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into the papers by a report of J. D. Piper to the Horticultural Society of that 

 State. 



IL A French gentleman, not many years since, had large orchards 

 surrounding his mansion, among them about three acres in plums, from which, 

 although blossoming finely, he got no fruit ; he therefore fenced it up for a 

 chicken yard, leaving the trees for shade ; but the very next year he was pro- 

 foundly astonished by having a very large and abundant yield of pliuns, ac- 

 tually breaking down many branches. 



m. An Old and successful fruit grower reports that to " plant tansy at 

 the roots of the plum trees, or by hanging branches of the plant on the limbs of 

 trees, you will not be annoyed with the curculio." And claims it is the most 

 successful curculio preventive he has ever tried . Then why not good about other 

 fruit trees ? Still 1 do not see that it can be grown about the roots and allow 

 cultivation. I can, however, see that it would be quite a mulch in itself, as it 

 grows abundant on good soil, and will mat down considerably. Then let no 

 one further doubt, but follow one of these plans best suited to his convenience 

 and, like these men, have a f uU yield of fruit. That it may be so, is the rea- 

 son I have given these short accounts of past successes. 



Quinces. Their Successful Cultivation. — Many persons put their 

 quince trees, or "bushes," as more generally called, in the dryest and most 

 outof-the-way place they can find, then let them take care of themselves, i. e., 

 they receive no cultivation at all, grass and weeds reigning supreme. But the 

 qiiince is a native of the sea shore, and although it does not need a wet soil, 

 yet it does require a moist but porous, else a well-drained soil ; and to keep up 

 its natural demand for a saline, or salt-loaded atmosphere of its sea-coast na- 

 tivity, must not only be as well cultivated as Mr. Qumn's pear orchard above, 

 but must also have a supply of salt, broadcast, as far as the roots extend. To 

 a full-grown tree or bush three or four quarts will not be too much. The 

 principal points aDove are from Dr. Sylvester, of Lyons, N. T., through the 

 Prairie Fa/rmer, but my own knowledge and observation tells me the same 

 things. 



Shade Trees, Where to Plant— Shade trees are usually planted too 

 near the house, and also too near each other, making the rooms dark and 

 damp, especially so if evergreens; nothing more out of place than large ever- 

 greens on the sunny sides of a house, but a few rows of them and other suita- 

 ble timber groves on the north side make excellent wind-breaking protection 

 for house, bam, sheds for stock, etc. It is well to have plenty of shade trees 

 about, but set the more open topped on the east and south, the dark evergreens 

 on the west and north, where none, or not enough, are yet provided. 



Forest Trees, Planting In the "Wwit, a Success. — I see it stated 

 in the American Mctsenger, for January, 1886, that Measrs. Douglas & Son, 

 near Ft. Scott, Kansas, finding that €00 acras they planted with forest trees 

 are a complete succees, are planting 500 mns Mwe. Before next April they 

 Will have 1,300,000 trees planted. 



