DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



ed from John J. Stimson, Esq., a distinguish- 

 ed amateur of horticulture in Providence, R. I. 



Tlie true method of setting hcmloclcs to have 

 tlicm form a tliiclc impenetrable mass of beauti- 

 ful foliage, is to plant them in chimps, or hills, 

 with three to five plants in a hill, each plant 

 from a half foot to a foot and a lialf apart. 

 Set in this way, each tree throws its branches 

 outward to the light and air, and thus makes a 

 verj' dense thicket of green. AVe were indebt- 

 ed for this hint to Ira Cleveland, Esq., a 

 hiwyer of Dcdham, and Secretary of the Nor- 

 folk Insurance Company; a gentleman of great 

 taste in architecture and landscape gardening, 

 who will show any one interested, some of the 

 finest specimens of hemlocks grown in this waj', 

 e\-e ever beheld, fully equal in beauty to any 

 exotic evergreen known. Heading in the tree 

 nearly down to tlie roots, will give much the 

 same growth and effect, thougli the former me- 

 thod is much preferable. 



Tlie American Yew may be trained so as to 

 make a low hedge, or a single oval, or pyrami- 

 dal, of the most rare and ivied tint of green, 

 which is rendered still more striking, late in the 

 season, by the contrast of its brilliant scarlet 

 berries. 



The mulching we employ for evergreens, viz : 

 fine hub chips, spent tan, or common chips, and 

 chip dust — forms the very best manure that ev- 

 ergreens can have. Jamks Riciiakdson, Jr. 



Sthawberrt Culture in the vicinitt and 

 IN Rochester, N. Y. — Very much attention 

 has been given by fruit growers in this vicinity 

 to the culture of the fine fruit, the Strawberry, 

 and our markets are abundantly supplied with 

 the best kinds. A careful comparison of select 

 varieties for flavor and productiveness, has re- 

 sulted in the highest commendation of " Burr's 

 New Pine," as the best berry grown. I sub- 

 join a statement made by G. D. Southworth, 

 of Penfield, who took the first premium from 

 the '•' Genesee Valley Horticultural Society" 

 this season. His soil is a light sandy one, which 

 he says he prefers for one particular reason, 

 that the frost does not throw them out of the 

 ground in early spring, causing destruction to 

 the roots. He plants them in rows. 



lis is his first experience, he is to discard 

 Alpine variety, which has grown well, but 



is not fit for market. He proposes planting out 

 half an acre of " Burr's New Pine" more than 

 he now has. and ultimately as many as he can 

 attend to. 



To use his own words, he says the " Burr's 

 New Pine'^ will produce double the quantity 

 that the " Hovey's Seedling" will, carries to 

 market well, and is all that could be desired.* 

 He places straw under the vines, and when his 

 fruit is brought to market, it is as clean and 

 bright as though varnished. 



His success has been complete — price sold for, 

 from 25 cents per quart, down to 12^ cents, 

 averaging for liis crop, 13 cents. J. H. Watts. 

 Rochester, July 16, 1852. 



Geo. D. Southworth's statement. — I have 

 about five-eights of an acre planted to strawber- 

 berries. The varieties are — Early Scarlet, about 

 three-eights of an acre; Hovey's Seedling and 

 Burr's New Pine, about one rod each ; Alpine 

 the remainder. 



I have sold a little over 2,000 quarts, at an 

 average of 13 cents a quart. $205. G. D. 

 Southworth. Pevfield, N. Y., July 15, 1852. 



Dr. Valk's Seedling Grape. — The Au- 

 gust number of the Horticulturist, contains a 

 " reply" to what is termed my " strictures." 

 On what? Very much to my surprise, and 

 certainly to my regret, the few remarks made 

 by me in the June number, in relation to my 

 Seedling Grape, and Mr. Chorlton's com- 

 ments thereon, appear to have given that gen- 

 tleman a deal of offence. "A corner in your 

 valuable journal is requested to answer my 

 caustic remarks." and if I am to judge the 

 measure of their causticity by the pungency 

 of the -'reply," they must have been pretty- 

 highly seasoned with '• invective, braggadocio, 

 and sarcastic pique against a trifling misplaced 

 etiquette." 



Now all this puts me in mind of an old saying, 

 that a tempest is easily raised in a teapot. Re- 

 ferring to pages 290 and 291 of Hort. for June, 

 your readers will please note the article that 

 has proved so exciting to Mr. Chorlton. I 

 had communicated to the late deeply lamented 

 editor, the fact of my having raised several 

 seedling grapes, a cross betw-een the Black 



* Burr's New Pine is an American .Strawberry of first 

 rate cliaracler — our correspondent does not overrate it. 

 Very fine, very productive, very early. Ed. 



