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GRAPES, ^:I^^---FRERBH,VE^^ . FRUIT^' " &c. '; 
ANexperiencedcorrespoiicJent, of Alabama, gives us the 
following suggestive hintsr— We are obliged, however, to 
dissent from his efetimaie of the respective jmerits of the 
Ca.ta,wba .and .^cupperno^^g, deeinihg the. , laUer pf . little 
, -.value. for, win^jiandi preferring .the HStiU” Qatawf 
ba, of BucHAKAJSt and ho^Q-^'XiRVii^'untkmtt'svgidf : = " j 
If ybh are pTantingh=viheyfird for Wine be'^Shfe 'to get 
ihV It inakeda richef 'WiheVhan the 
CataWba." The"Deve»‘eeux ts fair VupeHhf ta the' Watt-Vh^ 
■thbtJgh probably^ si eeedlmg^' from' the latter/’' The' Seiipi 
'perhbhg is the most pio.fitable; because Vvhiie'd^^^^ gtapes 
^are^abdut aS ktfbject ks Peaches to^rbasuaTti^j this 'is a 
-hever-failifig crop? - It doei hot •^hke ’gobd'wiire"with 
Sugar’ but with Mcbhol will' make''good wifieih fWo ■years 
feofh the Vintage. The €ataWba Is best With andis 
•three years - getting ’ hvelldW.''' T belibye ladies' UriiroVnTfy 
prefehr the^'Scupperhbng Wine to'bhy bthVr.^' ' ’ ! 
VStraWberries' ihixed^With as mueh’khgaf d'S if fh fended 
‘Tor ■ erbam; and ’sealed' up'Vn - glaSS,' Will , "bh" ' six' month's j 
‘make fi’ most delicious'’ WiheV'" The berneW’w 
itibe’ With efeam;- " They Will become soft, but will taste 
like fresh strawberries ahd bieahi- ^easohed’ W^h^^ wifieJ 
iStraWbeWies will not keep ifitiir; heither- vrill PkimS. ■ ! 
-'PEARH RN 'THiS^'ijElNfyE BTOFli;-.--' j 
fe;-' C O' ■ ' rr- .-- v.:.; ( 
5 ;, ;WK.take the following from an §.rt4cle of our-friend, Lj 
E. BEfeCKMAkS-; Esqijvvho hasspefirt a long lifeitr the study 
of Pomology', and his - opinions are, therefore, Worthy of 
'confidence. To the question, Quincd-graftcd Pcan 
?” he replies; . , . - i 
jiViTliavo no hesitation in replying,' Yes, they .will, and 
often better than on Pear, stock ; and they are less subject 
-to blight. I know that I do not agree with the opinions 
pf my late friends, Van Mons and Esperen, who never 
would admit a Quince stock in theirexperimentalgardens, 
. I respect their memory, but cannot Itelp considermg their 
opinions as a prejudice. They had not found out the 
good Quince stock., and perhaps did not know how to 
plant quince-grafted. trees. E myself,, did not know then; 
At present, my best trees are on the Quince ; and my best 
fruit also. Those who would successfully cultivate, these 
must pay_attentipn to, the following rules : , 
1. Have a good,. substantial, rather deep soil, with. por-| 
pus or drained subsoil. 
2. Select the good Angers, or Orleans Quince, for stock. 
^ 3. Plant no other I'^arieties than those wliich succeed on 
the Quince. 
,4. Plant the trees deep enough, so that tlie place where 
they have been budded shall be at least three inches below 
the surface of the soil. 
5. Iveep the weeds down. 
G. Keep the branches low, and make a pyramidal tree, 
by judicious pruning once or twice a year. If well jorun- 
ned, the tree requires no pinching. 
Much has been said about the of the Quince 
stock. If properly planted in genial soil, which is not 
exhausted or impoverished by intervening field crops 
without a reasonable supply of manure, as most of our 
apple orchards are, the Quince-grafted tree will thrive for 
some fifty years or more. Some actual facts will prove 
what I state. Hon. M. P. Wilder has in his garden at 
-Dorchester, trees wliich he brought from Long Island 
some twenty years ago. They have yielded fine crops 
almost every year, and there is no reason to anticipate a 
diminution of growth or crops. These trees are on the 
Quince, but they have been planted by a man who knows 
how to manage trees. 
In the same gqrden are someJinc.Urbaniste trees. — a pare 
on the Pear and a part on the.Quince-r-pIanted in the 
same, spot, in the same year. Those on Pear roots are 
now, beginning to bear some spare fruits, while the others, 
on Quince, have yielded bushels, of fruit for the last seven 
years; and are aetually .ioad.ed with a splendid crop.. .All 
are equaily he.althy. ' . . 
He vylyo wants large cVop.s, of .Pears, indifferent in size 
or^quality, riiay plant alflijs trees on tffe Pear stock ;/ but 
he'has to wait .from ten to fifteen years. If you want large 
fine fruit, which, ip .fa.ct^ pays bcijer, .with less, trouble and 
expense, select your vari.etieson. tbc.Qoioc.e. Tiiese.,will 
often bear the . first year, an4 alwijy^s. tlie tbirff or.fouith 
from thei.r planting. If I had. thiriy , trees, torplpnt, .i\ye;ity 
should be qn the.Quince^ the balajice on Tear stock. - 
, -^mX varieties will not grow .upon the Quince, but. even 
these .do. that is, budded .pr grafted 
upon "a variety w orked, already .upon the Quince, and .suc- 
ceeding upon it. . ThV French call ii mtp-'mediarij^ ^g;raft- 
■ in blunting orchards’, the same, care. and tire same d'ig- 
'grngls required Tor a !3tandard.as for a Quince stpcl^, but 
how di:pei;ent the result'? , Ask. Jffr., .Hovey, ,a,Q4 .others 
arpund./^pston,, frpm whicli they derive thep: las'gesi.pro- 
fits. They all, agree that the/Quince root kas pa d ,t|ie .soil 
the expenses, tree and all* long before the jpgar 
.shown .ahy sigiis of bearing.'*. . . 
[We. have also on file, for our June number, -fan ejccel- 
ient article ou this subject, ’ from an experienced ■ Missis- 
sippicorrespdndent.— Eds-] ‘ 
!>ES4^KIPTION OF A KBW BAPTIBIA, FOUND 
, . near Aiken, S. C., >y H. W. RaveneV 
Read before tke EUipt Societ y of. Natural Hista y. Janu 
ary ISil , 1856. 
I desirfe to make this Society the medium of publishing 
a new species of Bapiisia, which I have discPvered in 
the “Sand Hills,” in the neighborhood of Aiken. , 
The honored Bo'.anist, whose name this Society bears, 
aided by his numerous friends and correspondents, has 
scrutinized, with such diligence and ability, the ff oral 
regions of our State, that his “Sketch,” which modestly 
claimed bat a fragment of the harvest, has left for Future 
reapers only scanty gleanings in the field of Phienogam- 
ous Sotany. The “Sand Hill” region of our Siate, the 
Flora of which is weTl marked and characteristic, has fur- 
nished two species of Baptisia, which seem to have es- 
caped his observation, viz; the subject of the present 
notice, whose characters are given below; and Baptisia 
Serencr., Curiis found some five or six years ago in the 
Sand Hills, about Society Hill, and published by Dr, Cur- 
tis, in vol. vii. of “Siliiman’s Journal,” for 1849, p.' 406, 
and which I have also found here.' These two, and B. 
perfoliata, R. Br., appear to be confined to the “Simd 
Hills.” 
The two former are rather rare, (of Baptisia Scrclia:. I 
have found but two speciinens) but the latter is very com- 
mon here ; and with Ccratlola Ericoiifcs and E'-iogovuhi 
lomentosim , is a peculiar characteristic of this region. 
In addition to these three, just named, I find Bopti^^.a 
tinctoriai'R. Br., B alba, R Br., and B. Icucapfa^ Nutull. 
These three last have a wider range. 
BAPTISIA STIP'JLACEA. 
Species nova glabra, caule 
ramosissiino, ramisque patentibus. Foliis trifoliolatis-, pe- 
tiolatis, foliplis subrotundo-obovatis, basi cuneotis, petio- 
lurn excedentibus. S'ipidis folioaceis, auricuJatr)-cordati& 
obt'dsis, subaiuplcxicaul/biis, persistentibus, p-.tiolo U>^hgior-.- 
bus Racemis terniinalibus, laxifloris, declinatis. Legv 
minibus inflatis, subrotundis, pedicellatis. 
Stem two to three feet high, diffusely branched, glab- 
