value it very highly. The " Stockdale Sweeting" bakes well ; we know of nothing approxi- 

 mating to it. 



(H. A. Terrt, Crescent City, Iowa). The seed pods you sent are those of the bladder- 

 nut Slaphijlea tri/oliata, widely spread over most of the Northern, Middle, and Southern 

 States, and a valuable garden shrub or small tree. 



(A. A. Hull, Forest Hill.) 1. Tliere is danger of your trees being injured by mice. Con- 

 sult the volumes of the Horticulturist, by index. 2. We esteem it a barbarous custom to 

 whitewash trees as a rule. 3. Sow hickory-nuts as soon as gathered, if there is no danger 

 from vermin; if there is, defer it till February. Deposit the seed in drills two feet apart, 

 the seeds at from three to six inches apart. Shorten the tap-root once a year ; cut the head 

 of the tree entirely off after transplantation, and before the sap begins to rise, leaving only 

 a main stem ; dress the wound, and they will throw out shoots of great vigor the first year, 

 and these being thinned out or rubbed off, the remainder soon form a head. 



(James Jackson, Boston). We do not consider the Concord Grape equal in quality to the 

 Isabella ; unless it be that it ripens better at the North, it has not equal merit. It proved 

 very foxy here. 



Catalogues, etc., received. — The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs for 1858. 

 Albany: Luther Tucker & Son. Excellent as usual, and deserving a large circulation. As 

 compared with the silly old almanacs, made merely to sell old rags, it is an astonishing 

 advance. Tlie publishers have also combined the Annual Register for the three previous 

 years into one volume, which makes a most portly and valuable publication, full of cuts 



and facts. 



Mr. Joseph Harris, of the Genesee Farmer, also issues this year another of his Rural 

 Annual, quite as excellent as the former, and promising to become a permanent favorite ; it 

 shows great industry in the editor's department. See advertisement. 



Address before the Essex Agricultural Society, on " Home, and its Embellishments." By 

 E. G. Kelly, M. D. A theme worthy of a great pen. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, cultivated and for sale by John R. Stanford, at Pomona 

 Hall Nursery, Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, which State promises to be one of 

 our best fruit gardens. Mr. Stanford's catalogue deserves attention. 



Address at the Dedication of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan. By 

 Joseph R. Williams, President. Sound, and full of information. 



Mr. Kelly & Co.'s Abridged Catalogue of Trees and Plants, for the autumn of 1857 and 

 spring of 1858. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Trade List of Evergreens, Fruit-Trees, Stocks, &c., for 1857-8, for sale by John Saul, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Complete Set of the Catalogues of A. Frost & Co., Rochester, N. Y., containing most arti- 

 cles known to the trade. Tliese make quite an octavo volume, and are additional evidence 

 of the industry and intelligence in horticultural matters that are accumulating daily around 



us. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, cultivated and for sale at the Mount Hope Nurseries, 

 Rochester, N. Y. EUwauger & Barry, Proprietors. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, «Stc. Ellwanger & 

 Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



Special Select Catalogue of Extra Large Fruit-Trees in a bearing state, and of Ornamental 

 Trees and Shrubs, &c. W. R. Prince & Co., Flushing, near New York. 



Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c., cultivated and for sale by Peters, Harnden 

 & Co. Atlanta, Ga. This is one of the oldest established nurseries in the South, and there 



