EDITOR'S TABLE. 



n Black Tarturian Clien y. TIio trees, liibelled necording to coiifrjict, were delivoreJ nnd paid 

 for, and our neighbor, iu>t beinij very observing;, did not discover, until the ngent woa goD<», that 

 the tree for wliieh he hud i)aid lifly centH, pupijo^^inf; it to be a JJlatk Tartarian Clierry, was on 

 Apple tree. It may bo readily inferred that the 'lloehoster Nursery' is not very jiopular, and yet 

 1 find no evidence that one of these trees ever cnine from Rochester. But be that lu it may, I am 

 confident that no nurseryman would hazard his repulalion by scndin* abroad such trees on con- 

 tracts as are brought in here, unless at the same time, he could hide himself behind some irre- 

 sponsible agent. 



"But what shall we say of (he peculiaritios of that 'tree manufactory located in an obscure 

 part of New York Slate,' referred to by the Worcester Spt/ ? Can we stretch our credulity enough 

 to believe that trees can be root-grafted in winter, and grow like suckers for two years and then 

 be large enough to 'cheat greenics?' Surely nothing of the kind was ever before thought of in 

 Massachusetts, or the writer would not have traveled to ' an obscure j>art of New York State' for 

 an example! "With regard to these agents, I give it mercl}^ as a matter of o]iinion, and would 

 like to be corrected if wrong, that the Rochester nurserymen have no agents abroad for whose 

 transactions they hold thom-:elves responsible. 



"Now, if we do not wish to be 'gulled by this regular wooden nutmeg operation, nor to be 

 verdant enough to purchase of pedlars,' how shall we obtain our fi'uit trees? We should obtain 

 them at nurseries, conducted by men of good standing and reputation, on whom we can rely. 

 However satisfactory this answer may be, it is, I think, still liable to some objections. If nui-sery- 

 men did not sell to dealers and agents at wholesale, but confined themselves to furnishing directly 

 those who purchase for their own setting, is it not plain that the large nurseries of the cities, 

 which now send out thousands of choice fruit trees, would be diminished to rods instead of acres? 

 If no trees were transplanted except by those who would go to the nurseries and obtain them, 

 there would not be one fruit tree set, where there are now twenty ; and in many locations, at a 

 distance from nurseries, our choicest fruits would remain long unknown. Another difficulty : 

 a farmer comes to the nursery in the spring and wishes to obtain some fruit trees, but he is 

 ignorant of varieties, and yet does not wish to trust the judgment of the nurserymen, but expects 

 a verbal description of the difTerent fruits to aid him in selecting. 



" Now, during the season of transplanting, the busiest of all busy men are nurserymen ; and 

 arrangements should be made to encroach as little as possible upon their time at this season. 

 Every man that owns an acre of land, should own a co]>y of the works of Dowmng, Tuomas, or 

 Barry; he can then judge for himself in reference to varieties. 



"I concluded there is but one safe way of purchasing trees; aiid that is, to deal with those 

 who are responsible, and have a reputation at stake; and whenever this can be done, it matters 

 not whether a man buys at the nursery, or at his own fireside, he will be safe in cither case. — 

 A. M. Wdliavis, Marcelhis, N. Y." 



Books and Pamiiplets Received. — ^Ye have only space at tliis time to acknowledge the 

 receipt of tlie folloAving : 



Transactions of the Xew Yorh State Agricxdtiiral Society^ for 1852. 



Transactions of the I^orthiccstern Fruit Groiccrs'' Association^ for 1853. 



Ttcenty-Third Anmial Ee2>ort of the New Eaten Horticultural Society^ for 1853, with 

 an address by Rev. TV". Clift. 



Transactions of the Worcester Coxinty Horticultural Society, for the years 1852 and '53, 

 containing the annual reports of committees, with lists of premiums awarded, the officers 

 of the Society for 1853, and a list of its members. 



From r. G. Gary, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, a circular embracing a brief 

 history of Pleasant Hill Academy and Farmers' College, at C-ollege Hill, Hamilton county, 

 Ohio, together with a plan and course of study of a department for the promotion of scien- 

 tific agriculture and Horticulture ; also, a catalogue of the officers and students for the col- 

 lege year 1852-53. 



