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justly feel — that they have no capital to spare for 

 mere ornament. But shelter, warmth and protec- 

 tion have a money value, and while adorning, trees 

 do all these things and more. The English term 

 " Fore.-jt trees" reads much better in catalogues 

 than the mere "ornamental" does. 



There is no lack of interest in the Kose, however, 

 in the West, and these were being extensively and 

 successfully raised by green cuttings, struct in 

 close frames in the open air, and well but not sti- 

 flingly shaded. Altogether Mr. Hanford seems to 

 feel encouraged to do a little in the pure ornamen- 

 tal line. His greenhouse establishment is entirely 

 a child of modern growth. It now comprises 

 several hous3S, and he proposes to increase them. 

 The Capital of the State, with perhaps 40 000 in- 

 habitants, and no florists, greenhouses or establish- 

 ments for cut flowers exist, is remarkable in a place 

 like Columbus. Too many florists " wait for the 

 demand," but Mr. Hanford recognizes the great 

 principle of success, which all successful nurserymen 

 have had of find, that " to make money in the nur- 

 sery trade, one has to make his own customers." 

 He has to be both a teacher and a tradesman. A 

 man who "knows enough" and who lends no han*d 

 to circulate horticultural magazines, because they 

 "let the public know too much," usually has to 

 depend on the charity of friends for decent burial 

 after death. Mr. Hanford has our best wishes in 

 his attempt to create a horticultural taste amongst 

 the Columbusiaus, and for the encouragement of 

 our friend, we may say that a good wish of the 

 Monthly is generally not only ' father to the thought, ' 

 but to the deed also. 



Not expecting to stay long at Columbus, we ex- 

 pected to slip through " unbeknowns " to our nu- 

 merous amateur friends who reside about there ; 

 but the sickness of a traveling friend delaj^ed u^ 

 beyond our project, and we were su prised on several 

 occasions of what is considered a " mean thing " in 

 an Editor, going by the house of a reader without 

 "calling in." If we had expected to have staid 

 beyond a few hours, we should have arranged a list 

 before starting, and hereby beg our friends excuse 

 who were neglected. 



We took time, however, to go out to Mr. Man- 

 nings, whose notes of rare evergreens and fruits 

 have frequently interested our readers. Mr. Man- 

 ning is engaged in mechanical pursuits, but has a 

 beautiful spot for his home, which he seeks to ren- 

 der still more attractive by surrounding it with all 

 the rare and beautiful trees that will endure the 

 winter with him. This year affords a new experi- 

 ence, for the summer has been so dry that many | 



things have been lost by the drought, that have 

 heretofore withstood the severest winter seasons. 

 Amongst his collections were some of which we had 

 never seen finer. A Cupressus Lawsoniana about 

 12 feet was good. This species appears as it gets 

 age to resemble very much in habit some of our 

 graceful forms of Red Cedar. A Deutzia crenata 

 pleno,about two feet high and as much thick, show- 

 ed that it was of a much prettier habit than the D. 

 scabra, and with the flowers so much more beauti- 

 ful than any, it must be a very handsome thing. 



Amongst the saddest things in our experience is 

 to find a hard working man, limited in means and 

 rich only in enthusiasm, imposed on by the ignor- 

 ance or rascality of dealers. Here we found ou.r 

 friend glorying in his his splendid specimen of 

 Finns excelsa, which was only a very good speci- 

 men of the common White Pine. So long had he 

 feasted on the cherished idea of possessing a trea- 

 sure, that we were almost tempted to let him go on, 

 not caring to be the means of pain to him by de- 

 molishing his idol; but botanical truth is a heartless 

 iconoclast, and we had to do it, mentally resolving, 

 however, to present him with a few seeds of the 

 real kinds as soon as our ship comes in, as our pen- 

 nance for the sin of telling him the truth. 



Mr. Manning is as zealous in the cause of fruits 

 as of plants and flowers. Here we had the pleasure 

 of tasting lor the first time out of Boston, the 

 Clapp's Favorite Pear. It was a very good article, 

 though not up to the mark as we had seen it in 

 Boston, nor was it of quite as good quality as we 

 have eaten it before. 



This part of Ohio is very beautiful, well timber- 

 ed and we should judge in ordinary seasons, well 

 watered for the road sides were frequently ploughed 

 into channels ten feet deep, the soil being of alight 

 sandy nature. We found, however, the same com- 

 plaint here as elsewhere West, that the land was 

 "declining in productiveness," and yet they seem- 

 ed to think as a general thing with so much new ; 

 land to be had that " manuring did not pay the \ 

 labor." ! 



53^ Communications for this department must reach the Editor 

 on or hefore the 10th of the month. 



|r3=The Editor cannot answer letters for this department pri- 

 vately. 



Mr. Griffith's Grape Patent— J! W. B. 

 Flattslurg, says: — "Will you allow me to say a 

 few words on the article in your last number, en 



