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Norway maples, A ; 3 Ailanthus 

 glatidulosa, B ; 3 Spinea sorbifo- 

 lia, C ; 3 Aralia Japonica, D ; 

 3 Tamarix Africana, E ; 3 royal 

 willows, F ; 3 Spinea Billardii, 

 G ; 2 cut-leaved elders, H ; 

 Paulownia tmperialis, I ; 3 hibis- 

 cus, or althaea, J ; 3 Elcragnus Fig. 405. 

 argentea, K ; Clethra alnifolia, L. Perennial and other flowers 

 along the margins of this group or be mingled with the woody g 



should be used 

 rowths. 



U. S. Fruit Products. — " Within a few years the foreign markets have 

 taken from this country, in one season, between one and two million barrels of 

 apples, and three thousand tons of evaporated fruit. The horticultural pro- 

 ductions of the Mississippi Valley, consisting mainly of fruit, have been esti- 

 mated at an annual value of one hundred thousand dollars, while more limited 

 regions give corresponding returns. The Illinois Central Railway carried over 

 four thousand tons of apples into the City of Chicago, besides two thousand tons 

 of strawberries, the product of a single season. The Michigan Central conveyed 

 fifteen thousand packages of peaches in a day. The City of Boston received 

 from Norfolk, Va., during one year, sixteen thousand bushels of strawberries, 

 and from plantations nearer home, ten thousand bushels more. A single county 

 in Western New York (Orleans), furnished the market two hundred and sixty- 

 nine thousand dollars' worth of fruit, besides the amount consumed at home, in 

 one year, and other counties have occasionally exceeded this sum. Two hundred 

 thousand bushels of peaches were canned at San Francisco in 1881, and the 

 dried fruits of that State sold for over two million dollars, of which the raisin 

 crop amounted to half a million." 



Importance of Drainage. — Some interesting facts are stated showing 

 the great advantage of a well-drained soil for planting fruit trees or grapes. A 

 vineyard on the Hudson was planted on sloping, wet ground and did not succeed 

 well. A tile drain was then placed midway between the rows, the character of 

 the vines was at once changed, and it became an excellent vineyard. An inter- 

 esting case is mentioned in the Gardener's Chronicle. Apples, pears and cherries 

 were planted on heavy clay, which was trenched down to the top of the hard 

 pan. The trees made no growth, and were covered with lichens or moss. The 

 orchard was then thoroughly drained. In a few months the lichens began to 

 disappear, and the next year the trees became vigorous and made a large growth. 

 The same benefit would result by draining wet orchards in the country, although 

 moss does not infest trees as in the damp climate of England. ( lountry Gentle 

 man. 



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