The Law Of Slopes!

The following is worthy of being stored in the memory: In France, the high roads must not exceed 4° 46' by law; in England 4°, or one foot rise in thirty-five. A slope of 15° is extremely steep, and one down which one cannot descend in a carriage. A slope of 37° is almost inaccessible on foot, if the bottom be a naked rock or a turf too thick to form steps. The body falls backwards when the tibia makes a smaller angle than 43° with the sole of the foot - 42° being the steepest slope that can be climbed on foot in a ground that is sandy. When the slope is 44°, it is almost impossible to scale it, though the ground permits the forming of steps by thrusting in the feet. A slope of 55° to man is quite inaccessible.

Lawks

W. R. S., (New-London.) If you wish a lawn at once, don't commit the folly of planting oats, or any other crop, with your grass seed - but plant only the grass seed itself, three times as thick as usual, and you will have a close turf by July. The soil must be made deep by trenching or sub-soil plowing, if you wish to maintain the verdure through the season. Either red-top or blue-grass, mixed with white clover, mikes the best lawns; three-fourths of either of the former, to one-fourth of the latter. Sow as early in the spring as the ground is mellow and dry enough, and roll the surface perfectly smooth afterwards.

The Lawrence Pear

This pear does not receive as much attention by general growers as it deserves, though it is beginning to be appreciated. We have few superior in point of quality or for keeping late, and none in its early fruiting and steadiness of bearing, or in the hardiness of the tree. It is very accommodating too in ripening. It commences to mature in the latter part of October and goes on, as it is exposed to a warm atmosphere, or kept in a dark, cool place of even temperature, up to February! We should suppose it would just be the pear for general cultivation among farmers, who, if they would give it the same attention they give to other crops of the farm, would be sure to get abundance of excellent fruit. The tree can be obtained at almost every nursery, and we commend it to the attention of our agricultural readers as a substantial acquisition in the pear line and not a fancy article. - Germ. Telegraph.

Layering Grape-Vines

After giving a correspondent directions for layering vines, the Farmer and Gard-ener says, we would, however, caution our readers as to the danger of layering too much of the wood of a vine. Nothing exhausts the latter more rapidly than layering. It will reduce the crop of fruit for the ensuing year, and weaken the vine for years. From our layering vines we expect no fruit, nor more than three or four years of life. Never layer a bearing vine if you wish to keep it healthy and productive.

Layering Roses

Hybrid, perpetual, and other roses may be layered this month, or as soon as they have completed their first flowering. All works on roses or fruit trees give directions as to how the work should be done, and therefore we will not repeat. We will, however, say that earlier writers told us to make the cut on the under side - recent writers say cut on the upper side - while our experience has been to cut a sliver out entirely from the upper side, giving us success, and preventing any possibility of anything but new roots forming where the cut is made. Moss from the woods is the best material for mulching or covering the soil where the layer is made, but if that is not readily obtainable, fresh-mown grass is good.