EDITOR'S T.VBLE. 



The TitANsii-^nTATios of Treks and Plants. — Ab one of llie craft, and hjiviiij:; considerable to 

 do witli i-liipnicuts of trees and plants, I wish to know whether there are on record any legal 

 doeisions with rofiard to cases of neijlect or delay in forwarding. Thongh eiich oeeurrenctB are 

 verv common, and often very aggravated, I do not now remember to have heard of any prosecu- 

 tions. As important an item in transportation as trees and plants have become, it certain!}- seems 

 to me high time that forwarders were a little better posted up in their duties and tlie jtublic in 

 tlieir righta. 



If you know any decisions please inform us. If there are none now there ought to be, and, 

 though a " peace man," I would, if need bo, cheerfully contiubute to test some (reasonably provok- 

 ing) ease. F. K. P. — Dehvan Nitrscri/, Wis. 



This subject has a most important bearing upon tlie interest of Ilortieulture at this 

 moment. Railroads are so overrun with freight, and forwarders are so careless, that it 

 has become next to impossible to forward trees with reasonable dispatch. It is not uncom- 

 mon for parcels to be delayed between Rocliester and Buffalo (about 75 miles) some six or 

 eight days. Can we not liave an arrangement made w' ith some of tlie express companies at 

 moderate rates? Something must be done. "Wo believe that forwarders are responsible for 

 any loss incurred by unreasonable delay ; but there are so many excuses, and it is so diffi- 

 cult to reach the culpable party, that law is of little use. 



Bugs im Pe.vs. — From the universal complaint of bugs in peas, I am led to infer that there is 

 no known variety exempt. Is this so ? However this may be we have a red variety (whereof tlie 

 enclosed is a sample) of good flavor and productive, that during seventeen years constant cultiva- 

 tion in our family, has never, that we know of, till the past season, shown a buggy pea, though 

 often grown with other badly affected varieties. When grown together, mixed with these affected 

 sorta it has seemed in a measure to protect them, for there would be comparatively few buggy 

 ones. Do you know the variety? (1.) 



For years now I have been beset and tantalized about a " Connecticut White Rose," so very 

 large, and double, and nice, and tall growing withal, that all I can possibly get hold of in the 

 nurseries are no comparison. The Globe White is pretty. Madam Plantier and Madam Hardy 

 very fine, but they are not the kind after all. In utter despair I appeal to you — what can it be? 

 (2.) F. K. Ph(enix. — Delavan, Wis. 



(1.) ^o. 



(2.) Probably the old White Provence. 



Wn-L you please answer the following questions in the next number of the Horticulturist? 

 "Wliat time do you consider the best to plant Osage Orange seed ? (1.) 



Does Red Cedar make a good hedge ? and if so, should it be shorn as hedges commonly are ? (2.) 

 When is the best time to transplant evergreen trees, such as Spruce, Hemlock, Silver Spruce, 

 and Cedar? (3.) 



Can Mountain Ash be propagated by cuttings ? (4.) A Subscriber. — Konnandale, C. W. 



(1.) About the first of May, but any time during the month will do, and even later if 

 necessary. Soak at least twenty-four hours in warm water before sowing. 



(2.) The Red Cedar does make a beautiful hedge. It requires shearing at least once 

 a year. 



(3.) From the middle of April till the middle of May. Perhaps the very best time is from 

 the 1st to the 15th of May in your climate. 



(4.) iVlways propagated from seeds, or by grafting or budding to increase new or rare 

 sorts. 



