THE GEKE8EK FAEMEE. 



"Mr Graham said he had lived much in proximity to those trees; considered the effinvia of the 

 flowers so great an objection that he would not plant the tree in the city ; it was bo disrgTeeable to 

 ladies that tl)ey avoided the street where it was planted, while it was m flower. We had other 

 trees such as the Pauluwnia, of equally rapid growth, and equal beauty, whose flowers were fragrant ; 

 why 'not plant such ? He admired the promptitude of the authorities at Washington, m extirpating 



the Ailantus trees from that city. . .. , ^- ^ ii. u u v„„, ♦!,» ^;i^, 



" Mr. Hatcu thought it a very valuable tree for city planting, to those who could bear the odor. 



It wouid grow in sit^iations where other trees would not. _ , . , ,, , , *i, v • v 



'• R. M. Moore objected to the Bmell, and also to the manner in which the roots heave np the bnek 



^^" Somebody hinted that all other trees have the same effect on brick paveraents. 



"Mr Heavee— after enumerating the various qualities which entitled the AiIantuB to public 

 favor— stated that he had Ailantus trees surrounding his residence tor years ; had never found them 

 prejudicial to liealth ; believed with Dr. Mosher, that the emell of the flowers, although unpleasant, 

 was rather beneficial to health than otherwise, as all his family and laborers could prove by their 

 appotites daring the time of flowering. He recommended the female Ailantus to those who objected 

 to the smell of the male, but would on no account condemn the Ailantus, as the smell was a very 



^'" Mj^Kfitli callTrattention to the now well-ascertained knowledge among scientific m«°. ^J^at the 

 idea of poisonous effluvia proceeding from the UpaF and other trees was a delusion. He had himself 

 grown the Upas tree in a hot-house, and never supposed it capable of injury except through the 

 absorption of its juices; had never known any poison to exist in the sap or flowers of the Ailantus; 

 had grown thousands of them; it never poisoned the hands of any of those who worked amongst it; 

 believed it harmless; found the female, to a great extent, destitute of smell, but far inferior m grace 

 and beauty to the male ; believed it the best shade tree in the country ; it created no dirt, as ita 

 leaves all 'fall at once after the first severe frost ; said that few of the plants would sucker if gro^n 

 from seed, and that if the fallen flowers were swept up and the trees shaken, the effects of the bad 

 smell would not last more than ten days. , , . ^. ^ ^t. * -i * • i,+ i.^ 



" Mr Anthovv stated, as far as he was able to learn, the great objection to the Ailantus might be 

 found in the odor of its flowers, which was so disagreeable to many persons, and that those who were 

 willin-r to raise a crusade against the Ailantus did it with the same feeling, and upon the same prin- 

 ciple, that they would present a petition to the council for the removal of those soap and candle 

 factories in the norUi-western part of our city. For his part he was not partial to the smell of the 

 tree but that in consideration of its beauty, its rapid growth, and its useful properties, the objection 

 migiit be very easily overruled. And that it possesses poisonous qualities, has never yet been 

 autlientically j)roved. . 



"Mr Buchanan asserted that a single flower of great fragrance, as the Cape Jessamine, placed in a 

 room, will sometimes produce a slight sickne.^ of the stomach. He thought that there were many 

 persons of such peculiarly delicate organizations that they would be disagreeably aff-ected by even he 

 most agreeable perfume, in strong quantities; and as far as the Ailantus is concerned, he thinks the 

 wei-ht of evi.lence and opinion is fully in favor of retaining it. He has it in his avenue, and about 

 his house, and would hardly be willing to dispense with its beauty and_ usefulness for so trifling an 

 objection. Another quality is its hardiness-being able to stand our winters much better than the 

 White Mulberry and many others." 



POMOLOGICAL DISCUSSIONS. 



We continuo our extracts from the proceedings of the American Pomological Society. 

 The subjects of the following discussion are varieties of apples that attract much attention 

 — the Smoke-house, Melon, Hawley, Canada Red, Northern Spy, and Autumn Bough. 



"Dr EsmEM^N of Pennsylvania— I propose to put on the IJst for trial, the Smoke-house apple. It 

 originated in I^ncaster county, and is like the Vandervere in ita general appearance I^ is^^JT 

 excellent for cooking, and will keep until AprU. If I were confined to one variety it should be the 

 Smoke-house. 



" Mv Hewes, of Pennsylvania— I have known it for eleven years. . . t 



" Mr. Taylor, of Virginia—I am acquainted with it, and think it the most crooked growing tree I 



^''" mT.'piebce, of Washington, D. C— It is very crooked in growing, but has fruited very well with 

 me It was highly recommended to us, and I have known it for twenty years. ^ ^ , 



"Mr CoRSov! of Pennsylvania— I have known it for forty-eight years. It is a constant bearer in 

 the section of country where it originated, and no one should start an orchard without it. 



" Mr. ISIiLLER, of Pennsylvania— So far as I have seen the Smoke-house tested on every class ot soils, 

 I have never seen it otherwise than a good apple. / ^ 



