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gradually run nearer the surface as a line 

 of trees is approached. When the bark of 

 the stems is accidentally bruised or knocked 

 off, it is not in general best, at first to try 

 any application. Pare off smoothly the 

 edges of the wound ; and if the albumen 

 is untouched, or but slightly injured, it will 

 soon heal up. We have known persons rub 

 over the injured part with dirt or some other 

 application, thereby entirely destroying the 

 albumen, and making a wound permanent. 



It is a great trial of temper and patience 

 to have trees badly marred, and the work 

 of ploughing should be trusted only to skil- 

 ful hands. 



It is a matter of surprise, that orchards 

 are so productive, and that the supply of fruit 

 indifferent in size and quality as much of it 

 is, is so great, when we consider how many 

 obstacles placed in her way, nature is oblig- 

 ed to overcome. Horticulture is beginning 

 to be better understood, and the knowledge 

 and information of experienced cultivators 

 more highly appreciated. 



Iri the state in which we reside, orchards, 

 with but very few exceptions, are much 

 neglected. They are mostly kept in grass, 

 and not ploughed oftener than once in five 

 or six years ; and then not so much with a 

 view of benefitting the trees, as to obtain 

 profitable crops of hay. 



In many instances, such of the the trees 

 as have survived an injudicious method of 

 planting, and the depredations of cattle, 

 are a prey to every species of vermin that 

 can live upon them. The borers, caterpil- 

 lars and lice, have undisputed possession. 

 The trunks, surrounded by suckers, are 

 covered with moss, and from the untrimmed 

 tops, dead and cankered branches extend in 

 every direction. In some neighborhoods, 

 under the idea, or with the apology that 

 stony soil is advantageous to their growth, 

 orchards have been located upon rocky side 

 hills, wholly inaccessible to the plough, and 

 fit only for pasturage ; and the dwarfish and 

 stunted trees occasionally yield a small crop 

 of miserable fruit. This is rather a sad 

 description, but far from being overdrawn. 

 We believe there is too much truth in a re- 

 mark made by one of our most intelligent 

 cultivators, that " if nine-tenths of our or- 

 chards should be cut down, and the labor 

 and cultivation which they receive be ex- 

 pended upon the remaining tenth, more and 

 better fruit would be raised. 



We ore happy to say that of late, atten- 

 tion has been more drawn to the cultivation 

 of fruit, and that there is reason to expect a 

 speedy progress in improvement. 



L. C. Eaton. 



Providence., R. J., Nov. 19, 1S4C, 



REMARKS ON ROSES— No. I. 



BY DR. VALK, FLUSHING, L. I. 



ALTHoroH it is said, that "a Rose by any 

 other name would smell as sweet," we are in- 

 clined to be sceptical even on this point, and 

 very much doubt, could its name ie changed, 

 that it would either " smell as sweet," or 

 long retain the pre-eminence so universally 

 awarded it as the Queen of Flowers. Fa- 

 miliarity with a name so appropriate, and 



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so perfectly expressive of all those qualities 

 known to belong to these fioral genera,has in- 

 vested them with properties too powerful for 

 the most restless enthusiast to presume that 

 even a hope might be indulged of calling 

 them aught else than Roses — the very word 

 being so perfect in itself, that it carries with 

 it the association of all that is charming in 



