DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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the sTfillful horticulturist can, in many instances, 

 partially amend the detects of nature, is a fact too 

 ■well established to be controverted, and redounds 

 credit to his sagacity, industry, and perseverance. 

 If the beauties and excellencies of the heart-inspiring 

 art of horticulture were at the stand, at which na- 

 ture had resigned it into the hands of the scientific 

 artist, it would have been doubtful wliei.her the 

 Cincinnati society had been in existence at this 

 time, to taunt the humble followers of Linnjeus 

 with ignorance and inattention to the great laws of 

 nature. J.M.B. Lancaster, May 2lst, 1848. 



Thoreurn's Exotic Nursery — Sir — In visiting 

 the Nursery Garden, lately of Messrs. Thorburn, 

 at Astoria, I found a great variety of beautiful 

 plants in bloom, roses in great profusion, and many 

 new and fine sorts of geraniums, punica granata, 

 very showy and worthy of cultivation, as it flowers 

 freely on open walls in England, and only requires 

 protection in severe frost ; a great many line plants 

 of new Fuchsias, which deserve to be cultivated by 

 every amateur : now or next month is a good time 

 to turn them out of pots on a shaded north aspect, 

 in a loamy soil, and they will continue to flower 

 until November. It is to be regretted that this 

 class of plants are not more grown, as nothing is 

 more simple of cultivation, and nothing more grace- 

 ful than their habit of growth with their beautiful 

 pendulous flowers. I observed a great many fine 

 plants of Ipomea learii, which flowers so well in 

 this climate, as also clianthus puniceus and eccre- 

 mocarpus scaber, both partially hardy, abundant 

 bloomers, and very pretty, and only require to be 

 known to be appreciated. ^ Practical Gardner. 

 New- York, June, 1848. 



Perpetual Roses. — Many cultivators of this 

 fine new class of roses " waste its sweetness" by 

 allowing it to carry all its blossoms in the month 

 of June. Now to have the perpetual rose ful'y en- 

 joyed, it should not be allowed to bloom at all in 

 the rose season. Roses are so common then that 

 it is not at all prized, while, blooming from mid- 

 summer to November, it is highly prized by all 

 persons. 



The way I pursue to grow it in perfection, is to 

 pinch out, as soon as visible, every blossom-bud 

 that appears at the first crop, say from the middle 

 of May to the middle of June. This reserves all 

 the strength of the plant for the after-bloom ; and 

 accordingly I have such clusters of roses in July, 

 August, September and October, as those who have 

 not tried this stopping system can have no idea of. 

 La Reine, Madame Laffay, Compte de Paris, and 

 the Dutchess of Sutherland, are particularly superb 

 varieties under this treatment. Indeed, they may 

 be recommended as among the best of the per- 

 petuals. 



I have adopted, with excellent results, Mr. 

 River's recommendation of giving the roots of well 

 established roses a good soaking of liquid guano, 

 after they have shed their leaves, say middle of Oct. 

 It greatly promotes their luxuriant growth the 

 next season. Yours, ^n Amateur. New- York, 

 June, 1848. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Evergreens. — ^ nevj Subscriber, (Philadel- 

 phia.) It is difficult to distinguish the true Nor- 

 way Spruce, while quite young, from the varieties 

 raised from seed and frequently imported and sold 

 along with it in the nurseries. The true sort, 

 however, may be detected by the practiced eye, and 

 has longer leaves, and a more vigorous habit than 

 the spurious seedlings. Sometimes the White 

 Spruce of this country is found intermixed with 

 seedling Norway Spruces imported from Great 

 Britain. When the Norway Spruce begins to pro- 

 duce cones it is readily distinguished by any per- 

 son, the latter being peculiarly long and narrow. 

 R. L. Evergreens of most kinds are easily propa- 

 gated by planting them in sand under a bell glass, 

 or covered by a common hot- bed light. They 

 must be partially shaded. For the white Aphis, 

 which infests the young growth of this tree, try 

 sprinkling with whale-oil soap. 



Green-House. — C. D. C. (Lebanon, Pa.) The 

 best angle for the roof of a green house, in this 

 latitude is 45°; 40° will, however, answer. For 

 a small green house no mode of heating is so sim- 

 ple and economical as the old-fashioned brick flue. 

 When once heated, it retains and gives out warmth 

 for a long time, and the fire usually needs no at- 

 tention after 10 P. M. Tiles for covering the 

 flues may be had at the Salamander Works, Can- 

 non St., New- York. 



Raspberries. — W. (Cattskill, N. Y.) The true 

 Red Antwerp is easily known from the spurious 

 one by its large size and peculiarly conical or 

 pointed berry. A liberal top-dressing of wood 

 ashes, every autumn or spring, greatly invigorates 

 the plants. The Fastolf is very large, but is not 

 so firm, and does not bear carriage so well as the 

 Red Antwerp. Mr. River's New Everbearing 

 is in the country, but will scarcely be offered for 

 sale, except by those importing the coming au- 

 tumn. We have one plant now in fruit, but the 

 latter not yet mature. See the remarks of a Phi- 

 ladelphia correspondent on the culture of the 

 Raspberry, in a preceding page. 



Strawberries. — Johnson. (Baltimore.) New 

 beds may be made as soon as the runners can be 

 obtained with sufficient roots — perhaps immediate- 

 ly with you. Willey, (or more properly Wiley,) 

 is a pistillate variety, and a very great bearer. 

 The Large English Scarlet produces more regu- 

 lar crops than any variety we know. Trench your 

 soil 24 feet deep, and put it in good condition, and 

 you will find no difficulty in producing abundant 

 crops on your soil. 



Vineries. — E. D. Your grapes are probably 

 suflTering from the want of sufficient moisture in 

 the border. When a border is, like yours, M^hoUy 

 inside, it requires constant attention to keep it 

 sufficiently moist. We would advise you to pre- 

 pare an additional border on the outside, and pro- 

 vide openings in the front wall for the vines to run 



