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attrnotivo. TJic hfatt id^'al of life cnn never bo realized in n eity, or even in n viilnjje. Tlie 

 Ijeautiful in nnlnre, such ns greeted the ej-es of the fii>t Ininian ])aip, ean fiiul no congenial place 

 there. There is not room enough for the grand old trees, on which time ever ?hedn a holier 

 li"ht ; for the garden?, the orchardo, the walkc, the fountains, the shrubbery, and all the glad 

 green things in which a cultivated taste loves to embower its home. Those things are only to 

 be realized in the countrv." 



t'ONSTITlTION OF THE MlLWAKKIF. IIOKTICUI.Tl'RAL SOCIKTY, K.ST.M!USIIED IWi. 



"We are glad to \envn that tLi;? society lias made a very ])rospcroii9 beginning. "We shall 

 be hai)i>y to note its progress. There are in and around the city of Milwaukie a large 

 uumber of public spirited and tasteful people who will not withhold tlieir countenance 

 and support from a society that promises them so much good. 



Affleck's Southerx KrEAL Aumanac and Plantation and Garden Calendf.k, fok 1853. 



A pamphlet of over 100 pages, containing the usual almanac matter ; some timely 

 hints ; various tables and recipes ; the nursery catalogue of the editor ; and various other 

 advertisements, all of which the planter will find it convenient to refer to. From the 

 March calendar we extract the following: 



"TuE Fruit Garden and Orcuard. — All fniit trees must be trained Icnc, in this climate. The 

 protection of the stem and main branches, and the shading of the soil in which the roots find 

 their support, from the powerful rays of the sua, are absolutely necessary to the production of 

 fruit. Tliis is to be efifected only by training the trees with a low head, and encouraging a thrifty 

 growth. "We have this well exemplified in the native forest trees. "When forest-grown their 

 united heads afford an ample shade. But if standing alone, every tree protects its own stem 

 and roots, throwing out low and wide spreading branches for the purpose. And this is especially 

 the case in the magnolia, beech, &c., which, in their smooth and glossy bark, resemble the fruit 

 trees. 



" The complaint occasionally made, that bnddrd peach trees very often bear but a scanty crop, 

 and are short lived when compared with chance seedlings, aiises, we believe from the practice of 

 budding at a height of three or four feet from the ground, by which a long stem is exposed to 

 the sun. The bark on the south side is absolutely baked, the sap reaches the leaves and fruit in 

 an unhealthy condition ; layers of new wood cannot be formed imder the bark, and that side of 

 the tree ultimately dies. The seedling, on the other hand, is allowed, most commonly, to throw 

 up a number of shoots from the ground or near it, one of which shades another. It is also saved 

 the injury that the worked tree, procured from the nurseries, is too often exposed to in the care- 

 less lifting and packing, and transportation to a distance. The apple, too, suflfers from the same 

 exposure of its stem to the sun ; and hence the frequent spotting and rotting of the fruit — which, 

 however, is also occasioned by the fruit being left on the tree after it is ripe, many kinds retaining 

 their hold upon the tree in this climate, which would drop to the ground to the northward. 

 The pear suffers less from the cause in question than most other fruits. "When thus exposed, it 

 covers its naked and exposed stem either with a forest of suckers and sprouts, or with a rough, 

 scaling bark, which however, is also formed at times even when the tree is sufficiently protected 

 from the sun, but is evidence, we think, that the ti'ee is not in a perfectly healthy condition." 



TlIF MlNIATTEB FkCTT GaRDKN ; OR THE CULTURE OF PVRAMIDAL FrUIT TrEES, WITn INSTRUCTIONS FOR EOOT 



Pruning, &c. By Thomas Rivers, of the Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Ilerts, England. 5th Edition, 1553. 



This little book of Mr. Rivers has had a wide circulation in England, and been the 

 means of disseminating many useful ideas on fruit tree culture. This last edition is greatly 

 improved, both in contents and appearance. 



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