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Art. VI. — Ohiluary. ■ •• 



D'ed, ill this city, on the 24ih of October, Mr. James Wentworth, in 

 the 53d year of his age. ;.. i -iv 



It is our painful duty to announce the death of an old and valued friend, 

 one wilh whom we have had an intimate connexion, as one of the house of 

 Dulton & Wentworih, ihe well known printers of our Magazine for 'everal 

 years, and of our new work, The Fruits of America. Mr. Wenlwoith had 

 the principal charge of the book work in their extensive establishment, Mr. 

 Dution attending to other duties, and it is to his taste and skill, as an ex- 

 perienced printer, that we owe much A)r the typographical execution of our 

 two works, particularly The Fruits of America. In the issuing of that work, 

 Mr. Wentworth spared no pains, and, without egoti.-m, we may say, that a 

 more finished specimen of the art never appeared in this country. Jv'owork 

 came into the office but what passed under his eye, and we have no doubt 

 that his laborious application to his art, — Messrs. U. & W. having been the 

 State Printers for some years, — hastened ihe disease of which he died. In 

 his death, his family have lust a kind husband, and tender parent, and we 

 deeply sympathize with them in their bereavement. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR NOVEMBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Viien, in greenhouse, will now be shedding their leaves, and, 

 where neatness is an object, as it ever should be in the greenhouse, the vines 

 should be carefully gone over every few days with a broom, brushing 

 upwards ; this will take off nearly all the leaves which are about to fall, 

 and the house may thus be kept miich cleaner ; a partial pruning may also 

 be made ; that is, to cut off all wood not likely to ripen, or such as is not 

 wanted for another year, not cutting too short, as this can be done at the 

 final pruning next mi iilh. Vines in cold houses will require nearly the 

 same treatment if the grapes are all cut. If there are yet some grapes on 

 the vines of late kinds, the house should be well aired every fine day, open- 

 ing the sashes early in the m<irnitig. Grape vines in the open air may be 

 pruned this month, and tender kinds laid down and covered with leaves, 

 straw, or coarse manure. Isabellas may also be pruned now. 



Strawberry beds should receive a slight covering of some coarse strawy 

 manure, leaves, seaweed, or old haulm. We have covered with each of 

 these, and find very little difTermce in the keeping of the plants. All that 

 is necessary is sufficient to keep the ground from freezing and thawing, and 

 throwing the plants out of the ground. 



Raspberry plaidaltons may he now made with good success ; hut, in the 

 latitude of Boston, they should be laid down, and covered with earth. 



Fruit trees of all kinds may be safely removed this month. If planted 

 any time before frost, we think it preferable to leaving it till spring. 



