Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-03-23
TULtMEII--XTMBER II.

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B'nid Paling, friend; nature docs not g2t 10
hasiy g'b-work. like jUurneymen carpeutcrs.-
Bli al least b. consistent. Fill your garden
with annuas. d. not SOW anyth;ng more lasi.
iug.urasklng long leases ol iim lh tn siSw .eks
ber1s and summer sul flowers. Breed 40 stock
plant no orchards, drain no meadows, aad--sel
no hedges! Lave all these To wiser nisn. or
rather b, persuaded Of ihe wisdom Of doing IN
the b 'st way, Shat liilcri Of III earth hay, not
learn d 10 do b .ucr after a laps. cf ceniuricsl
Eu Crs re SO persons, e Il "a uf ours, Who
ma'i b. rrea1-d with more respect. They viii
tell US that they have more rru3uns in Their ob.
j'clions 10 hedges. They admire h.dg =. IN "
have planted aud raised lh.m. Bot lhry have
not succeeded. aud IN y have great doubts Of IN
possibility Of making good h. d - ia h, United
5 meS. We know al III, diff -uIriss which
lh ;s" culilvalur' have expari-uced, for we have
made the same irIdls. ald scea The sa u obEa.
clrs Ourselves. Bat W. are G, niI.ni We can
answer Their objections in few words. The
HAWTHORN (CTaiG :uS) caunOl b. depended up.
on as hsdg; plaI ~ this country.
| Ipndr'dt of cmigrlns from Great Britain.
familiar all their lives with IIlwlhIrI hedges
| ilneSs of "pusls and rails" in Am .rica, hay:
made hedg 3 of lhsir Old iavorilc, the comnon
English llawlh"rn, and given them every care
aud attention. Here aud there We sre an IN
san c Of success; but it ,annut be denied that,
/ 'h main, III, re Is no success. The EGgIish
Hawthorn ls n.I adapted To our hot aud bright
SUNNI rs. aud CHh never b. successfully used
/ tor E'un hedges.
/ BI' Ih,rs arr may species Of NATIVE IIaw-
thorn scdtcr. d through our wool VIII NOT
these make good hedg 81 We answer, excel.
Tent ONES; nothing caa he much better. Almost
adY OF III en- or, superior lU tn, Tor ign sorI for
l0ur c. naIe. We have soen badges Of Ihc Two
speCI = known lnII5 nurseries a The Nrwcas-
Tie l:ora. (CraOegRs eTU5 gallo aud lh, Wash.
Irgon Ihurn; u. cJTdu,G) that r.az d all We
could desire ol blauuiui aud elf.cIlyc yCrIan,-
les, taace.
lew years ago, therefore, VIC strongly rec.
,ommenled thss- native ihons; W. hoped to sec
Them planted in all part: Of lh5 country. BIt
we are forced 10 admit now that there i, a raa.
son why We iiar Ihcy will never make purma.
ntnI hedges for The country al Iarge, and for
iarm ?GrPOsa'.
Tins IS their liability TO be utterly destroyed
by that ms ct, 50 multiplied in many paris Of
The counuy.ne APPLE BIRER. Wherever there
ar. old orchards, This insect sooner or atr fluids
us way. AM sooner or later II will attack all the
Ilawlhorns. wheih r native or lur ign, for til V
all belong 10 lha same family as the apple tree,
aud are all lis tavuriIe food.
We dn not doubt that there are many sec
i:onS of tn country wher, gool Hawthorn hgd
: 3 of III b 81 nuvn species. may b. grlwn.-
ln some aces this EiIal foe t. il may never a.
pear though it fI,lows closely n the steps o
!, every careless or hariist. In GARDENS where
il'ects are coSeIy warchld. i; is not v,ry dffi-
cuII 10 prevent their ravag1s upon The tho:n
plans. Bur what W. mean tn point oit a5 dis
ncl ly rs possible is his, that no sp 'ces of llaw.
horl. or CaATaEiUS. ia likely ever to become Il
h dga plant Of gtn.r,l use aud yaue To farmers
! in Am rca.
What ~anli, h'lg p mt for this coun.
Try is, yigor. hlrIiness, lo"g why. aud sap aud
bark either off n>iye, Cr off ring no Iemp.aripns
10 any Il S'ruclivc insects. Ar III r. such pianist
We think W. may now, aier tn. matt has
b1en pr!uy thoroughly tested, answer yes; and
name The BUcETHoRN. aud lha Usage GRANGE;
The former for the northern. and the lallcr for
The norlh'ru aud tha latter for lhI south -rh and
western portions Of our country. These plants
arc bOlh Native.