432 McLean^ s Address — Live Fences, ^c. 



with requisite confidence. My last experiment was with the destructive grub 

 melolontha, so well known to subsist on the roots of grass, of which a friend 

 kindly sent me a box. Six of these white grubs were placed in a saucer 

 half full of water, in which a teaspoonful of African guano had been put and 

 well stirred. They immediately began to feel uneasy, and, in about two 

 hours, the whole six were dead. 



Several friends who have tried guano this year on their pear-trees, have 

 reported to me the result to be greater crops, and of a much larger size, than 

 they ever had previously. The improvement of the flavor of fruit is an ex- 

 periment yet to be tried on an extensive scale, previous to a final determina- 

 tion of this important question. 



But we have not space for extracts ; the Essay should be 

 in the possession of every cultivator, who is ambitious to 

 keep pace with the improvements of the day. 



Art. III. Address delivered on the Consecration of Spring 

 Grove Cemetery, near Cincimiati, Aug. 20, 1845. By the 

 Hon. John McLean. Pamphlet, 8vo. pp. 29. Cincinnati, 

 1845. 



We record the increase of Cemetaries as another evidence 

 of the increasing love for rural scenery. The barren church- 

 yard of cities are fast giving way to the shady retreats and 

 sylvan scenes of wood and forest. 



The address now before us by the Hon. Mr. McLean, is 

 full of beautiful sentiment, and the occasion must have been 

 one of much interest to the friends of the Spring Grove 

 Cemeterj'". 



Art. IV. Manual on the Cultivation of Live Fencs ; ivith a 

 Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of Evcrgree?7s, 0?'tia- 

 mental Trees, ^c. By E. Sayers. Pamphlet, 12mo. pp. 

 108. Cincinnati, 1845. 



A practical treatise on live fences, more particularly adapt- 

 ed to the western country, in which the mode of propagation, 

 cultivation, and after treatment is given. Mr. Sayers has al- 

 ready published one or two small treatises on Fruit Trees 

 and Grape Vines, which form very good guides to those who 

 cannot afford the standard works upon the subject. In the 



