Save Tour Burned Trees

Untold nurnbers ot' valuable trees, both fruit, bearing and ornamental, have been destroyed by the devaatating fires oí' (,'hioogoand other parts ot' tito West. Yct, Lnmost instanees, the vitality of the roots has not been impaircd. It may not be generally known that by cutting off the trers close to the surfaoe of the ground, before wintor, and covering tho wounds ■with a heavy coat of grafting wux, the tree will bepreserved until next spring, wfaen most ti'ees, and rnany large ones that havo been Btandiag lor more tnan a score fi vears, will send up strong and luxuriaut oahoe, which will grow rapidly into troes. Soms! variaties of evergreens RBtl sonie deeiduous trees will not sprout, wliile fruit trees of evcry soit, grapevinee, currant and berry buslies of erery variety, rose bushes nnd valuable Bhrubbery, the tops of which havo been killed by fire, yrül sprout agttia, provided the tops are ent ott' close tO' the ground before winter. If left until next spring, tho vitality of tho rotffcs-of many trees and many valuaMë-grnpe-vinos will be impaired to such n extent that no sjirouts will Bvei 8Jh pear. AppU; trees, and pear treos, six lo ten inches in diameter, which have boen burned to biftckness, bolow fin1 collar ot' the tree, should be removed with axes and oiirpeikter's. adze-nivtil tho live wood and ïjitrk have been roachcd beneath tho surftco of the ground. Small trees and grape-vincs should, be sa wed off smoothly oloso to the surface of the earth ; and if the wood has boen iujured below that point, remove the soil and continuo to cut offthc lieatcd portious until a livo surface is lnid bare. Then apply a heavy coat of warm grafting wax in a liquid state, and before the wax bas bei-ome hord jjross a pieoe of strong brown paper or a yioee of any koj! of cloth into the wax, jrfter whioh i'iiviir che Btump with fino and1' mellow earth, soveral inches in depth. Early next spring remove the soil, leaving not more than an inch in depth over tlie stump. A suitable grafting wax for sueh a parpóse may be made of oqual parts of tailow and rosin ei' any kind, or pitch. Ve liavo frequoiitly made it of one part of linsoed cil, mingled with two parts of ooar8or.ohcap rosio or pitch, lieated in an ron kettle until the pitch is all dissolved, and the mass is of tho cousistoncy of thin tar. It thould not bo applif.l soalding hot. In lien of a paint brush, employ a swab mado of a ooarae eloth wiapped around the end of a stick Tery few youug trees and but a small proportion ofgrape vincs and shrubbcry have been burned to such an extenfc as to injure tho. wood bolow the collar of the main steia. C!jfllkigait.rgus