, 1866-06-13
THE ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Frult Prospects in InTa-A Beautiful
Floral OrnanSent-The Black Cap
Forest Trees-A Good
Gnrdcn 1vutk-ymportance And Uses
Of mhuure-Wtre Fences.

Floral Ornanient-The Black Cap
ItahvbeTrT-Forest Treea.A Good
Garden Vgutk-lmportanco And Uses
Of manurc-Wtre Fences.
IFrnm Our Own Correspondent
SOUTHERN Iowa, 5upce+
At the date Of my Inst, fruit trees Of every
description were covered with bloom, md the
most abundant crops were forcshadowed.
Since that time We have had the most favora-
bic weather, thong h cool, aud all danger Of
frost las passed of. Apples will be & most
abundant crop; worms and other drawbacks
can hardly do more than thin them out prop
er1y. Ditto of cherries. Pears only average
hardly that, the blossoms dropping at an
unforeseen rate Strawberries, and the black
cap raspberry promise unusually well, the
former just commencing to rtpcn. A1togeth-
cr, prospects are favorable indeed, Tor which
We should be duly thankful this beautiful
weather.
MAGNIFICENT ORNAMENTAL PLANT.
Ifa "thing of beauty Is q joy forever"
(the man who sa1d so thought he knew all
about it, 1t is to be regretted that all your
readers, particularly the ladies, cannot see
specimen Of IYiegatd Rosea, now before the
wriier- It is about six or eight feet high aud
as many across, standing out On the grass
plat, away from trees, where It has had pleu-
" Of room to develop itself, and with Its
myriads OF pinkish bells, nearly crimson be-
/ fore expanding, is almost perfect heni-
| sphere Of beauty, fragrance and music, with
the bees hummlng all over 1t. One such plant
| Is worth hundred crowded up specimens,
such as We usually see in garden grounds, and
this Is certainly my fayorite, Of the many
kinds that are sold by the nurserymcn. It Is
hardy to the very tip, and easily propagated,
cuttings taken of In the ta11 and buried in the
ground, growing with great faciMty when
planted out the next spring, whlle 1t layers
with equal ease. Ladies', put this down as
your most desirable ornamental plant, aud
be sure to give 1t plenty Of room, as Indeed
you should give everything. Instead OF
crowdlng the flower garden with spring
blooming plants, care should be taken to keep
Season, reducing the number In bloom at
once. II eau easily be done.
! irHE BLACK CAP RAsPDEnHy.
A friend at my elbow confirms all previ.
ously slated about this most desirable fruit.
It is perfectly hardy and never fails Of q crop,
which Is more than can be said Of any other
variety. 1t dries with greater facility and
ease than any other fruit, and is Of the very
best quality, three pounds Of the fresh making
one Of the dried fruit, worth 60 cents q!
wholesale, This renders It OF great value to
those distant from market. Fellow fruit
growers, set out as many acres Of this rasp.
berry next spring as you can find plants ia
put in, and In the meantime make your ar.
ranse1nents beforehand to secure all tht
plants you may want at that time.
coxCERS1SG FOREST TREES.
Though like to agree With the TRBus1
as q general thing, can't eonscientiously ds
it In what 1t says about forest trees. Weslast
down timber at great rate, It Ii true, but IL
our genial soil It grows almost IS fast as 1t Il
cut down, aud our prairies, both in nlinot
and Iowa, which dozen or twenty year
ugo wcre the bleakest spots on the globe
reaching miles and miles without a tree, hav'
now grown up with clamps and groves 0
1 trees and shrubbery, which line nearly all tht
lanes aad roads. Sti1l. perhaps, 1t ia we'll Il
scare wasteful people about 1t II yon can, bu
don't drag the Government in. One thiot
surprises me q good deal, and that Is the 9u11
ity Of timber which has generally beef
planted, being neither useful nor ornamental
| 80 It was q tree. 1t has been stuck Ia ami
made to grow. The locust Ia completed
played out in the West, the borer attacktn!
and killing 1t before 1t Is four inches IN diane
!; I ger. It never Was good for anythlos, anyhow