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pear family will be sure to " catch it." We 

 believe what is called canker, upon the bark 

 of large trees, may be cured in this way. 

 The experiment is certainly worth trial. 



Taking off the outer bark of the trunk of 

 the cherry, when it is two or more years old, 

 is now a part of our regular practice. We 

 change the bark at once from the smooth con- 

 dition of its youth to that permanent rough- 

 ness belonging to the remainder of its life; 

 and the tree is far more likely to flourish, and 

 to escape the peculiar diseases to which its 

 trunk is liable, than it is without this assis- 

 tance. 



This treatment, we are inclined to think, 

 will operate favorably in preventing the pium 

 ivart, or hlack knot, as it is called ; for we 

 think the old remedy of cutting off the warts, 

 had its efl&ciency in opening the bark, rather 

 than in any other way removing the source 

 of the disease. 



Transplanting Trees in a Growing 



State. — We found it necessary, about the 

 middle of June last, to remove three or four 

 apple and pear trees, of six or eight feet in 

 height, and one apple tree of some four 

 inches in diameter, in a bearing state. The 

 trees did not droop scarcely at all ; and they 

 continued in a fine healthy condition, — some 

 of them even making a fine growth, with the 

 second flow of sap. The mode of operating 

 was that recommended by the late Col. Per- 

 kins, (see vol. 1st of Horticulturist, page 

 170th ;) that is, saturating the ground with 

 water, &e.; then taking up the tree with the 

 muddy earth attached in a mass, and supply- 

 ing water bountifully after it is set. * * * 

 I have copied the foregoing hastily from 

 my memorandum book ; and I offer it for 

 publication, in the hope that you will inter- 

 sperse it liberally with editorial remarks, and 

 thereby render it of more value to your read- 

 ers. Yours, &c., GrEO. Jaques. 



Worcester, Mass., September, 1850. 



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BY WM. WEBSTER, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



As the season for laying out and planting 

 ornamental grounds is near at hand, I propose 

 offering a few useful hints to those who may 

 wish to become their own artists in the affair 

 of laying out, planting, etc. Since the intro- 

 duction of Mr. Downing's works on Archi- 

 tecture, Landscape Gardening, &c., a spirit 

 of emulation has arisen among us, and men 

 of taste are no longer content to follow in the 

 footsteps of their predecessors, but putting 

 aside the old fashioned way of doing things, 

 strive to combine the ornamental with the 

 useful ; and in effecting this change, tliis 

 journal has contributed in no small degree. 



In the matter of laying out and ornamenting 

 grounds, the architectural designs must be 

 kept in view, and the grounds arranged in 

 such a manner that there may be perfect har- 

 mony existing throughout. Much also de- 

 pends upon the situation and surrounding ob- 

 jects. If the site chosen be on the banks of 

 a river or lake, terraces, with broad steps and 

 balustrades may be adopted. Terraces are at 

 all times beautiful objects in themselves, and 

 particularly so, when from them a person is 

 enabled to rest his eye upon a broad sheet of 

 water. What person of taste, who has ever 

 sailed upon the clear and placid waters of 



