88 The Curctdio. 



The grounds are situated one mile East of the city Hne, 

 and comprise nearly two hundred acres of land, thirty of 

 which are devoted to the purposes of a nursery, and the 

 remainder to farming purposes, raising seeds, &c. The 

 land is fertile and beautifully situated, and laid out in a 

 picturesque manner, with borders of ornamental shrubs 

 and trees, Chinese everblooming roses, &c., and evergreens. 

 There are two greenhouses, but not much of a collection 

 of plants, as the attention of the proprietors is bestowed 

 principally on Fruit trees and hardy plants, of which the 

 stock in all the various departments is large and well 

 grown. Mr. Sinclair having been engaged as a nurseryman 

 upwards of twenty years. The fruit trees have been re- 

 ceived from England and France, and scions have been 

 procured from the best collections in the vicinity of Boston. 

 Mr. Sinclair has also planted out a fruit orchard containing 

 eight or ten hundred trees, with a view to the production 

 of fruit for testing the varieties. From these he cuts his 

 scions; and as many of them have already come into 

 bearing he can ensure correctness. We trust we shall have 

 an opportunity when we again visit Baltimore to partake 

 of the hospitalities of our correspondent. 



(To be continued.) 



Art. II. The Cnrctdio. 

 By B. A. Fahnestock, Esq., Pittsburg, Pa. 



I HAVE read nearly all the articles upon this subject, which 

 have appeared in your Magazine, and other horticultural 

 periodicals, but have found no remedy, as yet, upon which 

 I can place much reliance. The most satisfactory commu- 

 nication, is that of Dr. Burnett to the Massachusetts Horii- 

 cultural Society, which agrees with my own observation 

 and experience, and that of others in this vicinity. I be- 

 lieve the only way of preventing a destruction of the entire 

 crop of fruit, is that of spreading a large sheet under the 

 plum tree, early in the morning, or in the evening, when 

 the insect is less active than through the day. and tlien giv- 

 ing it a sudden jar or shake, which will cause them to drop 

 upon the sheet, and enable the operator to destroy them. 



