THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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on no small scale, in ornamental gardening, 

 ften observe beautiful beds of plants and 

 s — the rarest and most attractive — planted in 

 iddle of a large grass-plat, at such a distance 

 my walk or avenue as to prevent the enjoy- 

 of them, for their beauty or fragrance, with- 

 imping on the grass, while at every turn we 

 se posted a card, '"■Please keep off the grass." 

 absurd this really is! To forbid the near 

 ich to a well arranged, delicate, sweet cluster 

 Bering plants, where they are almost entirely 

 1 their intended effect, for want of a close 

 )f them. 



re should always be constructed an avenue 

 5 to such a bed of plants, that a near approach 

 in may be easily made. Besides, utility re- 

 such access, for oftentimes delicate kid slip- 

 rould be soiled in walking over the bedewed 

 when a clean gravel walk would be conve- 

 md safe. 



velers have often noticed this great defect in 

 iblic grounds at our National Capital, and 

 fashionable resorts in the different States ; 

 i perhaps few take the trouble to consider 

 occasions one of the most forbidding features 

 ii grounds. 



le from evident utility, the graceful walks 

 ind among flower-beds and shrubbery are an 

 te ornament, and add much to the effect to 

 duced. Then, should not flower-beds always 

 dered by them ? 



, who can enjoy the gorgeous beauties of a 

 ssorted and rare collection of tulips or hya- 

 , or appreciate the delicious sweetness of a 

 carnations or picotees, when they have no 

 access to them ? If they are not forbidden 

 alk upon the grass," it is not always conve- 

 to cross a lawn for the object; and sometimes 

 stance causes a failure to attract the attention 

 visitor. 



ne painting would be little noticed and se- 

 ot much admiration, if placed at such a dis- 

 from the beholder as to prevent a fair view 

 drawing and blending of colors; and the at- 

 renes9 of the picture is often much enhanced 

 » character of the frame that surrounds it. 

 ionld a connoisseur judge of the excellence of 

 ttiful piece of embroidery without being suffi- 

 T near to distinguish the prominent features 



3ems to me, then, just as absurd to form a 

 -bed remote from some avenue giving access 

 as to place before a guest a dish of choice 

 meats, without a spoon or other utensil that 

 enable him to gratify his taste. w. 



ssfer, Aug. 15, 1S62. 



lCh Orchards in Ohio. — A correspondent of 

 wa Homestead has just returned from a visit 

 e, and tells such wonderful stones of the crops 

 aches in Warren county that his neighbors 

 believe him. He thinks that county can sup- 

 e entire North with peaches this year. He 

 s to two farmers that have 121 acres of peach 

 Hundreds of others have great orchards, 

 lese are the largest. 



HORTICULTURAL ITEMS FROM FOBEIGN 

 JOURNALS. 



— M. D'Arioles, of the Revue Horticole, thinks 

 that it is not a good plan to put pears in tight boxes, 

 but that it is better to spread them upon shelves or 

 tables, in a cool room ; and that wrapping them in 

 paper will only do for fruit which is entirely sound 

 and which does not require to be examined often. 

 He says, too, that in gathering summer and early- 

 fall pears, the best fruit can be taken off before it 

 has quite reached maturity, and that the small ones 

 will in this way, having all the sap to themselves, 

 become larger and better. This will only answer 

 for very early fruits. With late ones the experi- 

 ment would not succeed, as with them both their 

 quality and preservation depend upon their being 

 gathered at precisely the proper time. 



— M. Naudin, in his report of the Exhibition of 

 the Central Society of Horticulture, tells an anec- 

 dote of the Emperor, who last year visited the 

 Exhibition at Fontainebleau, and was very much 

 surprised not to see his favorite flower, the carnation. 

 " Why," asked he, of one of the principal exhibit- 

 ors, " have you no carnations among so many 

 flowers ?" " Sire," was the reply, "carnations are 

 not fashionable; no one cultivates them." This 

 year they have become favorite flowers. 



— " Surprise de Jodoigne" is the name of a new 

 peach, a seedling grown by M. Xavier Gregoire, 

 of Jodoigne, Belgium. The Revue Horticole quotes 

 AT. Bivort, Secretary of the Royal Commission of 

 Pomology of Belgium, who has made a long report 

 on its merits. At the close, he says : " This ex- 

 quisite and remarkable peach resembles the peach 

 in its downy skin and its stone, the apricot by the 

 color of its flesh and its exterior, and the nectarine 

 in its flavor." 



—The Yucca Gloriosa Longifolia is spoken of in 

 the Revue Horticole as one of the most beautiful of 

 its kind, and presenting for ornamentation two 

 advantages, being very beautiful in form and hav- 

 ing a great abundance of flowers. Another variety 

 is also mentioned ; the flowers are yellow— white or 

 sulphur, and the stalk is deeply colored, almost 

 purple. 



— M. Barral, in his letter from London, says 

 that the English floral exhibitions are much more 

 beautiful than those in France, and much better 

 attended; but then, he adds, they are truly fetea — 

 the ladies are exquisitely dressed, the music good, 

 and the whole scene extremely brilliant, 



