408 Missouri State Horticultural Society. 



Many other fruits and vegetables, which can readily be dried, 

 have not yet taken a place in the market, or are not known in this 

 condition to commerce. Among these are dried sweet potatoes, 

 which those who have tried them like very much. "When thus 

 preserved, they are safe from frost and other contingency, and, 

 although not in condition for being baked, are excellent for 

 stewing. 



Evaporated peaches and apples are now extensively shipped to 

 European ports, and are a great factor in our exporting trade. 

 Evaporated sweet corn will also before long rank with these as an 

 important article of export, on account of its superiority over the 

 canned article. 



Almost any vegetable or fruit can have its surplus water driven 

 off by proper evaporation, and, by again restoring tliat water when 

 wanted for use, makes a highly welcome substitute when the fruit 

 article is not to be had. 



POPULAR IS^AMES. 



If those friends in the old world who find comfort in poimlar 

 names of jalants had a whole continent to deal with; as we have, 

 we believe they would soon tire of popular names, pleasing as they 

 may be to some ears. Our nurserymen and seedmen are nearly 

 driven crazy by the number Avhich spring up in every direction, 

 and they in turn appeal for relief to the editor of Gardener's 

 Monthly, who is powerless to help them. By this one mail we have 

 three letters from these unfortunates. One has an order for " two 

 bushels of evergreen seeds for cattle pasture. It is a kind of grass," 

 Another wants to know if the "fruit bushes of the white brier can 

 be had in any nursery?" The third, and she must be a highly edu- 

 cated lady, inquires for "bushes of the Paris de ponetta." As to 

 the last, we hazarded the suggestion to our bewildered friend to 

 send the lady a Pyrus japonica. 



ADORNMENT OF A LADY's HAT. 



In a recent Monthly you mention Mahonia aquifolia leaves as 

 becoming very fashionable in Europe. It seems we Americans can- 

 not start a fashion, even if we are first to see the beauty and pro- 

 priety of anything. We must wait for our cousins across the At- 

 lantic to take the lead ; then, like sheep, we follow, be it good or 

 bad. This time they were not first in making use of the Mahonia 

 leaves. Here they have been in fashion for ten years or more. 

 Many a buttonhole bouquet has been carried away from here made 

 of, Mahonia leaves and rose buds. 



