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when the young plants will make their appearance early in 

 the following spring. The second year they should be 

 removed into nursery rows, where they will soon become 

 handsome specimens. 



As an ornamental tree, nothing can be more magnificent 

 than the M. acuminata. Its tall, straight stem, and regular- 

 branched, umbrella-shaped head ; its long, deep green foliage, 

 garnished with its numerous large white flowers ; its cucum- 

 ber-like cones and its rose-colored seeds, all combine to render 

 it one of the most desirable as well as the most beautiful of 

 trees. It is just the tree, in its symmetrical proportions, for 

 planting on the lawn, or near the house, where it harmonizes 

 with the architectural expression of the building. 



Iit0ittljlij icssip. 



The following communication by Mr. Stoms appeared in one of the Cin^ 

 cinnati papers, in answer to one by Mr. Longworth, and as it very justly^ 

 shows the condition of the strawberry culture around that city, we copy it 

 entire : — 



Mr. Longworth on Strawberries. — Messrs. Editors: In the Times 

 of Thursday evening, there is a very singular communicatipn from Nicholas 

 Longworth, Esq., on the subject of " strawberries and grapes." In that ar- 

 ticle he plays out the character of the facetious old gentleman in gallant 

 style ; though, like his imperial namesake, (the Czar), is a little overbearing 

 in his manner of doing it. As usual, he lugs in " Linnaeus and the illiterate 

 market gardener," for the edification and infinite gratification of the " green 

 ones," not familiar with his lucid and unique style of correspondence. 



There are two or three assertions and assumptions of Mr. L. not warrant- 

 ed by facts altogether, and these I propose to notice and correct. He says, 

 " Many years have passed since we threw aside Hovey's Seedling straw- 

 berry, because nine tenths of the berries are of small size, and the fruit not 

 of superior quality." 



What WE ? Do you mean to say we, Mr. Longworth? — or we, the mar- 

 ket gardeners, cultivators, &c., round and about Cincinnati ? If the latter, 

 your assumption is fallacious ; and if the former, it may be accounted for, 

 perhaps, because the " Prolific" and " Superior" are your especial bantlings. 

 I venture the assertion that there are fifty acres of " Hovey's Seedling" in 

 cultivation in this vicinity, to one acre of the " Superior" and " Prolific ;" 

 and that there are fifty bushels of the former bought and sold in our market^ 

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