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shady nook or till up a space between more 
lofty kinds, to procure some Yews. Our 
American Yew, which grows so abundantly 
on all rocky hills and mountains in the North¬ 
ern States and Canada9, is more hardy than 
the English : but is no way inferior, except 
in size, as it seldom grows more than five or 
six feet high. 
break I consider it invaluable. Cut back 
once a year, and then trim the sides to keep 
them tiily. I left ten rods of my hedge as an 
experiment, and it is now six years old aud 
from 12 to 15 feet in hight and will turn all 
large stock. A correspondent of mine says 
he has been successful in setting plants three 
feet apart . J have no doubt a good hedge 
could be thus obtained, for the branches 
grow nearly at right angles with the trees, 
and they would have more room and light 
in this way, and thus bo less apt to smother. 
A gentleman of Leonidas, St. Joseph Co., 
writes, under date J uno 13 :— 1 1 raised and 
set plants 170 rods, in the spring of 1871 ; 
have trimmed it once, und now it iH acknowl¬ 
edged by all who have seen it, to sui'pass any 
hedge they have ever seen.’ And now, in 
conclusion, I would say, for a hedge, do not 
let it get over three feet high ; and further¬ 
more, that time will prove it to be the only 
successful hedge plant for Michigan.” 
ered several young and handsome trees af¬ 
fected as above indicated, on the sides, some 
two or three feet from the ground. 1 took a 
very sharp knife, anil putting it right across 
the tree, just above the diseased place, cut 
downward through all the part affected, and 
just deep enough to take a little more than 
the bark—a thin shaving of the wood—leav¬ 
ing none of the blackened bark. My tree 
surgery was fully and immediately effectual. 
The surface dried, the issue of sap ceased, 
the wounds healed over immediately, and 
the trees have been perfectly free ever since 
from any indications of ‘heart disease,’ I 
think, from what I have observed, that, any 
disease of the kind on an apple tree or a sin¬ 
gle disaase.d and rotting limb, from whatever 
cause killed, will very soon carry disease to 
the heart of the whole tree. If so, an apple 
tree requires Very close care." 
ENGLISH YEW. (Taxua baccata.) 
It is to be feared that the constantly in¬ 
creasing desire among professional horticul¬ 
turists, as well as amateurs, for new and 
rare evergreens, will cause a neglect of many 
an old and valuable species. The natural 
tendency of every inquiring mind is to seek 
new and unexplored Helds, and the scientific 
investigator often forgets that the masses are 
far behind him and take little interest in 
what he is doing or seeking. It must not be 
supposed that became a thing is old it is in¬ 
ferior, any more than if new it is superior; 
for it requires time to establish the character 
of all tilings, and it should be our duty as 
well as pleasure to “ hold fast to that which 
is good.” As a nation we are very new; all 
the accessories of our civilization are com¬ 
paratively in the same condition, and there 
are few homesteads, even in the oldest States, 
that would lead a stranger to think that the 
proprietor ever had a grandfather. We have 
sometimes thought that our people Btudled 
to avoid all signs of stability or permanency, 
and wished to concentrate within themselves 
and take personal credit for all there was of 
them or in tlicir surroundings. Old trees of 
stately dimension are cut down to give place 
to the new sapling of recent importation or 
discovery. Sucreil to old-time associations 
with our ancestors is a sentiment scarcely 
known in our literature ; but it will certainly 
be engrafted into it at some future day, and 
those who desire to be remembered should 
take heed that they do something to bj hon¬ 
ored for while there is an opportunity. 
There Is certainly nil abund¬ 
ance of material to begin with, 
and we may gain something by 
selecting that which possesses or 
has attached to it a goodly history. ^ 
Among evergreens there are none 
more suitable for this purpose than zMf , ^3 
the English Yew. Its very name 
is suggestive of age and perma- 
nency. Specimens of this tree ex- 
ist in European gardens that are 
supposed to bo a thousand years 
old ; and yet thuy are healthy and 
their green leaves as beautiful as 
ever. English literature is filled 
with praise of the Yew, for it has 
long held a prominent place in 
European gardens, as it should 
have in our own. ^ 
One of the handsomest speci- 
mens in the vicinity of New York y (/ . 
stands in the grounds of Messrs. 
Parsons & Co., at Flushing. A ij | 
representation of it is given in the 1 
accompanying illustration. This 
plant is about ten feet high and 
twelve broad, and is very com- 
pact, vigorous and healthy, form- v t 
ing a moat elegant ornament, and 
one that every arboriculturist 
would covet. f -25s* 
The Euglish Yew is quite hardy _ - 
in most of the Northern States, 
unless planted in a very wet or \ ”7 
very dry, poor Boil, where the 
growth is retarded and the plant 
becomes weak and sickly. Young 
plants are readily and safely 
transplanted, and can be had 
cheap. We advise those who wish 
to procure an elegant shrub for a 
HONEY LOCUST FOR HEDGES 
At the recent meeting of the Michigan 
Pomologieal Society, Mr. Helmjc is reported 
as saying “ In 1838 I found this tree grow¬ 
ing on the Mississippi, from St. Louis to Wis¬ 
consin. Those on the Mississippi, I think, 
arc not identical with ours, for they are less 
thorny and the bark a darker color. A cor¬ 
respondent from Illinois states that if they 
stand near the yellow locust, they are affected 
with the borer ; but ours are not, for a few 
years since all the yellow locusts in our city 
were destroyed by the borer, but the honey 
locust, standing side by side with them, were 
not affected in the least. They will grow on 
any soil, wet or dry, and will receive no in¬ 
jury from cold at 34 s below zero. Such is 
my experience with the honey locust as to 
its hardiness. Mix years ago 1 set 50 rods, 
one foot apart, cuL back the second year to 
one foot from the ground, and it would turn 
stock in four years. To plant a hedge, 
gather the seeds in the fall ; in April mix 
them with sand ; keep them moist and warm 
until they sprout. Then sow in drills two 
inches deep ; set the plants when one year 
old, cutting to within two inches of the 
ground. At the end of two years cut back 
to three inches, after which trim once a 
year. A man with a pair of 12-inch shears, 
will trim 80 rods per day, and for a wind 
ARBORICULTURAL NOTES 
CRACKING AND BLACKENING THE BARK 
OF APPLE TREES. 
Lawn Trees.—The Country Gentleman 
(Eng.) in discussing lawn trees, says that in 
small places of two acres or less, growers 
should avoid all trees that litter leaves, nuts, 
flowers anil other cast-off garments which 
bedoznc scattered ovc* lawns and Mower beds, 
to the disgust of the owner of a well-kept 
garden. Of course, it depends somewhat 
upon the kinds of trees adjacent to the gar¬ 
den, us some, like the chestnut, are con¬ 
stantly contributing something in the way 
of litter during the. entire summer. First, 
the long catkins, like huge yellow worms, 
are scattered over walks, out buildings and 
lawns, followed by more or less early ripen¬ 
ing leaves in July and August; then Sep¬ 
tember brings down the prickly husks, 
which tumble about to the discomfort of 
feet encased (n thin shoes or the 
“sit-down” of the lounger in the 
shade. A deciduous tree that 
will drop Its leaves all at one 
time, is far preferable to one that 
keeps up a continual scattering 
through the season. There are 
several species of oaks which be¬ 
long to the latter class, and for 
this reason are well worthy the 
attention of all villa gardeners. 
Tranuplantiny Raspberries, — 
f* r - How many are there, wito plant 
and grow raspberries, that know 
■ a that the young shoots can now be, 
l£0" in this month of July, as readily 
f / and as surely transplanted as can 
a cabbage, lettuce or strawberry 
r j/r plant ? If you have to order the 
(jjpq/U' plants from a distance, direct the 
seller to cut away evei-y leaf ; tell 
him not to pull, but cut it off, so 
^ as not to injure the germ of the 
.. bud attached ; then tell him to 
cut the top of the growth of the 
t *- raspberry stem down one*liaif ; 
J, fJ pack the roots in moss; leave 
WdJ’ the to P 9 °P en > a, «l secure in a 
box or bundle; Bend by mail or 
express.—E. 
s>- t 
J«r, J, A Mammoth Rhododendron.— 
This spring there flowered in the 
■ffrl*'' - grounds at Court,nmeeherry, Ire¬ 
land, a plant of Rhododendron 
~ cinnamomeum, bearing 130 trusses 
i|p^g" of flowers, each tniss containing 
§§gS!L__ on au average 18 flowers. 
Blood -Leaved Birch. —There 
is now a Blood-leaved Birch, as 
well as Blood leaved Beech, in 
English gardens. 
Not long since a gentleman from Corn- 
walbnii-the-Huilson brought to the Rural 
New-Y osiiKR office sections of batk from 
apple trees that were black and dry and 
looked scalded. Said trees in his neighbor¬ 
hood were dying of this trouble. We find 
the following from a correspondent of the 
New England Farmer, which may aid those 
whose trees arc thus affected : 
“I have noticed some remarks in the 
papers relative to disease in apple trees, 
with suggestions that disease in the hourt 
originated the cracking of bark, with the 
blackening of the bark, and disease and 
death following. Some years since I discov- 
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