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To keep Plants and Trees. — Editorial A^otlces. 



Vol. X. 



To keep Plants and Trees on a long 

 Voyage. 



A coRUESPONDENT of the Gardener's 

 Chronicle, writing from New Zealand says, 

 "I was led to recommend the packing of 

 fruit and other trees in zinc cases, through 

 an inadvertence it is needless to explain; I 

 regret this the more, as it may be productive 

 of injurious consequences. The trees — ap- 

 ple and pear — to which I alluded in my 

 former letter, and which, after being nine 

 months out of ground (the vessel not sailing 

 until five months after the time stipulated 

 in the advertisement), are now flourishing 

 in my garden, some of them having borne 

 fruit this season, were packed in a deal case, 

 in moss only, and without straw. At Valpa- 

 raiso I witnessed another successful instance 

 of this way of packing. A Frenchman ar- 

 rived there, after a voyage of nearly four 

 months, with several cases of flowering 

 shrubs and trees from France, in the very 

 best order. They had each a small ball of 

 earth to the roots, which were afterwards 

 wrapped in moss, and the plants were packed 

 in the same material to prevent their being 

 disturbed. I am anxious to correct any er- 

 ror, because a case of plants was sent to us 

 by the London Horticultural Society, packed 

 air-tight, and they all perished. In the 

 warm latitudes these air-tight cases prevent 

 evaporation, and this causes fermentation, 

 especially if straw be used, as in the instance 

 of a case I received, with the other alluded 

 to above, containing peach, plum, gooseberry, 

 and currant-trees, all of which died." 



TH£ FARMERS' CABINET, 



AND 



Philadelphia, Fifth Month, 1846. 



It was tlie Editor's privilege to visit his friend 

 Samuel C. Ford, a few days ago, at OIney, on the Se- 

 cond street road, some five miles from this city. The 

 farm contains about 105 acres, and lies handsomely, 

 and perhaps equally on either side of the turnpike, 

 and certainly gives evidence throughout, of careful, 

 systematical, and successful cultivation. It is indeed 

 a beautiful spot, and at this surpassingly delightful 

 season of the year, the great abundance of trees o( 

 every kind, with which the homestead is surrounded; 

 the rich foliage of the neighboring forests, and the 

 fields of wheat and grass on the farm, all combine to 

 mark it as one of those blessings meant, by a kind 

 Providence, to be "richly enjoyed." Wo were parti- 

 cularly pleased with the garden and the green house, 

 combining as they do, so practically the useful \>itli 

 the beautiful and the tasteful. The fruit trees look 

 healthy and promise an abundance, — both standards 

 and espaliers. The Seckel psar trees have a remark- 



ably fine appearance, and confirm the observation fre- 

 quently made within the last year or two, that this 

 tree seems to be recovering from the threat of extermi- 

 nation that for a while, hung over it. The wheat and 

 the grass are fine. Guano has been used, evidently 

 with great success, on both. We hardly remember, 

 ever to have seen at this time of the year, a more lux- 

 uriant promise of wheat, than in the fields at Olney ; 

 and we could not help wishing while viewing them 

 and the grass, for an opportun ty to give our friend a 

 chase through them, by and by, with the cradle and the 

 scythe. Poudrette was applied to the corn at planting, 

 last spring: its eft'ect, was all that could be desired: — 

 this season. Guano also was used at planting,. and if 

 it should operate on the corn, as it is operating on the 

 grass and wheat, it will be a pleasure to do tlie husk- 

 ing. 



The whole country is magnificent. How richly may 

 its privileges and its beauties be appreciated, by those 

 whose enterprise and industry and labour, have aug- 

 mented the general good! and how are they multiplied 

 to those whose minds are properly disciplined, and 

 whose taste and liberality have aided in elevating the 

 connnon tone of feeling, and standard of enjoyment. 



A LIST of Premiums oflTered by the Agricultural So- 

 ciety of New Castle County, at the Fall E.Yhibition, 

 to be held on the ICth of Nintli month next, at Wil- 

 mington, came to hand just as we were going to press, 

 too late for this number. It shall appear in our next. 



We have not been able to keep up our supply of 

 Poudrette, with the demand. As the season for corn 

 planting is now pretty much over, we shall have plenty 

 of it soon, for those who incline to use it on potatoes, 

 or around the corn, after it is up. In this case it should 

 be covered from the sun, not left on the surface of the 

 ground. 



Thomas Croft, of Wilkesbarre, will accept our 

 thanks for several copies of his pamphlet on the Pota- 

 toe disease, and Remedy for it. He has thrown within 

 small compass, a variety of important facts in relation, 

 to this matter. 



A. B. Allen, of New York, has published an ex- 

 tended catalogue of his Horticultural and Agricultural 

 Implements and Tools— Garden and field seeds— Fruit 

 trees, and domestic animals. He has a large collection 

 on sale at his Ware-house. His catalogue has been 

 received. 



Tne quantity of rain which fell in the 4th month, 



18-10, was 2.11 inches, 



Pcnn. Hospital, 5th mo. 1st. 



It is stated in the Ohio Cultivator, by Isaliella Innis, 

 of Franklin County, Ohio, that her dairy for the year 

 1S45, consisted often cows, and besides that consumed 

 by the family, she made 1388 lbs. of butter; most of 

 which she sold in Columbus herself at 12^ cents per 

 pound, and performed most of the labour with her 

 own hands. 



Fine Strawberries from Baltimore, are in our market 

 this day. Price fifty cents a box. 



