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plains, with scarcely a tree or shrub to cheer the weary sight, converted into 

 garden-like farms, with beautiful orchards, vineyards, ornamental grounds, and 

 suitable dwellings, all protected by walls of living green, painted by the great 

 Architect himself with the most pleasing and fadeless color, — a fit habitation 

 for the goddess Sylva herself ! 



Trees by the million are now grown annually by single individuals in our own 

 country ; millions more are imported from abroad ; and the demand seems to 

 keep pace with the supply, and both are on the increase. This augurs for us a 

 glorious future for the myriads of acres of rich but treeless tracts of land await- 

 ing their reception. Here, then, is an object worthy the noblest ambition. Then 

 let us all plant, and sacredly care for and cultivate, all the rich treasures of our 

 gracious Flora, Pomona, and Sylva, '' until from sea to sea it will seem to all men 

 like the garden of the Lord." — J. G. Bu')j,ch, in Trans. III. Hort. Soc. 



The B.A.RK-L1CE {CoccidcE) : how to destroy Them. — The apple-tree 

 bark-lice, which have destroyed so many of our trees in this city and state, com- 

 menced hatching on Sunday, May 24, — ten days earlier than lasi year. Their 

 moving or motion life lasts only about five days, when they become stationary ; 

 and, by process provided by Nature, they form over themselves a house (the scales), 

 where they remain for one year, to be then reproduced by another nest of eggs. 



The first week after they are hatched, they are very tender, and are easily 

 destroyed by washing the trees thoroughly with strong soap and water, — say one 

 quart of soap to five quarts of water ; or they may be removed by a stiff brush, 

 as any falling to the ground must perish. 



The insect measures only the hundredth part of an inch, and can be seen with 

 a microscope of moderate power ; while the full size of the scale is about ten 

 times as much. 



Trees that are badly infested should be cleaned as far up on the limbs as you 

 can afford the time, and then cut off above where it is cleaned, about the 20th 

 of June, which is the best time of the year to prune trees. The trees will throw 

 out new shoots ; and you will soon have a fine-topped tree, free of lice unless 

 neighboring trees furnish a new colony. The sooner the washing commences 

 after the hatching, the better; and, if delayed too long, stronger wash should be 

 used. 



The theory that bark-lice can be forced from the trees by a rapid growth is 

 erroneous, as the trees must succumb in time to the millions of insects. — State 

 yournal. 



PiNUS RussELLiANA. — This splendid tree is one of the peculiarly fine, robust- 

 growing, and noble Mexican pines. The young wood is, in winter, of a rich red 

 or ochre color ; the shoots forming a curve. The foot-stalks of the leaves are 

 above an inch in length, and are also red. The leaves grow in fives, and are 

 from eleven to twelve inches in length, of a beautiful grass-green, slightly droop- 

 ing from the upper side of the curve. Altogether, it is a very beautiful tree. It 

 is growing here finely, but in a sheltered locality, and cannot be generally 

 recommended as a hardy tree. — Florist and Pomologist. 



