DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



— is regular in its shape, foliage dense, and of 

 a peculiar and pleas.ing hue, yellowish green; 

 readily transplanted, moderately rapid in its 

 growth, and attains to considerable size. 



The Fringe Tree, (Chionanthus virginicus) 

 — deciduous— this is the finest of our shrubs> 

 The leaf is large and dark, and in the month of 

 May it is covered with the most delicate fringe- 

 like flowers, of the purest white. The contrast 

 of these deep green leaves, with tiie beautiful- 

 ly airy flowers, render it most desirable either 

 fur a lawn or shrubbery; it reaches some twen- 

 ty feet in height. 



Tlie Red Bud or Judas Tree, {Cercis cana- 

 densis) — deciduous— -is a small tree that pre- 

 sents a pleasing appearance through the spring 

 and summer, but in the early spring it is with- 

 out an equal; then every branch, and every 

 part of every branch, are literally covered with 

 the most beautiful deep pink bloom ; it can be 

 transplanted without difficulty, and will bloom 

 at once, 



I might extend this list to a much greater 

 length, but fear that I have already taxed you 

 too largely. Your ob't scrv't, X. Virginia^ 

 March 8, 1851. 



£A11 these trees are cultivated in our nurse- 

 ries, and more extensively planted in the plea- 

 sure grounds of the north, than in Virginia — ■ 

 except the American Holly — the finest of Ame- 

 rican evergreens. Will not some clever nur- 

 seryman undertake to get up a good stock of 

 this tree? It cannot be called tender, for it 

 grows wild on Long Island. Ed.] 



IIoRTicuLTUKE IN THE Canadas. — The fol- 

 lowing letter from Col. Little, one of the most 

 experienced horticulturists in Maine, contains 

 some matter interesting to fruit growers at the 

 extreme northern part of the Union, and we 

 transfer it to our columns from the Bangor 

 Courier. The local effects of climate must be 

 carefully studied by the fruit-grower who would 

 plant profitably. The Ribston pippin, the fa- 

 mous apple of England, is, for instance, nearly 

 wortliless in the middle states — where our 

 Newtown pippin is in perfection — but in the 

 colder climate of Maine and Canada is one of 

 the finest of apples. Ed. 



the request of some of our pomological 



in this vicinity, including yourself among 



rest, I give you a supplement to my " Pen- 



cilling3 by the "Way," on the subject of horti 

 culture in the Canadas. It hardly can be ex- 

 pected that a chapter on fruits alone can be 

 made interesting to any, but those only who 

 take a lively interest on the subject, notwith- 

 standing its acknowledged usefulness. I now 

 have the pleasure of stating from my own 

 knowledge, that fruits of the richest varieties 

 can be cultivated with success in the Canadas, 

 and particularly at Montreal, where there is a 

 flourishing Horticultural Society, of which 

 Geo. SnErABD and Wm. LuNN.Esqrs., are the 

 President and Vice President. During my short 

 .stay at Montreal, I was favored with interviews 

 with these gentlemen ; also with Henry Corse, 

 Esq., the veteran cultivator of fruits and the 

 originator of several choice plums described in 

 Downing's and other fruit books. "When at 

 Montreal Mr. Matheson called at my lodgings 

 early one morning and invited me to take a 

 seat in his carriage, saying he was going to car- 

 ry me to see Mr. Lunn's fruit garden, graperies 

 and green houses, distant about one mile, in the 

 western suburbs of the city. On arriving at 

 his garden, I was much surprised and very 

 agreeably disappointed in finding so rich a dis- 

 play of as fine, and as highly flavored fruits as 

 I had ever seen on the tables of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultuaal Society in School street, 

 Boston, though not so many varieties. His ap- 

 ples generally were large sized, fair and hand- 

 some. On tasting them I found them very 

 liigh flavored and his trees bore bountifully. 

 His Ribston Pippins were extra large and beau- 

 tiful specimens. This variety was a great fa- 

 vorite of the late Dr. Vaughan, of Hallowell; 

 of the venerable horticulturist of Orrington, 

 and is TIIE apple of England. 



Mr. LuNN informed me tliat at least 200 va- 

 rieties of apples would be exhibited on tlie ta- 

 bles of their fruit fair, then to bo held in three 

 days at the famous IBonsecours Market Hall, 

 and urged me to tarry and attend it. Tliis I 

 could not do, for my passage ticket was limited. 

 His apple, pear and plum trees were all very 

 thrifty, and all of them of the most choice va- 

 rieties and well suited to the climate of Mon- 

 treal. His pears and plums were mostly gath- 

 ered. AVhat remained were of excellent flavor. 

 His grapes in open culture were two varieties 

 only — the White Sweetwater and the Black 

 Cluster. The trellises were well loaded with 

 tlie rich clusters of these delicious fruits. But 

 the best of the story is not yet told, for after 

 looking through this large garden, located in a 

 city of forty-five thousand inhabitants, — we en- 

 tered his extensive graperies, in one ot which 

 the vines were loaded with the nfifcd Black 

 Hamburgh grapes, which were hanging down 

 from tlie trellises in large, rich and heavy clus- 

 ters throughout the building, and equalling our 

 neighbor Hobb's best, of this city, or Dr. S. L. 

 Goodale's, of Saco, in size, weight of the clus 

 ters and high flavor of this choicest vai 

 the grape catalogue. In one of his gr 

 were several peach trees with the fruit on 



