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THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



1871 



lottB antr gleaniitjgs. 



Northern Illiuois Horticultural Society. 



Ed. Western Pomologist : The Annual Meet- 

 ing of the above Society for 1871, -n-ill be held in the 

 city of Rooliford, 111., January 34, at 2 p. m. The 

 programme, though not completed, we are warrant- 

 ed in saying will be one of the best yet offered ; and 

 this meeting, we are assured, will be as large as any 

 former one of this Society, which have been the 

 largest held in the Northwest. Already we arfc 

 enabled to announce lectures from Dr. E. II. IIull, 

 State Horticulturist for Illinois, and Dr. John A. 

 Warder, author of "American Pomology." 



Dr. Hull will lecture on Tuesday evening, Jan. 

 24, on " Insects Injurious to Fruits and Fruit Trees 

 — How to Exterminate — and Importance of Concert 

 of Action among Fruit-growers in the North." Dr. 

 Warder lectures on Wednesday evening, on " The 

 'Iron-clads' for the Northwest." Many valuable 

 papers are promised from gentlemen eminent in 

 horticulture, and no effort will be spared to make 

 this the most interesting and profitable session of 

 this Society. A cordial invitation is extended to all 

 interested to be present. 



D. WiLMOT Scott. Cor. Sec'y. 



Trapping; Oarden Sings. 



M. Commandeur, of Paris, a scientific gardener, 

 in the course of some experiments hit up<m an in- 

 genious method of killing slugs, the annoyance of 

 which is often felt by gardeners. M. Commandeur 

 accidentally lett in his garden a pot in which he had 

 been making experiments with starch and iodine, 

 which pot, imperfectly covered with a bit of board, 

 remained exposed to the heat and rain for three 

 weeks, when, on looking one morning into it, he 

 was surprised to find it tenanted by scores of snails 

 and slugs that had congregated in it from every 

 part of the garden. He repeated the experiment 

 several times, and became assured that the emana- 

 tion of iodine will attract these creatures from a 

 considerable distance, when they may be killed. 



Greenhouse Pests.— The Mealy-bug and Red- 

 Spider, as we hear from the best authority, will 

 stand any amount of tobacco smoke, while plant- 

 lice (Aphis) are thus ca.sily killed. The red spider, 

 however, may be got rid of by exposing the infested 

 plants to the rain, and the mealy-bug by a wash of 

 cresylie soap, sufficiently diluted not to injure vege- 

 tation. Cresylic soap is a very useful agent for the 

 destruction of many kinds of insects. — AmerUan 

 Entomologist. 



TClne at Pleasant Valley. 



The Pleasant Valley Wine Company manufac- 

 tured 78,500 gallons of wine, using for the purpose 

 .)87 tons of grapes. The Pleasant Valley Reporter 

 says that notes were taken of the strength of the 

 must at each pressing, with dates and names of 

 sorts : 



" The first pressing of Catawbas was made as 

 early as September 23, and showed 83 deg. sugar. 

 Some of the latter pressings showed as high as 95 

 deg., the average was nearly 88 deg. The lona 

 went from 91 deg. to 98 deg. The average was a 

 fraction over 95 deg. The average of Delaware 

 was 933^ deg. All kinds went high and were more 

 perfectly ripened than in former years. Prom 

 Walter" grapes, sent by Messrs. Ferris & Son 

 Poughkeepsie, 15 gallons of wine were made ; the 

 must showed 102 deg., Oechsle's scale." 



Management of Hyacinths. 



Ed. Pomologist : I notice in the Pomologist 

 some remarks upon the management of Hyacinths, 

 my experience is, that the roots should be stimulated 

 to grow first, suflicient to fill the pot well. To ac- 

 complish this, plunge the pots in an old hot bed 

 and cover them three or four inches with loose 

 litter, and leave them exposed to the weather until 

 tliey are wanted ; bring in a few pots every week, 

 and you may have an abundance of flowers all win- 

 ter 



To protect tender roses, lay them upon the ground 

 and select good well-grown turf and lay over them, 

 the grass siile down. Half-tender roses are perfectly 

 protected in this way, A. C. H. 



Detroit, Mich. 



The Rose on the Lawn. — An English journal 

 recommends the culture of the rose on the lawn and 

 pleasure grounds as a a standard. " Few persons 

 are aware of the magnitude to which the rose may 

 be grown, or the splendid effect it can be made to 

 produce on a lawn or pleasure ground ; yet with a 

 sufficiently strong stem, and a system of careful and 

 patient training, there can be no reasonable doubt 

 but that the standard roses could be grown to the 

 size and form of the ordinary examples of the Weep- 

 ing Ash, having the branches all produced from the 

 top of a single stem, and flowing downward on all 

 sides — a very ornamental object for a lawn. It 

 may also be observed that the construction of a 

 comfortable seat round its stem would form a cool 

 and fragrant retreat during the hot days of sum- 

 mer," 



Price op Wine. The Journal of Chemistry 

 calls the attention of wine-drinkers to the fact that 

 notwithstandiug the disasters to French vineyards 

 growing out of the present war, the price of wine 

 in this country is not yet aflected. 



