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destitution before attempting to restore 

 the woodlands. — Dr. John A. Warder, 

 in Rural New Yorker. 



SMALL FRUITS FOR THE FARMER'S 

 TABLE. 



The established fact that the cultiva- 

 tion of small fruits is neglected to so 

 great an extent by farmers as a class, 

 seems the more difficult to understand 

 when, with so little effort oar tables can 

 be supplied with an abundance of the 

 choicest and the best. But instead, 

 many, if not a majority of farmers, in 

 possession of hundreds of acres, seem 

 content with a few of the native sorts 

 that can be gleaned from the fence 

 comers, by-ways &c., when a few plants 

 of some of the tried and popular varie- 

 ties planted near at hand would furnish 

 an ample supply for a large family 

 during the entire season. My unpre- 

 tentious one hundred Gregg ras})berry 

 plants, ordered from a reliable and 

 trustworthy nurseryman, and planted 

 one year ago last spring, have afforded 

 us a liberal allowance for the table^ 

 canning purposes, tkc, besides supplying 

 the wants of many of our neighbors. 

 The bushes, when heavily laden with 

 rich and luscious berries, were greatly 

 admired by all, the ladies particularly 

 being enthusiastic in their praise, all 

 expressing their determination to en- 

 deavor to have plants set the coming 

 spring. And when we consider that 

 it is but little more trouble to plant 

 and cultivate a row of berry })ushes, 

 than one of corn or potatoes, it seems 

 all the more unaccountable that so 

 many farmers are loth to engage in the 

 cultivation of these smaller fruits that 

 afford so many luxuries and conduce to 

 so great an extent to the happiness and 

 health of the family. 



One of our largest and most success- 



ful farmers, after having driven nearly 

 three miles, expressed great disappoint- 

 ment at my not being able to furnish 

 him with the three or four quarts re- 

 quired for the tea-table, while threshing, 

 when a row of Gregg's skirting one side 

 of his garden, would have furnished an 

 abundance that the ladies could have 

 picked at their leisure, while with a 

 liberal sandwiching of the red Cuth- 

 berts, they could have been made even 

 more palatable. Let us then plant 

 liberally of these smaller fruits that 

 will tend so much to lessen the care 

 and anxiety of those who aie expected 

 to furnish a variety for the table three 

 times each of the three hundred and 

 sixty-five days of the year. — Irving D. 

 Clark, in Rural Home. 



LITERARY NOTES. 



The Ladies Floral Cabinet, New 

 York ($1.25 per annum), in its October 

 issue presents some choice reading for 

 lovers of flowers. It opens with a 

 timely editorial on '* Annuals," followed 

 by another on " Soils," both of which 

 must command attention. The full 

 page illustration of that singular plant, 

 the " Stenotaphron," will attract atten- 

 tion from those who enjoy rare thin^^s 

 in the plant world. The recent success 

 with out-of-door blooming of the " Vic- 

 toria Regia," gives fresh interest to the 

 article on that wonderful Water Lily 

 and numerous minor ai-ticles amply 

 repay those who seek imfonnation re- 

 garding the progress being made in 

 floriculture. The literaiy and house- 

 hold departments are not by any means 

 neglected, and have fresh and bright, as 

 well as useful articles. Several illus- 

 trations brighten the beautifully printed 

 pages. The new management certainly 

 are " pushing " things in the interests 

 of their readei-s, giving more matter 

 and better than ever, in tho long career 

 of this popular " Home Companion." 



