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GENESEE FARMER. 



July, 1845 



say most emphatically, No ! If \vo could allow our- 

 selves lor a moment to envy any murtal man his lot. 

 we would envy our friend Batehaui. But we dare 

 not; and can only say, that we r;'joicc heartily at th'" 

 success he has hitherto enjoyed and the bnlliancy of 

 his future prospects. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS, PL VNTS, he. 



The following notices were prepared for the June 

 number, but were unavaidably crowded out. W> 

 would have added some more not ces of fine flowering- 

 ehrabs and olants, and of some splendid roses of re- 

 cent introduction ; but space will not permit. Thr 

 rose, in the floral worltl, has been the grand object 

 of admiration during the month of June. We have 

 been enrautured with its beauty : but June is now 

 gone, and with it the glory of its roses. 



Snoivbalh and Lilacs, are common, well known, 

 but nevertheless beautiful shrubs: and have by their 

 lavish profusion of flowers rendered the shrubbery 

 quite gaidy for some time past. Of the latter there 

 are several species of the easiest culture, growing 

 rapidly in any soil. Scarlet ones, quite a rarity 

 were "sol J to our citizens last spring, (1844,) by a 

 Frenchman, to which wo have alluded in another 

 place; but we have heard nothing of them. We 

 "jg-wess" he was joking. 



Vibur:vum Lajita.va — This is a beautiful, erect 

 growing shrub, and attains a pretty large size. It 

 has jusl shed its blossoms, which were very orna- 

 mental through the early part of May. The flow- 

 ers are white, and (iroduced in large umbrels on the 

 ends of the branches. The folitge is fine, dark 

 green on the surface, and white underneath. 



Spir.5^a CiiENATA, or Hitwthoni leaved Spiraa. — 

 This is a beautiful, white flowering shrub, of small 

 size. The flowers, in large clusters cover the bran- 

 ches the whole length. The foliage is pretty, and 

 the flowers remain longer than those of any other 

 shrubs. It is now, and has been for two weeks or 

 more past, a beautiful object. It should be in every 

 shrubbery. The spiraea genus comprises many -and- 

 some species, both shrubby and herbaceous. A 

 large number will show their blossoms in a week or 

 60, and we will refer to them hereafter, 



PffioNiF.s. — This splendid genus, both herbaceous 

 anl woodv, or Avhat are called Tree Pfeunies, are in 

 full splendor. Their gaudy, diversified flowers, and 

 their easiness of culture, (for they will flourish in 

 any common garden soil,) ren ler them general fa- 

 vorites. We have over twenty-five splendid species 

 and varieties, both single and double. Tliese are all 

 that our space will allow us to mention at present. 



'live hedges. 



N'i feature in a landscape, in our opinion, is more 

 pleasing to the eye than live hedges or fences. — 

 They at once convey the idea of beauty, utility, and 

 duration — three points that should never be forgot- 

 ten in const noting fences of any kind. As yet, our 

 American landscape^ cannot boast of such ornaments, 

 to any extent worth mentioning, not even in the 

 highest cultivated and oldest settled portions of the 

 country. The idea that the English hawthorn mily, 

 was s litable, has prevented many from attempting 

 to make t orn hedges. This, however, ps e.xperi- 

 encr? n:is shown, is highly erronerous. The Amer- 

 ican varieties will answer every purpose, and we 

 think the time is come when American farmers, at 

 least a large portion of them, throughout the older 



states, have taste enough and means enough to 

 introduce live hedges around, and in the vicinity of 

 their dwellings, and mos* conspicuous parts of their 

 premises. 



The following extract from the " Gardeners' 

 Chronicle" gives simple directions, which will ena- 

 ble every man or boy to raise thorn hedges in the 

 cheapest manner. Seeds may be easily obtained 

 within a few rods of every man's dwelling. Those 

 who wish to avoid the trouble of ra'sing the plants 

 from seed, can procure them at a low price in the 

 nurseries. The writer of the following paper, it 

 appears, traveled in this covmtry in 1843, and pre- 

 sented this, with other remarks, to the Botanical 

 Society of Edinburgh. 



Raising Thuun Hkdgk' from Seed. — The fruit should 

 We giuhered abmu the end of Uctobsr, can? bi'iii,';^ taken 

 to keep the seeds of th" luxuiieiit giovvin^ sorts sepa- 

 at« from those of ihe dwrivftir ki id*. A pit shoulrl be 

 iireparoil about 1.^ feet deep, into which th.v fruit i* to 

 [)c put with a mixture of curth or iiind. It should be 

 (i;rn'd several times during the season, and if dry. a 

 little water may be adiled ; one or two inches of fioil 

 Seine; a sufficient covering to insure the decompo-itioii 

 if the pulp. During the folloivini October, a piece of 

 .(ood groiuid should be prepared, and the seed sown as it is 

 raken from the ]>it, pretty thick in drills about one foot 

 distant from e.ich otlier, or in beds three feet wide. In 

 fhe sucepeding spring the plants will begin to app-ar; at 

 ivliich time, and lliriiughout the season, ihey must be kept 

 ^•iear of weeds. If properly attended to. the seedlings will 

 attain a height of from six inches to twelve inches, the first 

 year. The following spring the strongest plants may be 

 •ither transplanted inlodiills, or placed where they are in- 

 tended to remain as a permanent feni^e. The smaller ones 

 should be left in the seed-drills or beds for another year, 

 when they may be treated in the same manner. In form- 

 ing a live fence, the ground ought to be prepared as soon as 

 the enow disappears, by making a trench about two feet 

 broad, an 1 a sp;ide in depth. Along the centre of this 

 trench the voung plants shoulil be put about s x or ei^'ht 

 inches apart, and afterwards well watered and (irmly tr>d« 

 den in. Cire should bo taken lo protect the young plants 

 frim cattle, and to keep them clear of weeds. The second 

 year after planting, the thorns should be headed down to 

 within six or ton inches of the ground, and each year after- 

 wards switched up on both sides to a cenire ridse. so as to 

 produce the shape generally termed sow-backed ; hedges 

 trained in this form, being less liable to be destroyed by 

 snow resting upon them, than when cut flat at the top." — • 

 If llii' method here recommenrled be properly attended to, 

 -Mr. M'Nab has not the least hesitation in saying thtit an 



xcehent hedge of native thorn may bo acquired five or i-i.t 

 vears after planting At several plices ho 8aw the inrlige- 

 tious thorns employed as a fence : at letist, they had been 

 [)lanted with that intention, and had attained a considerable 

 height, but from want of proper attention to pruning and 

 weeditig, they v.'cic so slender, that easv access might be 

 {>btaini'd betvveeti each stem. From such instances of mis- 

 management, an erroneous opinion cpoms generallv to pre- 

 vail that hed:;es will not succeed in America. '' But." ho 

 very properly remarked, " if newly-planted hedges in Brit- 

 ain were equally neglected, there can be no doubt that they 

 would 8O0I1 degenemte, and become no better than thoso 

 which 1 observed in the United fctates and Canadn." 



Grke:v Peas. — The first in market this season, 

 that we heard of, were sold on the 7th of June, at 

 S3 00 per bushel, raised by Mr. Budd, of Greece. 

 On the 15th the supply was pretty good, at 4s. to 

 6s. per bushel. 



The supply of other vegetables has, so far, been 

 very inferior, owing to the severe, untimely frosts 

 . n the last of May, as well as the extraordinary va- 

 riableness of the weather up to the present time. 



