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premiums), at the club rates of $!.10 a year, postf^e in- 
clud<*tl, -which is prepaid in all cases hu the J^iiblisfters.} 
XA I16LE of Preiii ill 111* and Terms , 
roi- Volume 37-(1878). 
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All— \o Coiiipt-f it ion. 
No. Namen of Premium Articten, 
l-Tea Set (Middletown Plate Co.) f50 00 
12— Ice Pitcher (do. do. do.) ilS 00 
3- Cake Basket., ido. do. do.) $ 7 ."lO 
4— Cake Basket. .{do. do. do.) $10 0:l 
S— Casters ... (do. do. do.) $ ni;\ 
G-Casters (do. do. do.) $7 50 
7~Casters.... (do. do. do,) $10 51 
8— Butler Cooler(do.. do. do.) $ G M 
it— Pickle Jar and Fork. (do.) $ r. 00, 
XO- Svrup Cup iDith plate, (do.) ? C 25 
1\— Child's (Jup (do.) $3 50 
'iii—TtvelveTeaspoons(3fertdeyi Cutleri/Co.)%l 25' 
13— One Dozen Tables2yoons (do. rio.)..$14 50 
J4,— One Dozen Table Forks (do. rio. ).. $14 50| 
X5— Ladies' FoldiJig Pocket Scia-^ors, irfo.)..$ 1 50 
16— Child's Knife, Fork& Spoon. ..'do.).. .$ s CO 
17— French Cook's Knife, Fork, <t Steele (?o.$ 3 75 
IS— Case ofScisson (P.S. Steel ShearCo.).i 4 (0 
19-Portable Writing Desk,(C. W.F.Dare ).$ 1 75' 
aO—Walmit Work Box, (do.) ....$125: 
^1— Buck-Saw for Boys, (do.) ....% no 
•■fi-LiUle Cirta Wash Set, (do.) ....$100: 
US-Sled, , (do.) ....$2 00; 
'24:— Spring Borse, (do.) ....$11 OOi 
fm-Boij's Waoon (C. W.F.Dare) $ 5 00 
26— Boy's Tool Chest, (E. I. Boi-sman) $ 1 OOl 
ii7 -Boy's Larger Tool C hest (do.) $ 2 r-o 
US-Boy's Larger Tool Chest (do.', ....$5 00; 
29— Pai. Maaic Bellhead Pencil (Ludden & 
Taylor) $ 1 50, 
30— Ladies' Magic Charm Pencil (do. do.).t 2 00 
3\-0ents' Magic Charm Pencil (do. do.).i 2 75 
S'i—Oold Pen, Telescopic Case (do. do.i.i 2 50: 
33—(foldPenandPencil,Elegant ido. do.)$ 5 60, 
3'^— Knives and Forks (Patterson Bros.) ..$14 75 
35— Knives and Forks (do. do.) ...$18 50 
3fi-Carver and Folk (do. do.) ...$375 
37— Pocket Knife (Meriden Cutlery Co.)..i i 50: 
38-Pocket Knife (do. rio.)..$2 00 
Sa-Pocket Knife (do. do.).. $2 75 
id-Ladie.^' Pocket Knife (do. do.) ..$2 00 
H—3fultumin Pirvo Knife(do. do.) ..$8 50, 
i'i—Crandall's "John Gilpin" $ 1 00 
4,3— Crandall's "District School" $ 1 00 
44r—CrandalVs Masquerade Blocks $ 75 
4,^—Crand,iU's " .\crobats" J 1 OOl 
IB- CrandaWs Buildino Blocks $ 1 50! 
47 —Crandall's '• Menagerie" t 2 OOl 
48-Pnirof States (Patterson Bros.) $ 3 50, 
4it-Boudoir Clock tS. II. .Jerome it Co.i...$ 3 50, 
50-Wire Bed Mattress (E. Buckingham).. $VZ 00 
51—Bouchin's Improved Patent Pocket \ 
Cook Stove $ 1 35 
ai—nousehold Press, (W. A. Boardman).. $2 Oii; 
S3— Aquapult, 'Force Pump), iW.dl: B. I 
Douglas, Middletown , Conn.')..i 9 00 
5i:— Self-adjusting Gold-ptate Watch Key, | 
(J. S. Birch.) $ 1 00 
S^— Pocket Tool Holder (Miller's Falls Co.'!: 1 00 
S6— Piano, Splendid 'i-oct.(Steimcay<lSo'siH:-'0 00 
57- TT. S. Blunt's " Universal Force Pump"fl2 00 
!fS-Silver Watch (American Walch Co.).. $30 00 
S9-Bracket Saw(Millers' Falls Man'/ Co. $ 1 25 
iiO—Payson's Indelible Ink — Pen, etc 75 
Gl— Excelsior Pocket Microscope (Bausch | 
(£ Lomh Optical Co.).. $ 2 75 
ei-Abbott Pocket Microscope (L.O.AbbotDi 1 50 
G3 — Cahoon's Broadcast Seed-sower $ 5 00 
Gi— Moore's FloralSet (Moore Man'rgCo)i 1 OO; 
G.'i — Garden Seedstt Flotcer l:ulbs(select'n) $ 2 00. 
GG-Planet Jr. Combined Drill <t Hoe (S.L. 
Allen it Co.) $12 00 
G7— Breech-loading Pocket Kifle (Steven.s).tlO 00, 
US Double Barreled Breech-loading Gun \ 
(E. lieminqton <t Sons) $50 CO. 
G9—Shot Oun (E. Pemington <fc i5o;i.s) $ e 00 
7<t—Skot Gun, breech-loader, (do. do.)..., $23 Oi 
7 1 — Crr.edmoor L'tna Range IiifleNo.\(do.)t)W 00 
72 - Crcdmoor Long Range Hi/le Ifo.2 (rfo)$85 00 
73 -Creedmoor Long Kanoe Rllle No.3(dO'i60 00 
74-IIuiiting & Tai-'oet Rifle (Remington). .$i-i 00 
7S—Vest Pocket Pistol I Remington) $ 3 75 
7R— Revolver iRemingtoii) $ 9 00 
77 -Tnrn-table Apple Parer (Goodell C'o.).i I 00: 
7H-Cnmax Apple Corer di Slicer (do.) $100 
7g-Fainih/ Clierru Stoner (do.) $ 1 OOi 
80— Bail Stale Apple I'arer <t Sllcer (do.) t 1 SOj 
S\_—" Saratoon" Potato Peeler ttSllcer(do.i 1 OOi 
9'i-Seioing Machine (Reminaton) $.50 mi 
SS-Famllv Scales (Fairbanks ,t Co.) $14 00] 
S4:— Clothes )Vriiir!i-r (llert-lTnirersal) ....$ 8 OOi 
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89— Any Four do. do. do. 
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Continued from p. 416. 
'5'lie iiJcorftiit ^tato Il4M-liou1tiii-al 
Society held its eecond. Annual Meeting at Macon, on 
Aug. 2d. There was a remarkably fine display of /raits, 
flowers, etc. P. J. Berckmans. Esq . of Augusta, was 
re-elected President, and J. S. Xewman. Esq.. of Atlan- 
ta, Secretary. This new Horticultural Society, in addi- 
tion to an active Agricultural Society, and a State De- 
partment of Agriculture, that is second in efficiency to 
that of no other State, show that Georgia is rapidly pro- 
gressing in the things that make for peace and prosperity. 
'^' Maize <?oI»s,"— Nothing is more amusing 
than the way in which English writers blunder over 
green corn. In an article in a recent " Gardener's Mag- 
azine,'" headed "Maize Cohs,'" the writer, after giving 
the opinion that they are a very poor vegetable, gives di- 
rections for cooking them " Put them into boiling wa- 
ter, with a liherftl allowance of salt, but no soda. As a 
rule, 20 minutes fast boiling will cook tliem thoroughly, 
but in any case they must be cooked until tender. Drain 
thom, and send them to the table on toast, and accom- 
panied by good melted butter." — The article coucludes 
by saying " they have not the qualities that constitute 
a truly popular vegetable." which shows that the writer 
has much to lenrn about ''Maize Cobs," and cooking them. 
XBbc I*opsilar SSciouce l^IoiiSlily, 
conducted by Prof. E. L. Toumans, and published by D. 
Appleton & Co., exactly filled a gap in our periodical lit- 
erature, and while popular in the best sense of the word, 
presents us with articles by the ablest minds of both con- 
tinents. Its prosperity is indicated "by the publication of 
a monthly Supplement, half the size of the regular issue, 
and so wide is the range of articles, that one can hardly 
fail to find something to interest him in each number. 
Xlie 'roiiiaio ^Voriii A^ain. — ''Young 
Farmer," we have to answer your question every year. 
The large green caterpillar i^ not an attractive creature, 
but very amiable towards white folks. It does not bite, 
because it has hasn't any biters; it does not sting, 
because it hasn't any stinger. The affair on its hinder 
end is merely for grandeur and good looks. There is 
only one way to get rid of them, that is to pick them off 
—with gloves or without, as you prefer. Yes. it is " safe 
to eat the tomatoes" though your vines may be '" full of 
the worms." The frost has done for the vines this year, 
but nest season, do not let the fear of the worms deter 
you from saving the vines and the tomatoes. 
Novspapcr Ilorlioiiltiirc. — "U'e 
thought the "New York Tribune" served out a little the 
tallest horticulture of any of the city papers, but it is 
equaled by some one on the '" New York Evening Post," 
which not long ago had the following : " There is at E.ist 
Windsor, Conn . a flourishing apple tree, sixty years old, 
that bears good-sized but seedless apples. The seed 
cells are perfect, hut a seed itself has never been found. 
The deformity is caused. It is said, by the tree growing 
upside down, having been started by bending the tip of 
a branch into the ground, and not cutting it from the 
parent tree until it had taken root." How it must grieve 
the excellent horticulturist who is at the head of the 
•'Poet," to meet such stuff in his own columns. 
<Sras!iseN :\'aiiicd. — '*^V. H. C./' Louisville, 
Ky. The Reed Canary -grass. Phaiaris ai'undinacea, a 
variegated form of which is the Ribbon-grass or striped 
grass of the gardens. It is not much valued agricultar- 
."iHy. An annual species of the Phahtris produces the 
canary seed " W. R. F.." Clay Co.. Nebraska. Your 
"Lagoon grass" is apparently a far western form of the 
Couch grass. TriCicum rept^ns, but to be sure, we should 
have a specimen with the root nltjichcd. The eastern 
form of what we take this to be. also called Quack', 
Quitch, and other names, is often very troublesome in 
cultivated grounds. It is much relished by cattle and 
mahc3 good hay. but the servant is too apt to become 
the master to make it desirable to tolerate it on land to 
bo tilled, bat a cattle range is a diflercnt matter. 
Xlie Soiilliei-n CialiToi-iiia Ilorli« 
cMltiirlsl.— At last we have something horticultural 
from California that smells of the soil. The second 
number of the above named journal is at band, and 
wc wish not oLly to give it our hearty welcome, but to 
especially commend it 09 jast one journal that tells ub 
