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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



EUGISIIA UGNI 



This new fruit bearing shrub was introduced into 

 England from Soutli America, and from thence to 

 thir country. It is nearly allied to the common Myr- 

 tle, and is appai-ently about as hardy. It produces 

 a berry as large as a black currant, which is said to 

 equal "in flavor a peach or pine apple. It belongs to 

 a family of plants named after Prince Eugene of 

 Saxony, of the natural ordtr Myrtaceaj. It has stood 

 reveral severe winters in England, without being hurt 



by the frost, but it will not prove hardy in the States 

 much farther North than Washington. It will, nev- 

 ertheless, be valuable for greenhouse culture, in the 

 North, on account of the excellence of its fruit. In 

 habit it is very graceful, with delicate, globular, white 

 flowers, and, hl<e the myrtle, is an evergreen. The 

 fruit is jet blacli, about the size of a large black cur- 

 rajit, and produced very profusely. In the private 

 gardens of Valparaiso the fruit is grown expressly 

 for the deirsert, and is much esteemed. The engrav- 

 ing will show at a glance the habit and appearance 

 of this really beautiful and useful plant. 

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Dahlias. — Those who are keeping daldias in their 

 cellars, should at this season examine them, and see 

 if they are heating, or if there is any moisture accu- 

 mulating on them. In either case, repack them, after 

 drpng them in a room where the temperature is h'om 

 60 to 65 degi-ees. 



GLASS F03, GSEllimOFuES, &c 



Eds. Genesee Farmer: — The italicised portion, 

 terminating the remarks from Turr.ars Florist, scej 

 page 349, on " different kinds of gla.-s for garden] 

 structures," is somewhat contradictory from past e:-*' 

 perience, supposing each kind of glass was subject to' 

 precisely the same treatment, or rather, the plants^ 

 under the glass. Of this, we are left in the dcrk, al-, 

 though it is highly probable they were not. For in- 

 stance, the superiority of the rough pl?.te glass, and 

 perhaps the corrugated glass, as well, consists in its 

 power of admitting all the rays of light; the clear, or. 

 crown glass, will, while it stops the burning rays, thus 

 doing away with the necessity of using shading in 

 in hot sunshine; besides which, the two first-named 

 kinds aie stronger, and being so are less likely to brecik 

 from frost, hail, &c., thereby effecting a saving, other 

 things being equal 



It is presumed that in the trial both the sheet and 

 crown-glass were shaded, and the others not; and 

 that, as no perceptible difference could be discerned 

 that, for reasons above given, the rough plate glass 

 and corrugated glass are to be preferred for all horti- 

 cultural structures, where it can be obtained Uiv 

 fortunately, from the little call for these articles, as 

 j^et, in this country, they cannot be got short of im- 

 porting expressly, or except at high prices; but the^e 

 are some few examples, and amongst them we re- 

 member a large greenhouse at the Flushing nurseries 

 of the Messrs. Parsons. Perhaps some one, from 

 e:tperience, in this sunny country, will set us right on 

 this matter. 



The Monstrous Fuchsia — Of which you give us 

 an illustration in last mouth's issue, is almost, if not 

 quite, a counterpart of one plucked the la«t season, 

 from the variety called Duchess of Lancaster, culti- 

 vated in the greenhouse at this place. It had the 

 resemblance of three flowers joined in one, and was 

 the most striking monstrosity of the kind we ever 

 saw, although it is, by no means, rare to meet with 

 those of smaller dimensions on the Fuchsia, when 

 under high cultivation. They are an interesting 

 feature of botanical inquiry at all times, and w^ll 

 worthv of attentive '-tudy. Edgar Saj\'deks. — Jllba- 

 ny, JV. F., Dec, 1856. 



Mice and Fruit Trees. — During the past winter 

 many young fruit trees suffered from the depreda- 

 tions of mice; hence, it may be well to look out for 

 the present winter, and try to protect them. I have 

 had some very bad luck in wintering young orchards, 

 but I thinJv I have found a good remedy in this case. 

 If your trees are set in orchard form, you may make 

 an ointment of hog's lard and assafoetida; a piece of 

 assafcetida, the size of a butternut, in a quart of 

 melted lard, will be sufficient to wash seventy-five 

 trees, or more, according to size. Let this ointment 

 be rubbed with a woolen cloth on the body of the 

 tree, one foot and a half from the ground; then hill 

 up the earth arcund the tree, at least ten inches, and 

 if the dirt is wet, and pounded down with a large 

 'wooden mallot, it will help to keep the mice from 

 the roots of the tree. In the spring, as soon as there 

 is to be no more snow, remove the hill of dirt, then 

 M'ash the tree down with ley, from common wood 

 ashes, or potash dissolved in water; this will remove 

 the oily substance from the body of the tree, and 

 promote good health generally. A. L, Smith. 



