Show correspondence PLANTING ornamental TREES NUMBER 7 for its many excellent qualities I 1 would recommend the general eral planting of the locust tree as it is cirta certainly one of the best beat we behave have for ornamenting I 1 streets an and d for planting a t around ou our V I 1 dwellings for shelf shelfer shelter er an and sha shade e particularly as it grows well without much water it may also be advantageously planted in t the e corners of pasture lots where in a few years yea r s it will form pretty groves for sheltering cattle cattie I 1 e or for future use as timber for posts rails sleepers ac there are also many places in the kenyons and other uncultivated spots which might easily be turned to a good account by planting locust trees indeed the locust tree should find a place everywhere that shelter shade or ornament is desirable the trees should not be planted where the ground is to be cultivated for they are apt to throw up young plants from their long iong shallow roots and thus impoverish the crops the trees grow freely when reasonably well set out watered and attended to the first year and when once well rooted are readily in increased by transplanting the young suckers which are always growing browin from the mother plant lant the seed maybe may be sown about aboul the of may I 1 a Y in drills 2 inches deep and 18 inches apart it should be prepared b by joakin soaking in hot water until it begins to swell swell and the drills should ba kept moist until the plants come up which will be in a few days if the beed seed is good EDWARD rdward SAYERS the valley gardener we concur with the ile valley gardener in his bis estimate of the locust as to its beauty rapidity of growth and timber value but where water is scarce aa as it yet is in this city we are free to express a decided preference for the black walnut butternut apple chesnut black Cherr cherry y and like kinds for our sidewalks since they afford not only ornament and shade but fruit and around our dwellings and in our gardens the peach the small and tender varieties of the cherry the plum and also the apple and pear and all kinds that will not well withstand clubbing and climbing but there are many places in the kenyons and elsewhere where water is plenty where the locust can be grown to much advantage and even on our sidewalks until there is a more abundant supply of the desired fruit bearing bearin 0 kinds ED Z SAN FRA FRANCISCO misco aug 12 1856 1836 BR carrington CAR KINGTON australia australla sir I 1 expect to start to melbourne australia austrilia aralia tr alla aila ilia on the dinst on board the general wool captain fuller commander with nine others of the australian mission viz joseph kelly Z snow T S johnson A P chesley george W parrish Parr ish thadeus emming flemming FI james phelps martin crandall and john whitbeck clr cir my health is good and I 1 feel well yours in the covenant of peace WM WAT M WALL TO THE YOUNG ELDERS brethren Bre threw could you yon be placed where I 1 am bee gee the corruption that I 1 see sec and feel as I 1 now feel you would engage with your whole hearts an and souls in the great work in which I 1 am now engaged if you have any respect for yourselves your fathers and mothers your wives wives and little ones or your god keep away from Calif california orla oria unless you are sent for I 1 have seen more poverty misery and wretchedness in this place in one day than I 1 have seen in utah ry in five years oa on sunday last lase br Z snow and myself i preached reached in this city in the Har harmonia monia hall I 1 am ans determined to stick to it yours WALL |