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ANDGARDENER'SJOURNAL. 



105 



beautiful ; but on account of their spreading 

 rough the soil, are uneuited to borders with box 

 IgingB. 



Few plants make n finer display than the FraxinctU 

 ith its striped flowers of red and white. No pleasure 

 irden should be withont so fine on ornament. 

 Campanula grandiflora has very large flowers of a 

 ne blue-purple. C. pcrsicifolia with its erect stem, 

 ilished leaves, and pure white flowers, is eminently 

 Bautiful. The blue variety is also fine ; and some 

 oublc&ni some single RovieXB of different species of 

 lis genus, arc very showy. 



Several kinds o( perennial larkspurs make a fine 

 sp'ay. The Siberian hcji larkspur^ and one or two 

 bcrs, send up from the roots so many stalks that when 

 mded they form columns seven or eight feet in height, 

 corated with blue floweis. These species, like 

 iiost cultivated plants, have seedlings which vary in 

 Irm and color, some much finer than others. The 

 ■hitiese larkspur, single and double, is also very orna- 

 lental ; and another perennial species which came 

 ithout a name, is so double that it yields no seeds. — 

 a color is the richest blue pui-jile. 

 Clematis rilicella is a climbing shrub withdwppur- 

 le flowers presented on long peduncles. It has a 

 ght and elegant appearance. 

 Gladiolus communis (common sword lilly) is one 

 "the prettiest plants in the garden. The flowers, on 

 ems three feet high, all face one way, and ore gener- 

 ly of a fine red ; but a new variety has sprung up in 

 u borders of a flesh color. We have also had them 

 hite, but these have not done well, and probably be- 

 ng to a different species. 



The purple fringe tree is a wonder. Soon after all 

 a mflowinuteers unfold, the fringe begms to protrude 

 om the peduncles ; in a short time it absorbs all the 

 lurishment, and the bloom perishes. The fringe 

 ten increases till the branches become loaded, and 

 e leaves partially concealed. A Ittle girl who knew 

 jt its name, called it " the wool tree." 

 The white fringe tree is a very different plant, but 

 so beautiful. Its fringe consiis of long slender petals 

 hich almost hide the leaves. It grows indigeniously 

 the south-eastern parts of Pennsylvania, but the for- 

 er is a native of Italy. 



Coroniila varia has elegant particolored flowers of 

 hite and pale red. Clematis ereeta, four or five feet 

 gh, increases in size year after year, and presents 

 hite masses of bloom which are fragrant. The pur- 

 efozglote, — the finger hut of the Germans, — claims 

 Dlace for its beauty and singularity. Lychnisfulgens 

 3ni China, is crowned with the richest scarlet. 

 Four herbaceous species of Spirtsa are known to 

 )rist6, two indigenous to Europe, and two to this con- 

 lent, besides a .Siberian variety of our S. lobaia. — 

 he two first sorts (S. filipendala and S. UlinariaJ 

 lord double flowers, which like S. aruncus, are 

 hite. The Inst species however, differs widely in its 

 florescence : The flowers though minute, are al- 

 oet countless in number, and are disposed on spikes 

 instituting panicles. It is very showy, and very 

 ngiilar in appearance. 



Iris is a family represented in this month by some 

 egant individuals ; but florists cannot always acquire 

 e correct name, and botanists are often puzzled with 

 irden specimens. One of the loveliest of the tuber- 

 is rooted section, is in this condition. The stem is 

 ghteen inches high, with large flowers of a light bu' 

 OBt most delicate blue. 



Iris siherica exhibits its fine variegated blossoms on 

 letop of its stems three feet in heigUth, while /. dc- 

 Ttorum half hides among its leaves, the beautiful 

 lorkings which nature has given it. I.Jiorenlina in 

 tueish white is one of the sweetest of its tribe. Two 

 ilbous 85r e from Spain run into many varietie? 



which are very am active, end are known as the Span- 

 ish and the Ei:glis/i Iris. The latter is later, and has 

 larger flowers, but both are rich in colors. 



The old fashioned honey suckles that charmed us in 

 early life, still dilTiise their odors ; and no garden can 

 be well furnished without them. Tbe honey suckles 

 from China and Japan, though in request, are inferior 

 to those natives of England- The trumpet honey 

 suckles, yellow and crimson, are pretty but not fra- 

 grant. 



Phlox, in some of its species, flowers from spring 

 till the approach of winter. P. orala and P. carnea a 

 foot high, are pretty. P. undulata a little taller, is 

 pale and less conspicuous ; but P. macvlata in its 

 finest varieties, excels every other at this season, in the 

 color, and in the size of its flowers. It is a native o' 

 low fertile grounds, and is more superb in such situa- 

 tions. The white variety (P. suarcolens) is splendid 

 in a rich shaded border. 



Pinks like roses, are always presumed to be fra- 

 grant ; and in combining neatness and sweetness, ex 

 eel most other flowers. Room should be made in our 

 borders for mor ! varieties of this interesting family. 



The Lily (Lilivm) is the flower of summer. The 

 Daurian lily resembles our L. philadelphicum, bu 

 bears the sunshine of the open border. L. pyrcnaieum, 

 ol'ten improperly called martagon, is elegant but strong 

 scented. The orange lily in its several varieties, de- 

 serves to be admired. L. canniicnse, indigenous to our 

 woods and meadows, stands next to L. superbnm in 

 beauty, and before it in hardihood, — growing well in 

 any rich border. But the old while lily that charmed 

 thefloristsof former ages, still keeps (or ought to keep) 

 its place as the first on the list of excellence. Its purity 

 and sweetness are unrivalled; but in this northern land, 

 it requires shelter in winter. t 



Signature Corrected. — The article on " The Flow- 

 ers of Spring" in our last Number, P. 92, was signed 

 X by a mistake of the printer ; it should be marked 

 thus t. 



as to regulate the depth of the plough or furrow. 



UcEpcctfully yours, W. N. H. 



Yates Co., June, 18-10. 



* By a mistake of the engraver, the two extra holes 

 are made to appear on the land side, instead of the 

 furrow sitlc. — Eds. 



An Improved Plough device. 



Messrs. Editors. — I send you a description of the 

 device attached to a plough which one of my fiiends 

 lately imported from Europe, and which all who have 

 seen it believe to be a decided improvement. 



The above cut needs but little e.xplanation. The 

 upper sketch shows the top of tbe beam and device, 

 and tbe manner of regulating the icidth of the furrow. 

 The two extra holes on the furrow ' side of the device, 

 are used only when ploughing head-lands, so as to al- 

 low the plough to gather nearer to the fence. The boo' 

 Si. swivel are connected with the large device by meai 

 of an ordinary device of small size. This arrange- 

 ment is very convenient, as the whipple-treea can be 

 put on or taken off" without drawing a single bolt. 



Tbe lower sketch shows the landside of the beam 

 and device, and the manner of shifting the device so 



Slugs on Fruit Trees. 



According to our predictions last month, the eggs 

 which we noticed on the leaves of the pear trees, soon 

 hatched, and produced the slimy worms or slugs which 

 have so greatly injured pear and cherry trees in this 

 region, for several years past. We, and some friends 

 took considerable pains to discover the parents of thesa 

 animals, but were unsuccessful. It will be seen on p. 

 107 (this number,) that our correspondent J. thinks 

 we "make quite a mistake in considering tbe slug 

 the larva of an insect;" or, in other words, that the 

 eggs are deposited by a fly or moth, and that the slugs 

 undergo transformation. He says the slug belongs 

 to the class in Zoology called Molusca, order Nuta- 

 da, genus Lymax. If so, it is not properly the 

 larva of an insect, but a perfect animal, and un- 

 dergoes no transfjrmation. Now, with all possible 

 deference to our esteemed friend J., we are constrain- 

 ed to believe that the " great mistake" is on his side; 

 for in the first place the animals with which ho claeses 

 it, are d-.'scribcd by naturalists as being destitute of feet 

 and legs, like the snail, but these possess both feet 

 and legs in perfection. In the second place, the eggs 

 appeared in such abundance, and S3 rapidly, that it 

 would be impossible for snch slugs to deposit them, 

 unless they were quite numerous; and no such things 

 could be discovered on the trees at that time, or until 

 the eggs were hatched. Cjusjquently we are still of 

 the opinion that the depositors of these eggs are "some 

 kind of a fly or moth." 



We shall doubtless soon be able to set the matter at 

 rest, however, as we intend to watch their movements 

 closely, in order to ascertain what changes they under- 

 go, if any: and in what form or manner they pass the 

 winter. We hope friend J. and others, will assist in 

 the matter, so that we may obtain a better knowledge 

 of this seemingly nondescript enemy of the fruit gar- 

 den. 



Since writing the above, it has occurred to us that 

 we may have mistaken the meaning of our friend J. 

 It is probable that he only objects to our use of the 

 term •' Slug," and he did not intend to be itnderstood 

 to say that the insect referred li by us belongs to the 

 tronus Lymax; but merely that the true Slug or naked 

 Snail does. In this sense his remarks are correct. — 

 Wo did not intend, however, to use the word "Slug" 

 as a scientific term, or with scientific precision, but 

 merely to denote an animal of slug-like appearance, 

 by the name which we balieve common consent hog 

 applied to it in this region, where the trup slug, or na- 

 ked snail is not commonly known. 



(CT Persona whose trees are infested with thcss 

 slugs, should lose no time in sprinkling dry ashes over 

 them. Repeat the application two or three days sue 

 cessively, and it will generally kill them. 



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Reriral of the Silk business.— Vie are pleased to 

 bear that the Silk Company at Northampton have com- 

 pletely resuscitated th;ir establishment, the operations 

 if which were somewhat paialyzei by the times, and 

 they are now progress ng with every prospect of sue 

 ccjs. The sewing 8:1k manufactory at Nantucket, 

 continues in the same prosperous career that has et- 

 tended it from the commencement. The bounty 

 ,aw3 of MnsHOchusetts, Vermont and other eastern 

 States, have bad the desired effect by inducing num- 

 bers of persons to turn their attention to this pursuit; 

 and tens of thousands of MiiHiorry Trees are now be- 

 ing planted in those States for the purpo.w of raising 

 silk, and has caused quite an animated demand tor 

 them, and they have in consequence, been again sel- 

 ling at very fair prices. — Stir. 



