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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



HORTICULTURAL. 



I.v the September number of the Genesee Farmer, page 225, 1 

 noticed an article entitled "Grafting Pears on Mountain Ash." 

 Now I wish to knovv what this Mountain Ash is, wliere it grows, 

 what kind of timber it is, and where the stock is to be had. Please 

 let me kno.v in your next number. David hA};ms.—HicksvUU. 



The Mountain Ash is a haudaome tree of slow growth, 

 with a tough, crois-grained, but not very hard, woud. It 

 is a native of our country. The berries are of a bright 

 ecarlet, very juicy, sour and bitter. Some species of birds 

 ere very fond of tliem. We would not advise you to ex- 

 periment uponthe grafting of pears upon them as stocks. 

 If you wish dwarf trees, bud upon the Angers Qmnce 

 which can be obtained at very low rates from nearly every 

 nursery. For standards, you will of course use vigorous 

 and healthy seedling stocks. 



Is the spring of 1853 I planted a young orchard of some fifty 

 trees-apple fruit-ten or twelve of which died the following sum- 

 mer which I replace 1 last spring. This summer they have all been 

 destioyed, save seven or eight, by an intruder in the shape of a, 

 worm, whieh in color is white. It is formed in sort of sections 

 with I large flat head, and is from thrce-quarlers to an inch long 

 lU place of warfare is between the bark and the wood, on the body 

 or stem of the tree, traveling frequently entirely round the stem, 

 causing the tree to wither and die. They appear to enter the bark 

 'n thelhape of an insect or fly, as I find some yet in the hark, very 

 small. The trees have been regularly whitewashed. They have a 

 south sun exposure, and have undergone an extreme drouth during 

 the summer. Can you or any of your correspondents suggest a 

 remedy for the evil ? P. B..-Mt. Sterling, Ind. 



Will some of our readers give their experience in cases 

 like the foregoing ? 



BLittrarc Notitts. 



First Les^o-Js i.v CflEMiSTRT and Geology as applied to A^ 

 picCtcue: designed for the nse of Schools. Ev J. Emerson 

 Kent, AM., M. D. Boston : Dayton & Wkntworth. 

 From a brief inspection of the above vsrork. we would 



tordially commend its general introduction into our schools- 



TfF CONSTITrTIOV OF TITB UxVITED STATES, with all ^'^ ActS O 



Con° ess , elating' to Slaverv, including the Kansas and Nebraska 



Bills. Rochester : D. M. Dewey. 



Those interested in the investigation of a subject which 

 is creating so much sectional feeling at the present time, 

 will find the above valuable as a means of reference. 



Mr. Wm. Mi>-iFiE, of Baltimore, has sent us a copy of 

 his Lectures on Drawing and Design, wherein the general 

 usefulness and application of those subjects to all the ac- 

 tive business of life are very clearly stated. Ulustratir.ns 

 of the utility of an acquaintance with the elements are 

 given from almost every avocation of life *, and we fully 

 concur in all the positions that he advances. 



We have rarely pern?ed any work with more interest 

 than the A7mnai Rerort of the Trustees of the School 

 for Idiotic Children of the State of 3Iassachnsetts. It 

 would be well for our coui.try if documents like the fore- 

 goin"' were scattered broadcast over the land. Ko essny 

 or learned discourse upon the obligation of all to live tem- 

 perate, chaste and active lives, and the advantages of so 

 doinff. are more profitable and impressive than tlie plain. 



unadorned detail of the causes which in a great majoritj 

 of instances conduce to idiocy ; and teachers who have 

 youth entrusted to their charge, and who are sometimes 

 almost required to find brains as well as to teach, may de- 

 rive many useful hints as to the methods to be adopted to 

 arouse the dormant faculties of dull pupils, and excite 

 them to active exercise. We might enlarge upon this 

 topic, but our limits forbid. Patience and per.srverance 

 are the only passports to success. 



"Alcohol and the Constitution of Man," is the 

 title of a pamphlet prepared by E. L. Youmans, aud pub- 

 lished by Messrs. Fowlers & Wells. Mr. Youmans is 

 favorably known as the author of a popular work ( Tht 

 Class-book of Chemistry); and he has illustrated the sub- 

 ject by a beautifully- colored chemical chart. 



• Strawbeeuy-ccltube.— Our readers will have noticed 

 in the October number of this journal an advertisement of 

 a Complete Manual for the Cultivation of Die Strawberry, 

 &c., by R. G. Pardee. A simple recapitulation of some 

 of the topics treated is the best recommendation Ave 

 can give, which, from examination, we think fully de- 

 serves its title as a complete manual. Every one who haa 

 a garden, or a plot of giound but a few feet square, ought 

 to possess a copy cf the work in question. 



The American Journal of Medical Sciences 

 (Hays').— This journal for tht current quarter has lain for 

 some time upon our table. As usual, its contents are of a 

 high order of excellence. The original department occu- 

 pies 13G of the 290 pages. Two careful reviews and six- 

 teen biographical notices are given. The rest of the num- 

 ber is occupied with the Quarterly Summary of improve- 

 ments and discoveries, at home and abroad, in the Medical 

 Sciences. Published by Blanchard & Lea, Philadelphia, 

 at five dollars. 



ADVERTISEMENTS, 



To secure insertion in the Ka::mkr, must be received a.s early afl the 

 10th of the previous month, and be of such a clmracter as to be 

 of interest to formers. Terms -Two Dollars for every hundred 

 words, eaeh insertion, paid in advance. 



APPLE SEEDLINGS. 



trvrv r\nA two years' growth, grown and delivered 

 1 () ( ) , ( ) 1 1 () in Western New York offe, ed on reasonable 



U'mis. b"l'='" M .JanesviUe, Wis. 

 November 1, 1S&+. — -t 



100,000 SEEDLING APPLE TEEES, 



T ARGK enough to graft, one year's growth. Also IfsroO See* 



k ""^ r''T-\«'-4'''it*'"""'''' 1 ockpo^'N. Y. 



November 1, lSa4. — It* ' ' 



WM P PRINCE & CO., FLUSHING, N. Y., 



,^0 rf^a-SLous Plants, Dahlias, I^^J^-;^^^^ 



other Seeds. [ ^ 



BUiSy^s"sTEAM dry KILNS. 



GHVV.S LUMBER can he kiln-dried in 24 hnurs bv Eulkley** 

 lak^t , mbv svptf healed steam. Cost of K,ln, SiO forsn.aU 

 ' V Un -SI) to 500 Inrr^ls of Hour or n»al, or J On 1o 5,000 busb- 

 si/.c. Also S^J" '" T^]^u,f kiln f.om $1S0 up, varying with size. 

 vL S s u efi! r'.o'^anv o.her mode. Singl^ R..h.s or Territo- 



ei"^sold l!.w.'and oiroH.,rs s.nt.gratis:on.ap,,hc;rnon to^^^^^^^ 

 ten tee, at Kalnmazor, Mi.higan. H. O. BLLlvi.t i .^ 



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