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climb on may be fastened, and connected with 

 the ground by means of wooden pegs. The 

 wood work of all such structures should be paint- 

 ed green, except it should be made of a green 

 stick with the bark on, which is more natural 

 and simple, and therefore preferable. 



A beautiful ornamental ft nee may be made 

 of rods or wire and covered with some of these 

 climbing plants We have seen sucli fences 

 covered with Lophospeiinum scandens, and even 

 with Scarlet Beans, that were superb objects. — 

 The Nasturtium, Convolvulus, Sweet Peas, <kc., 

 may all be used to advantage for such purj)0ses. 



Seed Soloing. — To succeed well in growing 

 annuals, or rather to succeed at all, the greatest 

 care is requisite in sowing the seeds. It is a fa- 

 tal error to bury oil seeds the same depth in the 

 ground. Large seeds possessing mucli vital 

 [Kjwer may be covered an inch deep or more with 

 impunity, while the greater number of small seeds 

 would never vegetate at such a depth, or could 

 not push their way up. In sowing delicate seeds 

 the better way is to make the surface of the ground 

 smooth, then sow the seeds and sift a light cov- 

 ering over thern. Another j)oint of importance 

 is to sow at the rig/it tftne. Delicate seeds will 

 not bear sudden transitions from heat to cold 

 whilst germinating, and consequently should not 

 be sown till the weather has become fairly settled. 



Shading from the sun, and watering in dry 

 times, are all necessary in their proper places. 

 An article will be found in our last volume, page 

 144j containing jome good hints on this subject. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



FVuit Tree.f. " A You.xo Farm»';r," Macon, 

 Mich., will find iiis inquiries respecting the sea- 

 son for transplanting, manner of planting, soils, 

 &;c., answered on page 218 of our last volume. 

 And on page 74 of the present volume, he will 

 fnid some good suggestions in relation to washing 

 the bodies of trees. It is a good practice to place 

 manure around the roots of newly planted trees, 

 both spring and fall. In the former it serves to 

 retain moisture, and the latter excludes the frost 

 from the roots. It may be worked into the soil 

 afterwards, for the purpose of enriching it, if 

 chis be necessary. 



Mountain Ash. Geo. Bishop, jr. The ber- 

 ries should be gathered as soon as ripe, mixed 

 with light soil, placed in a heap a foot or so thick, 

 and covered with 6 inches of earth. There let 

 them remain for a year before sowing. If sown 

 the spring after they are gathex'ed they will be 

 18 months in the ground before they vegetate. 



Mountain Ash stocks for the Pear. J. H. 

 Wright, New Haven, N. Y. The Pear is in 

 some cases successfully cultivated on the Moun- 

 tain Ash ; but no doubt, in time, would be over- 

 grown by the Pear, and therefore would not be 

 so durable as the Pear stock. It has the effect 

 of dwarfing, and induces early fruitfulness. For 



t'lese purposes we believe the quince stock i^s be,st. 

 The " New England Fruit Book'' says : "We 

 budded twelve small trees of this sort with the 

 Bartlett and Seckel, in 1840. A shoot of the 

 ash was permitted to grow in connection with 

 the pear for the first season. In the spring of 

 the following year the first shoot (ash) was then 

 cut oft' close to the main stem. These trees have 

 made quite as good growth as upon pear stocks." 

 Mr. Downing says — " Grafting on the Mountain 

 Ash is thought to render the pear more hardy, 

 and retards the blossoming so much as to prevent 

 their being injured by spring frosts." This is a 

 matter of importance in some localities, and wor 

 thv of a test. 



THE FKimS OF AMERICA: By C. M. Hovey, Editor 



of tlie Mngazine of Horiicitllnrp. Boston, Mass. 



We liave received the prospectus of this new 

 work on Fruits. It will be seen by the extract 

 below that it is to be published in splendid style. 



If the plan is carried out, it will surpass every- 

 thing that has ever been attempted, or at least 

 executed, in this country — and will be a rich, 

 invaluable addition to American Horticultural 

 literature. That the plan will be carried out, we 

 do not doubt. Mr. Hovky's long experience in 

 pornological matters, and the facilities that Bos- 

 ton aflbrds for the n)eclianical execution of the 

 work, give a good guarantee. Patronage, we 

 trust, will not be wanting. We shall refer to it 

 again, when the first number appears. 



•' It will contain richly Colored Illustrations of Fruits, ac- 

 coinpanied with the Wood and Leaves, from Paintings madft 

 expressly for it, under the direction of the Vuthor : and. witli 

 the text," an outline engraving of every variety, accompan- 

 ied, when important, with sketches of the Habit of the trees, 

 ieavins; nothing which can, in any way, assist the Amateur 

 cultivator, or Nurserymen, in the indentification of the nu- 

 merous varieties, or furnish him with the fullest information 

 in regard to their merits. 



"The work will appear in Royal Octavo Numbers, (icni- 

 form with Audubon's rJrds of America J and will contain 

 ■fjur plates each, with Eight Pages of letter-press, on the 

 tinest paper, and in beautiful type ; the Original Paintings 

 executed by that distinguished artist, W. Sharp, chrorao- 

 lithed and retouched under his eye. The text will give all 

 the Synonyms under which each variety is known, its ori- 

 gin, when to be ascertained, its period of production, with 

 an accurate description of the Habit of the Tree, Wood, 

 Leaves, Flowers, and Fruit, the Period of Ripening, and all 

 other particulars worthy of note. The whole, with a few 

 exceptions in the earlv numbers, from specimen trees m tlio 

 extensive collection of the Author, where their comparative 

 merits, in the same soil and locality, can be corectly esti- 

 mated. 



The Plates will not be numbered or paged, but left witJi 

 a blank No., so that each Class of Fruit may be bonnd up 

 by itself, arranged alphabetically, according to the seaaon 

 of ripening, or in any other way, when t!ie W'ork is com- 

 pleted, or "together as issued, at the option of Subscribeis. 

 Tsvelve Nmnbers will complete a Volume, which will be 

 furnished with a Title-Page and Index. A list of Subscri- 

 bers w;ill accompany each Volume." 



Deferred Articles. — We have several arti- 

 cles in tvpe, for which we have not room in this 

 number.' Among these, inquiries on the Pear 

 Blight, with several items of information kindly 

 furnished us, by experienced cultivators^ on this 

 subject. 



