DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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"WiNTEKiNO Tea Roses in the open air. — 

 Every body fond of flowers knows that there is 

 nothing in the "wide" floral "world"' compa- 

 rable for refined beauty and loveliness to a fine 

 tea rose, in fact to tea-roses altogether. South 

 of Pennsylvania, they are grown as easily as 

 common garden roses, bearing all ordinary win- 

 ters with impunity. But north of Philadelphia, 

 the tea-rose is too tender to grow all the year 

 round out of doors — and is therefore for the 

 most part confined to the green-house or frame. 



A little experiment that we made last winter, 

 with a bed of tea-roses, containing a couple of 

 dozen plants, has turned out so entirely to our 

 satisfaction, that we think it removes all the dif- 

 ficulty of making permanent beds of tea-roses 

 at the north. The temperature having been so 

 unusually severe, and the plants only one season 

 planted, the result is all the more satisfactory. 

 We make the process known for the benefit of 

 floral devotees. 



The bed was oval. We covered it early in 

 November with tan-bark, one foot thick — which 

 nearly covered all the stems — the longest being 

 bent down. Over this coat of tan, to keep it 

 dry, (that being the main point,) w-e put three 

 bundles of rye-straw — gathering it in the center 

 to a ridge or point — so as to shed off the water 

 entirely; no further attention was paid it. When 

 the straw was removed in April, the tan was 

 found perfectly dry — on removing the tan the 

 plants were found in perfect order — even the 

 leaves of the last autumn's growth as fresh as 

 when covered. If any of our readers can in- 

 vent a simpler or more effectual mode of pre- 

 serving a bed of tender plants, we should like 

 to hear from them. 



large frozen ball in winter — but one which is only 

 occasionally practiced. 



Removing EvERGRE£Ns.~Those who are 

 behind hand with their planting, may take our 

 word for it, that there is no season for removing 

 evergreens, in the ordinary way, like this— just 

 as the buds are swelling and tlie roots pu.shing 

 out young fibres. There are fifty different 

 opinions about the best time to plant evergreens. 

 The above may be taken as ours, and it is not 

 without plenty of trials of other modes, 

 cept, of course, moving the trees with a 



Apple Tree Borers. — Sir: In New-Eng- 

 land there is no greater pest to the cultivator, 

 than the Apple Tree Borer. In some parts it 

 has destroyed whole orchards. Many persona, 

 in fact most persons, fold their hands in despair, 

 and let the trees die. I have done better by 

 the help of the Horticulturist — having profited 

 by the directions given by the Editor three or 

 four years ago. These directions are the only 

 ones that I have seen that strike directly at the 

 root of the matter — that is to say, by prevent- 

 ing the Borer in a winged state, the last of May 

 and the first of June, from depositing its eggs 

 in the bark of the tree, and thereby laying the 

 foundation of a new brood. The old mode of 

 killing the borers, by pushing wires into their 

 holes in the trunk of the tree, is good so far as 

 it goes — but it only goes half way. Since, if 

 you succeed in killing all the grubs in that tree, 

 a fresh set may fly over from your neighbor's 

 trees, as soon as the grubs hatch out, and lay 

 their eggs in yours. The plan recommended 

 by the Editor of the Horticulturist, does the 

 whole business; as many new subscribers whose 

 trees may be infected, have not that prescrip- 

 tion at hand. I shall beg leave to repeat it. 



First. Kill all the grubs in the trunk of the 

 tree, by pushing a wire up the holes as far as 

 possible. Then take a pail — fill it half full of 

 thin soft-soap, and stir in enough tobacco wa- 

 ter to make it two-thirds full. Having first 

 scraped off any loose bark, next api)ly this to- 

 bacco and soap paint with a stitf brush, to 

 every part of the trunk, and larger part of the 

 limbs — putting it on especially thick at the 

 " crotches," and the base of the trunk — the 

 places where the borer likes best to deposit its 

 eggs. If this is done early in May. I can an- 

 swer from experience for its efficacy. No Bo- 

 rer will deposit her eggs in bark coated over 

 in this way. All the merit of the prescription 

 belongs to you the Editor,and not to your hum- 

 ble servant, A. R.C. Rhode-Island, April, 1852. 



[We may add to the foregoing, that the soap 

 and tobacco mixture, painted over the trunks 



