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On the place were a great number of old apple trees ; these 

 have, many of them, been engrafted, and at present Mr. 

 Stickney has all the best kinds in bearing ; among others we 

 saw the Melon, one of our finest native apples. The plum 

 trees were breaking down with the load of fruit ; and they 

 were quite free from the black knots, which have proved so 

 troublesome. Mr. Stickney's trees were affected in this way, 

 but by constant perseverance in cutting them off and de- 

 stroying them, they have been nearly or quite eradicated. 

 We are no believer in the fungus theory, though we may 

 yet be convinced of it ; and we must, until further research, 

 attribute them to the work of the curculio, or some other 

 insect. 



Such are the results of a zealous interest in horticultural 

 pursuits, undertaken at a period when many persons think it 

 is too late to begin, with the hope of reaping any results in 

 their own lifetime. We trust that such success as we have 

 now detailed will dispel this idea, so great a bugbear in the 

 way of progress, and induce all who have any interest in 

 such pursuits to commence at once, assured that but a few 

 years are necessary to reap the fruits of their labors. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Domestic JVotices. 



SemperviVdm arbo^reum. — C. M. Hovey, Esq., Editor of the Magazine 

 of Horticulture, Botany, &c. Sir : In the prospectus to your Magazine, 

 you offer to answer any inquiries relative to horticulture, &lc. I see that 

 others have availed themselves of that privilege, and therefore presume to 

 follow their example. Ten or twelve years since, I had given me a young 

 Sedum tree. It grew beautifully for a while, and then, in spite of all the 

 care I knew how to bestow, dwindled away, until its long, bare, crooked 

 stems, with stinted clusters of leaves at their extremities, were a disgrace 

 to any body's flower keeping. Still I kept it, hoping it might blossom ; it 

 certainly looked old enough, — but, after eight years' trial, I threw it away 

 and commenced again. I have now a young thrifty plant, three years old, 

 but unless my knowledge increases, it will follow its predecessor in all its 

 ugliness and decay. Will you please inform me what peculiar cultivation 

 it needs ? Is the blossom beautiful, or is the bright luxuriant green of the 



