Ohio Subscriber

It has been recommended for the rot in grapes to uniformly bury the leaves and the young stems cut off in pruning in shallow trenches four or five inches deep at the roots of the vines, sprinkling with gypsum. Treated in this manner, instances are known where the tendency to rot was stopped. It would appear to stand to reason, rot or no rot, that the trimmings of the vines should be returned to the root for its future support. To change your inferior sorts of grapes for better a good and easy method is to graft them. Cut the old root off, some two inches below the ground by a horizontal cut; choose a gimlet the size of the scion to be inserted and bore several holes two or three inches in depth; insert the scions first removing the loose bark; failure in this mode is rare, and old kinds may be changed in two years, sometimes in one. Be.careful to remove all suckers that come up from the old vine.

The Ohio Valley Farmer For 1862

This leading Agricultural Monthly of the West, and specially designed for and adapted to the wants of western men, commences Vol 7, January, 1862. B. F. Sanford, W. S. Bush, Editors; Mrs. L. B. L. Rnnney, Editress of Ladies' Department.

Among its contributors are Robert Buchanan, of Cincinnati; E. P. Cranch, Corresponding Secretary of Cincinnati Horticultural Society; L. A. HINE, of Loveland, O., and other horticulturists and agriculturists of experience and ability.

Each number contains 16 large quarto pages, with cover.

Ohio, Or Segar-Box

I have had a strong vine these four years, and never yet had a ripe berry; mildews badly.

The Old Gardeners' Book

This very ancient work (Lawson's, 1626) is nearly ready for publication, in black letter, and a fac-simile of the curious engravings. The annexed representation of trimming, digging, and planting, will give some idea of the book, of which we shall have more to say in December. The work, which is a great literary curiosity, will be offered for sale, as well as a premium to those who forward subscribers to the Horticulturist.

Old Geraniums

The way to winter the great old Geraniums is to take off all the leaves, pack as many of them in as large pots as you can cram the roots into, keep them all but dry when they have light and no frost.

Old Java Coffee-Pot

Some considerate friend has placed on our table (a good place for it, by-the-by) an "Old Java Coffee-Pot" We mean to put the coffee through according to directions, and expect to be able to report" flavor" in our next. In the mean time, Bartlett and Lesley will continue to manufacture it at 426 Broadway, New York.

Old Rose Bushes

A subscriber sends the following on the management of old rose bushes to the New York Observer: "Never give up a choice but decaying rose bush till you have tried watering it two or three times a week with soot tea. Take soot from the chimney or stove in which wood is burned, and make a tea of it. When cold, water the rose with it. When all is used, pour boiling water a second time on the soot. The shrub will quickly send out thrifty shoots, the leaves will become large and thick, and the blossoms will be larger and more richly tinted than before. To keep plants clear of insects, syringe them with Quassia tea. Quassia can be obtained at an apothecary's. The directions I enclose have been fully tested in my family, with most satisfactory results. - Prairie Farmer.