328 A.ward of ^Premiums America?i 'Pomological Society. 



soil, any out-of-the-way place will do, but a moist one will suit them best ; plant 

 them one foot apart, and cut them down to within two inches of the ground every 

 autumn. If a few stronger sticks are wanted, leave the plants a winter without 

 cutting, tie the shoots in bundles, and keep them in a dry place until wanted for use. 

 If used green, as they emit roots so freely, they should be placed in a hot flue oven, 

 or some such place, for a few hours. 



The quantity a few plants will grow is astonishing, and the sticks will last two 

 years, and I am sure they are unequalled for tying such plants as Achimenes, Mign- 

 onette, etc. If allowed to grow in the shrubberies, the plants are very ornamental ; 

 but when permitted to flower, and make large bushes, the quantity of shoots obtained 

 is diminished considerably. Bees, too, are very fond of this plant, the flowers being 

 numerous ; and from them, the bees gatiier a great quantity of honey. 



There are other plants, from which useful flower sticks may be taken ; many vari- 

 eties of hardy, deciduous, Spiraeas ; varieties of Hypericum, or St. John Wort, 

 Ligustrum, or Privet and Lilacs. 



The Weeping Inarch. 



This is one of the most elegant of all our hardy deciduous trees, and I presume 

 that it is rare, at least as a large tree, as I have never yet seen or heard of any 

 approaching the size of one growing in these gardens, which densely covers a walk 

 ten feet wide, for a distance of IHO feet, its side branches spreading full fifteen feet 

 on each side, down to the ground. It is of so recumbent a form of growth, that a 

 very powerful support to the branches is necessary, to allow of suflicient height for 

 walking underneath. 



Some few years since, a double row of polished Oak posts, eight feet high, was 

 erected under it; on each side of the walk, with iron posts just under the stem and 

 main branches, and crow-bearers at intervals, to support the lateral branches ; which 

 have covered the whole structure so eff"ectually, that the sun's rays cannot penetrate 

 it. The branches grow perfectly flat on the trellis, requiring no training, and there 

 is not one on the whole tree rising to a greater height than fifteen feet. — The Garden. 



Award of Premmms American Pomological Society. 



Ofi'ICIATj T.IST. 

 Apples, 



1st Premium — State collection, to the State of Nebraska ; Silver Medal and $50* 

 2d " — State collection, to the State of Kansas ; Bronze Medal and $25. 



1st " —Individual " to J. W. Ross, Perrysburg, 0. ; S. M. and $50. 



I'rara. 



1st Premium — Society collection, Cambridge Horticultural Society, Mass. ; Silver 



Medal and $50. 

 2d " — Connecticut State Board of Agriculture ; Bronze Medal and $25. 



1st " — Individual collection, to Ellwanger & Barry ; Silver Medal and $50. 

 2d " — Individual collection, to Hovey & Co. ; Bronze Medal and $25. 



