The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-11-01

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FAULT or Towxi GARDEN1Ne.-In our
travels about the country we notice one
Rlaring fault Ia all the town and village
flower gardens, and that we can express By
no more appropriate name than leGGfueesr
Everything is run up and drawnto Its
which do better when trained mp, and they
are left to branch from below sc win. Let
rs take as two examples the PelargOnium
(Geranium) and Heliotrope, which are
among the most common plants set out for
garden decoration. The geraniums, whether
leaves, or some of those priced for the
bril1iancy Of its flowers, or the shOwiness
of their variegated foliage, are often badly
wintered plants, a tuft here and there Of
foliage, set upon long leggy branches, which
never come into shapely plants. In plants
pinch. There is nothing moro tractable
than Pelargonium (geraninm) of any
kind. A house grown plant may be made
dense bush by pinching, and a bit of q
plant received from the green house in the
spring may be left to grow into I" leggy,"
shapeless thing, or may be made, by proper
pinching, to assume a pleasing form. Many
people who grow plants and love them,
lack the courage to do that which will be
for the plants good. a neighbor of ours
has a lot of plants. all at skies or sevens,
and though. wesqlmost daily advise the use
of the knife, he lacks the courage or the
faith to apply it. The Heli0trope, when
put out, often becomes a nuisance. Some
bran ches start out Fear the base and grow
a long distance before they show signs OF
Towering. Keep the Heliotrope pinched
in as to its lower branches, growing it as a
little shrub, and it will give an abundance
of flowers ill summer. BY proper atten-
ton to the plant in the borders, it may be
kept in good shape for potting for winter
Towering, but as generally grown, it has q
great number of long, weak branches at the
base, and when it is potted in the fall it is
of comely plants.-American Agricnlturist.
VINEYARDS IN CAL1FoRN1A.-Accordi
to a statement in Il recently published VOL
ume by Titus Fey Cronise on The Natu-
raj w ealth of California" there are. thirty
one vineyards in the SonOma Valley, COW
eriug $3.50 acres of land, and numbering
1864 $50 vines. In Napa county there are
twenty-nine vineyards, covering HbUut
1000 acres, containing 75O, 600 vines. There
but the above are the principal ones now
being cultivated. The product of wine is
quite an item in the general aggregate of
the agricultural wealth of the State.
WILSON'S BLACKBERRY AND THE SMALL
FRUITS. WILSON'S Early Blackberry has
been exhibited this season in great alum
dance, and of great size. One fruit grower
assures the public that he has made it pro-
duce from 800 to 900 bushels peg acre. At
this rate of production, it will pay much
better to grow blackberries than raspber--
lTies, which are thought to yield largely at
200 bushels per acre. It would seem y fair
inference from the statement of cultivators
that blackberries will yield much more
fruit to the acre than raspberries, and the
nrirn ind n from, tha ratai1 lxat ia
not much less. The truth is, with the sim
gle exception of straw berries, we have no
adequate supply of the small fruits. Even
whortieberries, that used to be dear at six
cents quart, are now retailed at twenty
FIVE cents, and currants, that might be
grown SD easily, are still dearer. Fuiler's
Small Fruit Caltarist ought to be sent on .
mission to all the suburbs of our cities. We
want to suggest to our Agricultural and
Horticultural Societies the distribution of
this work in special premiums at the fall
fairs. 1t will do good work. Asssrscos
Agrss~ltaralist. sn-