Mr. L'Homme-Lefort (or, as others spell the name,Lhomme-Lefort) invented, not many years ago, a grafting composition, which, when generally known, will, no doubt, supersede all others now in use, either for grafting purposes or for covering wounds of trees. It is very cheap, very easily prepared, and keeps, corked up in a bottle with a tolerably wide mouth, at least six months unaltered. It is laid on in as thin a coat as possible by means of a flat piece of wood. Within a few days it will be as hard as a stone. In addition to all the advantages indicated above, it is not in the least affected by the hot sun of our summers, nor by the severe cold of our winters; it never softens nor cracks when exposed to atmospheric action or changes. A single instance which came under my own observation, will suffice to show this clearly. In April last the bark of a double-flowering peach tree had been destroyed by some goats several days before I noticed the mischief. There was hardly a place as far up as the goats had been able to reach, where any bark was left; the few remaining particles were in no connection whatever; the wounds were rough, and had already turned brown by an exposure so long continued.

Although I despaired of the possibility of saving the tree, yet I determined to try it by an application of the fluid grafting wax of L'Homme-Lefort, which I had just purchased for the first time.

The result is surprising. The tree is as vigorous as ever, the wounds having healed over under the cover of the hardened grafting wax, which, after the lapse of so many months, sticks as firmly to the tree as if laid on a few days ago.

As long as the inventor kept the preparation secret, it was sold at very high prices. Even now it is unknown to many; I feel, therefore, induced to give the | recipe, as follows:

Melt one pound of common rosin over a gentle fire. Add to it an ounce of beef tallow, and stir it well. Take it from the fire, let it cool down a little, and then mix with it a table spoonful of spirits of turpentine, and after that about seven ounces of very strong alcohol, (95 per cent.,) to be had at any druggist's store. The alcohol cools it down so rapidly that it will be necessary to put it again on the fire, stirring it constantly. Still the utmost care must be exercised to prevent the alcohol from getting inflamed. To avoid it, the best way is to remove the vessel from the fire when the lump that may have been formed, commences melting again. This must be continued till the whole is a homogeneous mass similar to honey.

After a few days' exposure to the atmosphere in a thin coat, it assumes a whitish color, and becomes as hard as stone, being impervious to water and air.

[A good liquid grafting wax has long been a desideratum. We have seen the above as used by "Horticola," and are much pleased with it It is better than the shellac preparation, and is much cheaper. It is an admirable preparation for covering wounds in trees. - Ed].