New Roots to old Trees.
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The New England Farmer mentions the fact that the editor of that journal having some pear trees on quinee stocks which were dying. took dozen pear stocks, two years old, and partially removed the earth from about he roots of six of the most sickly looking trees, so to make room for the roots of the young pear stocks, placing one on each of the opposite sides of the old trees. The tops of the young stocks were cut of by adrawng stroke, ma kingthe taper about two inches in length, as for splice grating. A horizontal cut was then made through the bark of the tree just above its junction with the qaiuce and then an upward incision in the bark of the desired length. Enough ofthc bark below the horizontal cut was removed 10 prevent,

 it's offering any obstruction. The bark was then raised by carefully passing three cornered wedge up the ineision. The tapered point of the stock. prepared above. was gently crowded up till 1t felt firm in in it's place and was bound up firmly with mating. The earth was then carefully covered over the roots and heaped up four or five inches above the place of operation to exclude the air. The result was highly satisfactory. The trees are entirely renovated Those on which he did not op- crate died Where trees gridled about the roots by mice in winter they may be saved in this way.