EDITOR'S TABLE. 



" The great change of climate which plants experience -when removed from the nursery to open 

 and exposed situations, is a principal cause of their frequent failure there. The comparatively dry 

 state of the atmosphere in the latter is not the least prominent source of injury. Wherever vege- 

 tation is scanty, there will the atmosphere be deficient in moisture, a subject of great importance 

 when considered in relation to the progress of young trees. And as vegetation not only partici- 

 pates in the benefits, but materially augments the atmospheric moisture, of a district, it follows 

 that, by employing other trees as shelter to those we are most solicitous about, we combine several 

 essentials to success, viz., breaking the force of winds, affording a genial shelter, and condensing 

 and retaining a large amount of moisture. 



"What is termed 'dead' shelter, i., e., close hedges, reed fences, and similar expedients, is often 

 employed as temporary protection to young trees in exposed places, but the advantages derived 

 from such, to say nothing of its many inconveniences, and its anything but attractive api^earanee 

 is not nearly so great as that arising from the employment of living trees. The former is every 

 day decreasing in efficiency, the latter becoming more valuable. 



" With due attention to the several points which have been dwelt on, viz., draining, trenching, 

 shelter, and a proper selection of plant?, aided by a thorough system of subsequent management, 

 success will be attained in almost any situation, and under a great diversity of circumstances. 

 Failures in planting oftener arise from an injudicious or imperfect course of treatment, or from a 

 bad selection of plants, than from anything really antagonistic in the soil or situation." 



Slnstofrs Id Cornsponlitnts. 



I THINK highly of two articles in your August number — the one on "Shelter," and the other 

 on " Raising Fruits from Seeds." On these views I have been humbly practicing, as you may 

 recollect by my private letter a year or more ago. I will only say now that my additional obser- 

 vation and experience greatly strengthen the views I then expressed, and which you have so ably 

 advocated in your very useful pei'iodical. I set it down as an axiom, that the two great points 

 are, to improve the climate on the one hand, and on the other, by a reproduction from seeds, to 

 adapt the finest fruits to our climate. 



My wood, of which I wrote you, and which I am leaving around my small orchard lots, is 

 deciduous, and it has been, and still is, a part of my plan to change it gradually, so as to be in 

 considerable part evergreen. For this j^urpose I have been looking considerably to the common 

 Hemlock, White Pine, and Red Cedar, as being indigenous, and I have now a lot of young Cedars 

 from seed, and thousands of small Hemlocks, on which I have been experimenting, and I intend 

 planting pretty largely the coming spring. But small Pines are not easily got, and I shall be 

 greatly obliged to you, or your correspondents, for the best and cheapest mode of procuring — 



1. White Pine seeds, including the time of their ripening on the trees, and the time and man- 

 ner, and most suitable soil, for sowing. 



2. The same of Pitch or Yellow Pine. 



3. Where, and at what probable prices, the following seeds can be had, viz : Arbor Vita; (native 

 and foreign), Norway Spruce, Fir, and the Himalayan Cedar, and any other evergreen the seeds 

 of which can be readily procured and easily grown. Those who are desirous of sheltering gar- 

 dens, can well buy ; but those who want to plant large numbers, will do best to grow them from 

 seed, and have them on the ground at the right period for planting. 



4. The best soil, time, and manner of planting. Eli Nichols. 



The White Pine, Yellow or Pitch Pine, and American Arbor Vitso, can be easily collected 



iny parts of the country. We do not know the usual prices. Mr. John Diok 

 ingsessing, Philadelphia, has occasionally supphed us with seeds of native trees 



