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propriate plants for decorating- the graves of dif- | astronomers night-shade, upholsterers fringe-tree, 

 ferent craftsmen, professional men, &,c. Watch dry-goodsnien calico plant, fortune hunters mary- 

 makers the " four o'clock " and thyme, sextons gold, spendthrifts, the billberry, scribblers the 

 of churches canterbury-bell, surgeons boneset, \ calamus or jonquille, cooks the pansy or buttercup. 



DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



Planting in CEMirrERiES. — A friend in New- 

 York, desires some hints on "the best mode ofen- 

 ciosing cemetery lots." We have already express- 

 ed our strong disapprobation of most of the iron 

 railings now so much in fashion for this purpose — 

 both as being tasteless in themselves, and associated 

 with the areas And front door steps of cities, and as 

 destro3'ing the feeling of repose and rui-al beauty 

 which should pervatle a cemetery. 



Where these railings already exist and cannot 

 well be removed, we would obviate the objection 

 to them by wreathing them about with some hardy 

 and beautiful vines, or twining shrubs. The most 

 desirable for this purpose, that occur to us at the 

 moment are the following: Chinese twining hon- 

 eysuckle, (Lonicera Jlexuosa,) with fine, dark, sub- 

 evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers; Chinese 

 Wistaria, (W. sinensis,) a luxuriant vine, with long 

 clusters of pale lilac blossoms; and the Periploca 

 or Virginian silk, (Periploca grcpca,) with rich 

 green leaves and curious brownish tlowers. One 

 plant of these would soon make a rich drapery over 

 a piece of iron railing 8 or 10 feet long. A plant 

 or two of the Sweet-scented clematis (Clematis 

 Jlammula) might be mingled with the loregoing 

 in planting. Its small foliage would be of no val. 

 ue in covering the iron work, but its delicate show- 

 ers of pale star-like blossoms would have a most 

 pleasing effect in summer, when in bloom, to say 

 nothing of its delicious perfume. 



For an evergreen hedge, as an enclosure to a ceme- 

 tery lot, and we consider it the most appropri- 

 ate — we think there is nothing on the whole like 

 the Arbor Vitce. This plant, as it grows on the Hud- 

 son, is almost a fac-simile, in its tapering conical 

 outline and general effect, of tlie Evergreen Cypress 

 of the South of Europe — so long a favorite in cemete- 

 ries abroad. Its color is a rather more cheerful hue 

 of green, and therefore more agreeable in our eyes. 

 Planted and treated as a hedge, it may, by shearing 

 it annually, (and no plant bears shearing better,) 

 be kept down to the height of three feet. Or if it 

 is left to grovv untrimmed it will at last form a 

 thick screen or enclosure, say 15 feet high. 'J'he 

 latter we must confess suits our feeling of the se- 

 clusion and privacy which should shield the last 

 place of repose of a private individual, far better 

 than the open garish display of iron fence and 

 sculptured sione which catches the eye of the mul- 

 titude. 



A very neat and pretty hedge for a cemetery lot, 

 growing about three or four feet high, and requir- 

 ing very little care, may be formed by planting the 

 well known Double White Scotch Rose (Double 

 Burnet, of some.) Its foliage and thick, compact 

 habit of growth, render it pretty through the 



whole season, and in May it is thickly studded 

 with its delicate little white roses. Privet very 

 speedily makes a thick hedge of foliage, and is ve- 

 ry well atlapted for this purpose, and that pleasing 

 evergreen shrub, lately introduced into our gar- 

 dens, and which we notice is already quite com- 

 mon in the Philadelphia nurseries — the Japan 

 Euonymus, (variegated leaved) will make an excel- 

 lent low hedge or border for enclosures of this 

 kind. 



Pruning the Peach Tree. — This is the season 

 in the Northern States, for " sliortening-in" the 

 young wood of bearing peach trees, as recommend- 

 ed in our work on Fruits, page 259. 



We are glad to perceive that the merits of this 

 mode of pruning the peach, are beginning to be ve- 

 ry generally appreciated among our cultivators. 

 We consider it the most important point in peach 

 culture, antl cannot too often, or too strongly, im- 

 press its value upon our readers. 



Last summer, we were sliown, by a market gar- 

 dener, a row of fine, thrifiy standard peach trees, 

 5 years planted. There were eight trees in the 

 row. Two of them had been regularly shortened- 

 in, in the month of April, over the whole s'irface 

 of the last year's growth, cutting back just half the 

 young wood. The other six were allowed to re- 

 main without any pruning. 



The two trees that had been shortened-in, bore 

 a good crop of very large and handsome fruit, 

 which readily sold for two and a half dollars per 

 bushel in New-York market. The shortening-in 

 had of course taken away half the blossom buds at 

 once, and given the whole vigor of the tree to the 

 remainder. 



The other six trees were overloaded with fruit 

 to such a degree that man}^ of the branches were 

 broken with its weight, which caused the gum to 

 ooze out, and will probably lead to the premature 

 decay of the trees. The fruit being so very abun- 

 dant was of course under medium size, and neither 

 high flavored, nor hantlsome in appearance. It was 

 sold for one dollar per bushel. Neeil we add any- 

 thing more to those who desire to raise the finest 

 or the most saleable fruit. 



Notes vrom Piiir.ADEr.i'in a. — The general bu- 

 siness of horticulture may be said never to have been 

 more prosperous here than it now is. There has 

 been a demand this winter for more boutpiets than 

 could be supjilieil; a more enikiring evidence, how- 

 ever, may be found in the fact that Quv great staple 

 of green-houses, the Camellia, retains its|)lace*nd 

 price, notwithstanding the immense number that 

 are annually propagated. In the language of the 



