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ing tlie climbers to put on, partially, the dress 

 of the Bourbon roses, and flower more or less 

 all the season. 



Among the hardy clean woody permanent 

 climbers — there are none more beautiful than 

 the Chinese Wistaria — with its superb masses 

 of fresh gray or lilac flowers in May. The yel- 

 low trumpet Honeysuckle — with blossoms the 

 most delicate straw color, all the season, is not 

 half so often seen as it deserves; the Chinese 

 Honeysuckle, with delieiously scented parti- 

 colored blossoms and sub-evergreen foliage, is 

 particularly well suited to verandas with a north- 

 ern aspect; the Dutchman's Pipe, with a mag- 

 nificently large dark green foliage, is perfectly 

 hardy, and the most picturesque of climbers, 

 for situations where a bold effect is desired. 



These are the best of the permanent vwody 

 vines for verandas. For those who have bare 

 columns at this season, and wish to cover them 

 at once, we recommend the following Summer 

 climbers — to last only the season, and which will 

 grow from 8 to 15 feet high and flower profuse- 

 ly. Cobea scandens — very rapid grower, large 

 purplish bell shaped flowers. Maurandias — 

 pink, purple, and white, three sorts all ex- 

 ceedingly pretty, growing 10 feet high. Lophos- 

 permums — pink, or pale purple, two sorts, 15 

 feet high. Solanum jasminoides — delicate 

 white flowers, blooms very freely, 12 feet. Ipo- 

 mea Learii — a rich blue convolvulus, 20 feet 

 high. Pergularia odoratissima — profusion of 

 fragrant white flowers, 15 feet high. These can 

 be had in pots at most of the Florists, and it is 

 not yet too late to turn them out for the sum- 

 mer — especially if the soil is made light and 

 rich. Among the prettiest annual vines, are 

 the Canary bird flower ( Tropeolum canariense,) 

 and the Cypress vine. 



QciNCES LOVE Salt.— The quince tree seems 

 to have a constitutional fondness for salt. We 

 have never seen such superb specimens of this 

 fruit, and such a general luxuriance of the trees, 

 as at Newport, R. I. — on the sea coast. A gen- 

 tleman who noticed this fact, several years ago. 

 told us lately that he had profited by the hint, 

 in giving to each of his trees a top-dressing of 

 two (quarts of coarse salt every spring. By 

 ng the salt over the surface it dissolves 

 and does no harm whatever to the roots, 



but makes both foliage and fruit much more 



healthy. 



Burnt Bones for the Pear Tree. — We can 

 bear testimony to the value of the bone-black 

 of sugar refineries as a special manure for the 

 pear tree. A peck mixed in the soil of a hole 

 three feet in diameter, in which the tree is plant- 

 ed, gives great depth of verdure, and augments 

 both the size and flavor of the fruit. It is pro- 

 bable that the new native phosphate now futmd 

 in New-Jersey and Lake Champlain, will be 

 eagerly sought after by pear cultivators as being 

 the food of pears — par excellence. 



Notes from Lake Ontario. — Many persons 

 in your city, or farther seaward, suppose the 

 region of the great Lake Ontario, one, if not 

 inhospitable in soil, very severe in its climate, 

 because it verges toward Canada. But it is 

 quite otherwise. Often, while Utica and Roch- 

 ester, and even Albany, are under the incubus 

 of intense cold, or severe frosts, the lake shore 

 hei'e is in the enjoyment of comparatively mo- 

 derate weather. This spring has been cold, and 

 vegetation is backward : but within a few days 

 the weather has been delightfully tempered with 

 warm sunshine, and genial spring showers. 



Oswego is situated directly on the lake shore, 

 divided by a rapid river. The city itself, slopes 

 on each side to the river, and furnishes innume- 

 rable jiositions where the most pictures(iue sites 

 for dwellings or gardens are found. Shade 

 trees abound , the city ordinances requiring them 

 to be placed along the streets, by the owners of 

 the contiguous property. Horticulture receives 

 much attention — and some of the private 

 grounds here are celebrated for good taste in 

 arrangement, and for the delicious fruits, and 

 exquisite flowers they produce. The ladies of 

 this city devote themselves with much zeal, to 

 matters of rural embellishment, and many of 

 them are largely in advance of the other sex in 

 their devotion to pomology, and the beauties of 

 the floral kingdom. The soil and climate are 

 admirably adapted for most kinds of delicious 

 fruits, especially pears, plums, cherries, and 

 peaches. Oswego is the paradise of roses. Near- 

 ly every variety is cultivated here. Li no place, 

 Philadelphia excepted, have I ever seen such 

 gorgeous and attractive horticultural exhibi 

 tions. It may gratify you to know that 

 tire fruit crop in this region promises ar 



