We think the best way of labeling trees or vines is to make a map of the orchard or vineyard in a book, and then designate the row and number of trees, and position in a row, of each kind. The loss of labels attached to tree or vine is then of little account, as a reference to the book enables one to correct or supply a name at a glance. With the record of the name of the kind, the party from whom received might also be recorded, and then in event of a variety proving incorrect to name, blame would fall on the right person.

Sow none but the best seeds. Keep none but the best stock. Use none but the best tools. Plant none but the best trees or vines.

For small door-yards, or spaces of fifteen to twenty feet wide, when planting to improve, use flowering shrubs, of small habits of growth mostly. Occasionally a large-growing shrub or second-class tree may be admitted, but avoid large-growing trees entirely.

The outlets of surface and under drains should be examined whenever a thaw occurs, and any obstruction that may be, cleared away