1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 





. a, iui.l crimson and 



also in bloom, and in a few daj 

 the Lilacs, Vibui a multitu pretty 



Bhrubs. The Cercis Cananadli • •• Led Bud" is a 

 beautiful tr< e, now i ■■ i red with blossoms of a 

 beautiful purple— and no sign of a leaf yet. When 

 the flowers disa ipear, then comes the broad, deep, 



q, luxuriant folia 

 The borders are gaj with Pansies, red and \ 

 Daisies, Primal, is, and Bomeof the dwarf early flow- 

 ering PWoxes— such as subululata, elegants, divari- 

 cate fcc. Hyacinths are out of bloom. They have 

 had a most disasterous season, cold and frosty, so that 

 they have done little good. Tulips .; pening. 



THE DEODAR OR INDIAN CEDAR. 



OUTLINES OF FRUITS. 



This elegant tree has excited more interest, has had 

 more admirers and more planters, than any other in- 

 troduced within a century. In England, Scotland, 

 and Ireland, and al] 

 the continent, avenues 

 and plantations of it have 

 been formed with aston- 

 ishing rapidity. Indeed 

 it surprises us that it has 

 been multiplied to such 

 an extent within so short 

 a period. But when the 

 skill, the enthusiasm and 

 wealth of British culti- 

 vators and planters are 

 united, they can accom- 

 plish results truly won- 

 derful. In this country 

 it is now attracting the 

 attention of all people of 

 taste, and is being as 

 rapidly disseminated as 

 could be expected from 

 its rarity and high price 

 previous to this time. 

 And now that its hardi.- 

 Tlw Deodar or Indian Cedar, ness is proved satisfac- 

 torily, and the price become quite moderate, we have 

 not a doubt but it will find a place among all collec- 

 tions of ornamental trees. 



It is described as a tree of the loftiest class, often 

 attaining one hundred and fifty feet in height, and 

 the trunk thirty feet in circumferance. The branches 

 are spreading and pendulous at the ends, giving it a 

 most graceful outline. The leaves are dense and of a 

 bluish dark green, covered with a glaucous bloom. 

 The wood is compact and almost incorruptible. It 

 has been found as fresh as ever, after being upwards 

 of two hundred years in a building in India. There 

 is no doubt but it will yet become a tree of immense 

 value to all civilized nations, in an economical as well 

 as an ornamental point of view. In England, at Liv- 

 erpool and around London, and in France, we saw 

 fine specimens, some ten feet high, — and we have 

 never seen a tree possessing greater beauty. Last 

 Juno we turned out a small plant eighteen inches 

 high into our own grounds, and although it had but 

 a slender hold of the earth, and our winter unusually 

 severe, it passed the winter perfectly safe, and is now 

 starting finely; and so has the Awacaria — and we 

 hope, next season, we shall be able to say as much for 

 the Japan Cedar, (Cryptomeria,) and many other 

 rare evergreen trees. 



Mr. Eon \. ievi 



a reviewer; and to the motion and prayer of your 

 ■ it II. Y.. in the March number, on the 

 "Outlines of Fruit," I beg to record ujy \ 



Neg vn\ b, 



iTour. Horticultural Department, of which 

 outlines of fruit have been a prominent part, is con- 

 id by frui tmen to be of the firsl class, and 

 makes the Genesee Parmer second to no paper in 

 '• country, not wholly a Horticultural work. 5fou 

 -Mired that not every well-informed man 

 in the country knows the value of a good apple, | 



ach; and until their value is known and appre- 

 cial id, you should not attach blame because he I 

 no interest in, or lacks patience to second an e 

 on the part of others to improve the fruit of the 

 country. • 



H. Y. says " — those unmeaning uniformities. 

 There is no individual one of them but may serve 

 for twenty varieties" I have heard ideas from the 

 same piece, and place them here as they should stand 

 together. I once had a hand assisting in set; 

 trees, some fifteen or twenty sorts, and each tree was 

 labelled, who remarked, "this is all nonsense, so 

 many kinds of apples; there is but two kinds, one 



i and the other sour." I have heard per 

 while eating an apple say " what a fine apple this 

 is, how mealy and good." Once a person bought 

 two lots of trees, from different venders, and remarked 

 to one of them, " I like the other man's trees much 

 the best, because they had so few roots. I could get 

 them in a much smaller hole, and set them out quicker 

 than yours." 



I trust you will consult your own pecuniary inter- 

 est, as well as the desire of your readers, and not 

 destroy that department of your work by neglecting 

 to publish outlines of fruit. E. C. F. Seneca Lake 

 Highland Nurseries, Catharine, N. Y., 1849. 



Our correspondent may be assured we shall not 

 discontinue the outlines. Our engraver being sick 

 and out of town has this month and last deprived us 

 of several cuts for this department.— Ed. 



Splendid Testimonial to Marshall P. Wilder. 

 — We notice by the proceedings of the Mass. Hort. 

 Society of May 12th, that a Massive Silver Pitcher, 

 highly wrought, and chased with fruits, flowers fo- 

 liage, &.C., has been presented to the Hon. M. P. 

 Wilder, who has presided over that Society for 

 eight years. The pitcher bears the following in- 

 scription : — 



HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER, 



President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, from 



A. D. 1841 to 1849. 



This Piece of Plate is presented by the Society, as a testimonial of 



respect and appreciation of his valuable 



services during the above period. 



January, 1849. 



No tribute of esteem was ever more richly merited 

 and we are sure the Horticulturists of the country 

 generally who appreciate the labors of such men, 

 will concur in this opinion. 



Read to Improve. — Any young farmer who will 

 make it a point to read a little every day, from some 

 approved agricultural book or paper, will have profit- 

 able food for reflection as he treads the furrows — 

 and will find his mind rapidly advancing in useful 

 knowledge connected with his profession. 



