1887. 



POPULAR GARDENING, 



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for their fresh and bright appearance, and these 

 are packed in cork chips. Paper laid between the 

 clusters in packing for winter tends to favorably 

 confine the natural moisture of the fruit. 



31)3. Earthing Up Celery. This is a simple 

 enough operation, and perhaps, because of its sim- 

 plicity, it is oft«n very carelessly done. After a 

 heavy rain, or else a good watering artificially, the 

 suckers or side leaves are pulled off; each plant is 

 then held, or better yet. tied up closely with bast 

 matting to keep the soil from getting between the 

 leaves; the soil is then chopped down front the 

 sides with a spade and pressed closely amongst 

 and against the plants with the hands to such a 

 height only so that the young leaves springing 

 from the heart of the plants shall not be in any 

 way crippled by it; the ties used are then cutoff 

 and the operation is complete. We have tried 

 Celery collars for the purpose of keeping out the 

 soil from the heart of the plants, and also the plan 

 of letting one man hold the plants whilst another 

 puts in the soil, but tying with matting has proved 

 to me to be the best way, though it takes longer to 

 do. I give preference to successional earthing. 

 rather than that the earthing should be left till 

 the plants are full-grown. The quality of the Cel- 

 ery IS much better when the earthing is done at 

 intervals than when done all at once.— W. M. H. 



381. Insect in Kose buds. The Roses are un- 

 doubtedly affected by one of the most destructive 

 pests that Rose growers have to deal with. It is the 

 larva of one of the Gall-Midges of the Genus 

 Acidomyia. If your correspondent has full control 

 of his Roses under glass the best remedy is to 

 fumigate for 6 or 8 evenings very strongly with 

 tobacco in the usual way, so as to effectually kill 

 the fly, and cut off all the buds and burn them. 

 Continue this treatment for 3 or 4 weeks. If the 

 Roses should be outside it is more difficult to get 

 rid of this pest. I have found repeated appli- 

 cations of Hammond's Slug Shot a great help, but 

 the crop of flowers that are affected must be cut off 

 and burned, whether outdoor or in. A good plan 

 is to go carefully over every plant and take off 

 every flower and burn them, then fumigate as 

 before stated, or apply Slug Shot. In every case it 

 is a most troublesome pest to get rid off, but by 

 persistent effort it can be done. Last fall I journeyed 

 to Philadelphia to my old friend. W. K. Harris, 

 who had a house badly affected and was treated as 

 described, and I had the pleasure to know that the 

 enemy was completely routed after one or two 

 severe doses. The fly becomes active at night, de- 

 posits its eggs on the outer petals of the buds. 

 They are almost indiscemable at first, but soon 

 make their presence known by the imperfect 

 flowers produced on the plants. And the ily must 

 be wonderfully prolific, as they spread at a moat 

 alarming pace. The Maggots, as I call them, are not 

 more than 1-16 in. long, and seem to have a strong 

 desire to eat to the center of the bud as quickly 

 as possible. Chas. Anderson, Flushing, N.Y. 



To the visiting tlorists we would say that an 

 abundant stock of personal address cards is a great 

 aid in promoting general acquaintance. 



The Society of American Florists* 

 Meeting in Chicago. 



This meeting will take place August IGth, con- 

 tinuing three days. In addition to President Craig's 

 address, papers will be read upon a variety of sub- 

 jects which have been carefully selected to suit all 

 tastes and sections of the country. Ex-President 

 John Thorp's essay on " Hybridization " alone will 

 amply repay those who take a trip to Chicago; C. 

 L. Alien will present a paper on "Fungoid Diseases;" 

 Mr. H. A. Siebrecht, of the firm of Siebrecht & 

 Wadley, New York, will discourse on "Orchids." 

 The subject of "Business Methods'' will be 

 opened by Mr. F. R. Pierson. *■ Summer Propaga- 

 gation of Roses'" will be treated upon by E. G. 

 Hill, one of the best authorities on the Rose in this 

 country. "Roses on Stocks " will be handled by 

 our correspondent, Mr. Charles Anderson, of 

 Flushing. N. Y., who will give the result of his ob- 

 servation and practice over many years. Mr. 

 Ernst Asmus will read a paper on the " Forcing of 

 Bulbs and Tubers." "Forcing Hardy Shrubs" by 

 Mr. Jackson Dawson. " Art in Floral Work" will be 

 prepared and read by Mr. J. W. Elliott, Mr. W. R. 

 Smith, curator at Washington, will present a paper, 

 the subject of which has not yet been announced. 

 The subject of " The Retail Flower Business " will 

 be in the hands of Mr. J. M. Jordan. The "Ques- 

 tion Box " will also be a feature which must not be 

 overlooked. There will be an exhibition of the 

 new and improved appliances. The subject of 

 " Heating " will be reviewed by an expert 



The railroads generally have offered a rate and a 

 third. That is to say: a full fare must be paid to 

 Chicago, and the reduction is made on the return 

 trip on the presentation of a certificate duly signed. 

 When purchasing tickets for Chicago get the 

 local ticket agent's certificate, with R. R. stamp 

 affixed, certifying that full fare has been paid to 

 Chicago. This is necessary in case the members 

 or delegates for any reason forget or fail to pro- 

 duce regular certificates. Edwin Lonsdale, of 

 Philadelphia, is the secretary of the Association. 



Time of this Year's State and Pro- 

 vincial Fairs. 



Alabama Montgomery Oct. 17-2;} 



Am. Institute New York" Sept 28-Dec. 3 



Canadian Kxpos'n. Toronto, Ont Oct. 5 17 



California Sai-ramento Sept. 13-S4 



Connecticut Meriden Sept. 18-10 



Delaware Dover Sept. 26-Oct. 1 



Frontenac Prov'e. .Kingston, Ont Sept. 27-30 



Georgia Macon Oct. 24-Nov. 2 



tJreal Central Fair.Hamilton, Ont Sept. 26-30 



Illinois Olney Sept. 24-30 



Indiana Indianapohs Sept. 19-2-1 



Iowa Des Moines ...,. . .. Sept. 2-0 



Kansas Topeka Sept. li)-21 



Kentucky Lexington. Aug. 30-Sept. 3 



Nat'l Ag'l Exp'n. ..Kansas City Sept.l5-Nov. 1 



No lad. & S.Mich .Mishawaka, Ind Sept. 13-1(; 



North'n Wisconsin, Oshkosh Sept. 5-!t 



Maine Lewiston Sept. 6 ii 



Maryland Easton Sept. 19-2;i 



Michigan Jackson Sept. 1 9-23 



Minnesota St. Paul Sept 9-17 



Missouri, St Louis Oct. 3-H 



Montana Helena Aug. 22-27 



Mississippi Jackson Oct. 17-22 



Nebraska Lincoln Sept 9-lt) 



New Jersey Waverly Sept. 19-2;i 



New York Rochester Sept. 8 14 



New York, Western. Rochester Aug. 30-Sept. 2 



North CaroUna . . . Raleigh Oct. 19 21 



Ohio Columbus Aug. 29-Sept. 2 



Ohio North We'rn.Fostoria Aug. 30 Sept. 2 



Omaha Expos'n.. .Omaha, Neb Sept. 5-10 



Ontario Ottawa Sept. 19-24 



Pennsylvania Philadelphia Sept 5 17 



Piedmont Exposition, including Va , N. 

 and S. C , Ga., Ala., and Tenn., held 



at Atlanta, Ga Oct. 10-22 



Rhode Island Providence Sept. 1 9-23 



South Carolina — Columbia Nov H-11 



Tennessee.. Nashville Sept. 26- Oct 1 



Texas Dallas Oct. 20-Nov. 5 



Tri-State Fair . . , .Toledo, O Sept 5-10 



Vermont Burlington Sept. 12-16 



Virginia Richmond Oct 26-28 



West'n Michigan. Grand Rapids Sept. 19 23 



West'n Nat-FairA. Lawrence Ks Sept .5-11 



WestVirginia Wheeling Sept f-9 



Wisconsin Milwaukee Sept 12-17 



Received at this Office. 



" Fruit Pastes, Svrups and Preserves for House- 

 keepers and Fruit Growers." By Shirley Dare; 90 

 pp. Cupples <!«l: Hurd, Boston, Mass. 



" Weeds of Southwestern Wisconsin and Minne- 

 sota." By L- H. Pammel. St. Louis, Mo. ; 20 pp. 



" Grasses of the South." By Dr. George Vasey; 

 63 pp. Illustrated. Being Bulletin No. 3 of the Botan- 

 ical Division of the Department of Agriculture. 



" Reports of Observations and Experiments in the 

 Practical Work of the Divisions of Entomology, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture;" 78 pp. lU. 



"Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural 

 Experiment Station for 1886;" 21.5 pp. Geo. H. Cook, 

 Director of Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 



"Plant Lice and the Codling Moth.'" A. J. Cook. 

 Being bulletin No. 20 of the Dep. of Zoology and 

 Entomologj' of the Agricultural C^iUege, Michigan. 



" Fifth Annual Report of the Ohio Agricultural 

 Experimental Station for 1886." William R. Laz- 

 enhy, Secretary, Columbus, Ohio. This report is 

 sent free upon application to cultivators who reside 

 in Ohio: to others on receipt of postage. 10 cents. 



Catalogue of the Ohio State School of Agriculture, 

 Columbus, Ohio W. R. Lazenby, Secretary. 



" Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticid- 

 tural Society for 1887." S. D. Hillman, Secretary, 

 Minneapolis, Minn ; 499 pp. 



Premium List of the Indiana State Horticultural 

 Society. W. G. Bertermann, Sec'y, Indianapolis. 



New Method of Grafting. D. W. Cozad, La Cygne, 

 Kansas. 



Seventeenth Annual Report of the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario. E. Bayues Reed, Secretary, 

 London, ( »ntario. 



Journal of the Colurnl)us Horticultural Society 

 for May. W. S. Devol, Columbus. ( >. 



Bulletin No. 24 Massachusetts State Agricultural 

 Station. C. A. Goessman, Director, Amherst, Mass. 



CATALOGUE.S, ETC.— FIGURES INDICATE PAGES. 



Jewett Nurseries, White Salmon, Wash. Territory. 



Bannockburn (Jreenbouses, Rochester, N. Y. 



Peter Henderson & Co., Plants and Seeds, New 

 York. 



H. S. Anderson, Nurseries, LTnion Springs, N. Y. 



J. W. Thompson & Co., Nursery Dealers' and 

 Agents' Outfits, Trov, Ohio. 



W. & T. Smith. Nursery, Geneva, N. Y; 70. 



Michael Rains & Co., Bulb.s. London, Eng.; 12. 



C. H. Perkins, Nursery. Moorestown. N. J.; 10. 



David Ferguson lSI: Sods., Plants, Phila . Pa. ; 68, 



A. T. Cook, Seeds. Clinton Hollow, N. Y.; 8. 



F. W. Harold, Salisbury, Md ; 12. 



Zimmerman Mach. Co., Fruit Driers, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio; 60. 



Oriental Importing Co.. Trees, Plants and Bulbs. 

 San Francisco, Cal. ; 4. 



Ellwanger & Barry, Strawberries, Rochester, 

 N. Y.; 4. 



J. H. Haynes. Strawberries, Delphi, Ind.; 8. 



The A C. Nellis Co.. Seeds, New York City; 18. 



T). W. Cozad. Nursery, La Cygne, Kis ; 8. 



Davis Bro's. Nursery. 13oon's Path, Va. ; 12. 



American Mfg. Co., Evaps., Waynesboro,Pa. ; 04. 



'^e Household 



Whiting", dry or wet, gives glass a rich polish. 

 Use bits of wet paper on the can>et when sweep- 

 ing. 



Stove polish mixed with vinegar and a bit of 

 sugar will shine easier. 



Mildewed cloth should be soaked in buttermilk, 

 afterwards spreading on the grass in the sim. 



For Mosquito or gnat bites an experienced tra- 

 veler writes that he uses a solution of alum water 

 as strong as it can be made, adding one fourth of aro- 

 matic vinegar and one fifth of glycerine. Shake 

 well before using: it will instantly cur« the bite. 



Omelette as Made in France. Four eggs, three 

 tablespoonfuls of milk, one teaspoonful of sweet 

 herbs chopped fine (Parsley, Lemon Thyme, Mar- 

 joram; dried herbs in the winter), two teaspoonfuls 

 of grated cheese, three ounces of butter. Beat up 

 the eggs, then add the milk, herbs and cheese; put 

 the butter into a frying-pan ; let boil until it sputt**rs, 

 then pour in the omelette, stir it round carefully 

 one way till it thickens, then shake it a little that 

 it does not stick to the pan, and serve up hot. 



Iced Fruit for Dessert. Select your fruit, small 

 kinds like Currants or berries being especially 

 suitable. Beat up the whites of two eggs and mix 

 with a quarter part of water. Have some finely 

 pounded sugar ready in a dish. Then dip the fruit 

 in the egg water, drain for a minute or so and roll 

 in the powdered sugar. Lay it on paper to dry, 

 when the sugar will crystalize on the surface, pro- 

 ducing a very pretty etfect. A mixture of various 

 fruits iced in this manner and arranged in one dish 

 presents a fine appearance on the table. 



Cheap Home-made Filter. The Scientific Amer- 

 ican describes one consisting of two stone pots or 

 jars, the bottom one for receiving the water, with 

 side hole and faucet if possible; or if no faucet is 

 to be used the top jar can be removed so that the 

 water can be dipped out of the lower. The top jar 

 has a hole drilled or broken in the bottom and a 

 small flower pot saucer inverted over the hole. 

 Then fill in a layer of sharp, clean sand, rather 

 coarse, a layer of finer sand, a layer of pulverized 

 charcoal with dust blown out, then a layer of sand 

 the whole occupying one-third of the jar. 



String Beans Without Pork. String and cut the 

 Beans the usual way; throw them in cold water; 

 heat two tablespoonfuls of butter in an iron pot; 

 take the Beans from the water, put them in the hot 

 butter, using only the water that cHngs to them; 

 stir them thoroughly through the hot butter; cover 

 and let them cook until the water and butter are 

 absorbed, and the Beans are clear and grreeu, stir- 

 ring once or twice to keep from burning; then add 

 enough boiling water to cover them, also one-half 

 teaspoonful baking soda; cook five minutes, then 

 season well and cook until tender. Two hours will 

 answer for cooking —A New Jersey Header. 



Drying Tomatoes. A writer in an exchange, 

 the name of which we cannot command, says: 

 The Tomatoes are allowed to remain on the vines 

 until they are quite ripe, when they are picked and 

 pressed into bags made of coarse cloth, which 

 allows the pulp to pass through while the seeds 

 and skins are retained. The pulp is then spread 

 out thinly on cloth on boards or shallow dishes 

 and exposed to the sun to dry. When it has be- 

 come quite dry it is broken up fine or ground and 

 put into boxes or bags and seut to market. It is 

 largely used in soups, but much of it is employed 

 as we do Tomatoes preserved in tins or other cans. 

 When used it is soaked for a few hours in warm 

 water and then cooked in the ordinary manner. 



Preparing Mushrooms, To CooA.-— Stew in milk 

 or cream. To Kocist -Cut the larger ones in small 

 pieces, and place in a small dish, using salt, pepper, 

 and butter to taste; put in about two tablespoon- 

 fuls of water. Then fill the dish with the half-open 

 specimens and the buttons. Cover tightly and 

 place in the oven, which nmst not be overheated, 

 for about twenty minutes. The juice of the larger 

 mushrooms will keep them moist, and if fresh will 

 yield further a most abundant gravy. To Uruil— 

 Place the tops like oj"sters on a fine wire grid- 

 iron. As soon as they are hot butter them Ughtly, 

 and salt and pepper to taste. Put them back over 

 the coals and when they are heated through they 

 are cooked Butter them if required, and place in 

 a hot dish. To Serve irith Meat— Chop the larger 

 ones fine, using the buttons whole; let them sim- 

 mer in a little water for ten minutes, adding butter. 

 salt, and pepper, as for oyster sauce. Thicken 

 with flour or ground rice; pour over the meat and 

 cover quickly. 



