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Uesifjn for a Jtetiutifiil Villti. 



The design illustrated in frontispiece was 

 drawn by Henry Lamb, architect, 788 Broad 

 street, Newark, N. J., and is one of unusual 

 elegance and beauty. It is a combination of 

 the Italian and the Swiss styles — giving the 

 convenience of the former with the decora- 

 tions of the latter. 



By reference to the plans, the reader will 

 see the rooms are of good size, and open 

 easily to each other or into the center hall ; 

 the kitchen has its numerous closets, pantry, 

 and store rooms, with separate stairs, out-door 

 entrance, and passage to the dining room ; 

 the second floor is divided very economically 

 into five excellent bed rooms, all of good size, 

 well lighted, and with fair closet room. In 

 the third story, there are three large rooms, 

 with -sides four feet in height, and closet room 

 on each side. The height of first story is ten 

 feet ; second, eight and a half. The roof of 

 the house, the ell and piazza is covei'ed with 

 slate of various colors, and the front porch is 

 decorated with gilded railmg. Over the edge 

 of the roof is erected a ventilator which is not 

 only of convenience to the rooms beneath, but 

 also is quite an architectural ornament. The 

 grounds around the house are to be laid 

 out in lawn, flower beds, ornamental trees, 

 shrubs, fountain, etc. The design was made 

 specially for the residence of the editor of The 

 Horticulturist, and is to be erected in 

 New Jersey, in the vicinity of Orange and 

 Montclair. 



Deliiware Strawberries. 



Later returns of strawberry shipments from 

 the Delaware Peninsula, give the following 

 astonishing figures : 

 Total number of car loads 



for the season, - • 667 



Each car will hold 400 crates, 



but averages 280 only, - 186,760 crates. 

 Total number of quarts, - 7,470,400 



About half were shipped to Philadelphia, 

 and half to New York. Many growers did 



not realize enough to pay for their crates, and 

 the average of the season was not suflicieut to 

 pay for freight, picking and commissions, leav- 

 ing no profit to the grower. 



One large grower, near Smyrna, Del., who 

 cultivates thirty acres, was brought largely in 

 debt, and yet has invested $6,000 in crates, 

 baskets, fixtures, plants, cultivation, etc., 

 without any return. 



ji. Neiv Daisy, 



From A. Hame & Son, Red Bank, N. J., 

 we were favored, this spring, with a plant of a 

 new Daisy for in-door or greenhouse culture. 

 It is short, stout, very vigorous, and has nu- 

 merous flower stalks, with flowers of red and 

 white, and seems to be perfectly healthy, and 

 an excellent addition. The origin is unknown. 



Diiraml's Strtiivhfrries. 



Mr. Durand, of Irvington, N. J., is now 

 the most prolific originator of new strawber- 

 ries in the United States. !imong the most 

 celebrated of recent varieties is the Black 

 Defiance, which has sold immensely. A new 

 sort was shown us the other day, a seedling 

 from this and one other variety, which he 

 claims is the most productive ever grown. It 

 is exceedingly vigorous, hardy, and although 

 the flavor seemed to us no better than Boyden 

 No. 30, not being specially sweet or distinct, 

 yet it is one of that kind sure to suit a mul- 

 titude who are compelled to escape from the 

 acidity of the Wilson. It is not yet named, 

 but will be introduced probably next year, 



A. Fine lil<tclil>err}/ Crop. 



The receipts of John S. Collins, of Morris- 

 town, N. J., from seventy-five acres of black- 

 berries for the crop of 1872, was $22,500, or 

 $300 per acre. His farm is located near Cam- 

 den, N. J. This is the largest field of black- 

 berries in the United States. Most of the 

 fruit was marketed in Philadelphia. 



Jintiquet Df'cortitions. 



At a banquet given recently at the Mansion 

 House, London, upwards of two tons of ivy 

 were used in draping the pictures, mirrors and 

 walls, and amongst the cut flowers were up- 

 wards of 2,000 blooms of Marechal Niel rose, 

 and large quantities of stephanotis, gardenias 



