DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



to prevent the young seedlings from dying off. 

 We think it doubtful if you could procure these 

 tree seeds now: the only dealers that we know 

 are BuLst of Pliiladelphia and Thorburn of JST. 

 Y.; and as they collect native seeds chiefly for 

 exportation, they usually ship all they have 

 before this time. Foreign evergreen tree seeds 

 are not, to our knowledge, kept for sale here. 



Roses.— IF. C. B., (Buffalo.) You will find 

 Malmaison,Solfaterre, Devoniensis and Chroma- 

 tella, free bloomers in winter, if you give them 

 plenty of room, and allow them to make long 

 shoots. Water with liquid manure occasionally 

 when they are in full growth. S. C. M. The 

 best rose for stocks is Rosa Mannetti, and if 

 you cannot get this, use the common Boursault, 

 (climber ;)both these growreadily from cuttings. 



Cuttings.— D. ft. K., (Roxboro', Pa.) To 

 propagate the Arbor- vitea from cuttings, sink a 

 square or oblong frame fitted with lights like a 

 hot-bed, on the shady side of a fence or building. 

 Take out the soil for 6 inches. Fill up its place 

 with a mixtui-e of fine sand and good garden 

 soil, one-fourth of the latter to three-fourths 

 of the former; make the cuttings of the arbor- 

 vitea in the usual way — about 4 or 5 inches 

 long — cutting off the bottom of each, square 

 and smooth. Plant the frame full of these 

 cuttings — about 2 inches apart, and press or 

 pack the earth SiS firmly as possible about the 

 cuttings. Water them, and put the glass on 

 the frame. This should be done in April, and 

 the watering must be kept up all the season — 

 the lights being taken off at sunset and put on 

 an hour after sunrise every day. The ever- 

 green Euonymus will grow very readily from 

 cuttings planted in a shaded place, or in a pot 

 placed in a frame or green-house. 



Mandre. — ^. P., (Baltimore.) If your 

 ground is free from frost, dig in a heavy dressing 

 of the fresh stable manure — the more litter the 

 better — all the gasses will be taken up by the 

 soil, which will also be made much lighter by 

 it. ^/i £n5tti?-er, (Cleveland, 0.) Coal ashes 

 are very valuable on heavy soils, aiding me- 

 chanically, making them lighter. They are 

 also good manure for some things, viz: Indian 

 corn, cherry trees, and grapevines, and should 

 never be thrown away as useless. Thomas Bell. 

 ashes— the residuum of lime-kilns burned 

 ood — are much cheaper and far better 



manure for your fruit garden than the pure 

 lime — because they contain potash also. 



Gkapes.— IF. Riggs, (New- York.) Neither 

 the Ohio nor the Herbemont, are equal to the 

 Elsingburgh as table grapes in the climate of 

 New- York. The Isabella is a better grape here 

 than in Ohio; the Catawba, except in the warm- 

 er parts of New York, not quite so good. 

 The latter is the only jjrofitable wine grape yet 

 tested in the United States. 



FiEE Blight. — W. Ashley, We cannot give 

 you any newer light as to the theory of this 

 disease than you will find in our former pages. 

 There is, doubtless, more speculation than wis- 

 dom in the books on this subject. There can 

 be but little dispute, however, that one way or 

 other pears trees (at least the improved sorts,) 

 are more susceptible to great atmospheric 

 changes than other hardy fruits. The remedy 

 is to shield the most vulnerable points from ex- 

 cessive heat or cold. Mulch the ground, and 

 sheath the stems — whenever they are not shel- 

 tered by the leaves, with straw. This — so far 

 as we have observed — works well in preserving 

 the trees in sound health. 



Arboriculture. — A Trenton Subscriber. 

 The tree you describe, is the Georgia Bark — 

 Pinckneya pubens — one of the most beautiful 

 and least cultivated of all our southern trees. The 

 only fine specimen we ever saw, cultivated, was 

 one in the old nursery grounds, (now we think 

 destroj^ed,) of the Messi-s. Landreth, Philadel- 

 phia. It was about 18 or 20 feet high, and 

 very beautiful, in its large bracts or blossoms. 

 It will not stand in New-England, but should 

 do so with you, and is worthy of your attention. 



Bulbs in Winter. — Emily. The waterneed 

 not be changed ofteuer than twice aweek. Do not 

 take the roots out of the glass — but raise the bulb 

 slightly and pour the water off. A small pinch 

 of salt added to the water every other time, will 

 augment the vigor and give fine color to the 

 plants : but be careful that the pinch is verysmall. 

 Verbenas. — Ti/ro, (New-London, Ct.) If you 

 find diflnculty in wintering these in your cool 

 house, keep them dry — just moist enough to 

 maintain verdure during the cold weather. They 

 will bear quite severe frost with this treatment — 

 while if kept watered and growing in the usual 

 way, they perish and damp off with 

 cold. 



