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THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



1871 



ly plants will remove and transplant better in the 

 dark, or by excluding the light from them a short 

 time, which would give the dark of the moon the 

 preference, not from any influence she has, but from 

 the light she reflects. 



The reasons given for vegetation being more ca- 

 pable of resisting deleterious influences, and being 

 susceptible of undergoing greater changes when in 

 the above relations, it is in a passive state ta' 

 the surrounding objects, and has a surplus to give 

 out, like a positive conductor to an electrical ma- 

 chine. 



In confirmation of the above facts we find in the 

 Western Rural that Hon. J. H. Klippart, Secretary 

 of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture writes to 

 Hearth and Horns in favor of transplanting plants 

 at night. He says the plants he transplants at night 

 live and grow as a rule, seldom wilting or wither- 

 ing, while almost all of those tran.splanted in sun- 

 light wither, and many of them die. 



Horseradisb.— Culture aud Profit. 



No kind of condiment is more healthy and refresh- 

 ing in spring time than the horseradish. Both its 

 propagation and preparation for the table are very 

 simple. It is propagated from sets, or rather the 

 roots, cut into sections of four or five inches in 

 length. In jjlanting, a hole is made with a dibble, 

 into which a section of root is dropped, with its top 

 two or three inches below the surface, and the 

 earth packed tightly around. The root is perfectly 

 hardy, and may be taken up in the fall, or wintered 

 in the ground. Its preparation for the table con- 

 sists simply in grating up the root, and adding 

 thereto a little sharp vinegar. 



With market gardeners near large cities horse- 

 radish is reckoned one among their most profiable 

 crops. By them it is generally grown as a second 

 crop between the rows of early cabbages or beets, 

 (thus economizing land,) and the plant always finds 

 a ready sale, at good prices, in the neighborhood of 

 Boston. Horseradish is an important crop. Of 

 its culture and profit the Ploughmrm says : 



" When tlie cabbages are cut off, tlie stumps are 

 to be removed and the ground deeply hoed so as to 

 promote the growth of the horseradish. Once 

 hoeing is generally enough, as the plant now grows 

 very rapidly, and by the end of October or the first 

 of November, it may be dug up, when it is packed 

 in pits to be prepared for market in winter, when 

 there is little else to do. All it wants is to trim ofli' 

 the small roots for next year's crop, wash and rinse 

 in a tub, weigh and pack in barrels. 



The average yield per acre is about four tons, 

 and the last five years it has averaged about $300 

 per ton, or at the rate of $800 per acre. It has sold 

 as high as $350 a ton." 



Growing Roses in Pots. 



Mr. Podburyof the Geneva Horticultural Society, 

 thus describes how roses may be grown successfully 

 in pots for winter flowering ; — " To grow roses in 

 pots for greenhouse or window culture is a very 

 pleasing occupation. To grow them successfully, 

 choose young, vigorous plants, say in April or May, 

 either on its own roots or on Manetti stock ; re-pot 

 them in six inch pots, aud plunge them in the 

 ground to the rim of the pot ; keep them well sup- 

 plied with water and occasionally give them a little 

 manure water; keep all the flowers pinched off 

 until the middle or end of September ; you will 

 then have a plant with six to eight well ripened 

 shoots. Prune them back to a well ripened eye, 

 and shake them clear out of old soil and re-pot 

 them, using a compost of good loam and well rotted 

 manure, — about two.thirds of the former to one of 

 the latter, with suflicient sand to keep from packing 

 hard ; soak the newly potted plant well with water, 

 and plunge it again in a sunny spot ; and by the 

 end of October you will have the pot full of young 

 and vigorous roots, and the shoots from three to 

 four inches long. Then introduce a few at a time 

 to the greenhouse or window, and by the time the 

 frost has killed the roses out of doors, these will be 

 ready to succeed them, and give you a supply of 

 rose buds without a great expense of fire heat from 

 December to the end of January. By adding a few 

 fresh ones, j'ou can be well supplied with rose buds 

 during the winter months, without a great deal of 

 trouble and expense. The roses best for this pur- 

 pose are some of the best Teas, Chinas, and Hybrid 

 Perpetuals, always choosing the strongest growers, 

 and freest bloomers." 



Hofv to grow tbe Verbena. 



Dexter Snow, who for several years has made the 

 propagation of the Verbena a specialty, says of its 

 cultivation, " To grow the Verbena successfully, 

 plant them in beds or borders cut in the turf, chop 

 the turf well, and thoroughly mix with it a good 

 share of well decomposed stable manure ; never on 

 any account plant them in an old and worn out gar- 

 den soil, as they will most assuredly fail. Give 

 them a change of soil each season, as they do not 

 thrive well two years in the same bed. Let the 

 beds, if possible, be where they will have the sun 

 the entire day. By following the above directions, 

 one may have a Verbena bed that will be a mass of 

 bloom the entire season, amply repaying the care 

 and toil they may require." 



HvBRiD Perpetu.\l Roses. Pius IX, Sydonia, 

 Triompli de rExpo.9ition, and Leonia Verger as 

 among the best bloomers of this class of roses. 

 Tlie Bourbons, Noisettes, and Teas are very desira- 

 l)Ie on account of their profuse and perpetual 

 bloom. 



