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TWO EXPERIMENTS UN THE STll AW BERRY. 



inch in thickness at the root near the ground. 

 It has yicKleil this season fortij-three blos- 

 soms, and has about twmt]j buds more to 

 expand. 



The other Rose plant, being of the same 

 size, and of equal quality with the above 

 named plant, was treated precisely in the 

 same manner, with this difference in the 

 manures used ; under the roots of this Rose 

 I placed two aiid one-half ounces of imhc- 

 rizcd GuaTW, and one quart, by measure, of 

 fine charcoal dust, which was covered three 

 inches with the same kind of garden soil as 

 the other. 



This plant began to grow and send shoots 

 before the other, at least eight days, and 

 continued to send up strong healthy canes 

 to the number of six the first season, 1845, 

 and three of these measured three feet one 

 inch in length, and just five-eighths of an 

 inch in thickness ; the others were two 

 feet nine inches in length and very thrifty, 

 bearing large leaves. This plant yielded 

 nine blossoms of a fine size and good form, 

 the first season of its being planted. 



This present season, 1846, this plant has 

 far outstripped the other, (some twelve feet 



distant only,) and for fine proportions and 

 healthy properties, is equal if not superior 

 to any one of the species that I have seen; 

 it has made seven new and firm canes or 

 shoots, and the shoots are five feet and three 

 inches in length and six-eighths of an inch 

 in thickness. This plant has already ex- 

 ^tsixidcdi four hundred fair blossoms, and there 

 are remaining on the bush at this writing 

 sixty or seventy fair buds and blossoms. 



The ordinary culture of these Roses has 

 in other respects been that usually given to 

 hardy out-door Roses, No uncommon pains 

 has been taken with them, nor have they 

 received any winter protection, except being 

 covered with a little fine straw during the 

 winter months. The above is the result of 

 a carefully noted experiment with Guano, 

 as applied to the Rose plants ; and its supe- 

 riority over the best rotted manures is rea- 

 dily perceived. 



I have been making several other expe- 

 riments with Guano, in its application to 

 tender plants, the results of which I will 

 communicate to you hereafter. 



L. Wyman, Jr. 



Wesl-CaiTtbridge, Mass-, July 10, 1M6. 



Two Experiments made to test Mr. Longworth'a Strawberry Theory. 



BY G. W. HUNTSMAN, FLUSHING, LONG ISLAND. 



Taking Hovey's Seedling as a subject, I ' 

 procured a bell-glass, and placed it over an 

 entire plant which had not bloomed. The 

 flowers expanded well under the glass, but 

 did not produce one berry. The plant was 

 frequently agitated to put the pollen in mo- 

 tion, if there was any. 



I also introduced under a glass some blos- 

 som buds before they had blown. These, 

 as they successively expanded, showed no 

 signs of swelling. I impregnated at differ- 



ent times two of the blossoms by hand, ap- 

 plying the pollen from another plant with 

 a camel's hair pencil. These two set their 

 fruit perfectly. The pistils of the other 

 blossoms soon turned to a dark colour. 

 These experiments were made at the north 

 side of a picket fence, where the plants were 

 screened from the full effects of the sun, 

 otherwise the heat under the glasses would 

 have been too great. 



These experiments prove, to my mind, 



