Dr. Underhill states in the last American Agriculturist, that his experience indicates a saving of time by the use of well-rooted plants instead of cuttings, and that the vineyard thus formed, is far more valuable, from its being less subject to injury from rotting or mildew. Where cuttings are planted, the roots usually start too near the surface of the ground, and are then under the influence of heat and moisture; the growth is rapid, increased by every shower in the spring; the sap vessels are large, and when the vineyard is old enough to bear, the month of June presents an abundance of foliage and great promise of fruit. The drought coming on in July, the roots being mostly near the surface, are deprived of the proper supply of nourishment, and soon the rotting commences; the roots also are more liable to injury from winter frosts. When you have well-rooted plants, he continues, you can set them at any depth that experience teaches, according to your soil.

Professor North's Address before the Oneida N. Y. Agricultural Society contains some able remarks, for which we regret we have not space. He says, truly: "Pay 20 dollars for the best orchard in the county, and only one man is encouraged by it; pay the same sum for the best essay on orchard culture, and the whole world of fruit growers would get the benefit".