WE did not intend to recur so soon again to the subject of Dwarf Pears, but are moved to do so at the urgent request of some of our readers, who desire further information in regard to some points alluded to in our former article. That article has, so far as we have heard, with but two exceptions, been mostly understood as we intended it. We related the results of our own experience and observation, and dealt with a present and real evil, and not with a past or imaginary one. We believe that Messrs. Wilder and Barry, and other intelligent pomologists, will agree with us essentially on the subject of deep planting; and yet we have seen Dwarf Pears planted eighteen inches deep, and Mr. Wilder quoted as authority for doing it. We do not wish to be understood as referring to a solitary instance: within even the past two or three years we have seen multitudes of cases where Dwarf Pears have been planted from ten to eighteen inches deep, not alone by the untaught amateur, but in some cases by professed gardeners. Mr. Wilder, of course, would repudiate such planting, and we have done it for him in more instances than one. It may be asked whether the language of Mr. Wilder and others can fairly be said to recommend such planting.

Taking all the facts into consideration, we are bound in candor to say that it can; and yet we feel very confident that neither Mr. Wilder, nor Mr. Barry, nor any other experienced pomologist, would recommend planting trees from ten to eighteen inches deep. How, then, has this malpractice arisen? Either from ignoring or not knowing the fact, that some nurserymen work the Dwarf Pear so high, that failure must inevitably ensue, in a majority of cases, if such trees are planted up to the junction of the quince and the pear. Now, when we state that trees are so worked, we state a fact within our personal knowledge; hundreds of such trees are annually sold in and around New York, and hundreds more are hawked all over the country. We are dealing with facts, and wish to do our mite to correct what we believe to be an increasing evil. We know very well that most of our leading and intelligent nurserymen now work their Dwarf Pears about right; we believe that they will be among the last to question the propriety of condemning what we know to be a pretty wide-spread evil, and among the most fruitful of failure in the cultivation of the Dwarf Pear.

In deep planting, as we have defined it, the chances of success are lessened with the age of the tree. If what is called a "maiden tree," or a tree" one year from the bud, the chances that it will reestablish a normal condition of its roots by throwing out a new system nearer the surface, are much greater than when the tree is older ; with an increase of age, the chances become less: the bottom of the quince stock will inevitably rot away, and the pear become more or less diseased. The evil may sometimes be remedied at once in young trees by cutting off several inches from the bottom of the quince, or it may be gradually overcome by lifting the tree annually for a few years, cutting: away a portion of the stock, and replanting a little deeper; and this we have done in a few cases with comparative success; but it is a work of supererogation which few will undertake, and none ought to be required to do, for a tree ought to be in proper condition for planting before it is put in the ground.

One of our readers thinks we have not been explicit enough in regard to the height at which Dwarf Pears ought to be worked. Five inches we consider to be the maximum; every inch lower than that we esteem a point gained. No man will plant a Dwarf Pear deeper than five inches on any recommendation of ours; and if the tree were more than three years old, we should hesitate to plant as deep as that. If everything has been well done, a tree stands in the nursery, in reference to the position of its roots, in the best condition to insure its healthy growth. If it be worked five inches from the ground, and, on being transplanted, the point at which it is worked be buried in the soil, it must stand at least six inches lower than it stood before, which we conceive to be, in precise terms, six inches removed from a normal condition, or that condition which is best calculated to insure its longevity, fruitfulness, and health.

Our opinion is asked in regard to leaving the quince stock above ground. We prefer, when it can be done with safety to the health of the tree, to coyer the junction of the quince and pear about an inch at the time of plant-ing. The pear will throw out roots, the tree will be larger and more vigorous, and, we think, longer lived. Notwithstanding, we know of productive and thrifty Dwarf Pears with a foot and more of quince stock above ground; indeed, we have seen quince-trees worked all over with pears like a standard rose. The first plan, however, will in the end give the most satisfactory results. In some localities the borer presents a strong objection to the exposure of any portion of the quince; the remedy for this will be treated of hereafter.

The old Pear-grower will read the above remarks, and pass on with a smile, or any other good-natured thing he likes; but the novice, whom we wish to interest, will do wisely to read and ponder them well.