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Remauks. — Two of our correspondents, 

 who are very acute observers and zealous 

 cultivators, are pursuing a series of experi- 

 ments with a view to clearing up the un- 

 certain state of existing information respect- 

 ing this disease, which is fatal to the Plum 

 tree in some parts of the country. We hope 

 by the close of this year, to be able to lay 

 before our readers some interesting results 

 on this subject. 



If we recollect rightly. Dr. Shurtliff's 

 practice was the application of brine to the 

 wounded branch, after the wart had been 

 cut out. 



The Plum is naturally a niarine tree, and 

 it is surprising how much salt it will assimi- 

 late and thrive upon. We have, ourselves. 



given a single large tree a half bushel of 

 salt in a season, applied to the surface of 

 the ground in the spring, over an area as 

 wide as the extent of the branches. The 

 tree was in a sickly and enfeebled state, 

 and it had the effect of restoring it to a 

 healthy and luxuriant condition. But we 

 considered this an extreme case, and should 

 not recommend the abundant use of salt 

 every year. 



Mr. Ives' garden, as we know, is rather 

 celebrated, in a neighborhood not remarka- 

 ble for plums, for its abundant production 

 of this fruit ; and he attributes it to the de- 

 structive effects of the salt on the Curculio. 

 This coincides with our own experience. — 

 Ed. 



Hints respecting Plants which will grow in the Shade. 



BY J. JAY SMITH PHILADELPHIA. 



Dear Sir — " The Horticulturist " satisfies 

 all expectations, and its complete success is 

 already certain. It was indeed greatly 

 needed, and will help many to new ideas, 

 and more to the most admirable improve- 

 ments. 



Little hints that every one acquires in the 

 course of his own experience, must be use- 

 ful to others, especially to beginners of 

 whatever age. For instance, I might have 

 spared myself much trouble, if I had known 

 that beneath the shadow of an English Wal- 

 nut is a very umvholesnme place for tender 

 plants. My remarkable success with roses 

 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, noticed by your 

 correspondent in your first number, may be 

 attributed to a casual remark met with in 

 the course of reading, and which I have 

 never since seen repeated in books, that 

 Rose bushes require " to have their feet kept 

 dry;" i. c. to have a deep and well drained 



subsoil. In consequence of this, I uniform*- 

 ly. before planting, dug deep to the gravel, 

 and placed brick-bats or broken pots below. 

 The result, with a favorable exposure, and 

 on high ground, is very remarkable, several 

 kinds having attained a size not previously 

 observed elsewhere. 



A little information as to the kinds of 

 plants that will and will iwt grow in the 

 shade, is an important item in ornamental 

 gardening, which I should be glad to see 

 treated by an experienced gardener. I give 

 a list of a few which I find succeed well in 

 the shade. 



All the Rhododendrons and Kalmias. In- 

 deed those finest of evergreen shrubs will 

 not succeed under garden culture in the 

 sun. What fine specimens of the different 

 Rhododendrons, maximum, catawhicnse, Sec, 

 are growing in that finest of old arboretitms, 

 the Bartram Botanic Garden, near this wty. 



