In this climate, -where winter may be said to "linger in the lap of spring " till almost summer, there is hardly time, 

 without extra help, which every one is not able to have, or which can not always be got of the kind wanted to per- 

 form all the operations necessary to a complete garden of flowers, fruit, and vegetables. I would like to know, if 

 many things, such as sowing seeds in pots, planting of summer flowers, bulbs and tubers — Gladiolus, Dalilias, and 

 the like, and many other things of a kindred nature, may not be done at any time after winter sets in, and without 

 much risk, provided the pots are kept in a cool dark cellar until a hot-bed or the open ground is ready to receive 

 thom. (1.) 



As I desire to set out some Hoses in spring, I would like also to know the names of a dozen or so of most har.Iy 

 ever-blooming kinds, which will stand our winter with least protection, and give me the most constant bloom. I do 

 not care about the size or kind of bush, or even if it dies to the ground in winter, provided it will come up again in 

 spring and give me buds and blossoms for boquets in summer. (2.) 



What kinds of tender Roses, such as must be taken up in fall and kept in cellar in winter from frost, for the front 

 of a border, or elsewhere, will give me the most constant and various bloom with the ordinary cultivation a general 

 flower border receives in a tolerably well kept garden. (3.) 



I take the liberty of asking these questions, believing your replies will give others information as well as myself. A 

 SirnscEiBBR. — Utica, N. Y. 



(1.) "We cannot venture to advise much to be done in thifl way, because many buds and 

 bulbs are very easily injured by moisture when placed in the earth and kept dormant. A^ a 

 general thing, it is better not to pot or plant until heat sufficient for vegetation can be given. 

 Considerable may be done in the way of forwarding annuals, bulbs, <tc., in frames during the 

 early spring, so as to bring them into bloom in the open ground at an early period of the season. 

 Dahlias should never be planted before the first of June, or thereabouts. 



(2.) A dozen of the best hardy perpetual Roses, free growers and good bloomers — Baron Pre- 

 vost, Baron Halles, Buchesse de Nemours, Geaiit dcs Batailles, La Rehf, Marquise Boccella, Madame 

 Lamoricicre, Madame Laffay, Pius IX, Caroline de Sansal, Victoria, and William Jesse. 



(3.) BouRBoxs— such as Souvenir Malmaison, Lcveson Gower, Hermosa, Ifrs. Bosanquet, and 

 Ju2^iter. 



Noisettes— such as Clolh of Gold, Amie Vibert, Solfatare, Caroline Marinessr, and Fellcmherfj. 



Teas — Bougere, Lady Warrendcr, La Pactole, Devouiensis, Souvenir d\m ami, <te. 



Bengals — White Daily, Cds, Sanyuinea, Madame Breon. 



IIbre have I been reading your Magazine from the first number, and have never dropped a word of acknowledge- 

 ment. Republics, they say, are ungrateful. Can it be that the spirit of the mass so infects the minute particles ? But 

 how can I express ray gratitude? " Certainly not," I fancy I hear you exclaim, " by a long-winded exordium. If 

 you have any thing to say, out with it." Consider yourself, then, most heartily thanked for the Magazine. No more 

 welcome periodical makes its advent to my library. 



And now as I know you love to answer questions, I am going to ask you a few. Do you know I find it exceedingly 

 difficult to ripen perfectly, so that they shall have any flavor, both the autumn and winter Pears? There is, for 

 instance, the Bnurre Diet. Some specimens, it is true, ripen very well, with a fine rich taste; but others again are 

 not worth the eating. Moreover, the books say, "In eating from September to December, if ripened in the house." 

 Now, wrap them up in as soft paper, and put theni in as cold a place as I please (barring an ice honse), they won't keep 

 with me longer than through Oclober. There are the Beiirre cVAremherq and Vicar of Winl-Jield, — why, as 

 ripened by mo, a pig of good taste would turn up /'is nose at them. In fact, if my pig would'nt, I should doubt the 

 purity of his breed. Now, what secre* do you genuemen, the Wilders and other eminent Pomologists, who boast you 

 can make a Vi' ar of Winkjield eatable — I say, what secret (valuable as that the lion. Mr. Mathkws', who has been 

 engineering at the curculio, says ho possesses, and, proh pudor ! wont, without a consideration, communicate to the 

 public), do you possess? Don't refer me to what has been written ; if you do, you drive me to despair. Is it so that 

 a bountiful Providence has furnished winter Pears, and then, as the condition of ripening them and the price at 

 which they may be eaten, required us to build houses stuffed with charcoal ? — or is it that my climate and soil are 

 bad ? or do I pick them too soon or too late ? (I let thera hang on the trees till hard frosts sot in,)— or am I unreason- 

 able, and demand a higher flavor than can be obtained ? for, upon my word, I never saw one that was flt to be eaten. 

 Speak ! "Let me not burst in ignorance." 



Again, will you not do me and many another ignoramus, the good service to name the kinds of Pears which should 

 be picked before maturity ? Tbo Secktl and Avtumn Melting should, I believe, bo left to mature ; the Burthtt, not. 

 But liow is it with the /r;«/.5« 5(5n7i« dej'rxry, Beurre Goubaiilt, Henry JV, JM.F, Osbaiid's Summer, Otwer/o 

 Benrre, Beurrc Base, Beurre d''An}ou, Urbiinifiti'. JTeathcot, and as many others as you please! 



So much for my questions. And now, in pre-paymcnt, or rather a small installment toward the payment for the 

 answers I expect, and in order to Vw w — not my widow's mite, for I am no widow — but my equally humble con- 

 tribution into your treasury, I give you a couple of items from my experience and reading. 



I find tliat Garlic planted round the butt of a tree is an effectual protection against the borer. I have tried it some 

 years, and know it answers the purpose. Once planted, there it is, and continuei, and is no trouble. I do dl 

 ave seen this antidote mentioned in the Jlorticulturisi, or elsewhere. You may be surprised at my 1 

 I ask no reward for the discovery. 



