18b: 



THE GENESEE FARMER 



JAPAN CEDAR. 

 [Crifptomeria Japonica. 



Amoxg the uumevous trees aiid plants introduced^ 



NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 



TuE Xew York State Agricultural Society hold 

 their annual meeting at Hamilton Squiu-e in the city 



of Xew York, on the 3d, 4tb, 5th and 6th of Octo- i into England by Mr. Fortune, the Collector of the 

 her next. Its competitor, the American Institute, \ London Horticultural Society in China, no one, per- 

 'uiites with the Society in the exhibition, and it is j haps, has attracted so much attention as the Japan 

 pleasing to learn that the differont Horticultural ] Cedar. It is nearly alUed to the Cyprus, and grows 

 Societies located in the vicinity vvill join. In some j to the height of 100 feet in its native habitat in . 

 departments the display promises to be for superior | China and Japan, being a great favorite for avenues 

 than at any previous exhibition of the Society. I and valuable for timber. Whenever forest-culture 



Floral Hall, the usual center of attraction, will re- 1 shall command the attention which it deserves in this 



ceive an abundance country, this '■ Queen 



of rare and valuable i^^^ of Evergreen Trees," ; 



contributions from ;^^^^\ w^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ '^^^"^ called , 



the grounds and r^H) l^^'^^^ by high authority, is . 



green-houses of pri- o^"'''^^^^ ^^ likely to be exten- 



vate gentlemen, who "SOp sively cultivated on 



reside in the Aicinity ^b account of the dura- ^ 



of Xew York. The W, ^g^i^£,fe-,,_ bility and firmness , 



many enterprising ^r^^^ ^^^^^wr of its wood, and the • 



florists will, too, em- j^^^^^^mB \ % % ^^^^ ^^^* *'^^ *^^6 



brace this opportu- ^^ ^' ^it ' ' ' 1^^ ^ fi'ce gTowth, as 



nity of displaying ? |r ^'(^^^^^ well as a gi-aceful 



the products of their '^ F^^^^i^^'^t^ form. Itisemploved 



skill and labor. -5>^^^^^K | 'f^^> i" CJhiua for the high 



Heretofore at the j^01(^ ''^r '^-''■^^ vn sK poles, which are eve- 



exhil.itions of the ^^f '%% xY^^^^^- * '7 ^^ere placed at 



Society, the fi-uit de- M \ % ^t W^M\^^ the dwellings of raan- 



partment has been ff'ij^ T^^^^'^^lr .J^l% M^ '^;'->i|^> darins to denote 



largely represented V .;^fW^^^:^{ii!'^^^ f ^ ^^ y}-. ^/''o- '•'';»> then- rank, where it 



by growei-s in the A^fi^f *'' C^^ \\ \i^ ''-''''': '^ ^ ^^^^ to last for 



western pajt of the •■f^^^^*'~-^v;'''5fffe?M|r ' ''"'■■ '^ ^°^^' 



State. Now, the -^^l^^^^n'^ 0n'^^^p'^^^^~^^ ^^^ ^ ^'^"' ^^^^^ 



place assigned by. #/W^'Ji >f fi^ '8 ^HVi'W^^^^ oi Wq Cryptomena 



the locatmg com- MJ^W ^% ^ ^^t # i\ <^M^^^ Japonica, have as 



mittee is as equally # '«^ ^- ^:^^i^^- J ^ ' ^,^^^ yet been imported 



accessible, if not i |m^ ^0W§^m' ''' ' ^- '^^^^^ ^^^' into the U. States ; 



more so, to the in- ^' '-V '^;Mwm r--v \ ■■v:^^^^^l^ 'y V ■ nor are they likely 



habitants of Con- ;M'\r} pM'^'^^^^^ to be abundant be- 



necticut, Rhode Is- /f'l'V ^rife'^l,'^ '•i-J^'J^'ij^ l'^'^'' ^^^^^^% ^^^'^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ 



land, Massachusetts, /4A)^ J:^4^f^Mr^^^^'^'/J-'f\^^--^!tU^''% ^''iW'^^ tained sufficient age 



Xew Jersey, Penn- ^'^[^m^^m^'^^W^'^ WJ| )^Slj^ ' *« 7-1^.,^ f'^'J f 



eylvama, Delaware, £0 '/('^ y'- ' ■-'■^'<^^^-'^^% seeds. 1 he faret seeds 



and even Maryland, m'^/M'}/ '^''- >. ^'■■'^i'^''^ il^ V- received in England 



as to its more' west- VWw' -N o'^' ';^^V^lt^w''<^ ''^ ^'^"^ ^^^'- Fortune 



era members. M4W'^ -'-' '' 'Jil^i^M'Af ft'^ arrived in 1844 



This is an agree- i' j ^ l^M',, h-' ■-...., ,-^2^^ il VMw M /l'>^ ^r. Barry thus 



able feature, and '\ ' % fi^ t^' ^'Im >•'# tS' commends it: 



ought to be improv- :'.'^P*- 1^ _ '' V^ ' " <'' '' " While in Eng- 



cd by cultivators ^^ ^^^^^^^«:^^_ ' laud we were de- 



of fruits residing at ~ -^ ^ _,=„^ _-ii^^_ —_^=:Ji=-"'^?^^^' ~~ lighted with this tree 



locaUties contigious ' \ wherever we saw it> 



to the city, as great Japax ce ar. .^ ^j^^ ^p^^ ground 



good might arise from it. The interchange of ideas, ' or in the house. We think it unquestionably the 

 comparison of specimens grown in different localities, i most graceful and elegant evergreen tree of the im- 

 theh characteristics in such, ascertaining the proper mense number cultivated in Europe. It has proved 

 and correct names of fruits of which sad confusion at ' perfectly hardy in England, and its growth is exceed- 

 present prevails among growers, are sufficient induce- 1 ingly rajjid, equahng the Norway Spruce. We saw 

 ments for cultivators to attend and cany their pro- an elegant specimen in the Chiswick garden nine feet 

 ductioDS. A better opportunity than this may not i liigh, that had made four feet gi-o-niih last season." 

 occur for years to many pei-sons. i A sandy loam mixed mth some peat or leaf mold, 



— ■— — is the kind of soil best adapted to the Japan Cedar. 



The caiTot is by some supposed to have been I Care should be had not to permit a wet subsoil to 

 brought from Asia, but others maintain it to be a ; damage the roots by stagnant water. Smith, in his 

 native of the same country as the turnip. j Landscape Gardening, pubUshed in Edinburgh in 



