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THE CULTIVATOR, 
Sept. 
Where Tomatoes have been planted they should be 
constantly topped beyond the fruit, and if extra fine 
are required for exhibition, thin out all small ones. 
All vegetables should be picked when ready, as a 
much greater succession is obtained than by allowing 
them to become too old. 
Now is the time to increase Carnations,. Picotees 
and Pinks, by layers and pipings ; the latter require 
to be under glass; they should be done as soon as pos¬ 
sible. Use a little leaf mold and sand to root them in. 
They repay all the trouble they require. 
Seeds of any striking flowers, should be marked and 
saved separately. This is the way to improve them. 
It should be perfectly ripe before gathered, or the 
young plants will be feeble and more susceptible of 
injury. E. S. —— 
Evergreen Hedges. 
Messrs. Editors —I have learned that Arbor Vitae 
makes a good ornamental hedge. Is it of rapid growth 7 
In how many years would it form a hedge 7 How close 
should they be planted 7 What soil is best 7 Is sirring 
or fall, and what month, preferable for transplanting 
them 7 Will not stock injure them after they have 
formed a hedge 7 They can be purchased of the size 
from one to two feet high, in Bangor, Maine, for 
$15 per thousand, but can they be shipped to Indiana 
without “seriously endangering their lives7” Also, 
can you tell me the probable cost of transportation of 
half that number from that point to this 7 
I forgot to ask in the proper place, whether there be 
any truth in the saying, that you must plant the same 
side to the sun, as they grew originally? This seems 
absurd, but I have heard several insist on it. If you, 
or others, through your valuable journal, can give me 
answers to these questions, and any other information 
on this point, it will be of advantage to some of your 
readers, and will certainly oblige one. C. Kemble. 
Little Flat Rock, Decatur Co., Ind., July 12, 1853. 
The American Arbor Vitoe, (called erroneously, White 
Cedar in Western New-York and some other places) 
forms a beautiful screen, but is hardly strong enough 
to resist the assaults of cattle. It will, however, become 
so after many years, if allowed considerable freedom of 
growth, and is not sheared too closety. We have seen 
old trees by the road side that had been browsed by 
cattle, and rendered thick, stubby, and impassable. 
The hemlock makes a more beautiful screen than the 
arbor vitas, but is still slenderer when young. The 
Norway Eir will soon form a strong hedge against farm 
animals. All these bear any amount of shearing. 
The rapidity of growth depends very much on the 
soil and treatment. Well cultivated, on rich soil, which 
is best, two-feet plants will form a screen six feet high 
in four or five years, which will improve much by thick¬ 
ening for three or four ye ar more, and more slowly af¬ 
terwards. This plant will make shoots each year about 
two feet long; Norway Eir, three to four feet. The 
distance asunder, may be one and a half to two feet. 
Spring is the best time for transplanting, just as the 
buds are swelling, but the precise time is not important. 
It is, however, very important that some earth should 
remain on the roots when they are removed, and that 
the roots be well mudded. They may be transplant¬ 
ed in autumn, set in rather thickly by the roots, and 
set out early in spring; but it would be better to take 
them up early and send them in spring. Erom Maine to 
Indiana would be a long journey, unless sent on railway 
by express without any attendant delay. It would be 
better to procure them nearer. G ood plants, one to two 
feet high, hardened to open ground, are, if we mistake 
not, offered for sale by Dell & Collins, of Waterloo, N. 
Y., at about $25 per thousand. The cost of transporta¬ 
tion may be determined by weighing a few trees, cal¬ 
culating the weight per 1,000, and adding one-half more 
for packing, and learning the price from forwarding 
agents. 
It is no consequence whatever which side of young 
trees, or of any trees with leaf-covered trunks, is placed 
towards the sun—but is more necessary for old bare 
trees which have stood many years, and which some¬ 
times loose their bark by scorching if the position is re¬ 
versed, and the shaded side is placed directly towards 
the rays. —— 
Strawberries and their Culture. 
Messrs. Editors —Will you inform us which are 
the best kinds of strawberries to Cultivate in hills, and 
have the old plants remain long without renewing? 
and where such may be had ? P. Pratt. Deep Ri¬ 
ver, Ct., July, 1853. 
There are some varieties of the strawberry, as for ex¬ 
ample, Large Early Scarlet, Cincinnati Hudson, &c., 
which grow well and bear abundantly if allowed to run 
and cover the whole bed, although the fruit is larger 
and finer if they are kept well cultivated in hills or 
rows. Other soi-ts, as Boston Pine and Black Prince, 
need high culture in ail cases, and to be kept in hills. 
Hovey’s Seedling is best if so treated. Strawberry 
plants begin to decline in vigor and productiveness in 
two or three years, and must be renewed. This may be 
very easily done by allowing some of the runners to 
grow, and then pulling up the old plants. An acquaint¬ 
ance keeps his large bed of Hovey’s Seedlings in the 
most luxuriant and productive condition, by yearly pul¬ 
ling out all the old roots. The self-renewing system, 
pi-acticed by allowing the runners to cover the space 
between the rows every second or third year, and then 
spading under the old rows, and leaving the new plants, 
is a very good and cheap practice. 
The best strawbenies are Burr’s New Pine and Mc- 
Avoy’s Superior, for large, vei-y productive sorts, of high 
flavor-, but too soft for marketing; Large Early Scarlet, 
best very early sort, prolific, and good both for market 
and home use; Cincinnati Hudson and Rival Hudson, 
later, scarcely equalled for marketing, but hardly first 
rate in flavor; Ilovey’s Seedling, mostly quite produc¬ 
tive, and very large and showy, and therefore high- 
priced in market; and Boston Pine, an excellent sort, 
but requiring high culture in hills. All of these ex¬ 
cept the Scarlet and Boston Pine, are pistillates, and 
require a few plants of either of the two latter to grow 
near them to produce fertility of flowers, and yield a 
Setting Trees too deep. —A cultivator finding 
some heart cherry trees which had been set out three 
or four years did not grow well, examined by removing 
the earth, and found they had been set nearly a foot 
deeper than they should have been. 
