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" Di'lpliiiiiiini — florc pi. variep,-., blno iuul purple; Delpliiniuni — flore pi., 

 pale red; Diiuitiins BiU-batiis — var.; Diaiitiis l^arbatus — fl. pi. var., sells.; 

 Diaiitlms- Chiiieii.sis lledowegii — var.; Diaiithus Chiiiensia Breddewegii — 

 varieg"., fine; lleliclirysum inonstrosnni' — yellow; Ipoinopsis — scar., orange 

 dots; Lytlirnm superbum roseum; Lychnis Clialcedonia — scarlet; Nolana 

 atriplicifolia — tor haiighig baskets; Viola tricolor— fine pansies ; Gam- 

 pliruna glolsosa— raised 1803; Zinnia, Jelegans, fl. pi. var. — laised 1863; 

 wliicli would be desirable if they retain their vitality two years." On the 

 papers T have generally given the vulgar name, as most acceptable to the 

 ladies geijerally. 



Mrs. M. A. 11. Slade, Acushnet, Afass., in a letter, says she finds health 

 and happiness in the cultivation of her flower beds with her own hands. 

 And she finds happiness in multiplying them for distribution among her 

 neighbors, and has often felt, while engaged in the cultivation of flowers, 

 that she was an humble co-worker with God in the production of the beau- 

 tiful, and feels that she is not only healthier and happier for such labor, but 

 better. And she is glad to see a growing love among her sex for outdoor 

 labor. , 



The Flax Crop. 



Mr. Harry Allen, Grass River, St. Lawrence county. New York, wants 

 to know what the Club think about making flax growing an exclusive bu- 

 siness, .seme what as cotton growing is or was at the South. Is there any 

 probability that cotton for the next two or three years will be grown to 

 such an extent as to make flax culture unprofitable ? 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — The Club would not recommend any Northern 

 farmer to make flax growing an exclusive business, but with the improved 

 machinery of Sanford & Mallory, we think the flax crop likely to be for 

 many years one of the best that will be cultivated, and that its culture will 

 continue to increase largely in spite of all that can be done with cotton. 



Turnips as a Manure Crop. 



Mr. Allen has seen it recommended to plow in turnips for manure, and 

 wants to know what kinds and when to sow them for that purpose. 



Mr. Solon Robinson. — The most thrifty-growing kind of common flat 

 turnips known as " strap-leaf," are what we should recom.meiid, and the 

 seed may be sown upon well prepai'ed and manured ground any time afte 

 the middle of June. They should be plowed under when at the strongest 

 growth. 



Sorrel — How to Keep It Out of Land. 



Mr. Charles Betts, Purr Oak, St. Joseph county, Michigan, says : " Tell 

 your correspondent from Wisconsin, who is troubled with sorrel, that 

 stable manure is death to it. Apply the manure to corn and cultivate 

 thoroughly. The next year summer fallow, sow to wheat, and seed thickly 

 to grass, v.ilh red siid white clover added, one-third the quantity of seed 

 being clover, and I'll pay hiftj 850 a tun for all the sorrel he raises on a 

 field so treatftd. I know of sorrel farms, and also know of farjns by the 

 side of them where sorrel dare not grow. The owner of the one is tho- 

 rough-going, the other shiftless. And Invariably the farmer who com- 



