1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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oing of all. Its clusters of blossoms of the pur- 

 contrasting with its bright green leaves, 

 b picture enough to enrapture the lover of 

 ' -■■ beauties, and Btir a chord of feeling in the 

 i useless h< art. 

 The Rose •Acacia is a beautiful shrub, deserving a 

 place in every collection. The Lilacs &re well known, 

 and the common purple and white generally cultiva- 

 ted. The Persian Purple, White Persian, and Mi- 

 mosa leaved are fine and rare sorts. 



HJNTS FOR JULY. 



See that your Dahlias are carefully tied up to 

 stakes, and all superfluous shoots taken off. Wa- 

 ter plentifully in ease of drouth, and have an eye 

 e attacks of insects— and in a little while they 

 will pay you liberally for the attention. 



Plants that are headed out, m masses — such as 

 Verbenas, Roses, Petunias, Phloxes, &x., require at- 

 tention. The great object to be aimed at is to have 

 ground entirely covered by a mass of foliage and 

 flowers. To secure this,, the shoots must be laid 

 down, and where necessary, staked to the ground. 



Tie xip neatly all Herbaceous Plants. Cut off 

 withered flower-stems, and keep your beds free from 

 weeds. 



Fruit. — As soon as the Fruit is gathered, straw- 

 berry beds should be thoroughly free of weeds, and 

 of the runners, if the beds are young; but if old, 

 plant out good strong runners for a new bed, and 

 spade down the old ones. Choose damp, cloudy 

 weather for this; and if you can find such weather, 

 no matter how soon you u fix'' your strawberry bed. 



Pear trees for Pyramids, should have their side- 

 shoots pinched to keep them in shape. It is much 

 better than a heavy pruning in spring or winter, 

 which induces such vigorous growth as usually 

 retards bearing. Dwarf and Pyramidal Cherries, 

 and indeed all Garden or dwarf trees, are much bet- 

 ter for this summer pinching, as it in a great meas- 

 ure obviates the necessity of a pruning the follow- 

 ing spring, and hastens bearing. 



In raising standard trees, the side branches should 

 never be wholly removed until the stem has acquired 

 strength and proportion. When they are removed, 

 the tree becomes top-heavy, and unable to support 

 itself. Pinching occasionally these side branches 

 keeps them in balance and assists the tree in acqui- 

 ring strength where it is needed. 



Effects of the cold and wet weather on the 

 Peach. — In the month of June every year the young 

 leaves of the peach tree, are more or less affected by 

 changes of temperature, as we suppose. Some hold 

 the opinion, that it is caused by insects, but we think 

 without good reason. This season it has been much 

 more injurious to the trees in this vicinity than we 

 have ever known it to be before. The leaves have 

 been wholly affected, becoming swollen, thick, heavy 

 and crumpled, and will all drop. The trees have suf- 

 fered greatly from it, particularly large trees of bear- 

 ing size. In many cases the sap has become dis- 

 eased and is producing what is known as the "gum," 

 to which all the stone fruit trees are liable. 



We can think of no other cause for this malady 

 than our cold and exceedingly wet weather in May 

 avid June. Our trees in this region, passed through 

 the severe winter unscathed. They blossomed well, 



Bet their fruit abundantly, and had commenced grow- 

 ing vigorously. We apprehend, however, that a 

 greal portion of the crop v,ii be losl through this 

 malady. Trees thai have aufifered in this way will 

 require particular attention, or in many cases they 

 may be lust entirely. A> Boon as the disease termin- 

 al s. (which v. ill he when the weather becoi 

 Bteadily warm,) and the tree begins to grow again, 

 the parts i .,1, and all feeble or diseased 



branches, or parts of branches, should be remo> 

 as to encourage the production of vigorous, healthy 

 wood for next year's bearing. 



It may be added, that as far as we have observed, 

 young nursery trees do not seem to suffer more than 

 to be slightly retarded in their growth. The shoots 

 made by the buds inserted last season are generally 

 not affected at all. 



THE NEMOPHILA. 



The JVemophila i7isignis is one of the prettiest of 

 all dwarf annuals for the border, or for masses on a 

 lawn. Its foliage is delicate and fine, and its flow- 

 ers of a beautiful blue. It blooms in great profu- 

 sion, and a long time. We extract the following 

 notice from the Horticultural Magazine (English.) 

 There is another new and rare one, maculata, of a 

 fine dark violet, with a white spot in the margin of 

 the petal, worthy a place among the select annuals : 



This is a showy 

 annual of a dwarf 

 grOwth, which soon 

 displays abundance 

 of small blue flow- 

 ers, a little cupped, 

 having a purewhite 

 eye, and deeply cut 

 leaves. Its seeds 

 may be sown at dif- 

 ferent seasons, a 

 few in April, and a 

 few at the end of 

 September; for if 

 the winter be not 

 very sharp, they 

 will bloom very 

 early in spring, and 

 those sown in the 

 spring will come in- 

 to flower by the 

 time the autumn- 

 sown ones decline. 

 The young plants 

 will bear removal, 

 but I prefer sowing 

 them where they 

 are to bloom; there 

 is, however, no 

 harm in planting 

 out the few that 

 you take up from 

 a patch when they 

 have been sown too 

 thickly; and some 

 gardeners make 

 them regularly potted plants, and therefore sow all in one 

 place, and pot off or plant out at pleasure. They are very 

 beautiful till they begin to straggle along the ground, when, 

 although they still keep flowering a little, I should advise 

 you to pull them up to make room for something better. 



Apples. — (A. T.. Mich.) The Mother and Melon apples 

 are first rate ; the latter, particularly, we know to be, as you 

 say, " A, No. 1." We never thought so much of it as we 

 do now. We have had it in tine eating on the first of May. 

 To our taste, it is far superior to the " Wagoner," which is 

 a good apple. 



