Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-22

| SIDE Of The he re, an the cart frnm the same
was cast amongst the gul KS, making a bank :
hut his ditch not heinz sufficiently iaree 10
| cast off the water with which Inundated the
ground above, about one fourth of INV hedge
| was drowned aud killed. Every sycamore on
this drowned portion was killed-alsn. many
willows,
Although the whole length of the hedge is on
low grounds, yet near the hill, j. is somewhat
| elevated. and qsite dry; nevertheless. TO my
SUI PRISE fis here T., qnicks of both kinds
live AMI thrive best, io' there are not dead
more than { ur Ia the hundred
Many sprouis grew on this hedge in thu wear
TO the length of six feet, which have AHEAD,
been Topped OF; and find the roots TO be from
uns 10 three feet long.
Il an no" engage in enla,ging and repair
| ing the diich on the side OF tar hedp. and 4.
| pect immrdiarl, 20 repair the hedge
A IN the expense of This dig Il stare, tina,
! ! made il with less labor Than | Guild have
! made dead WOO fence on III, same g,ound
! have determined 20 plan ho more vii ow
| hedge, conveniently | Eau obtain SYCAMORE.
| Nj ,rporer, further in conslderato OF III Ion
gevit, and Ia ih1od. sud its NOT beng eaten
! by nv kind nf ST. L. | have determined 1, |
may live, TO en-, lose all III. pis ilion witt
| sycamore fencing, except where | can coavr
nirdtiy get stone. The exterior lenciog vii
| be planted thinner than the cross ,rnre: pc,
| haps, al thu distance of eight inchps, and vii
| mostly be smaller qu'chs with roots; thee
wi be placed IN trench cut with spadr, and
! the earth cast on the runls AMI trud down
| aave o trench for tins purpose already cut, and
perhaps may comntnte TIL planning short
+! iy.
The labor necessary o rear hedge of thorn
Il. L..
! pantedwth roots, bnl il must be rased and
planted standing ii m IN IN" natural sod or it
| will perish aud to aught know, thorn re.
qnires the same process /, they must likewise b,
annually pruned aud waited, and then, even
! 10 years of such attention and labor may not
| produce perfect fence.
/ have Tx wise read of ocust hedges These
| mus he very valuable when at maturity bu'
| locust quiCks arr objectionable, as all manner
| of stock are remarkably fond of browsing on
| them therefore, they must he projected from
| stock by another fem e. for many years aliei
| planted, or dizzy II b. destroyed.
| Not long since, saw, on an island neat
! Lyuchburg, an attempt At locust hrigr. lfl
were the owner Of this ground, | wnui CERT in
! |, pull up this already crippled shrubbcry AND
y. al sy amore IN thrir stead Perhaps Iocus
may nor thrive n this kind of soil bit such !,
! The natural elment # thf sycauo,e \ s,ca
more hedge ,nn be made o. the banks of our
streams with perhaps one filth psrl OF the la
Dor OF Locust hedgf il is less liable 10 dIsea.e
and lives o n gle't agr
find that the larg st qncks in nv hodge liy,
and thrive Oe-t OF sucn as these, say = inches
in diane er, even at The distance Of Ia iaChr.
apart, hedg" eau be made the frs; year 10 re
sst both horses and COWS. For thi, purpose
J., I;D,h he
.itelsiI 5 OF the qu,eks. Urn leSe when plant
ed, 'ongifudina with the hedge If this be moi
sufficient TO turn sto k, then on the outside la,
! sma II poles, Hbou two and half ieet from hi
surface OF the earth and the work is com
peie
The roots oflocust run near the surface O
the esrth in search OF E. cd, and ar cnotnual,
putting out sprouts. 10 he great nnpedmeht o
culture and detrmenr u crop bit the roon
Of The ~ camOre sink deep into thr earth, III
| search Of water which is lis natural food, ant
III rrlorc IL rs neither an ~ jury TO th~ EARTH moi
an impeachment to a'isin"ss.
! To MAXI a straight hedge, set up stakes in
line, AZ Tor any other fence, and by sighting u
these, place the qpicts c'ose by thr side oil he
course Icy long & saaigh pole. with noiche
thereon at tn distance intended tor the qucks
| or tie shreds on rope ri the required distance
! and stretch his at The side of the course, ant
the distance is given. For curved hedge. til,
rope only must he used. L. DRUMMOND
| March, 1880
PtrSian Walnut. or Madeira Nut This Tree
generally called English Walnut, or Maderf
Nut, is "A native OF Persia, consequently neithe
[ Of the specific titles have any application. |
was formerly the practice, when the United
R,iga oil
thing that came from there. English ; but W,
| soon discovered that the fruits most priced u
! thai country, were the accumulated tribute,
which her gardens had received in other Chimes
it is now, therefore, high time tina we shoulc
dis, ard every such title, and where they have
no proper application, that they should be per
manently exploded.
| There are many varieties Of this tree in Eu-
| rope, and several in this country these vary
! in The size Of the fruit, III bHIng more or leg,
productive, or in yielding a greater or les
quantity Of oil. For HE latter purpose, thu,
| tree has not been cultivated in this country
| vii, therefore, confne my remarks to the
TWO first mentioned puints, viz size and fertl
hy.
! The most productive is the Common French
the shape is round oval. the kernel is excel
lest il is highly esteemed and extensively
cultivated iH France.
Late FioweTing, or Seroiind.-This is in great
reput" Ia the northern parts OF France, aud
| also in Germany and Swiiz sTlanj, as IL does
not flower I'LL June, and consequently ESCAPES
any injury from The late frosts have taken
much pains to introduce this last variety, be
lieylng il would be- advantageous to the north
ern part Of our country and also 10 Canada
&c
French Double This Is so called, because
the nuts are OF very large size, being nealy
fwire that OF many others ; he lree Is. howev-
er, less p, oducliye than the Two before men
toned.
All the varieties Of the walnut easily acc N
modate themselves to almost every kind OF soil,
but the French varieties of the Persan walnut
had better be placed IN an exposition where
they will have the iuII influence Of thu sun. All
walnuts may be propagated by seeds or by IN
grating, aud there is no doubt that all the