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TILE GENESEE FARMEPw. 



yield an analogous substance, as probably do vari- 

 ous other trees. 



There is an American flowering asli of a more 

 rapid and robust growth than the European varie- 

 ty, but they are believed to be of the same species. 



A USEFUL INSECT ON PLUM AND APPLE TREE 



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LEAVES AND FLOWERS OF THE EUROPEAK FLOWERING ASH, 



The flowering ash is propagated by budding or 

 graftitig (tlic lattor is preferable) on the common 

 ash (Fraxinus excelsior) ; and as tlie stock in this 

 case is a much more vigorous-growing plant than 

 the scion, wlien the graft has been made a foot or 

 more above the ground the stock enlai'ges on every 

 side so much more tliari tlie scion as to produce the 

 appearance of the base of a column. 



Ltme in tkansplanting Trees. — An English 

 publication says that a large plantation of trees has 

 been formed in that country, within a few years 

 past, without the loss of a single tree, by putting a 

 small quiuitity uf lime in the hole when planting 

 the tree. Four bushels of lime are said to be suf- 

 ficient for an acre. Tlio lime is thoroughly mixed 

 •with the soil, in order that it may be reached by 

 the roots, with equal facility in every direction, as 

 its principal ellect is to push forward the tree 

 during the first precarious stages of its growth. 



The best stock a man can invest in, is the stock 

 of a farm; the best shares are jdow-sliares; and 

 the best banks are tlie fertile banks of tiie rural 

 stream: the more these arc hri)keu the better divi- 

 dends they pay. — R. W. Bcecher. 



Mk. Corneli,, of Ithaca, N. Y., discovered sonw 



insect eggs on his plum trees this spring, and sen 



them to B. P. Johnson, Secretary of tlie New Yorl 



State Agricultural Society. In the last nun>i 



ber of the Journal^ he says: 



""We sent these eggs to Dr. Fitch, and the; 

 ■were hatched in about six weeks — giving ou 

 the Prickly Tree-bug (Sinen multiKpinosa oi 

 De G-EETi.^DiaJema of FABincirs, = i^c^jplM" 

 toriu of Say). Mr. Stevens, of this city, lef 

 at the Rooms, eggs of this same insect, whicl 

 he iound on the apple tree, a year ago. Dt 

 Fitch then ascertained that these insects dit 

 not seek vegetable juices, as they all die< p 

 though supplied therewith. The query arises 

 what insect common to the apple and j)1iie 

 ti'ees, comes out early enough in tlie spriu; 

 for these bugs to feed upon it. The caterpil 

 lar, which makes its nest in the forks of th tem 

 limbs, Dr. F. surmised must be the food oi 

 •which they live. Some young caterpillar 

 ■were put into a bottle with them, and the; 

 immediately pierced them witli their bills- 

 doing this so adroitly, and not at all daunted 

 or disconcerted by the writhiiigs of thi 

 worms, that it was manifest they understooi 

 that kind of work jierfectly, although jus 

 out of their shells — continuing to suck then 

 several hours, till only their shrivelled skin, 

 remained. The Dr. turned them out on hi 

 apple trees to forage for themselves. Mr 

 Stevens and Mr. Cornell, and all our renders 

 will see the importance of welcoming thea 

 bugs as their very best friends, wlio will aii 

 them in ridding their trees of the caierjiillars, b** 

 destructive to the ajiple and i)liim trees." 



HOW TO PREVENT FRUIT STEALING. 

 The Am. 



igriculturist says a friend found h» 

 grapes disappearing from the vines as fast as tliej 

 ripened. Suspecting that the servants stole them 

 he went through the kitchen bitterly complaining o: 

 the thieves. The cook said she had seen the hirJi 

 picking the grapes. "Very well," said he, •'I'll 

 fix them, or whoever else takes the fruit. I liav« 

 some bitartrate of antimony (tartar emetic) in tl* 

 liouse, and if I sprinkle a little of that on some of 

 the fruit, it '11 be the last that any one will steal. 

 Get me some flour to mix it with." He took tho ;t 

 flour into the room for a few minutes, as if for pre- 

 paring it, and then scattered some of the simple \ 

 flour on sundry places in the vines, and on some ; 

 other fruits in the garden. There was but little . 

 further disappearance of fruit tliat summer. ",i 



Another correspondent of the same pajicr is v» i'; 

 sponsible for the following: "A tall, green-looking 

 Yankee accosted me at a County Fair, having a 

 finedooking apple in his hand, and begged me t« 

 toll its name if I could. I tasted it— but, shade of 



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