Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1869 — Budding Trees. [ARTICLE]

Budding Trees.

August is the month for budding, or, as it was formerly called, “ inoculating” trees. There isone point apt to be neglected by beginrtefs, because little understood by them, to which we deslrfi to refer. They are sometimes surprised to find, after budding a lot of very thrifty young stocks that almost every bud has failed, and are quite ata loss to account for it; but experience shows that the failure is caused by the over-luxuriance of the stock, and the thin watery condition of the sap. If the operation had been deferred until the sap had thickened, the result would have been reversed, and instead of only ofle In a hundred succeeding,there would have been only one per cent, offallures. The cherry is more liable than any other fruit to “ drown out*’ the bud, as it is called; and the best time to bud cherry-stocks is just as soon as they begin to slacken their growth, and show a yellow leaf here and there. If this time is chosen, and the work done skillfully, there need be little fear of failure. Trees which arc not growing vigorously should be budded early. As soon as wood sufficiently ripe to furnish buds can be found, will frequently not be too early. When a large quantity are to be budded, the work should be taken in hand early, so as to get through in season, commencing with the least thrifty.— Journal of Horticulture. Grace Greenwood tells a story illustrating a new method of curing those who are inclined to suicide. The father of a family, after two attempts to make way with himself, at length succeeded in shooting himself through the heart. His widow —an energetic, sensible woman — perceived that her eldest daughter was inclined to follow in the footsteps of her father even unto death. The mother watched her daughter narrowly, and one day soon after she had swung herself off from an old chest in the garret. She cut her down, and tenderly brought her to. Then, taking the knotted halter, she vigorously laid it over her shoulders, saying: “ I’ll put a stop to this suiciding! I’m not going to have it run in our family, I’ll have you understand.” This treatment was successful in checking the mental disease. Whether time goes rapidly quite depends on the object in prospect. A young lady on her way to church to get married regards every moment as an hour; a man on his Journey to be hung thinks an hour concentrated into every moment. The young chap who is waiting for an answer to his proposal looks upon a week as an age, while the man of 35 waiting fpfrbis divorce papers believes every hour Cofitains full five hundred minutes. A hungry man half an hour before dinner thinks it will never come, and a dyspepticwishes time stood a whole day. So it goes or don’t go, according to the individual case in hand. 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