THE PEACH IN THE NORTH. 



animals require more care and attention than those of their race of inferior qualities. In 

 flowers we find it the same. The common Pansy will survive a winter in the northern 

 states, while their cousins, which have been so much improved in size, shape, substance, 

 and color, require the highest state of pot culture in cool pits, in England. Geraniums, 

 as they have been improved by Mr. Beck and others, must have more care than the com- 

 mon old varieties, and those lovely fancy varieties which have come much into culture of 

 late, require still more care, as well as cultural skill, to grow them in anything like perfec- 

 tion. The common clove pink will grow freely in the borders of our flower gardens, but 

 the delicate flaked carnation, and the beautiful' yellow picotee, if to be grown well, or at 

 all, must be managed very differently. And so must our delicious peaches, if we wish the 

 fruit fine, want to have the trees in health and vigor, and prolong their lives, a good rou- 

 tine of culture must be pursued, or disease will soon manifest itself. It has frequently 

 been urged by excellent writers, to procure the stones from which stocks are raised, from 

 healthy districts, and this cannot be too often recommended, as the good or bad qualities 

 of the parent will be inherited by the offspring. The growers of oak in England, invaria- 

 bly procure their acorns from the finest trees, and will not use those from small stinted 

 scrubs, and at the present daj"", many growers procure their Larch seed from Tyrol — the 

 native home of the Larch — in preference to seed raised in Britain. I could run through 

 many other instances of the kind, showing the great necessity of having seed from the 

 healthiest districts. Florists that excel in raising seedling geraniums, pansies, &c., not 

 only save their seed from varieties of first rate qualities, but the individual blooms from 

 which the seed is saved must be as near perfection as possible, and whilst in flower no oth- 

 er bloom of inferior qualities, of that or any other varieties, is allowed to exist, lest the 

 bees may frustrate the object in view, by taking the pollen into the flower which is inten- 

 ded for seeding. Of no less importance is it, that buds should be taken from a healthy 

 source, as they will assuredly perpetuate and transmit the strength and vigor, or disease 

 of the parent. This holds good through the whole range of the animal and vegetable 

 kingdoms, and is particularly conspicuous in fruit trees, ornamental trees, flowering plants, 

 &c. Hunt's large Tawny Nectarine was raised from thrifty, free growing young plants of 

 the " old Tawny." Most variegated trees, with many of the pendulous, have been pro- 

 duced by accidental branches on trees of their species, produced by sickness, insects, and 

 other causes; yet all these, with the greatest certainty, are perpetuated by budding and 

 grafting. The Mogador (D. P.) Rose is said to be a sport from the Crimson Perpetual, 

 or Du Roi, yet it re-produces itself with certainty by budding, and is more vigorous 

 in growth than the parent. The Clifton White Moss Rose was produced by a sucker 

 from the old Pink Moss; it is the best white moss, but extremely delicate in its habit, and 

 difficult to grow well. When it does grow well, it is predisposed to sport again, into what 

 is called the Blush Moss. We have another sport in the same line, Unique White Moss, 

 which has been produced by the old Unique Rose — parent and ofl"spring being of the same 

 color, the growth is much about the same, whilst the mossy character of the latter re- 

 mains constant. In budding or grafting, we perpetuate all the good or bad qualities of the 

 parents, as much, if not more than by seed raised from the latter; all highly cultivated fruits 

 will vary to a considerable extent, whereas, by budding or grafting, we perpetuate them 

 with the greatest accuracy. 



It is well known that in England all peaches and nectarines are worked upon plum 

 stocks; the climate being excessively moist, with cool summers, when upon its own stock 

 tree grows very thriftily; the wood is never matured properly; the autumn finds them 

 crude sap, branches, stem and roots, and the following spring the tree will be found 



