This is an operation in tree management that begins to be pretty well understood and appreciated. - A very intelligent and observing lady, of Port Gibson, Miss., writes us as follows:

"This matter of mulching, I should say, from my own experience, is a very important one - in fact, (with proper planting;) it is the one thing needful to the success of fruit trees at the South, from the Northern nurseries. Mr. Affleck, of the nurseries near Natches, dwells very earnestly on the difficulty of acclimating such trees here; but mulching removes this, at least so my success hitherto goes to prove; and, experience apart, common sense would show us that if it is useful at the North, it must be much more so at the South, in our very long, scorching summers. Sheathing the bark of the tree in straw cannot promote its health, I should think; and I see it affords shelter.

Mulching #1

New Bedford Subscriber. Spent tan-bark is one of the best things to mulch the surface of the ground, over the roots of your newly planted Norway Spruces. Your mode of planting them is a good one. and you may cover the ground two inches deep with tan.

Mulching #2

Trees that have been mulched during the season, should now have all loose material carefully removed from their roots. Downing somewhere remarks, that mulching is the most beneficial practice ever introduced into our horticulture, and all who have seen the benefits derived from its proper application, will readily endorse the statement. But it is very-desirable to have the soil about the roots of trees well pulverized and clean, previous to winter, otherwise in many localities, much injury will be done by mice, who find a comfortable cover for their depredations under such loose material. These animals are never troublesome in clean cultivated soil.