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GARDENING. 



Mar. /, 



And I have seen the same thing oecur 

 with plants of hickories, Carolina jasmine 

 and the China tree, Melia Azederach. The 

 southern evergreen Magnolia grand/flora 

 is another ease of the same kind. I 

 remember well when its existence in this 

 city out of doors was thought to be a 

 rarity. Since the introduction of trees 

 from the nearest point their presence is 

 much more common. Seeds are produced 

 from trees in our midst, at the present 

 time, and I am sure the plants Irom 

 them will be more hardy than seedlings 

 from southern trees. 



In conclusion I would repeat to those 

 about to plant fruit or other trees deemed 

 a little tender, get the stock as near home 

 as possible. Joseph Meehas. 



Philadelphia. 



THE QUINCE. 



It is not uncommon to hear it said that 

 it is hard to grow quinces. The want of 

 success is often caused by allowing the 

 bushes to carry too much old wood and 

 permitting borers to occupy the trunk. 

 With a little care the quince is a most 

 satisfactory bush to grow, bearing regu- 

 lar crops every year. 



The not uncommon recommendation 

 to plant quinces in low ground I have 

 not found to be a good one. Low 

 ground is too often a heavy one, and 

 quinces do not like this. They do like 

 moisture and plenty of it, but not a stiff 

 soil. The mass of fine roots they like to 

 make will not permit of the suggestion of 

 heavv soil. A well enriched loamy soil 

 is what they flourish in, and an abund- 

 ance of moisture. I have seen excellent 

 results follow the planting of them on 

 slopes near running water, where the soil 

 was always moist, yet well drained. In 

 ordinary garden situations good results 

 are obtained by mulching the surface of 

 the ground about them The coolness 

 this ensures is as grateful to the roots as 

 the moisture. 



The quince appreciates good food. 

 Manure may be used as a mulch with 

 excellent results. Liquid manure, dish 

 water saved from the kitchen, and like 

 compounds, cause the bushes to bear 

 healthy foliage, on sturdy branches. 



When manures are freely used I have 

 found less trouble from borers than when 

 the bushes stood uncared for. Manure 

 seems distasteful to the insect. But the 

 bushes should be looked overtwice a year 

 and the borers taken out, should any 

 signs of them be discovered. I have found 

 much more satisfaction in the plan of 

 looking over the bushes in this way than 

 in any one 1 have ever heard of for keep- 

 ing borers out. With a sharp pointed 

 knife and a piece of wire it takes no more 

 [continued page 190.] 



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