The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-23
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d A'1I'0ss .. nolEi es losr. -
b From Virginia to FL. c.
: Mounts;a. . nc eastern slope Of The R".S
. ara Ss TO the Atlantic. Tho s S.U nook
|. worth oS or Dying. Millions OF Saiisr
,, withstood arc Plants, that have for yesr
the ravages Of t tSa o winters, now sho,
s SEASON. Norway spruce ~sHS ns. OF the las
stan JUMPERS, rhododendrons. $780, eroo'
: pardan.I roses In public parks and nr;, auu
EfeafS 49, lave "put on the sere and v.i,n,s
Lons i.i. Sympois OF decay.
the 9arden. ~ ma mas suffered severely. In
numbers Of evs sro astoria, where immense
thoS,. .ne 1881 is estimated at surdraSS i OF
.ooesands Of dollars Rows of srh OF
i ~teSx thousands Of plants. are ' s VICE
private s.rs Prospect Park and the
spared "a tSs s "a sro9kiyn have not been
gor"eners as Central Park, New Yo SIa u, sne
r rUuoce. ehe loss In those gronnd. .1n,,P. pro
;ePsraoie. At Flstbush. Long T.isnS Uss u,
.vsr ~ estohester county the loss .has 100 go
Lost 49, some Of the nurserymen bsv.
eject h.. n stock. In other places The
sam, same age sand apparent haalth. enes; OF the
~, .SS"s rows have been touched a. int.rS. IN
y. rev feet. The first dosen IN ths sais
III ooaNs and the next haf dc-., wv
e %eu III sno thrifty. In Brooklyn the ni.nss
nave suffered. 'ne noQsea |
,.ti New yersey the borticulturi.e. h.
noticed thst plants which are shaded lave
sne winter Sun have ESCAPED tha .." RON
100 OF the season, and NAV ba s,vsdSs.,.
much trouble ana time. 70 'aseo with
1ne reports from the vicinity NJ po.+o
what ta msa east confirm the sad tidings Of
So
from the great nurseries at Rochsstsr' ana no
u un,G valley and even further west' the sb
aead." The causes assigned fSr t t1is , ase
ere various, but among them The: foIInw; TH1
,rc 10y y S,! Iaken as having in them most Of
iavs 20 FIRST, 1t is said that the warm
'.a,t, as II the spring had realIv onsna3
; inc When all were swelling with the new
ne, the weather changed again 70 ha,5
inner. freezing with the cold March !
Another view is that they were killed g
razn vItiy IN me winter: There was lot a 4
former years, but the season came snS 10
envy upon the plants before they we're o
rtopef!y shielded or prepared for IL Tha;e Il
olor changed slightly, but not enouah - :,
n 'a;a aiarm, and although the plants re- =
hen t,g green where they were dead. Only "
WOdCu6r OF tile laak fau ! =
eeks started the other plants into @ene low 81
, sihIss was the damage to the evergreens y
In support of the first theory. t. il oh
.sea mat IN one place on the Hudson. in
private garden, there were several fins mi
saa Of the golden bark arbor Vita. it.
icy mad been covered nearly all of the n oo
nter. During the warm days Of Febrno +
sney were exposed and seemed remark S,s
y vigorous. They had not been covare5
zee, and are now dead. on
w ere the new supply will come from ia va
yeS matter Of conjecture. Nursery.
=; ara aIe "a afraid to purchase the few plants
vancsd; Many think they could save AS
ne = DC OF their stock by carefully nursing t. on.
OF three years; but the ground is Goo h he;
liable to be used for that purpose. and Raa
evergreens will be cut down and cast tia
a ~ there are many sorrowful faces ices
zig .ne nnrserymen, and some of them
be sorely tried in the effort to recoyer
N the loss inflicted By the death of the po Il
rgreens.-N. 7. Journal of Commcrce l.