Salt, chickens, swine, and most of the remedies recommended for this pest, are all 

 nonsense. The only remedy is that of shaking the trees, and catching them in 

 sheets ; but this is so troublesome, in large orchards, that it is really no remedy 

 at all. 



The olive grows in great luxuriance in the lower portions of the State. Oranges 

 and lemons are grown, in the open air, in many places on tlie sea-board. 



I have endeavored to give you thus a brief account of our fruits. I believe 

 that most fruits grown here are superior in flavor to those grown in the North. 

 Our summer's sun ripens everything, but it would aflbrd me the greatest pleasure 

 if you or your readers could procure a good basket of our early summer peaches ; 

 they are so far superior to those grown with you, that you would scarcely recognize 

 the fruit. 



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SHRUBS WITH ORNAMENTAL BERRIES.— NO. 1. 



BY THOMAS MEEHAN, GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. 



There is quite a number of shrubs that are chiefly valuable for their orna- 

 mental fruit ; many, in fact, rest their whole claim to our attention on their pecu- 

 liar beauty in this respect. I have thought that a list of such, with brief descrip- 

 tions of their habits, might be interesting to some of your readers. 



1. Ame/cmchier hotryapmm. The June Berry, or Indian Cherry. This is 



rather a small tree than a shrub. In the month of June, it is covered with a 

 profusion of scarlet fruit, al)out the size of a small cherry. It belongs to the 

 apple family of plants, and is as easily raised from seed, and in the same manner, 

 as the common apple. It thrives best in a deep, rich loam, and is best adapted 

 to an open and airy situation. 



2. Aralia spinosa. Angelica Tree, or Club of Hercules. — Also a large, strong- 

 growing shrub. It has quite a peculiar appearance. The stem is very thick, 

 usually has but few branches, and is completely beset with short, thick spines. 

 The flowers are borne from the apex of these shoots in very large panicles, suc- 

 ceeded by blue berries, about the size of small peas, ripening in October. It is 

 not a plant for the most highly kept portions of the lawn. Its character better 

 adapts it to wilder places. It increases somewhat by suckers, though it does not 

 spread very rapidly unless the roots are cut. Every small piece will grow. The 

 best place for it is in an unfrequented part of the lawn, where a small clump of 

 half u dozen, left to itself, will present a very interesting feature. It seems to 

 prefer dry, poor, stony soils. 



3. Arlmhis unedo. The Strawbcrry-Tree. — Whoever has travelled in the tem- 

 perate parts of Europe, is familiar with this shrub, as it is considered indispen- 

 sal}le in every garden. It is remarkable that it should be a native only of two 

 places, and these widely distant — the Cape of Good Hope and Ireland. South 

 of Philadelphia it is hardy, but does not grow with its European luxuriance. It 

 is an evergreen, and the fruit, as its name imports, is of the size, color, and shape, 

 of a small strawberry, wliich the tree ripens in succession most of the year. 



4. Benzoin odoriferiim, or Laurus benzoin. The Spice Bush. — Well-known 

 under its common name to the readers of Wilson's popular " Lines to a Blue Bird."' 

 It is a shrub seldom exceeding ten feet high, sending uji numerous shoots from 

 its base, and bearing, in July and August, its rich, scarlet fruit in great abund- 

 ance. The fruit has a highly aromatic taste, and is eagerly sought after by birds, 



■' \i they soon disappear. On the whole, tbere are few more desirable shrub 

 this. Its favorite place is in moist, rich, and shaded soils, though it will 



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