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titiil yellmv of dflioious scent, Viscountess Folke- 

 stone, almost ranking- with La France. Hiisannc 

 Blanchet, an o.\quisi to shell pink of splendid foi-m, 

 Heine Nathalie de Serbie, a distinct-habited tea 

 witli finely formed tlesh-i>ink flowers; Meteor, a 

 hybrid tea of bright crimson color; Mme. Per- 

 reau, a bright silvery pink seedlinj? of the well 

 known Sou. d'un Ami; Mme. A. Etienne. an aji- 

 parently dwarf-haliitcd Catharine Mermet with 

 charming buds of light pink; I.uciole, a highly 

 colored peachy crimson, charming in its tints and 

 deeply scented— the premier Rose of this year. 



We have gone through the list of best Koses, 

 now let us revei-se the matter and ask, why grow 

 Mine. Bravy, Mme. L. Fei-rier, Mme. Denis, Lady 

 Warrender, Mme. Villermoz, CorneUa Cook, 

 Bella, Mile. Rachel, Sou v. Geo. Sand, Tri'd Milan, 

 when The Bride, Marie GuiUott and Sorabreul 

 combine more good qualities than are to be found 

 in the whole list of white varieties mentioned. 



Among pink varieties, commencing with Adam, 

 Camille Raoux, Margaierite Raraet, Flavian Bu- 

 dillian. Rose Nabbonnand, Bougereand Le Flori- 

 fere, all the good qualities of these varieties may 

 be found in C. Mermet, La France or Sou. d'liu 

 Ami. Among red varieties, the best known are 

 Duchess of Edinburgh, M. Chaband St. Mandrier, 

 Alph. Karr, Mme. Brest, Mme. Vetry, Aline Sis- 

 ley, Gen. De Tartas, Regulus, Sou. G. St. Piei-re, 

 Dr. Lisnard and Papa Gontier; we think that 

 Duchess of Edinburgh and Papa Gontier might 

 be profitably grown to the e.xclusion of the other 

 red varieties mentioned. 



Types in Koses exist as definitely as do facial 

 expressions, color of hair, and other characteris- 

 tics in the human races; let us select the best and 

 most prfmounced in the different years. 



Type 1. The Duchess de Brabant section we 

 would most certainly retain the recognized head 

 of the class; also Mme. Jos. Schwartz, Chas. Ro- 

 voUi and Riza du Pare, but Sou. Mme. Fernet, 

 Marie d'Orleans, and Sou. Rosieriste, Rambeaux, 

 Mme. F. Bra.ssac, Duchess Magenta, L'Elegant, 

 Marguerite Fenelon or Mme. Remond are almost 

 identical with the type in color, while lacking 

 good qualities found in the three named. 



Type 2. Represented by Coquette de Lyon, 

 and" is followed by Perfection, Monplaisir, Mme. 

 Devacourt, Sulphureaux, Mile. Marie Arnaud 

 and Mme. Cecil Berthod; Mr. Craig designated 

 Coquette de Lyon as the yellow Hermosa, and if 

 we retained that we should hardly miss the others. 

 Type 3. La Pactole, Narcisse, Exadolphe, Em- 

 press Marie of Russia, Mme. C. Kuster and Canari. 

 Undoudtedly Mme. Kuster leads, producing 

 larger l)uds, and of stronger constitution. 



Type 4. Commences with the old Cels tea, and 

 is followed by Aurora, Mme. Derroches, Mrae. 

 Damazian, La Sylphide, Mme. Augele Jacquier, 

 White Tea, Mme. St. Joseph, Louise de la Rive 

 Mme. Bravy and others. Louise de la Kive and 

 Mme. Angele Jacquier would he almo.st unani- 

 mously selected to refiresent the type character- 

 ized by slender growth and much leafage. 



Type ii. Abbe Rousseau, Alph. Mortleman, La 

 Tulipe. Marie Ducher, Belle Macconnaise, Coun- 

 tess de Caserta, Eugene Meynadier, Marechal 

 Bugeaud, Mme. Noirey, Pauline La Bonte. We 

 would willingly discard all the above if we might 

 retain Mme. Welche and Mrae. WatteviUe, which 

 combine all the best colors represented in the 

 list, without the disagreeable touches of dull 

 violet or purple which mar all the others in 

 greater or less degree. 



Type 6. This is notable, for it contains Jean 

 Pernet, Perlo de Lyon, Perle des Jardins, Ed- 

 mond Gautier, Sunset, Miss Edith Gilford, and 

 last, Elizabeth Gramraont, but with even so regal 

 a list, it must be admitted that Perle des Jardins 

 and Sunset are the best varieties. 



{To be com-hKtciJ nr.rt i>inut}i.) 



FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 



The Purslane Worm. Farmei-s and gardeners 

 frecpiently have occiision t(j rejoice in the in- 

 crease of a certain class of insects, called para- 

 sites, that prey upon and destroy other insects 

 which feed upon the vegetable kingdom, but they 

 very rarely have reason to welcome vegetable 

 eating insects. According to an article in Science, 

 however, by Pi-of . Snow of Kansas, that State and 

 others ad,ioining are invaded by a caterpillar that 

 feeds upon the Purslane weed. There are few 

 gardeners who have not had severe struggles to 

 suppress Pui-slanc. During the past sesvson the 

 Purslane Worm has invaded Kansas in large 

 numbers, exciting a good deal of fear in those 

 who are in the habit of regarding all worms as 

 enemies of the tillers of the soil. They have 



been known previously in Colorado, New Mex- 

 ico, Arizona and Western Texas, but had never 

 before appeared in noticeable numbers in Kan- 

 sas. Prof. Snow was unable to induce them to 

 eat anything but Purslane. He first made their 

 acquaintance in ISR4, at Deming, New Mexico, 

 wheie they were attracted by the lamps at the 

 station hotel. It is (luestionable whether they 

 will become acclimated in a moister and colder 

 climate than their original habitat. If it will 

 flourish here, and no doubt remains as to its hab- 

 its, we wish they would send them on here as 

 speedily as possible, for they will make the work 

 of tilling our gardens much lighter. This insect 

 has extended east very slowly, and it was not 

 until the building of the Atchison, Topeka and 

 Santa Fe Railroad resulted in the western exten- 

 sion of the Purslane that they gradually made 

 their way eastward to Kansas. Its scientific 

 name is Oipidryas Gloveri, and it was described 

 and named by A. R. Grote in 1868. It is just pos- 

 sible that it may feed upon the Grape-vine. We 

 should want to be certain that it would eat no 

 useful plant before welcoming its introduction. 

 Vines at Newport. Very few people fully ap- 

 lireciate how much the beautiful houses of New- 

 port are indebted to the vines and creepers with 

 which they are surroimded. But for these, some 

 of the most attractive places would be barren in 

 appearance if not positively ugly. Some are 

 comparatively new varieties, introduced from 

 foreign lands, while others are natives of the soil 

 where they grow. Take, for instance, the Vir- 

 ginia creeper and the Wistaria, so abundant on 

 every hand, how completely they change many 

 a rough, uncouth fence or outbuilding into a 

 thing of beauty, and add to the mansion itself 

 artistic wealth of no small value. The common 

 creeper, such as covei^ the debris of old castles, 

 and makes them fresh and charming even while 

 in ruins, and the Japanese Ivy, a recent importa- 

 tion, rich in leaf and color, everywhere appear. 

 The combination of these climbers give a striking 

 \ariety in shades of green and in forms of foliage, 

 the Wistaria hanging in festoons, the Virginia 

 creeper in sprays, and the Ivies, especially the 

 Japanese, presenting the appearance of a wall, 

 variegated as by a master's hand; then add the 

 Trumpet Honeysuckle, with its extended arms, 

 bearing beautiful flowers of yellow and gold, and 

 we have a picture not easily surpassed. And so 

 we have the Blrthwort, or Dutchman's Pipe, 

 with its broail leaf of dark green, and the Clem- 

 atis, or Virgin's Bower, for training on posts, 

 on the lawn, and in the flower garden,or on pillars 

 along the veranda; and as different varieties bear 

 flowers of many colors, there is Uttle danger of 

 dull uniformity.— Newport News. 



Forcing Asparagus in Winter. Asparagus in 

 midwinter brings a fancy price in the large 

 markets. Strong roots of three or four years' 

 growth that have never been cut yield the most 

 vigorous heads with the least e.xpenditure in 

 artificial heat. Make a bed of stable manure and 

 leaves three feet high at the back and nearly as 

 much in front, and as soon as it shows a steady 

 t<>mperature of 80 degrees, cover the bed with 

 soil, in which place the roots close together and 

 co\er with light, rich soil to the depth desired for 

 the amount of white in the growth. To keep up a 

 succession, make a fresh bed every three or four 

 weeks. Such beds in a well-lighted place, where 

 a temperature of 60 degrees to 70 degrees or more 

 is maintained, will produce a rapid growth of 

 tender, crisp Asparagus that will prove a paying 

 novelty.— Farm and Home. 



Apples True From Seed. A Wisconsin orchard- 

 ist, Mr. Poller, who has done a great deal of ex- 



ing can intrude on them until you can get to 

 another variety. Yovi can take the pollen from 

 any variety you wish; you can get it by mail any- 

 where, and it will keep a number of days, and 

 that can be introduced into that bag so as to fer- 

 tilize that flower. Grow the seed promiscuously, 

 you cannot tell what will come.- St. Paul Farmer. 

 Peach Culture North. The success of the Hale 

 Brothers of (ilastonbury. Conn., during the pres- 

 ent year is very likely to give an impetus to Peach 

 culture. During the present season their jield 

 has been enormously large and of excellent 

 quality, proving conclusively that this fruit can 

 yet be grown where disease has 

 in the past prevented. Their 

 fifty or more acres has proved to 

 be an unusually profitable in- 

 vestment, much better than 

 could be expected in ordinary 

 cases. A favorable condition has 

 been that, as a rule, in the Peach 

 growing States the crop has been 

 lighter than usual. But plainly, 

 if cultivation should be greatly 

 enlarged the effect would be to 

 Fiy. I. rill Tube over-Supply the market and re- 

 /br iYansi>lant- duce the prices. Perhaps it is 

 '""• hardly to he expected that there 



will be a return to the time when Peaches lay 

 and rotted upon the ground or even fed to hogs 

 for want of a market. But a Uttle larger supply 

 so as to bring the fruit in reach of the poorer 

 classes is desirable.— Exchange. 



New Method of Transplanting. For material 

 go to a tinsmith and get the hea%iest sheets of 

 U X 20 tin. Oftentimes his stock may be such 

 that he will sell at a low price. Cut these into 

 pieces 10 inches by Hi inches. Turn up the ends 

 of each piece short and roll up and lock these to- 

 gether (no soldering necessary) to make the tube 

 shown in figure 1. A number depending on the 

 amount of transplanting should be made. Place 

 the tul«!S in wooden trays on a wheelbarrow and 

 go where the plants are. If they are Strawberries 

 gather up the leaves of the young plants, slip the 

 tube over them adjusting it so the crown is in 

 the center. Now set one foot squarely on the 

 tube and force it halfway into the soil, then pick 

 up the tube and return it to the tray, continuing 

 imtil you have a load of " potted plants." Convey 

 to where they are to be set, having the soil here 

 soft and mellow. Then you can scoop out the 

 soil and set the tubes in place to half their depth 

 almost as fast as you can crawl on hands and 

 knees. The roots and soil in the tube stand in . 

 the new location just as they did in the old. To 

 remove the tubes we found that to nearly fUl the 

 top of each with water, say twenty or thirty at a 

 time, and then go back to the first one it lifted 

 out easily. Transplanting thus done instead of 

 checking growth reaUy imparted new life. It 

 works perfectly and rapidly. The size of tube 

 given is especially for young Strawberries, Rasp- 

 berries, and for Celery, Cabbage, Cauliflower, 

 Lettuce and Tomatoes. By ha\1ng the plant-bed 

 rich you take enough of the rich soil along to 

 give the plant quite a start. In vegetable plants 

 those once transplanted by dibbling are the best, 

 but during the pa-st few months we have set 

 Lettuce right from the seed bed to the green- 

 house with success. From three to a dozen 

 came up, but this was no detriment, for by setting 

 the chmips si,\ or eight inches apart the outer 

 fines grew fast, and when they were pulled the 

 others had a chance. Figure 2 shows a ne«t of 

 tubes suitable for work on a wider scale. The 

 larger ones of galvanized iron with a stout wire 

 around the tf)i),to prevent bruising when stepping 

 on top of then'. To take up a hill of Melons or 

 Cucimibers or a little tree use a tube si.x inches 

 to a foot across. With very light soil you may 

 need a spade or shovel pushing it beneath the 

 larger tube before lifting. The great point of 

 f he invention is the faciUty with which trans- 

 planting can be done without checking growth. 

 The tubes arc not frail like pots.nor as expensive 

 (the cost ought not to exceed a cent each), and 

 the.v are u.sed with nuich less labor. — A. I. Root's 

 (Medina, (ihiiii (lleiinings in Bee Culture. 



Apple better than Orange Culture, A neigh- 

 bor who has gone to Florida to raise Oranges 

 I'ccentl.v called on us while visiting his old home. 

 Seeing our Apple trees with their load of highly 

 colored fruit he said: " 1 tell you, sa.v what they 

 ma.v of the beauties of the Orange gro\es, the 



Fiy 2 A JVcsf (if IxtnsphiiitDm ruhii, 

 penmf nting with raising \piile tiees fiom sted 

 .says: To grow the variety to have the same kinii 

 isolate it by tying a paper bag o\er a bunch of 

 buds, and let them bloom inside of it. After 

 blossoming remove the bag and that Apple will 

 be of the same variety as the tree. Seeds saved 

 in that way can be propagated further north, 

 and prolnibly a degree, and if the seed is again 

 grown there vou can go another degree north 

 with it. I started in l.H4.'i in this wav, and some of 1 •i'""' « ""■ ' '™nK"= t'^e »* i^ best is never more 

 niv original trees are still standing. If you want ; beautiful than the Apple tree of New England, 

 to' cross-grade, just before the flower bud opens, ! The Apple in bloom is far ahead of the Orange, 

 cut out the stamens and leave the pistils stand- | "»<1 "-ben bending to the ground with its load of 

 ing, and put something over them so that noth- I ruby fruit it is ahead again." Again he said: 



