ola Mixon Free-stone. There are 9 trees of natu¬ 
ral fruit, and some budded ones, but names un¬ 
known ; 20, Dix pear, standard; 21, apricots of 
2 varieties, viz.: Moor-park and Dubois’ Early 
Golden ; 22, plum tree, name unknown ; 23, red 
Siberian crab apple ; 24, snowball bush ; 25, Isa¬ 
bella grape vine ; 26, Catawba grape vine ; 27, 
Coe’s golden drop plums ; 28, Chinese sand pear, 
standard ; 29, apple trees of the following 3 vari¬ 
eties, viz. : Fall pippins, Newtown pippins, and 
' i( jopus Spitzenburg; 30, quince tree. The fol¬ 
lowing pear trees, from 31 to 69, are all dwarf 
pears: 31, Flemish Beauty; 32, Bartlett; 33, 
Josephine de Malines ; 34, Soldat Laboreur; 35, 
Glout Morceau; 36, Beurre Easter ; 37, five va¬ 
rieties, names unknown; 38, Columbia; 39, Vi¬ 
car of Winkfield ; 40, Seckel; 41, Louise Bonne 
de Jersey; 42, Duchesse d’Angouleme; 43, 
Madeleine ; 44, Fcurre d’Aremberg; 45, Law¬ 
rence; 46, Catillac; 47 Bonne des Zees; 48, 
Swan’s orange; 49, Keurre brown; 50, Passe 
Colmar; 51, Doyenne gns; 52, Napoleon; 53, 
Beurre Diel; 54, white Doyenne; 55, Beurre 
Clairgeau ; 56, Urbaniste ; 57, Doyenne Boussoek; 
58, Bezi d’Esperm ; 59, Beurre dAmalis; 60, 
Winter Nelis ; 61, Beurre Langehcr , J-2, Brande’s 
St. Germain ; 63, Belle Lucrative ; 64, Van Mons 
Leon le Clerc ; 65, Beurre d’Anjou ; 66, Golden 
Beurre of Bilboa; 67, Jaminette; 68, Doyenne 
d’hiver nouveau or d’Alengon; 69, Buffum; 
70, Bartlett standard; 71, hop vine; 72, rhubarb, 
two varieties—one Victoria, and the other un¬ 
known ; 73, Concord grape; 74, Charter Oak 
grape ; 75, tanzy ; 76, led raspberries ; 77, black 
raspberries ; 78, the dotted line crossing the upper 
part of G and J, Victoria, white and red Dutch 
currant bushes ; 79, rose of Sharon; 80, climbing 
roses, of the following six varieties: double red 
Michigan, Baltimore Belle, Mohican, Noisette, 
Solfaterre and William Jesse ; 81, lilac ; 82, box¬ 
wood ; 83, rose bushes ; 84 tea plant. The rest 
of the borders, C, C, C, C, contain a variety of 
shrubs, among which are the following : 2 flow¬ 
ering almonds, 3 Corchoruses, 2 snowberries, 
2 sweet-scented shrubs, 1 flowering currant, 1 
barberry, 1 yellow rose,! moss rose, 3 Burgundy 
roses, 3 damask roses, 1 Marquis Bocella, 1 Du- 
bourg, 1 Mrs. Bosanquet, 1 Reine de Fontenay, 1 
Agrippina, 1 Elegans, 1 Fabvier, and several 
others, names unknown. In the borders, also, 
are peonies, pinks, tulips, daffodils, primroses, 
lilies, gladiolas, dahlias, hollyhocks, bluebells, &c. 
We have thus put down somewhat minutely 
the names of the various trees, shrubs, vegeta¬ 
bles, &c , which we saw actually growing on the 
above plot, containing only 19,680 square feet all 
told, while half an acre contains 21,800 square 
feet. There is no appearance of confusion. 
Mr. Smith stated that, in order to make the 
most of a small space, he sets the peach trees be¬ 
tween others that are longer-lived, expecting to 
gradually remove the former, after getting three 
or four crops. So in planting apple trees, it is 
better to set them twice as thickly as they will 
ultimately be needed, and gradually remove the 
limbs from one half of them when they interfere, 
and finally cut them out altogether. The produce 
of the trees thus removed would amply repay 
their expense. 
There are many other common garden vegeta¬ 
bles not named above, such as carrots, parsnips, 
celery, spinach, &c. These, Mr. Smith remarks 
that he did not require for his own use, and there¬ 
fore does not grow them. Just back of the lot 
there is a bed of asparagus, in a salt meadow, 
where it flourishes finely.— Ed. 
GRAFTING AND BUDDING. 
To the Editor of the American Agriculturist: 
If the following is, in your judgment, of any val¬ 
ue to your readers, it is at your disposal. I dis¬ 
pense with the use of clay and wax in grafting, 
and tie nothing on to protect the budding, but use 
plasters of cemented rags only. 
I procure well worn cotton rags, and for budding 
tear them in strips not more than half an inch 
wide—for grafting, a little more than an inch 
wide. They may be short or long, though a reg¬ 
ular length would be better for both purposes. 
The narrow strips are then wound round a short 
stick smoothly and loosely, care being taken that 
the end of the former strip laps over the first end 
of the last strip added, otherwise in unrolling it 
would be difficult to find the ends. The roll will 
be like the bandages tised by surgeons for broken 
limbs. 
The composition I use is 1 lb. of resin, 1 lb. ol 
beeswax, and l£ lb. of tallow ; into which, when 
perfectly melted and mixed, the rolls are put, 
not to soak merely, but to boil until the bubbles en¬ 
tirely cease to rise on the surface, for then it is cer¬ 
tain that all the air is, by the heat, excluded from 
the rolls, and the vacuum filled up with the ce¬ 
ment. This plan, of course, is adopted with band 
ages of any width. The rolls should be taken 
out while hot, and when cold used as required. 
From six to eight inches of the narrow strips 
will be enough for budding, which will, with the 
warmth of the hand, stick without tying ; and if 
the rags are sufficiently tenUcr no further care is 
needed, for they will not cut into the wood or 
bark, but tear as the tree expands. 
This plan I have for years adopted in budding ; 
and the present year for grafting apple trees, even 
as late as the 27th of June, which have grown 
finely. Of course the wider strips are used for 
grafting. The same will do well to bind around 
trees that have been wounded in any way. 
Henry C. Howells. 
Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, Dec. 3, 1856 
WINTERING CABBAGES. 
An article on this subject was accidental¬ 
ly “left over” last month. It may not be 
too late, however, to offer a word on this 
subject now, which will, at least, be in time 
for next autumn. In warmer latitudes, cab¬ 
bages may remain out all winter with advan¬ 
tage, as they will continue to mature and 
improve in quality as long as they are not 
entirely frozen. In colder countries, they 
may be kept in the cellar, but when not de¬ 
sired for winter use, and even then they 
keep better in the ground than in the cellar. 
Some succeed well by laying down two 
poles, say three or four inches apart, invert¬ 
ing the cabbages upon them without remov¬ 
ing the roots, and covering the heads with a 
moderate coating of earth. This is a very 
common method. Another plan, not so com¬ 
mon, is to dig a long trench five or six inch¬ 
es in depth, and transplant the cabbages into 
it, setting them in a single row close to¬ 
gether. Then erect over this a rough frame 
by setting up crotched stakes, and laying on 
poles or brush with a little straw. Cover 
the whole with a laytr of earth, and the 
heads will remain green and continue to fill 
out during the whole winter. They can be 
taken out fresh whenever wanted, by open¬ 
ing one end of the pit. Some care and 
watching will be required to keep out the 
mice. If these make their appearance, we 
know of no way of destroying them but by 
catching them in traps, and then closing up 
their holes. By securing the first intruders 
their multiplication will be stopped, and lit¬ 
tle trouble will be experienced. An air-hole 
should be left at each end of such trenches. 
These holes may be covered with pieces of 
old wire-cloth, or fanning-mill sieves, to 
shut out the free access of mice.— [Ed. 
What makes the ocean get angry, mother? 
Because it has been crossed so many times, my 
son. 
