of Rural Art and Taste. 



219 



A Cheap rToiirtnil, 



This number of The Horticulturist 

 contains one hundred and eight sepa- 

 rate articles and topics on gardening, etc. 

 Every one is practical, is worth reading, and 

 there is not a waste line which should be over- 

 looked. Think of twelve such numbers a 

 year, and then realize fully how cheap the 

 price — one hundred items for sixteen cents, 

 less than a quarter of a cent, or a farthing 

 each. 



lirsi'jn for Cottttrje, 



The illustration of cottage, which appears 

 in our frontispiece this month, is taken from a 

 design by C. Arthur Totten, architect of this 

 city, and is intended for a small cottage, or 

 suburban residence. The exterior appearance 

 of the house is decidedly tasty, while the in- 

 terior arrangement is exceedingly convenient 

 and sensible. A wide hall runs through the 

 house, having a door in the rear, the main 

 entrance being from a veranda. To the right 

 are the dining room, 12 by 12 feet ; and 

 kitchen connecting, 12 by 11 feet. To the 

 left is the parlor, 12 by 12 feet, with a large 

 closet and storeroom behind. The china 

 closet is in the hall under the stairs. On the 

 second floor are three bed rooms, of same size 

 as the rooms beneath ; and in the front part of 

 the hall is a large closet for linen. The roof 

 should be of slate, in fancy patterns, and the 

 siding laid in perpendicular lines for the upper 

 part of the gables, the ends being cut in an 

 ornamental pattern. The gables over the 

 dining room and kitchen are filled in with a 

 timber arch and brackets, the edges chamfered, 

 the framing below showing half timbered. 

 The gable over the parlor is obtuse, with or- 

 namental brackets and panels, as before. The 

 gables have finials, and dining room window, 

 a projecting hood, with supporting brackets. 

 The chimneys are carried up with projections 

 in i^ressed brick. The efiect of the whole is 

 exceedingly pleasing, and the estimated cost 

 of the building is only $2,200. 



Jtrport of Connecticut Sttite ftonrd of Agriculture, 

 1S74. 



We have received from T. S. Gold, Secre- 

 tary, this volume, devoted exclusively to the 

 peculiarities of Connecticut agriculture. Its 

 contents relate more specially to the question 

 of manures, and the cure for sterility of soils, 

 and the discussions seem to have brought out 

 some valuable points as to the use of fish 

 guano. Prof. Johnson has also given some 

 very valuable statistics on commercial fertil- 

 izers. 



Wisconsin Stntc Horticultural Society. 



We should have acknowledged, ere this, the 

 receipt of the Report of this Society for 1873. 

 It is edited by 0. S. Willey, and contains 

 200 pages of reading, with much valuable in- 

 formation, and essays upon fruits and garden- 

 ing in the State. It is a useful volume, and 

 quite practical. 



Reurrc rf Anjou I'cur. 



We are glad of an opportunity to give 

 additional testimony to the Beurre d'Anjou 

 as a tree. Lately in our climate (Delaware) 

 we have observed that grown on the dwarf, 

 it is not only earlier to come into bearing 

 than the Duchess d'Angouleme, but also 

 much more productive. In our climate 

 (south of lat. 42 deg.) it is fully as deserving 

 of extended planting as the Duchess, and we 

 prefer it as a dwarf to the same tree as a 

 standard for early and profitable returns. 

 We have trees that bore in second year 

 from planting, while the Duchess in same 

 soil was four years before it began to pro- 

 duce. 



Gilt Etlged. 



This has become a current expression, 

 used to express anything unusually fine. 

 We never supposed it could be applied to 

 the pursuit of Pomology, but it seems to 

 have been done, and in the following way : 

 A fruit-grower in Western New York (as 

 stated by E. Moody, of Lockport), took a 

 quantity of Bartlett pears of prime quality 

 and packed them in two similar barrels. 

 The fruit in one barrel was carefully wrap- 

 ped in pink tissue paper and the barrel 

 lined very neatly with the same. The fruit 



