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Migrator-.- Quails for Vermont.— The 'Rutland (At.) 

 '..{ Saturday says : " Hon. Martin G. Evert? s 

 Ipku Messina, in Sicily, yesterday, 200 migratory qti 

 Coturm which he will set Tree on the hills in 



this town, with the hope of successfully acclimatizin 

 bin Is, which are valuable both for food and sport on t;,. 

 tinetlt. These birds closely resemble our native Virgtma 

 ii ,1 in general coloration and marking, but are hss brilliant 

 in color ami not quite so large. They migrate from Africa, 

 crossinR the Mediterranean to Europe in March and April, 

 and scatter in colonies over the continent all the way Nortb 

 into Norway and Sweden. Some of tliem breed as far Smith 

 as Italy. In the autumn they return to their winter [I 

 in Africa. They lie well to 'the dog wherever there is rover. 

 and afford as good Bport according to their size and value as 

 their American congeners." 



With regard to breeding the native quail in this country, 

 the Nashville Rural Sun says : 



" It is very strange, and a thing that we. do not exactly un- 

 derstand, that birds in our Northern States pair off earlier, 

 breed earlier and mature earlier, than in the Southern States. 

 < iur quails here never pair off till the first of May, and hatch 

 out from the first of June till August Very few of our birds 

 reach maturity by the fifteenth of September, and we have 

 frequently found birds too small to shoot even in the first of 

 November. In the Northern States quails are nearly all 

 grown by the 15th of August, and none are loo small to shoot 

 bv the first of September- It certainly appears to us that 

 here the birds should breed and raise at least one month ahead 

 of Northern birds; instead of this, however, they are fully 

 one month later. We are not sure, however, that the 

 Northern quail attempts to raise moie than one brood a year, 

 while our birds frequently raise two broods and sometimes as 

 many as three broods from one pair. This may account for 

 the difference in times of breeding." 



Istatuated Homming-Birds.— The Ottawa (Canada) 



TV.isof May 31 contains this mt.erestimr story": "Yesierd <> 

 afternoon Mr. John Thompson's man (Jules Mather) gathered 

 , i, rge bunch of lilacs from a tree b the garden in Nepean, as 

 lie was about coming to the city to deliver milk. A couple oJ 

 humming-birds hovered around the hush at the time, and these 

 followed after the bunch which had been picked. Strange to 

 state the little winged creatures came akragwith the rig to the 

 eit v, at every opportunity sipping the honey from the petals of 

 of the flowers. At the Queen's Restaurant, for which the (low- 

 ers w.av intended, the birds visited the bunch at the door of 

 the bir entrance. The flowers were placed on the table in the 

 dining-room, a faded bunch being substituted at the door, hut 



after flying once around the latter the birds left it, and 



found "the" others again, entering the room through the open 

 window. The boarders present were astonished a: the lame- 

 ness of the birds, which might have been csaily caught if it had 



been desired." 



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A New Piie\sant.— In a letter dated "Eibuan, Aug. 17,'' 

 Governor Usshesays that he has had great difficulty in gel i in 

 Specimens of the beautiful new pheasant recently described by 

 Mr. Sharpe as LoSiophasis bulweri. Me has twice sent over 

 from Labuan to the mainland of Borneo the trained collector 

 who obtained the original specimen, but hitherto without suc- 

 cess. As, however, the birds are plentiful about thirty-rive 

 miles inland, lie hopes to be able to get some samples very 

 shortly. Bulwer's pheasant seems, in the north-western por- 

 tion of Borneo, to be confined to the Lawas River, where, ihey 

 are not uncommon, but on the Trusan and Brunei Rivers, 



lien lie close to, the species is quite unknown to tits natives, 

 even by nanie. — Na&Vire. 



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ARRIVALS AT CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE EOB WEEK ENDIKG JUNE 



il-i. 1871 : 



One moukey, iTaeanta eynormlgva, presented by Master Mario do 

 Meudeuen, N. Y. City ; one red eoatiniiunli, .v„.*,„, nxoidt, presented by 

 11 r. Alfred H.Walker, N. Y. City; cue graj sqnteri ■ Seiwrius earoli- 

 nensiSj presented hy Master Jolin A Palmer, N. Y. City ; one ell;. ( c*i Bttf 

 .'uaiwY.eri's, bred In the menagerie; one fallow deer. Varna Bulgaria, 

 bred in the menagerie ; one horned owl. -Bubo viegiaianus, presented by 

 Mr. F. S. Webster, Troy; five pea fowl, Ptm ■ • . bred m tie; 

 menagerie; lwo ev^nets, < Va«* o.'e;-, bred in the iiemaseri'ie ; cue ath- 

 •fiiUir, a/;. ...i..,,..', presented h\ .Mr. V. ii. G-mn, N\ 1. 



catv w. A. Conklin, Director. 



Arrivals at the Piiiupklphia Zuoloutoal Garden for Weee 

 Ending Tuesday, June ill, JSW.i 

 One Virginia deer, Cm-us oirffiniamts, born in garden; one halt 



, : >. born in garden; flair cnecqnered tortoises. 



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Plants fob Isdook Decoration. — Plants of fine foliage 

 and stately growth are valuable at any season to tone down 

 the glare of color and break up the uniformity anil Batftei 

 which too often prevail in modern flower gardens. Valuable 

 as they are for the above purposes, Ihey are doubly BO f 0) form- 

 ing bold groups in large conservatories, halls, etc., when other 

 plants, even if available, are too valuable to risk in such 

 places in the winter season. For saloons, corridors, halls, etc , 

 they are much more effective than flowers, as they associate 

 much better with -the surroundings than any plant in bloom. 

 unless it has ample and bold foliage in addition- Many of I he 

 most valuable pla-nts for this purpose are best grown out of 

 doors in the summer season, the pots being plunged in the soil 

 and care being taken that they do not suffer from want, of 

 water. Alves and Yuccas of various kinds, Echeveria glanea, 

 the striped and plain leaved New Zealand Flax (ThovMnm 

 tcnax), Aralia Sieboldii and Sieholdii variegata, Aralia papy- 

 rifera, a fine stately plant, Ahutilou marrnorafum, more deli. 

 C itely mottled and superior to A. Thompsoni, Dracaena indi- 

 visa, Draco and A. australis are all useful, while for the early 

 winter months a few plants of the dwarf er and more higlily- 

 colored Caunas will be found a great acquisition. Palms are, 

 perhaps, the most effective of the fiuefoliagud plants; indeed, 

 they are looked on as aristocrats among plants and can scarce ly 

 be misplaced, as they associate well with other things, and 



impart an air of grace and lightness uneqnaled by any other 

 plants. En for I tioately vat isl t if these require more warmth for 

 their growth than that afforded by an ordinary greenhouse, 

 and the greater part are of Blow growth and expensive; corns. 

 pared with oilier plants. Such varieties, however, as Latania. 

 Borbonica, Ariea lutescens, A. Baneti, A. SapiEi, Seaforlhea 

 elegans. Pbcsnix reclinata, P. Dactylifera, P. Bylvestris, 

 Chamoarop ..,:•.. .eelsa and (Joi ypha australis may he 

 had at a moderate figure and will all succeed in a greenhouse 

 temperature. 



Hahdt OB Ghent Azu.E as. —Notwithstanding the great 

 interest shown in these plants at the late exhibition of the 

 New York Horticultural Society, when the Messrs, Parsons, 

 of Flushing, exhibited such beautiful and well-bloomed plants, 

 very few are aware that they are true hybrids raised from our 

 native varieties. About the year 1825 11. Mortier, n nursery- 

 man of Ghent, conn iv? d the idea of retarding the blooming 

 of the early (lowering varieties, which- were likely to be in- 

 jured by late frosts, by fecundating them with the pollen of 

 later flowering varieties. The experiment succeeded. Not 

 only were flowers of later flowering tendency seemed, but 

 flowers of better form, more varied color, and more 

 fragrance. This variety so:. n became, known as Azalea Mor- 

 tierana, having been raised from various crosses between Aza- 

 . uudillora, ponfica, and Calendulacea. Gllentaza- 

 leas are now propagated i'rum seed, the one year seedlings be 

 ing grafted and treated as-Camellias are. They are planted 

 out in leaf-mould, and after two years are fit for sale. . 



Thuja Veiiv.eseana.- It seems that this beautiful variety, 

 which originated with Mr. P. Yeneene, nurseryman, Bridge- 

 port, Conn., about leu years ago, is doing even belter in the 

 cool moist climate of England Hem here. The Q 'iwdmer '* 

 (~'/,r:>ni'iM says: "The Colder. Thuja oceidenialis, named 

 Vervteneana, is generally represented as having foliage of a 

 bronzy yellow color. There can now be seen at the Boyal 

 Nurseries, Ascot, some specimens in which the color is of a 

 bright golden, and most effective Perhaps the moist 

 sandy bog of the lacot nurseries lias something to do with the 

 production of color. The larger the plants) the better charac 

 ter diil they appear to possess." 



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Names of Plants — J. No. 1. — Selaginella serpens. No. 

 2. — Selaginella viticulosa. No. 3. — Selaginella Martensii varie- 



gala. No. 4.— Selaginella apus. No. 5. — Selaginella rnpes- 

 tris — the two latter are natives. The former found in moist 

 cool places, the latter on dry sunny rocks. 

 P. H. Santolina incaua — a useful bedding plant. 



— We have received several communications from eminent 

 gentlemen on the sparrow question, which we shall be happy 

 to print in our uext issue. 



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CURE FOR POISON IVY. 



NRW Yoe.K, June IS, 1S77. 

 3tream: 



■ at onr discontent, when poison ivy hangs in gar- 

 he thin-skinned diaclples of Nimrod aud Isaac Walton 



Tin 



iks to the 



ainabie iu 



alienees of the 



ootlng ha 



s at last been 



■s ago, th 



as to-day birds 



killed m 



>ro woodcock in 



ge in Nsu 



York. 1 have 



iv alone, 



n Orange Co.. 





o.l his 



usual luck, I got 

 not walk. An i 

 my slid conditio 

 like magic. In 

 ter than any thin 

 woodcock shoot 



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rake one par. ot cue iku-k or nmek spoueu aider; no 



water and bod down to one plot. Wash oie poisoned i , 



Braes a day. il convenient : U will no: injure you, John ij. ames. 



—Dr. W. Kauffman, Des Moines, la., a successful orchard. 

 ist, as to the value oi sue. king apple trees with coal tar, writes 

 as follows; " I never made il my special business to smoke 



my speei d effort and object in usiog coal tar, and in this i 

 I, iv be . entirely sucae-sful ; and, in passing among me a]'. 



apple trees hat were loaded with fruit, and the apples from 



these tie s were free froai coillimr moli, while all my appe 

 crop, with these exceptions, Were tern ley infested with ihese 

 worms. Procure some coal tar tiom i g is-house : put a quart 

 of it into a p.m ; to this fasten a wooden h. mile, so as to gel 

 four feet away from the smoke ; take a shaving and a maich. 

 and you will soon have a dense stnoke : with these i>ass unde. 

 ihe trtes. and, my word for h. no insects that you ever Saw 

 will star in the tn ■ Bv seconds to breathe such au atmos- 

 phere. Thcstenchof this stnolct: will remain tn the foliagi 

 and limbs of the trees for two or three day^ unless wasbed 

 off by rains, and. so long as it. does remain, no insects will re- 

 turn. One or two minutes' smoking under each tree is quiti 

 sufficient. "H0]dthepab low enough so as not to burn the 

 tower limbs, and carry it so as to smoke the entire live. 1 

 will leave entomologists to tell at whit period the various in- 

 sects are- likely to enter the trees to commence 'heir depreda- 

 tions, :n, ; i;,.u is the time to commence to smoke ihenu iii."-- 

 Prairie Farmer. 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To our customers aud the public : — In reply to the damaging 

 reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of 

 I i eiboo rods, by " dealers" who are unable to compete 

 with us at our reduced pnees. we ie ■ i mlar which 



we shall be pTeascd to mad to any address, proving the falsity 

 of their assert ions. 



OOSSOV, Bissett & Mai.lesok, 

 — [Adv. Manufactura-s, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. 



Less Vioononrs than Their Fathekh.— A New Hampshire 

 correspondent of the Manchester Mirror expresses his views 

 on (he deserted farm question thus bluntly: "If farms have 

 run down the people Who Occupy there a;e a long way ahead 

 in the race. We have got on OUl J a class of peo- 



pie who can cipher through the algebra, play the piano, and 

 boast of an acquaintance with the fine arcs, but they can't 

 work. They have got line minds, but their bodies arc ski 

 puny and weak. To talk the matter plainly, we have bred 

 the bone aud muscle out of our families until —. la 50 

 Id nd of human Jerseys, fine bened, mild eyed, and nice to 

 look at and pet, and put On exhibition, but so tender and weak 

 Iter for our climate, our" work, nor our 



In a n laneej. Onr fathers worked 13 or M hours it day and 

 never thpugbi of getting tired. V7o an- ased up when we 

 have worked four hours. Ourmothersf made butter and cheese, 

 led the pigs and chickens, did the milking, raised a dozen 

 children, made the clothing for the family, and 

 yvas coming could Take or load hay. Our wives want a maid 

 to lend the baby andaie. tin r todotfce house-work, a toy todo 

 the chores, and if we keep more than one cow, a cheese laclory 

 to prevent the milk from spoiling. It is sate to say that 10 

 farmer'* wives 10-day cannot do as much hard weak 'as would 

 two on years a so. As a fanning people we are played out. 

 It the young New Ilnmpshho farmer who wants a wile ( 1 il] 



him get a living instead ■ ■ I u ■■.. ■■ < ml pour 



patent medicines iuio, would jusi -..down to your city aud 

 find a good, strong, vigorous Industrious Irish OT 



German girl, he would find his farm would pay better than it 

 n v, and his children would lie like!;, to be worth len 

 times as much us farmers as will beat J 01 Tee next generation 

 of pure bred Yankees. " 



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Oukgos Compliments C'alifokxia.— The port land '>/■,,, 

 which may safely he -el down as ; r. judired. Hies di.-'c.oiirs s 

 in its issue of the 5th inst: " They are corning from Califor- 

 nia, And one of the most suggestive sights, in the wo.ldis the 

 C wleof a Califoriiian, who hasn't, befo i.ough 



for a year to h\ du I . & ut in an Oregon rain 



with his hat off, and enjoying it ns aquatic bovls do a summer 

 shower. Oregon has been sneered 111 as the rainy country by 

 California, but they are not sneering now. They are limiting 

 a country where 'it rains enough, ' and prefer the verdure 01 

 Oregon to the. blight aud desolation of California. Persons 

 now arriving tell us that immense numbers iu California aie 

 preparing 10 move. As. rapidly as ihey can thej \ U 1 01 K tp 

 our State. A great many are coming I15 " tnd. A 



I n: iiieau jusi' tbroiieli'by the Stage line informs us thai 111 

 Northern California and Southern" Oregon he passed it l;n G 

 number of parties, including families a : I- ■>-.. moving 



north. At night their camp fires D 1 inimially from 



the slage ro..d, and the sight is deseriUeii as being like that of 

 the early emigration across the plains. Every steamer is load- 

 ed to its full capacity by people who are seeking a country 

 ivin re crops never perish of drought. To them, exaggerated 

 reports of Oregon rains are no longer a terror. Our "climate, 

 ihey iiud, is preferable to drought, des- its and starvation." 



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ericl? III. had giv.n a sum 

 \ ..: . \. near Balaklava, iu Hi 

 leasl L',000 years old. It.yii I 

 nitls, and belongs to five Ta 

 duce equally. 



j sometimes attain 

 1 iircl i;ci t mentions 

 a si: -!■■ plaokof the 

 •h:bei:m|.er.,rl're.!- 

 ut. In the Baidar 

 nds a walnut tree at 

 1 int'fi.Guij to 100,000 

 who share its pro- 



—Prof. Chase, of Brown University, says that Paris green 



istlieiies! if not the only sure remedy tor I he potato bug. It dots 

 not affect the tubers, and is easily applied, mixed in [he pro- 

 portion of one pound to ten of flour or plaster of p a ris. Care 

 must betaken in its use, not to bring itin contract with 

 abraded skin or the face. 



—Chickens are brought to New Yak from distances hit It; 

 thought Of by consumers. Two carloads were shipped last 

 Saturday at Norfolk, Ya., fortius market. They had been 

 collected in East Tennessee, and Sent by way of Virginia. A 

 man is employed to furnish them ioodand water. 



CANINE TRAITS. 



THE canine, like the feline type, is familiar to all. An 

 animal of this kind is the friend and servant of man iu 

 every part of the globe. Vn. i!n- Qri m of the domestic dog, 

 QankfatttiUaris, is involved in an obscurity which may never 

 be cleared up. Its descent from some feral rae : is unqites- 

 iionahle, in the nature of the case. Tue question is, whether 

 the dog is a modlfieat! >fl il ider domestication of some one 

 feral sloefc or whether various disiiuc.;. canine animals, in dif- 

 ferent parts of the world, have not been laimet). 

 This view seems most reasonable, and it. is gaining iri'oui.d 

 among the best informed. In aome parts we still Iiavfi d<>gs 

 whose lineage need be traced bui one generation into I lie wild 

 species of the region: witness certain ■ 1 »s ql this 

 mi, half dog, half coyote 1 ■' . Mnlrtf). Tue jackal- 

 tike form of Asia, is another highly prolnble ancestry. Some 

 times these various kiuds Of dogs remain as distinct as llieir 

 several progenitors; but the great mass of dogs must be re- 

 girdad as inOhgrels (in the zoological sense of the term), re- 

 sulting from inter-breeding of .1 from, t i<l dis- 

 tinct stocks. The dog is. probably a composite as well ns an 

 artificial production. 



The various breeds or races of the domestic dog differ 

 :i aong themselvi j In physical characters to a degree, perhaps, 

 unparalleled in mammals, Less obvious, if not less Impor- 

 tant, structural peculiarities are commonly made the basis, 

 not only of specific, but of genetic distinctions. But it will 

 lie observed that the differences are superficial— i hey u iv mat- 

 ters of size, shape and coloration chiefly ; while if they affect 

 anatomical parts, as the skull, for instance, they subsist in 

 mere moulding, not essential. The probability is that all 

 dogs are generally identical ; that is, th t save descende 

 from caniz alone, though several species have doubtless con- 



