SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
CRAT^GUS PYRACANTHA, OR EVERGREEN THORN, FOR HEDGING. 
Our engraving represents, beautifully, the best plant for hedging, wherever it will endure the winter, which we 
suppose it will do as far north as Tennessee, or perhaps Kentucky. It is an evergreen, with foliage rich and dark, 
«nd very dense ; as is also its habit of growth, which is horizontal to a much greater degree than is common even 
among Hawthorns : and at same time very rapid, in moderately good soil. It is, as may be seen, extremely thorny, 
and the thorns very hard and sharp. The cut represents leaves, thorns, &c., of the natural size.. The wood is not 
too brittle, and will bear wattling almost like a willow, when necessary to close a gap, or strengthen a weak place, 
and no plant whatever, bears the shears better. In the spring it is covered with its very beautiful white blossoms, 
and all through the fall and winter, with a mass of bright scarlet berries. The seeds grow readily in the hands of the 
nurseryman, but the plant grows so surely and so freely from cuttings that they afford the surest and easiest mode 
of propagation. In four or five years, on fair soil and under good management, it forms a perfect fence. 
This plant will possess one great advantage over the Cherokee Rose or the Osage Orange, that it may be readily 
trimmed by a machine, which no doubt will be perfected by some inventive genius ; and which will operate after the 
manner of the mowing machine running astraddle of the hedge, upon a high wheel and a low one, clipping the hedge 
into the shape of the letter A. 
Remarks. — We copy the foregoing from the Rural Almdnac, of our friend Affleck, to whom we are indebted for 
the excellent engraving above. As an evergreen, the Cratcegus (or Mespilus) Pyraoantha undoubtedly possesses 
some advantages over the Osage Orange, especially for ornamental hedges surrounding flower gardens, lawns, &c. 
As a plantation or orchard hedge, however, we still adhere to the Osage Orange, on account of its vigorous growth, 
•formidable thorns, close-grain, toughness, and great tenacity of life — though we are favorably impressed with Mr. A.’s 
account of the Pyracantha, and disposed to give it a fair trial. — Eds. •*. 
frtjit and vegetable ctiltube. 
A Correspondent of the Working Farmer (H. C. V.) 
thus adviseth increased attention to the products of the 
garden and orchard : 
But I wish to see farmers do more, and devote time, 
valuable time, and money — yes, money — freely, but wise- 
ly, to the production of fruits and vegetables. We do not 
consume enough o'f either, and there is no fear of over- 
stocking the xnarket with good articles. There are plenty 
and moi-e than enough of a poor quality, engendering 
sickness^Tpestilential disease and death, among the mov- 
ing multitude in our great cities. The demand has in- 
creased, and will continue to increase, in direct ratio with 
the supply, because the community are in want of cooling, 
refreshing fruits, and nourishing vegetables, in lieu of the 
mass of coarse vegetable and concentrated meat diets so 
freely indulged in for the want of something better. I am 
not in favor of a strict vegetable regimen, but do believe 
that the use of more fruits will tend to establish a better 
state of health, since it is admitted by the best physicians, 
that more solid food is eaten than is essential to supply 
the wants of the system. Prospects for the production of 
animal flesh at cheap cost are far distant, hence if a por- 
tion of this can be dispensed with, in favor of the cheaper 
and more healthful fruits and vegetables, the cost of living 
will be lessened, and we may hope the pleasure of exis- 
tence enhanced. 
Jenny Lind Strayvberry. — We find the following ac- 
count of this new variety, in the April number of Hovey's 
Magazine of Horticulture : 
This new variety now offered for sale, has been exhibit- 
j ed before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 
three years, and highly spoken of by the fruit committee. 
I Its peculiar qualities are earliness, size and productive- 
I ness, in the former respect ripening at the same season as 
the Early Virginia, nearly twice as large, and extremely 
piroductive. It is also a solid berry, high colored and 
handsome shape. We have repeatedly examined Mr. 
Fay’s bed when in full fruit, and have been surprised at 
the earliness and abundance of the crop. If it gives fhe 
same satisfaction under the care of other cultivators that it 
has under that of Mr. Fay, it will prove one of the most 
valuable acquisitions, and will entii*ely displace that old 
and, in our opinion, almost worthless vaidety, the Early 
Virginia. 
A Horticultural Nqvelty. — The agricultural branch 
of the Patent Office has taken measures to get seeds of the 
Buri^ya-bun-ya, a tree of the fir tribe, growing in Aus- 
tralia. It flourishes in a region of not much greater area 
than 30 miles square. It bears a cone nearly 2 feet in di- 
ameter, filled with seeds the size of an olive, and of flavor 
more rich and delicate than that of the pine apple. It is 
so much esteemed by the natives as that they at times 
travel hundreds of miles to partake of iX.— Washingtcn 
Star. 
