DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



and cheerfulness, obtained by such innocent 

 relaxations from the cares and anxieties of or- 

 dinary business pursuits. 



Those who cultivate the plum for market, 

 might possibly find the destruction of the cur- 

 cnlio by this method, too expensive where la- 

 bor is high ; this, however, will depend on the 

 value of the fruit where sold. R. Buchanan. 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1852. 



Rival Hudson Strawberry. — This new 

 variety is gaining a high reputation for its pro- 

 ductiveness and general value, although not of 

 the highest quality for the tal)le. It is one of 

 the best late sorts, and is fine for the market or 

 for preserving. A correspondent of Moore's 

 New-Yorker, says that a single neglected plant 

 of last year's growth, accidentally over-looked 

 till full of ripe fruit, was found completely sur- 

 rounded with trusses of berries, on which one 

 hundred and thirty-three ripes ones were found, 

 proceeding from this single root. 



Extension of Tree Roots. — We have often 

 had occasion to point out the uselessness of digg- 

 ing small circles of the ground about large fruit 

 trees standing in grass. The Mass. Ploughman 

 says, " Last week we plowed a few furrows in 

 the road-side under apple trees that had been 

 set but five years, and we found roots in plenty, 

 at a distance of ten feet from the trunks of the 

 trees." 



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Pears and Cherries.—^. J. R. The two 



best varieties of Pears on Quince for market, 

 which you name, are Louise Bonne de Jersey, 

 and Vicar of Winkfield. Of the sorts on pear 

 roots, we should select Lawrence and Bartlett, 

 For the best three cherries for market we should 

 select Mayduke, Napoleon Bigarreau and Down- 

 er's Late Red or Black Tartarian . 



Sulphate of Ammonia. — G. M. if. informs 

 lis that he was unable to obtain this article at 

 the drug shops in Boston. It can be had of 

 Walter B. Snow, 23 Market-street, Provi- 

 dence, R I., who states that he has sold it to 

 many in that vicinity, who have been much 

 pleased with its operation. Price 25 cts. per lb. 



Chinese Wistaria.— S. E.J. As you say 

 your jilant has been in a sunny exposure, it has 

 probably been too dry at the roots. You had 

 better take it up with care as soon as the leaves 

 eplant it in good soil, and when it starts 

 ear, keep it moderately moist. 



Vine Borders. — S. R. Tou should drain 

 your vine border thoroughly ; the state of it, 

 according to your description, is quite enough 

 to account for your grapes never ripening. In 

 opening your border, cut of all roots you find 

 which have got down into the heavy soil at the 

 bottom. 



Geraniums. — Jane. Tliere are three or four 

 new varieties of the Scarlet Geranium, far sur- 

 passing the old sorts. We saw this year two at 

 Thorburn's at Astoria, named Cerise Unique, 

 and Princess Alice, which you will find well 

 worth attention. — E. S. Some of the best Ge- 

 raniums at moderate prices, are Hoyer's Cru- 

 sader, Beck's Star, Beck's Rosy Circle, Lyne's 

 Forget-me-not, Lady Clementina, Beck's Rosa- 

 raond, and Topping's Rebecca. 



Sea Kale. — T. M. This is a most excel- 

 lent vegetable, and well deserves more general 

 cultivation. We will give an article on its cul- 

 tivation in an early number. 



Gooseberries. — T. S. The opinions as to 

 mildew among Gooseberries, are various. We 

 have seen them grown successfully, and almost 

 as good as we ever saw them in England, upon 

 the north side of a border, in a garden near 

 New- York, having an open lath fence behind it, 

 against which they were trained. These trees 

 never suffered from mildew, although some iu 

 an adjoining garden, planted against a similar 

 fence, but exposed to a western aspect, were 

 covered with it, and the fruit not larger than a 

 fox grape. 



S. M. — The Chinese Primrose, or Primula 

 Sinensis, is one of the prettiest things you can 

 get, to enliven your green-house in the fall and 

 winter months. It is cheap, and to be got of 

 any gardener; and the effect produced by half 

 a dozen of them, placed amongst other plants, 

 is magical. 



Amateur. — Single Hyacinths are, in the opin- 

 ion of many, equal in beauty to the double; 

 L'Ami de Coeur, Nimrod, Grand Vainqueur. 

 Paix d'Amiens, are some of the best, and cheap- 

 est also. 



T. Edwards. — Cytisus racemosus is a more 

 desirable green-house plant than C.rhodophne. 

 There are two varieties of the racemosus ; in one 

 the flowers stand up erect, in the other they 

 droop. Get the former of the two. If 

 in rich compost, it will grow rapidly. 



