M-llihlt ends. We have almost concluded from 

 observation of the past two or three years, tin 

 is not the severity of the 



i changes, nod perhaps bright, sunshiny, 

 winter days, thai causes the Osage Orange to 

 ■offer, Afler all, we bare not seen an Oaoge 

 Orange hedge injured beyond recovery, by winter, 

 while we have seen scores ruined by 



Very much rejoiced would we be to kno 1 

 the Eiuiluh Hawthorn,- the Quieted of theft 

 and ibe sweet May- Flower of the merry children, 

 with its beautiful green, glossy foliage, its fragrant 

 its bright red winter berries, its dense, 

 1 iv in:.- wjill, could be grown as well in this country 

 as in England, but for this we cannot hope. The 

 Hawthorn seems perfectly at home iu the moist 

 3 of England, flourishes in any spot where 

 it has a chance to take root, makes perfect hedges, 

 as secure against m 

 beautiful ornamental trees, to be found ou every 



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Tho\ 



■: ful 



extensively as its merit deserves. The II...'. 

 Doubl, Whit., I'nik- Flo,,, rh> : /, Scarlet *ai DouhU 

 lied varieties, are valuable small trees, which wt 

 recommend to every one planting shrubs or trees 

 But, we have little hopes that it will succeed as i 

 hedge, over a large extent of country. The borei 

 attacks the plants and destroys many, and the 

 Aphi* injures the leaves, stops the growth, and by 

 a little after midsummer a Hawthorn hedge 

 sorry sight indeed. Still, we know of some 

 do well. One, growing in the village of Pittsford, 

 in this county, is equal in vigor and beaul 

 anything that could be found in England, On acold, 

 clay soil, we think the Hawthorn succeeds the 

 The Osage Orange, we are led to believi 

 pretty extensive observation, Buffers more from 

 neglect and bad treatment, from want of prunio) 

 neglect of culture, crowding near fences, 4c, Hid 

 from the effects of winter. The// 

 been tried, to some extent, and we know of sotn 

 who after years of trial, are prepared to say that 

 is better adapted for a farm fence than any othi 

 plant in our possession. It must be rememberc 

 however, by every hedge grower, I hut after aliedf. 

 is planted iu a well prepared soil, the work is only 

 just commenced. It should be given plenty of 

 room, not crowded by fences, the soil several ft 

 on each side should be kept clean and mellow, and 

 the plants must be kept cut back, so us to s* 

 good, thick bottom, f u r without this, every attempt 

 to grow a hedge will be a failure. 



Fin: 





W. Sbblvk, nurseryman of this city, to s « 

 Chrys.an the mum plants, having learned from 

 of our practical gardeners, who are always o 

 look out for nice things, that he had some of the 

 finest ever grown in this part of the country. We 

 found them all that they had been represented 

 indeed, we never saw better show-plants anywhere 

 They arc grown upon a single stem for four or five 

 inches, when they throw out vigorous branches, 

 forming beautiful round plants, some two or three 

 hi and six or more in circumference, 

 covered with a shower of Uowers, through which 

 the modest foliage occasionally looks out. The 

 Chrysanthemum is just the plant for flowering in 

 the parlor i a early winter. Mr. S. has jost com- 

 pleted a new range of bouses 100 feet in length. 



Tho opini 



general, and every year more so, that it is a native, 



a garden in New Jersey, some thirty years ago. 

 Mr. UbbhaS, editor of the Gardeners Journal, 

 contends that it is a true native, tmd thinks he has 

 growing iu the wood* while 



cle from Mr. M. on this interesting subject. No 

 , we think, will regret to see evidence that this 

 cious grape is a native of the American forest. 

 making some botanical trips on Hit 

 upper portion of tho Delaware 

 we recollect a casual notice of a grape which we 

 have often thought had a strong resemblance to 

 what later years had taught us to call the Dela- 

 ware ; and throughout the discussions on the 

 native and foreign origin of this variety, we have 

 often wished we could call to mind the exact spot, 

 or that our duties would admit of another few 

 weeks' trip in this romantic region. However, we 

 have done the nest best Hung. We have tried to 

 put others on the track ; but though we have got 

 the grape from near a score of localities, on close 

 ■ in obligation we cannot ussure ourself with confi- 

 fidence that they are entirely wild. Oue tliiDg, 

 however, is remarkable,— none of the grapes are 

 exactly the same. Some have the bunches loose, 

 some compact, some shouldered, some with short 

 hunches, and some above the average length ; but 

 yet in every essential quality they are Delaware, 

 and nothing but Delaware. From one bunch we 

 selected a portion and sent them to Mr. Garber for 

 a name. Mr. Garber replies, ' Judging from the 

 berries alone, they are the Delaware, and nothing 



Those sent to Mr. Garber we got from Quaker- 

 town, Bucks county, and in reply to our inquiries, 

 our correspondent says; 



'The grape sent you is called in this neighbor- 

 hood the Ruf Grape, as it is supposed to have 

 been originally brought from New Jersey by a 

 party of that name.' 



At onr recent Horticultural Exhibition we pre- 

 sented four bunches, all from different lucidities, 

 and selected for their varied forms, to our regular 

 Fruit Committee 'for name,' without explaining 

 ODy ol the circumstances. They were pronounced 

 ' Delaware.' 



In our own mind, we have no more doubt about 

 the Delaware being a native grape,— both pnmo- 

 logically and botanically,— than we have about our 

 awn ud&tenM] and, did not true courtesy demand 

 otherwise, would alter the old couplet, which says 



into a pomological construction. However, if any 

 one will take a few bunches of Delaware, and con- 

 fine them for a few days in a close bos, and then 

 suddenly open the cover in the vicinity of Ins nasal 

 organ, it will be saluted with that peculiar odor 

 which maybe classed with the Mas-cat or poh-cai 

 order, according to the peculiar tastes or preju- 

 dices of the owner ; but which is universally sug- 

 gestive of an American origin. 



With regard to its leafy characters, onr friend, 

 John Sherwood, at Bristol, Pa., will show any 

 visitor a Delaware grafted on U Black Hamburg 

 in his grape-house, the which amoDgst the hun- 

 dreds of foreign Tines, if any hundred of our farm 

 laborers do not at once pronounce it a 'Fox' 

 gimp*, we will • hold uu r tongue for evermore.' 



The variations in the bunches we hare noticed, 

 point to different seedling origins,— just as w e 



that if the woods 



searched, 



id! referable to the same form, which might indeed 



result in its beiDg considered a distinct species." 



The cngraviDg above was taken from a bunch 

 on exhibition at the last meeting of the Fruit 

 Growers' Society of Western New York, and we 

 think from specimens bent us by Coas. Downing. 



Tbe editor of the ITorticuUvrirt soys, "at the 

 late exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horti 

 Society specimens of Delaware grapes found in 



hibited." If this is so, it settles the question, but 

 our understanding of the matter is, that these 

 specimens were not found wild, but were taken 

 from old vines growing in gardens in different 

 sections, and of course planted long before the 

 Delaware grape received its present name, or be- 

 came known to pomologists. Mr. M. B. Rateham, 

 of Ohio, states that some years ago he saw this 

 grape ou exhibition at Pittsburgh, where it was 

 called Lady's Choir*, named so because first picked 

 by the owners lady friends. 



MORE EXPERIENCE IN HEDGE - GROWING. 



Messrs. Editors:— Your correspondent, Wit, 

 B. Rice, in the Rural of tbe 20th of October, in 

 giving his experience in the rearing of Osage 

 Orange for Hedges, and also making inquiry in 

 regard to the cultivation of Fngli-h Hawthorn, 

 for the same purpose, justly remarks that a " mite 

 ofpractical knowledge, though often dearly bought, 



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The remark is true, and willing to save 

 others the trouble, expense and disappointment 

 consequent upon the attempt of building f.nees in 

 that way, I will give also my experience. Some 

 eight or nine years since, I purchased the Qukhet 

 and planted out between one hundred and fifty and 

 two hundred rods of English Hawthorn Hedge. 

 I took much pains in preparing tbe ground, setting 

 out the plants, oud cultivating tbem for three or 

 four yearn, keeping them free from grass and weeds. 

 They grew well oud made fine promise for a fence, 

 and it was observed by an English tenant that 

 they flourished as well as any that he ever saw in 

 Old England, and wben trimmed and in full foli- 

 age were beautiful indeed. But my hopes and 

 expectations were doomed to disappointment. 

 Soon after the hedge was deemed sullicient for a 

 fence and the protection removed, it began in some 

 places to show symptoms of decay. Upon exami- 

 nation I found tbe bushes deeply girdled, or eaten 

 entirely off, at or near the surface by a worm or 

 grub, perhaps the same that infests tbe apple and 

 and locust tree; so, while I have sought by much 

 labor and expense to have a neat, useful and orna- 

 mental live fence along the highway, about the 

 door-yard and orchard, I have an unseemly apol- 

 ogy for a fence, dead by feet, and almost by rods, 

 inviting hungry and unruly street cows and land- 

 shark swine to commit depredations. 



I can assure Mr. Rice that I am as fully pre- 

 pared to condemn the cultivation of the English 

 Hawthorn for hedges in this locality, as he is to 

 pronounce that of the Osage Orange a hoax in this 

 latitude. As to to the latter, I planted out about 

 seventy rods three or four years ago, and they did 

 well until I found last spring they had been pretty 

 badly tccrchtd by frost- * tnmmd tbem, and they 

 have grown pretty well this summer, although 

 they do not look as healthy as formerly. Time 

 will determine their failure or success. I am pre- 

 pared for either. 8. 0. GaOE. 



the evils of needlework ; enlarging the sphere of 



able branches of industry ; relieving tbe house- 

 keeper of her most grievous burden, the Sewing 

 Machine ranks with the fabled deities as benefac- 

 tors of humanity. 



The Committee of the American Instita 

 Y , appointed at the late exhibition at Puluc< 



Sewing J 

 long, elaborate, and able report, of mucl 

 to the public. Although the utility of this inven- 

 tion is established beyond all question, yet, for 

 the various purposes of its application, ignoraoct 

 exists us to the particular patent best for a specific 

 purpose. Committees heretofore have not dis- 

 ci ii uted and elusiilied sufficiently. This report 



is free from these faults. The Machines are ar- 

 ranged according to the stitch made, and tbe pur- 

 pose to which the machine is to be applied, in four 

 classes, 1st, 2d, 3rd, and -1th ; a classification indi- 

 cating the general order of merit and importance: 



Class 1st, includes the Shuttle, or Lock Stitch 

 Machines for family use, and for manufacturers to 

 the same range of purpose and material. The 

 Committee has assigned this class the highest 

 rank, on account of the "elasticity, permanenct 

 beauty, and general desirableness of the stitchiog 

 when done," and the wide range of its applicu 

 At the head of this class they place the Wuei 

 & Wilson Machine, and award it the highest pre- 

 mium. This has been the uniform award for this 

 Machine throughout the country for several year-, 

 and we think no disinterested person will dispute 

 its justice and propriety. 



CLASS 2d, includes tbe Shuttle, or Lock Stitch 

 Machine, for heavy manufacturing purposes. At 

 the headof this class the Committee place First 4 

 Fbost's Machines. 



Class Sun, includes tbe Double Chain Stitch 

 Machines. The Ghovhr A Bakee Machine i 

 placed at the head of this class. The Committee 

 objects to the stitch made by this Machine, ma 

 much as it consumes more thread than any othi 

 stitch, and leaves a ridge projecting from one •■■ 

 of the seam. This, in tbe Committee's opioioi 

 must usually impair the durability of the seac 

 and often the beauty of the garments or othi 

 articles so stitched, though some of the Machim 

 making this stitch can be used very successful! 

 for embroidering purposes. 



Class 4tu, includes the Single Thread Tamboi 

 or Chain Stitch Machines. The tendency of this 

 stitch to ravel, the Committee C 

 tion so serious that they refuse to recommend the 

 Machines making it for any premium. 



The public is much indebted to this Commit 

 for the able discbarge of their duty, in reoderi 

 clear a subject that interest bus somuch d.if k<-m 



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 teacup butter; C eggs; 1 cup 

 spoons cream tartar, mixed through 

 teaspoon soda, dissolved in the 

 SnuEwsBunr Cake,— One poi 

 butter; % lb. sugar 

 dissolved in water ; s 

 quarters of on hour.- 



id of flour; ;•; lb. 



lemon; bake three 

 r,Saltm Co., X.J. 



many for the Filos.— Take a pint of com 

 soap and mix it in air-slaked lime till it i 

 insistency of gloiier's putty. Make a leatbc 

 ble, and till it with this composition, and ic 

 <he hnger therein, and change tbe compoaitio 



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