DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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and the following year he proposes to extend his 

 explorations, as opportunities oiler, into other parts 

 of the country, yet untrodden by botanists. Sets 

 of the plants he may collect will be offered to silt - 

 scribers, in the order of their application, at the 

 same price as those of Fendler. — Silliman's Jour- 

 nal. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Names of Fruits. — i Cleveland Subscriber. 

 The strawberry known in Ohio as the Lafayette, 

 is the Prolific Hautbois of English and American 

 writers. — F. K. Phoenix, (Delavan, Wis.) Your 

 apple is, we presume, the Pomme Royale. It 

 will, no doubt, surprise you to learn, that though 

 no pear has been received from so many sour- 

 ces, or procured with so much pains-taking, as 

 " Knight's Monarch," yet there is not, we ima- 

 gine, a pomologist in America who as yet feels 

 certain that he has the genuine variety. There 

 is certainly a very mysterious something about the 

 English reputation of this fruit. 



Roses. — P. Perpetual roses flower well on 

 their own roots, if the soil is made deep, and the 

 plants are headed back once or twice every sea- 

 son. Make the soil rich, as they flower only on 

 the strong new wood. They are, to our thinking, 

 by no means so satisfactory, or such abundant 

 bloomers, as the Bourbon roses. 



Special Manures. — M. J. S., (Boston.) As 

 oyster shells are chiefly carbonate of lime, of course 

 they are valuable applications to all trees requiring 

 lime. They should be well broken up before using 

 them. We would advise you to give your w r alnut 

 grove a plentiful top-dressing of guano now, and 

 of ashes next spring. Probably Prof. Emmons, of 

 Albany, can give you the correct analysis of this 

 tree. 



Evergreen Hedges. — A Tyro, (New-Bed- 

 ford.) The most beautiful and perfect evergreen 

 hedge we have yet seen is one of hemlock, near 

 Philadelphia. It bears the shears perfectly, and 

 is as close as a green wall, — with great delicacy 

 of foliage on the outer surface. — M. J. S. The 

 Arbor Vitse may be cut or sheared in any form 

 you desire ; and if the plants are not thick and 

 bushy when they are set, head them back one- 

 third at once. They will grow in any good soil, 

 and like a top-dressing of ashes or plaster occa- 

 sionally. The finest Arbor Vitaes we have ever 

 seen, grow on decomposed limestone. Mulch the 



soil over the roots after transplanting, and they 

 will then need little or no watering. 



Geraniums. — A Subscriber, (Chaplin, Conn.) 

 Plant the seeds early in the spring, in pots, and 

 water them regularly every day till they come up. 

 The cuttings root very freely at this season, if 

 planted in a shaded spot, on the north side of a 

 fence, and covered with a square box with an old 

 sash over it, — if you have no better means at 

 hand. 



Cherry Stocks. — A Delaware Sub. Gather 

 the seeds of the Mazzard (common English) 

 cherry for stocks ; the pie cherry does not take the 

 bud freely. They should be planted as soon as 

 gathered in drills, like peas, covered about an 

 inch and a half deep. If left till spring, only a 

 few will vegetate. 



Budding. — You may bud any of the perpetual 

 or lea roses on your climbing prairie roses ; but 

 the Bourbons are more beautiful and more perma- 

 nent for this purpose. 



An Inquirer, (Richmond, Va.) Bud plums im- 

 mediately before the bark adheres; and you will 

 succeed better if you tie with two separate ban- 

 dages, so as to allow the upper one [i. e., that 

 above the bud,] to remain on a fortnight longer 

 than the lower, — as the newly inserted bud of 

 this tree is apt to loosen itself at the top of the 

 incision. 



Camellias. — A. B., (Princeton.) Yon have 

 injured your Camellias by placing them in too hot 

 sunshine. Their summer quarters should be ra- 

 ther shaded in aspect. 



Grape Insects. — W. Jones, (New-York.) The 

 small caterpillar which devours your grape leaves, 

 is easily destroyed by strong soap-suds, thrown on 

 them with a syringe. 



Lawns. — B. R., (Boston.) What your lawn 

 wants, to make it close and soft, is not only fre- 

 quent mowing but frequent rolling, which we 

 think even more necessary in this climate than in 

 England. 



Hedges. — C. H. Tomlinson, (Schenectady.) 

 The advantage of planting two rows, is to secure 

 thickness at the bottom; but, with good soil and 

 strict attention to cutting back the plants the first 

 three years, a single row will answer perfectly 

 well. You must allow at least 18 inches between 

 the hedge and your fence, or you will not be able 

 to get the branches to grow thick on the side next 

 the fence. (Your letter miscarried, or it would 

 have been answered sooner.) 



