From the Hartford Mercury. THE PEACH TREE.
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From desire to encourage the culture of peachrees, we offer the following as the result oi experiments and observation.

 Itis generally known that zpornas near the sur face of the earth, destroy them by eating the bark; the object is therefore to find prevcn- tive, in order that the trees may become aged in healthy state.

 It is evident that those worms pass through the common change, and assume the form of nfllers, early ip the summer, and deposit their eggs in the bark as low as they can find access to it; and that the worms proceeding from them, begin to operate in the latter part of the sum mer; when they have been found of the size of I common pin. If suffered to remain, thcY grow to the thickness of rye straw; each of them girdles the tree about an inch, and the wood from the wound to the heart dies. Hence it is, that single wound impairs the ygor of the tree, and number of them kill it. The point to be gained, is 10 protect the tree from the millers, and by q simple method we lave succeeded for several years, which is reeom- mended with fall confidence.

 About the first of May, remove the earth from the body of the tree, and skirt 1t 10 the heightof l5 or IS inches, in ss.ck naaf9aer as to ercltde the npillers, burying the lower part Of it in the earth. We have used straw cut 10 the length and about half an inch in thickness. bound onwith twine. This should be removed about the first of September, as we have some times found the young worms within the upper part of the straw, being then readily discovered on the surface of the bark covered by little gum. The process should beeommenced when the tree is young; they have been found in a rapid growth, the first fall afterit sprouted Thus q few minutes in year devoted 10 tree, will probably protect it against the cause of decay; very trihing expense compared with the value of this healthy and delicious fruit.

 JONATHAN BRACE.

 JOHN l. WELLS.

 VIM. H. INLAY

 Hartford, Sept s, 1890.