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TJIK GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



{June, 



Fpvonil ciitaln^iiu's, but do not sec lliciii advcr- 

 lisod in any <>t" tlu-ni. 



[Kibes anriMini, is tl'.c oniiiinon yi'llow Mis- 

 souri (\nrant of tbe old jiardi'iis ; and liibcs 

 Floridanum is (ho wild native l>laok Currant of 

 the Kastern States. They are used for stocks 

 heeaiise tiie root-s are more suited to our liot 

 SuninuM- ground than the forei<;n varieties are. 

 It is this heated ground which induces niiklew in 

 the hirge Entllish Gooseberries, and when on 

 these native stocks they are therefore niihlew- 

 free. Tliey are not common in country nur- 

 series, because theie is little demand for them ; 

 but any nurseryman wlio knows his business 

 could jienerally get them for you. if you give 

 him time enough, as it is part of their business 

 to know where they can get things when ordered 

 by responsible parties. There is seldom any- 

 thing to be had in the trade at all, that a lirst- 

 class nursery cannot obtain when ordered by 

 their well-known customers, though you may 

 look through hundreds of catalogues without 

 finding the thing desired. — Ed. G. M.] 



The Peau Slug.— C. B. J., Camden, Del., 

 writes : The pear slu^ occasions great trouble 

 and loss in this section. Is there no method of 

 preventing their invasions? People here, very 

 generally, I believe, know of the expedient of 

 dusting with different substances; but this pro- 



cess I have found tedious, not always practicable 

 nor ell'ectual. 



If you could put our fruit growers in posses- 

 sion of a prev(!ntive of these; attncks you would 

 confer a great favor, and I should be glnd to help 

 make it known in connection with your name. 

 Or perhaps you could communicate a specitie 

 through your Monthly. 



I am not much accjuaiMled with liie naturai 

 history of this pest. I do not suppose it ascends 

 from the groun<l, as tlu' first generation of a 

 season that appears on the leaves is very minute. 

 Perhaps in the case of small trees, the emanations 

 of salt placed at the proper time in the trees in 



I small bags would cUVct something. I have read 



I that Iodine would attract them. 



I In small nursery trees, I have found it best to 

 Jar them off after they had advanced somewhat 

 in growth.and send the cultivator over the ground. 

 [Does any one know of any thing better than 

 dusting or sprinkling, as our correspondent 

 says these processes are tedious. But we know 

 of no other.— Ed. G. M.] 



Fkuit Prospects at Boston.— Col. Wilder, 

 under date of May ?)d, writes: "Splendid 

 weather! 84°. Peaches, cherries, pears, all in 

 bloom. There will be a small crop of pears» 

 will) few exceptions. Anjous are full of bloom. 

 This the earliest sea.son since 1865, when we 

 cut grass 13 inches high, on 19th April." 



Forestry. 



COMMUNICA TIONS. 



FORESTRY IN SOUTHERN KANSAS. 



BY C.II. LONGSTRETH, FORESTER FOR A. T. AND 

 S. F. R. R. CO. 



The subject of Forest Culture is without doubt 

 a momentous question, and one of vast import- 

 ance, in view of the future wants of the whole 

 country. "While there is evidently a growing in- 

 terest in the subject, there at the same time 

 seems to be a great want of knowledge of just 

 how to commence the growing of a forest, and 

 be successful therein. 



In view of these facts, and to encourage the 

 planting and growing of trees in Southern Kan- 

 sas, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad 

 Company, in the spring of 1873, established ex- 

 perimental stations at different points along the 

 line of their road, extending from Hutchinson 



westward, for the purpose of testing the different 

 varieties of trees, learning the kinds best adapted 

 to our soil and clmvate, and the best mode of 

 culture. 



The results of these experiments, running 

 through the past four years, justify the conclu- 

 sion that forest trees for shade, wind-breaks, fuel, 

 timber and ornament are easily, cheaply and 

 quickly grown ; and we are confident that, from a 

 few acres of trees planted and attended to with a 

 proper degree of intelligence and care, the farmer 

 may, in four or five years, supply himself with 

 fuel, and also with mucn material that will be of 

 service to him about a farm, besides add many 

 times the cost to the saleable value of his farm. 



Among the several varieties that have proved 

 successful with us, as far as tested, we would 

 recommend the following as amonsr the best for 

 general planting : Ash, Black Walnut, Box 



