58 Editorial JVotes. 



A. New A.rhoretuiii, 



Charles S. Sargent, who has charge of the new Arnold Arboretum, in Massachu- 

 setts, writes that it is a success as far as the peculiarities of our climate will allow. 

 137 acres of beautiful, undulating park-like ground, have been laid out, a large 

 amount of money is at hand, to spend for planting ; there are already plenty of trees 

 upon the tract, which are native to New England. Our best horticulturists are 

 watching the experiments with interest. 



The JEiirlu Jieiitriee I'cuch. 



We see this is becoming favorably known in the South. A North Carolina fruit- 

 grower had a quantity of this variety ripen on the 15th of June, of 1872 (or two 

 weeks ahead of Hale's Early), which were shipped to New York, and brought good 

 prices. 



Ohio Sortieultural Society. 



The winter meeting of this society was the best ever held, the display of fruits 

 occupying a table over 200 feet long. Dr. J. A. Warder, the president, exhibited 

 121 varieties of apples, most of them the produce of his own experimental orchard. 

 The following items show the magnitude of fruit culture in the State: 



Number of acres of orchards in the State 383,648 



Number of bushels of pears, yielded in 1872 626,982 



Number of bushels of peaches, yielded in 1871 860,530 



J^eur Tree Bliyht. 



A series of interesting experiments have been conducted during the past two years, 

 by William Saunders, on the grounds of the Agricultural Department, at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, in relation to pear blight. A pear tree which was badly blighted on 

 its main trunk was made the subject of special experiment. Nearly all of the bark 

 was blighted within three feet of the ground, only about ar\, inch and a half in width 

 being left to connect the upper part of the tree with the unblighted bark at the base. 

 The aifected part was removed and the sap-wood left quite exposed to view ; but to 

 prevent injury from the air it was at once coated with a composition of carbolic acid, 

 sulphur, and lime, largely diluted with water. After the lapse of two years the tree 

 has wholly recovered, and the denuded part is again covered with new and healthy 

 bark. The tree, in all respects, presents a healthy appearance. Many other trees 

 much affected with blight were coated heavily with the sulphur composition and have 

 evinced marked signs of improvement. It is intended to continue these experiments 

 on a larger scale, until sufficiently numerous and well-established facts attest the best 

 mode of treatment. The Department grounds consist of a heavy, compact, partially 

 underdrained soil, lying low ; they are, therefore, unfavorable for the highest develop- 

 ment of pear tree culture. It has been only by persistent effort that the fruit trees 

 on the Department grounds have been brought to their present highly improved state. 



Trdinitiif the Wisteria. 



One of the handsomest rustic ornaments we have ever seen, was thus simply con- 

 structed : A tall red cedar was transplanted from the woods, its branches all trimmed 

 back to within two or three feet from the trunk (broadest at the base near the 

 ground, and tapering gradually toward the top), and all the bark peeled off, leaving the 

 wood entirely bare. Two of these were placed by a gate-way, just within the fence, 

 one on each side of the path. 



At their base was planted a Wisteria, which, feeding on rich food, was most ram- 

 pant in growth, soon reaching to the top with its fast climbing tendrils. The leafy 

 foliage soon covered the extremities of the dead wooden branches, and sending out 

 runners which circled out, and downward, in a pendent form, covered in June with 

 the densest of delicate blue blossoms, made a picture of rare grace, and a unique 



