THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



TICULTURE. 



FEBRUARY, 1853. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Popular Errors respecting the groioth of Trees 

 in mild weather during Winter. By the Editor. 



The exceedingly mild and pleasant weather of December 

 and the early part of January, with an average higher tem- 

 perature than is often experienced at that season, has given 

 rise to repeated inquiries regarding its injurious effects upon 

 vegetation. Every unusually warm or prolonged autumn, 

 which in our variable climate recur every two or three years, 

 the same inquiries have been repeated, till at last we have 

 thought we might, at least, contribute something to dissipate 

 such a popular error, and prevent similar queries, if we could 

 not clearly show that there was scarcely a possibility of any 

 injury arising from the return of such seasons. 



" What remarkably mild weather for December," says one. 

 " Don't you think it will start all the fruit buds ? My peaches 

 appear swollen already." 



" Unusually warm for this season of the year," says anoth- 

 er. '•' I gathered quite a bouquet of pansies in a warm bor- 

 der in my garden, and the honeysuckles have all put out into 

 leaf Wont it destroy the fruit buds for next season ?" 



'' How very mild for the first week in January, remarks a 

 third. " I find the lilacs in my garden have already swollen 

 their buds. Don't you fear that the cold weather, which we 

 must soon have, will greatly injure all kinds of trees and 

 destroy the fruit buds ?" 



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