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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 



American Institute, New York.— Task of pre- 

 miums to be awarded in the Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Department of the fifty-first ex- 

 hibition, October 11th to 14th. 



Premium Lists. — We have received a large 

 number of Premium Lists of State and County 

 Fairs, several of them accompanied with compli- 

 mentary tickets. While appreciating the atten- 

 tion, we regret not to be able to make use of all 

 of them. 



The Photographic Times and American 

 Photographer, a monthly record of photo- 

 graphic progress, edited by J. Traill Taylor, pub- 

 lished by the Scovill Manufacturing Company, 

 New York. A handsome and carefully edited 

 monthly, devoted principally to the photographic 

 art, but containing also much information of 

 interest to artists and scientists in general. 



Agricultural Review and Journal of the 

 American Agricultural Association, New York. 

 —Among the most valuable articles are : Com- 

 position of Grasses, by Clifford Richardson ; the 

 Railroad and the Farmer, continued from the 

 previous number ; New York Experiment Sta- 

 tion; Burr Oaks Farm; American Agriculture, 

 by Gen. Francis A. Walker; Dairying and Dairy 

 Improvements, by J. H. Reall. 



The Ladies' Floral Cabinet, New York, pre- 

 sents itself this month in an entirely new and 

 improved dress. Its former unwieldy shape is 

 reduced to a neat, convenient size, and the num- 

 ber of its pages has been increased to thirty-two, 

 with an attractive and tasteful cover. The edi- 

 torial department has likewise undergone 

 marked improvement, more space being devoted 

 to horticultural, and particularly original, mat- 

 ter. The leading article in the present number, 

 " Forcing Lilacs," is of special value. The energy 

 and push which the new management has in- 

 fused in the "Floral Cabinet" places it in the 

 front rank of horticultural journals. 



Outing, a Journal of Recreation, published by 

 Win. B. Rowland, Albany, N. Y., at $1 per year. 

 The fifth number of this elegant monthly is be- 

 fore us, and we are happy to learn from the pub- 

 lisher's card contained in it, that it meets with 

 the support it so justly deserves, and that a 

 strong company has been formed for its contin- 

 uance and improvement. The purport of the 

 journal is somewhat novel, yet its scope and 

 field are universal, limited only by the height of 

 our mountains, the depth of the sea, and the 

 confines of human enterprise and progress. To 

 furnish instruction, and to indicate ways and 

 means how to obtain recreation and recuperation 

 from the effects of either over-work or inanition 

 of body or mind, in their manifold forms and 

 characters, is the principal aim of the publica- 

 tion. Starting from a high moral and intellectual 

 standpoint, it calls to aid every wholesome and 

 effectual means for its achievement. The edi- 

 torial, as well as the artistic and typographical 

 parts of the paper, are all that the most exacting 

 could wish for, and, with the wide field before it, 

 it can hardly fail to meet with success. 



Hand-Rook of Practical Landscape Gar- 

 . dening, second edition, enlarged and improved, 

 by F. R. Elliott; published by D. M. Dewey, 

 Rochester, N. Y. Price $1.50. This elegantly 

 gotten up book is designed to serve as a practi- 

 cal guide to owners of city and suburban resi- 

 dences, for the improvement and decoration of 

 their home-grounds. The entire plan of the work 

 is so practical and accurate, every design being 

 drawn to a scale, and the places for each tree 

 and shrub being indicated by numbers, that even 

 the novice in landscape gardening cannot make 

 mistakes in following any of them. It contains 

 designs for lots and grounds, instructions of how 

 to form lawns, and the care thereof, the building 

 of roads, turfing, protection of, pruning and care 

 of trees, making cuttings, evergreens, hedges, 

 screens, etc. Condensed descriptions of the most 

 desirable trees, shrubs, perennials, and herba- 

 ceous plants, with remarks as to soil and position 

 in which they should be grown. The volume is 

 profusely interspersed with illustrations, showing 

 at a glance the object to be attained, and is well 

 adapted to the wants of many country residents. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Arnold Puetz, Jacksonville, Florida. — Cata- 

 logue of Plants, especially tropical and semi- 

 tropical, and those native to Florida. 



R. G. Chase & Co., Geneva, N. Y.— Descrip- 

 tive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 

 Ornamental Shrubs, and other Nursery Stock. 



J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.— Autumn Cata- 

 logue of Small Fruits, Fruit Trees, Ornamental 

 Trees and Plants. A beautiful and artistic col- 

 ored plate of the "Hausell Raspberry," which is 

 now offered for the first time, accompanies the 

 catalogue. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Regonias.— Mrs. M. R., Carmi, III.— Tuberous 

 rooted Begonias require considerable bottom 

 ] heat to start them, and at first not too much 

 I water, else they will rot. During the flowering 

 seasou they can stand any amount of water. 



Peaches for Alabama. — E. G. H., Decatur, 

 Ala.— Alexander, Mountain Rose, Oldmixou Free, 

 . Stump the World, Crawford's Early, and Heath 

 Cling, are good varieties for Alabama. The trees 

 maybe pruned at anytime during winter, until 

 they start to grow again. 



Preparing for Flowers Next Year.— Mrs. A. 

 B., Vresson, Pa— It is an excellent plan to pre- 

 pare flower-beds in the fall. They should be 

 spaded deeply, drained, if wet, and receive a 

 good dressing of decomposed manure. An ad- 

 dition of sand is highly beneficial on heavy soils. 



Seeding Meadows.— T. Co., Stroudsburg, Pa.— 

 Red Top and Orchard Grass do well on irrigated 

 meadows. Equal parts of each is a good propor- 

 tion. If the ground is wet during winter it 

 should not be seeded before spring; otherwise, 

 the seed may be sown now. A light sowing of 

 Rye at the same time will prove beneficial in 

 affording winter protection. 



Rulbs for the South. — R. J. W., Eufaula, Ala. 

 — Hyacinths should be planted about three 

 mouths before they are desired to bloom. The 

 wet season should be guarded against. They 

 should be planted about six inches apart and 

 four inches deep. The soil should be light, sandy 

 loam, and moderately rich. Narcissus and Tulips 

 may be grown in the same beds. 



Forcing Callas. — Mrs. H. N. R., Keescville, 

 N. Y.— Callas should not be forced immediately 

 after planting, but should be kept in a cold pit 

 or cool room until well rooted, before removing to 

 a warmer place. It is best not to use too large 

 pots, and give water only moderately at first. 

 The pots must be well drained, for, although the 

 Calla requires much moisture, it does not flower 

 well with stagnant water at its roots. 



Hardy Lilies. — ./. TT. V. TT., PoughJceepsie, 

 N. Y.— Nearly all Lilies are natives of cool coun- 

 tries or mountainous regions, and are, therefore, 



! hardy in this latitude; yet a light covering dur- 

 ing winter is beneficial to all kinds. L. speciosum, 

 L. auratum, L. candidum, L. umbellatum, L. 

 excelsum, L. longiflorum, L. tigriuum, and others, 



| are of easy culture, and grow in almost any soil. 



J TheAmeeican Garden of October, 1881, contains 

 an excellent article on Lily culture. 



Flowers for Perfumery.— Rosa, Aiken, S. C— 

 Dried Rose-leaves or dried flowers of any kind are 

 of no value for perfumery. The perfume has to 

 be extracted from the flowers while they are 

 fresh, else they become worthless, or nearly so. 

 There are two methods chiefly employed in the 

 manufacture of perfumery. The one, practiced 

 with the most delicate perfumes, is to lay the flow- 

 ers upon, or between layers of clarified fat, until 

 | all the odor is absorbed. The other, by distilling 

 the flowers with water. The essential oils rise 

 with the steam, and, after condensation, are easily 

 separated. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Apples in Maine.— There are, says Dr. Hos- 

 kins, at least two thousand varieties of Apples in 

 Maine alone, some very good, not known a mile 

 away from where they grow. 



The Cuban Queen Water- Melon, writes a cor- 

 respondent from Georgia is the "Boss." I had 

 all the renowned kinds growing on my place, but 

 the Queen beat them by seven pounds. 



The Tallest Tree.— Our Big Trees of California 

 seem to be eclipsed by the Peppermint Trees 

 (Eucalyptus piperita) of Australia. Baron F. Von 

 Mueller of Melbourne describes one of the gigan- 

 tic height of four hundred and eighty feet. 



A Long Fence.— A wire fence is now in the 

 course of construction from the Indian Territory, 

 across the entire northern part of Texas, to New 

 Mexico, to keep the herds of northern cattle out. 

 Its entire length will be over two hundred miles. 



The Olive Crop.— Statistics show that the 

 value of the fruit is much greater than is gener- 

 ally supposed. The average of the last ten years' 

 production in Italy alone gives an annual yield 

 of forty million gallons of oil, worth as many 

 dollars. The value of Olives used for eating is 

 estimated at ten million dollars, milking the value 

 of the entire annual production fifty million dol- 



Prolific Orange-Trees.— Florida papers state 

 that the " Fort Harley Tree " in Alachua County, 

 supposed to be seventy-two years old, has borne 

 18,000 Oranges in one season ; another, in St. 

 John's County, yields 15,000 ; another, in Bradford 

 County, over 10,000; and a Lemon-tree at Fort 

 Reid, thirty-two years old, has borne over 20,000 

 Lemons. Half a dozen such trees would lie sufli- 

 : cient to make a good-sized family comfortable. 



Egyptian Onions.— The Scientific American 

 states that there have been imported into New 

 York recently from Egypt teu thousand barrels 

 of Onions. This is said to be the first importation 

 from that region, the gardens of the Bermudas 

 and Portugal having hitherto supplied the defi- 

 ciencies of our home fields. The Egyptian Onions 

 are said to keep better and longer than those of 

 more western countries, giving them especial 

 value in ship supplies for long voyages. 



Pruning Raspberries.— A. B. Allen tells the 

 Rural New-Yorker that leaving only three or four 

 canes to grow and bear fruit from Raspberries, 

 Blackberries, Currants, and Gooseberries, may do 

 very well in clay, or quite rich loam , but it does not 

 answer at all for a poor, sandy, or fine, gravelly 

 soil, except in the case of Blackberries, and even 

 these had best be left with half a dozen canes 

 to grow together. With Raspberries, eight to 

 twelve canes to grow up together were found to 

 do well and bear abundantly. 



Influence of the Stock upon the Graft. — A 



great number of instances seem to offer unmis- 

 ! takable evidence that the stock exerts some 

 influence upon the graft, as much, at least, as the 

 condition and quality of the soil affects the 

 plants growing in the same. Prof. Beal says, in 

 this relation : " I have two lots of Red Cauadas,— 

 1 one grown on the top of a Northern Spy and one 

 on Early Harvest. Apples from the latter rot 

 first, and are less brilliant in color. It is now 

 ] established that the stock and graft more or less 

 effect each other." 



Worm-Proof Cabbage.— 0. E. Parnell, our 

 | valued contributor, writes : " In the American 

 Garden for June, 1882, p. 93, I notice that one 

 of your correspondents remarks that the Early 

 Schwcinfnrt Cabbage is the only variety that re- 

 sists the green worm. My experience has been 

 quite the reverse of the above. I have tried many 

 different varieties of Cabbages, and have yet to 

 find one that is worm-proof. The large Early 

 Schweinfurt Cabbage is the largest early variety 

 in cultivation, and is well adapted for fall or 

 summer use ; but I would not advise any one to 

 plant it in the expectation of finding it proof 

 against the green Cabbage-worm." 



