Vladimir, double Natte, and other forms of the Griottes, and a few
specimens from Orel and Veronish of the Amarells and the Spanish races.
We have now orders out, of which we have received a part, for perhaps
fifty other varieties from Austria, Poland, and South Russia.

For the present these will be planted in experimental orchard with a
view to noting their behavior in our climate. Until scions are grown
here we can not make much advance in propagation. The work is
necessarily slow, but it can not fail, I think, to finally demonstrate
that so far we have been on the wrong track in attempting to grow
cherries on the prairies of the Northwest.




PRUNINGS.


If turnips or other vegetables to be fed to stock become frosted, place
them in a cool cellar, cover lightly with straw, and let them remain
frozen. If they do not thaw they will be little harmed for feeding.

Snow should not be allowed to accumulate on evergreens. If so, and it
partly thaws and then freezes, it can not be removed, but will catch the
snow and wind, often to the entire destruction of the tree.

A frost proof vegetable house is described as made with walls fifteen
inches thick, double boarded, the space between the boards being filled
with sawdust. The ceiling is also boarded, with about ten inches of
sawdust between the boards.