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A» there nre diffiront theories Iti refrnrd to the enusc of the bHpht In Penr trees, I suppose any faels In repnrd to It 

 will Ik- ncccptal)li' I" you. In n ci'mniunlcalicni, lii.«l KuinnuT, I pive nti accDunt nf a dwarf tree l>oiii(; nllackcd with 

 that di.va-v wx«ii after a severe frost. 'I'lie wrallier lia.s lieon (luite severe M-llh u» the present month, my thermome- 

 Icr on the '.'■■t<I of .lanuarj- marking — 2<i" at flvc o'clock, and — IC'- at sunrise. I find one of my Tear trees with Iho 

 lop entiri'ly destroyed, and the limbs presenting the same appearance as in oa.sc of blight, the bark having turned 

 black, >Ve., while the buds arc still fresh. On the tree, last spring, the discaso first apptareil in sjiots on dilTerenl parti 

 of the tree, Iml in the presint c.nse the limbs present the same ajipearanee lo within two or three inches of the trunk 

 of the tree. I send you herewith a jiieee of a lind> for examination. Tho tree was set out last spring, anil although 

 it grew but little through the season, it was apparently sound and healthy in the fall. When the disease appears in 

 tho winter, is it advisable to cut away tlie diseased parts at that time, or delay until early spring? A. O. Badcock. — 

 £\ihI Troy, Wis. 



Tlio slioot accompanying this note is jet blaek, and has exactly the same ai)pearancc as elioots 

 affected wifli the so-called " fire blight." We have seen uniipe shoots killed bj' severe weather 

 in the winter, and turn bliek like this; but this shoot must have been well matured, (second 

 year's growth,) as fruit-buds or spurs already appear on it, in a considerably advanced state. 

 "We are more inclined to attribute the death of this shoot to the " blight" than to winter killing. 



Will you please answer, through your invaluable Journal, the following queries? They maybe of service to olhcm. 

 ■\Vill the Bourbon Roses withstand our winters as far north as Roelustir, without protection? (1) 

 "Will (he Tree Pa?ony {P. mouUtn Banksii and B. rovea Offorata) withstand our winters without protection? (2) 

 AVill the Flowering Currants (Biles Gordoni and B. sanguinta) withstand our winters without protection? (:i) 

 When is the best time to transplant Kaspberries ? (4) Geo. II. Hodges.— (7o?//7i« Center, N. Y. 



(1) Not well; they require slight protection. 



(2) Tliey do stand with us, in sheltered places, without protection ; but we would advise slight 

 protection. The growth will be more luxuriant, and the bloom better. 



(3) The Gordoni is perfectly hardy, but the savguinca is not; and although we never protect, 

 we believe it necessary in exposed places. 



(4) In "Western Now York we prefer spring — as early as the season will admit. "We succeed 

 very well in transplanting in the latter part of September or first of October ; they get well 

 rooted again before winter sets in. 



\\Q will comply with your other requests as soon as practicable. 



Permit me to make a suggestion that you or some of your correspondents name and describe a few of the finest 

 varieties of Gooseberries. There is no doubt but it is a fruit entitled to more consideration than it receives. I was 

 very successful, last summer, in raising a crop of fine Gooseberries, free from mildew. 



I wish you to advise me what would be the best twelve varieties of Pears with which to increase my collection, 

 after having planted the fuWoviing:— White Doyenne, Gray Doyenne, BarlMt, Ononilnr/a, Beiirre Die!, Beurre 

 (TAmalis, Osicego Beurre, Ductless d^Angoidenif, Kapoleon, BelU Lucrative, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Fltmish 

 Beauty, Doyenne Boii^soek, Madclaine, Glout Morceau. I wish to plant dwarfs. Jas. Tiovvos.—BaldwinsviUe. 



Twelve good vauieties of large Gooseberries — free growers and good bearers. — Red — Crown 

 Bob, Warrington, Lancashire Lad, Roaring Lion, Echo, Companion. AVhite — ^^llite Smith, Sheba 

 Qmcii. Yellow — Golden Drop, Bunker Hill. Green — Green Ocean, Green Willow. There may 

 be many others in the long lists of Tarieties in cultivation as good as these. 



Twelve varieties of Pears. — Bloodgood, Dearborn's Seedling, Rosticrxr, Tyson, Stevens' Genesee^ 

 Beurre d'Anjou, Urbaniste, Vicar of Winkficld, Beurre d'Arembcrg, Easter Beurre, Columbia, 

 Lawrence. 



I WOULD feel obliged if you or some one of your numerous subscribers would furnish me with the particulars of 

 the Victoria regia, Victoria Fitsroyiana, and a few more afjualics— the size and depth of t.ink,the mode of heating 

 the same, and how often the water requires changing. I would at the same time wish to know how high I must 

 make my house. Could I grow a few Palms and air plants in the same house? If so, a list and description of a few 

 suitable for the same, and where I can procure them, price, &c. A Lover of Flowehs.— ^itow. III. 



