iidmiro the svinmetrv, foliiigo, nnd graceful nppcnrnncc of the Norway gpruee ami r« d cedar trees, 

 and have in our lienrts thanked the persons who Imd phinted them, for tlie great pleasure we had 

 enioved. AVlien covered with damp pnow, what more beautiful tluin the trees we have men- 

 tioned witii low branches touching the ground, tapering liigh u|», a iniijestic and perfect jiiece (f 

 •workmanship — God its architect. 



In all our perigrinations, nothing ban made a deeper and inorc lasting impression, than the 

 " wild-woods'" which cover the Green Mountains of our own country. There, dressed in living 

 green, stand trees of all sizes of the fir, hemlock, cedar, spruce, and pine, and of most beautiful 

 proportions, with their fruit of cones, which gradually from time to time drop to the earth for 

 sustenance, with seeds perfected — germs of other as beautiful trees in time to make the "forest 

 shade." J.\mks II. "Watis. — Rochester, N. Y. 



Osage Orange. — In 1833 I received two species of Osage Orange, M. and F.; the former died, 

 the other lived, and, strange to say, once bore one single fruit. The tree was a beautiful one, 

 perfectly acclimated, and had formed a thick, wide-spreading, umbrella head. I never knew it 

 to throw up a shooL from its roots. It was about fifteen or sixteen years old, when a stupid, 

 lubberly lout of a fellow cut it down in my absence. I told the clod-pole to hoe up some weeds 

 around it, and he levelled it with the ground. 



I hive raised some plants from seed. Tliese do not display any natural inclination to clieri>h 

 suckers from the roots. By pruning its natural shoots, the Osage Orange will endure our lati- 

 tude, 42 deg. 30 min. north. Charles Elliott. — Sandwich, C. W. 



Ik rcplv to T. G. Yeomans, in the last number of the Horltcultnrixt, respecting the Osage 

 Orange, I will say, that so far as can be judged from one j)lant which has been in my grounds 

 about nine yeai's, during which time it has been removed twice, and not a single sucker has 

 ever appeared from the root. My opinion is that it will make an admirable hedge plant. If it 

 has a fault, it is a too luxuriant growth. In the winter, one-third, or even one-half, of the last 

 season's wood is usually killed with the frost. So far from this being any objection in a thriftj'- 

 growing hedge plant, I look upon it as a decided recommendation, because it helps very consid- 

 erably to keep the hedge thick and bushy, if clipping and trimming is neglected, which is likely 

 to be the case in many instances. Wm. Auair. — Detroit, Mich. 



Notices of Books, ^Jampf)Itts, &c. 



Transactions of tiie Essex (Mass.) AGr.icuLTrr.Ai, Societv, kor 1SD2. 



This document does great credit to Essex county. In addition to the comprehensive and 

 excellent address of Henry K. Oliver, wliich abounds with wholesome tnith and timely? 

 tasteful suggestions, there are valuable reports, careful and discriminating, on fruits, flowers, 

 and vegetables; on bees and honey; on farms, manures, fattening cattle and SAvine; and in 

 short on the general run of subjects that interest the farmer and gardener. At this time 

 we sliall content ourself with an extract or two from the report on fruits. 



The committee recommend to the fanners of Essex to cultivate the best keeping varieties 

 of good winter apples, as a source of income, vastly more than that of Indian corn. They 

 recommend for general cultivation the following : Ilalhanhton Nonsvch, Baldwin, Eoxbury 

 Busset, Green Sweet, Murphy, Danvers' Winter Siceet, B. I. Greening, Yelhw Belljiower, 

 Minister, Swaar, Jonathan, FecFs Pleasant, Bibstone Pippin, Ladies' Sweeting, Aunt 

 nah. Bed PumpUn Siceet, Large Yellow Sweet Bough, St. Lawrence, Fall Hartey. 

 iams Early Bed, Porter, Haskell Sweet. 



