DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



of the Horticulturist, a description of the Per- 

 sian yellow rosC; and stating what are the points 

 of difference between that and the yellow Har- 

 rison. A rose was sent me more than a year 

 since, by the name of Persian yellow, that is 

 vastly inferior both in shape and fullness to a 

 yclluw Harri-son, that I have had for some years. 

 Last fall I made the place where it was set, ex- 

 tremely rich with stable manure, and the bush 

 has grown luxuriantly, but there is very little 

 improvement in the blossom since last year. 

 The color, so far as I see. is just the same with 

 the yellow Harrison. I want to know whether 

 there is but little difference between the two 

 roses, or whether I have been cheated in my 

 purchase. M. A. Chapel Hill, N. C, May, '52. 

 The Persian yellow rose is verj' distinct from 

 the Harrison yellow. The former is a cupped, 

 double rose, beautifully formed, and a third 

 larger than the latter. The Harrison rose is 

 semi-double and expands so as to be nearly fiat 

 ■when full blowri. The Harrison has an upright, 

 and Persian yellow a spreading, rather drooping 

 habit. The Persian yellow is a very beautiful 

 free flowering variety, of a pure deep chrome 

 yellow. From j'our description of your plant, 

 you have read the Harrison instead of the Per- 

 sian vellow. Ed. 



Analysis of the Strawberry. — In the last 

 number of the Horticulturist, I see an analysis 

 of the strawberrj', by myself, in M'hich there is 

 an error of importance, the correction of which 

 I wish you to publish. It is this. It reads Per- 

 phosphate of Lime — where it should read Lime. 

 Tlie same error has been published in several 

 papers, and an error even more material, has 

 been made (in publishing my analysis of the 

 sweet potatoe,) by some of the papers. They 

 have Phosphate of Lime, of Magnesia, of Pot- 

 ash, where they should have only Lime, Magne- 

 sia, Potash. I suppose that in the first place I 

 may have caused the error, in the manner in 

 M'hich I made out my statement of these analy- 

 ses, by placing the words Lime, Magnesia, Pot- 

 ash, under the words Phosjjhate of Iron. They 

 inferred that Phosphate of Lime, Magnesia and 

 Potash was meant, and so substituted the word 

 Phosjibate. Eespectfully. Billius Kirtland. 

 Poland. 0. May 13, 18.52. 



troversy as to the fact of wheat turning to cheat 

 or chess, which as far as I am hiformed is yet 

 imdecided. 



It has come under the observation of several 

 farmers, that wheat that has been pastured late 

 is more apt to have a larger proportion of cheat 

 amongst it than that which has not been pastured. 

 This circumstance has suggested the idea that, 

 where the main stalk of wheat has been de- 

 stroyed, that the side shoots produce a grain 

 differing from the parent grain. In proof of this 

 I would instance the cabbage: where the head 

 has been removed, the sprouts from the stalks 

 produce a seed, which will not again produce 

 cabbage — but still retaining much of the nature 

 of cabbage. I do not know whether the atten- 

 tion of those writers on the subject has been 

 turned to this fact, but it appears to me to be a 

 strong case in point. Very respectfully, A 

 Subscriber. Lexington, Ky., May 1, 1852. 



EAT AND Chess. — There has been a con- 



Pears on Quince Stocks. — In a late di.scus- 

 sion on fruits, which took place at the agricul- 

 tural meeting at the State House in Boston, 

 Col. Wilder made some interesting remarks on 

 this subject which we reprint: 



Much attention lias been given of late years 

 to the cultivation of the pear on the quince 

 stock, and in relation to which I have been re- 

 quested to give the results of my e.\))ericnce. 

 As a general rule, no tree will succeed for any 

 great length of time where it is grafted on any 

 other than its own species. There are, however, 

 exceptions to this rule, and among them, some 

 varieties of the pear, which grow vigorously, 

 bear abundantly, and which seem to be even 

 better adapted to the quince, than to their own 

 root. 



An impression has extensively prevailed un- 

 favorable to the cultivation of the pear on the 

 quince. This has arisen princijially from an im- 

 proper selection of kinds, or from injudicious 

 cultivation. There are, however, three con- 

 siderations which are absolutely necessary to 

 success, viz., a deep, rich soil, — the planting of 

 the quince stock entirely below the surface of 

 the ground, — and a systematic and scientific 

 course of pruning, as the tree progresses in 

 growth. 



Objections to this species of cultivation have 

 been made from the belief that the quince was 

 a .short-lived tree, and that the crop must ne- 

 cessarily be small from what are termed dwarf 

 trees. Such, however, has not been my expe- 

 rience. On the contrary, I have pear trees on 

 the quince root which are twenty-live years old, 

 and which produce aninially a barrel or more 

 of fruit each, and for aught that I can see, they 

 are destined to survive as long as any that I 



