ated near the summit of the stem, the little 
flower stem rising above. The flowers are 
very small, inconspicuous, and of a greenish 
color, borne in a dense cluster, surrounded 
by a showy, whitish, four-leaved involucre, 
which is almost universally supposed to be 
the petals of the flower; and we may safely 
assert that not oue person in a "hundred who 
speak of the dogwood being in bloom, know 
that it is not the flowers which attract their 
attention, but the white corolla-like 
involucre that surrounds them. The 
dogwoods will soon be in bloom, and 
those who have doubts on this point 
can make an examination and see for 
them selves. The flowers arc succeed¬ 
ed by a small cluster of bright scarlet 
berries that are eatable, but not par¬ 
ticularly good, in point of flavor. 
In transplanting the dwarf dog¬ 
wood, a little soil should he lifted 
with the plants, and the roots disturb¬ 
ed as little as possible. A shady situ¬ 
ation and moist, rich soil are indispen¬ 
sable requisites. 
uted, perhaps it is well to describe it, which 
is done herewith, from specimens taken at 
the above named meeting. We suggest that 
it be called the Weltz Pear. 
Fruit above medium, oblong, ovate, obo- 
loxicnlintt 
SOUTHERN HORTICULTURE, 
SELECTING ORCHARD SITES, 
In my notes from Pilatka, in the Rural 
New-Yorker of March 25th, it is stated 
that “ orange trees twenty-five to thirty years 
old, are represented to us as yielding large¬ 
ly.” This is not as I intended to have it. I 
had been making pretty extensive inquiries 
and careful estimates as to the value of such 
trees, and found it to vary from $100 to $200 
per tree, according to condition and location. 
I think I left a blank for this and forgot to 
fill it.* Since writing that, I have heard of 
many new enterprises in the way of Orange 
culture, some of them quite extensive. Mel- 
lonville, on the St. Johns River, and the In¬ 
dian River country, seem to be at present the 
chief points of attraction. The severe frosts 
of last December failed to do any considera¬ 
ble injury to either trees or fruit in these 
districts. 
Around this city (Savannah) there is con¬ 
siderable activity in horticulture, especially 
in the culture of fruits and garden vegetables 
for market. The Pear succeeds well. The 
owner of a small orchard here informs me 
that his crop last year yielded him from $8 
to $17 per bushel. Barlletts lie thinks pay 
him best; they me marketed about the mid¬ 
dle of Jnly. The trees are now in full bloom ; 
they hear heavy crops, 1 am told, but in size 
11 1 ey are not equal to trees of the same age 
with us ; nor are they so healthy in appear¬ 
ance. The culture and treatment, however, 
are none of the best. One gentleman I met 
informed me that lie was just planting 2,000 
trees, and intended to plant as many more 
next season. 
Melons, Cucumbers and Tomatoes are ex¬ 
tensively grown for the New York market. 
One grower realized $5,000 last year for 
Cucumbers alone. In some of the gardens 
1 visited the Melons and Cucumbers are 
well up. Tomatoes are being planted. Green 
Peas are going into market; the first were 
sold at $12 per bushel—now about $8. 
In the gardens the roses are profusely in 
bloom ; as we pass around we see the Ban/:- 
xias, yellow and while. The Cloth of Cold, 
Lamarque, and the climbing sorts, are ramb¬ 
ling in luxriance over t he high garden walls 
so common here. The Wistaria thrives 
splendidly here, and is now in full bloom. 
The Pittosporum , too, is in bloom, and fills 
'the air with its fragrance. The Comas 
jlorida is now in full bloom, and is much 
finer than wo have it at the North. It is 
almost equal to the Chinese While Magno¬ 
lia, {Conxpicua.) It is freely used in the 
Park here, and abounds in the woods all 
through Florida and Georgia. 
I have seen fine specimens of Cupremts 
funebri*, Libocedrus decurrens, Golden arbor 
vita, Ac. These evergreens find a con¬ 
genial home here. I have been astonished 
at the wide dissemination of the Spircea 
Iteevesi, both single and double, and at the 
extent to which they are planted. Every¬ 
where we have seen them. In Florida it 
was in blossom in January, and now here. 
Tbe Camellia is a common garden plant 
here, hut the flowers occasionally get injured, 
as in last December. 
Here and in Florida the hotels have been 
crowded for the past three weeks, with 
Northern travelers. In the early part of the 
winter travel was very light and landlords 
despondent, but after ail they have had a 
fair harvest. 
I have never been in this country before 
in the spring, and my rides through the 
country are very interesting. The woods 
now are full of the snowy white Cornus jlor¬ 
ida —a Maple with brilliant crimson seeds; 
the Yellow' Jasmine rambling over the tops 
of tall trees; the Wild Plum (Chickasaw,) 
very abundant, and now covered with blos¬ 
som ; the Helena or Silver Bell; the purple 
flowered Judas Tree, Ac. The Cypress and 
Liqnidambar, both abundant, are just leafing. 
It will lie two months nearly before they 
leaf with us. We were delighted yesterday 
to see large masses of the Cherokee Rose in 
bloom. It is a rapid climber, like our Ayr¬ 
shire or Prairie Roses, and has a pure white 
single flower about the size of a silver dol¬ 
lar. What a pity it will not stand our 
northern climate. b. 
Savannah, Ga., March 23,1871. 
-Yes, and we filled the blank, evidently left for flg- 
iires, with the word " largely thinking It correct 
What Lauda are Beat Adapted to Fruit 
Culture ? 
This question comes to me probably from 
twenty to Ally times a month, and while I 
endeavor to answer all my correspondents’ 
letters and inquiries, it perhaps may be well, 
as I write some for the papers, to make pub¬ 
lic my views. First, then, if you propose 
fruit growing and the crops therefrom as 
your business and support, select high, even 
hilly lands, although the price therefor may 
he double that of a low or level, or even a 
rolling section. The growth of all trees and 
plants in low, or on level and rich ground 
or ranges, is undoubtedly more rapid than in 
the more sterile and hilly regions; but that 
growth is of a more del ionic nature, and con¬ 
sequently more liable to injury from ex¬ 
tremes of temperature, whether of heat or 
cold. If proof be asked of this, turn at once 
to the locations in Ohio, Illinois and all other 
States, where, while the trees on low, level, 
rich grounds grow and succeed for a series 
of perhaps three to five years, yet no perma¬ 
nent, paying orchard of a quarter of a cen¬ 
tury old, can he found in all the States of the 
Union. 
Read the records, ask and seek for per¬ 
manent or paying profitable success in orch¬ 
ard cropping anywhere but upon rolling or 
hilly lands, and the result is no such have 
been. Level, rich lands may do for crop¬ 
ping with strawberries, raspberries, black¬ 
berries, &C.; but even with them the crop 
of ten years in succession will not equal that 
of the same on high, hilly locations. The 
influence of water as an agent in amelior¬ 
ating of climate is beneficial; and so is tho 
association of forest growth and especially 
of evergreen trees; hut elevated locations, 
high hilly absurdities, counted as farm lands, 
are far more reliable and profitable in fruit 
craps, whether inland or within influence of 
water, than any others. 
The oceupaut of a farm, or ten acre lot or 
a village plot, in a level, low range of coun¬ 
try, may and should plant more or less of 
fruit trees; for if he gets a crop once in 
three years it compensates well; hut he who 
intends his crops of fruit to produce his in¬ 
come for support, should never, Avith the 
knowledge now before the world, invest 
money in land, labor, or tree planting in 
other than elevated situations. A. Thorn. 
FLORAL NO TES AN D QUERIES. 
Spirtea for n Name. 
Can you give me the proper name 
of the inclosed flower. It is known 
here as the “ Bridal Wreath.” It 
groAvs on a spreading bush, about five 
feet high, and is co\ f ered at the present 
time with flowers.—J. T. L,, Hands- 
boro, Mich. 
The name of the shrub is Spircea 
Beeresianna ple.no , or Reeve’s Double- 
floAvered Spirtea. In nurserymen’s 
catalogues it is usually called S. 
Beetesi pleno. It is a very pretty, 
hardy shrub, and the species from 
which this variety Avns produced is a 
native of China, and introduced in 
1843 The common name “ Bridal 
Wreath," is applied to nearly all ofj 
the many species and varieties of spi¬ 
raeas, hence the confusion resulting 
from the use of such local names. 
illl 
ifisills! 
Dlcentrn SpectnbSli*—How it in Prop¬ 
agated. 
Mrs. H. Clark av rites: “ Please give 
me the method of propagating the Dlcentrn 
Spectabilis.” The roots of Dicentra Specta- 
bilis are very brittle, but old stools may be 
lifted and then carefully divided, leaving a 
bud Aipon eneh piece. This is the most com¬ 
mon method of propagating; but cuttings of 
the growing shoots will root quite freely in 
summer, if taken off and planted in a sandy 
soil, and then covered with a bell glass or 
common glazed sash. The cuttings should 
have at least Iavo buds or joints, one placed 
under the ground and the other left above. 
The half-ripened floAver stems, if divided into 
suitable lengths and planted in a shady bor¬ 
der, will often grow quite readily. Anyone 
who has had any experience in growing ge¬ 
ranium or rose cuttings, will find the Dicen¬ 
tra a not very difficult plant to propagate. 
It is a hardy plant, even in Canada, and one 
of great beauty aud desirability’. 
P0M0L0GI0AL GOSSIP. 
Cnlifovuin Kui«iiiH. 
F. G. Jeffers, Visalia, Tulare Co., Cal., 
lias been manufacturing raisins from the. fol¬ 
lowing grapes:—Rose of Peru, Muscat of 
Alexandria, atnl Fiber Z:\gos. These raisins 
are pronounced by good judges excellent. 
Mr. Jeffers makes the following statement 
concerning this product;—“ 1 gathered and 
spread on scaffolds in the sun, about the 
middle of September; after they are partly 
dry, I put loosely in large boxes under 
cover to finish drying; in about six Aveeks 
they Avere dry enough to box. The Rose of 
Peru averaged this year about forty pounds 
to the vine; it took three pounds of green 
grapes to make one of dry. The Filter 
Zngos averaged twenty-five pounds to the 
vine, and it look three pounds to make one 
of dry. The Muscat of Alexandria aver¬ 
aged ten pounds to the vine, and took only 
two pounds to make one of dry. The vines 
are seA’en years old, and have brought grapes 
the last four years. Our soil is a light, sandy 
one, and slightly impregnated with alkali. 
I have not irrigated my vines since they 
were two years old.” 
Relative Value of Eattielau Grnpe. 
A correspondent at Oregon, III., asks: 
“ Is the Eumelan grape a better sort than 
the choice ones previously sent out ?” The 
Eitmehm is an excellent grape, so far as 
quality of fruit is concerned, but Avhet.her it 
will prove to be more valuable than other 
sorts cannot lie known until it has had a 
more thorough test than lias yet been given it. 
IttiHxinn Apples. 
An Illinois correspondent asks where 
cions of Russian apples can be obtained. Of 
almost any nurseryman in your State. The 
same av liter asks, “ What is the Russian 
cross apple for Avhieli avc- have been paying 
$1.50 per tree? Is it a humbug or not?” 
We do not knoAV to what particular variety 
our correspondent refers, and, therefore, can¬ 
not decide whether it is a humbug or other¬ 
wise. 
The Eiimelau Grnpr, 
A correspondent in Central Iowa asks 
us if Ave would recommend the Eumelan 
grape for liis locality. We certainly do not 
know that it will succeed in the locality 
named, but as it is an excellent variety, a 
man would not run any great risk in giving 
it a trial. We would not. advise a man to 
plant any variety extensively until it had 
been thoroughly tried on a small scale. 
Grape culture lias been retarded by haste in 
planting extensively new and untried sort 
and we advise caution even with the most 
promising. 
Raspberry Culture. 
We have marvelous success with our 
Black-Cap raspberries, and for many years 
we have cultivated and pruned them as fol¬ 
lows:—We keep the bunches about three 
feet apart, aud allow half a dozen caues to 
grow; when they are about four or five feet 
high, Ave top them, and then top back the 
offshoots. By this treatment each cane avjH 
produce many heads of fine berries. As 
soon as the crop is ripened we cut the old 
vines away aud tie up the new ones to the 
stakes by means of hark or willow twigs. 
The weeds are kept down, and a liberal 
supply of manure or leaf mold provided.— 
Rose Geranium. 
Apples Recoin mended for Central Sew York. 
From the report of the “ Standing Com¬ 
mittee on Fruits” of the Central New York 
Farmers’ Club (O. B. Gridley chairman) 
we condense the following recommenda¬ 
tions We respectfully suggest that the 
committee would find it profitable to study 
nomenclature more carefully. The commit¬ 
tee recommended the following apples : 
Summer and Fall. —Early Harvest, "In¬ 
dian Rareripe," (Avhat is that, Mr. Grid- 
ley?) “Siveet Boav," (what is that—the 
large Yellow Bough ?) “ Large YelloAV or 
Sour Bow," (do you mean the Sour Bough 
proper, or the Summer Marigold?) Red 
Astrachan, William’s Favorite, Golden 
Sweet. 
Fall Apples. —“ Autumn Strawberry,” (late 
St rft av berry, Ave suppose,) Lowell, Gravens- 
steln Pomme Royalc, Porter, “ Fall Bunker 
Hill," (what is that?) 
Winter Apple*. —Rhode Island Greening, 
Northern Spy, Baldwin, Twenty Ounce, 
King of Tompkins county, Peck’s Pleasant 
YcIIoav BelIeflower,"Spitzeiiburgb," (which, 
Newtown or Esopus?) Hubbardston Non¬ 
such, Roxbnry Russet. Sweet Apples, “ La¬ 
dies' Sweeting," (Lady Sweet, we suppose,) 
"Talman Sweeting,” (Talman’s Sweet, -we 
suppose,) H Hashnll Sweet, or Rag Apple,” 
(Haskell SAveet, we suppose,) Pound Sweet. 
Elt-vniiou of Iowa. 
Iowa is more than a thousand miles from 
the ocean. The lowest surface is at Keokuk, 
where at low water the elevation is only 443 
feet above the sea. The highest surface is 
in Dickson County, at Spirit Lake, which 
lies on the great water shed between the 
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The north¬ 
ern border of the lake rests upon the Min¬ 
nesota boundary line. At this point the 
elevation above the ocean is nearly 1,<W 
feet. The highest land of the State is thus 
only a little more than 1,200 feet above the 
loAA'est. The t avo points are about 300 miles 
apart, which shows a slope in the whole dis¬ 
tance of only four feet per mile. 
The Weltz Fear. 
At the Ohio Horticultural Society’s last 
meeting, held at Urhana, Leo Weltz, Wil¬ 
mington, O,, exhibited specimens of a seed¬ 
ling pear, oflarge size, and promise of value 
as a cooking variety. As it is being distrib- 
