REMEDY FOR CURCULIO— GERANIUMS. 



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'ew flowers have been more celebrated by the 

 ets th;m the hawthora. Chaucer says: 



"MArke the fair blooming of the hauthorne tree 

 Who tiotly cloathed in robe of wliite 

 Fills full the wanton eje with JIay's Delight." 



t the hawthorn of the poets, around Which so many 



jciatious are clustered, is not the hawthorn of our 



■ Dds and fields, growing in pastures and hedgerows, 



hillsides and mountain cliffs, from Maine to Flori- 



These, though many in number and various in 



wth and habit, euliveuiug the season far into May 



June by their snowy blossoms and tender green 



igc, and adding variety to the brilliancy of our 



nmn scenery by the abundance of their fruit, and 



■e beautiful than the May, are wanting in one 



ig — the dehghtful odor of its blossoms, which, at 



early season of their opening, is reviving to the 



its. CuAUCER again says: 



"There sawe I growing eke the freshe hauthome 

 In white motley, that so sote doeth ysmeU." 



; many of our native species, sisters of the May, 

 with the exception of its fragrant flowers, fairly 

 m an equal rank for picturesque and ornamental 

 uty. The varietj- exhibited in their foliage, — the 

 ous colors of their large or smaller berries, — and 

 numerous forms that the different species assume, 

 ■ them a value surpassed by no other class of or- 

 ental trees. 



he number of species and varieties enumerated 

 X)UDO.\'s Arboretum is upwards of sixty, more 

 twenty of w'hich are natives of America. Many 

 he varieties as well as the species so much resent 

 3ach other that it is with difficulty some of the 

 ;r are identified. Mr. Loudon devoted many pa- 

 of his splendid work to detailed descriptions of 

 1, but the group is still in much confusion among 

 erymea who cultivate a large number of kinds, 

 ould occupy too much space to give a descrip- 

 list of all the hardy species and varieties deserv- 

 the attention of lovers_of fine trees: our oliject 

 Bply to commend them to notice, with the hope 

 now, while they are in full bloom, the variety 

 beauty of their blossoms may attract attention, 

 later in the year their diversified foliage and many- 



1 berries be carefully studied. Nearly all the 

 3 are hardy: a few from the south of Europe and 

 i from Mexico will not stand our winters at the 

 th; but we have in cultivation some thirty or 

 1, which embrace the principal divisions of the 

 p and many of the showiest and best species. 

 Cockspur thorn, C. Crus Galli, is well known as 

 of the most beautiful hedge plants, having an 



t! -e, deep, glossy foliage almost sub-evergreen. The 

 moil Newcastle thorn is also much used for the 



2 purpose, but is less ornamental. 



f the English hawthorn, there are three exquis- 

 'arieties, which should be found in every garden: 

 e are the Double Red and Double White and the 

 ;le Red; the latter, the most brilliant of the three 

 n viewed as a mass; the number of its blossoms 

 their deeper color having a marked contrast with 

 r trees at its early season of blooming. The Py- 

 nth thorn is a very fine variety, hardy and e.x- 

 liugly beautiful. There is also one or two weep- 

 thorns, of recent production, that form exquisite 

 1 trees. 

 'or planting in lawns of limited extent, the haw- 



thorn is one of the best trees; it does not grow large, 

 and overtop and shadow other shrubs or pl»nts, but 

 forms a low and fine head, loaded with flowers 

 throughout the spring a»d garlanded with fruit even 

 into winter. 



*' In pearls and rubies rich the hawthorns show. 

 While through the ice the crimson berries glow." 



One word as to their culture. Though naturally 

 springing up in thin and rather poor soils, they love 

 a good rich mellow earth, naturally dry. They will 

 not flourish in a wet situation: there they soon get 

 mossy and stunted, and assume a decrepid habit. 

 Planted in a good soil, well cultivated and liberally 

 enriched, they soon form fine large branching heads, 

 and display their flowers in a profusion more lavish 

 than any other tree. — Hovcy's Mag. of Hort. 



REMEDY FOR THE CTJRCTILIO. 



Mr. M. Kelly stated at the Pomological meeting, 

 that several fruit growers of the vicinity of Cincin- 

 nati had tried the following recipe for preventing the 

 destruction of plums by the curcuUo, with great suc- 

 cess. It is also an effectual remedy for mildew on 

 grapes. — Ohio Cultivator. 



Put half a pound of sulphur and one pound fresh 

 lime into a tight barrel, then fill up with boiling wa- 

 ter, and cover closely for 10 or 12 days, when it will 

 Ijc fit for use. This forms hydro-sulphate of lime, 

 and has an unpleasant odor which is offensive to in- 

 sects, but the liquid is not injurious to vegetation. It 

 is used by sprinkling the trees or vines with a garden 

 engine or syringe, repeating the application every 

 three or four days, or oftener, if showers occur to 

 wash off the material. 



GERAnnras. 



The shrubby kinds are commonly increased by 

 cuttings, which, if planted in June or July, and 

 jdaced in the shade, will take root in five weeks. 

 They are the most tender, and when placed out of 

 doors, should be defended from strong winds, and be 

 so placed as to enjoy the sun till eleven o'clock in 

 the morning. As the shrubby kinds grow fast, so as 

 to fill the pots with their roots and push them through 

 the opening at the bottom, they should be moved 

 every two or three weeks in summer, and the fresh 

 roots cut off. They should also be newly potted 

 twice in the summer: once about a month after they 

 are placed abroad, and again towards the end of 

 August. AVhen this is done, all the roots outside 

 the earth should be pared off, and as much of the old 

 earth removed as can be done without injuring the 

 plants. They should then be planted in a larger pot; 

 some fresh earth should first be laid at the bottom, 

 and on that the plant should be placed, so that the 

 old earth adhering to it may be about an inch below 

 the rim of the pot; it should next be filled up, and 

 the pot slightly shaken; the earth must then be gen- 

 tly pressed down at the top, leaving a little space for 

 water to be given without running over the rim; fi- 

 nally, the plant should be liberally watered, and the 

 stem fastened to a stake, to prevent the wind displa- 

 cing the roots before they are newly fixed. — House- 

 hold Receipt Book. 



