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SOUTHERN CULTIYATOR. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Some hardy Annuals may yet be sown, but it is rather 
late. Take up bulbous roots, such as Tulips, Jifiiquills, 
&,c., as soon as the leaves decay — dry and store them. 
Apply liquid manure occasionally to all your choice flow 
.ers. Roses should now be budded and layered — furni 
o;ate with tobacco smoke to destroy the Aphis or Green fly 
upon the Rose and other plants. Gather ripe flower seeds 
in dry weather. Use water freely arnon'^ your flowers 
whenever it is necessary. Rain water is best. 
TSING-MA (CANNABIS GIGANTEA.) 
Editors Southern Cultivator — This kind of hemp, 
recently introduced from China, is surpassing all other 
varieties of hemp in luxuriance. The lint is much finer 
and better than that of the well known Italian hemp, and 
can be spun as fine as flax. It has lately been introduced 
into France, where, however^ the summers are not long 
enough to ripen its seed. I grew it last summer, and 
thought it was planted late, and the summer was exceed- 
ingly dry, I obtained ripe seed v/ithout difficulty, though 
the season' was too unfavorable to give it a f«ir trial. I 
consider it a valuable acquisition for the hemp-growing 
districts of the South. Robert Nelson. 
Macon, Ga., April, 1855. 
PHYSALIS EBULIS, 
Editors Southern Cultivator — Several species of this 
•genus are common weeds in the high, dry, sandy lands in 
■Georgia and South Carolina. The Physalis Alkekengi is 
•considered very unwholesome. The above-mentioned 
species is a native of Peru, where it is a perennial plant, 
too tender, however, to endure our winters ; but when 
treated as an annual, it will grow here as easy as a Tomato. 
It forms a neat little bush about two feet high, blooming 
-and bearing fruit all the summer. The fruit is a yellow 
berry, about the size of a cranberry, enclosed in an in- 
flated calyx, whence its botanical name. Partaking of 
the flavor ofthe Guava and the Pine-apple, it is a most 
delicious fruit for pies. When gathered and put aside, it 
will keep during the whole winter in fine condition for 
-use. Being of easy cultivation, I am confident that this 
plant will soon become as indispensable in our gardens as 
the Tomato. Robert Nelson. 
Macon, Ga., May, 1855. 
FRTUTS FOE THE SOUTH —PEACHES. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — In the March num- 
Iber ofthe Horticulturist, a list of such fruits is found, as 
have been recommended by the “North American Pomo- 
logical Society” for general cultivation in the different 
States. But, alas! how very deficient is that list in re- 
gard to the Southern States 1 
Having devoted my attention for years to the cultiva- 
tion of fruits in Georgia, I would feel highly gratified if 
my experience should be acceptable to the public. I will, 
therefore, (if you will allow me a little space in your 
columns*) occasionally, give you a list of such fruits as I 
confidently can recommend. I admit, however, that I 
fee! diffidence in my capability, and would be very glad 
if a more able pen would undertake the task, which, be 
fore long, must be of great importance to the South. 
It is now a well established fact, that Georgia, and the 
Southern States generally, are well adapted to the culti- 
vation of tliefine.'t fruits, and in a short time we will have 
collections of the finest varieties of native Southern fruits. 
*Shall always be glad to receive any communication on 
this or kindred subjects from your experienced and able 
pen.— Eds. 
as yet unknown in the North. The time, also, is not 
very distant, when the South will be independent of 
Northern Nurseries. 
1 will, however, at present confine my remarks to the 
Peaches. No country can boast of a better climate for 
this splendid fruit than the Southern States, where Peach- 
es for five months, or from May until frost, can be grown 
in the highest perfection, and of such exquisite flavor, as to 
throw the far-famed New Jersey peaches in the shade. 
In making out a list of Peaches to be recommended for 
general cultivation, distinction should be made between 
those that are to be grown for market, and such as are in- 
tended for family use, as some of our finest Peaches are 
not firm enough to bear carriage. 
A collection of Peaches, ripening in succession for five 
months, must necessarily embrace more than the fifteen 
varieties enumerated in the above-mentioned list, which, 
also, contains some which I have rejected a long time 
ago ; while it omits several very valuable ones ; besides, 
the latest peach mentioned in that list, is the “Heath” cling, 
which is ripe here by the 25th of August. From that 
time, and until frost, we still have at least two pretty hot 
months, during which every person would relish a good 
and luscious Peach. For such late varieties, we must look 
entirely to Southern Seedlings ; and we Jftre them, large, 
juicy and luscious, though strange enough, good varieties 
are more plentiful in October than in September. 
When the Peach orchards of Delaware, for the supply 
of the Northern markets, were first started, few persons 
only could form an idea of their success and profit. Since 
then, railroads and steamboats have brought Georgia in 
close and easy connection with the large Northern mar- 
kets. An immense wealth is opened for us in those mar- 
kets, which are never to be overstocked before the month 
of August; and yet how very few persons are ready to 
profit by the great advantages of which we are in posses- 
sion ! 
In growing Peaches for the Northern markets, the main 
object is to have early varieties which are firm enough to 
bear carriage, so as to reach market in good saleable con- 
dition. On the other hand, our fine late peaches would 
not be duly appreciated in the North; for who would rel- 
ish a Peach when the weather is cold and frosty 1 but 
they will be very valuable in our Southern markets. They 
will become a source of great profit in such latitudes as 
are laying convenient forthe New Orleans or Mobile mar- 
kets ; besides, they will become indispensable for preserv- 
ing. ^ 
It is my great ambition never to raise any but first-rate 
articles; and, following the advice of my lamented friend, 
A. J. Downing, I shall never go in for the largest number 
of varieties, (which I must consider a great folly), but for 
the best and most choice collection ; no trouble or ex- 
pense are, therefore, regarded in my Nursery. 
This time, I will only mention a variety of the Peach, 
which, though it is not the very earliest, and never 
yet has been brought into notice, still, in my opinion, is of 
great importance for a Southern fruit grower — a Peach, 
which is deserving of the most extensive cultivation, it is 
the 
“ FLEWELLEN ” PEACH. 
This noble fruit probably originated in Middle Georgia 
(latitude 33 &eg.), where .it already has been grown for 
many years, particularly by the late Gen. Flewellen, 
from whom it takes its name. It evidently belongs to 
that class, which, in the South, is known as “Indian 
Blood” Peaches ; a fruit now seldom to be met with of 
good quality. 
Fruit large, somewhat compressed at the top; skin 
very deep dull red ; flesh deep red, exceedingly juicy and 
refreshing, with a high vinous flavor. It ripens here by 
June 25th to July 1st, or a w^eek after the “Early York/' 
