DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



in summer, in a hot-bed frame, tlie glass raised 

 about six inches at the nortliend, and the trans- 

 parency dulled bj' a coat of whiting, or white- 

 wash, on the under side. In this way the heaths 

 are kept shaded — are not subject to be burned 

 up by the heat, being in a cool and uniform con- 

 dition of the atmosphere. His bloom of heaths 

 in February, is worth a journey to Washington 

 from any part of the Union, to see — and it 

 shows how an intelligent cultivator can modify 

 his practice so as to grow plants in a climate na- 

 turally very much against them. 



Caterpillars — M. Miles, (Philadelphia.) 

 Tie a sponge on the end of a long rod or pole ; 

 fill a pail half full of soft-soap, with just water 

 enough to make it liquid ; dip the sponge in it, 

 and turn it around in the nest of the caterpil- 

 lars. It should be applied just after sundown, 

 and will finish the business of each nest very 

 speedily. 



Budding Roses. — Esther, (Lancaster.) 

 Commence budding roses immediately. The 

 Prairie roses will take any of the everblooming 

 sorts — but the hardier kinds of Bourbons, such 

 as Madam Desprez, Gen. Dubourg, Souvenir 

 de Malmaison, &c., are the best. If the plants 

 are growing in a situation exposed to the sun, 

 you will have to tie some shade, in the shape 

 of matting, straw, or branches of evergreens, 

 over the budded portion in winter to prevent 

 injury by the sun. If growing on the north 

 side of a building or fence, it will not be neces- 

 sary. ^ Lady. If you wish continual bloom 

 on your monthly rose beds — never allow any 

 seeds to grow — cut off the hips as fast as they 

 form, and peg down any long shoots that run 

 up. This will force up new shoots, and along 

 with these new flowers. You can hardly make 

 the beds of everblooming roses too rich in this 

 climate, where fully exposed — the more growth, 

 the more bloom — especially if the soil is deep. 



Transplanting. — A Vermont Subscriber. 

 You would have saved all your trees if you had 

 headed-them-in well when you planted them. 

 It is folly to expect to maintain a large head, 

 when the roots have been mutilated and cut 

 short. If it were made a rule in moving trees, 



always to reduce the last j "'s growth to one 

 bud, half the failures in transplanting would not 

 occur — because the head and the roots would 

 be at once brought to something like a balance 

 of power. Shortening-in and mulching trans- 

 planted trees ought to be followed as established 

 practical rules, in this climate, in tra.splanting 

 every deciduous tree needing more care than a 

 willow. 



Verbenas. — j1 Novice, (Bethlehem, Pa.) 

 Your young plants damp ofif in your pit in win- 

 ter, because they are not well rooted, and are 

 too tender in the stalks. If you strike cuttings 

 in July, instead of September, they will not 

 only get well rooted, but the stems will become 

 firm and woody, and will resist a good deal of 

 cold and damp without injury, 



Apple-Orchards. — Jamestown. A jiaint of 

 Tery thin soft soap, is far better for the bark of 

 trees than whitewash, because it actually kills all 

 insects and their eggs in the crevices of the 

 bark, and because its good eff'ects continue 

 through the whole season instead of ending as 

 soon as it becomes dry. 



Stanwick Nectarine. — G. E. French, 

 (Alexandria, La.) We believe the Messrs. 

 Parsons of Flushing, N. Y., are cultivating 

 this variety. 



Cypress Vine. — Julia. (Northampton, 

 Mass.) Only one thing is needful to make this 

 annual vegetate freely, and so far as we know 

 nothing else will, viz: to soak the seeds over 

 night in milk — blood-warm when the seeds are 

 put in it. Warm water will not answer. 



Apricots. — B. (Cincinnati.) Youwillnever 

 succeed with the trees planted in a warm south- 

 ern aspect. Plant others in a due north expo- 

 sure where they have no sun from 10 to 4 and 

 they will do finely. Buda and large Early are 

 the surest and best sorts. 



Garden Walks. — The growth of weeds in 

 gravel walks has been securely prevented, by 

 forming a solid bottom beneath the gravel, of 

 marl and coarse gravel or small stones, rammed 

 down hard , and through which no weeds nor 

 grass can penetrate 



