142 _THE CULTIVATOR. April, 
put on a warm and rather dry soil, to avoid the lia¬ 
bility of their rotting, if the weather is moist and 
cool. 
There are several kinds of early potatoes, but no 
one kind has a universal preference. There is much 
confusion in regard to the names of varieties. 
Sometimes several varieties are confounded under 
one name; but a more common difficulty is the at¬ 
tachment of several names to one variety. There 
are several kinds, differing considerably in appear¬ 
ance and quality, which pass under the name of 
Early June. Some are round, others oblong; some 
yellow inside, others white. A kind introduced 
from England, and there known as Shaw’s Early or 
Early Shaws, is here variously called by those names, 
as well as Early June, Mountain June, Fort potato, 
&c. The true sort is white, both inside and out, 
roundish in form, tending to become oblong on rich 
soil, or when it reaches an unusual size. It is one 
of the best kinds within our acquaintance. There 
are but few earlier kinds, and those few are poor 
yielders, and not superior to the Shaws in quality. 
They frequently grow to a size fit for eating, in eight 
weeks from the time of planting. When cooked be¬ 
fore they are ripe, or while growing, their quality 
is superior to most kinds in the same stage. They 
are hardy, yield well, and keep well. 
Twenty-five Hardy Shrubs. 
Frequent inquiries are made by those but little 
acquainted with ornamental shrubs, for the names 
of some of the most desirable and ornamental as well 
as the most hardy species. Among the hundreds 
which are offered for sale in nurseries, the following 
list has been given by A. J. Downing, and may be of 
service to those now about to commence the improve¬ 
ment of their homes by ornamental planting:— 
The most desirable 25 hardy deciduous shrubs, 
furnishing a succession of flowers or ornamental 
fruit from March to November: 
Pink Mezereon, 
^Tapan Quince, white and scarlet, 
Dwarf double-flowering Almond, 
Double purple Tree Pseony, 
White Persian Lilac, 
Chinese White Magnolia, 
Soulange’s Magnolia, 
Sweet-scented Magnolia, (M. glauea,) 
White Fringe-Tree, 
Garland Deutzia, (D. scabra ,) 
Large-flowered Syringo, 
Broad-leaved Laburnum, 
Rose Acacia, 
Tartarian Tree-honeysuckle, red and white, 
Double white Hawthorn, 
Double pink Hawthorn, 
Sweet Scented Shrub, 
Dwarf White Horsechestnut, 
Fragrant Clethra, 
Oak-leaved Hydrangea, 
Venetian Sumac (or Purple Fringe,) 
Purple Burning Bush, (Euonymus,) 
Buffalo Berry. 
To the preceding might be added, as superior to 
some of them, the Siberian Lilac, the Althea or Hi¬ 
biscus syriacus, and, although so common, the 
Snowball. Nor should some of the Roses be for¬ 
gotten. 
The following are given as some of the finest har¬ 
dy climbing shrubs 
Large-flowering trumpet creeper, [rather ten¬ 
der,] Queen of the Prairies Rose, Chinese Wista¬ 
ria, Sweet-scented Clematis, Double purple Clema¬ 
tis, Monthly Fragrant Honeysuckle, Chinese Twi¬ 
ning Honeysuckle, Yellow Trumpet Honeysuckle. 
[To which the Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle should 
by all means be added.] 
Horticultural Miscellanies. 
Mostly copied or condensed from the Proceedings of the North Ameri¬ 
can Pomological Convention , 1849. 
Climate of Illinois. —In northern Illinois, the 
winters are often very severe, the thermometer sink¬ 
ing to 20 degrees below zero; while in the southern 
part of the State, the cotton plant matures a par¬ 
tial crop, and the indigenous cane, though dwarf¬ 
ish, survives the winter. 
Apples of Northern Illinois.— Dr. Kennicott 
gives in substance the following:— 
Yellow Harvest —large, usually fair, excellent— 
young trees shy bearers. 
Keswick Codlin —not over good; the most early, 
uniform and enormous bearer. 
Rambo —receives the most praise further south. 
Oslin, Newtown Pippin, Roxbury Russet, —“mi¬ 
serably unproductive here.” 
Rhode Island Greening —shy bearer—also crack¬ 
ing at the collar of the nursery tree. 
Rawle’s Jannett —all speak highly of this for Illi¬ 
nois. 
Limber Twig —highly commended in southern II 
linois. 
White and Yellow Bellflower —“perfectly at home 
on our rich prairie soil.” 
Carthouse or Red Romanite —one of the most pro¬ 
fitable market varieties, from one end of the Mis¬ 
sissippi to the other. 
English or Poughkeepsie Russet —has produced the 
largest crops of all keeping apples,—six bushels hav¬ 
ing been produced on one tree the sixth year from 
planting out. The same was obtained from a Kes¬ 
wick Codlin. In planting, the holes were five feet 
across, 18 inches deep, the soil mixed with a little 
manure, good cultivation given, and the stems 
washed with soap-suds. 
Fulton Apple —an Illinois seedling,—the origi¬ 
nal tree being 19 years old, a foot in diameter, 25 
feet high, and 28 across the top. 
Strawberries for Market. —F. R. Elliott, of 
Cleveland, Ohio, states the following experiment: 
Upon one-fourth of an acre, light loamy sand, ra¬ 
ther poor, not highly manured, planted in 1846, the 
variety known as Willey, in rows 2 feet apart, and 
plants one foot in the row. 
In 1847, 1345 quarts from this, sold for $145 in 
market. 
In 1848, 615 quarts sold for $63.35. These were 
both exclusive of those used in a family of twelve 
persons. 
Estimate of cost:— 
Use of l acre of land for 3 years,. $6 00 
Planting and hoeing first year,. 4 00 
do do second year,. 3 00 
do do third year,. 3 00 
Gathering first year,. 20 00 
do second year,.. 12 00 
$48 00 
Receipts, first year, cash,.$140 00 
do second year, cash,. 63 35 
dc say for family use,. 10 00 
-$213 35 
Nett profit,.$165 35 
[The Willey as a very productive variety, thought 
to be about equally so with Dundee and Burr’s old 
Seedling.] 
