DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



branches to be trained, Solfaterre, and Cloth of 

 Gold. The best hardy Climbing Eoses for "the 

 most northern states," are Boursalt Elegans, 

 Blush Boursaltj Queen of the Prairies, Balti- 

 more Belle, Superba, and Eva Coriune. Wiegela 

 rosea, is, so far as tried, hardy all over the north . 

 Select Fruits. — Ibid. The best half-dozen 

 Strawberries for family use, are Large Early 

 Scarlet, Burr's New Pine, Hovey's Seedling, 

 Hudson, Crimson Cone. The best half-dozen 

 Plums, do.. Green Gage, Imperial Gage, Pur- 

 ple Favorite, Smith's Orleans, Coe's Golden 

 Drop, Frost Gage. 



Magnolias. — F. T., (Maine.) The only 

 Magnolia known to be hardy in Maine, is the 

 Cucumber Tree, 31. accuminata. But as M. 

 conspicua, and M. -loulangiana, have borne 

 20° below zero, on the Hudson, without injury 

 to any nart except the flower buds, you might 

 make trial of these beautiful Chinese varieties 

 with confidence. Tulips kept out of the ground 

 all winter, will be worth very little in the spring. 



Tree Seeds. — /. M. M., (Tompkins county, 

 N. Y.) Seeds of some of tlie ornamental trees 

 may be had of Thorburn & Co., New-York, and 

 Buist, Philadelphia ; but a general assortment 

 is not kept anywhere in this country. Mahaleb 

 cherry stones, cannot probably be had short of 

 France. 



Black Roses. — ^ Lady, New-Haven.) The 

 old story of grafting a rose on a black currant, 

 is a pure absurdity ; first, because the graft 

 would not take, and second, because the color 

 would not be changed if it did. The darkest 

 roses are only a dark reddish purple ; the black 

 hollyhock is the most decidedly black flower 

 produced by cultivation. 



Lawns. — W. R. S., (New-London.) If you 

 wish a lawn at once, do7i't commit the folly of 

 planting oats, or any other crop, with your grass 

 seed — but plant only the grass seed itself, three 

 times as thick as usual, and you will have a 

 close turf by July. The soil must be made 

 deep by trenching or sub-soil plowing, if j'ou 

 wish to maintain the verdure through the sea- 

 son. Either red-top or blue-grass, mixed with 

 white clover, m.vkes the best lawns; three- 

 fourths of either of the former, to one-fourth of 

 the latter. Sow as early in the spring as the 

 is mellow and dry enough, and roll the 

 perfectly smooth afterwards. 



Monarch Pear. — Jl Pomoligist, (New-Bed- 

 ford.) Our opinion is, that in spite of the high 

 reputation made for Mr. Knight's pears abroad, 

 not one of them is above second rate in the 

 United States — some of them far below that. 



Osage Orange. — W.Brenner. Thisunusu- 

 ally cold winter will settle the hardiness of this 

 hedge plant in all parts of the country. But 

 you must remember that because a j'oung hedge 

 two years old, is cut down to the ground, it 

 does not follow that a full grown hedge would 

 not defy the frost — the wood of the first being 

 sappy from luxuriant growth — that of the latter 

 being firm and mature, from constant pruning 

 and stopping the hedge. 



Grafting. — P. Wilson. In grafting over 

 full grown orchard trees, it is the better mode to 

 graft the top branches the first year, and the 

 side branches the second year. This equalizes 

 the distribution of the sap, and produces a much 

 better head. Rhode Island Greenings and Bald- 

 wins, are more regular and heavy bearers than 

 the others in your list. 



Green-house. — 31., (Albany.) We suspect 

 the want of healthy growth in your greenhouse, 

 is from the high temperature at which you keep 

 it during the night. This forces the plants to 

 grow most in the dark — with very little pure 

 fresh air to grow in. Keep the temperature al- 

 ways much lower at night than in the day time, 

 and continue, if possible, to introduce fresh air 

 warmed — by passing it over the flues or furnace 

 in some sort of air chamber. 



Keeping Flowers Fresh. — J Young Read- 

 er, (Charleston.) Flowers fade so soon because 

 the juices of the leaves evaporate through the 

 pores — and the dryer and warmer the room, the 

 more rapidly the flowers fade. If you wish to 

 keep them fresh for a long time, keep them 

 under a glass shade ; or shut up a favorite bo- 

 quet at night, in a covered box, sprinkling the 

 flowers plentifully before hand. In the morn- 

 ing you will find them quite fresh — they having 

 taken up moisture through the pores of both 

 leaf and flower. 



Cherry Stocks. — /. T., (Moundville, Wis.) 

 The choke cherry, (C.seroiina,) has been used 

 as a stock, but it is somewhat difficult to make 

 the cultivated varieties take upon it. The qua 

 lity of the fruit is also somewhat deterior 

 the stock. 



