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actly as is the case with trees dcpendinj^f solely 

 upon the stored-uji sap of a tree will — especially 

 in moist weather — produce leaves, and young 

 shoots of some length; hut it never produces flow- 

 ers and ripens fruit. If the trees here spoken of, 

 therefore, were not nourished in the manner here 

 described, physiology points out no other method 

 by which nourishment could he supplied to them. 



Such cases as those alluded to by your corres- 

 pondent, are by no means uncommon, and may 

 frequently be found in open lands and neglected 

 orchards, where cattle are allowed to run at 

 large; but I have never seen an instance in which 

 the tree was not peimanently injured, when da- 

 maged to such an extent, and seldom will they 

 produce perfect fruit. Cases to the contrary may 

 exist ; but they are exceptions to the rule. The 

 alburnum of a tree is the most sensitive portion 

 of the whole structure, and cannot be injured to 

 any great extent, without producing sensible in- 

 jury. The alburnum may be said to contain the 

 life blood of the tree, antl should never be injured 

 by the operation of ringing; as by taking away 

 the bark and liher, the end will be gained. The 

 functions of a tree may be suddenly suspended 

 without injury to the blossoms or fruit; but if the 

 alburnum be deslioycd, the fruit of the same sea- 

 son will drop ofl", or be otherwise won bless. 



I am aware that trees have been found to live 

 for some time after the bark, the liber, and the 

 whole of the sap wood had been taken away, in a 

 lateral ring. Fortuitous circumstances may pre- 

 serve the tree for a short time under such condi- 

 tions, but it soon dies. On the other hand, trees 

 have lived for hundreds of years, when the inte- 

 rior layers of wood were rotten. In fact, our 

 forests supply innumerable instances of trees ex- 

 isting for centuries with nothing but the bark, tiie 

 liber, and a few externa! layers of young wood, 

 which decays invariably as fast as it is made by 

 the annual depositions. Respectfully yours, R. 

 B. Leuchars. September 14th, 1850. 



Oswego Hort. Society. — I send you herewith 

 a paper, containing the proceedings of the Oswego 

 Horticultural Society, at the September exhibition 

 in this city. The display of flowers was exceed- 

 ingly fine, — the floral de]iartment comprising eve- 

 rything " rich and rare." Vegetables, abundant 

 and choice, from the Lima bean to a red cab- 

 bage; the "City Garden" of Alderman Oliver 

 furnishing the substantials in abundance. The 

 contributions to the fiuit department comprised, 

 say a hundred varieties, new in this region. 

 Planters are just beginning to gather from larse 

 plantations, commenced here in 1845, and contin- 

 ued to the present day. Although the season has 

 been unfavorable, the show of peaches was mag- 

 nificent in profusion and variety. The Large 

 Early York (not serrate,) from Mr. Worden's 

 grounds, taking the first premium. The display 

 of pears from the nursery grounds of Messrs. Al- 



len & Kline, and S. Worden, together witii large 

 cf)ntributions from private gardens, show the de- 

 gree of interest and success in the cultivation of 

 tills delicious fruit. Among other choice things, 

 the tables were graced, lor the first time, with 

 the nectarine. There were large donations of 

 perfectly mature grapes, grown without extra 

 care. Among these, preeminent were the Isabel 

 la and Sweet-Water. VVe want the Diana to 

 crown the whole. At the close of the exhibition, 

 all articles not removed were sold. Amount re- 

 alised from sales and at the door, $75. Income 

 of the society this year, over and above premi- 

 ums and contingent expenses, not short of $300. 

 Yours, &c. J. M. Casey, Rec. Sec^y. Oswego, 

 September 19, 1850. 



Burr's New Pine Stramberry. — In your Sep- 

 tember number, Mr. J. Burr makes an effort to 

 relieve himself from the responsibility of sending 

 me spurious strawberry plants for the Burr's New 

 Pine, by shifting it on Mr. Sites, the person to 

 whom he had sold ids " place, some two months 

 previous" to the receipt of my order, which seems 

 to call for some notice from me. I should have 

 been glad if he could have made a more satisfac- 

 tory apology. I know nothing of Mr. Sites; he 

 nmy be a very honest and correct man; there is 

 nothing in Mr. Burr's showing to the contrary. 

 It is hardly likely tiiat the plants would become 

 confused in the short space of two montiis in the 

 winter. His effort, therefore, to shove me off on 

 to another party with whoin I have never corres- 

 ponded on the subject, can avail him nothing. 

 He sliould have J^ent the order back to me with 

 the $10, or asked me if I wished him to hand it 

 over to his successor. I was very particular in 

 stating to him the reason for sendi.ig it, which 

 was to avoid committing mistakes in supplying 

 my eastern correspondents; as I liad some fears 

 that mv own stock had become mixed. I have 

 refunded to the parties to whom I sent the spuri- 

 ous plants the money received, — it being the best 

 redress I could make them. This Mr. B. has not 

 felt it his business to do; but thinks it all suffi- 

 cient to make an effort to rid himself from the re- 

 sponsibility. I could have done so with as much 

 plausibility. Very respectfully yours, ^. H. 

 Ernst. Spring Gardens, Cincinnati, September 

 6th. 1850. 



The New-York State Fair. — The exhibition 

 of the New-York State Agricultural Society took 

 place at Albany on the 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th of 

 September. It was another grand display of the 

 industrial products of the people of this great 

 state, and was witnessed with delight by a vast 

 multitude of people, gathered chiefly from this 

 and the New-England states, though many were 

 present from other states of the Union, from the 

 Canadas, from Nova Scotia and New-Brunswiek, 

 and several from various foreign countries. The 

 number of people was considerably greater than 



