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Carnation, but now transferred to the Wall-flower. Tutsan is 

 toute-mine, the oil in its leayes having made it a remedy for 

 •wounds. Most curious of all is Apricot, from abricot, which 

 at one time I contentedly referred to the Latin apridui, sunny, 

 ripening, as it does, on sunny walls. It is, in fact, traceable 

 to the Latin prmabx, early, the fruit being supposed by the 

 Romans to be an early Peach. The Arabs took the Latin 

 name and twisted it, into ol imnpiq ; the Spaniards altered its 

 Moorish name into albarieoque ; the Italians reproduced it as 

 albicocoo, the French as nbricot, and we get it next in England 

 curiously enough as Apricock, so spelled in Shakespeare's 

 time, and finally as Apricot, 



LEGESDABY NAMES. 



Many curious bits of myth and history reveal themselves as 

 we excavate down to these old meanings. The Pseony, or 

 healing-plant, commemorates the Homeric god Preon, the first 

 physician of the gods, who tended the bellowing Ares when 

 smarting from the spear of Diomed. The Centaury is the 

 plant with which ttie centaur Chiron salved the wound 

 inflicted by the poisoned arrow of Hercules. The Ambross 

 or Wormwood, is the immortal food which Venus gave to 

 JEneas, and Jupiter to Psyche— the Sanskrit amriia, which 

 Kehama and Kadyal quaff in Southey's splendid poem, The 

 Anemone, or Wind-flower, sprang from the tears wi 



each year vegetables can be grown and placed in northern markets at 

 prices that will pay a handsome profit. In the fall of the same rear a 

 crop of sugar cane can be raised that will pay equally well. Thus they 

 have for their labor a greater return than can be gained elsewhere in 

 any agricultural district of older States. 



Fruits in time can be made to pay, but poor people ehould not build 

 too much on that prospective interest. By skillfui care and manage- 

 ment they can be made to pay, but fruit raising requires persistent *nd 

 well-directed labor. 



Respectfully yours, etc., Chas. H. Fenton, President. 



Venus over: the body of Adonis, as the rose sprang from his 

 blood — 



.Aimarodon tiktei, hi de dakruu tai ammonan. 

 The Daphne, Syringa, and Andromeda tell their own tkles. 

 The last, which you may find in the peat-bogs round Spftp- 

 wick station, is due to 'the delicate fancy of Lihmous, who 

 first discovered and named it, blooming lonely on a barren, 

 rocky isle, like the daughter of Cepheus, chained to her sea 

 washed cliff. The Juno Rose, or tall, white Lily, j was 

 blanched by milk which fell from the bosom of Juno, the tale 

 being transferreclin Roman Catholic mythology to the Virgin 

 Mary and the Milk-Thistle. The yellow Oarline Thistle is 

 named after Carl the Great (in Mr. Freeman's county I must' 

 not call him Charlemagne), who, praying earnestly for the re- 

 moval of a pestilence which had broken out in his army, saw 

 in a vision an angel pointing out this plant as a heaven-sent 

 cure. The Herb Robert healed a disease endured by Robert, 

 "Duke of Normandy, still known in Germany as BuprechVs- 

 plage. The Filbert, though this is disputed, commemorates 

 the horticultural skill of one Ring Philibert. The Treacle 

 Mustard, a showy crucifer resembling Wallflower, was an in- 

 gredient in the famous Venice treacle, compounded, as you 

 will remember, by Waylana Smith to treat the poison sickness 

 of the Duke of Sussex. The word treacle is corrupted from 

 the Greek theriacum, connected with wild beasts, whose blood 

 formed part of the antidote. __ It was at first made up by the 

 physician to Mithridates, Ring of Pontus, and is still in 

 many parts of England known as Mithridate Mustard. The 

 Flower-de-luce, or jleur-de-lys, is the flower of King Louis, 

 having been assumed as a royal device by Louis VII. of 

 France, though legend figures it on a shield brought down 

 from Heaven to Clovis when fighting against the Saracens. It 

 is probably a white Iris. 



Not a few strange susperstitions and beliefs are embalmed 

 in well-known names. The Celandine, from chelidon, the 

 swallow, exudes a yellow juice, which, applied by the old 

 birds to the eyes of young swallows, who are born blind, or 

 have lost their sight, at once restores it. The Hawk-weed has 

 the same virtue in the case of hawks. The Fumitory, fume- 

 terre, was produced without seed by smoke or vapor rising 

 from the ground. The Devil's-bit is a common Scabious, 

 with a premorse or shortened root, which was used so success- 

 fully for all manner of diseases, that the devil spitefully bit 

 it off, and for ever checked its growth. The Eyebright, or 

 euphrasy, was given to cure ophthalmia. 



• " Michael from Adam's eyes the film removed, 

 . . . Then purged with euphrasy and iue 

 The visual nerve, for he had much to see." 

 The Judas-tree, with its thorn and pink blossoms, was the 

 tree on which Judas hanged himself. The Mandrake gathered 

 round itself a host of wild credulities. It was the Atropa 

 Mandragora, a plant nearly allied to the deadly Nightshade, 

 but with a large forked tuber, resembling the human form. 

 Ueuce it was held to remove sterility, a belief shared by Ra- 

 chel in the Book of Genesis, and was sold for high prices iu 

 the middle ages with this idea. In fact, the demand being 

 greater than the supply, the dealer used to cut the large roots 

 of the White Bryony into the figure of a man, and insert 

 grains of Wheal or Millet in the head and face, which soon 

 sprouted and grew, producing the semblance of hair and beard. 

 These monstrosities fetched in Italy as much as thirty gold 

 ducats, and were sold largely, as Sir T. Brown tells us, in out- 

 own country. It was thought that the plant would on]}- grow 

 beneath a murderer's gibbet, being nursed by the fat which 

 fell from his decaying body : hence it formed an ingredient in 

 the love-philtres and other hell-broths of witches, and, as it 

 was believed that the root when torn from the earth emitted a 

 shriek which brought death to those who heard it, all manner 

 of terrible devices were invented to obtain it. The readers of 

 Thalaba will remember the fine scene in which the witch 

 Khawla procures the plant to form part of the waxen figure 

 of the Destroyer. I have seen the plant growing in the Cam- 

 bridge Botanical Gardens ; it is not uncommon in Crete and 

 Southern Italy ; its fruit is narcotic, and its name is probably 

 derived from mandra, an enclosed, overgrown place, such as 

 forms its usual home. — Nature. 



Hints on Hyacinths— Avoid late planting, which is fatal 

 to success, however large and matured the bulbs may be. A 

 successful bloom from Hyacinths invariably depends upon 

 obtaining a slow T and mature formation of the root-fibres be- 

 fore the leaf growth, either in the dark recesses of a room, 

 for glass culture, or by coverings of soil in garden borders for 

 pot culture. Where cool and dark recesses are not at hand, 

 the glasses may be heavily screened from light by sheets of 

 paper; or some similar means. Never place the glasses upon 

 a mantel-piece or shelf within the influence of fire heat during 

 the process of growth. Avoid a low water mark in the 

 glasses by keeping it to a level with the base of each bulb. 

 To insure vigorous growth and good bloom, the most favor- 

 able exposure to sunlight, and occasional fresh air when mild, 

 are essential. All extremes of temperature should be avoided, 

 and for the earliest blooms, mote especially in severe weather, 

 the: glasses should be removed nightly to a side table until 

 morning, and then replaced. To stimulate and strengthen 

 the growth, dissolve a pinch of sulphate of ammonia occa- 

 sionally iu the water after the bulbs are exposed to the light. 



an iron ladle, such as plumbers use, until it is so warm that a 

 piece of the caoutchouc being thrown into it will evaporate jt, . 

 a white smoke (if it emits a black smoke and burns, it la Ux> 

 warm) ; then put in all the India-rubber, or caoutchouc, and 

 when it is melted add a pint of drying oil, and keep stirring it ; 

 untd the oil is thoroughly warm. When cold strain it and 

 lay it by for use. It may be used either warm or cold. Lin- 

 seed oil, into which a few drops of neatsfoot oil has been put, 

 which has lain in a lump of roach lime, to make it dry bood, 

 will answer as well as boiled oil." 



A Baetimoee Fish Stobt.— This is from Baltimore. Cap- 

 tain Johnson, of the Tecumseh, goes fishing for business, and 

 this is what happens to him. Off Bodkin Creek he lets go 

 his line for perch. In twenty minutes he hooks thirty perch. ■ 

 Presently Captain J. got a strong bite and he pulled. It was 

 so heavy a fish that the skipper had to play his catch.- JJp i 

 came a rock perch ; but just as the fish was out of the water 

 a pike made for that perch, and swallowed perch, hook, line 

 and all. Hitching a half-inch rope to the line, and giving it 

 a turn around the capstan, at last the double catch was landed. 

 In the pike's stomach there was found an English f>enny of 

 the date of 1S03, and a brass button. As the captain is 

 ing off Bodkin Creek, mysterious disappearances in the neigh- 

 hood should be looked up. Maybe a tailor committed suicide 

 there at the beginning of this century ? The brass huttoo 

 makes us think it quite possible. 



—When in classical times a man had doue so;ne great thing, he was 

 honored with a public triumph, a wreath of laurel or of bays. Now he 

 is at all events flonored with the esteem and regard of others. We are 

 right by honoring the inventor of B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap, whose 

 past achievements have reached a fitting complement in the new toilet 

 soap, whiciL is simply the greatest luxury and comfort possible to man 

 pure and honest, it can be absolutely trusted as the best thing m nse! 

 —[A'lv. ■ 



h% and Mwer Jtisk 



FISH IN SEASON IN NOVEMBER. 



W 1 * M$ mt $* 





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salmoideu; Weakiish, Cynosckm rngalis. 



Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix. 

 Spanish Mackerel, Ct/bium wiaeuUi- 



turn- 

 Cero, Cyviwm re-gale. 

 Bonito, Sarda pelamyg. 

 Kinglish, Me/Uicirrun nebulonus. 



TJlack Bass, Mwroptem 



jr. nigricans. 

 JIasealonge, Esoot nobilior. 

 Pike or Pickerel, F.sax (ucius. 

 Yellow Perch, Percajlavesoens. 

 sea Bass, Scicenops ocellatun. 

 Striped Bass, Roccvx linneatus. 

 White Perch, Morone ariusricana. 

 Fish in Ma"rket.— Fish in fair quantity. 



fo Cobkesfokdents.— Those desiring us to prescribe for their dogn 

 wiilpleaee take note of and describe the following points in eaoli uij. 

 mal: 



1. Age. 2. Food and medicine given. 3. Appearance of the «yi 

 of the coat ; of the tongue and lips. 4. Any changes in the appeottutc* 

 of the body, as bloating, drawing in of the flanks, etc. c. Breathing, 

 the number of respirations per minute, and whether labored or tint. 

 6. Condition of the bowels and secretions of the kidneys, color, eta 1 

 Appetite ; regular, variable, etc. 8. Temperature of the body a£ JBdV 

 cated by the bulb of the thermometer when placed between tumM 

 and the foreleg. 9. Give position of kennel and surroundings, outloo*, 

 contignUy to other buUdings, and the uses of the latter. AlsogtTeanj 

 peculiarities of temperament, movements, etc., that may be noticed; 

 signs of suffering, etc. 



THE TENNESSEE FIELD TRIALS AT 

 NASHVILLE. 



COLONIZATION IN FLORIDA. 



Office of thk Nassau Co-opbratttb Colony of Florida,) 

 35 Bayard street, Kew i'ork. I 



Hearing that numerous inquiries have been addressed to your jour- 

 nal in regard to colonies organized for settlement iu Florida, 1 have 

 taken the liberty of inviting yodr attention to the prospectus of the 

 Nassau Co-operative Colony. We have selected a tract of land, about 

 twelve miles i torn Fernandina, on which we propose to locate a colony 

 of determined and skilled workers, tooth agricultural and mechanical. 

 The tract is well adapted for the end in view, being extremely healthy. 

 The soil is as good as any in Florida, and from the abundance of 

 cypress and other timber, could be utilized in the various branches 

 of mechanical enterprises. 



There.are many places open for settlement, bnt oaro should be taken 

 to select those that offer the quickest as well as the best ret urn for the 

 labor and limited capital of the worker. A few facts are presented 

 why Florida offers greater inducements— immediate and prospective— 

 than other states do: 



1. The army statistics show it to be the healthiest State in the 

 Union, and Northern people have become to consider it the Sanitarium 

 of the United States. 



2, Every month in the year vegetables can be grown in the average 

 soil of any county in the State. Thus there need be no anxiety in re- 

 gard to haying plenty to eat if one will work for it. In the spring of 



Bass, 20 cents ; 



smelts, 25 cents ; bluefish. 15 cents ; salmon frozen, 35 cents ; 

 mackerel, 15 to 25" cents; green turtle, 15 cents ; terrapin, $18 

 per dozen; halibut, 18 cents ; codfish, 6 to 8 cents ; blackfish, 

 15 cents ; flounders, 12 cents ; eels, 18 cents ; lobsters, 10 to 

 12 cents ; sheepshead, 25 cents ; scollops, $1.50 per gallon ; 

 soft clams, 30 to 00 cents per hundred ; whitefish, 10 cents ; 

 salmon trout;, 18 cents : muscalonge, 18 cents ; hard crabs, 

 $2 50 per hundred. 



— On the 19th of this month a fine large roe shad Was caught 

 at Peekskill on the Hudson, and was exhibited by Mr. E. C T . 

 Blackford, in Fulton Market. Such incidents are phenomenal, 

 and may be regarded as freaks of nature. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleet. — The arrivals for the 

 past week have been principally confined to the Banks and 

 Bay fleets, the vessels detained so long at Canso by unfavor- 

 able winds having put in an appearance and landed their fares. 

 The number of arrivals from the Bay since our last issue has 

 been 12, and the receipts 1,550 barrels. The stock has nearly 

 all been taken, and the market is firmer. The Shore fleet are 

 nearly all in, and the season about closed. Forty vessels, in- 

 cluding a few from Gloucester, were reported oil Cape Cod 

 on Wednesday morning, taking mackerel. There have been 

 eight arrivals this week. The Bank fleet make short trips, 

 and mostly have light Btocks. Twenty-eight arrivals have 

 Leon reported the past week, bringing 445,000 lbs. cOdfishand 

 ^75,000 lbs. halibut. The number of arrivals from Georges 

 has'been nine, aad the receipts: 90,000 lbs. codfish. Total 

 number of Sailing arrivals tor the week fifty-seven.— Oitpi 

 Ann Advertiser, Nov. 16. 



Arctic Wualikg Fleet. — Eleven ships of the Arctic whal- 

 ing fleet took the risk of remaining in that ocean late in the 

 season and, after Oct. 1st, caught 7§ whales. This catch is 

 nearly twice as large as all the previous capture of the fleet 

 for the season. The twenty ships previous to October had 

 only taken 14. 



Like Eat Like.— A bass was taken recently in the Juniata 

 which was found to contain a young muskrat weighing a half 

 pound. During the recent passage of 150 bass from Centre to 

 Clearfield County, two of them ejected two field mice. Lan- 

 man, in his work on Ashing, speaks of capturing a very large 

 trout with a live mouse, which he tied to his line just above 

 thehcok and allowed the little rodent to. swim on the surface 

 of an extensive pool. This experiment wuxs resorted to only 

 after all other bait had failed to take the noble fish.— German- 

 town Tekgntji/i, 



Black bass and trout have an hereditary grudge against the 

 field mouse and muskrat, both of which feed largely upon 

 their spawn. We are not prepared to aflirni that the fish 

 swallow the rodents so much because they love them as to 

 retaliate in kind for their depredations upon their embryo kiu- 

 dred, though, possibly, a proper young field mouse, purile and* 

 tender, makes an attractive bait. — [Ed. F. & S. 



To Vaenish a Fishing Rod.— Land and Water gives these 

 directions for varnishing a rod: "Half a pint of linseed oil 

 and a little India-rubber scraped fine ; put them over a slow 

 fire and stir them until the rubber is dissolv£d; then boil and 

 skim it ; apply it warm, and do not use the rod till quite dry. 

 The appearance upon the rod will be like a tine, thin bark ; it 

 will preserve the rod from being worm-eaten, and from other 

 injuries, and is very durable." Another way: "Take two 

 ounces of caoutchouc and pare it into thin slices ; then heat 



On Thursday evening last terminated the fourth annua'. 

 field trials of the Tennessee State Sportsman's Association. 

 What with the admirable and liberal management of Hr.Kiik. 

 man, the president, and of Mr. Pritchitt, the secretary of ll«t 

 association, and the almost limitless ranges of the Belle 11*1 

 estate, so generously placed at the disposal of the association 

 by General Harding, these trials for the year 1877 wt 

 the most interesting yet held iu this country. 



As you have already published a list of the entries 

 trials, it only remains to give your readers a list of the fllw< 

 ners without encumbering your crowded columns with minute-] 

 and tedious details of the contest, the official report of whldtl 1 

 is appended, signed by Mr. Pritchtt, the wide awal 

 ficient secretary of the association. 



THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY TILE EIELD TBIAJ.S. 



Of course the object of all field trials is to test the powereof ibe I 

 contesting dogs in the field, and accordingly the rules for theirl 

 conduct are established with a view to exclude the elemental 

 chance and enable the best dog to win without regard '■• ) 

 chance ; but that fickle jade. Fortune, will intrude herself inj 

 canine as well as human affairs, and through her meddling « 

 this occasion was established the truth of the old scriptww 

 maxim that "the battle is not always to the strong northerns! 

 to the swift." Ergo, in field trials we cannot be sure that I 

 best dog will win. Another thought. It is an old adage th* 

 " the winning horse or dog is of the best color. " Now it <" 

 evident to all who witnessed them that the Held trials at Bell 

 Mead utterly destroyed, at least as regards dogs, the 

 this old adage ; for iu the rank cover of that exuberant so 

 the red dogs and all others of a neutral color were almost tn-l 

 visible when contending with their rivals of more detitW] 

 coats— the white and black and the all black. Hence it i"» 

 to draw the conclusion that in selecting a dog, coloe is dHWh 

 importance to nose and action. 



Again : the professional breakers of setters and points 

 who aspire to achieve a reputation at these trials, will n«wj 

 ally train their pupils to conform to the rules under which ttol 

 trials are held, and of course, under such training, 

 timid puppies acquire, under dread of the lash or 

 lar, an over-cautious sneaking action, wlrch savors notauM 

 of the contemptible ; a gallant, bold, free ranging 

 flush more birds than his competitor trained especit 

 at a field trial, but in the long run he will find more bird* * 

 a style more pleasing to a gentleman than to a men 

 hunter. 



What added immensely to the interest of the late trial* «1 

 the rivalry between the native and the imported— so-cali 

 blue blooded dogs. A well-known writer on dogs 

 can, and an importer of some good English dogs, was s""" 

 discreet as to denounce our native setters and pointers us nv* 

 grety. This was like setting fire to a powder magazine. * 

 tremendous explosion ensued, and a feud has er- 

 as virulent as that between the Capnlets and the 

 Smith, of Strathroy, backed by the gallant, indefatigBjM 

 irrepressible "Mohawk," led the van of the blue 

 Confronting them stood the stalwart Memphian 

 with those tall sons of " Anack " and Tennessee 

 bells of Maury, on his ' right and his left. But we writ 



