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VOL, XIII. 



^x A R D E NE R' S JOURNAL 



^^= =^ SJKhJLT, (Agricultoral Warehodsb.I-T c 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARcTHs; 



REHOdse;.)-T. G. FESSKNDEN, EDITOK. 



TRAKSPLAWTIIVG. 



T. G. Fessenden, Esq. 



fn.1t„U T " "T ^-^I'--'-'- in transplanti,,,; 

 w ch r , ^""."""'^ "'« following ,neti,o.l 



Sevpj-al years since 



of the tree wlncl. stands to the south before they 



a e removed front the nursery and he ca,-ef, to 



u the same side to the south when they a.^se 



MS ntay appear chimerieal to persons wl>o have' 



never observed the difference ilt trees where tWs 



ices Horn this simple cn-cumstance, wiiich apna- 



1 e 4:r";r", ""'"""'•^' ^°'- ^-•-«" >-- -'i 



e sa attention to every tiling else in set- 

 ting—the reason is obvious as every one who 

 ivi 1 notice either a fruit or forest 'tre wh ti 

 c dow.,, which has stood m the open land 



""';m'l!;r_°^''--i-'-'y-icJ 



NO, 34. 



J, - I J'urcliased at a niirserv I is A- fl.„ ---■—■-". ■■■le iree is nearly twice 



owned by a quaker on the Nortli river a i n b • ,1 / ^ *; '°""' '"'^ ^'''^ """^ side of the tree 



,of trees of choice engrafted fruit, and lehi "d" ' If T' "' "" """' "" "^« -'"' '-'^ '-i"^ ^o 

 ous tl,„t „....;„„ .,....,. . '. e'".clesn-|much larger as to make this difference Now 



ous that nothing should be oinitted that"wou 

 secure a reward for my trouble and expense a I 

 afford the luxury of good fruit, I adopted the Co 



niem, wlncli was tlien with n^^ ... , ^ ° 



but It proved to be one whicli e.pialled mymoJt 

 sang^nne expectations. In the t^rst placeVwl- 

 care ui to have the holes where the f'ees were io 

 stand, dug at least two months before I set Ten, 

 carefully laying the sods (for it was trass la J 

 where set the trees,) in k heap by th m e ' 

 laying the grass side down that they milht eom? 

 completely rotten by the time of setti " t ,e tTeT ' 

 uid which I consider better than aV lan re ' 

 •o place round the roots in setting, also to lav he 



ave the holes dug two or three feet larger in cir 

 ces.sa,y that the roots may have au opportunity 



iiii- shou d Ifl ,'"'j°'"'"ff «^arth. Great 



ots natmlllv Z''"'^" '° ''^^'^ '^' ^^''^"^ 



ots na uially spread, and the pulverized sods 



•>nly placed around them, tha e e tl li^v 



ay be afforded for the support of th^'-Ll M^ 



|.r:^.r^::^ri-2tL-^^^^ 

 Sdri^^^^^^^^^^ 



rI~''--sr^i^:-tS 



ere I live ''""=' ''''"^'^'""y ''^ ">'' spring 



Mnv w ''^'■" '^" '^^' °*" April or firs, 



May where trees are set in the sprin. the 

 es should he du-^ in th» M\ V '^ 



._l.«ln„„pe,i„.e,h„i,i'„„|,,°I,';;;i" 



'■- the side which has stood to the south to the 

 noi, a d 3ou must necessarily check the growth 

 of the tree, as the side which has enjoyed the se 

 n;al rays of the sun -which has ca sed t s in 

 c -eased growth, cannot stand the chilling blasts of 

 i-e north w nd and thrive. I have found , a 

 ree. do much better to rub the bodies and Hm. 

 a a. as you can reach, with soft soap diluted a 



te with water ; this should be done in Mai and 

 : L '.^ 'IZ "''"'' '"■<' g^"«-"y to be found 



on the bark of the trees and cause a vigorous ac 



It.on, which will faeilitate their growth." If t lere 



- aM.y rough hark on them it should fir.st be care! 



"lly scraped off with a, hoe. Sometimes trees 



to cattle which appear stinted and have their 

 .des closely attached to, their bodies,) this nay 



be cured by taking a shar,, pointed knife and 



mak. an incision longitudinal^ from the liiS 



to the ground m the month of June 



I thmk my trees have succeeded best on sward 

 land, where care has been taken as often as eve^ 

 other year, to loosen the earth with a dung f^rl 

 fo. a few feet around the trees and apply a moder 

 nure "iTtf "' T"? '"'•" >'"''' "r -mpost m . 



"less t, ""-"'' " "''='' "'"""g «■"" ''•^es, 



unles., the greatest care is observed, which you 

 can rarely if ever secure if left to hired inen 

 their trunks will be galled and i^any time so ^ 

 jured as to cause the death of the tL, and tli e 

 1. also danger of the roots being disturbed and 

 b oken by the plough. I am Ltisfied that if 

 o.chards are once ploughed they must continue to 

 e ploughed and manured as often as once n 

 three years or the trees will not flourish 



Nurserymen generally, if not always, apply so 



nnch manure and cuhure to theii- ground o 



bring forward their trees and give them a tSiftv 



t"' n :' ?■ '"•"T™""^' •""' ■'' g-at care is Lot 



rromdtLr" ". g'-""l- '°«se and manured 



a.e transplanted, they will remain stationary, and 

 l-y inattention to wliat may seem thin.^s of li In 

 consequence, the expectati'ons of those" w .o " e 

 ooking tor a speedy reward for their trouble ami ex 

 Pense in procuring choice fruit, are for a lon4" i me" 



nay be useful to mention here ; his nursery con- 

 amed several acres and he told me that 'ui fl 

 t-ees were obtained by ,he following simp j ' " 

 ess viz: after, he had procured h s sZ'/ he 



Xet::"co!rr'^""'"r'^'''^^''-«---- 



two In les in '' '""""■ °'' "" '''■'' "^ «"« or 



on^ natural When i:t;:c:L,';h^r:-rf 



set ,1 ''adhnished enough for a row he 



Witlviv-^ru to the 



nother important thing to be attended to if of , T' " 7' -'-f ■'''^'; "'sappointed. The quak 



--■> the trees to do well is to mark the °d ' ^ui ""a wa'^wS' l:"" '"" ''""'"'''''' "' 



a way nhich was new to me and which 



Whites, blacks, and b.;;;;-;:'!!;:;^:- :f 



flowens, ,t may be adopted, as a rule s. Jc en"for 

 most practical purposes, that whites look v^I be 



bhck:i"'r '"■ '"•"°'"' '''•' '''^'^^ -«' brown that 

 blacks look best next to gi-een.s, reds, and whites 



and that the same will hold good as ,0 brow!!' 



In arranging hyacinths in a bed, or chry.san^e" 



mums on a stage, all the varieties having the sane 



color for a ground should be pla.-ed together for 



example, all the reds : but, ti preyent^the nonot 



ony that would result from salmon running iUo 



c un.so,i and crimson into lilac, there may be n 



foduced between them streaks of white and 



sometimes of black or brown, to keep up the 



barmony. It must be recollected that, in anZ- 



."g flowers according to their colors, some W 



of^ botanica arrangemem must be kept itr:tw; 



lbati.>, all those varieties whi^h approach the' 



togethei . This may Irequently be done, and har- 

 mony preserved, without the introductiot^ of either 

 win es or blacks; but, where i, cannot, whites 

 blacks will afford the desired contr'ast. It 

 diftcuh, ,f not impossible, to give detailed direc- 

 tions on this subject without the aid of colored 

 pla es; and, even m that case, much must be left 

 to the taste and feeling „f ,he operator. W . 

 won d recommend our correspondent to store his 

 mmd with Ideas on the subject from the works of 

 Burnet and of Philips, on painting ; or, if these 

 works he too bulky for his purpo^^, >;« vyoul 1 

 ecommend a small work, by a scientific house- 

 painter, Dr Hay of Edinburgh, entitled The Law. 

 of Harmonious Coloring, S,-c., by D. R. Hay. If 

 our correspondent possesses our Encyclopaedia 

 of Cottage, Farm, and Villa .Irchiiccture, ov even 





