No. 5. Pomology in Philadelphia. — Shaker Barn at Hancock. 



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ground, or can go yourself and see the plants 

 taken up at a nursery near your garden, you 

 may secure a cropjnext season, without the 

 risk of injuring your plantation afterwards. 

 The writer has just planted out a quantity 

 of the Fastloft'raspberry, with the two objects 

 of having fruit next season, and a permanent 

 stock, and will detail his manipulations for 

 the guidance of any who may have confi- 

 dence in him to follow his example. In the 

 first place, a hole was dug with a fork, about 

 half a yard across, but not deep, the soil 

 being only loosened by that instrument. With 

 the same invaluable tool the plants were dug 

 up from their old quarters, care being taken 

 to have masses of root fibres adhering to 

 them, and at least one strong bearing stem 

 was inserted in each hole, surrounded by four 

 or five smaller ones. The weak canes were 

 cut nearly to the ground, but the strong were 

 allowed about four feet, and from these the 

 writer has no doubt abundance of fruit will 

 be gathered, and, in most cases, shoots pro- 

 duced as well. The disturbance being small, 

 and great care being taken in arranging and 

 treading down the roots, the season also 

 being early, it is concluded the canes will 

 have no difficulty in progressing as well as 

 they would have done in their former situa- 

 tion. This plan presupposes that you have 

 an abundant stock of your own, or are not 

 careful of expense, since more canes are re- 

 quired than would ordinarily be given to a 

 new plantation. — Gardiners' Chronicle. 



Pomology in Philadelphia. 



Passing a few hours in Philadelphia lately, 

 we made a hasty visit to our correspondent, 

 Dr. VV. D. Brinckle, who is already known 

 to horticulturists as one of the most zealous 

 of amateur cultivators. 



Dr. Brinckle's penchant, as we were 

 aware, is the production of seedling varieties 

 of fruit. Hitherto he has been experiment 

 ing largely upon the Strawberry and Rasp- 

 berry, but he has now turned his attention 

 to the Pear, Apple, and other fruit trees. 



His residence is one of the fine houses in 

 Chesnut street, forming part of the block 

 known as Girard Square. Of course, there- 

 fore, his gardening operations are mainly con- 

 fined to the small space comprised in a deep 

 yard of a town house. We confess that 

 when we saw the collection of seedling 

 fruits assembled there, in various stages of 

 growth, hundreds within that narrow space, 

 and all most systematically arranged — many 

 that had already given surprising results, 

 and a multitude of others that promised 

 well — we found abundant proof how easy it 

 is to bring great results out of small means, 



and how profitless to the country are thou- 

 sands of gardens, of the largest size. The 

 limited area before us, only a few hundred 

 square feet, contained a promise of dozens 

 of new varieties of fruit that may be of 

 priceless value hereafter to every one lead- 

 ing a rural life. 



Dr. Brinckle's plan embraces both hybrid- 

 ising and raising accidental varieties from 

 seeds of the finest known sorts. In order 

 not to lose time, and to be able perfectly to 

 control the fertilization of plants under ex- 

 periment. Dr. B. has been in the habit of 

 having a large number of strawberries, rasp- 

 berries, etc., in pots. These continue their 

 growth, bloom, are crossed artificially, pro- 

 duce fruit, and the seed is sown in an apart- 

 ment in the upper part of his house during 

 the whole winter; thus ennabling Dr. B. to 

 carry on his scientific experiments through- 

 out the year. In Raspberries, he has been 

 particularly successful. The Gushing, al- 

 ready made known to the public, is a variety 

 of merit; but one which has fruited tor the 

 first time this season — a fine strong plant, 

 eight feet high, with many side shoots, and 

 which, we understood from a friend who is 

 a capital judge, was quite a pomonal wonder 

 in its way, bids fair to eclipse all his other 

 seedlings. This is a true yellow sort, much 

 larger and finer than the white [misnamed 

 yellow] Antwerp, very productive, and of 

 excellent flavor. Dr. Brinckle showed us a 

 faithful drawing of this new Raspberry, 

 which he proposes to call Col. Wilder, after 

 the distinguished President of the Massa- 

 chusetts Society. We hope to be able to 

 give a drawing and description of this fruit 

 in an early number of this journal. When 

 the various new specimens of trees and 

 plants have been tested, those worthy of 

 preservation are removed to a farm some 

 miles distant from the city. Altogether we 

 left Dr. Brinckle, and his singularly rich 

 and singularly limited grounds, with the 

 feeling that he is doing as much or more in 

 originating new fruits, in a strictly scientific 

 way, than any other person in the country. 

 — Downing'' s Horticulturist. 



Shaker Barn at Hancock, Mass. 



The Society of United Brethren, or 

 " Shakers," at Hancock, Mass., have a large 

 circular stone barn, which is justly regarded 

 as a curiosity. In company with Wm. Ba- 

 con, Esq., of Richmond, we lately made a 

 call at the Hancock village, and took a short 

 look at 'this barn. It was built in 1826, is 

 300 feet in circumference, and 90 feet in di- 

 ameter on the inside. The walls are of 

 stone, 28 feet in height. The entrance for 



