NOV. 27. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: M AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



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gtodwwl and (garftn. 



ION A ISLABD. 



In the Hudson River, near lt« Western bank, 

 and a mile or so above Peekskill, is a little Island 

 containing more than a hundred acres, though a 

 portion of It la ao rocky aa to be unfit for colora- 

 tion. Thla la called Iona Island, and on iv Boli- 

 tary and alone, " monarch of all he surveys," Uvea 

 one well known to the Horticultural world. Dr. C. 

 W. Grant. We bad long desired to visit this 

 Island and lu proprietor, and on oor return from 

 the Pomologies! Meeting In Sew York, we stopped 

 at Peekskill, where we found the Doctor awaiting 

 our arrival, with a fine boat, and after a pleasant 

 ride ot a mile or two on the bosom of the beauti- 

 ful Hudson, we landed at Ion a, ready to examine 

 the new gropes, which, from the specimens sent to 

 all onr Horticultural exhibitions, we knew the Doc- 

 tor grew In perfection. Still, we were not prepared 

 for such a glorious exhibition— all the new grapes 

 that we had only seen before 

 shows, here we beheld nnder far more favorable 

 circumstances for forming an opinion as to their 

 value and productiveness. Here 

 Dtlairare, not in single clusters, bat by bushels, f 

 the berries and bunches of a much larger t 

 than we bad supposed this variety could t 

 to attain. Instead of the slender growth of w 

 aawe had usually seen young plants make, 

 we beheld canes of the present season's gro 

 sixteen feet long and half a 

 and these not single branches, bnt a dozen o 

 from the aame root On one vine, four jet 

 planted, we counted seventy clusters 



THE FUCHSIAS. 



The Hu, 



3 thlH I. 



flno, In every way, and v. 



o made op onr minds that 



we had never before see 



u this grape in its highest 



perfection. We measured c 



nes twenty-three feet 







er. The Rebecca Is a 



rather slender grower, 





we measured canes 



half an inch In dlamete 





i eighteen feet long. 





t.v, 



and today we have 







Doctor, and found it 



to contain a young Drl 





vine, with a basket- 



ful of fibrous roots, son 



eoi 



them three feet long. 



The Diana and Dctaitu 



t have been Improving for 



several years, growing L 





and larger each year, 



layers a 



Doctor argnes has 

 ired by vxetrivt propagation, from which 

 i are gradually recovering. On thla point 

 an extract from his Catalogue, 

 of the evils to which new and desirable 

 of plants of all kinds are subjected Is 

 s propagation, either by taking as many 

 . the vine can be made to produce, or by 

 of the wood that can be made to grow, in 

 which esses the vines will always be imperfeot or 

 worthless; and consequently the reputation of 

 the variety damaged or destroyed. Of this, the 

 Diana has been a marked example, and those who 

 have experienced its feeble growth, unproductive- 

 ness, and small bnnches from tho dwarfed speci- 

 mens first Bent out, behold with incredulous sur- 

 prise the exceedingly vigorous growth, which is 

 but its normal development, and such magnificent 

 bunches of fruit as have, this season, been eagerly 

 taken by purchasers from the side of the Black 



! the e 



! for t 



prefereu 



"One of oor 

 lng In reputatl 



i Dia: 



> price, but with a decided 



rietles Is now languish- 

 qnence of subjection to 

 laware has Buffered from 

 it most of all But the Inherent vital energy pecu- 

 liar to that variety enables it best of all to over- 

 come the injury, when again placed in favorable 

 circumstances, if tho damage has not bei 

 severe as utterly to destroy its constitution." 



1,1,.' 



I'Htlil I'M I 



be inf. 



wIut<j l 



ed? — snd also, the 1 



rSouthbrn Illinois. — I should 

 t Dwarf Pean 



; kinds I 



r.ltliv. 



Now that winter has laid its icy hand upon our 

 loved flowers, and the garden is bare and cheer less, 

 except when enlivened with those winter friends, 

 the Evergrttru, we most look to the conservatory 



e flowers with which to make winter merry. 

 Here we may cheat the hard hearted old gentle- 



and laogh to scorn all his attempts to rob ua 



HORTICULTURAL INQUIRIES. 



Eds, Rural:— I do not know that I have any right 

 to bore you with a lot of queries, which may not 

 be useful to many of your readers, to have answered 

 In the Robal; but from your general courtesy, I 

 am Induced to ask a reply to the following queries 



Southern Illinois.— Yor so Farmer, Etkkom, lit. 



Remarks.— Dwarf Pear Trees can be obtained 

 at all the nurseries in Rochester, and we presume 

 of most of the principal nurecrymen in aU parte 

 of tho country. When in Chici 

 since, we saw very fine Barllott's and Benne Dielp, 

 with which the market was well supplied. These 

 we learned were grown in Southern Illinois and 

 Mississippi, J. 0. Allen, of Lena, Stephenson Co., 

 III., furnishes the following liat of pears, the re- 

 sults of bis experience in that region. Very hardy— 

 Flemish Beauty. Hardy— Buffum, Columbia, Dix, 

 Winter Kpllt, Forelle, Fulton, Lawrence, Osbond'8 

 Summer, Oswego Beurrc, Onondaga, Stevens' Gene- 

 see, BnMtte >le Bnvay. Half hardy— Doyenne d'Ete, 

 White Doyenne, Easter Beurro, Otout Morceao, 

 Bllboa, Henry IV, Seckcl, Tyson, Bergamotto Ca- 

 dette, Aremberg. Ten dtr— Bartlett, Belle Lucra- 

 tive, Beurro d'Anjou, Benrre Rose, Cattllac, Chau- 

 montelle, Dearborn'* Seedling, Angouleme, Louise 

 Bonne de Jersey, MmkUlne. Vicar of Winkfield, 

 Van Mons' Leon le Clere, Growors in that section 

 wonld do well to give tneir experience. 



Dim and fob Apples at New Yobs— The 

 New York Tribune says there are very few West- 

 ern apples In market. The supply Is mostly from 

 tho East, and the quality la generally very poor. 

 Of ooorse these sell at low prices. Strictly choice 

 apples would command high figure*, but there are 

 scarcely any mch in thla market. Apples are 

 keeping very badly, and on this account they are 

 hurried into market and crowded off at whatever 

 they will bring, notwithstanding tho prospect of 

 higher rates later in the season. A canal boat 

 load ot Western winter apples, mixed sorts, ar- 

 rived last Saturday, offered at 53 50 per barrel; S3 

 was bid and refused, and the lot hu gone in store. 

 Wo quote ohoicc, well-packed apples:— Spilzen- 

 berg*, J3 BOOfi 00; Greening*, - 

 Baldwins, S3 00<3$3 50; Russet*, 

 Eastern apples, in lots, such as are now arriving, 



II 



WaOOHSni Cranberry Trade.— There ■»«■> 

 tensive Cranberry Held* in Wisconsin, which yield 

 the berries for the picking. Janean county is 

 famous for iU Cranberry crop, i * - 

 •old the presenter 

 ■ 28,000 I 



liajbeL The trade 1 



benefit than the most abundant wheat harvest 



would have been. 



1st Isthere&book published giving 

 in the art of propagating plants, especially flowers, 

 aooh as the Verbena and Petunia? If bo, what isits 



2nd. What grape vines would you recommend 

 for cultivation in a green-house, or hot-house,— to 

 be cultivated by a rather ignorant— in fact a very 

 ignorant, but moderately intelligent amateur, 

 whose knowledge is to be exclusively derived from 

 books, and the Rural? 



3d. How far distant from each other should such 

 vines be planted? 



4th. Is it really worth while to pay the extra 

 price for the seeds sold by B. K. Buss, and are 

 they more reliable than ordinary seedsmen (of re- 

 spectability) are In tho habit of selling? 



6th. Will some of your lady friends supply a re- 

 cipe for preserving citrons in the best, or a good 

 style? 



I have jost erected aainallJiot-hoDBe, and intend 

 going into the art of Horticulture, for my own and 

 my friends' amusement, and hope you will help me 

 through a little, by replying to what you conveni- 

 ently can of the above. 



Need I, or any intelligent reader of the Rural, 

 say bow much gratified lam by its weekly perusal? 

 I am Btill Ignorant, hut you have no idea how much 

 less so I am in Horticultural matters, than before 

 I began to be your regular onJ thoagbtfol reader. 





lLocdon's /.<h 



- r t .. 





ifFlotetrt, at SI each, 

 are the best works on the subject, 



2. As you have not given tho dimensions of yoar 

 house, wo cannot tell how many vines yon require. 

 For a house that wonld accommodate twelve vines, 

 we would suggest the following:— 6 Black Ham- 

 burghs, 1 Grizzly Frontlgnsn, 1 Royal Muscadine, 

 1 White Frontignan, 1 Ztnfidal, 1 Canon Hall Uns- 

 eat, 1 Sweet Water. 



3d. Three feet apart is about the right distance. 



iih. The question in regard to seeds we cannot 

 answer. We have usually Imported onr choice 

 flower seeds from France. But little core is taken 

 In saving flower seeds in this country. A large 

 portion sent out by seed stores is the merest trash. 

 Perhaps some of onr correspondents wiU tell us 

 what success they have had with the seeds named. 



filh. In the deportment devoted to Domestic 

 Economy, we have recently given several recipes 

 for preserving citrons. 



of onr jewels. In a week or so we will speak of 

 the plants that thrive belt in our parlors and 

 Bitting- rooms, for with a proper ecleotion, all may 

 have a few flowers, that will mako 

 pleasant doring the 



design to call attention to that graceful and popu 

 lar flower, the Fcchjia, which Is to be found in 

 almost endless varieties in all our Greenhouses. 

 the Magnificent, we 

 give an engravJEg. It la a splendid, large flower, 

 rosy calyx, pretty well reflexed, showing a large, 

 rich rosy salmon corolla. Habit, spreading and 

 vigoroos, and a free bloomer. 



An EngliBh Florist by the name of Stout, has 

 produced a claaa of Fuchsias with white 

 the novelty of wh 



the culture of this elegant and graceful genos. We 

 bad thought that ingenuity was exhausted in 



variety of contrast we already possessed 

 in the colors of the sepals snd corolli 

 sepals, and scarlet corolla we thought wonderful 

 dark purple, nearly blue, corollas 

 h white and scarlet and crimson sepals- 

 had nearly every possible combination, except 

 corolla, which we now have. How Mr. 

 Story obtained it we have not been fully advised, 

 bnt we believe It was by crossing the common 

 white corolla which is 

 now lust. We have eeen only two of these varie- 

 ties yet in bloom, viz,, the Empress Eugenie and 

 Mrs. Story, and we give n drawing of the latter.— 

 Both of these have scarlet crimson sepals and 

 white corolla, veined with rose; the form is fine, 

 the habit slender and they are free bloomers. Be- 

 aidea these, there are in cultivation — Florence 

 Nightingale, Galantbx Bore plena, double white 

 corolla, Queen Victoria, Snow Drop, Water Nympb, 

 Ac, Of some of these we shall give engravings 

 before long. 



PACKING TTLEIB FOB CALLTOBSLA 



WisHncQ to send eome choice fruit trees to Cali- 

 fornia, by express, this fall, bow can I do it? Host 

 I pack in a tight box with damp mots or otherwise? 

 Please answer this through the Rvkal and oblige— 

 D. B. Waits, Springuattr, Jtl Y., iftft, 

 Remakeb.— The great error in packing trees for 

 been, we suppose, in placing them 

 he boxes too moist If the roots and branches 

 packed in wet moss, as Boon as the trees feel 

 effects of the warm climate to which they must 

 be subjected in their passage, the mass begins to 

 heat, a forced growth is made, to the great injury, 

 the destruction, of the whole. Some have 

 pocked in charcoal dust and we believe with good 

 results. The charcoal is a coo conductor of beat 

 therefore Its use. One of onr subscribers in Sao- 

 wbo has obtained thousands of trees and 

 plants from the nurseries here, snd who, since he 

 has ordered them packed according to his present 

 plan, baa not lost one per cent, though previously 

 i much as nmety, sends os his method. 

 In the first place the box was made 

 of rough Inch boards. The two end pieces each 

 two inches longer than the width of the sides. — 

 The side pieces are then nailed (with io's or 12'*,) 

 to the edges of the ends, so that when the box Is 

 upon its bottom, the ends are perpendicular, pro- 

 jecting one inch above and below, then the boards 



the box and nail npon the edges of the side pieces, 

 while the projections of the end pieces are nailed 

 to the edges of those cross-boards. I am th 

 minute in describing the box, because they a 

 seldom made thus, bnt when they are, all hooph 

 and binding is dispensed with. Aaron the initio 

 and up and down the sides and ends of the box. i 

 the inside, strips of Inch board, one inch wide ai 

 six inches apart, are tacked. Then take mo 

 entirely green, directly from the swamp, and In 

 fresh a state as possible, till the spaces, between the 

 strips on tho bottom, tight and cover over to 

 thickness of one inch, then lay in a layer of ' 

 or plants, beeping the spaces at the aides 

 ends filled tight with the mo.su. Then covei 

 layer of plants with a layer of moss, and 

 aBother layer of plants, and bo on, till the box is 

 fnll to within one inch. Having tacked the strlpi 

 upon the underside of the cover, and crammed thi 

 spaces with moss, fill up the box to the top, calcu 

 Intiug that the inch strips will obtain room b; 

 pressure, put on the cover, and nail, aa the bottom.' 

 This plan, we wonld suppose, might give tot 

 much moisture, bnt will not urge an opinion 

 against the successful practice of our friend. 

 haps some who are engaged in sending ti 

 California will tell us in what way they an 



THE CAULIFLOWER, AGAIN, 



Ens. Rural: — In perusing your valuable paper 

 of the 13th inst., I noticed your acknowledgment 

 of some cauliflowers received from -me. To do 

 justice to myself, end not have the public think I 

 am disposed to boost in such a public man 

 the proceeds of a load of cauliflowers — (though I 

 acknowledge I enjoy banterivg my competil, 

 agricultural pursuits, when I can produce earlier 

 and finer cropB)— I deem a few words of ex 

 tion necessary. 



Having recently visited your city on business with 

 Messrs. Ellw anger A Barry, in conversation \ 

 them I happened to mention that I had a very 

 piece of cauliflower?, notwithstanding the n 

 vorable dry season, and ss a small return for the 

 gentlemanly manner I waa treated, I promised on 

 my return, to send them a few. When I sent them 

 on, I requested in the letter to pass a couple to 

 yourself, and to help make the letter a little inter- 

 esting, I merely mentioned, in an off-hand manner, 

 the proceeds of the last cutting I had taken to the 

 city, — not expecting one solitary load of cauli- 

 flowers to gain Bnch notoriety. Now, Mr. Moore, 

 since you have chosen to expatiate bo freely on 

 said load, I shall have to send yon the proceeds of 

 '"tother" last load on the ltith inst You bi 

 New Yorkers aro bonnd to have good cauliflowers 

 for Thanksgiving dinner: 



Now. Mr. Editor, I want to inquire whether Pro 

 CCTTDto'S cauliflowers were a few pet plants in his 

 garden or whether he had several thousand of then 

 [Only a few "pets " In the professor's garden,— En. 



I very much regret I did not send a apeclme 

 out of later cuttings, aa I could have sent much 

 larger. I shall merely add the rows were fiv 

 apart, and the leaves covered the spaoe between 



ther 



i the ■■ 





. Bennett. 



Illinois Horticultural Society.— A meeting 

 of this Society will be held at Bloomington on the 

 Utb, 16(b) 161b and 17th of December next, for the 

 election of oflicere. and the discussion of Horticul- 

 tural subjects. We hope the Secretary will tend 

 ns a brief report of this meeting. 



Downino'b FaciT Boot— Can the new and re- 

 vised edition of " Downing'a Fruit and Froit Trees 

 of America," be sent by mail, and- if so, what Is the 

 price, postage pre-paid?— J. L.L-, Ciark, Pa 



p. Bf ..w_n M J 1 l'i Fr«u Book, Revised Edi- 

 tion, can be sent to you, by mall, pre-paid, for 31,75. 



Don't forget to take precautions to set 

 trees from mice. An hour's labor may si 





Jfamtstic ^ronomg. 



COLORING RECIPE, MEAL DUKFLIHGS, ftc 



To Dn a Light Blue.— In answer to the inquiry. 



ow to color light blue on silk, I give a method 



hich I have tried with good success on ribbons. 



To a sufficient quantity of warm water, add a lit- 



indigo compound, thoroughly wet the goods 



it air, and rinse in cold water. If not dark 



ingh, add a little more compound. The goods 



ahoold be wet before putting In the dye, to pre- 



spottlng. Soft water is best for coloring 



)ses. A llttla gum arable, prepared as for 



starch, added to the rinsing water will give it a 



[■lb DruruKo. — Use buttermilk and sonr 

 i as for biscuits, with a small quantity of but- 

 ■ nice lard; salt of course, and enough sale- 

 to correct acidity. Knead, roll to a little 

 less than half an loch In thickness, do op into any 

 size preferred, with sliced apples In the centre. 

 Bake, boll, or steam, until tho fruit [i conked ten- 



Planting Treks in Clay Soil. — I am about 

 planting an orchard, on a very strong, stiff clay.— 

 How would you advise me to prepare the ground 

 — R. F., Cayuga, Haldtmand Co, C. W. 



REMABxe.— Socb Boils are generally rententiv. 

 of moisture, and unless well drained, the trees wil 

 be sickly and the bark mossy. Deeply and thor 

 ougtily drain at. once. It will bo too lato to p]ov 

 this lalL ao break it up in the spring, bnt not until 

 it la tolerably dry. Such aoila are much injured 

 by workiDg too wet Plow deep, bo aa to br< 

 up tha subsoil, no matter about the labor. A do; 

 treea In a well prepared soil is better than a h 

 dred in a stiff, soggy [ d y t unbroken and undraincd, 

 Harrow and cultivate so as to get a good tilth, tbeti 

 plant the trees, obtaining some mellow soil or leaf- 

 mould from the woods to place around the n 

 Prune up the branches pretty close and cov 

 ground around the tree with coarse manu 

 yon must crop the ground grow potatoes, oi 



We 





i Ominibi 



Larob Vegetables. — J. M. Lattin, of Hydi 

 Park, Duchess connty, New York, writes aafollowB 

 to tho Rpbal N'bw-Yobkbr: 



"Occasionally tbere uppeara in diffc-rent papers, 

 accounts of large vegetables, &c. Will yon pleast 

 give natice tbrongh the Rural of the following, 

 which we think very large. Mr. Daniel La 1 

 grew In his garden two blood beets which n 

 perfect; one measured U inches In length, 

 inches in circumference, aud weighed 19 j pounds. 



,n.l i 



other v. 





weighed 6 ponnds." 

 The above beets 



may 1 



large 



Rochester and in Doobess connty, but here 

 Wood county they would be considered rather 

 small specimens — certainty they would 

 deemed worthy of any special, or public, notice. 

 John Powers, Post-Master of 

 beets, of the blood-red variety, the largest of jvhich 

 weighs IT* and the smallest 12) t>.?. Try it 

 gentlemen, bnt don't brag about beets that only 

 weigh 12J lbs-— Journal, Pernjsburz, Ohio. 



Canker. Worw.— Can you inform me of any bet- 

 ter mode of preventing the ravages of the Canker 

 Worm than the mixture of coal and common tar, 

 recommended on page 05 of "Downing'* Fruit 

 and Froit Trees of America;" Revised Edition? 

 I have applied It to two rowa of apple-trecp, but if 

 enough is put on to do any good, aoi 

 down upon the bush below the bandage. "But 

 this." Dowkiko says, "has a very injurions effect 

 upon the trunk." It dries so soon, too, In this oil- 

 mate, that renewing it as often as necessary, will 

 be very tedious. Can you inform me where " Den- 

 nis* Patent Circular Leaden Trough" can be procur- 

 ed, and at what price?— Fruit Grower, Burlwgion, 

 lova.lW. 



RBUARE& — You can mako a composition that 

 will not readily dry. Try the melted India-rubber. 

 Tho little tar or composition that msy chanco to run 

 down the trunk wiU do but little harm. All should 

 be cleaned off by the last of May. We cannot 

 answer the question in regard to the leaden trough. 



Grape and Yinb Growinc on Ksllet'b Island, 

 Onio— The Sandusky Mirror is Informed by a gen- 

 man who has spent some time on Kclley's Island, 

 near Sandnaky City, that Mr. Loms Harmes has, 

 from an acre of land— by actual meaenrement— 

 realized $1,225, above all expense, from bis sales 

 of grapes, grape roots and wines, the past year. 



sugar, if cream cannot be had. This, if rightly 

 prepared, will make a dish at which Stlvands 

 will tarry nntll he forgets to " walk down with cap 

 In hand." 



Mbal DruPLiNOs. — Take a quantity of meal, 

 according to the number to be served, a little salt, 

 scald with boiling water, allow to cool a little,' 

 then stir in enough flour to make tt ball nicely, 

 with floured band?. Drop into boiling water, and 

 boil one-half hour. Nice with baked fresh meat 

 gravies. 



Corn Bread. — Take four quarts of sweet milk; 

 one pint of yeast or emptyings; one plat of rye or 

 wheat flour, Mho former is preferable to the latter,) 

 and meal, stir a Utile thicker than for griddle 

 cakes. Put into a quick oven, allow It to gradual- 

 ly cool, bake slowly three or four hours end re- 

 main in the oven over night Corn bread cannot 

 be baked too long. Another fault is In grinding 

 the meal too fine — It should have a roundness llku 

 fine aand. Rural Reader. 



To Fasten on the Handles op Emvbsj 

 Forks. — The handles of knivee and forks j 

 have come off by being put in hot water, ma; 

 fastened In the following manner:— Prooure si 

 powdered resin, and mix with it a -/m// quantity 

 of chalk, whiting, or quick lime, lot tho bandies 

 be about half-tilled with this mixture, heat the 

 ends of t lie knlveB or forks, and force them In; 

 when cold they will be fonnd to be securely fast- 

 ened. N. B— Knives and forks that are not fast- 

 ened to the handles by rivets should never be put 

 into hot water. 



Or,— Take a smalt portion of a quill pen, and 

 put into the handle of the knife, warm tho blade, 

 and when it is hot put it into the <p<itl in the handle, 

 and presa it in firmly; thla la a very simple method, 

 but it has been found to answer the purpoao re- 

 quired several tlmep. 



Ofj — Brteh-duit stirred Into melted restn makes 

 a composition that will Dx koivea and forks 1 

 fheir handles. The tangshould be thrust in warn 



Or,— Mix a little .chopped hair or tow— wit 

 powdered resin, and fill with it the hole in the 

 handle of the knife, then beat the spike of 

 blade, (i. e. the part which fits into the handle,) 

 and ram ft down into its place; the heated steel 

 will melt the resin, which will then keep th 

 blade of the knife or fork In its place. N. B.- 

 The chopped hair (or tow) mnst not be omitted.- 

 London Field. 



CraiNO Hams.— As the time is at hand for pre- 

 paring these ueefal etoree of rioh and savory food, 

 a few worda will not be out of place in regard to 

 them. The legs of hogs, short in the hock, are 

 the best for hams, aud should bo chosen In prefer- 

 ence to lanky hogs. They may be salted by im- 

 mersion in a clean pickle, containing a little sugar 

 and saltpetre dissolved, or they may be salted by 

 robbing ground solar evaporated salt over them, 

 turning thorn every day, and giving thorn a good 

 rubbing. A little sugar and ground black pepper 

 added to the salt will much Improve the flavor of 

 the meat It requires about n month to salt hams 

 by the wot process, and three weeks by the dry 

 system. At the end of this period, they should 

 be hong up for a few days to drip, and then they 

 aro ready for smoking. Much depends un the kind 

 of material used for smoking them, so as to secure 

 a Bweet flavor. Whatever fuel Is used fur this pur- 

 pose, one condition ahould never he overlooked: 

 it should ho perfectly dry, or else it will bo liable 

 to impart a bitter taste to tho meat Dry 

 cobs, and some dry, sweet hoy are superior t< 

 other agents that wo have aeen employed for smok- 

 ing beef and hams. Mutton hama msy be prepar- 

 ed in the same manner us those of pork, and they 

 are exceedingly palatable when the meat is good, 

 and care exercised to smoke them slowly. — Scitn 



Economical Caee.— Take dry cuke, rub fine 

 add 1 egg; 1 cup of molasses; sweet milk enongl 

 to moisten; stone and chop some raisins; odd 

 half a teuspoonful of saleratus; flour enough to 

 make as thick ns pound cake; beat well and bake, 

 and you will have a palatable cake. 



Squash Prxs.— Take mealy squab, Blew, drain off 

 the water, strain, add sugar, ginger, salt, and the 

 extractor lemon— hake the same aa tart pies.— 

 Eliza, A'ne Ihmpihirt, 1858. 



Pcre Air.— The BcUetic Medical Jmtrnal of Phil- 

 adelphia, in speaking on this subject, very proper- 

 ly remarks that it is not only necessary that men 

 may have sufficient air to breathe, but It is neces- 

 sary to provide air for the apartment Itself in 

 which they live, aa well aa for tho persons who In- 

 hale it The influence of impure air Is not only 

 exercised npon persons through their breathing 

 e.but the surface of their bodies, their clothes, 

 ills of the apartment— In short tbe free Bnr- 

 faces of everything in contact with the air of the 

 place becomes more and more Impure — a harbor 

 of foulness, a means of Impregnating every cubic 

 fool of air with poison— unless the whole depart- 

 ment has Its) atmoipherk- contents continuously 

 changed, to that everything animate and inanimate 

 is freibened by a constant supply of pore air. 



