DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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Since the appearance of the article, I liave re- 

 ceived numerous inquiries concerninji it, and re- 

 joice that the wide dissemination the " Horticul- 

 turist" has given it, may be as productive of 

 pleasure and profit as it in truth deserves. W. 

 R. Coppock. Long Light Place, Aug. 5. 



The Augusta Rose a Perpetual. — Havini; 

 received many letters from numerous eorresj)ond- 

 ents, inciuirintr if the Aui^usta was a ])er|ielual or 

 not, and havin<; invariably said tliat I lliought not, 

 from all indications heretofore i^iven, I now feel 

 happy to be able to state, that it has this season, 

 (ihe second year of its bloominj;.) shown its true 

 Noisette characier, having already bloomed twice, 

 and small jilanls of this spring's growth from the 

 bud, say foiu' feet, were nipped not long since, 

 which caused the eyes on each to brei<k, now hav- 

 ing some 15 limbs to each plant, and every shoot 

 at this present time going into flower. I can 

 therefore stale to all those to whom I have writ- 

 ten to the contrary, all of whom, 1 think, are 

 readers of the Horticulturist, that it is a true Noi- 

 sette in all respects, and is a ])erpetual, and there- 

 fore incieased nnicli in value, having that (]uality 

 which adds a worth to every rose. Respectfully , 

 (fC, A. Fahnesioclc. Syracuse, Aug. I'Sth, 



1850. 



Singular Fact. — Dear Sir — In November, 1S49, 

 some goats got into an orchard in this county, in 

 which were some forty trees, of apricots, plums, 

 cherries and apples, and gnawed the bark off f>f ev- 

 er}' tree. All were found to be dead last spring, 

 except two apple trees, which I went to see on the 

 29th inst. There was no bark on their trunks 

 from the ground neaily to the first branches, at 

 least forty inches being entirely slirppcd a.l 

 around. The wood, thus exposed to the atmos- 

 phere, when cut, was dry and well seasoned. 

 Above this dry wood, the tree has grown this year 

 nearly half an inch in diameter, and the whole 

 tops of the trees are perfectly luxuriant. Not a 

 twig has died, and every branch is loaded with 

 fruit of the finest size, and most healthy appear- 

 ance. Now, are such cases of frequent oi-cur- 

 rence? What supports the life of the tree? How 

 is nourishment conveyed to its branches? Jos. G . 

 Lawton. St. Clair, Schuylkill Co., Pa, July 31, 



1850. 



The Strawberry Cttlture. — Why is it that 

 much larger quantities of the strawberry are 

 grown at Cincinnati, than at any other place in 

 the United States? Is it owing to some pecul- ! 

 iarity in the soil or climate, or both combined? 

 Or is it to be attributed to the better mode of 

 culture there? It is said that a full crop is 

 gathered from year to year; and that hundreits 

 ofbushils may be seen in the market at once. 

 And why may not other localities be just as fa- 

 vorable for growing this delicious fruii? Cleve- 

 land, too, is now becoming quite celebrated f(n' 

 its fine strawberries J and the market latterly 



has been well supplied. And why should Biitlalo, 

 with her 40,000 inhabitants, be under the neces- 

 sity of obtaining her strawberries from other pla- 

 ces? I venture the assertion, that the time is 

 not far distant when strawberries, grown in 

 our own vicinity, will be as plenty as " black- 

 berries." 



Capt. B. Burdett and Brother have a fine plan- 

 tation on Cayuga island, in the Niagara river, 

 and, so far, have been very successful in growing 

 the strawberry. I never saw larger, finer, or 

 more beautilul fruit. It was really a treat to 

 walk through their grounds. Such bcaulifid clus- 

 ters of delicious fruit are rarely seen. The most 

 of the crop was sold in this market at forty cents 

 per quart. The varieties grown by them are the 

 Large Early Scarlet, Hovey's Seedling, Boston 

 Pine, and some few other sorts. The three varie- 

 ties above named were all truly fine, very pro- 

 ductive, and fruit of large size. They arc now 

 planting out one or two acres more. The soil is 

 a fine loam, elevated not more than three or four 

 feet above the water. 



Our friend Tainlor, at " Cherry Grove," is also 

 in the " strawberiv line," and doing " a pretty 

 considerable business;"' and, at our June show, 

 *• carried off the first premium." His soil is clay 

 loam, and in a dry season suffers much more than 

 the island soil. By the way, Mr. T. has a most 

 beautiful " cherry grove" — the largest in this vi- 

 cinity ; and is able to compete with Cleveland in 

 this department. 



Professor Coppock, at " Longsight," with his 

 subsoil plough and " heaps" of manure, gathered 

 from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms, 

 is driving horticulture with a rush; and soon his 

 " twenty-live acre patch" will be covered with 

 acres of the strawberry, and tens of acres of other 

 fruits; and neither flint stone, cobble stone, or hard- 

 pan will deter him from his hobby. Indeed, '' Flint 

 Hill" will soon " bud and blossom as the rose." 



The " black knots," or warts, on the plum 

 trees, are about the meanest thing ever sent hero 

 from the east, during the thirty years that I have 

 been engaged in the nursery business here. I 

 have never had but two trees affected by this dis- 

 ease till this season; and these two trees came 

 from Boston. Last sj)ring I received from the 

 eastern part of this state a few hundred of the 

 Frost Gage plum trees; they were, to appear- 

 ance, healthy and fine. About twenty of these 

 trees have this season become affected with these 

 black knots. Also a few trees grown from scions, 

 procured last spring from Massachusetts, have 

 been attacked in the same way. In some of these 

 warts I have discovered a small white worm; in 

 others, nothing. Is this disease produced by an 

 insect? If so. these trees must have been stung, 

 or impregnated before they came here; for I take 

 it for granted that the insect is not here. For if 

 so, why are not some of the thousands of other 

 plum trees not thus affected? May not these 



