, 1865-11-10
.Gt)ifago Gribn1te.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1865.
THE FARM AND, GARDEN.

THE FARM AND, GARDEN,
Landscape Gardening for tho Psr.ner-
How to Plant the Chcstnut-The NM.
Eard Cherry for Stocks upon which
70 Graft, VI. the moroIlo-Tha Klnn
Piant-Tho Weather and The Cropa-
Railroad Frcixhts and Prices,
I lfFon Our Own Correspondent
cHAHrAIaH. H.. Nor. e. 1865,
4 'LASDBcAPE GARDENING.
John L. Morgan of Monmouth, H., inquiries
1of Inc best work on the Rboye subject. Down
ing Is considered the best. This landscape
gardening has been very much oyerdone, snd
| good taste sadly demoralized. The fault is
| not 60 much that OF the profession Us OF the
employer. The haste to make a show On
short notice is the stumbling block In the
way g good taste and dgood common sense. We
! h hase nad some experience In their lino which
has taught Us lesson that may a1so benefit
others NC viii 60 little In DETAIL and
Show up the Gulfa that continue to, proH
more apparant every ycar. 49,.
having ample ground VIC gaFe gardener
eane ola1ehe to get up the surroundings, 70
40 hlm Justice no man In the West ts ahead
OF him In his art, as many spacious grounds
In Chicago md other cities testify. Yet ali
OF them contnin more or less Of the faults 30
con common TO NIL "we1l regulated grounds"
AZ WuAl>a HlC Ill "Gll lAlN out, anu The
screens perfect. but the taste In filling up Is
the marplot. And now, after t1re years Of
growth, instead of having an open lawn stud
ded with beautiful shrubs aud grand ever
greens, we have thickct OF trees and shrubs
in which the ecrpentine walks arc oyergrown
and lost.
The remedy Is to dig ont the stumps Of
shrnbbery, and to thin out the eyergreens
and large deciduous trees. Second fault In |
planting and grouping was to adopt the fea-
three acres. No house should be enveloped |
IN trees and shrubs, for the reason that It |
M1H be damp and unhealthy. What Mr. |
Morgan and thousands Of Others need, is the |
laying out Of their honso grounds In such
tinct, and yet have blending thst gives It
symmetrical whole, If green aud hearty. Few |
farmers can afford to engage landscape
gardener, and yet they ill can and should |
have tasty surroundings None Of the works |
N landscape gardening are adapted to our
iarm. house grounds, simply for the reason
that they require too much labor in prcpar- |
Ing the 6urtacc, making wolER and Ia large |
amonnt Of trees. The tarmeris deferred rrun !
any attempt to adorn bis grounds because he /
has BEEN taught that it Is beyond his ability !
rayel.
Here In our farm house grounds no attempt !
Is made at systematical planting; taste is |
ignored. by the setting OF rows of trees In uni
t9'n line, or planting shrubs In the corners Of |
the fences, to lake their chances with weeds. |
them.
1t requires less Of Start" and trees tlan Is
generally supposed, to make up the home
surrounding; In large parks, the grouping
In the crnnped space OF the ordinary farm
grounds. On such grounds each tree aud
plant should be an individual; VIC wnnt no
afbors or summer houses; let the house
porch fill up this want, for no honse should
be without It's yeranda-not small shelter
to project the trout door, but one Of ample
sran for the family to occupy during the
su1nmes months
The walk that leads from the highway to
the house may be boarded with flowers, such
as dnhi}as. ycrbenas, and other budding out
plants. Mounds and Hover beds should
not be tolerated in front, but let IL be a grassy
lawn, dotted with trees and shrubs, selected
for their beauty Of form, foliage, and flowers.
The FIRST essential is TO have the house SGT
high from the ground, say four to i've feet.
u set low, say one to two feet, the shrubbery
VII soon give II squat appearance, covering
the door and lower windows from sight, when
passing along the highway.
a few evcrgfeens, such as Norway Spruce,
Austrian and Scotch Pine, Arbor Vite and Red
Cedar On larger grounds, others can be
not less than thirty feet In diameter, and
shrubs, euch as Snow balls and Syringias, ten
fCet. When convenient. an outside belt of
Spruce, Arbor VitR, or Red Cedar, to belt of
the garden and outbuildings is dasirnbte.
Any person of ordinary common sense can
do the planning and planting Of such grounds.
When desirable, an occasional fruit tree can
be placed in the grounds to good advantage.
ut village lot few early apples, two or
three Of the May cherry, and the same num-
Der Of Siberian crabs
All Of tue ground should be kept we'll cul-
tivatcd for two or three years, when 1T can be
set in blue grass, the mowings OF which
should be used as mulch for the trees. If
seeded down soon after plnntingg, the whole
will prove failure. Thick planting, aud ths
young plantation for your house grounds -
We shall take out more than two-thIrds of
the trees and shrubs in our grounds, and then
they will be somewhat crowded, Ior In many
cascs they are not In the right place to thin
out 10 good advantage.
Twenty dollars worth of these, judiciously
alranged, ore better than hundred crowded.
While the former will present m aspect of
beauty, the other Will be only tansled wood
lot. study nature, and adapt the surround
,ngs 20 Of your home to your means, and spend
no time on costly plans, which are on1y adapt
ID to the retired gentleman Of large fortune.
Do not. therefore, wait to get rich; II Won ! ,
cannot buy more than one tree at time, plant
il in the right place, and cultivate the frunt
yard TO potatoes or onions until you can ill It
o %a aaf !ss aeqsi taas give to the
GneInur, CuanEnLAxu Co., III,
Ny. "RrnAL:"-1 am .'plairie iarmer" on a
small ssalc but read !he TripusE, and especially
few chestnata from Ohio and Instead Of ssatifyins
pertinent d Eals!ne Cbestnuts Il ~ aGppef pei EsyptH
their growth. Very respectfully.
1he Chestnuts must not be permitted to
dry beiore planting, in this case they will not
grow We hare found them In the stores in
Chicaeo in good condition to plant, when .
shipped early In the season, but this Is not
often the case Autumn planting Is the most
desirable when there is no mice to disturb
them. To avoid this We lcrel the bed smooth
moved early in Spring and slight sprinkling |.
oi prairie hay or straw substituted. The 1nst
Winter they will require protection from the
[rost heaving them ont ofthe ground. In the {
spring they should be removed to the place !
squirrels it would he hetter u plant where
the trees are to stand, as the Chr smut is one
Of the most difficult trees to transplant after !
three OF four years old. Some persons place !
lhe seeds IN damp sand or moss and winter I
thc1n in cool dry, cellar, aud plant In the !
Spring.
At Quincy the chestnut Is vigorous grow
ing tree, and bears nhundant1y, and there Is !
40 apparent reason why they will not do well :
n Cumberland County, at least on the white
clay soil. Hers they make u very good c
growth, and VIC hope TO have plenty Of the
1uit In few years.
Trees sent ont from the nurseries seldom | 9
I've, and for this reason this fruit Is little
SHOWN In the State, outside Of the grounds OF J
trees. The Tulip tree and the afaeuolias arc
inilar in thcir habits Of ttansplan,inr-
ainety per cent Of which die when sent out y
rom the nurseries :
stn: A Y some Of he nurse15mcn about hers in G
i, mt The Ma1zard cherry The best and the
ee. nee tor Sss T,h yo9 wsad TEe
he winter LIN themf and wherr! Woa]d they not
g wen for root grating. Wonld ron use early q
pront much as the common NoselIoi Please Il
nswes soon md much ohtge, r.
iour, de-, A. ]. cnopsrr- =
We might answes the above by asking ~ !"
heTies live and bear fruit On the pfairies !
~ know, or ought TO know, that 1t is in the =
Idocn cnaoges from the warm rain to the | q
1dden chilling frost during the winter The =
les: This had ought to convince any man s. 81
hat they nrr unfit for stock in this climate, =
hen none but the Mo1euo family can he s.
Glled upon for fruit The seedlings Of tlls Il y
amc general law. II they were iii hardy r
hen We could grow all Of the grated SORTS o!
nong the Morello tribe but tits IL not the 1e
ase- The EARLY Richmond, or as it Is more II
ropcrly called the May Cherry, mot Eariy % e.
lay) L. hardy, and IN Kentucky and most Of 81
lc Middle States 1t IS propagaied fto1n |
uckers. We have several trees root grafted oI
n the Mazzard; but they do not bear good y.
rops OF fruit. as compared with those on the G Je
lorello, md the same Is true Of the Mahaleb. "
Vc have lost several iarge trees on the e.
lazznrd from winter killing OF the stock. ", W.
Nunefymen will discard the Maxxard for the -
,ason that people will soon cease to purchase ne ne
ZEN: That i Is the stock in common use we ou o..
Unit, but that It Is the common stock ~
nong cherry growers In Cook and DnPage Mt
'unties, when the May cherry is the most ~, ~,