DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



ing off all but the finer parts, than by anj' other 

 top dressing whatever. Guano is an excellent 

 top dressing for a lawn if applied in the autumn, 

 but if applied in the spring, though it benefits 

 the grass greatly at first, it often causes it to 

 burn up more rapidly in midsummer. If your 

 lawn lies low, or has dampness enough in the 

 soil to prevent the latter, then, of course, this 

 does not apply. 



Stocks. — A Nurseryman, (Bangor.) Graft- 

 ing pears on apple stocks has been abandoned 

 by all good growers, because the union is not 

 permanent, and the tree is short-lived. The 

 plum tree makes a more enduring stock for the 

 peach at the north, or in heavy soils, than the 

 peach itself, and is less liable to disease and in- 

 sects. A. W., (Galesburg.) The Angers 

 Quince is chiefly prepared as a stock for dwarf 

 pears, because it takes the bud easily, and grows 

 more vigorously than the common quince. The 

 latter answers very well when once budded. 



Evergreens. — G. M. T., (Hickory Park, 

 Va.) To make your cedar grow equally fast 

 with the other one, you must remove the soil at 

 the extremity of the roots, and fill it with rich- 

 er soil, mixed with leached ashes. Amos Dean. 

 The Irish Yew is hardy about New- York — and 

 does best in a northern, shaded exposure. 

 There is no ornamental evergreen, on the whole 

 so generally satisfactory, so hardy in all parts 

 of the country, and so well adapted to all soils, 

 as the Norway Spruce. 



Deep Trees. — A Michigan Subscriber. If 

 your apple trees which you are forced to bury 

 a foot deeper than they stood, by raising the 

 ground, are trees readily moved by all means 

 lift them, and bring the roots as near the sur- 

 face as before, as this covering them with so 

 much earth is often fatal. If they cannot be 

 lifted, then cover the roots for a very large 

 space, with small stones, spreading earth over 

 the top. 



List of Trees.— A''. S. R., (Branchville, N. 

 J.) We recommend the following for your 

 " good gravelly loam" soil, in the northern part 

 of New- Jersey. Apples.— Ilarly Harvest, Early 

 Strawberry, Red Astrachan, Porter, Fall Pip- 



pin, Monmouth Pippin, Yellow Bellfleur, Rhode 

 Island Greening, Melon, Ladies' Sweeting, Rox- 

 bury Russet, Baldwin. Peaches. — George IV, 

 Early York, Old Mixon Free, Cooledge's Fa- 

 vorite, Late Red Rareripe, Snow, Morris White, 

 Heath Cling. Cherries. — Black Tartarian, May 

 Duke, Elton, Downer's Late, Graffion. Apri- 

 cots. — Breda, Large Early, Moorpark. /. /. 

 Delchamps, (Bel Espoir, Ala.) We recom- 

 mend for the extreme south with some difiS- 

 dence — but think the following varieties most 

 valuable there. Apples. — Maiden's Blush, Early 

 Harvest, White Bellfleur, Gravenstein, Bevan, 

 Golden Russet, Horse Apple, Holland Pippin, 

 YelloAV Bellfleur, Porter, Grindstone, Dutch 

 Mignonne, Pryor's Red. Pears. — Bartlett, 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Surpass Virgalieu, Golden 

 Beurre of Bilboa, Flemish Beauty, Heathcot, 

 Louise Bonne de Jer,sey, Petre, Seckel, Winter 

 Bonchretien, St. Germain, Lawrence, Duchess 

 of Angoulenie. Fruit trees raised from cut- 

 tings are not so good as those grafted on good 

 stocks — they are less vigorous. Quince stocks 

 are worth about $12 a thousand in northern 

 nurseries. 



Green-house Plants. — A Lady, (Rich- 

 mond, Va.) You will find in Buist's Select 

 Catalogue of " Rare and Popular Green-house 

 and Hot-house Plants," both the list and the in- 

 formation you require. (Address R. Buist, 

 nurseryman, Phila., with 2 postage stamps en- 

 closed.) This catalogue, just published, con- 

 tains brief descriptions and hints for the culti- 

 vation of any genus of plants enumerated. 



Arboretums. — A. S., (New-York.) We 

 recommend you to Messrs. Parsons & Co., 

 Flushing, Long-Island, to complete your list of 

 rare trees. They have paid much attention 

 lately, to importing rare trees for arboretums, 

 and other choice collections. 



Exotics. — B., (New- York.) — The Cleroden- 

 drons and Gardenias jou name, may be had of 

 Parsons & Co. Cupressus Lambertiana has 

 not proved hardy about New- York. Hedera 

 Regneriana is a new variety of Irish Ivy, with 

 large foliage and rapid growth. Maybe had at 

 several of the leading nurseries. 



