NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Sept. 24, 1830. 



absolute and unqualified one, is amply controvert- 

 ed by the exceptions here deduced. In conclud- 

 ing this poriioji <;f my remarks, I have to thank 

 Mr L. for his compliment to my ' zeal, acquisitions, 

 and ambition to be useful,' but over all these my 

 pride for accuracy predominates, which carries 

 with it its own commendation ; and great as is his 

 superiority over me in age, talents, and general 

 intelligence, and feeling most sensibly as I do the 

 wide disparity iu contending with tlie ' Duhamel'' 

 of our day, I shall still strive not to be surpassed 

 in that respect. Very respcctfullv, 



WM. R.' PRINCE. 



Linnajan Dotanic Oardcn, | 

 September 18, 1830. ( 



Mr Fessesden — 



Dear Sir — I shall not continue the froitless 

 discussion of Mr Prince's error, under any cir- 

 cumstances. When he shall jjrodnce to the New 

 York, and Massachusetts Horticultural Societies, 

 ripened specimens of Knight'.^ Napoleon, and the 

 true Passe Cohuar, and they shall pronounce them 

 //le same /rmV, although fllr Prince's |)recipitancy 

 will still remain proved, yet all will admij, that he 

 made a very luchy conjecture. I fear that a 

 long period will elapse, before he has even tliis 

 consolation. We hope that our Society, which 

 has the earliest means of examining these fruits, 

 will do it carefully and thoroughly. The New 

 .f^.ngland maxim is ' by their fruits yc shall know 

 ihem: JOHN LOWELL. 



Roxhury, Sept, 17, 1830. 



Mr Fessenden — I wish through the medium 

 of your paper to make known to all who are in- 

 terested in the subject, that being engaged in the 

 publication of two works intended to comprise 

 descriptions of every variety of fruit known in 

 our country, I solicit from those possessing varie- 

 ties of Grapes, Pears, Apples, or any other fruits, 

 which they deem new or peculiar, to traiisuiit me 

 accurate descriptions of them, accompanied by 

 suitable remarks on the growth of the vines, 

 trees, &c, which descriptions will be inserted in 

 the works referred to with due credit to the con- 

 tributors. Seed of any peculiar native grapes 

 would be very acceptable and particularly of tlie 

 Vitis riparid, or sweet scented gra[)e of Ohio, and 

 of the Tennessee varieties and those of the other 

 Western and extrem» Southern States. 



Very respectfully, 



WM. PRINCE. 



Liu. Uol. Garden, N. Y., ( 

 Sept. 16, 1830. S 



From the New York Farmer. 



A Description of Trees and Shrubs, produ- 

 cing A Succession of Flowers from Spring 

 TO Autumn. 



By Michael Floy, Vice President of the N. Y. Horticultural Society. 



Mr Editor — A corrcspondant in your last 

 number, page 150, under the signature of Phlox, 

 requesting a selection of flowering plants and 

 shrubs to ornament a cottage, and flowering from 

 spring to autumn, ooserves that he has searched 

 in vain for information in many gardening books 

 — As this gentleman, with many others, may not 

 know what things to plant out for ornanietitirig 

 iheir places, I subjoin a list of trees and shridjs 

 necessary for his purpose, all of which maybe ob- 

 tained of the nurserymen here at reasonable rates — 

 that is, good large flowering trees and shurbs, at from 

 50 cents to 1 dollar eaclt, or it may be, by the 

 hundred, at less prices. The mode of culture is 

 very simple, the ground should be well dug with 



some rotten manure, and if planted out at any time 

 from October to December, or early in March to 

 the middle of April, no danger may be apprehend- 

 ed of their success. They should be kept hoed 

 and clean during the summer. 



The following trees for outside plantings for 

 Lawns, Clumps, or Avenues, are all hardy and 

 cheap, at the rates above stated. 



Alianthus glandulosa, Chinese Heaven tree, a 

 very swift growing tree, remarkable for its long 

 pinnated leaves, and is altogether a straight beau- 

 tiful and majestic tree, very hardy, although not 

 long known, it is getting to be a favorite, and will 

 probably be universally planted. 



JEsculus, or Horse Chesnut. The common Eu- 

 ropean Horse Chesnut is a beautiful tree, particu- 

 larly when in full bloom ; it is, however, best 

 calctdated for open places, where it shows itself to 

 the best advantage ; there are, however, some 

 very handsome species, native of this country, the 

 most remarkable and beautiful of which is the 

 Dwarf long spiked .Hsculus nmcrostachya. The 

 tree seldom exceeds 6 feet in height, and may! 

 more properly be termed a shrub ; the spikes of 

 flowers are commonly eighteen inches long, white, 

 and very handsome. 



Acer, or Maple. The sugar majde is a very 

 clean growing tree, the foliage light, and very 

 handsome — from this tree, quantities of maple 

 sugar is made in the country ; the scarlet flower- 

 ing maple is also very beautiful, and the flowers 

 ajipeor very early. 



Acer psuedo platanus, or Sycamore tree, is also 

 a very handsome European tree, the leaves are 

 larger every way than the sugar maple. 



Broussenettia or Paper mulberry, makea.a ffood 

 shade ; is very hardy, and easily cult 



Balsam tree, Balsaryi Poplar, or Tacm 

 remarkably fast growing tree, gives a fine shade, 

 and yields a rich balsamic fragrance, particidarly 

 after a shower of rain ; the balsam which pro- 

 ceeds from the buds is of a healing nature for 

 cuts or wounds. 



Catalpa syringcEfolia tree, has very large leaves, 

 and is well calculated for a shade, and the large 

 bunches of flowers which it produces, gives it a 

 most splendid appearance. 



Cerasus, or doid)le flowering cherry, of which 

 iliere are two varieties ; one is called the French, 

 and the other the English double flowering cherry ; 

 the English comes into flowering nearly a month 

 after the former kind — when in full flower, makes 

 a very splendid appearance, not unlike large clus- 

 ters of White Roses. They produce no fruit, 

 but the tree is very handsome. 



Cui/prtssus disticha, or Deciduous Cypress, and 

 the C. thi/oides iha former a native of the South- 

 ern States, the latter of the middle States, both, 

 however, are quite hardy, and make a handsome 

 appearance. 



Fngus, or Beech : — A few of these [in particu- 

 lar situations, have a good effect. 



Fraxiinis, or Ash. One European and two or 

 three American kinds nuxed in, to diversify the 

 scene and give effect, with trees of a different 

 habit and foiliage, is very pleasing. 



Gleditschia triacanthos, — Honey locust, or three 

 thorn Acacia. It makes a handsome stately tree, 

 the foliage is handsome, but tlie dreadful long trip- 

 pie thorns with which the tree is armed, give it a 

 forbidding aspect. Trees of this kind are often 

 used for hedges, and if planted thick, they soon 

 make an impenetrable fence against man and 



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beast, but must be kept cut down to 4 or 5 feet 

 every season, or the hedge would soon be spoiled. 

 Some of them would take the lead, and entirely 

 d'istroy the rest. 



Larix, or Larch, is a beautiful tree of the Piiuis 

 kind, yet drops its leaves in winter — they look 

 beautifully in the spring and during the summer. 



Liriodendron, Tulip tree. White wood, by somo 

 cilled Poplar, is a noble and majestic tree, the 

 fljwers which it pioduces in June are much of a 

 nagnolia appearance, to which it seems nearly re- 

 luted. The leaves arc very singular as if cut ofl" 

 a; the end. The tree is very symmetrical. 



Magnolia tripttala, or Umbrella tree, is very 

 majestic, the leaves very large, giving a fine shade, 

 the flowers are also large and white. It should 

 be planted in clumiis, or for the back ground of 

 shrubbery. 



M'ignulia acuminata, or Cucumber tree, has 

 blue flowers, the tree is large, and has much the 

 habit of the liriodendron, 



Magnolia glaiica, a small sweet scented magno- 

 lia, is best calculated for the centre row of the 

 shrubbery, or for clumps. This is a native of our 

 country, trom Jersey and Carolina, and is perhaps 

 the preticst shrub in the world, all things consid- 

 ■jred. It ought to be planted in every garden and 

 shrubbery. It yields it fragrant blossoms from 

 May to September. 



Platanus occidentalis. Button-ball, by some cal- 

 ed Sycamore, is a large and majestic tree, calcu- 

 nted for avenues or large lawns, or for ornamental 

 plantations. It is, however, too stiff' and rigid, 

 laving a degree of formality, and spreads iti 

 jranches too much for street planting, 



Robinia pseudo acacia, or Locust tree : — The 

 'oliage is light, feathery, and of a fine green ; the 

 rai;imes of flowers are white, and is one of our 

 most beautiful as well as most useful trees. Un- 

 fortunately it is in most places attacked by a borer 

 or worm, which causes the branches to break off. 

 Where it is free from this enemy, it is a most de- 

 sirable ornamental tree. 



Umlas, or Elm, three kinds, the European Elm, 

 the American White Elm, and the Atnerican Slip- 

 ■)ery Elm, are all desirable to foiin a good laod- 

 5cape for lawns or avenues, &c. 



Tilia Americana, the American Lindin, and thi 

 Tilia Ev.ropea, are both beautiful trees, well cal- 

 culated for streets or lawns — the trees grow hand- 

 some, and when in flower, the honey bees are 

 much attracted lo its sweet, honey-like perfume. 

 Salyx Babylonica, or weeping willow, in proper 

 sitiations, is a most beautiful tree, and from its pe 

 cuiiar mode of growth, very desirable. It make» 

 a fine screen shade. . 



To t>e continticd. 



ARCHITECTURE OF THE HIVE BEE. 



.Vs the wax-workers secrete only a liniited 

 quiDtity of wax, it is indispensably requisite tliei 

 as little as possible of it should be consumed, 

 that none of it should be wasted. Bees, there- 

 fore, as M. Reaumur well remarks, have to solvt 

 this Jifficuk geometrical problem : — A quantity ol 

 wax being given, to form of it similar and < 

 cells of a determinate capacity, of but the largesi 

 siz3 n proportion to the quantity of matter em 

 ployed, and in such a manner as to occupy ttf 

 least possible space in the hive. This problem if 

 solved by bees in all its conditions. The cylindn 

 cal form woidd seem to be best adapted to ibt 

 shapt of the insect"; but had the cells been cylii 

 drical, they could not have been applied to eacl 



