EDITOR'S TABLE. 



JOIiol^'^ Ji)5le. 



Hints fok the Season. — The ■winter over a great purtiou of the country lias been very 

 cliangeable, and on the ■whole ■what may be called severe upon trees and plants ranked as 

 tender ; yet up to this tune we are not aware that fruit-buds have suffered seriously, but 

 the most trying periods for these are coming. 



Mistakes are often made in uncovering trees and jjlants too early — subjecting them to 

 cold, bitiug winds, and the blighting influence of warm days and cold, frosty nights. We 

 advise a alight covering to remain until the weather be soft and genial. 



Pruning should be completed as soon as possible, so as to be out of the way before trans- 

 planting and general garden work comes along. 



A sure foundation for successful gardening during the coming season, is to be well pre- 

 pared to execute every operation promptly in its season. Seizing the very first opportunity 

 for planting, and taking time to do it well, is a certain means of success. 



not>-beds for forcing early vegetables, raising plants for the kitchen garden, and propaga- 

 ting soft-wooded plants for bedding out, will be among the important operations of March 

 requiring hourly attention. 



Laying turf, mending lawns, &c., where neglected last fall, should be attended to as soon 

 as the frost is out of the ground, to give the grass the advantage of a vigorous spring 

 growth that will put it out of danger from drouth. 



Eoses, flowering shrubs, &c., should be pruned and dressed, ilany people suppose that 

 Eose bushes and shrubs Avhen well established may be left to themselves; and the conse- 

 quence is, they become bushy and twiggy, the growth is feeble, and the flowers indifferent. 

 They need frequent prunings, and top dressings of good rich compost about their roots, to 

 give them -vigorous growth, luxm-iant foliage, and a profusion and perfection of bloom. In 

 pruning both shrubs and Eoses, it should not be forgotten that some produce their blossoms 

 on young wood, and some on wood of last year. In the latter case, a sufiicient quantity of 

 flowering wood must be left, cutting out tlie older parts. 



The Gen. Hand Plum. — A minute and accurate account, as Ave believe, of the origin of 

 this Plum was given by Mr. C. G. Siewees, of Cincinnati, in Vol. G, page 187, of the ITor- 

 ticulturist. This was the first and only satisfactory account of its origin that has appeared, 

 to our knowledge. Mr. Fahntistock, of Syracuse, has on various occasions brought this 

 Plum before the public, and in a late number of the Country Gentleman brings it up again, 

 saying that " there seems to be a lack of knowledge in regard to it, or else a disposition to 

 throw into obscurity its true history." Then he says that the late Mr. Downing, in his 

 description of this fruit in the Horticulturist, Vol. 6, page 21, ascribed its origin to Mary- 

 land, and that P. Baret, in The Fruit Garden, endorsed this error. "We must correct Mr. 

 Fahnestock. Neither Mr. Downing or P. Baery has ascribed its origin to Maryland, but 

 merely stated that Messrs. Sinclair & Coese, of Baltimore, had introduced or sent it 

 which they might do without originating it, just as Mr. Fahnestock has sent out 



