Vol. VIII.— No. 31. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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HORTICULTUUE. 



VIr Fessenden — For the full success of Hoiliculture, 

 > imlispensable, that extensive nurseries should be es- 

 lished in various parts of every state ; not only to fur- 

 h the trees and plants, which are required for utility, 

 1 embellishment, but to give publicity to the most valu- 

 e and interesting species, and to excite a taste for cul- 

 Even the common fruits have been difficult to be 

 cured, except in the vicinity of a few of the large 

 es, while the choice kinds are by no means abundant, 

 he best collections. 



n the northern states, but comparatively little atten- 

 i has been paid by nurserymen to the cultivation of 



native forest trees, ornamental shrubs and flowers, 

 ich are so much prized and sought for in Europe, and 

 ere they constitute the most important and interesting 

 tion of the vast collections which have been made 

 m all quarters of the globe. 

 HicHAux observes, in the introduction to his Sylva, 



It is interesting to remark how much more varied all 



species of great forest trees are in North America, 

 n they are in France ; and I mention France in prefe- 

 ice to other countries of Europe, because she ispar- 

 ilarly favored in point of temperature. In America, 



trees more than thirty feet high exceed one hundred 

 1 forty. — In France there are but thirtyseven which 

 lin this height ; of these, eighteen enter into the com- 

 iition of the forests, and of the latter,, seven only are 

 ploye«for domestic and maritime purposes." 

 There are fiftythree species of the Oak in North Ame- 

 1, seventeen of the Pine, and eight of Maple. Of the 

 gnificent trees which compose the genus of the Magno- 



but fifteen are known, — five of which belong to Chi- 



one to the West Indies, and the remaining nine to 



United States. We have eleven species of the Wal- 

 t, while not one is indigenous to Europe, — the kind 

 lich is so commonly cultivated there, being a native of 

 rsia. 



Arboriculture elaims attention, not merely for the pur- 

 ses of rural embellishment, but to replace the valuable 

 iber trees, which are fast disappearing before that 

 ghty tide of pnpuliition, which is spreading, witl 

 usual rapidity, over the whole country. 

 What more important service, then, can be rendered to 

 epublic, — what can better subserve the interests 

 mforts, and pleasures of society, than the establishment 

 extensive nurseries. We have seen what has been 

 complished by enterprising individuals in other nations 

 d may designate several meritorious citizens in our 

 vn, who have emulated their commendable example 



t them be encouraged by a generous patronage, and 

 ! shall soon be able to present nurseries, which may, 

 ithout disparagement, be compared to those of England, 

 ance, and Holland. The experiment was long since 

 mmenced, and is now continued and repeated, under 



most favorable auspices, — promising reward and re- 

 tation to those adventurous competitors, who have justly 

 ticipated an increasing demand for the products of their 

 dustry. 



I have been pleased to find that William Prince, 

 iq. the Proprietor of the celebrated Linnaean Botanic 

 irden at Flushing, Long Island, is in correspondence 



th the Horticultural Society of Paris, as well as several 

 hers in Europe, and that his publications on gardening, 



e been honorably mentioned in the Annates D'Horti- 

 ilture. 



For more than half a century, that family has cultiva- 

 dan extensive nursery, from which fruit, forest, and or- 



mental trees, shrubs and flowers have been disseminated 

 rer every part of the United States, as well as many 

 reign nations. The grandfather, father, and son are 



entitled to the respect of all, who are interested in the 

 pursuits to which their lives have been devoteoT 



The respectable cultivator of the Linnffian Nursery, 

 has not only advanced the science and art of Horticulture, 

 by practical experiments, and in furnishing the means 

 of their extension, but collected and disseminated infor- 

 mation, on the various branches of useful and pictuVesque 

 planting, in several valuable publications. He is now 

 preparing a " Treatise on the Culture of the Vine," 

 which, from the " Extracts" that have been inserted in 

 the New England Farmer, appears destined to sustain 

 the merited reputation he has acquired. 



The pioneers in economical and ornamental tillage, 

 render highly important services to their country, the 

 age in which they flourish, and to all future generations, 

 that are too often unappreciated by their cotemporaries; 

 but the names of the Princes, of C.4RR, Landreth, 

 Mills, Smith, Bloodgood, Parmentier, Thor- 

 BURN, the Kenricks, Davenport, and the Win- 

 ships, and those who have commenced the same honor- 

 able career, will be remembered with gratitude, and be 

 perpetuated in the history of our Horticulture, and of 

 the fruits and plants, which they have introduced and 

 propagated. 



.Accept assurances of esteem 



and sincere respect. 



Briiiley Place, ) H. A. S. DEARBORN. 



Feb. 15, 1S30. S 



extract no. IV. 

 From the Annales D'Horticulture. 

 Information on the Transplantation of Plants and 

 Shrubs in full verdure; — by M. L' Abbe Ber- 



LESE. 



Hitherto, I do not know, that any method has 

 been discovered, of transplanting in full verdure 

 a rare plant, without its being injured by this re- 

 moval. All the modes which have been indicated, 

 are confined to taking up with the roots, as nuicli 

 earth as possible ; but no process has been de- 

 vised, by which this shall remain attached to the 

 roots, so that the plants can be transported from 

 one place to another with safety. It is known, 

 that this is sometimes successfully done, by pla- 

 cing a cask without a head over the plant, and 

 sinking it into the earth by repeated blows, until 

 the lump about the roots is detached and retained 

 within the cask ; but if the roots are extended 

 horizontally, the edges of the cask, cut or injure 

 them ; besides, the violent blows given to the 

 cask, to sink it into th« earth, loosens that about 

 the roots, in pro))ortion to the depth it is settled, 

 and the plant witliers, and at last perishes. 



An experiment, which has been several times 

 repeated, has convinced me, that a plant growing 

 in the open ground, and especially a rare shrub, 

 or small tree of any kind, even those which, from 

 the disposition of their roots, can never be taken 

 up, with a ball of earth adhering to them, may be 

 transplanted with facility ; this mode is easy, not 

 expensive, and can be practised by every one. 



Suppose, it is desirable to transplant a Sweet 

 Brier, which has been long budded, with a stock 

 four, six, ten, or twelve feet in height, in full ver- 

 dure, and even in bloom, isolated, or planted 

 against a wall. If the Sweet Brier is over four 

 feet high, I fasten it to a strong stake ; I then 

 trace upon the earth, a circle nearly double the 

 diameter of the lump of earth, which I wish to 

 retain upon the roots, and commence digging a 

 trench rounil this prescribed mass, and when it i: 

 ascertained that there are no roots, which would 

 retain it in the ground. If fill the trench with liquid 



plaister of Paris. This plaisler envelopes the 

 lump of earth round the j)lant, and secures it im- 

 mediately, as if it were in a box. When the 

 plaister Iras consolidated, and is about half dry, 

 I take up the j)lant, and remove it where I choose. 

 I transplanted, last simuner, three large budded 

 Sweet Briers, a Magnolia cordata, a Daphne col- 

 liua, and three Cypress trees, six feet high, which 

 had been set out five years; all these succeeded 

 perfectly ; the roses, which were in flower, and 

 full of buds, continued to bloom after transplanta- 

 tion, and to grow as if they had not been re 

 moved. 



«4 tree of life. — The Algarrova tree, the growth 

 of the Pampas and other provinces in South Ame- 

 rica, seems to have been expressly provided by 

 Providence, for the sustenance of the rude inhab- 

 itants of these districts, and if it were by an acci- 

 dent to be exterminated, it is scarcely too much to 

 say that the population would follow it ! It is the 

 universal sustenance of the poor, the idle, and the 

 destitute ; there is a drink made from its bean-like 

 pod, which is really excellent ; its seeds arc ground 

 into ])alatable and nutritious flour ; its (eaves]^are 

 used as the general food for cattle ; and its branch- 

 es, which are studded with sharp pointed thorns, 

 are stuck into the earth and wattled together into 

 a sort of palisade, which even a starving bull will 

 not attempt to break through, though he see the 

 tempting pasture on the other side. — The wood, 

 too, is not only excellent for all agricultural and 

 architectural purposes, but is, from its hard and 

 solid texture, almost as durable as coals for fuel. 

 Finally, even dogs are fond of the pod, and itigs 

 fatten on it belter than on any other food. The 

 former will often leave their homes, and live in 

 the algarrova woods as long as the pod is in 

 season, and the poor inhabitants will none of them 

 work — nor need they — while that portion of the 

 algarrova tree lasts. 



The Hamilton County Agricultural Societyi 

 (Ohio) have |)etitioncd the Legislature to pass an 

 act, levying a tax on dogs within the county of 

 Hamilton, for the use and benefit of the Society ; 

 the money therefrojn arising, to be appropriated 

 as other fu.ids of the Society, and applied for the 

 remuneration of those whose sheep may be killed 

 Ijy (logs. _^__ 



Mangel wiirtzel is coming into use in many 

 kennels, as acommon food for hounds, with whom 

 it is found to agree remarkably well. It is never 

 used except with flesh, and then in the proi)ortion 

 of two bushel baskets of the roots to two buckets 

 of oatmeal. It is then boiled to a pulp, and 

 mashed up with the food. 



A new species of Indigo has been discovered 

 in the Phillippine Islands. It has been known 

 time immemorial amongst the natives, under the 

 names of pay-in-guill and arranguit. The dye 

 produced is as deep and fast as that of indigo. 



There are, in Vermont, inexhaustible quarries 

 of slate, as good as any imported from Wales. 

 Slates would be brought to Boston on a Railway, 

 hut it is cheaper now to get them from Wales. 

 There are also in Vermont, immense formations 

 of pure Porcelain clay. 



Steam Carriage.—'' The Novelty" drew, for se- 

 veral hours, a gross load of 35 tons, at the rate of 

 twelve miles an hour. 



