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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



April 



value than any vegetable crop that can be raised 

 under its branches I For one, I should think so; 

 I therefore disapprove of the too free use of the 

 axe, the hand-eaw and the knife among highly 

 valuable fruit trees. 



I believe also that a great and frequently a fa- 

 tal injury is annually done to young orchards by 

 inexperienced persons by severely mangling and 

 severing the roots of valuable fruit trees by deep 

 plowing close to their trunks. 



For many years I have carefully considered the 

 subject, and it is my conviction that "Yearns" 

 should not be allowed to pass under the bran- 

 ches, or even very near valuable fruit trees. I 

 am also convinced that cattle should never be 

 turned into valuable fruit gardens or young or- 

 chards ; but should be fed where they can do no 

 injury, for they are always mischievous among 

 young trees. I would remark in conclusion that 

 I believe it advisable to suffer all fruit trees to 



branch near the ground for profit and for orna- 

 ment. 



Respectfully yours, Henry Little. 



Bangor, March 1, 1855. 



Remarks. — We believe both of our correspon- 

 dents to be correct, in part. Fruit trees are sad- 

 ly injured sometimes by severe and otherwise in- 

 judicious pruning; on the other hand if the limbs 

 come from the stem at about five feet from the 

 ground, teams can come near enough in cultiva- 

 tion, and the loss will not be great in such trees 

 by sun-scald. But as in everything elee, to take 

 care of trees properly, a man must know how to 

 do it, first. Guess work, and a blind fancy, are 

 alike dangerous. Col. Little is one of our best 

 informed horticulturists, and his opinions are 

 worthy of consideration. 



A SUBURBAN COTTAGE. 



Mr. Downing, the author of "Country Ilousca," 

 and other works on Landscape and Horticulture, 

 is no more, but the precepts and the examples he 

 has left us are alive, and his influence is as ver- 

 dant and as powerful as ever. We never see a 

 tastily planned country house or a suburban cot- 

 tage, surrounded with appropriate lawns, trees 

 and shrubbery, but we involuntarily think of the 

 benefits he has conferred on the country by the 

 diflfusion of a knowledge of the fitting, beautiful 

 and useful, as connected with our homes and the 

 scenery around them. 



To promote this end wc have given, from time 

 to time, designs of houses suitable for dilTerent 

 classes of our readers, and this week take great 

 pleasure in presenting th; accompanying eleva- 

 tion and ground plans of a bracketed suburban 



cottage, with veranda. The description will be 

 found in the letter of Mr. Bradley, as communi- 

 cated to the Rural New-Yorker, published at 

 Rochester, N. Y. : 



"I send you a daguerreotype view, and plans 

 of a cottage recently erected by my neighbor and- 

 friend. Prof. S. W. Clark, of the East Bloomfield 

 Academy, N. Y. 



Size. — The upright part, two stories high, 34 

 by 22. North wing, one story, 14 by IG. Lean- 

 to, west end, 6 by 25. Bay window, 8 by 5. 

 Front piazza, 5 by 18. 



Accommodation. — First Floor. — Front hall, 7 

 by 15. Parlor, 15 feet square. Dining-room, 

 13 by 16. Library, 9 by 12. Bed-room, 11 feet 

 square. Cook-room, 9 by 12. Wash-room, 11 

 by 12. Closet, 3 by 7. Pantry, 5 by 6. Back 

 entry, 4 by 5. W, C, Water Closet. 



Second Floor. — A, Entry, 10 feet square. B, 



