1854. 
THE CULTIVATOR 
271 
The Horticulturist. 
The last number of this excellent journal, contains 
as usual a rich collection of practical matter, valuable 
to every gardener and fruit raiser, from which we con¬ 
dense 1 a few facts and Observations. 
Ornamental Trees and Plants. —A communi¬ 
cation from H. W. Sargent, of Pish kill, one of the 
most intelligent and successful horticulturists of the 
country, contains a list (with comments,)of some of the 
finest ornamental trees, shrubs, &c., among the newer 
sorts, that have proved hardy at that place—we pre¬ 
sent a very brief abstracts 
Forsythia viridissima, blooming profusely and 
very early, and Weigela rosea , with roseate flowers' 
late in spring, have been found among the finest of 
the newer ornamental plants. Among the newer Mag¬ 
nolias, proving as hardy as t conspicua, Soulangiaha , 
tripetela. glauca, &c., are M. Juscata, oordata , Fra- 
seri , lon.gifolia, striata and gracilis. ^ 
The following are highly recommended;— Paulow- 
nia; the different varieties of Hawthorn , including 
the pink, red, double white, and double red ; .the En¬ 
glish Azaleas , and the newer Belgian varieties,—ex¬ 
ceedingly gorgeous; Fe'utzia -scabra and gracilis ; 
Ribes sanguineum (double) R. Gordoni and- specio- 
sum; double flowering sloe ; sprirceaprunifolia-, the 
double pink, white, and yellow horsechestnut, and 
dwarf horsechestnut. 
The Chinese Wistaria; kept well cut back, assumes 
ultimately the character of a weeping tree, and blooms 
through the summer. 
The Virgilia lutea] not new, but little known, is 
very highly and justly commended in this article. 
The hemlock. English yew, and beech, are recom¬ 
mended for the most ornamental hedges. The Buck¬ 
thorn, Washington thorn, and Osage orange for utility. 
The Norway is pronounced the finest of all the ma¬ 
ples. A large'list of exotic forest-trees are enumerat¬ 
ed, which our limits prevent naming. 
We cannot fully agree- with the writer in one thing— 
and that is in admiring so many weeping trees— most 
of them are at best but distortions of nature. 
Minnesota for Fruit. —An interesting communi¬ 
cation appears from G. C. Merrifield. on the climate 
and fruit of that territory. It appears that the ther¬ 
mometer sometimes sinks to 35° below zero, yet all the 
more common kinds of fruit, but the peach and grape 
appear to succeed well. The past winter, when the 
thermometer twice sunk to —35° was rather severe 
on young heart cherries; the dukes and morellos were 
uninjured. Plums, dwarf pears and apples escaped 
injury. A striking difference was found in the hardi¬ 
ness of young root grafted apple trees (as we have be 
fore shown for the north western portions of the Union,) 
and the following list is given of these — Entirely 
hardy ,—Peck’s Pleasant, Autumn Strawberry, Porter, 
Red Astrachan, Fameuse, St. Lawrence, Early Joe, 
Summer Pearmain, Tallman Sweeting,* Lady, Wage- 
* Not u Telman,” as Downing, and-others had ii—the man 
ed, misspelled his name, and 
lynve been copied. 
from whom the name is de 
the had orthography .should n 
is the universal and correct mode. 
Tai.i.man 
ner, Poinme Grise, &o. Slightly affected, —Graven- 
. stein, Swaar, Esopus Spitzenburgh, Englsh Russet, 
Ravyle’s Janet, White Winter Pearmain, Yellow Bell¬ 
flower. White Bellflower, Sweet June, Domine, North¬ 
ern Spy, Early Harvest, Golden Sweet, Red Detroit., 
&c. Severely injured ,—Yandevere, Maiden’s Blush, 
Ladies Sweeting, Summer Rose, Summer Queen, New¬ 
ton Pippin$lik,ambo, &c. We give this list for the sake 
of comparison, as in some particulars it differs from 
other similar lists; and to assist fruit raisers in that 
territory to select the hardiest for root grafting. 
The Clinton grape proved perfectly hardy; the Isa¬ 
bella was injured, some being killed down to the 
ground. 
Gooseberries,' currants, and hardy raspberries, were 
uninjured. 
Peach trees were badly scorched, but are sprouting 
up again. Worked trees proved quite as hardy as 
any. 
From the above, it is inferred that apples, pears, 
plums, Duke. and Morello cherries, and small fruits 
generally, may be successfully cultivated there. 
It appears remarkable that the spring should open 
there sooner than in western New-York, by a week or 
two, but the last spring was an exception in New-York 
to every thing that preceded it, the weather being re¬ 
versed, and the warm first and cold afterwards. 
There are many influences operating in the destruc¬ 
tion of vegetable growth in winter, besides severe 
cold,—-such as too much moisture, sudden exposure to 
the sun’s rays, rapid changes of temperature, absence 
of snow on the ground, &c. On another page of the 
Horticulturist, we find an account of the destructive 
effects of 'the winter in Michigan, having a milder 
climate than Minnesota, and the past winter not un¬ 
usually cold there. The changes were frequent and 
sudden, and the groynd'bare. Many peach and dwarf 
pear trees have died-—strawberries generally died un¬ 
less protected. The particular locality in Michigan 
where this occurred, is not given. 
Early Cherries.— The editor states that the Belle 
d ’ Orleans proved the present season the earliest of 
all cherries , Early Purple Guigne and May Bigar- 
reau immediately following. In other seasons, the two 
last have ripened first. The next earliest after these 
are Early White Heart , May Duke, and Coe's 
Transparent. (We have found the Factor a bettei 
cherry than Early White Heart, ripening sooner, and 
bearing as abundantly. Gov. Wood , tke best of all 
cherries , is nearly as early.] 
Culture of the Gooseberry. 
Our readers are familiar with the fact that the Eng¬ 
lish varieties of the gooseberry, which succeed so ad¬ 
mirably in the land of their origin, often entirely fail 
from a peculiar mildew, under the hot suns of this coun¬ 
try. We observe in a late number of Moore’s New- 
Yorker, a successful mode described by R. B. Warren 
which has apparently much to commend it. He has not 
been successful by the usually recommended remedy o 
