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reasoning, unequalcd by 
any publication of a like 
character in the world. 
From the issue of this 
work to the present Mr. 
Barry has made no spe¬ 
cial effort toward the per¬ 
sonal perpetuity of his 
fame as a writer, but has 
devoted his life mainly to 
horticulture, kept, himself 
constantly posted relative 
to every new fruit, tree, 
' . shrub and flower, its char¬ 
acter and value; and, from 
time to time, as t he read¬ 
ers of the Unit An and 
- 
other journals know, ho 
has written short articles, 
approving or eondemn- 
ing, as his judgment and 
experience have taught 
him the truth. 
Tie has visited the old 
country several times to 
\ examine, compare, and 
PPPc-oUW. obtain eacli and every 
I1 I!Yn N'- Vv new plant or tree; lias 
occupied liimself largely 
in the interests of the city 
of his adoption, bavin: 
opened, graded and built 
up whole streets, the 
houses on tvhtch lie has 
disposed of to those who were honest, 
and industrious, hut without large ready 
means, in such way as to enable them to 
possess a home free of extra care or priva¬ 
tion beyond strict economy. Ho has en¬ 
gaged, as his means enabled him, in encour¬ 
aging all useful public works, and has 
assumed, as requested, his full share of 
public duties; in a word, he has made him¬ 
self a man among men, ever ready to act 
well his part, and as he writes me, with 
“ hands ami head always full; always much 
to do; but, thank Providence, aide to do it.” 
he formed the acquaint¬ 
ance of Geo. Ei.lwan- 
ger ,* then just commenc¬ 
ing nursery business at 
Rochester, N.Y., and with 
him formed a business 
partnership, which has 
continued to the present 
time. 
Soon after the forming 
o F this partnership, and 
when the work of the 
nursery gave lime, Mr. 
Barky commenced writ¬ 
ing for Hie Genesee Fann¬ 
er and other journals. In 
1843 he. became the hor¬ 
ticultural editor of the 
Genesee Farmer—a posi- 
tlon that, on the death of j 
America’s leading star in £& 
horticultural progress, he 
resigned to assume the JHH 
duties that before had Jjjjmxm 
been performed by Mr. 
Downing, viz.: the edit- MB 
ing of the Horticulturist. / 
For two years his pen / 
gave a practical energetic Tw 
lone to Lluil journal, and 
largely increased its cir- 
culminu; bill The press of 
outside parlies to obtain 
the Control and publica¬ 
tion of the Horticulturist, as well as his own 
increasing cares consequent upon the growth 
of a large trade, induced him to resign the 
EMINENT HORTICULTURISTS—IV. 
BY F. R ELLIOTT. 
Patrick Barry. 
The very name heading this, my fourth 
record of the most eminent and distin¬ 
guished pomologists of the present day, I 
have no doubt will call forth a glad response 
and a “hid 3 011 God speed,” 111 regard to the 
course I am now pursuing toward a better 
and more general knowledge of the leading 
men in fruit growing whose views and opin¬ 
ions we are daily reading and receiving as 
candid, calm, deliberate expressions based 
on pYnctiei.il experience, and void of any 
selfish interest. The writings and teachings 
of Patrick Barry are well known, not only 
to the thousands wlio read the Rural New- 
Yorker, but to all lovers of horticulture in 
both this and the old country. And these 
writings and teachings, as we all know, have 
never been devoted to any other purpose 
than to benefit his fellow men. Calm, im¬ 
perturbable decision is marked in the counte¬ 
nance of Mr Barry, with breadth and lines 
of forehead that, according to phrenological 
rules, inchoate thought with memory; hence, 
in all his writings and teachings, his words 
have ever conveyed just, and correct ideas, 
far above the cavil of minds less versed in 
the subject, or disposed to he captious. 
In the commercial relations of life, all men 
are open to and expect criticism; nor can 
any man possessed of knowledge and dis¬ 
crimination fail of having, at times, his very 
best and most, benevo¬ 
lent views criticised as 
springing from self-in- 
ten st. Mr. B., doubt- 
less has led bin share of / 
this kind of n il ieism. / 
Mr. Barry was born / 
on the 24th day of May, 
1816, in the north of Ire¬ 
land, near the city of 
rated in the small town 
of IJangor, in the same 
CORN CULTURE 
Gvecn Crops Among Corn for Fertilizing 
Purposes. 
There are not many crops that will give 
a greater return in hulk of vegetable matter 
to the soil than the corn crop; nor is there 
any with which so many different plants 
can grow during its growth without detri¬ 
ment to the crop, ('lover, turnips, rye, buck¬ 
wheat, and other crops might be sown among 
corn, after a certain stage of progress in its 
growth, without, materially affecting Hie ma¬ 
turing of the crop. Their relative value 
stands in 1 he order in which they are above 
placed. First, clover, which is considered 
the best plant fertilizer known, and if de¬ 
signed to plow under for that object, will 
improve land fflty per cent, cheaper than 
nay other method that can be devised. 
If farmers can arrange their routine of 
fanning so ns to apply their fresh, unfer¬ 
mented manure to the corn crop, instead of 
leUing it lay in the barn-yard a whole year 
exposed to waste, it, will tell a talc of profit 
which cannot fail to be seen after the experi¬ 
ment has been tried, because the parts that 
would he lost in the barn-yard by washing 
away with rain, and the 
waste, by evaporation 
\ would be secured to the 
soil, and at least, will be 
a saving of twenty-five 
~7- — ■ per cent, of manure. 
— Y - - -\ Then let farmers take 
'. it for granted that it is 
' best not to let manure 
lay in Hie yard to waste, 
when it might he in the 
soil serving a belter pur- 
SwalSSr pose. Make double doors 
to the stables to admit 
the backing in of a cart, 
1 | and haul out the ma- 
I 1 mire, fresh and dripping 
I I 1 with urine, to the field 
j || by only once handling; 
. if the land is level, 
j spread it; if otherwise, 
gmf 1 deposit it in heaps, 
jjjjjjjpoiM ! where the juices cannot 
3||j 
il | ^ VnWmmKl well' on the. 
soc< ^ among corn after 
l SSi£% ll,C u'orking, the 
iff S I coni ^'imld be planted 
as early as possible, that 
[iei?ji.~ H"' cull ivuliui 
PATRICK BARRY. 
editorship when its publication passed into 
other hands. 
In 1850—’ol. he prepared and published 
“The Fruit Garden”—a work of about four 
hundred pages, covering an amount of plain 
practical teaching, based on physiological 
* Note.—I n a future number of the Rural we 
hope to print tilts record, Ac., of Mr. Ellwanger, also 
one of our valuable Horticulturists. 
neighborhood 
he came to this country, 
and at once entered as 
clerk and amanuensis in 
the office of Wm Prince 
& Sons, whose nurse¬ 
ries were then the larg¬ 
est in the United States. 
Here the extensive and 
thorough knowledge of 
horticulture which was 
possessed by William 
Fringe and his son, the 
late Wm. R. Prince, 
more than by any other 
man that ever lived, 
came daily in parcels 
before him, and was so 
wrought iu with llu 
attributes that form the 
mind for good and use¬ 
fulness, and was so con¬ 
genial to his own fine 
sensibilities, that he en 
gaged deeply and earn¬ 
estly in its study. 
I 11 1840 the true Amer¬ 
ican feeling, combined 
with the natural Irish 
independence, so strong¬ 
ly developed itself in 
him that he was un¬ 
willing longer to act as 
clerk and amanuensis to 
another, and according¬ 
ly sought for a position 
suited to his foreshad¬ 
owed ideas of future use¬ 
fulness. In so seeking 
may he 
- sooner completed so as 
^5Bj|§|fi To give the clover a 
longer chance to grow ? 
H ^p hut it is best not to- 
j§8 plant corn before Hie 
ground is warm enough 
to germinate the seed. 
fjpYpjd The land can bo har- 
,jM fe rowed mellow, and 
) ridged to expose the 
