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MOOHS'S KURM» H35W-YORK3EB. 





THE TULIP. 



Fob morn than • «" ,ur . T lbc T,nip hosbeen * 



men, Nothing 



I p/oitfosn exceed the beauiy and bril- 



. 



at the nurseries 



■tonal Don.!?, scarcely a 



, i of Tulips 11 to be found. Tbe 



neglect is partly uttiibulablc to tbe 



.'nit, aud encouraged by moit writer*, 



that a gnat cl^al of cur.- and skill is necessary to 



groif ag>ol Tulip — that tbe natural soil must be 



■ i o several feet nnd subsliluted by one 



prepan d with the greatest nicety. This, we wish 



tU i 





grown in any good, rich, garden soil. It should b< 



I ,i i Utile MOd« ill tbe better; if 



bC Id to cluy. add a little sandy loam, and if 



lied imf, of soil from on old pnslurc, 



gbtj rotted ouora There is do 



DO mjslery, about the cul- 

 ture ol tbe Tulip. 



The lime for planting is in October. Make the 

 bed prepared fur llieiu line and mellow, nnd plml 

 llir bnlbl "i nun from six to eight iDObet ll I 



Dotes* Hie ground is qntto light, it Ii 

 tnll to I lirronod the bulb With UOd at the time of 

 planting. Tins La for beds entirely devoted to the 

 Tulip, bnl lliej look well If placed in tbe borderoi 



Kui bn enn be obtained from tbe i 



Med ' ptia I rarytng from one dollar to 



three dollar* pet doion 

 In Europe, where this (lower i* so highly prized 

 Ij cultivated, mil where they have a 



I Tulip Sbow, nnd Tulip Societies, 



ml*" of a good Tulip are 



1 dd, and Of course govern the judges 



in making their decisions, A fe« ul thl 10 «M (fill 



T li.ultllnl .i 



[The 







'Hj-rnvltiK I To do I 



■■ i l.r.. 1. 1 ,| i'ii .nil-, nin — >LU ,it Urn rdcci nnd tin' ilivi 



■ i .■■ petoli learei Ij i" ibon an indenluri 

 9 i tn' laroo inner petals should bo set olOK lo Ih 

 ' <i i« and the whole be brood enough to nlloi 



>f tin' full. «t .\|.:in>h-n « ilium I i/U4tt ttrinrj, \hiit l\ c\ 



/,„/,, ll.ld / 



1 the 



The Babli Ti ' ire Bower in this latitude about the 

 li gleonct double, 



■ 'Iv and tliowy, g run- in -on hi nut st. ins 



:lj in height. There is u single nni! 



I ly Tournaol is another early varietj 



Or dais, with showy flowers, ornngo and red 



niab'o for forcing ic 



gin 



i the ho 





(lllld, 



Of the Utb Tumps there 



a clearly de- 

 ; tbe best Qorleta there 

 ■eemi io bo some confusion. Wo describe the 



i s.',„ r Plain is either white or yellow. 



are those of any Other than the above 

 two colors, and of only one color. 



li -.i vtllow ground, broken and marked 

 with any other color. 



bare while grooDd, marked with pur- 



wh toground t niarkedorro>riogatfld 



" '" '■ ■' ,| '' '■ ' : '"li-on "i cherry color. 



The Dotcu make a huh' different classification; 

 '""' to addition lo Bylfomt and Bizarre*, have 



. very hill, »,U, line cups end white, 



1 wi I variegated with brown, RigavU 



Banu,U, not so tall as I he lut, hut with thicker 

 stems, and large, well formed cups , white bottoms, 

 variegated with brown. 



Incomparable Vtrportt— cups very perfect, cherry 

 and rose with white bottoms, well variegated with 

 ihinUg brown. 



In addition to these, wc have the Ihrrots, the 

 "'..'■■ "I n,i pt- t.ils l„-ii, L . in,i K ,.i, colors crimson 

 nd yellow, marked with bright green; and altbo' 

 t much esteemed by florists, who are 



The 



low U -„!,!, Bl „j , lf ( 

 years the Double Tuh 



very arbitrary in their notions, wo say with 

 deuce that those who plant Kirn,'. » ill be delighted 

 beauty in tbe flowering season. 



too, arc of every shade of 



i double U U ■ 



ry shade of color. Of late 



> have been much improved, 



OEHSSEE VA1UT HOMICDl^ SOCIETY. 

 ■" |m iu im okibiiion — • 

 but lbc Tutii, 



-' ""' »" ">■ s'«»i i..i.»T»° 



1 *•! 'Eutruoa 



4 U.ktY.uml iIieexbiLM 

 ■'".iiw^ul^ ib»c of Wu. K^o. Kolt,in»l« 



"« 0,i, '» "« ' >>.' » »">""■'". M <l, ,"b! 



it called but for twfitt specimen*, » Dl | 



ethat'wamatcurcouldahow 



Whiebil aralhcr bQDjiliat- 



l 1 S*L A aM|Ttaaws,eihib- 



■■ LironnpoiptanUand | i 



1 7" *' ro ***rW«, Cltrria, ic, 1S ly he held 



GARDENING. 



Mek and women, whoso occupations confine 

 them for the most part within doors, if eo fortu- 

 nately situated as to have the use of a gniden, de- 

 prive themselves of a rich source of physical ood 

 mental prufit by hiring their gardeos pluuied and 

 tended. Country mechanics and professional men. 

 and resident}* of villages and the suburb* of cities, 

 whose work \& generally in the shop, mill, office or 

 study, are seldom without a piece of ground devo- 

 ted to gardening purposes attached lo their dwel- 

 lings, bul, too ofieu, the only use the occupants ol 

 these little estates derive from their possession is 

 the pririlege of eating the fruits nnd vegetables 

 raised in them by hired labor. But tho whole n>c 

 of a garden does not lie in consuming lis products; 

 there is as much beuclit, though of a diffi-rcoi 

 kind, inrnt-'t'i^ melons, stju.sshcs, eubbugc*. straw- 

 berries, &c, os in toting then), nod, but for the 

 advantages of freshness nnd economy, one might 

 as well obtain his garden fruits at the market as 

 gather them from a piece of ground on which they 



the blackberries in the woods. 



1'erhaps the greatest advantage the indoor la- 

 borer derives from gardening, cont-isls in its af- 

 fording him ft means of taking exercise iu the open 

 air, with an object. Long, errandless walks, under- 

 taken at stated times of day, not from a love ol 

 walking hut for the sake of health, and ihc various 

 manoeuvres of ball, cricket and other games, per 

 formed not always because the actor feels in play- 

 ful mood, but because he must do something for 

 his health, and other like expedtcnls for the ma'ii 

 tenunce or restoration of physical vigor, generally 

 full short of the happy re-oilfs expected from them. 

 The pursuit of health, like the pursuit of happi- 

 ness, is attended with (he best success when the 



in search of other objects. The instinct of animals 

 is a useful guide on thn point. Delighting in the 

 open air, (they arc sometimes allowed n hurtful 

 excess of it,) they take Utile exercise, except for 

 tho purpnse of satisfying their wants. Imagine 

 a flock of sheep promenading tbe pasture by the 

 hour for exercise! birds flying for exercise 1 fish 

 swimming for exercise ! They are too sensible for 

 that. 



Even if the beginner resorts to gnrdening as a 

 medicine, and takes it up, nt first, in a reluctant, 

 mechanical way, the charms of (his pursuit arc 

 sure to so win upon him that what was commenced 

 as a duty will soon be continued as a pleasure.— 

 The immedtalo and visible effect of his labors in 

 he;umfung \\\i ground nod bringing forward the 

 objects of his care, eo satisfy bis mind and stimu- 

 late him to renewed exertion, that it is not long 

 before, on entering bis garden for an hour's work, 

 he ceases to remember that he has any other 

 errand there than to assist the development of the 

 various forms of vegetable life it contains. 



The garden also affords a most suitable and 

 profitable outlet for tbe nervous irritation which 

 long-coulinued labor in-doors, and especially brain- 

 work, engenders, nnd which is fur more easily 

 worked off than walked off. The longing to escape 

 from tho depressing influences of confinement lo 

 the house, and to shake oil' the fret nnd worry 

 brought on by disturbing eveuts or by the per- 

 plexities of business or study, often amounts to a 

 fever of impatience before lbc day's work is finiah- 



ferer Quid, and noxious weeds are perfectly legiii- 

 mate objects lo spend its wralh on. Muscular 

 exercise in the open air, directed towards one in- 

 teresting object, by drawing tbe mind from the 

 subjects ot its late vexation, soon restore it to 

 equanimity and repose. PersoD 

 tbe happy effect of an hour's hi 

 garden, in quieting nervous excite 

 take made by Ciia 



a little 



1 have felt 



: Bjion- 



aid of season-hands and day-laborers. It some- 

 times happens tbut tbe convenience of a family is 

 promoted by receiving a help as an inmate, but 

 that lelalion of employer ood employer), which 

 requites one man's wile to cook for half a do ten 

 other women's husbands, has no foundation of 

 propriety, and ought to be broken up. 



The great advantage of gardening, for persons 

 who have hut a small portion of each duy tudevo'c 

 lubor, is thai, from the begiuusn*, the 





>by I 



ceds differ so much iu iheir de- 

 pendence on the warmth of earth and air lo help 

 their growth, that the s.ea«cn of pluntiug a garden 

 may be extended through several weeks. A like 

 succession is prnOlicable, and even neecseaiy, in 

 hoeing and weeding it. Spending one day out of 

 a fortnight or a monlh in thing the garden, hoeing 

 pola'ocs, corn, beans, cabbages, aud whutever else 

 can he crowded in, is but an awkward, clumsy 

 method of caring for ihe different varieties of 

 plants of which a good garden collection consists, 

 and which are as unlike ia their wonts and in the 

 frequency of Hie atteotion they require, ns they 

 are in the habits of growth. Tbe more tender, 

 delicate plants are sure to suffer severely from 

 such careless treatment, the notion prevailing tbut 

 strawberries and such faoey fruits are of second- 

 ary imp or tonco — vigorous, coarse-growing vege- 

 tables, which might successfully contend with 

 weeds for the nourishment in Ihe soil, arelikcty to 

 receive the first attention; usually but little, aud 

 frequently no time remaining to bestow on things 

 that stand in greater need of cultivation. As 

 might be expecled, n hen the time conies at which 

 the delicate fruit* and finer vegetables should he 

 ready for the table, they arc non est; nnd the owner 

 of tbe ground, probably quite unconscious of his 

 neglect, begins to doubt whether aucb things are 



mile nflei 



THE NEW GEAPE. 



Beloved Itnim. :— At ihe close of several articles 

 on j?tu> Grope*, which appeared in your 

 the '1'Glh of March— among ihem one fro 

 youiemaik Hint, " If OlU-haJf that is said of the 



Dew seedling grapes is true," Ac, and add, " Bo i 

 little careful of your descriptions, </tiU!an<iii— don' 

 spread it on too thick." 



Beingengaged in originating new fruits, flower? 

 Ac . urn kin g the hardy native gmjie n-peeiatily ; and 

 supposing it lo he a mutter of public interest, p 

 \ ided I had produced something new and valuabl' 

 sent for publication in ihe Rural the articles rel 

 red to, iutending to continue, after describing the 

 parent grape, a description of such of my new 

 grapes as I thought worthy of notice. 



The description I gave of the Franklin, is ns 

 follows :— "Tbe bunches are of medium size, black, 

 with a blue bloom ; berries round, about half an 

 inch in diameter, ripening about the first of Sep- 

 tember. * * * I havo always esteemed it n 

 pood gnipc. all lhmg3 considered, but do 





lals 



lather, who, 



vent his displeasure, and thus tranquilize himself 

 by some disagreeable or mischievous act, such as 

 firing off pistols, or destroying his wife's silk 

 dresses and his children's fancy shoes. 



Men, whose culiivalion of the earth is limited to 

 a garden, must, of course, divide the care of it 

 with tbe other members of their family, but the ' 

 garden belonging to a farm-house may, properly I 

 enough, so fur as tbey are able lo atlend to it be 

 given up to the management of the wife and chil- 

 dren of the owner. But, unfortunately, the femi- 

 nine portion of farmers' families can generally I 

 spare less time from household dulie.- i., dew.ie r., ! 

 out-door work than the wives and daughters of j 

 other classes of laborers. The cuuse ui (his - |o 

 be found in the fact that d 



the opinion of J. B. Cabbis, Esq , or 

 grape, and added, "The vine and fiuit closely 

 u-senibles the C'Untrm, bunches more compact 



And this is what the Editor of tbe Rural 

 "spreading il on too thick," and professes i 

 lievethat, if "one-half" is "true" " wo shall 



" On 8ynlao*» top Ihere Is a cap, 



The point contained in the remarks of the Editor 

 are as mysterious to me as the riddle of "Syu- 

 tacV— a Gordian knot which I cannot untie-none 

 bul the " Editor " cao do it. Will he try? 



The franklin grape was noticed fiist or March in 

 the Gardener.-: Afimt&ty, by a competent and dis- 

 interested person, to whom I bad sent a vine on 

 tbe7ihof May, 185C, ond which he hud m bearing 

 in 186S. The Editor ol a leading Horticultural 



Journal Si Id not have been ij-miMinl ot Ibis,- 



especiully at a time when the "JWic Grape" mania 

 ia .,i foil tide 



I have propagated, sold and given away vines ol 

 tbe Fru:n,„ f,, r several years, charging twenty- 

 ine ii i,t. e.eb when sold. They were advertised 

 at that rate iu the Rural. If telling raluuble 

 grape 



I Ihe ' 



I Ihe - 



help which, from A 

 dwellings into boan 

 partly Imminent;. 





■rs ore generally (e lliDg at from one to live dollars each, and '■ ten 

 n On v ,.re able to dollars per pan" on " rubtcrlptien, " tool iben I 

 ud| and the help of am a stranger to n propoi teoseol propritly, ond 

 lerotiona of economy, j ml\\ yirld implicit oheOicoce to tbe iuggestione 

 n, or for tome other j offered — otherwise not. 



s system of employing No, dear Robal, I sm not "in Ihe market," tho' 

 December, torus their my grape vines ure, at twerny-five cents] No 

 Offered on "wbKription" by me,— no 

 r transient, in propor- 1 five nor ten dollar grapes have, nor ever will, oiig'- 

 iroj work require the i nate io my grounds; aud though they should excel 



Jftrriutyh, Jfweat, 



rcpu' 



E oi the Uciml. The pali o us ol thoR 



dgroeat, o. T. lloc: 



limdolpli, Craw. Co, Pa , May, 1K0. 



BsUARKSi — The above seenm to need a word from 

 u«. lire remarks "e made, and which our c 

 p"r.' '-'ii' Li- , | n,, I,-, I .-,■■ ,-uii lime-, wen', us In 

 truly mis, made " at t'« ctou qf smntAt. kit: 



■ Mm one from 

 mV(i;. T. Uiinus | Now, our cot respondent 

 i.- made in lefel 

 to "at i fill artitte*," apply ihem all to his 

 communication, and it, en quotes from hitvton 

 el* on'y. to eQOf) uftt ,,, - „„ uncalled for, 

 pretendato be wonderfullj exercised to know what 

 they mean, and *bj ihey "<"■ made. There 

 none so blind as those who tvtll not tu. 



We d-d see ihe description ol the Franklin 

 grape, in tbe Gardener^ Monthly ond of the Onlari 

 in tbe UortieuUaritt, and *« have lately read man 

 descriptions of new grape*, and it was ibis thai io 

 duced us to give a fen words of caution to thos 

 who describe as well as thou who invest tbci 



for ntw hardy graprs-iht epidtmicorgrajjtfentr, 



our readers, and of truth, deuiuuded this, and w 

 have perfoimed our duty. 



CUELED LEAF IN THE PEACH. 



Messrs. Ens.:— I noticed an inquiry iu the Re 



■ullr'l the Ctnl,,! !., -■ [ I, .,, I I I'',' loipi.T 



of begins to eu 



..i-h sandy s 

 Moses ■ 



Rbmaiiks.— These insects wo have ofien seen c 

 both currant and poach leaves, nnd on tbe form i 

 tbey cause the lediah blotches so often seen. \\ 



were young and tender, us it is not seen during 

 fine mild weather, but alter a cold storm almost 



every leal' will fall from tho trees. Still, V 

 thankful for ihe bin'.. Close investigation ii v.lnil 



Sweet Potatoes in this climale, mc 

 in a hot-bed. Several persons in diflt 

 lbc country make quite a business of railing young 

 plants to dispose of. One or more of these hi 



udvertiscd in the It etui, the present spring. The 

 price being only from %\ t m to $.2,00 per tb< 



Uio-e 'i isliini; nii'v u ten bundled plants had bet- 



in this 



i the ( 



the middle of June is the time for plunting. Si 

 in hills, about three feet apart, in pretty high bill 

 one plant to tbe hill. Another plan is to plow tt 

 ground up in ridges, setting a tow of plants on It 

 highest part of each 1 idge, so that Ihe plants will 

 be from three feel to threc-and a-balf feet each 

 way. Cultivate enough to keep the weeds de- 

 stroyed, tbe soil mil In iv, and l lie vims from taking 

 root at each joint, which they are very apt lo do, 

 unless well cared for. This will destroy the crop, 

 and give you a muss of worthless, small potato 

 A correspondent in Ohio sends us the following 



Sweet Potatoes— I have tried, during the last 

 live urns', three d liferent methods of raising thi 

 delicious vegetable, which, by the nay, I betiev 

 can be bad in perfection iu many parls of oir 

 Northern States, where the people who havi 

 never made the trial, would us soon think tbey 

 could raise oroDges. 



'Hbc first of these methods is, I suppose, 

 Dion one, viz., to obtain slips, us tbey me pulled 

 from the uulifted seed potato in the hot-bed, 

 plant them out in high ridges, or hills, abou 

 time of planting corn. I have in Ibis woy, in : 

 well-worked ground, obtained every year for Ihe 

 lust four, what I have regarded as amply n 

 ra'ire for the care and labor bestowed. 



i method is to takeoff tbe slips 



ttilee week- earlier, nnd |.lnut tliein in allot h 

 bed or cold frame, tlmt Kiev Iioiy bedim 

 r..nif.J and strong. I 'his vein bad veil line plants 

 in this wuv, "I'b ulnind.inee ot mots, ready to go 

 null' iilio'C iviib ii v.^.uim- giowlh 





nigle year, the present, is bv far i 





— - l I ■ 



teuton! Salem, I 



,d. Tbey seem lobavaone poet,. 



USEFUL BECIPES. 



If n. Moore :-I am neither the Wtf* of a Farmer 

 »r a Farmer'* Daughter, but will not yield tho 

 palm to any incovkiinjnitiniitr, aud send a lew i ca- 

 pes which I trust will be acceptable to my aialer 

 readers ot the Rural : 



Veoe: 



i of It 



i quart of sliced 



del*, then add salt, pepper ant 



pint of sweet cream, Serve with crackers. 



CniOKBH Pis— Iloil the chicken io water suffi- 

 cient to muke U good dressing, till the meat ffUJ 



easily clip from the bones— the taller io be all 

 removed. Mix the meat well together, season with 

 salt, butter, and a little Hour. Make a crust in tbe 



umul manner, line di hi i I i bree inones in 



depth with crust, put In the meat with plenty of 



npofb 



l-'LZs. 



aoffl 



of an egg, Hour 

 sufficient lo knead good. Pound ten minutes. 

 Extra, Cim.ei! Snaps.— Pour leuspoonfuls water, 



teacup aud till up with uiolunses. 



Window SuaniU.— Will Rome one who koowi, 

 give the readers of the Uural a recipe for making 



COEN MEAL PODDING, INQUIEIES, &c 



the Iidic 



enough to sustain One column? 1, loi one, hopt it 

 will recite with the vernal Bhowers, and will udd 

 my mite. 



Floating- Islands— Extra. — Five eggs, whites 

 and yolks beaten separately, add lo tbe yolksl^ 

 pints good sweet milk, a small sized cup of sugar, 

 nutmeg, or lemon, to the taste. Pleat almost to 

 boiling point, or till it begins to thicken, remove, 

 dish, uud spread the white froth over, and set re bat 



Corn Meal Poddi no, — Scald 1 quartsweet milk, 



consistency of pancake batter, remove from fire, 

 add i eggs beaten together; 1 enp sugar; nutmeg; 

 poor in a dish and hake moderately 2 hours— servu 

 hot, with cream or wine sauce. 

 Will some of the sisters inform me how to color 



ashes of roses? Please be explicit us to quantify 

 of material. Will some of ihe ladies please inform 

 me how to make No. 1 Jumbles? 

 Ilopcdale, Old.., 18BB. H- Taijoaet. 



Hard Soap— Wasfjino - 

 in your valuable paper hi 

 ing hard soap, I do not 1 

 following: 



gseen an inquiry 

 i recipe for mnk- 

 to scud you the 



>1 lowing; 



Three patent pails ofsoft soap, five pints of salt; 

 .oil nnd stir well together, then cool ; takeoff ,b„ 

 lopand udd to ill): pails Ol 



faiillarjil i ">■"' <"*'"■ J'oil und stir thoroughly 

 □ cool nnd cut in bars t,> A 



l() re limes it is melted the whiter it will be. 



I will also give the fol iog recipe forwasbtflg, 



bich we consider an excellent one :—Mn half gal- 

 lon of water, one pound sal-aoda, one gill spirits ol 



to s l ti,,-,, 



:oo\ stirring it frequently until ,t becon 



ioak your clothes over night, and to I 



nils, of water, add one teticupful of tbe soup boil 



them SO pi K iniiuaee, ind rinse in hoi irste 



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it 



■I he il 



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■) boll I 



reader please give the 



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Uanjitd, WU.,May, 1859, 



