Grafting And Budding The Laurel. A. A. G

The native laurel can be budded on its own stock only, and that is done in the greenhouse in the winter. At best it is a difficult operation. Possibly the best way to preserve the specimens of which you speak would be to take them up in the spring with a good sod of earth, and cut off the tops of all that are over one foot down to within six inches of the ground. Mulch heavily all summer; also try them with good ball of earth and with top left on, and shade them from nearly all the sun by a frame piled with brush above them till September 1. - F. L. T.

Grape Culture In Chili

During the last few years grape culture in Chili has developed in a remarkable degree, and Chili may now rank as the first grape-growing country of America. Nevertheless the production is not nearly equal to the demand, and in 1888, $682,000 worth of wine was imported (Germany sending $60,000 worth, and France $313,000). The export of wine from Chili in 1888 amounted to about $42,000. - Deutschen Naehrichten von Valparaiso.

Grape Jelly

Bruise the grapes and put them in a porcelain kettle, turning on a half pint of water to each quart of fruit; stew for ten or fifteen minutes and drain off the juice. Take equal measures of juice and sugar, heating the sugar thoroughly in the oven, mix with the juice and boil eight or ten minutes. Dip into jelly tumblers, and place in the sun to cool; this will give the transparency so desirable.

Grapes Of The North. Rubus Leucodermis

This raspberry, which much resembles the black raspberries of the east, except in the color of its fruit, is found in the mountains of northern California, Oregon and Washington, and in a few localities in Utah and Arizona. The fruit is yellowish red, rather large, with a white bloom and an agreeable flavor. It does not seem to have yet been introduced into cultivation, but it appears worthy of attention for the purpose of extending the comparatively limited area to which the raspberries of the black-cap type are adapted. A. A. Crozibr.

Michigan.

Green Tomato Sweet Pickle

Pick large green tomatoes, being very careful not to break the skin ; put them in very strong brine and let them lie any length of time until it is convenient to attend to them. Sometimes I leave mine until December. Take them out of the brine and cover with clear water; set on the back of the stove and keep warm, but don't let them boil on any account. Keep changing the water, letting it heat up each time until they are fresh, by which time they will also be soft enough. Put them in the pan and pour over them the hot vinegar prepared as for any sweet pickles. They are splendid.

A Green-Flowered Chrysanthemum

The Monileur d' Horticulture gives a colored illustration of a flower, in which the corollas are green. As a curiosity it ranks with green dahlias, green roses, and numerous other plants. - The Gardeners Chronicle.

A Greenhouse Turtle

In looking through a private greenhouse a few days since we made the acquaintance of a box-turtle, a species common in this section. We asked what his duties were, and found him invaluable in clearing out snails of all denominations, wood-lice ; in short, every variety of creeping, crawling insects. The gardener assured us his services were of more value than those of a man, and his turtle-ship worked for nothing, boarded himself, and was ever satisfied with his situation.