2 T/ic .b'OH//icrjf V/iitc J^t'r/, Croton Grape, etc. 



Mr. Tucker, of this place, early abandoned all of his llogers' Hybrids as worthless, 

 in such a season as this, after the hail storm that cut to pieces the new leaves and 

 fruit. Yet November 10th, bushels of No. 1, 15, 3, 9, 41, etc., were on the vines. 

 I picked a couple of bushels. And I have rarely eaten them as I have now ten 

 days, with such pleasure. The fruits have sweetened and mellowed there, and they 

 are as delicious as Malagas. As I have often before said, December and January 

 are the months for Rogers' No. 1, and November for Salcms and some other of his 

 numbers. 



Vvrns. 



The transplanting of ferns, and their growth after transplantation, is quite an easy 

 matter. The ravine just north of Cornell University is full of them, as are the 

 ravines of the Cayuga and other lake regions. It is fortunate for us that they do 

 not in all this rich, wheat-land region, grow to our annoyance in pastures or open 

 lands, as they do in New England. The roots and soil about the roots removed with 

 them, ferns become beautiful objects for globe and other glasses and glass covers, 

 and easily keep all winter. There are students and others here whose display of 

 them and the green and whhite mosses of Buttermilk ravine are quite commendable. 

 We have also seen them planted on the north side of houses, where they grow in 

 ornamental beds and become admired pets of the family. We believe they are as 

 healthful as any other plant. 



Vlitnblng Ferns. 



These for the northern part of the United States are few. The five-parted fern, 

 climbing in New England trees, and other objects, as near Hartford, and in a few 

 places about Springfield and Amherst, is the best one familiar to us. But the climb- 

 ing ferns of the tropics and other parts of the world are numerous. Quite a number 

 are to be seen of them under the care of Mr. Sanders, of the Agricultural Department 

 at Washington, amid the other tropical ferns of the new plant house. 



So we divest, little by little, these plants of the superstitious fears of disease or 

 ill, and behold in ferns the beauty of their admirable structure. 



Water Cress. 



We notice this plant (Nasturtium Officinale; in the cold spring waters of Northern 

 New Jersey. It is also in the cold springs at the south end of the Cayuga lake, 

 N. Y. 



Mr. Sanders, the long known and highly esteemed curator of plants of the Agricul- 

 tural Department at Washington, D. C, says the Walter was one of the best there 

 this season. 



Pear orchards on the Cayuga lake, N. Y., paid well this year, as they did last. 

 New York and Philadelphia are the best markets for pears. 



Cannot some potato cultivator give us views of the best new potatoes ? 



The secret of no potato rot is to plant no sort over ten years old — that is, ten 

 years since it originated from the seed. England and Ireland neglected this, and 

 hence its rot this year. Please tell them so, Editor of Horticulturist. 



S. J. Parker, M.D. 



