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The Western Pomologist and Gardener. 



1872 



Nursery Catalogues for Spring Business Received. 



From Neally, Bock & Bingham, Burlington, Iowa ; Lewis Ellsworth, Naperville, 111 ; 

 Geo. P. Peffer, Pewaukee, Wis. ; J. C. Plum, Milton, Wis. ; Hargis & Sommers, Quincy, 

 111. ; John Wampler, Trootwood, Ohio ; Joseph L. Budd, Shellsburg, Iowa ; T. C. Maxwell 

 & Bros., Geneva,N. Y. ; W. P. Lipsey, Marion, Ind., Trade List. 



Seed and Floral Catalogues : From EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., abridged 

 list of novelties and specialties ; James Vick, Rochester, list of special Floral prizes ; T. 

 S. Hubbard & Co., Grape Vines, Small Fruits, etc., Fredonia, N. Y. ; S. B. Fanning, 

 Choice Farm and Garden Seeds, Janiesport, Long Island ; N. Y., Samuel Edwards, Ever- 

 greens, etc., Lamoile, 111. ; James A. Root, Skaneateles, N. Y., Native Evergreens ; F. 

 S. Kellogg, Seeds and Implements, Chicago, 111. ; J. Cochrane, Green House and Bedding 

 Plants, Havana, Illinois. 



Errata. — In the proceedings of the Northwestern Horticultural Society, page 53, Feb- 

 Tnary number, for Rev. G. W. Nunier, of Nunier, read G. W. Miner, of Miner. 



Acknowledgements. — Henry Dreer, Seedsman, Philadelphia, has our thanks for a 

 package of seeds, containing many sorts of garden and flower seeds. We are also under 

 obligations to J. C. NefF, Duncan's Falls, Ohio, for a package of what he calls Mole seed. 

 He assures us that the leaves of this plant placed in the run-ways of the Garden Moles 

 will make that pest of the garden "skedaddle instanter to parts unknown." 



Receipt op Cions. — The Associate Editor would acknowledge the Ireceipt of cions of 



the Stark apple, from John Edgerton, Vineland Nursery, Coal Creek, Iowa, also of Ernst 



Von Oven, Naperville Nursery, 111. We also have cions of the Wealthy apple of Peter 



M. Gideon, E.xcelsior, Minn., which have the characteristics of a very hardy variery, 



which we in former years pointed out by the color of the bark, etc., for all of which they 



have our sincere thanks. 



Associate Editor. 



I^The natural life of the pear tree is admitted to be from fifty to one hundred years 

 old — a fact fully verified. 



Apple — Yellow Bellflower — its varied 



record 



Apple — Caster Crab 



Apple — Origin of the Stark 



Apple — High culture for 



Acknowledgments 



American Sweet Chestnut 



Bees and Grapes 



Big Pines 



Campbell's Late Rose Potato 



- Criticism 



Chas. Downing and Kentucky at the 



South 



Circulation of Sap 



Catalogues 



Cions— Receipt of. 



Cranberry Culture in Wis 



Change in Color of Flowers 



Celery — How to grow it 



Dwarf Horse Chestnut 



Errata 



Forcing Plants 



'Jrape Vine Fidia 



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Gardening in 1771 — Monthly Observa- 

 tions on 66 



Garden — why neglected 67 



Garden Peas— what to plant — early and 



late varieties 69 



Grapes — President Wilder and Salem.. . 77 



House Plants— Stimulating 76 



Indelible Labels 77 



Lettuce— The Hanson 73 



Mulching — Its Philosophy 63 



Mountain Ash for Pear Stocks 73 



Northern Illinois Hort. Soc 77 



Pear and its Culture No. 3 59 



Profits of Onion and Cabbage growing. 71 



Pear — New French 76 



Pear Growing in Cities 77 



Peaches — Varieties of 77 



Pear— Natural Life of the 78 



Seeds— Growing and Preserving 68 



Swine in Orchards 76 



78, 'Strawberry — Wilson 77 



70" What a Leaf does 70 



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