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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Budding Roes. — Dear Sir : On a recent visit 

 to Newark, N. J., I was much gratified with a 

 tine display of ilie Prince Albert Rose, growing 

 on a strong climbing rose ten feet from the 

 ground. The buds were inserted in the fall of 

 1S47; these, the next season, formed vigorous 

 shoots, and some flowers. In the spring of '49, 

 they wore shortened back, having stood the se- 

 vere winter without protection] and at this time, 

 they are a perfect show, having from fifteen to 

 twenty finely formed flower buds on each. 



Such climbing roses as the Boursault, may be 

 made to bloom perpetually by inserting a number 

 of buds of the China Roses; and when the dif- 

 ferent varieties are in bloom at the same time, 

 they have a fine appearance. Some of the finest 

 flowers of the Souvenir de Malmaison I ever saw 

 were produced in this way; but they, unfortu- 

 nately, will not stand the winter. 



I have also practiced this method for propa- 

 gating the finer Tea and Bourbon Roses, also 

 perpetuals, for dwarf plants, by inserting a bud 

 about an inch above the joint of the Boursault 

 shoot, or any other smooth wooded variety that 

 will strike freely; and in about ten days, or im- 

 mediately after the bud has taken, cut off the 

 shoot at the joint, and strike in the usual manner. 

 Very respectfully yours, &.c, Geo. Kidd. Red 

 Hook, Dutchess county, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1849. 



Wintering Plants in Cellars. — In your De- 

 cember number of last vol., in answer to a corres- 

 pondent, (VV. R., of Milwaukie.) you mention 

 Oranges, Lemons, Pomegranates, and Hydran- 

 geas, as exotics, which may be preserved during 

 winter in a cellar. Allow me to add to the num- 

 ber, by suggesting the following varieties roses and 

 bulbs in pots: Rtibus rosafolias, Lagerstroemia, 

 Eiythrina. Oleanders, Olea fragrans, Magnolia 

 fuscata, and other species, Figs, Laurus nobilis 

 (the Bay,) Yucca gloriosa, Hibiscus sinensis, half 

 hardy Rhododendrons, Chinese Azaleas, Gerani- 

 ums, (the roots taken out of the pots,) wall flow- 

 ers, stocks, Fuchsias. &c. &c. /. W. K. 



The Curculio. — A correspondent of yours, 

 for a single year, tried paving to save his plums 

 from the curculio, and failed; and therefore con- 

 cludes paving is not a preventive. He is con- 

 firmed in this opinion, because "the insect has 

 wings; and presumes, as the pavement insured a 

 crop with Mr. Allen, that his plums belonged to 

 the Dutch family." It appears to me singular, 

 that persons will, from a single year's experience, 

 undertake to express an opinion. I have for 22 

 years had about 20 plum trees surrounded by a 

 brick pavement, and have never failed to have a 

 crop of fruit from them. A few of the fruit, in 

 some varieties, are occasionally stung by the cur- 

 culio. In my adjoining grounds, I have as many 

 trees of the same varieties; and 2 years out of 

 the 25, have had a fair crop of fruit. The other 

 23 years the curculio left net a single plum. The 



safety of the fruit in a pavement does not arise 

 from no curculio being bred in the ground. If a 

 person does not raise them, his neighbors will give 

 him a liberal supply. As an experiment, I planted 

 a small plum tree, 1000 feet from any plum tree. 

 The first year of its bearing, every plum was 

 sfung by the curculio, and for years after. The 

 safety of a pavement arises from the instinct of 

 the insect. It will rarely deposit its egg over a. 

 pavement ; as the young, when they fall from the 

 tree, cannot secure winter quarters in the earth. 

 The mother feels too strong an interest in her 

 children to subject them to such a fate. N. Long- 

 worth. Cincinnati, Ohio, September, 1849. 



Feeding Insectivorous Birds. — I find the fol- 

 lowing in Liegel's Introduction to his work on 

 German Fruits: 



" Birds, particular!)' Starlings and Wrens, are 

 the most effectual insect destroyers. Many fruit- 

 growers set up boxes and other convenient recep- 

 tacles for them to build in. In order to induce 

 them to make their homes in our gardens, and not 

 to forsake us in winter, we have practiced feed 

 ing the wrens throughout the year, but more es 

 peciall}' during inclement seasons, with hemp seed 

 or with sunflower seed, of which they are re 

 markably fond ; and M 7 e make a further provision 

 by hanging up for them on a wire, pieces of pork 

 or the fat of boiled meat." Yours, J. W. Kne 

 vels. Fishkill Landing, N. Y. 



Verbenas out of Doors. — I have always been 

 in the habit of keeping my Verbenas in the house; 

 but they were very apt to die, and if they did not 

 they were very unsightly objects all winter. Last 

 fall a friend told me if I would take them up, and 

 put them in a hot-bed frame, that they would live 

 very well. But I thought I would try if I could 

 not do it without taking them up; so I just took 

 an old frame and set it over a fine scarlet one, 

 and took up the rest and planted them in the 

 same frame. I did not even bank the earth up 

 round it ; and in the spring the scarlet one looked 

 beautiful ; but out of all those I took up, only one 

 or two lived. If it is worth mentioning in the 

 Horticulturist, it is quite at your service. A Con- 

 stunt Reader. Washington, D. C. 



Supports for Climbing Plants. — I have used 

 for two years past, supports for delicate climbing 

 plants, which I have found so convenient that I 

 presume many of your readers, to whom they 

 may be new, would be glad to adopt the' same 

 plan. I believe the idea originated with Robert 

 Speir, Esq., of West Milton. There is, first, a 

 short post, firmly placed in the earth, rising about 

 eighteen inches above the surface; to this, the 

 posts supporting arches, trellises, or frames, are 

 secured by two stout wooden pins, passing through 

 auger holes bored in both. If the trellis be cover- 

 ed by any tender vine, in the fall, let the upper 

 pin be pulled out, and the post will turn on the 



