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branches be not deprived of sun and air by any growth in close prox- 

 imity. 



After repeated failures many conclude that only persons who are 

 favored by luck can succeed with evergreens, when, with small trees, 

 if decently dug and planted, there need scarcely be more uncertainty 

 than with apple trees, bearing in mind only, that the roots must not 

 dry for a single minute. 



With deciduous trees a frequent cause of discomfiture comes from 

 a scalding of the bark on the side exposed to the mid-day sun, by 

 which the tree is rendered liable to attacks of the bark borer, which 

 may completely girdle the tree before his work shows on the surface. 

 This trouble is most likely to occur when the vitality of the tree has 

 been lowered by recent transplanting. I have found a convenient 

 remedy in wrapping the trunk with light cotton cloth, or even paper, 

 until the growth again becomes vigorous, and the branches extend suf- 

 ficiently to shade the trunk. A thick coat of whitewash might answer 

 the same purpose, but this is not always at hand when but few trees 

 require attention. 



The list which I have given might be considerably increased, but 

 it will, I think, present sufficient variety in form, foliage and habits of 

 growth for home ornamentation. The planting of parks and public 

 grounds and of flowers 1 leave to the consideration of specialists in 

 their department of horticulture. 



FE TJIT- GB WIFG IN HUKB Y CO UXTY, MISS URL 



M. L. BONHAM, CLINTON, MO. 



This county seems to be especially favored as a fruit-growing region, 

 although there have been but few that have put their time or thought to 

 fruit-gi owing here, but those that have succeeded unusually well. In 

 this county apples are a great and paying crop almost every year, and 

 mostly with no or very little attention; but those who have put their 

 minds and muscles to intelligent orcharding have succeeded beyond 

 their expectation. Protecting trees against the destructive rabbit and 

 borer, pruning, thinning fruit and spraying to destroy the codling moth, 

 are all necessary to the best success with the apple, and are all soon 



