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tree brought from Newburgh, Hudson, or Albany, is as 
really affected by its removal from a milder to a more 
rigorous climate, as one brought from Long-Island or 
New Jersey; but only in proportion to the change of 
climate to which it is subjected. In order to prove that 
there is a decided difference in climate, between the 
banks of the Hudson and lake Champlain, it is only ne¬ 
cessary to refer to the fact that Chestnuts, Peaches, 
Nectarines, Apricots, Quinces, the Catawba Grape, and 
several other kinds of fruit, flourish and mature on the 
Hudson, while they will not succeed in Addison county, 
except in some peculiarly favored spot, and with special 
protection and care. 
If it is a fact, as stated by S. W. J., that some of the 
trees from the south, which have come under his obser¬ 
vation, u thrive better than most of those raised in our 
nurseries ,” the cause must be sought elsewhere than in 
the change of climate, for that, as has been shown, is 
against them. When our own northern nurseries are 
able to supply trees of as vigorous growth, as fine ap¬ 
pearance and of as choice varieties as are brought from 
southern nurseries, and I trust that day is not far dis¬ 
tant, it will require no uncommon share of Yankee 
shrewdness to decide which will be preferred for north¬ 
ern orchards. Row’d T. Robinson. Ferrisburgh , Ad¬ 
dison county , Vt., Is/ mo. 18, 1851. 
Cuttings from Suckers. 
Peach trees, headed down for the development of the 
bud, and Quinces under all circumstances, frequently 
throw up suckers close to the parent stem. These if 
removed from the old stock with clean cut, will grow 
with great facility. 
It is not worth while to do this ordinarily with peach¬ 
es, certainly not where stones are to be had. But with 
Quinces it is otherwise. Such cuttings from the latter 
will make twice the growth the first season that will 
be made by an ordinary cutting taken from the top of 
the tree. 
The reason obviously of this superiority lies in the 
fact that the stump of the cutting, having been formed 
below the surface, is more disposed to throw out 
roots than a cutting all whose growth had been above 
ground. 
Indeed, in the case of quinces you can frequently take 
off suckers with roots already formed. 
I have not tested this method with suckers from the 
pear, apple and plum, but analogically I have no doubt 
of similar success.* C. E. G. Utica, Jan. 24, 1851. 
Timber of the Deodar. —It appears that the timber 
of the Deodar cedar, (the most elegant perhaps of all 
evergreens, and which now sells at so high a price in this 
country,) is of the most durable character. Among 
the Himalayas, its native localities, the trunk sometimes 
attains a size of ten to twelve feet in diameter; and an 
instance is recorded where the timber was taken from a 
temple supposed to have existed at least 1000 years, as 
sound in appearance as when placed there. 
* A success proportioned to their susceptibility of being grown 
trom cuttings, which all know to be far less than in the case of quinces. 
NEW P UBLICAT IONS. 
American Journal of Science and Art.— The num¬ 
ber of this able and valuable journal for March, contains 
several interesting communications, among which are 
the following; Velocity of the galvanic current in 
Telegraph wires; by B. A. Gould, jr. Mineral Springs 
of Camden; by T. S. Hunt. Whirlwinds produced by 
the Burning of a Cane-Brake; by A. F. Olmsted. No¬ 
tices of coal in China; by D. J. McGowan. Limit of 
Perpetual Snow in the Himalaya; by Lieut. Strachey. 
Analyses of the Ashes of certain Commercial Teas, com¬ 
municated by Prof. E. N. Horsford. The work is con¬ 
ducted by Professors Silliman and J. D. Dana, aided 
in chemistry and physics by Dr. Wolcott Gibbs. Pub¬ 
lished in New Haven on the first of every second month, 
at $5 per year. 
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. —We have re¬ 
ceived the number for March, for which it is sufficient 
praise to say, it equals its predecessors. The first por¬ 
tion comprises “ Spring,” by Thompson, with fifteen 
very beautiful illustrations. With the usual variety of 
contents, the number closes with a humorous chapter 
from Punch, appropriately illustrated. Published month¬ 
ly at $3 a year, by Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff street, 
New-York. 
Lossing’s Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution 
—No. 11 of this work, relates particularly to some of 
the first scenes of the revolution, such as the battles of 
Lexington, Bunker Hill, &c. The illustrations are of 
the highest order of merit, and the general execution 
of the work is deserving the highest praise. Published 
by Harper & Brothers at twenty-five cents a number, 
each number containing forty-eight large octavo pages. 
The Farmer’s Guide. —We have received No. 15 
of this excellent work, by Henry Stephens, author of 
the Book of the Farm, assisted by Prof. J. P. Norton. 
It is the most thorough work on agriculture which has 
been published. New York: Leonard Scott & Co., 
79 Fulton street—twenty-five cents per number—the 
work to be completed in 22 numbers of 64 pages each. 
Next Show of the Royal Agricultural Society.— 
The next show of this society will be held in Hyde Park, 
London, in July next, during the exhibition of the great 
World’s Fair. The Council of the Society has decided 
on the details of the prize-sheet, of which the following 
schedule represents, summarily, the divisions and the 
respective amount of prizes assigned to each:— 
Short-horn cattle,.£215 
Hereford cattle,. 215 
Devon cattle,. 215 
Longhorn cattle,. 40 
Channel Islands breed,... 40 
Sussex breed,. 40 
Scotch horned cattle,. 45 
Scotch polled cattle,. 45 
Welsh, Irish, and other pure breeds, 40 
Horses,. 270 
Leicester sheep,. 170 
South-downs and other short-wooled 
sheep,. 170 
Long-wooled sheep (excluding Lei- 
cesters,)... 85 
Sheep best adapted to a mountain 
district (excluding Southdowns,). 50 
Pigs,. 130 
Total,.£1770 
