lOG editor's TABLE 



iH'at, or ilrv muck, it mitclit Im increased in bulk as well as value. We save, annually, many 

 conls t'f leaves ready for nourishing trees, &c. As they must be raked up, the cost is nothing. 



(15. \V., Illinois.) You are on the right track exactly, and can "go to sleep and make 

 money.'' In planting your 5,000 young locust-trees, cut the plants down at tin- ground ; 

 thev will be easier set, more likely to live, and, at the end of two years, will be larger tlian 

 if the entire tree had been planted. You may have a crop of pumpkins, <S:c., among them 

 without injury. Will you sell your locust plantation at double its cost ? If so, drop a line. 



J. Jay Smith, Esq. — Siu: On Kew Gardens, in No. 1, please to look in Loudon's Knn/rlo- 

 jmdia of Plants, under list of authorities for generic and specific names, you will find that Sir 

 W. J. Hooker is an Englishman (1). Please to inform me if the accentuations in I'axton's 

 Botanical Dictionary am all correct. Scutellaria is accented Scu1:ellarTa,page 02, supplement, 

 in Loudon's EncycJopadia of Plants ; and in Gray's North Amt-rican Botuni/, it is Scutellaria. 

 In Paxton, Priniula is Primilla ; in Paxton's Supplement, Primfda ; in Gray and Loudon, 

 Primula. Who is correct ? (2). Can you inform me, in the Horticulturist, if there is any 

 book published in which the botanical names of plants are divided into syllables, suitable 

 for gardeners ? (3). 1'- Q- 1^- 



1. Sir W. J. Hooker would probably be styled an " English botanist," whether bora in 

 England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the works for which he is chiefly famed are English works. 

 If we are correctly posted. Sir W. J. H. is a Scotchman by birth, who commenced life in 

 Glasgow as a malster or brewer, and who, by his high botanical attainments, subsequently 

 became Professor of Botany in the Glasgow University, and, in 1 840, Director of the Kew 

 Gardens, London. 



2. Paxton is not considered high authority in botanical matters. The botanical part of 

 his Magazine of Botany was edited by a clerical friend, now, we believe, his son-in-law. In 

 the instances, Gray and Loudon are correct. 



3. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary is the only one used by gardeners. 



A New Becixner ix the Nursery Business should not send us any communication to which 

 he is not willing to append his name. 



(H. E.) We have heard of no demonstration to employ the money ($5,000) left by the 

 late Elliott Cresson, to plant trees in Philadelphia. We are quite curious to know how it 

 will be employed, and who will administer the fund. It was a noble bequest ; will it be 

 properly carried out ? 



(Dr. W. S. Kimball, N. J.) You will find what you want in Buchanan's Grape (utlture, 

 published in Cincinnati. 



Dear Sir : Should arbor vita; be planted in double or single rows for hedges and screens ? 

 An answer in your next number, will oblige A Subscriber. 



A single row is ample. 



(H. Davis, Waterville.) By trimming the tops of white cedar regularly twice a year, it 

 will retain its lower branches for many years, but must ultimately lose them in obedience 

 to the law of its nature ; for this reason, it is not now much emjjloyed for hedges. 



f ortitultunil <^0tietics. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — The stated meeting of this Society was held on 

 Tuesday evening, February 19, 1856, at Concert Hall, Gen. Patterson, President, in the chair. 

 Premiums were awarded as follows, by the Committee on Plants and Flowers : — 



CameUias, Twelve Cut Floicers — for the best to David Ferguson ; for the second best to 

 Jerome Graff, gr. to C. Cope. Collection of twelve Plants — for the best to Thos. Robertson, 

 gr. to B. A. Falmestock. A Special Premium of one dollar to Peter Raabe, for a collection of 

 Hyacinths, Tulips, and Crocuses, in pots. Specimen Plant — for the best to Mark Hill, gr. to 

 M. W. Baldwin, for Acacia puhescens. Table Design — for the best to Barry Higgins, gr. to 

 I). R. King. Basket of cut Flowers — for the best to Mark Hill ; for the second best to '^ ^ 

 Habermehl, gr. to John Lambert. Bouquets — for the best pair to the same. 



