THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



trails; and though he may return to the 

 hive, he is soon killed by his fellows, as 

 useless, or he soon dies. If a person uses 

 leather gloves, or mittens, in managing 

 bees, when there is danger of their sting- 

 ing, they lose their lives if they sting in 

 the leather. We once counted fifty stings 

 in a pair of leather gloves, after going 

 among bees ihat were enraged. So many 

 lives were lost, which induced us after- 

 wards to use very thick, fringed woollen 

 mittens, and when the bees stung these, 

 they could withdraw their stings without 

 injury, as there was not enough firmness 

 in the material to hold the sting, which 

 has beard or barbs, like those of a fish 

 hook, that prevent their easy extraction. 



Boston Cultivator. 



POTATO ROT. 



We see in one of our exchanges the state- 

 ment that William Shall, of Springfield, Okio, 

 thinks he has been successful in raising a 

 crop of healthy potatoes last season from dis- 

 eased seed, by cutting the seed potatoes small 

 and placing them in running; water for three 

 days before planting. We place little confi- 

 dence in this idea, as we think the disease is 

 a gangrene of the cellular tissue of the potato, 

 itself. Mr. Shull says : " The object of put- 

 ting them in the running water, is to carry off 

 the- disease, which, as it soaks out, will cause 

 the potato to become white and clean, with a 

 healthy appearance. They should be planted 

 so soon as taken out of the water. I have only 

 to. add that from, the seed thus treated, I have 

 good potatoes, which are entirely free- from 

 disease, and whkh have kept sonnd, while all 

 others in the country ars rotting." If these 

 potatoes had really have had the disease, we 

 hardly think any washing would have- got it 

 out. There is probably some mistake. 



It willi not do, to hoe a great field) for a 

 little crop, or to mow twenty acr.es for 

 five loads of hay. Enrich, the land; and 

 it will pay you for it. Better farm thirty 

 acres well, than fifty by halves. Tou 

 will gain by it. 



From the Ipwa Advocate,. 

 CULTURE OF FLOWERS. 



Flowers should be cultivated in every 

 garden, especially if near the house ; in 

 which case,. if not in every other, the gar- 

 den certainly ought not to, be limited to 

 the production of vegetables merely, but 

 should contain the ornamental as well as, 

 the useful. Too much time and space 

 must not, however, be devoted to flowers, 

 and we will only mention, a few of the 

 more hardy sorts, which may be easily 

 managed, and which will be pleasing at 

 all seasons of the year. 



Climbing over the porch> or around the 

 door, you may have a few. of the hardy,, 

 tall-growing roses, for ornament. Com- 

 mon monthly or China roses, may cover, 

 the earners of; your house, or be trained 

 under and along the sides of the windows, 

 mixed with laurestinas and pyracantha 3 , 

 nor let the honeysuckle be wanting, but' 

 in some corner, twisted around a tree, or 

 hanging over a corner of the wall. 



Have plants of the hundred-leaved, 

 moss, cabbage, variegated and common 

 blush roses, in the corners of your gar- 

 den nearest your house, and in the bor~. 

 ders, plant snow-drops, crocuses, red andi 

 yellow tulips, while and j^ellow bache-. 

 lots' buttons, primroses, anemones, nar- 

 cissus, cowslips, polyanthus, white and 1 

 yellow lilies, wall flowers of different co- 

 lors, dahlias, hollyhocks,, jonquils, violets,, 

 the sweet-scented clover, mignionette, and< 

 any other annuals you like or can.procure. 



If you edge your flower-border with 

 the garden daisy, and the hardy sorts, of 

 auriculas, there will be few days in sum- 

 mer or autumn in which some pretty lit- 

 tle flower will not peep forth) and afford 

 you pleasure in looking at it. A holly, 

 (an American oneN< rth, or a^E'uropean, 

 South,) box, laurel, or rhododendron, will 

 do. well under shade, and their perpetual 

 green will refresh your eyes in winter; 

 and 1 be assured- that such objects as a gar*- 

 den, present, if it be neatly kept, are al- 

 ways valuabk, for they do the heart good 8 

 and impart a kindly tone. of feeling and 1 

 refreshment,, and serve to keep out evil 

 thoughtsi 



