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en the bark of the trunks and branches of trees ; 

 and the rootlets which they send out insinuate 

 themselves through the crevices of the bark, and 

 thus become incorporated with the wood. 



The young misletoe plant seems readily to im- 

 bibe the ascending sap from the wood of the tree 

 upon which it grows, and this it converts into a 

 proper juice adapted to nourish its own structure, 

 by the aid of its leaves. 



The ascending sap of most trees being so near- 

 ly alike, the raLsletoe seems to grow with almost 

 «qual facility on a great number of different spe- 

 oies. It i,s found here upon the persimmon, the 

 honey-locust, and upon oaks of all kinds, and I 

 think you can get it to take readily upon almost 

 any deciduous tree. Yours sincerely, Wm. Sum- 

 mer, Pomaria, South Carolina, Jan. 16, 1849. 



Early Peas. — Dear Sir: I recommend your 

 e-eaders who care for early peas, to try the mode 

 recommended in the Horticulturist, vol. 1, p. 481. 

 I did so last spring, and succeeded in getting a 

 fine crop far ahead of any of my neighbors. It is 

 very little trouble, and the result perfectly satis- 

 factory. Yours, J[ Jerseyman, Feb. 15, 1849. 



The HoaTjcuLTURisT of Lynn. — We have 

 ibeen very much struck, on looking over the list of 

 premiums awarded last year, by the Massachu- 

 isetts Horticultural Society, with the number of 

 times with which the name of one gentleman, ap- 

 pears there. It must be remembered, that so 

 great is the competition, and so numerous are the 

 cultivators about Boston, that it is by no means an 

 easy task to carry off many prizes at the exhibi- 

 tions which take place in that society. The gen- 

 ■tleman to whose success we refer, is Otis John- 

 son, Esq. of L3'nn, We have several times visit- 

 ed the garden of this most zealous and accomplish- 

 ed amateur, and have always been exceedingly 

 gratified at the admirable system of fruit culture 

 pursued there. A single walk through such a 

 gai'den would be more instructive to thousands of 

 <our readers, than all the explanations of systems 

 of pruning, ^training and subsoiling, that one could 

 -obtain in a fortnight.. The numerous prizes which 

 the products of that garden have carried away 

 from the Boston shows, prove more conclusive 

 than any commendation of ours can possibly do, 

 the superior horticultural skill and intelligence of 

 Mr. Johnson — who, by the way, we trust will 

 pardon our thus publicly noticing what we cannot 

 but think deserves public commendation. 



Perfect Camellias. — It is very rarely that 

 any novelties are offered to the floral world, so 

 ■well deserving of attention as the two new Ca- 

 mellias, which we observe in our advertising co- 

 lumns, are now offered for sale by Mr. Cadness, 

 of Warren's Gardens, near Boston. 



The flowers of these fine American seedlings 

 exhibit the most exquisite form and colour, and 

 are not surpassed, we may say indeed scarcely 



equalled, by any other varieties originated in either 

 hemisphere, and we gladly recommend these two 

 sorts to floricultural amateurs, as certain to give 

 complete satisfaction. 



Ohio Fruit Convention. — We give the follow- 

 ing brief notes made on looking over this interest- 

 ing pamphlet. 



Early Harvest Apple — regarded by the Conven- 

 tion as the best early apple. 



Summer Queen — much esteemed as a fine fruit. 



Early Chandler. — This variety, one of the sorts 

 introduced into Ohio by Mr. Putnam, more than 

 50 years ago, is described as a valuable early sort 

 — excellent for cooking, before full maturity, and 

 then a fine dessert fruit. It i.s too tender for a 

 market fruit. (We think, from this description, 

 this variety is an old acquaintance of ours, under 

 another name, and would be glad to verify our 

 supposition by specimens at the season of maturi- 

 ty.— Ed.) 



Golden Sweeting, is highly commended. 



Jersey Sweeting — highly recommended — espe- 

 cially for stock feeding. 



Fall Pippin — a great variety of opinion on this 

 fruit, owing, no doubt, to a confusion between this 

 and the Holland pippin, two very distinct sorts. 



Porter — " a profuse bearer of fair, handsome, 

 and valuable fruit in northern Ohio." 



Rambo — great bearer, much esteemed, some- 

 times water-cored. 



Westfield Seeknofurther — " has been grown on 

 sandy loam, white-oak, clay and limestone soils, 

 and universally decided first rate." 



Springer's Seedling — a new. late-keeping apple, 

 highly spoken of, — the fruit keeping in sound con- 

 dition for a year. 



Seeverh Seedling — "tender, sub-acid, juicy, with 

 a delicate pear flavor." 



Rhode Island Greening — a good deal of differ- 

 ence respecting the merits of this popular fruit in 

 Ohio — the opinion very prevalent that it had for- 

 merly been very fine, but of late years had decli- 

 ned in quality. 



Mr. Elliot remarked that a supply of requi- 

 site food given to the trees would render them 

 uniformly productive. He had found the applica- 

 tion of leached ashes to cause the fruit of the 

 trees mentioned by him last year, to become alike, 

 (fair and good,) and he would recommend others 

 to make similar attempts -at improvements. The 

 subject of special manuring was at this time ex- 

 citing much attention. He believed that ten years 

 from this, a description of the nature of the soil 

 requisite to grow a variety perfect, -s)/ould be as 

 necessary to a work on fruits, as the description 

 of a fruit." 



Pears. — Louise Bonne de Jersey — fine in Ohio. 



Duchesse d'Angouleme — " one of the best fall 

 pears." 



White Doyenne — " one of the very best." 



Seckel — " acknowledged by all to lie of the first 

 class, and claimed by many to be exempt from 



