1870. 



NEW ENGLAOT) FARRIER. 



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For this reason the seed-pod should be picked 

 off when the plants have flowered, as maturing 

 the seed exhausts in a degree the strength of 

 the bulb, and as the leaves have their work to 

 do in prepaiing the bulb for the next season, 

 the plants should not be lifted from the ground 

 until they are sere and yellow. Take up the 

 bulbs when the ground is dry, spread in the 

 shade to dry, and when somewhat hardened, 

 separate the large ones from the ofF^ets and 

 put into separate bags or boxes. In the au- 

 tumn plant the latter by themselves in any 

 sunny part of the garden, and if they attempt 

 to flower the next season, pick off the bud, so 

 as to give its strength to the bulb. The next 

 year they will flower finely. Hyacinths begin 

 to decay almost before the bulb has become 

 fully matured. Therefore it is well to assist 

 nature a little, so when the plants are taken 

 up they should be laid in ridges, with the 

 bulbs covered with earth, and the leaves and 

 6tem left exposed to the air. Thus treated, 

 the leaves speedily decay, and the bulbs attain 

 their full growth ; then they should be left to 

 harden a day or two in the shade, and after- 

 wards packed away in sand until late in the 

 season. 



Frittillarias, Crown Imperials, Narcissuses, 

 Jonquils, and other bulbous plants, after flow- 

 ering, may be taken up for the purpose cf 

 separating the offsets. Frittillarias will not 

 bear to be kept out of the ground any length 

 of time, and therefore .should be planted again 

 immediately. Indeed, with the exception of 

 tulips and hyacinths, the dormant periods cf 

 bulbs are so little known, and differ so widely, 

 that it is best to err on the safe side, takjng 

 as a general rule that weak bulbs should not 

 be kept out of the ground more than a few 

 days — stronger ones about a month. 



The Begonia Discolor is a very ornamental 

 variegated- leaved plant, and as it requires to be 

 kept in a dormant state throughout the win- 

 ter, it takes up no- room among our house 

 plants. It is commonly called "Blood-leaf," 

 from the rich crimson veinings of its leaves. 

 As soon as its stem and leaves decay, it should 

 have no more water that season, and be 

 put away in a dry cupboard, cellar, or any 

 place where it will be kept from damp and 

 frost. Early in the ensuing spring it must be 

 taken from its winter quarters, and repotted 

 in 1 ich, loamy soil ; after which it should be 

 liberally watered through the summer, and 

 have all the sunshine that it can drink in until 

 the decay of its leaves announces that it is 

 ready to bybernate. It is a beautiful addition 

 to the popular variegated plants for which we 

 have quite a "mania." Yearly they increase 

 in gorgeous beauty, and their insignificant 

 flowers are of no consequence excepting in the 

 propagation of the plant. Yet some of the 

 golden-margined geraniums possess very bril- 

 liant, handsomely shaped flowers. "Golden 

 Pheasant," now in bloom A our garden, has as 



handsome a blossom as "Gen. Grant," — its 

 color is as vivid a scarlet, its shape as elegant, 

 but the truss of flowers is not as large. Next 

 month is the season to start cuttings from our 

 favorite Geraniums for flowering the ensuing 

 season. s. o. j. 



NE"W PDBLICATIOKS. 



Chanbekrt Culture, By Jopeph White, a Practical 

 Grower. lilustrated. New York : Or».Dge Judd & 

 Co. 1870. Piiee $125. 126 pai^ea. 



Since the publication of Mr. Eastwood's book 

 on the Cranberry, in 1856, the cultivation of this 

 fruit has wonderfully increased, and many new 

 facts have been added to the previous stock of 

 knowledge in relation thereto, A new work to 

 embrace more modern experience was therefore 

 needed, and we have had inquiries from corre- 

 spondents fcr such a book. "We think the author 

 has succeeded in his purpose "to embody, in a 

 plain and concise manner, all the useful and prac- 

 tical facts which study and experience have yielded 

 to the inquiring cranberry grower of the present 

 time." The last chapter in the book is devoted to 

 letters from practical growers, in reply to inquiries 

 by the author. As an appendix, the report of 

 William C. Fish, to the Cape Cod Cranberry 

 Grower's Association on insects injurious to the 

 cranberry, — an excellent paper, — is re-published. 

 The publishers have presented the editor's labors 

 in an attractive form, and the many excellent il- 

 lustrations add much to the value as well as cost 

 of the book. 



The Tenth Annual Report cf the Board cf Agri- 

 culture c f the Province of New Brunswick. Fred- 

 eilckton, 1869. 



This board has the general supervision of the 

 agricultural interests of the colony, including the 

 auditing of the accounts of the local societies, 

 some thirty-five in all, which received last year 

 from the treasury of the Province between eight and 

 nine thousand dollars. Irregularities, to use a 

 mild term, were discovered in the management 

 of a few of these associations, not very creditable 

 to the fair dealing of some of their managers. 

 Money was drawn on bogus names, and other 

 practices were exposed which seem to show that 

 the Yankees are not the only "sharp" people in 

 the world. But the firmness exhibited by the 

 Board will probably check like operations in the 

 future. The Report shows that the Board has an 

 industrious and efficient worker in the person of 

 Chas. S. Lugrin, Secretary, Frederickton. The 

 Report embodies a large amount of information in 

 respect to the agriculture of New Brunswick. 



—Of the multitude of fairs to take place next 

 fall, special attention will be claimed for the exhi- 

 bition at Augusta, Georgia, of the "Cotton States 

 Mechanics' and Agricultural Fair Association."' 

 This is to occupy nearly the whole of the last week 

 in October, and will be one of the most extensive 

 festivals of the kind ever held in the South. 



