L'nivol ; thoro is nothinj; (lisfij:;uros a walk or conveys so iiiea<rre an expresfiinn aH 

 ilei'l) raw odj^ings, looking as if tlicy had been cut with a plough. Attention to 

 this point would improve many places where the paths look more like water-courses 

 tlian comf'ortalile foot paths. 



AlIu>;ion has already boon mado to tlic fact that gravel f^hould possoss a binding 

 property to form a good walk. 3Iueh inconvenience arises from gravel of a clayey 

 nature in wot weather, although it forms a hard and durable walk when it is dry. 

 To rouedy this a thin coating of sand should be thinly spread over it, which not only 

 makes it smooth and agreeable to walk upon by the wearer of the thinnest shoe, but 

 renders it passable immediately after the heaviest shower, and besides, gives a more 

 agreeable effect, the neutral tint of the sand harmonizing better with the grass than 

 the yellow and red gravel so commonly employed, which appears intrusive, and as 

 GiLi'iN said of a red brick house, **sets a landscape on fire." 



THE STRAWBERRY QUESTION. 



BY WILLIAM STOMS, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



It is estimated that, with the season just closed, there has been grown in this vicinity, 

 and sold in the Cincinnati markets, some three thousand bushels of Strawberries. 

 This is about one-third below the annual average, in consequence of a partial failure 

 ill the crop of Waaliingtons.'^ Of this variety, more is cultivated than any other, 

 Ijccause of their early ripening and hardy culture. 



They are also a more certain crop than any other variety, as a general thing — Init 

 just in the nick of time, a severe frost, and prevalence of cold winds, while the fruit 

 was in bloom, cut them short for this season. 



Among amateurs, this berry receives but little attention, on account cf its pale 

 .ippearance, and absence of flavor — though it is considered among field growers as a 

 money making berry. It rarely ever freezes out in winter, or burns out in summer. 

 The Early Scarlet is also extensively cultivated on account of its hardiness and 

 prolific bearing. 



I promised in my last to give you the crop of, and cash receipts for. Strawberries 

 grown by John C. Youtcy, of Campbell county, Kentucky — eight miles from 

 (Cincinnati. I have selected Mr. Youtcy — not because he was the largest grower 

 — but because I could more readily obtain his statistics. 



He has raised and sold about one-tenth of all the Strawberries vended in our 

 markets the past season. His varieties, &c., being the three following : Two acres 

 of Washington s which produced sixty bushels, and sold for four hundred and twenty 

 dollars. Five acres of "Hovey's Seedling," which produced one hundred and 

 seventy-eight bushels, and sold for twelve hundred and sixty dollars. Three acres 

 of ''Hudson," which produced one hundred and two bushels, and sold for five 

 lundred and thirty dollars. Gross receipts from ten acres, two thousand two 

 hundred and ten dollars. The expense of picking, including the boarding of hands, 



* Known also as the Iowa.— Ed. 



