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THE ILIL-IlsrOIS FA.R1VIEII. 



fluwer, worthy of moderate cultivation. In the 

 central part of the Stute this is a favorite. 

 Yfcllovr Newtown Pippin. Reaolvod, That this 

 apple be reoom?nended as the best winter apjile 

 for general cultirntioo on limeetone formation 



After considerable debate the meetiug oon- 

 oarred in the resolution of the committee. 



It was stated bj Dr. Warder, that oa some 

 of the Ohio limestones it had done badly, but 

 in our own State the evidence was strongly 

 in its favor. Wine sap was sent to the head 

 of the list for general cultivatioo, both by the 

 committee and members. Raulet Janett. The 

 ooirmittee say good for Central Illinois and 

 highly valuable for Egypt. Mr. Young, Pres- 

 ident of the Louisville (Ky.) Horticultural Soh 

 ciety, said it stood at the head of the list of 

 valuable apples in his State. If it had any 

 fault it was in its tondtncy to overbear, and in 

 most oases it required thinning on the trees, if 

 extra fine specimens were wanted. Milam. 

 This fruit had many friends io the meeting, 

 but the report of the committee ibat it mu8t 

 give place to better sorts was concurred m. 

 Little Koinanite wea Toteid valuable for market. 

 This fruit should be more generally cultivated. 

 The trea is hardy, an annual bearer, a sound 

 keeper, valuable for cider, will not rot if bruis- 

 ed in packing, is showy in market — of medium 

 sisa for the stall and will sell, though not of 

 decided good flavor. There is no apple that 

 will bear the abuse that this fruit will endure. 



In discussing fruits for Egypt, the eubject 

 very nntaraliy came up, which is the north 

 line of Egypt. Some said the Obio and Miasis- 

 sippi Kiiiruad, some town No. 12 north, some 

 the Terre Haute and Alton Ilailroad. The wri- 

 ter claimed that it was on the division line, 

 between the clay loam drift of Central Illinois 

 and the limemud drift, but the matter was not 

 settled, and the question as to the bounds of 

 Egypt is still an open one. 



Pryor's Hod was voted valuable. Mr. Young, 

 of Kentucky, said it was liable to the leaf 

 blight. Dr. Warder said that though it had 

 the reputation of being slow to come into bear- 

 ing, yet he thought such was not the case. Kod 

 June or Carolina Red June, was highly rec- 

 ommended by all. Early Harvest and Red 

 Astraohan, were put in the same class as highly 

 valuable. Limber Twig was put down among 

 the most profitable. R-ome Beauty wa? only 

 set down for trial. Dr. Warder and others, 

 think it largely overestimated. Buckingham; 

 considered synonymous with Striped Fall. 

 Queen of Kentucky, was recommended for trial, 

 to which Fall Queen was added; valuable for 

 cooking and drying. This is the largo apple 

 that has attracted so much attention at our 

 State Fair for some years. 



Northern Spy passed as of no value in this 

 part of the state. Rambo, one of the best of 

 the Autumn apples, if picked rather green, it 

 will keep well into the winter, but if allowed 

 to remain long on the trees, soon decay. These 

 are facts of value, and account for the diver- 

 sity of tipiuion, in regard to the keeping of this 

 fruit. 



QOINCE. 



This fruit has done well at Jonesboro, for the 



past thirty years, bearing gDod annual cropf-; 

 th«»y have been little cultivated. No doubt 

 from the evidjoce adduced, that it will prove a 

 profitable fruit. 



The now officers elect, are John M. Hunter^ 

 of Ashley, Prest, Charles Kennioott, of San- 

 doval, Cor. Sec, H. C Freeman, of South Pass, 

 (Cobden) Reo. Sec, B. G. Roita, Trees. 



The society is in able and energetic hands, 

 and will go ahead. If there are any who think 

 this society will die out, they will find them- 

 selvoB happily disappointed, and will have 

 to wait fur a change of officers. Next month 

 we shall publish the secretary's report, which 

 will fill up any omission now made. 



[Editor j 



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Fruit Treci for Ornamental Purposes. 



Under this head, Mr. Sanders, a not- 

 ed horticulturist, of Germantown, Pa., 

 writes an instructive article to the Horti- 

 culturist. He would combine the useful 

 with the ornamental, and plant fruit trees 

 together in groups. A similar recommen- 

 dation was made by the Chairman of 

 the Fruit Growers' Meeting, held at our 

 last State Fair : 



"In the course of my practice I have 

 frequently taken occasion to advise the 

 propriety of planting fruit orchards so 

 as to secure more variety of outline than 

 they usually present, and to a certain 

 extent carry into the orchard some of the 

 most characteristics features of orna- 

 mental planting. There are many situ- 

 ations where a fine eflfect can be produc- 

 ed by planting the orchard so that it will 

 appear as a further extension of the 

 lawn, somewhat in the manner that I 

 have here attempted to describe. 



"It may be urged that very littlefruit 

 would be produced by this method of 

 planting, the trees being placed so close- 

 ly as to prevent thorough cultivation. — 

 This objection is not so formidable as 

 might at first sight appear. The soil 

 around the trees in all the larger groups 

 can be cultivated the same as in any oth- 

 er well kept shrubbery plantation; and 

 I am not convinced that the European 

 method of planting applo and pear trees 

 at forty feet apart, is the best adapted 

 to this climate. Closer planting, so as 

 to produce a more thorough shading of 

 the ground by foliage, and the shelter 

 thus afforded from the drying winds of 

 spring and summer, arresting to some 

 extent the rapid evaporation of moisture 

 from the soil, are considerations worthy 

 of attention. 



"An ample variety of really ornamen- 

 tal, and at the same time useful fruit 

 trees may be selected, and it would be 

 no difficult mutter to plant a lawn almost 

 exclusively with such and still produce 

 a great variety of landscape effect. The 

 American and Spanish chestnuts are lof- 

 ty trees bearing useful fruits ; so are 



the shell bark hickory and pecan nuts. 

 The black walnut may also be introduc- 

 ed ; the English walnut, of which there 

 are dozens of fine old specimens in this 

 vicinity yielding annually many bushels 

 of fruits, is also available. — The butter- 

 nut forms a fine group ; its foliage at a 

 distance resembles the ailanthus. The 

 persimmon, when in vigorous growth, 

 has glossy foliage of great beauty, and 

 like the butternut, is well adapted for 

 planting in groups. The mulberry fam- 

 ily, although in some respects rather ob- 

 jectionable, would form a distinct fea- 

 ture; the red fruiting forms a tree of con- 

 siderable size and is rather distinct in 

 foliage. The black European is also a 

 desirable plant. The pawpaw is cer- 

 tainly one of our finest foliaged plants, 

 forming a beautiful group in close plant- 

 ing. In rich soil it will grow into a 

 beautiful small tree with foliage equal 

 to a magnolia, and fruit but little inferi- 

 or to the banana. The wild cherry, and 

 the English bird cherry are both orna- 

 mental trees, especially the mahaleb 

 cherry is very desirable on account of 

 its fragrant blossoms ; in this respect it 

 resembles the English hawthorn, and is 

 a capital substitute for that delicate fra- 

 grant plant so much planted for its beau- 



"For shrubbery and undergrowth we 

 have the chinquapin chestnut, which will 

 even grow into a good size tree under 

 favorable conditions, but may easily be 

 kept as a low spreading bush, for which 

 it is admirably adapted. The species of 

 barberry afford much variety, both in 

 habit and foliage. The cornelian cherry 

 (cornus mas,) is a plant seldom equaled 

 in beauty when covered with its brilliant- 

 ly colored cherry like fruit, of which 

 some people are fond. The species of 

 hazle nuts form admirable bushes ; the 

 purple leaved variety being particularly 

 attractive in early spring, and is of very 

 rapid growth. The cut leaved and vari- 

 gated elder berry are frequently cultiva- 

 ted in shrubberies ; and the wild plum, 

 quince, high bush cranberry, and even 

 tlie huckleberry need not be excluded 

 when they can be properly disposed." 



Mr. Sanders drew the plan of the Nor- 

 mal University grounds at Bloomington, 

 by reference to which it will be seen 

 that he is a late convert to the above the- 

 ory. It has generally been the fault of 

 landscape gardeners to intensify the 

 beautiful, but the demands of the age — 

 the peculiar utilitarian views of the peo- 

 ple have compelled this change, — a com- 

 bination of the useful and the beautiful. 

 What more beautiful on the lawn in early 

 spring than the May cherry covered with 

 blossoms or in June loaded with fruit ? 

 The Siberian crab, the persimmon, paw- 



