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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 

 The Cotton Plant, Marion, S. C — The initial 

 number of this new journal, devoted to the devel- 

 opment of the agricultural and industrial re- 

 sources of the South, speaks well for its success. 



New Jersey State Agricultural Society.— 

 Premium List of the annual Fair to he held at 

 Waverly, Sept. 17th to 21st. Fifteen thousand 

 dollars will be awarded for prizes in the various 

 departments. 



J. T. Eovett, Little Silver, N. J. — Price list of 

 Pot-grown and Layer Strawberry Plants, with 

 instructions for their cultivation. Manchester 

 and Atlantic Strawberries and Hansell Rasp- 

 berry, specialties. 



The Continent becomes dearer to its readers 

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 and valuable matter. The publication is admir- 

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Trees and Shrubs of Northern Europe and 

 Asia, Notes by Mr. Charles Oibb, Abbotsford, 

 Quebec — These notes have been written by the 

 author as addenda to an article on " Ornamental 

 Trees," written for the report of the Montreal 

 Horticultural Society, and contains, in addition to 

 much interesting information about these coun- 

 tries in general, detailed descriptions of the most 

 valuable trees and shrubs suitable for northern 

 latitudes. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Hibiscus Not Blooming.— It. M.,Monnt Laurel, 

 N. .7.— Without details of the various conditions 

 under which a plant is placed, it is generally im- 

 possible to tell why it does not come up to ex- 

 pectations. If the shrub grows in very light- 

 soil, mulching during summer may help it ; prun- 

 ing next spring may also prove beneficial. 



Cape Jasmine — Mrs. 0. B. B., Palmyra, 

 N. Y.— This beautiful plant, Gardenia florida 

 botanically, does not naturally bloom iu winter, 

 which is its season of rest, and during which 

 it should be kept cool and moderately dry. If 

 then planted out in spring it will bloom freely 

 in early summer. Our January number of this 

 year contains an exhaustive article on Hydran- 



Bose Blight — 2Irs. J. F., St. Louis, Mo — Your 

 Roses are affected by the aphis, or green fly, 

 the most injurious insect enemy to the Rose. 

 Tobacco water is the best remedy against them. 

 Boil four ounces of common smoking tobacco in 

 a gallon of water for about ten minutes, and 

 sprinkle or, better, syringe this decoction over 

 the entire plant. This should be applied twice a 

 week. 



Scolymus.— B. G., Daleville, Ind.— Scolymus, 

 Salsify, and Scorzonera differ but little in the 

 mode of cultivation as well as their uses. The 

 plants are biennial, and their cultivation is about 

 the same as that of Parsnips. The seed is sown 

 iu spring and early summer, and the roots, which 

 are the part eaten, are used the following winter 

 and spring, but like Parsnips become unfit for 

 food after the development of the flower-stalks. 



Aristolochia Not Blooming.— J?. T., Amherst, 

 Mass. — The Aristolochia, Dutchman's Pipe, re- 

 quires considerable age before blooming, espe- 

 cially when grown in very rich soil. Cutting back 

 some of the most rampant shoots tends to de- 

 velop flower-buds. Root pruning does also pro- 

 duce earlier flowering. The forcing of a sharp 

 spade in the ground all around the plant at a 

 distance of about two feet from the stem will 

 probably produce the desired effect. 



Canning Tomatoes. — B. F. B., Whitestoum, 

 Ind.— The great point in canning vegetables and 

 fruits of all kinds is to boil the substances to be 

 preserved long enough to destroy all organic life 

 in them, to drive out as much air as possible, and 

 to close the jars or cans perfectly air-tight. Va- 

 rious minor details have also to be observed in 

 order to attain best success ; and although there is 

 no mystery about all this, most canning establish- 



ments consider some of their manipulations as 

 trade secrets. 



Asparagus.— Several Inquirers.— The stalks of 

 Asparagus should not be cut the first season, as 

 this will weaken the plants, which require all the 

 foliage that grows to strengthen their roots. To 

 cut the full-grown stalks and buru them as a 

 remedy against the Asparagus beetle is, perhaps, 

 better than to let the larva? destroy them, but it 

 nevertheless injures the roots seriously. We. ha ve 

 used slug-shot with great success on our Aspara- 

 gus, dusting it over the foliage as we did over 

 Potatoes. 



Engaging in Small Fruit Business. — W. B. 

 3., Winchester, O.— We would not advise any one 

 to engage largely in the "Small Fruit" or any 

 other business without having had some practi- 

 cal experience in it. Vet, by commencing iu a 

 small way, without incurring much expendi- 

 ture, visiting fruit-growers and observing their 

 methods, and by carefully studying our Fruit 

 Department, an observing, common-sense man 

 will soon see his way clear. A. S. Fuller's " Small 

 Fruit Culturist " is the best work on this subject. 



Orange Scale.— F. G. S., Boardman, Fla.— 

 William Saunders recommends in his recent work 

 to use a solution of one pound of concentrated 

 lye in three gallons of water. " Before the trees 

 bloom the branches should be thinned out by 

 pruning, so that air and light may have free 

 access to the foliage and fruits, carefully burning 

 all the primings ; then wash or spray the entire 

 tree, trunk, limbs, and foliage, and, if practicable, 

 use the wash heated to a temperature of about 

 130°, which would be nearly as hot as the hand 

 could bear." 



Strawberries for Nebraska. — T. R. X., Tremont, 

 Neb.— It is impossible to tell positively which 

 varieties will succeed best in a certain soil and 

 climate, without previous experiment. If Straw- 

 berries are cultivated in your neighborhood, a 

 personal inspection of these plantations and the 

 experience of the owners will give you more valu- 



Hi. 



of Charles Downing, Sharpless, Manchester, 

 Champion, Crescent, James Vick, Wilson, Cum- 

 berland Triumph, and Bidwell. 



Melons Dying II. II. F„ Rockport, Tex — The 



trouble with your Melons is no doubt the " striped 

 bug," the most insidious and persistent enemy 

 to the entire eucurbitaceous family. The parent 

 insect is a small, bright yellow beetle, with broad 

 black stripes on its wings, and a black head. The 

 mischief is done by its larva, which is hatched in 

 the stem of the plant, near the surface, and eats 

 and destroys the heart of the vine. Various 

 remedies are employed for its destruction. 

 Sprinkling the vines when wet with the usual 

 insecticides has generally the desired effect. In 

 a small way, nothing is surer than the plan de- 

 scribed iu our May number, page 82. 



Fay's Prolific Currant. — A box of beautiful 

 bunches of this Currant, which was placed on our 

 table by the kindness of Mr. Geo. T. Josselyu, 

 Fredonia, N. Y., reminds us to speak a good word 

 j for this excellent new variety. The bushes we 

 have in our garden were actually loaded with 

 magnificent fruit, and their vigorous growth, com- 

 pared with the older kinds growing near by, was 

 plainly apparent to every one. 



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