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GENESEE PARMER. 



May. 



prosperity and extend its usefulness ; but we 

 confess we are vexed and disappointed that such 

 a paltry plan of exhibition sliould be adopted, 

 after it had been proposed, discussed and rejected 

 at the early meetings of the friends and origina- 

 tors of the Society. 



[The following article was prepared for our 

 April number, but necessarily deferred.] 



Transplanting Trees. 



During this month thousands of trees will be 

 transplanted, and it is a matter of great impor- 

 tance that it be done properly. We must admit 

 that nurserymen are chargable with a great many 

 breaches of duty and trust, but at the same time 

 we know that they are not unfrequently charged 

 with faults they have not committed. People 

 will sotnetimes go to the nursery, purchavse the 

 trees, and to avoid the expense of two or three 

 shillings for packing, will carry their trees ex- 

 posed to the weather, perhaps a whole day — and 

 if they perish in consequence, blame the nursery- 

 man. We would not have a tree of ours uncov- 

 ered two hours, if we could avoid it. As soon as 

 a tree is taken up it should be carefully packed 

 with moss, or some other material, and covered 

 with matting or straw, to keep the roots moist 

 until they arrive at their destination. • 



The soil should be well prepared — large holes 

 dug for their reception, and well pulverized 

 earth placed among the roots. It is a safe plan 

 to cover the ground around the tree, as for as the 

 roots extend, with litter or rougli manure, to the 

 depth of three or four inches ; this retains the 

 moisture of the soil, and prevents the necessity 

 of watering. Pruning the heads of trees, before 

 planting, should be done cautiously, and with re- 

 gard to the condition of the roots. Where there 

 is an abundance of fibrous roots, the heads require 

 little pruning ; where they are deficient, the 

 branches should be reduced to correspond. 



The Weather, since our last, has been quite cool for 

 the season, and vegetation is fcmarkably liacliward. With- 

 in thi! pant week wo have had severe frosts several nights 

 in siui'cssion, cutting olF teniJer sprouts and blossoms that 

 had ventured forth, and rendering the prospects for fruit 

 Still more gloomy than before. Wo observe a few blossoms 

 on peach trees in sheltenul places, but it is doubtful wheth- 

 er they can wilhstand the frosts. 



In Western New V'ork, we lenrn by a letter from John J. 

 Thomas, tlie prospects for fruit are very little, if any, bettor 

 than with us ; the winter having been very destrii(;tive to 

 the buda of peaches and other half-hardy kinds. — Ohio Cul- 

 tivator, April ICith. 



As far as our observation has extended, the 

 prospects for fruit were never better in Western 

 New York than at present. Late frosts, sucli 

 as we had on the first of June last year, may 

 come; but up to this date, April 29, all looks 

 full of promise. Half hardy trees, and shrubs of 

 all kinds, have passed through the winter with 

 less injury than usual, and so it is with all young 

 trees in the nursery. We have scarcely seen 

 an inch of winter killed wood this spring, except 

 on trees that had been moved last autumn, Apri- 



cots have bloomed most profusely, and the fruit 

 appears to be setting well. Peach buds look fine, 

 and are just beginning to expand. Indeed the 

 whole appearance of vegetation, at this moment, 

 is delightiul, and well calculated to draw thanks 

 and praises from every heart, to IIim who rules 

 the seasons. — Ed. 



Mount Hope Botanic Garden. 



The following notice from the Rochester Dem- 

 ocrat is so seasonahle and proper, that we assume 

 the responsibility of publishing it, without the 

 knowledge or consent of the conductor of this 

 department of the Farmer. From our own 

 knowledge of the establishment, and its gentle- 

 manly and enterprising proprietors, we can fully 

 endorse all that is said in the article. Those of 

 our readers who reside at a distance, could not 

 spend an hour more pleasantly, during a visit to 

 our city, tlian in an examination of the magnifi- 

 cent Garden and Green House of Messrs. E. & B. 

 — M. 



Mr. Editor : — -There are few places within the limits 

 of our city, where an hour can be spent inore profitably 

 and plersantly than at the Mount Hope Garden. Amateurs 

 and tlorists, young and old, will find much, very much, to 

 interest and admire, while the horticulturist and utilitarian 

 will tind a rare, extensive, and choice assortment of fruit 

 and ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, plants, &c., in a 

 condition highly creditable to the worthy proprietors, Messrs, 

 Ei.LWANGEii & Barry. Tiie indefatigable elTorts of these 

 gentlemen, to supply the W'ants of our citizens and Western 

 New York with reliable varieties of the linest fruits, entitle 

 tliem to great credit, and we have no doubt, will secure them 

 a liberal patronage. Messrs. E. Sl iiiipry iii.vr htien cugaged 

 in their very interesting vocation froni early b;)\ hood and 

 are scientifically, practically, and intimately acquaujted witij 

 their business. 



They are, therefore, confident of being able to obvjata 

 difficulties of long standing, and that have at some period 

 disappointed the expectations, and rendered abortive, the 

 labors of almost every farmer and fruit grower in the Slate. 

 Indeed, the carelessness of nurserymen has become prqver-^ 

 bial and has prevented thousands from cultivating fruit ex- 

 tensively, who, under greater certainty of success, would 

 have grown hundreds of bushels where now one is produced. 

 No pains or expense have been spared to render their a»5 

 sortment complete. They have, in their colloctioji, th« 

 finest varieties of fruit found in England, on the continent 

 of Europe and in this country. They import lai-gely from 

 England, l^rancc, Germany, and IJelgiuni ; and haye cultj^ 

 vated and introduced into Western I\ew York some of the 

 finest tlnvored fruits grown in the world. 



They have recently received from Belgium, jn fine order, 

 a choice assojtraent of pears, grafted on the Portugal quince 

 root ; also an extensive lot of hardy roaos of the most ex« 

 (juisite varieties. These are budded into the sweet briar 

 stalks from four to si?: feet high, and flower, jn beautifinl 

 clusters in firm and unyielding supports. Many of theso 

 stalks are as large as \valking sticks — so firm that the winds 

 and snows cannot break them down, nor the frosts destroy 

 them. 



Their green-house department is oxocedingly fine. Hera 

 may bf! seen from seven to eight thousand plants in pots, 

 from every land, and of every desirable variety. 



The admirer of nature may here witness the ten thousand 

 lights and shades o( her niagio pencil ; and «uch productions 

 oi'tho vegetable world, as the enlightened judgment of maa 

 lias pronounced most l)eautiful. Finally, parents can hard- 

 ly alfopd their children more interesting, instructive, and 

 useful indulgence, than to let them look in upon this minia- 

 turi' world of roses, blooming amid running vines, aromalia 

 shrubs and sweet scented flowers. Yours, 



J. B. S. 



Grain Cratllrs. — 50 superior Grain Cradles, made by 

 Hatch, of t'aledonia, and others, for sale at the Agricultu^ 

 ral Warehouse, on Front-st., by JAMES I', Et?UUj 



