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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[September, 



licen made, but failed ; yet this should not deter 

 any one from experimenting with it in a small 

 way. It is largely cultivated in Japan, and as 

 the demand is steadily increasing, and the supply 

 diminishing, there is no danger of overstocking 

 the market. The plant grows naturally in rich, 

 damp, partly shaded places, and would thrive 

 probably under a treatment similar to that given 

 to Cranberries. 



Wistarias.—/. B., Deeorah, Iowa.— The Wistaria 

 produces its flowers from old spurs like Apple 

 and Pear trees, and as with the latter, earlier 

 formation of flower buds may be induced by 

 judicious pruning. In midsummer, all the side 

 shoots should be cut back to about oue foot from 

 the main stem. These will soon start a number 

 of other side shoots, whicb, when a few inches 

 long, should be pinched in again, similar to the 

 mode of summer pruning Grape-vines. This has 

 a tendency to produce flowering buds instead of 

 leaf buds. If the young shoots make a strong 

 growth, they should be cut back again the follow- 

 ing spring. It is probably too late in the season 

 to be of any benefit, yet there can be no risk to 

 try it on a few branches. 



A Successful Young IMan — The Hon. Daniel 

 F. Beatty, of Washington, N. J., the great organ 

 builder and advertiser, who has already accom- 

 plished more than falls to the lot of very few men 

 in a life-time, is only thirty-live years old. 



The Waterbury Watch, advertised by Messrs. 

 Gummings <£• Co., is offered so cheaply that no 

 one need miss a train nor fail to keep an appoint- 

 ment. A reliable watch for $3.50, and chain 

 thrown in, is an offer that should not be over- 

 looked. 



G. K. Gari-etson, Flushing, X. 1".— We acknowl- 

 edge the receipt of a number of seedling Straw- 

 berry plants of strong, vigorous habit. The va- 

 riety is a cross between Charles Downing and 

 Jucnnda, has never blighted, and was awarded 

 the first premium at the Miuncola exhibition. 



The Sedgwick Steel Wire Fence, manufact- 

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 rapidly finding its way to every township in the 

 country. Those who have occasion to fence any- 

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 be, will find it to their advantage to send for 

 circulars. 



The Great American Tea Company, A T e<<>- 

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 and that the company will send what it promises 

 in addition to your money's worth of tea or 



The New England Conservatory of Music, E. 



Tourjee, director, Franldin Square, Boston, Mass., 

 affords unusual facilities to any one who desires 

 a thorough education in any or all branches of 

 music. The course, of instruction has now been 

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 usually taught in common and high schools. 



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 of supplying all the equipments required for 

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 Their illustrated catalogue gives a clear under- 

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