a portable garden engine. Others may be prepared of the
consistency of paint, and applied to the body and limbs of
trees with a brush; and some may be made into a compo-
sition, and used as an ointment at the time of pruning. The
articles alluded to are beeswax, burdock leaves, cow dung,
decoctions of elder, lamp-black, ley, soap-suds, soft-soap,
tar, tallow, turpentine, urine, vinegar, walnut leaves, and
whale oil soap, to which may be added such of the dry ma-
terials in our previous list as are dissoluble. See page 18
of the first part, and page 30 of the third part.

If any of my readers, from the prevailing prejudices
alluded to in page 113, should feel disposed to abandon or
root up any of the fruit trees which have been nurtured and
esteemed by their forefathers, they are recommended before
doing so to apply some of the preceding remedies, and also
to follow the advice given in chapter the 13th and verse the
8th of St. Luke's Gospel, in reference to the barren fig tree,
namely, "dig about it, and dung it." If after this, it should
be necessary to "cut it down," get some scions of the same
varieties from vigorous and healthy trees, and in-graft them
on stocks, carefully raised, by which means the old fruits
will have the same chance as the new varieties; but it will
be generally admitted that a new broom sweeps clean, and
that old things in general are too apt to be neglected. I
would here avail myself of the opportunity of remarking, that
so strong is the propensity of some persons to adopt novel-
ties, that they often abandon some of the best productions
of the garden in order to find room for other plants, merely
because they are new, and which they cultivate with pecu-
liar care; whereas, if the same attention was bestowed on
the old inmates of their garden, they would prove the most
worthy of being cultivated and perpetuated.

OCTOBER.

Oh Bacchus! thy Grapes now in bunches hang down;
Some press them too freely their "sorrows to drown;"
Let" Temperance in all things" be ever our guide-
No evil can flow from the generous tide!

PREPARE the ground for planting all kinds of hardy fruit
trees this month, by digging, trenching, and manuring, 8.
Gather such varieties of Apples and Pears as are in full
growth, both of autumn-eating and winter-keeping kinds;
do it on dry days; let the keeping sorts lay in heaps, to dis-
charge their redundant moisture; after which convey them
to a room adapted for preserving them through the winter;
lay each kind separate, and cover them up with dry straw,
a foot or more in thickness, according to the warmness of
the room, which will preserve them in good order.

Prune Currant and Gooseberry bushes; make new plan-
tations, and plant cuttings from these shrubs, prepared as
directed in pages 59 and 70.

Plant the stones of Cherry, Peach, Plum, &c., in drills
about two inches deep, for the purpose of raising stocks and
for new varieties; and in temperate climates, kernels of
Apple, Pear, Quince, &c., may be sown in drills about an
inch deep for the same purpose, Plant, also, cuttings of
hardy trees, suckers of Filberts, &c., 38 and 62.

Strawberry beds which were planted last month should
be kept free from weeds, and if dry weather prevails, they
should be occasionally watered, 136.

Plantings of hardy trees may be commenced toward the
end of this month, or soon after the leaves show indications
of decay, whether fallen or not, 10.

Toward the end of this month, or early in the next, all
the tender shrubs and vines must be protected, by laying
them down and covering them with earth, or by entwining
straw or matting around them, 63, 80 and 135.

In gathering grapes for the dessert be careful not to bruise
them or disturb the vine; to avoid which cut off each bunch
with a pair of small scissors.

NOVEMBER.

And now we've arrived near the close of the year,
Winter Apples and Cranberries bring up the rear;
All are good of their kind, and we freely declare,
Not one of the Fruits we would willingly spare.

APPLE, Pear, Plum, Cherry, Chestnut, Mulberry, Quince,
Walnut, and other hardy fruit trees may now be planted;
use caution not to injure them in taking up or removing
them; let holes be dug somewhat larger than is sufficient
to admit the roots in their natural position, and of sufficient
depth to allow of some good rich compost or pulverized earth
to be thrown in before the trees are planted. See pages 9,
34, 103 and 125, and read the article headed 'Observations
on the Choice of Fruit Trees in the Nursery,' page 32.

Finish gathering late varieties of Apples, Pears, Grapes,
&c.; do it in dry weather, and stow them away out of the
reach of frost, as recommended last month.

- Cranberry, Currant, Filbert, Gooseberry, and Raspberry
shrubs may be planted this month; at the same time cut
out all crowded branches, superfluous suckers, worn-out
bearers, and decayed wood, 58, 60, 65, 70 and 134.

Strawberry beds made in August and September, as well
as those of greater age, may be covered up with leaves,
light manure, salt hay, or other litter.

Protect the beds where fruit seeds and cuttings were
planted last month, by a covering of light manure, compost,

or leaves of trees.

Winter pruning may be performed this month on some
species of hardy trees, shrubs, vines, &c., and continued at
all opportunities throughout the next month, 23.

Fig Trees, Tender Grape Vines, as well as the Antwerp
and other half-hardy Raspberry Shrubs, must be protected
from the effects of frost, which is done by bending them
down to the ground and covering them with earth five or
six inches, which should be sloped so as to carry off the rain.
Some of the trained Vines and Fig Trees may be protected
with wickers of straw or matting, 63, 80 and 135.

DECEMBER.

Let sober Reflection, the Tiller employ,
The sound seeds of Virtue will spring to his joy ;
To the Ruler of season's, let gratitude's voice,
In His love and His wisdom for ever rejoice.

Ir any of the work recommended to be done in the last month was not accomplished, let it be done with all possible despatch this month, as we know not what a day may bring forth.

Protect the stems of newly-planted trees. Cover with litter the roots of Grape Vines and Figs against walls, and cover the branches with mats, &c. In temperate climates prune Apple, Pear, Quince, and other hardy fruit trees; cut out rotten and decaying branches, 23 and 63.

To destroy insects on the fruit trees, and prevent them from creeping up and breeding on them, do as follows:

Take a strong knife with a sharp point, and a sharp hooklike iron made for the purpose; with these scrape clean off all the moss and outside rough bark, and with the knife pick out or cut away the cankered parts of the bark and wood, in such a slanting manner that water cannot lodge in the sides of the stem of the trees. Having cleared the trees in this way, make up a mixture of lime, soot, and sulphur; put these ingredients into a pot or tub, pour boiling water upon them, and with a stick stir and mix them well together. When this strong mixture becomes cold, and about the thickness of white-wash, take a brush, dip it in the mixture, and apply it to the stems and large branches of the trees, dabbing it well into the hollow parts of the bark.

The pruning of hardy fruit trees and hardy shrubs may be performed at all favourable opportunities through the winter, 21 to 24.

For farther information on the winter management of Fruit Trees, the reader is referred to the articles commencing pages 7, 13, 21, 30 and 32.

TO THE PEOPLE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

FELLOW-CITIZENS :

An application having been made to your Representatives in Congress to vote a sum equal to five cents from each individual in the United States, OR ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OF YOUR RESOURCES, to the promotion of an improved system of "Terra-culture," as described in Senate, Document No. 23, of the third session of the 25th Congress, I hereby direct your attention to a few extracts taken from the applicant's preamble; copies of which were forwarded to each member of the 26th Congress, in session, November 30, 1839, by Russell Comstock.

From the Poughkeepsie Eagle, of January 25, 1840. ↑

PRESERVATION OF FRUIT TREES, PLANTS, &c.
GREAT DISCOVERY.

"To the Hon. Perry Smith, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture of the 25th Congress. "With the consent and by the advice on the 23d inst., of the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture of the 25th Congress, I forward to each member of the 26th Congress the accompanying document dated the 14th inst.; the object is to show you some of the proof that a discovery of vital importance to civilized man has been made, which in several letters from different members of the present and last Congress is valued at HUNDREDS OF MIL-, LIONS OF DAYS' LABOUR, AND WORTH MORE THAN ALL THE DISCOVE RIES OF THE PRESENT AGE COMBINED THE, APPLICATION OF STEAM, 6

NOT EXCEPTED.

"For what purpose would all the owners of the public lands more freely or gratefully consent to give one hundreth part of those lands, or the proceeds thereof? Would they not be grateful to those members of Congress, who assist in giving the owners of the public domain the desired informa tion, and reverence them as benefactors of human kind.

"For the honour of the Republic, for the honour of the age, and for the interest and comfort of the living, as well as the unborn, let not that discovery which may cause two seeds to ripen where one now does, which prevents the premature death of all cultivated trees, which has been searched for in vain during the history of all civilized society, die with the discoverer for want of the action of the United States Congress."

Our patriotic discoverer "claims the following five discoveries as his, besides other discoveries which are stated in his memorial to the 25th Congress: