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THE ILLINOIS FABMER. 



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iety of any value. The Diana, the Con- 

 cord, the Delaware, the Rebecca, the Carter, 

 and other varieties of promise, can now be 

 obtained, which produce their fruit with as 

 much certainty as the Baldwin apple; and 

 every individual who possesses a rod of 

 ground throughout New England, may now 

 enjoy the luxury of fully matured grapes. 

 The warm and the cold grapery, may, and 

 probably always will be, necessary append- 

 ages to every complete garden; but the 

 same advancement made in this fruit that has 

 been made in others, the strawberry for ex- 

 ample, will render these structures no longer 

 indispensable, as they have hitherto been to 

 all who would possess good grapes. In our 

 opinion it is doubtful whether any of the 

 foreign grapes, unless we except the Mus- 

 cats, exceed the Rebecca in quality. And 

 even the Concord, in the size of its berries 

 and beauty of its clusters, is to be preferred 

 to an ill-matured Black Hamburgh. Mr. J. 

 F. Allen's efforts at hybridization promise 

 well, and if his grape sustains the same 

 reputation under open culture it has receiv- 

 ed under glass it will quite supersede the 

 growth of the Chasselas and other common 

 grapes." 



TH E GARDENE R. 



Seeds for early vegetables should now be 

 in the ground — lettuce, radishes, cress, on- 

 ion seed and setts, peas, beets, parsnips, 

 early cabbage, celery, spinach, and some 

 others. 



The ground should be well shaded, and 

 finely pulverized, and the seed should be 

 sown carefully, not too thick, and should be 

 properly covered. The larger seeds can be 

 planted deeper than the smaller and lighter 

 seed. 



Farmers, if they choose, can sew peas 

 broadcast, cover them well, and they will 

 produce good crops. Even the Champion of 

 England, Blue Prussian and Marrowfats, 

 will produce well when sown broadcast, or 

 what would be better, drilled into the 

 ground. 



Some early corn may be planted. At- 

 tention to the garden will pay our farmers 

 well. 



THE FLOHlST. 



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The Mess Rose is a favorite with the 

 ladies. But few of them, however, are 

 beautiful except in bud. A few years a^nce^ 

 there was only a single variety;— now there 

 are the following, and perhaps some others: 



Luxemburgh, fine purplish crimson; 



Alice Leroy, lilac rose; •" ' 



Crimson; ^ , 



Elizabeth Rone, bright crimson; i 



♦General Drouet, purplish crimson; 



New White, pure white; 



Princess Adelaide, blush; ■> 



Princess Royal, bright rose; 



Pacific, Rose; • 



Queen Victoria, rosy lilac; 



Red Moss, very common; 



Yiolace, delicate pale violet; ' , 



White Moss, white. ?* 



* Thiaif ahardy piwptttoal, andia said to boftv^i/ibw 



rose. 



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' If a spoonful of yeast will raise fifty 

 cents' worth of flour, how much will it take to 

 raise funds enough to buy another barrel ? 



Verbenas. . , 



A few years ago only two or three var 

 rieties of this beautiful flower were known* 

 Now the varieties are numerous, and em- 

 bracing all shades or colors. In the list of 

 Verbenas for sale by Francis k. Barrel!, 

 among many others, we notice the following 

 beautiful varieties — 



Defiance, light fiery scarlet; 



Gen. Scott, blood red; 



St. Margaret, rosy criihson, violet centre; 



Belle of St. Louis, blush, large crimen do; 



Reine de Jour, white' do do; 



Stirata, white, with rose stripes ; : 



Heroine, bluish white, dark eye; 



Madame de Journay, blush, motlled with 

 rose and crimsom; ;. ? 



White cluster, pure white; 



Mt. Etna, crimson scarlet, dark eye; 



Blue Defiance, bluish purple, very large; 



Phlox — ^This is a perennial flowering 

 plant, and grows in gardens with very little 

 care. There are now many beautiful va- 

 rieties, and they bloom at a season when 

 there are few other flowers. They can now 

 be had of many diflferent colors. No flower 

 garden should be without some of them. 



