, 1862-12-06

At&s hAu% LII 4eal-auu JltlG Lne0 10 thd lew
Z nraged fanatics. who would rule the world!
u S SMeyeE smooth the s5liabfes Of speech.
i hey Know that war and freedom both can live,
j cwevcr Ete,n the rules of camp and field.
T herc IL no hearth should feel them In the land
+ epose, EEd wealth, and honor can be Won,
not o1h9f siF I5a Rsins thar Sy1apny We now
N o hope is1eft ua cave our unbonnd hands!
4 Ld these rough hands have eet the calm and sure
u onstuloa oye1 ua, Of Peace, Amen.
Meeting CT the State horticultural
Society.
lFron Our Own CorreBpo1dent.]
BLooNENGTos, Tuesday, Dec 2, 1862
The Society met at 10 o'clock, a. ~, In
Rose'e Hall, about twenty-five members IN st.
tel dalce, embracing come Of the best horti-
cultural talentin the Northwest. Those from
ebroad are: Dr.. j. a. Warder Of Cincinnati; :;
N. J. Co1man, editor cf the Falzey Farp.e7:,
andsPfesident OF the Missouri State Horticu.-
trral Society; Dr.. L. D. Morse, President Of
lie Mcnfmack horticultural Society, St.
Louis, Alo.; Geo. Beelcr, delegate from the
Indiana State Horticultural Society; and Mr..
Hcf12ar, ct Crown Point, Ind
The President, Q. B. Galusha, called the
meeting te order, and addressed them In q yery
haIpy Strain for half an hour. 4 few of bis
remarks We give below:
TIE season has again arrived when We are
accustomed to meet for the discussion OF
these topics which re deem OF importance in
ptomctiog the prosperity Of the Society, and
in carrying out the object for which IT was
instituted.
EACH reas: urance OF cur annual gathering,
forms one Of the bright pages in our inaiyid-
ual history, one OF the cares In life's journey
which Eladdens oil onr hearta, since all are
Eere nrited In the common bond OF brother
hood, which is wont to link those who are Is.
boring to promote one ccmmon end, to achieve
one common object. More is this true, when
tie end to be gained will prove permanent
blessing to mankind, and whom the means to
the end includes the cultivation Of the tastes
and the refinement Of both the mind and the
body
IT is therefore with mingled pride and pleas-
sure that refer you to our history as . toele-
tJ, to the good results in the varions dcaartr
nlents, to the perfect harmony Of feeling
which has prevailed in oil our discussions, the
difference which each ras paid to the Others
oTlEion, how much socvcr they may have
differed IN o!'inion from his ovn, in short ths
| good With which each hes bccn crested and
the Uniform good fellowship which las char,
| ac!cr:zed al our Intercourse, whether in p15.
Lie or private.
| In recalling our past history, wesee much te
10 stimulate aud to encourage, for the future
Frcn little handful Of zealous men, who six
| gears ago met in Decatur, when the society
had its birth, its numbers have constantly in
creased until they arc now counted by hua.
! cr6ds, AID our Influence is being for good, IL
| every township in the STATE. Young proyes
| arc springiDS up which art destined 10 add
neau ) 10 the landscape and value to the farm
! Here and there houses which are being made
attractive by etnbellishm:nt in their surround.
lngs. improvements is being made in the VI.
ritTlts q; 1:ait, AID The nlod1s of cu!tiyatin.
tit1u. Our reports IRE eagerl: sought by Gu /
1iSaiors TEu are about TO plant orchards,
E1oFe5, oslss, hedses o. gardens That they M;
learn *haJ 10 psant-hoW to plant aud how ia
| cultiya1e.
f! Tie President referred to the fact that while
| CUR fruits apresred and We're really becoming
better Ii quality. yet the trees appeared to
! luse. .T;gur, aEu he would call lie aIssntiou of
i lncmbtrs u the pronTletr ct deing something
in this direction to cvunteract the latter; thai
! we shGu1d go back 10 first PRINCIPLES. and
! thu: fcrtife TIC week points.
| Hf. W1Ts:cr discussed the letter point at
/ ]etgth, atd freely eoncurred in the necessity
! pi iH3i.E n:G1e attention tu the narjiuess ol
The lrce; to good and continuous crops,
r,4ther !Ian few specimens Of superior,
| sboWy fruit. That our fruits, in departing
fftlu tic original type, become better ii
| quality, while the tree was less hardy, was
! well Established fact. We must tura ou1
attention in that direction, aud, If possible,
! frrrenEa tfn 1or3fnacS IF ho -
the same time materially diminishing its uual
| lty. In the departure from the original coudi
tiGn, We both lose and gain-gain in richac5;
OF fiuIt, and lose in the hardy qualities of th5
! r1ec.
He REQUIRED to Vsn Mons theor; of nea
Varieties, and proved this most promiuen.
theo1iss an impostor, preaching one theory
and practising another; that his so~calIei
system Of ame1foration Of varieties was
base fctltn; that all the real facts werea al
Tariance win general received opinions OF
| tEat point. MI. Berkmars, the successor o.
| Van Mons, who practised system of hybrid
1zing, had been aole to impart vigor and dura
biliry TO his new pears, BY a careful selection
Of both parents and seedlings, discarding al
that had not firm wood and good constitu
taons as OF 10 practical value, notwithstand
fruit.
Mr. Oyerman followed IN the same vein, re
viewing the history Of pear culture, aud TIM
various tendencies Of the Van Mon theory
air. Shaw said that in thg production of nen
Seeding apples VIC should not form too hast1
conclusion, as it was often the case that fo
the first six or seven years The truit yarie.
both it quantity and quality. anil that poo
1zuit might 50 improve in e few years as to be
ccn1e valuable. Il WAS too often the case tia
these new fruits were hastily condemned o
vastly oyer-es1imated.
i atr- Celmau Of Missouri said that about St
find tn fsrr$fe ~1vvA
the seedlings, that We should select the slos
growers, as these will be found tie most hard
and yalusble.
Mr.. Bryant would take issue on that point
as with Eim, seeding arpla trees were n
win1e 1er Of 1851 '55, which proved so des.rue
tive to orchards, the slow growing seedlin
suffered alike with those Of the most tvigorou
habits.
lii. Galusha, would explain that the herei
tiary transmission Of characteristic, goes fl
back Into The history OF fruits, thst 1t is 20.
sible to produce new kinds. containing bot
hardness and high quality OF fruit.
DR.. Morse would ask how We could recor
Gle the doctrine Of tender trees and firm 4ul
N.
Dr.. Warder replied that in the histor
Of Pear culture that We could easily lose ou
labor by cultivatiug for firm quality Hithou
regard to hardness of tree, that in the On
case we could have few very superior specl
Tera, but We can make no money On then
and D'u5: foTego the use CT their fruit. Il
J WEE something of q maniaist, SO much so th:
be wanted good fruit that produced j
pleEty, and trees just as hardy rs he could .,t
!: | them that he vas willing to taka up with
less luscious fruit if he could have it in abu1
! dance.
Messre. Coleman and Bryant, discussed tt
hardness OF slow and rapid growing tree
: / the fc-1ncr contendirg that Short jolnte,
slow growing trees we're the most yalu7hl
r-growipg their wood early in the season an
producing more continuous AID abundal
| cr1pR, while the latter contended that rap
| growers, like Sweet June and others Of til
class, .rroytd as heavy rs those ct SLOW
! growth.
Mr. MINER would cite the case OF the Lift
6 Romantic. rapid growing tree and vel
rapid growth of any particular season, SUI
Is tie past cna, In which the growth is enc
noue, aud he feared that the coming wint
would prove disastrous to the frg
> trees, ard he believed that it WAS this CO
diti1n of the trees when entering the wiut
in this immature condition he wonld. tae1
u fcrs reconcile these diacrcpancies OF SLOW a,
I. rapid growtr, for; in such seasons as the pas
bath If these classes will grow tender.
: Dr.. Wardes would call the Bartlett a tend
t1ee, its woody structure was weak and
: branches would ensp in every wind, yet eve
one wanted Bartletts, but he would not .
riee its planting on the prsizie, unless insi
p OF Rur:is" double EeHs OF silver naples.
Sni'y Shepherd Of Heoneptn has tried
the varieties Of pear from Van Mona, L.
!. L. CIe1c, down to the ecraygy, thorn5 KIDD
al, all, had gone will the horrible blight, ]
knows no difference IN the hardness wh