3d as confirming the injurious effect of 

 He would plant on "the most exposed 

 and have no break-winds to interfere." 

 amnion of the matter is, that "the circu- 

 : the air keeps off late spring frosts, while 

 trary takes place in all orchards nicely 

 1 from the winds." 



ractice of planting peach trees in valleys 

 I been condemned, from the fact that they 

 e liable to frosts than the higher land in the 

 rhood— the cold air falling down into the 

 But we had supposed that if an orchard 

 nted on high ground, a belt of timber that 

 >reak the force of the wind was very desi,- 



our experienced fruit-growers give us their 

 n this subject? 



THE WATER GARDEN. 



manner of cultivating flowers in the house 

 Dg been known, but as it is generally 

 d to hyacinths or other spring bulbs, and 



is required for each bloom, it has not 

 \ as general an addition to our parlors and 

 rooms as it should be. A writer in "Godey's 

 Book," says : " We have repeatedly grown 

 snow-drops, and other bulbous plants in 

 i filled with damp moss, and have thus pro- 

 jome charming ornaments for the sideboard 

 eakfast table" ; and then quotes from a very 

 jk, entitled " A Flower Garden for Gentle- 

 ad Ladies ; or, the Art of Raising Flowers 

 it Trouble, to Blow in full Perfection in the 



of Winter, in a Bed-chamber, Closet, or 

 r-room." The author regards himself as the 

 erer of the art of growing flowers with water 



He had at Christmas, beside the ordinary 



" fine' young salads," and " great double 

 j, red and white primroses, and striped 

 ithuses." He says : " They flourished in 

 asses in as much perfection as they would 

 lone in the garden in summer." His glasses 

 not prepared for the purpose, but were raake- 

 — anything that he could pick up. He had 



glass basins, larger at the top than the 

 m; to these he fitted corks, which floated 

 the water. In these corks he cut holes for 

 oots, which he placed in clusters to produce 

 ter effect when the plants should be in bloom, 

 .escribes, with great minuteness, his manner 

 fijRng them — giving them a little air, a great 

 of light, aud not allowing the bulbous roots to 

 >vered with the water ; aud as he was evi- 



dently a lover of flowers, they all prospered in his 

 hands. A rather curious experiment is also men- 

 tioned in the same article : 



" Many of our readers are, doubtless, acquainted 

 with that interesting botanical experiment of 

 growing an acorn in water, which has been 

 christened "the acorn tree." In country places 

 these delicate little sprouting oaks are very favorite 

 parlor ornaments, but we rarely catch a glimpse of 

 them in town apartments, where their presence 

 would be particularly desirable. An acorn tree 

 can be grown in a common wide-mouthed phial, 

 but more conveniently in a white hyacinth glass, 

 which may be procured from a florist. In order to 

 form one of these trees, take a ripe acorn, and, 

 having removed its cup, steep it for a day or two 

 in rain water; or let it lie among some damp moss. 

 Then tie a thread round it, and suspend it in the 

 hyacinth glass from a piece of cork or cardboard, 

 which must be made to tit the mouth of the glass 

 so tightly as to exclude the air. The acorn should 

 hang about a quarter of an inch above the surface 

 of the rain water, with which the glass is to be 

 half tilled. In a few weeks the acorn will begin to 

 sprout, and the whole process of its germination 

 may be observed through the transparent sides of 

 the glass vessel. As soon as the leaves reach the 

 cork, another arrangement must be adopted. The 

 hole through which the thread passed must be 

 widened, in order that the leaves may be pushed 

 through it. The young plant must then be raised 

 and resuspended, so that its rootlets just touch the 

 water. The tree will continue to grow, and will 

 flourish for three or four years if proper care be 

 taken to cleanse its roots from fungi, and to change 

 the water whenever it becomes slimy or turbid. 

 A horsechestnut may be grown in a similar man- 

 ner." 



The London Florist says that two new grapes 

 have been brought out in England— one by Mr. 

 William Thompson, gardener to the Duke of 

 Buccleuch. It produces a bunch a foot long, and 

 weighing one pound two ounces. It has a delicious 

 flavor, richer than any Muscat, being of a mixed 

 honied and sugary character. It is to be named 

 the "Duchess of Buccleuch." The other one is 

 that raised by Mr. Melville, gardener to the Earl 

 of Roseberry. It is a splendid black grape, re- 

 sembling the best round Hamburgs, with a fine 

 Frontignan flavor. It is called the "Champion 

 Hamburg." 



The three new roses which seem to have borne 

 off the palm at the various rose shows in England 

 are "Madame Fortado," "Reynolds* Hole," both 

 brilliant pink, and "Louis XIV." 



TnE Cottage Gardener, in answer to some in- 

 quiries about the Lawton blackberry, says that in 

 England it is no larger nor better flavored than 

 J the English blackberry. 



