FOREST > AND * STREAM. 



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marshes of the Alamosa. Belug anxious to reach onr destination be- 

 fore night of the seoon'l flaj we flrctve bits— 1 believe It was nine 

 o'clock when we carnped. JuBt as we had began the preparation (it 

 our supper, oneof those sodden, violent rushes nf wirnl an<l rain euinc 

 upon ns, drenching our entire outfit, and compelling us to seek shelter 

 beneath our wagon-cover. The sturm was brief, hut fierce, and 

 swept away to the west, the bright rays or the foil moon (Just h iiug 

 in I he heavens above the crest of I he Sangre rje Ollrlsto Mountains) 

 spread it= silvery light on the pheet of falling waters, and pro.ltir.cil B 

 petrebl ralabow^oniy lackiug iu (plot from being identical with thai. 



owl bv the sue. Ti.u beantyofl scene was matchrea 



held through an al Unisphere of i>rl»tine purity, Willi its moon und 

 moTiutalus, cloud and storm, the silver bow (ironing the heavens above 

 thai world of silver. 'I'lie fir-lanca! San Juan lent a halo to the hopes 

 of the toiling thousands who seek their fortunes iu those treaBure-laden 



GOBDON Land. 



[Lunar rainbows are not very u-r^dmuion phenomena. We 

 a several iu OUT life-time. — Ed. J 



— Tbe female sea lion in the Brighton (England) Aquarium 

 hasrucently given birth to a line young oim. Thecal ■ 

 ciles much interest among naturalist's, as it is the first frii ' : I 

 on record or the sen lion breeding iu captivity.— Pusimi 

 Journal, 



Ar.RtvALS at ZOitoOiolt. Gardes ditkino week ending Jc:.k 15, 

 1STT.— Two Vervet. monkeys, CeivopH.lieois Inlnwli!, purchased; one 



! ' peruana, born In garden: one white-eared parrot. Comrua 



is, presented; one alligator, A Mijiitur m/sss«,; 7 a. " : ''. presented; 



one Iguana, fiftiana tu/xireulata, purehased; two barred owls, ,s'.,c -,.; 

 imreliased: one pennants parrakeet, Pi ]«tinanti, pari 

 Olmsed; one yellow patiot Oo>»n« Mews. On dune 5 two panakeel 

 (Otkatuos, hillandim, born in garden. 



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ffoodlmitt, ^nrm md §;mtm 



PROPAGATING ROSES. 



PERrlAPS the most easy and at ibe same time the most 

 bui SsaTul methoil of propagating hybrid, perpetual and 

 :■ i roses trim the old wood is-thi*: As soon as thejeaves 



[all out the slips into pieces of about I or g eyes each, using of 

 eoiirs a. sharp knife soai to mike a. clean cut — notapah* of 



1 1 i . which bruises the end of the slip. It dpea not matter 

 where the cut is raadii, luvvc it more stealing than otherwise, 

 and h clean oat. Tin- slips may then be planted pretty closely 



i boxei L'Uitie oi four inches deep, leaving one or. two eyes 

 above the surfai e, in a soil composed principally of good clean 

 sattd, Ereed n i salt, to which a .small quantity, savour, fourth, 

 of loam and leaf mould may be add id. Water well to settle 

 the soil close mund the base of the slip and the boxes may 

 then be placed in a cold frame for the winter. Frost must Be 

 rigidly excluded as well ns any undue excitement by suu 

 heat, ft temperature as -nearly 40 degrees as possible during 

 the winter is about right. If auy commence to grow befoye 

 the base of the slip has formed a g. .oil callus, farewell to all 

 hope of its ever miking a plant; it may grow as long as the 

 sap stored in lie' slip keeps Uealive, leaf, will then die. Towards 

 spring the heavy covering of salt hay or other material neces- 

 sary I o keep out the frost may ba gradually removed, and 

 i i and licat gradually admitted, uutil a nice growth is se- 

 cured, when the slips should be carefully taken up and either 

 placed separately in small pots in a good rich soil, or about 

 two inches apart in boxes, and the frame kept close and moist 

 for a few days to previa their willing. After being gradual- 

 ly hardened off they may he planted out any time after the 

 middle of April, will give a few blooms the first season, and 

 will make plants double the size in fall of those propagated 

 during the winter or spring from the young or green wood 

 ami raised in the greenhouse. If the amateur wishes to in- 

 crease his stock of a new rose of which he can only spare a 

 few slips or eyes, root grafting may be resorted to. A few 

 good strong roots of any free growing lose being secured ami 

 out into about 4. inch lengths, a single eye of the rose to be 

 propagated should be inserted near the top of the root as in 

 side grafting, or if the root stock is largo enough as in cleft 

 grafting, the junction covered with grafting wax and the. 

 whole then treated as recommended for slips. The amateur 

 need nut gel discouraged if success does not, attend his effort 

 the first time, WO have seen '.)!) per cent, grow one year while 

 not GVCU 525 per cent, would reward our efforts at another; 

 but He cause was traceable lo neglect, not. to the system. 



THE NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S FEAST OF ROSES. 



THE special Rose and Strawberry Exhibition of this soci- 

 ety was held at Gihnore's Garden on Wednesday and 

 Thursday of last week, and proved, despite prognostications 

 to the contrary, a great success. The members and exhibitors 

 are the more to be congratulated on this, as thp earltaess o( 

 Im i. compared with that of last year, compelled (hem 



to hold their meeting a week earlier than was anticipated, and 

 some may therefore have been disappointed iu competing. 

 The show of roses and strawberries was particularly fine, 

 more especially of the latter — larger, more richly flavored, or 

 better colored berries having never been before exhibited in 

 New York. On approaching the tables on which the slraw- 

 he.rrie.s were, arranged, the a": u m lirst drawn to several 



lihii.es -if monster berries, accompanied by a plant in fruit, ex- 

 hibited by Mr. William (Smith, Morrisania, IN. Y., of his new 



seedling named President Lincoln, the largest measuriq ; 



eleven inches in circumference, anil those he entered for the 

 heaviest ton beriies weighing over one pound adv. Mr. 

 (smith took four premiums with this variety alone, and its 



flavor was pronounced excellent by the judges. Mr. E. P. 

 Bowe, Cornwall on Hudson, N. Y." was awarded the highest 

 premium for the best and largest collection with ti line lot of 

 thirty-eight varieties, closely followed, however, by Dr. ttex- 

 amer, Newcastle, N. Y., to whom I ho second premium was 

 given. The first premium lor best, leu varieties, one. ipnrf of 

 each, wasawardcilto Peter Hemlersoti, Jersey City. h" a li ■." 

 lifiil selected lot, l>r. llcxamci being second. Mr. Henderson 

 also took I'u si honors for otic quart each of Champion, Jueuuda, 

 Setb Eovden and Wilson. The following gentlemen also 

 premiums, viz.. E. B. Sutlon, Babylon, L. J., lor 

 Agriculturalist ; Geo. Herbert, Peekskill, for Blai ' ■ 

 .■mil I.: Mule's White H end J. C. Williams, Moulelair, N. J., 

 for Downer 1 ;- Prolific} Charles Downing, Duncan and Monarch 

 of the West; Eraser and Edwards, t<>4 Barclay street, for 

 Col. Cheney ; and John Eagan, gardener to W. S. Gurnee, 

 Esq., Tarryfown, for Triomphe da Gimd. all magnificent ber- 

 ries of the various sorts. Mr. En it, n -: j i too! first premiums 

 for the best three named varieties of foreign grapes, two 

 bunches, if each, and the Lest Black Hamburgh and Muscat 

 of Alexandria crapes, the latter being wonderfully tine 

 bunches for so early in the season. The premiums for forced 

 peaches were curried off by Ed. Duckies, West. Ml. Vernon, 

 N. i., and for cherries by Geo. Marc, Woodside, L. 1. Spe- 

 cial premiums were .also awarded in this class to John Finn, 



Trciipyit for a new- seedling strawberry ; to Gi He Eo 



do. ; and to Mr. Durand, Irviugton, N. J., for :i collection of 

 twelve new seedling strawberries, all large, well shaped and 

 of good flavor. 



If the Judges on Emits had their bunds full, those on cut 

 flowers and floral designs had no easy task Lo decide the su- 

 perior merits of the exhibits in the Various classes. The. dis- 

 play of cut roses was simply gorgeous, and their aroma per- 

 vaded the whole building. For the miscellaneous collection 

 of cut flowers, Mr. Peter Henderson was first with a rich as- 

 sortment, a large croup or pansies of all shades and variega- 

 tions, from pure white to deep black, and tastefully arranged 

 in flat boxes, being particularly admired. Mr. Zcllcr, Flat- 

 letsb, was second with a nice group, well arranged and eoli- 

 i Joirie rare and beautiful flowers, air. William A. 

 Burgess, Glencove, was first, as usual, with a magnificent dis- 

 i ■ • ■. m' Marechal Neils being especially fine. Keller and 

 been Day Ridge, followed closely a good second. This 

 younVand enterprising firm also took first premiums for the 

 "best twenty-four Hybrid Perpetual Roses named varieties, 

 and for t.lic best six named Moss-roses. The best sorts in 

 their stand were Triomphe do ('Exposition, VictOl \ irdiei 



Alps, OoQtjrjtte desBlnues, Blisa I'.oelle, John Hopp . 

 Appert, Prince Camille de Uolem, Mud. Alfred de Kouffe- 

 mont, and Caroline de Sansal. And in Moss buds, 

 Lirxembourg, White and the English Red, Gloivc des 



ilosseux and Jauies Veitch. MeBsrs, R. B. PffT s i&Co., 



Flushing; were first for a fine collection of 80, named IT. P. 



roses, s,. |;. Parsons i Co. second. Their principal varieties 

 ... i .,, ii v much lho.se -named above. Messrs. R. B. Parsons 

 & Co. also' took first premium for best 13 II. 1'.; John Hopper 

 second for 2 I named II. 1'. rose.-.-, and. special premiums for 

 : , , : ,, - ,i !" ] tn'as, Ghent Azaleas, and late flmvcrmg 



, e ■„! , . ndrons. the plants being taken from Ibe open ground 



mdthi rool carefully matted up. Mr. Aug. Dejonge, New 

 Dii'diion. S. L, a most enthusiaslic amateur, look first honors 

 for the best 13 H. P. roses, one new dark variety, Annie Wood, 

 being especially admired, and for the best 13 blooms of Faul 

 Neron and Jules Margottjn, Forthebesl 12 of any variety- 

 Mr. H. Carmohn, Silver Lake, S. I., was first witb Bm b :>om< 



of lliphetos, a pure while tea rose -I immense, substance and a 

 splendid winter bloomer when workefi on a i -a 1 1 mg arow ing 

 variety like Gloire de Bijou or Marechal Neil. The most 

 showy exhibit of all was made by Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry. 

 Rochester, N. Y., who filled a large table with a magnificent 

 display of 00 named varieties of pteOnias of all conceivable 

 shades of color from pure white to the deepest crinis. m. I my 

 were deservedly awarded a special premium and a certificate 

 of merit. Special premiums were also awarded to 11. Faddy, 

 Brooklyn, for four seedling roses, to the C. L» Allen Co. for 

 a large plant of CaacMa Andrcjouski (Syn. Anthericum), a 

 very pretty, hardy liliaceous plant!, and to Isaac Buchanan for 

 (i orchids in pots, and a collection ot roses ami rjKomas. 

 Several other gentlemen made a good display|m this section, Mr. 

 W. Bennett filling a large space with cut roses, backed up with 

 small plants of the Variegated Calia \ ;■,,,,, ,,, / ....,•. ../..so 

 in bloom; S. B. Parsons ASons. a tine collection oi cut blooms 

 of hardy shrubs all named, of great service ;,, „, .sale, , , 

 chasers, and R. B. Parsons Ov Co. for a large number ot cut 

 blooms of the large and fragrant Magnolia Macrophylla, I be 

 premiums for floral designs were well contested, and brought 

 forth some unique ami very tastefully arranged pares, and 

 were awarded as follows: For the best table design, to Ekirch 

 A Wilson, and Fred Cordon ; for the best basket, of flowers, 

 to Fred Gordon and Ekirch & Wilson : for the best, desii'u 

 formed of cut flowers, to the C. L. A Hen Co. and -I. R. Sutton, 

 Babylon ; for the best vase o| (lowers most naturally arranged 

 , ■!,,, amateurs only), to James Riddle Inwood and N. Ilallock, 

 i ■■■,, r , ! i o, .. o For-theiiest pair of band bouquets, to W. 0. 



Wilson and William Brower, and for the best bridal I [ui t, 



Corsage boui]uet and wreath, lo Mrs. W. .1. Davidson, ti h 



lyn, and \V. Brower. jNew York. Special premiums ware 

 aj'go awarded to .1. McCullouirb linvood, John Finn I 

 and 'Waller Reid, IS. Y., for lar-e floral designs; to ;tHs. .1. 

 Milton Ferry, Babylon, for a large vase very lastclully ar- 

 ranged, and lo Messrs. W. C. Wilson, Peunock Bros., Phila- 

 dcl].hia; Miss E. Bennett, Fhttbtish: Rechamps & Sons, I>. 

 Brooker, New York, and others for designs contributed to 

 help to make the extumtidh one of the most succei ifui anil 

 enjoyable ever held by the SQi lei 



Inquirer, — The cruciferous plant looks like imrlurlinn. Ia- 

 custre grey, and the liorriiginous plant like a tueiu-nsia. 

 Could you. send larger and better specimens:' It is hard lo 

 make out plants not natives of this section from such small 

 pieces. 



0. L. Km ii,, Phiia.— See article on Roses in to-day's issue. 



P. J. — You can propagate the clematis either by layering 

 or grafting the eyes on pieces of clematis rool . as described in 

 to-day's number for roses. This latter is the best process, if 

 you require quantity ; but the former will give you. a limited 

 number of strong plants iu a shorter period. 



Tup: Maddki: Plant.— Versmann states that them lie 

 plant has been cultivated in Holland for more, that thn In 

 dred years; France (especially the neighborhood of Avignon I 

 now produces about oncdialf 0$ all the madder consumed, to 

 the value of about 4:?0b.ono per annum. Turkey and South 



Russia also supply considerable quantities of high quality," 

 The Dutch madder will dye red, but not purple, and the color 

 isuot bs , , i , d and purple, hutllic 



■ ,!■ i , life not fas',: that of Turkey dyes good red and pvj 



-a i is very J I iw.ee supplies the market with two 



tics, called "losie,,' lidin their dyeing beautiful reds and 



' ■ dud srj a ■ iofl purple, besides , u 



red j thisistlie b ' < a Ii j 'J ,,- [s . al is de- 

 rived from the tact that the plants are grown on mil 



land. 



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NOTES ON ORANGE CULTURE. 



Mandaki:^, June 1, 1877 



t in 1 1 i. FoKl ' ' r :.i i:c.\M: 



The lirst of June finds the southern summer well advanced. 

 Orange trees have OHpkeiiod up wi Ii new leaves of brilliant 

 green, and vegetation generally is well advanced under the 

 iieat incut of hot sun and frequent showers. The average 

 orange grower finds the insects on his trees alive and kicking 

 this warm weather, audn.. end ot anxiety aud also of indus- 

 try is his portion. 



There is such a cheerful, willing way in which the trees 

 put oi.il for their owner, as though they were going to serve 

 him with theii .. :' lat one hates to see an, i a- 



1 '' ' ' , , , , bier that prompts 



one to brush tha hies from his horse ,,r provide him a net for 

 that purpose. So on see the. erove proprietor out 



with his scrubbing-brush and suds. You see him cutting 

 away afl'eel.id twigs, bringing out, his magnifying class and 



eo ,i - Hie insects look bigger, as if they were not already 

 big enough. My friend Jones says there, are seven different 

 kinds, and proceeds to hunt for the interesting seven. He 

 finds two varieties, turns them over on their hack's for some 

 more magnifying, and chats about what they know about 

 orange groves, which is a great deal. 



Iuquiry and examination of this subject is painful, not to 

 say exasperating. So long as Ave knew little we were happy - , 

 but when we learn of the many different kinds, their multi- 

 plicity, rapacity, audacity, tenacity, voracity, etc.. no oi o 



rest until he is hotly waging a war of extermination against 

 them, and botly enough, too, when the thermometer is rang- 



,i about 90 deg. What are things corning to when farmers 

 have to turn scullions about their trees, using that house- 

 maid's implement, a scrubbing-brush? I go down to call on a 

 hieiid and find him up iu a corner, one eye shut and a hun- 

 dred wrinkles in his face as he squints "through a glass at a 

 few insects he has got on a twig, and squints so persistently 

 that ho do ' notice my coming. My next, frieud will be 

 doubled ii a inverted A. with his waistband at 



[he- apex, scrub eof the tree; and over 



i" anothi r lol ril mi one whom we cannot identify by rea- 

 son of his head being lost to view in the foliage of the" tree 

 lie sits on a stool, straddles the tree, and is "exploring, pen- 

 ! Olfi in hand, the !i afy branches oi in Mill, .- even: old. I 

 want to salute, him, but give it up for fear he inav not be the 

 person I. think he is. There is a confusion of soap suds, sal 

 soda, carbolic acid, tar, wax, etc.. in the country, and the in- 

 sects' days arc surely numbered, for this season Jenkins went, 

 down lo spend the day in another part of town, and came. 

 a i rjversnadowc.il with the gloom of scale insects which his 

 friends were busily lighting. . "Why," said he, " I've got a 

 month's work lo do at my trees," and he hasn't had a happy 

 day since. 

 "Why don't the birds come down and attend to this sort of 



business :- Here is I d enough for all their gtdlets, and good 



or !ood for their little gizzards. We give, it up. We "only 

 know they don't trouble them. We are obliged to the lady- 

 hea-. f,.r ih -r.-ovrhl help, and to the black ants also, but tha 

 increase . >t the scales is too fast for these to make any per- 

 ceptible. impr.-.-.si.,u on the number. But, then the farmer has 

 spare time nii.il a I i ':is season, if a farmer ever can lie said 

 to have spare time, for just, such work as this, ami there is a 

 eiauiol soisi,,, I,..,,, in seeing the hordes of these shell-fish yield 

 and pet -■:, i a i ,.■ u,'- 1 e y brush. Such wholesale sla'ugh- 

 a ii is seldoui man's privilege to deal, and at the end the 

 orange tree will deck itself in m-w ajjd abundant bright 

 glossy foliage, and you may read its gratitude every time you 

 I »1 it. Well, ibis is what e are means. This i's one fea- 

 ture of it. I looted upon a small grove the other day, where the 

 trees were full thirty feet high and yield four or five thousand 

 pfanges a piece, and the good housewife said: "I don't, 

 think there are atty finer trees' ahoul here, and it's because 

 they've had good care. It's a hard tree to make crow.'" 



C. D. D. 



Natiio.al JMecrra: 017 Ci bmSbs it Chicago.— The an- 

 nual meeting of the National Curling Club of America 

 held in Chicago on the lyth inst. Delegates were presirjfc 

 from the New i ork Ciiy clubs, tllnvelaud, O.; Ogdcnsburo- 

 Milwaukee, Wis.; Albany, Mew York j Vonkers, jN'ee . 



I'eo.ei,, p a, ! 'i i a , and the two Chicago clubs. The 



report of the treasure! howerl thai tbe receipts frrum the 



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The telle; i a. , ■,,,„, : ,.,,[,: ,|, , ; ribniioriof 



rued 

 Caledonian, Ni w STorS vs. Ji rsey City, umpire 2s T ew y,. r 

 i ,, , , , 



Nisi 'i ore . rjl A , W: VS. Alt I ... | a, |M 



Thistle,. ,i : . ewark.i mpire Jei ■ ,- < iiy (.aid 



.Ionian, of Brooklyn, vs. Manhattan, New York, umpire 



Thistle. Rrookiy , io | h, ,,, vs. Yonkers New 



York, umpire, Tlustie. New ^ ork : Ivanhoc, Patterson VS. 

 I'm, rson, umpire. Newark: Troy vs. I'tica: mujnre, \ll,ai, 

 1 'gdensbi ah ■. ■■ ,'i, ■■..ti ,,, a umpire; granite, Detroit 

 Pour Broth, rs, i ■ i I < Irchard Lake vs' 



Thistle, 1'elroit, umpire, (oraniie, Detroit: PortageCitv vs' 

 Thistle, Chicago, umpire. Millwaukee: iMiilwaukee vs"Cl,V 

 ■■■ ' ■''■ Rortage City ; Cleveland vs. Joledo, owanm- 



iio i ahilomau, Rull'alo, point contest unless Syracuse joins 

 the International Curling (Unix The above games will be 



as! the coming winter, and the winners will receive 



m. dais from the National Club. 



In the matter of appeals, the points under dispute were 

 auncably settled.- It was moved that all rinks East and West 



i, i a privilege of playing for the Gordon medal whenever 

 mid who ■■■■.. e Themoiionvvasconcuried in 



the following officers were elected for the ensuing year" 



President, J. Johnston: Kirst Viee-l'resi.leiit, John' !■■■ 

 son; Second Viee.President,, Pel i i and Treasurtsr" 



D. Poulls. 



Hi aexj annual meeting will be held in New y.s 



