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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Nov. 
would decidedly preponderate in favor of autumn, more 
especially because it is not accompanied with the check 
we have already spoken of, at the very moment the 
trees should commence to grow vigorously.* We have 
never found hardy trees to succeed better, if as well, 
other things being the same , as when carefully dug up 
in autumn and well laid in till spring, when they were 
set out, without the above mentioned check. 
Shrubs and small plants, if inclining to be tender, 
are always made more tender the first winter by trans¬ 
planting ; hence they should be either protected, or 
the work done in spring. Hardy, early starting peren¬ 
nials, as peonias, pie-plant, &c., should always be set 
in the fall; while tulips and many other bulbs require 
| setting a month or two earlier. The practice must be 
j modified by circumstances, climate, and the habits of 
I the various plants. 
Hardy Ever Green Trees. 
Deodar or Indian Cedar —Abies JDeodara of 
Lindley. A native of the western Himalayas, where 
it grows to the height of 150 feet, often with a clear 
trunk eight or ten feet in diameter. This noble cedar 
cannot be too extensively planted, as its peculiar grace¬ 
ful habit, when in a young state, renders it an attrac¬ 
tive feature from the first. It has not inaptly been 
termed the Evergreen Larch , from its pleasing light 
green foliage. 
Cedar of Lebanon— Abies Cedrus. A native of 
Mount Taurus and Lebanon, but now much scarcer in, 
its native habitat than in places in Europe, where it 
has become a general favorite. Its majestic wide, 
spreading branches, when seen in old trees, make it one 
of the very best for planting for the beautiful in land¬ 
scape scenery, its heavy sombre foliage contrasting 
finely with the lighter foliaged trees. It has been 
ranked by many as too tender to stand the severe 
winters of this country, the cause of which in most in¬ 
stances, is probably owing to its being planted in cold 
and damp situations; whereas this and the preceding, 
to show their true character, should be planted in a 
dry soil; if considerably elevated above level of the 
sea, so much the better.^-The illustration given above, 
was taken from one in New-York, growing upon the 
grounds of Thomas Ash, Trent. 
Crossing of the Grape. 
— 
Will the pollen of grape vines mix if two vines of 
Catawba and'Isabella, are run on the same trellis'? I 
have a row of each, fifteen feet apart, and not succeed¬ 
ing with them on stakes, I think of placing them on a 
series of trellis running across, if there be no objection 
to their running together. W. H. Miller. Memphis , 
Tenn., Sept. 2, 1853. 
No evil nor visible result will occur from the two 
sorts of grape occupying the same trellis.. It is not 
common for one variety to impregnate another, even 
if in close proximity, unless the one impregnated first 
has its own anthers removed artificially. It however 
sometimes occurs. But even when it does occur, the 
pulp or fruit is not at all changed or affected, but only 
the seed , whose hybid nature is developed only when 
new plants are produced and bear fruit. 
Strawberries. 
In reply to K. Norris’ question, in your October num¬ 
ber, asking the name of some productive large fruited 
strawberry “ that will hull in pinking,” I name the 
Hudson as precisely what he desires. There are five 
or six other varieties which have the same properties, 
but I do not recall their names positively. I think, 
however, that the Moyamensing Pine, Triumph, and 
Cornucopia, are among the number. Wm. R. Prince. 
Flushing , Oct. 3, 1853. 
