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to illustrate this, have fallen into nei^lect and are 
now hardly known ; since it first appeared, the niiniher 
of ornamental trees and ehiubshaa more than doubled, 
and the method;? of the art have greatly chaii;,'cd, yet in 
epite of all these, the work is not out of date. The priu- 
ciplea Downing set forth, his views of tlie beautiful 
and picturesque, which he gave with a ^vace and cliarm 
unequaled, remain true to the present day, and the work 
is now. and is likely to remain, one of the classics. In 
1859, a few years after tlie sad death of the author, a now 
and enlarged edition was brouy:ht nut, illustrated with 
nu'nerous new engravinirs, and enriched by a copious 
Bupplement, by Henry Winthrop Sargent, Esq. From 
the time the work was written, to the appearance of that 
edition, the number of ornamental trees had increased 
■wonderfully, and Mr. Sarijent, a friend and neighbor 
of the author having at his place, Wod-netlie, at FishkiJl- 
on-Hadson, accumulated and tested every procurable 
novelty, was the one of all othei's to bring up this por- 
tion of the work to that date, and the suiiplemeut made 
the edition of 1859 of especial value. For the edition 
now ready, Mr. Sargent has prepared another supple- 
ment, which is not so voluminous as the former one, 
there not being so many new trees to describe. It is valu- 
able as giving later experience, and that in especially 
disastrous years, with many plants that in 1859 were 
new and untried. So far as the piactical part of the work 
goes, this supplement brings it up to the present lime. 
We know of no work belter calculated to encourage a 
taste for rural life, or where that taste is already formed, 
to properly direct it, than this. Price, by mail, $6.50 
Xlie Potato Beell**. — How far east has it 
reached ?— We of course consider the Colorado pest as 
the potato bug or beetle. We hear from it well nigh the 
whole length of Long Island, and it is at Middletown, 
Conn., on tlie Connecticut River. We can not say that 
we shall be '* glad to hear " of its being farther east, but 
it will be a matter of interest to know just how far it has 
progressed toward sunrise. 
XIic T'ouiilain E»iimp.— " W. W. B." 
The pump made by J. A. Whitman, Providence, R. I., is 
a really excellent aftuir, and we supposed that we had al- 
ready said so, but find that we can not refer you to the 
item. We have not only used it oin-sclvos, but have 
recommended it to our friends. A correspondent in Col- 
or:\do was in need of a pnrap for her greenhouse, that 
could be sent her at low expres.^ charges. We advised 
the Fountain Pump, and it was found to be just the thing. 
Stra-vrberrics at tlic Iflas«<. I9orti« 
cnltural. — At the Strawberry Exhibiiion held at 
Boston, July 2nd, the first prize for four quarts of any 
variety, was taken by Hovey & Co. for Ilovey's Seedling, 
which originated with them 10 years ago. It is remark- 
able that this variety, now so old that strawberry growers 
of the present d.ay liardly know it byname even, and 
rarely seen in cultivation, should have carried off the 
prize. It shows that so far as quality is concerned, 
we have not surpassed this excellent variety. The intro- 
duction of Ilovey's Seedling gave a great impulse to 
etrawburry culture, and in rich, strong soil it gives large 
finitof the highest excellence. On the other hand, if 
ptented upon the light soils of New Jersey, where the 
great market supplies are grown, it is absolutely worth- 
less. J. B. Moore took the second prize with Jncunda, 
and Warren Heustis the third with Col. Clieney. The 
exhibition was the largest of the kind ever htdd by tha 
society, 116 dishes of strawberries being shown. 
Crop to Plow Under.— "O. W. F.," 
Blackstone, Mass. The only crop that can now be sown 
for plowing nnder, is buckwlieat. Tliis may be sown at 
once, at the rate of six pecks of seed per acre, so as to 
have a thick growth. It may he plowed in when in 
blossom, late in August, bnt must not he cross plowed. 
The ground may be harrowed two or three times along 
the fu! rows, but caiefully, lest the buckwheat be torn up. 
Bye may be sown early in SeDtember, and next year th<i 
operation may be repeated. Two fully grown green 
crops can not be plowed in in one year after rye is bar. 
vested ; there is not sufficient time for it. 
l>itcliifis: Plow.— "O. E. S./' Bath. Me, 
A plow for loosening the soil for ditching, or for subsoil 
plowing, as a temporary expedient for partial drainage, 
is made by Chamberlin & Sons, Clean, N. Y. 
A Ti»1it Stable Floor.— "S. E. K..^* 
Eastham, (?). A substantial, duniblc, water-tight stablo 
floor, and one impenetrable by rats, may be made by 
paving it with round cobble stones, and filling be- 
tween them with hydraulic cement and sand, (four or 
five parts of sand to one of cement): when the cement 
is dry, saiurate it with as much hot L'-as tar as it will 
absorb. A shallow channel to drain off iht: liquid, should 
be made in the center of each stall. At the rear of the 
stalls, running the length of the stable, should be 
a gutter, into which the other channels discharge. This 
floor may be washed, and k'-pt very clean and sweet. 
Depraved Appeiile.— " J. M. H.," Fair- 
field Co., Conn. When cattle devour bones, rags, earth, 
and such matters, it is well to give them a good dose of 
physic; one pound of Epsom Salts dissolved in water, 
with an ounce of ground ginger mixed with i:, would be 
beneficial, or a pint of raw linseed oil. A pint of linseed 
meal and two ounces of salt per day, should then be 
given to them, and if they still eat bones, a little bone- 
meal maybe ofiered to theui. A depraved appetite is 
generally caused by indigeslion, and exists along with 
a general unthriftiness of appearauL-e of the animal. 
Foiiiidation Tor a flfiamnied Claj 
Floor. -"A Subscriber." A proper foundation for a 
hard rammed clay floor, would be well rammed gravel. 
The foundation must be solid, and yet porous and well 
drained, so that the floor will not become moist from 
below. 
^ew York Sta,te I>airynien*s Asso- 
ciatioii.— The next animal convention of the N. Y. 
State Dairymen is to be held at Norwich, Chenango 
Co., December 8th and 9th. 
Xlie ^pealcman 'Wire and Picket 
Fence.— Thos. H. Speakman, the mannfactnrer of a 
combination fence, made of wires and pickets, writes us 
in reference to some remarks made in the AgncuKuiist 
of June, about fences of wire and pickets interwoven. 
We have heretofore spoken favorably of the Speakman 
fence, and had no reference to it when we wrote of a 
claim to a patent-right on an interwoven fence. In the 
Speakman fence the pickets are not interwoven, but the 
wiies are inserted through the pickets, which are thus 
strung npon the wires, and parties who have used it 
speak highly of it. The practice of simply interweaving 
pickets amongst the wires can hardly be considered as a 
novelty worthy of a pal(^nt, and we doubt if it would be 
worth paying a royalty for, in competition with a sub- 
stantial fence, such as the Speakman fence undoubtedly is. 
Baling liny. — From our statement in re- 
gard to baling hay with the Deileriok perpetual hay press 
in the A griC'iltiijisf. for April last, it has been inferred 
that only 8 tons of hay can be placed in a common grain 
car. This is incorrect : this press will so bale hay that 
10 tons can he put into any grain car. The Dederick 
press is thus made to meet the requirments of western 
packers, who need to ship 10 tons in a car. With steam 
power 20 tons per day can be baled with this press. 
To Paint a Kitclion Floor.— **M. 
M. A.," Baraboo, Wis.— A kitchen floor may be stained 
of an agreeable and serviceabh^ color, by coating it with 
a mixture of five pounds of French ochre, a quarter of a 
pound of glue, and one gallon of hot water. This should 
be put on hot, and, when thoroughly dry, covered with 
two coats of boiled linseed oil. The floor ehouM be 
made smootii before it is colored. 
Kxtracdin;; Stumps. — " S. W. J.," 
Sehna, Ala. To pull up stumps of newly felled trees, 
requires a very powerful machine, because the roots 
being all sound, hold fast to a large portion of the 
soil which must be lifted with the stump. The ground 
is also very much disturbed, and requires expensive 
leveling. We would rather sow a newly cleared piece of 
land to grass and clover, and leave it for a few years, if 
in a locality where grass and clover can he grown profit- 
ably, or otlierwise cultivate the land in the best wny 
possible, until the smaller roots have decayed. By wait- 
ing a while stumps can be extracted at much less cost 
tlian when the trees are just felled. A very good stamp 
extractor is made by U. Chamberlin, of Clean, N. Y. 
IIook»$ on Farmiug;. — " L. N.," Augusta, 
Ga. There is not, and never can be, any one book, or 
any number of books, from which a farmer can learn his 
business. General principles of the art of agricnlturc 
may be learned in this way. but their proper application 
to the thousands of various circumstances of locality, 
soil, climate, markets, etc.. depend upon the character or 
capability of the man himself. It is as in sailing a ship, 
a person may learn all about the science of navigation, 
ship-building, and meteorology perfectly, bu* T he does 
not "know the ropes" about the ship, be will be 
wrecked on his first voyage. So the farmer must " know 
the ropes " on his own farm, and then he can derive very 
valuable help from books and agricultural journals. 
Ponltry Yards.— "W. R.," Columbus, O, 
It is possilile that a visit to the poultry yard of Mr. W. 
II. Todd, of Vermillion. Ohio, would furnish you an 
opportunity of seeing how such a».yard is managed. 
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