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either in young or old trees. The circumfer¬ 
ence of the I re os, measured seven feet from 
the base, was from 12 to 35 feet. The trees 
grow very luxuriantly on a soil of sand, or 
sandy loam. They are often tapped by stock 
•non, who procure from them a glutinous and 
refreshing beverage. When of largo size, t hey 
are scooped out, and form excellent canoes, 
(t is stated that an excellent kind of jam, or 
jelly, is made from the gap. 
On examinin 
disappeared, 
X* ■ ,- -f ft*' -v OVAXV.T, 
t ho rnieo have nearly destroyed it. Some of 
the plants they have girdled close to the 
ground, others from two to four inches 
above, while some they have not eaten at all. 
VVjml shall I do with the hedge ( Will it 
spi'out from below where they have gnawed 
it and vot make a fence t W. DOOLITTLE 
BOTTLE TREES OF NORTH.AUSTRALIA 
PERSIMMONS FOR SEED. 
(Jan Persimmons be grown from the seed ? 
If so, how should they he treated '{— it. m. 
Gather the fruit when ripe and throw 
into a vessel, and allow it to remain a few 
days, or until the pi dp is soft; then wash out 
the seed and sow it, but do not allow it to 
got dry before planting. 
The illustration of t) 
RASPBERRY CULTURE 
I notice in Rurau New-Yorker of March 
22d, an nrticlo on “ Raspberry Culture,” all 
of which I fully indorse, with t he exception 
of tin? plowing and hoeing. I veut.ure a sug¬ 
gestion which may be considered by. some an 
improvement iu the mode of culture. Early 
in the spring mulch thoroughly witli coarse 
barnyard manure or Btraw, By this plan 
they thrive (here) equally well, and need no 
plowing or hoeing during the busy season of 
summer. A Young Farmer. 
Plainville, Mich. 
ARBORICULTURAL NOTES. 
Pear* on Doucin Apple Stock .—About fif¬ 
teen years ago, M. E. Carrikre, the able po- 
mologut of the Jardin tics Plantes at Paris, 
made an experiment in grafting two varieties 
of pears (the Bctirro de Mali mm and the Fon- 
dajit.fi dos Bo is) on the Doucin Apple stock. 
We now leant that the pears thus grafted 
have not only grown well, but" have also 
PLANTING 1,000 TREES PER DAY 
used for the purpose a piece of ground which 
wa* well subdued ; then put the ground in 
good order, by proper plowing and harrow 
ing, and then marked it out both ways four 
feet apart with a common corn marker. I 
then procured my trees, which were from 
one to three feet high. I trimmed the roots 
close. I then used a spade, pressing it in the 
ground to the depth of six or eight inches ; 
then worked it backward and forward, so as 
HEDGE GIRDLED BY MICE. 
Four years since I set out some tlffcy rods 
of three-thoraed Acacia hedge plants, I 
have cultivated it with care, and it had 
grown to be u strong and beautiful hedge. 
