Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-07-06

the fr9uds OF errors O. nurseIywen or
scedsTo1 fer BE it from US 10 do any
such thing. We shall rather expose and
condemn them. But it should be Iemem-
bered that /. is on e?rr matter for them to
make mistakes, and exceedingly difficult
to avoid them. They are llnding great
Oumber of varieties Of the same article,
aud their s.. les being huddled into few
weeks, renders impossible that leisure and
circumspection which eau be gi7cu to or-
dinary trade. A boy entrusted 10 attach
a label, may get it on the wrong tree or
paclale. and The error may escape notice
until too late. Iu packing, which mus.
be entrus ed 70 workmcu, there are many
chances for mistakes even where the lc-t
rigid surveillance is kept up. lnlae8,
throughout the whole routine Of then ba-
sincss-in proragatiar, digging, labelling.
and packins-thcre are an almost Infinite
number of small opera ions which require
exactness, and all of which expose to cr-
ror. lie charitable, then. and DO not call
every cr.or 4 trick or q cheat Eyarv year
our professional nur>cry men aaI seeds
men are becoming more systematic and
more careful, as well IS 1--Iy discriminate
ing and saii!ful, and thus the chances for
error are rapidly decreasing, except among
neT beginners, who have everything to
learn.
There is growing up, however, in this
country, a system of dealing for which re-
spectacle nurSerymen are not responsib'a,
and to VII ch it is our present purpose to
call attention. The e1fraOrdiu2rv Growth
OF horticultural commerce within ihe t1w
past years, has attracted the attention Of
thar iarge class of spcculatiug individuals
who are ever on the lookout for profit
able field Of orerations-men who may
fairly be trusted; but it IS equally tue
that very many Of them lJck honcsiv, aud
will not nc-''ate-to misrepreselr aud de-
ceiye wherever they consider deception
necessary to success. We have ia our
hands the most ample evidence OF dis.
Letter upon letter has been for some tine
past addressed to Us upon this subject from
all part, o. the country, begging Us to ez-
pose the ir.uds, and propose some remedy.
Bu, what can we do! The world is full
Of credulous people, ever ready to b. ma4c
victims o the crafty stories of unscsupu-
lOus ro9ucs,-people who read but little,
aud "uUn our warnings Will never reach,
aud who, even # they did, would give
them no heed,-people whom even dear
bought experience would fail to teach wis
dom. They are the penny-wise and pound
foolish, who will run 4 thousand risks Of
being cheated for 4 single chance Of max
Ing good bargain. The authorities Of
New York city caused flaming placards to
g. 4 around the streets, in the most
r.us manner, to caution country
i-,i -.iust being docoyel into mock
4t.,jau rooms, where they are certain 90
be neeced BY set Of stool pigeons; Iui
whilt these placards are carried " IL
down oil day long, every morpils paper
biings to light some mock auction fr.uIs.
and thousands are daily perpetra;ed that
ave never made public. All that can be
urged against the folly and madness Of
swallowing patent medicines avails moth,
Jug; for We sec the country full of travel
Ing medicine chests, aud vast fortunes re
allied from the business. All manner oI
frauds are e'pctrated, day after d.y aut
year after year, upon a creGulOUs puyii-
and yet The last reups as rich = harvest a-
the first. We have therefore bus liule
hope that anything can be done to stay d
ceptive trading in trees, plants, ~ seeds
Our correspondent "M, CT Maumee, Ohio
related in our last humber some of to,
tricks Of foreign a3ventugers in the West
anu VIC udNC SUCH tNC 'Cl y cHAC 'Aio-
done in this enlightened horticultural city
of ours few years ago. Large quantities
of the mcrest trash !7cre sod at exoryi
taut prices to persons who were nevo
known TO patronize nurs2rymen aud flor
i-ts at their own doors to tue amount Of ;
dollar. \ short tine ago 4 gcntlema,
from one Of the Eastern States called OF
us, and impaired for person who he sai'
had sold large quantities. OF Apple trees il
his neighborboOd, representing himself t,
be the proprietor of ore of the oldest anc
most extensive nurseries in Western New
York, and representing also that his tree;
were propagatcd by some superior meiho.
which Was known to MIN only, AMI Thici
gave them decided superiority over tree
grown in the ordinary way. On inquiry
We found this man did not own Il singl,
foot of land, had never been nurscrymau
nor had he any interest whatever in any
nursery establishment, but bought sucl
trees as he could make the largest prJI
on. He Was crafty rogue, howege.-Ffe
tended more than ordinary piety, and we
timized the religious people of New EuS