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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[June, 
caUed Cltntonia, the nnia.lem wlio desires lo be correct 
in his names will naturally lurii tu llmt iiitme in the ;it- 
rungeineiit and will find CLmtniua given there as a genus 
of Lob(tiace<B He may well consider botiiny, at least 
in this book, as " rather mixed." The talent required to 
give a good work upon floriculture, and that lo prepare 
one which shall be bolanically correct, are so different, 
liiat we seldom find them united in one peri-on. and while 
we give the author credit for his practical directions, his 
ignoring of all acknowledged botanical authority and 
usage in retainiii?; such names as Dulijfra, Washtiigto- 
ma. and olheis, without giving any clue to the proper 
names of the plants to wliich he applies them, induces us 
10 advise him to submit tiie other works he announces as 
in liand to some one whose counsel will insure a nearer 
approach to accuracy than the present volume presents. 
I'ViiitCiirowcrs' Meetings.— "B.," Nau- 
iicket. Mass., a>ks v\hy v\c have stopped reporting the 
i-'ruit Growers' Meeting^-. The reason is that the meet- 
ings themselves are no longer held. The addition of the 
hook business to that of the paper, makes it impossible to 
give the necessary room to these gatherings. 
The Ainericao B*oiuol<>gical So- 
ciety.— This association will meet at St. X,ouis, Mo., on 
Tuesday. Sept. 4th. All interested in fruit culture are in- 
vited. Tiiose wishing to become members will address 
the Treasurer, Thos. P. James, Esq.. Philadelphia, Par- 
cels of fruit for exhibition at the meeting, are to be ad- 
dressed "American Pomohigical Society," care of C. M. 
Saxton, cor. 5lh and Walnut sts., St. Louif, Mo. 
I£Biode Isluiid Sloi-Aiciiltural {So- 
ciety.— Tlus society will hold an exiiibiiion of fruits 
and flowers, for which liberal premiums areoflfered at 
Providence, June 20. Our friends in the Providence and 
other Plantations should turn out in force. This ought 
to be one of the most prosperous societies in the country. 
CalirorBtisi Tree uu«l Otlier Needs. — 
We understand that Mrs. Thos. Bridges, widow of the 
late naturalist, proposes to collect seeds for exportation. 
Her address is care of Saml. Hubbard, P. M. S. S. Co., 
San Francisco. We wish success to her enterprize. 
Raising- 5fiadi!!^li E5iee<l. — C. O. Mapee, 
Schuyler Co., N. v.— The finest and best-shaped roots 
are selected and transplanted to rows 2'^ feet apart, set- 
ting liiem down to the leaves. Tliey should be w atered 
at planting, and afterwards if they need it. until they 
start to grow. They will soon throw up stems and pro- 
duce pods which are gathered as lliey come to maturity. 
I>eMroyiiis: <jJarIic.— D. Madden, Mifflin 
Co,, Pa., wishes to know iiuw to get rid of the wild garlic. 
Garden 'Ves;etal»le.>^ suid Hoav to 
Cultivate Tliem,— By Fearing Burr, Jr. Boston: 
J. E. Tilion & Co. We have had occasion to speak of 
previous editions of this work in terms of praise, and 
can now only say that tliis recent one is much improved, 
and brought up to tlie present lime. It contains a full 
account of our esculent vegetables, showing great indus- 
try and research on the part of the author, wliile the 
beautiful illustrations and general mechanical execution 
of the work make it creditable to its publishers. Price 
by mail $2,50. Supplied at this Office. 
Bi'ccU's rVew BooK of Flo-wer.s. — 
Such has been the demand for this work that we liave 
been obliged to put anew edition to press. The familiar 
style in which it is written commends it to popular fuvor, 
and as far as we have examined it, it possesses an accura- 
cy of noroenclalurf quite remarkable in a book of its kind. 
Handsomely bound, 480 pages. Price by mail $1.75. 
A I\e^v Style of Earthen Hot.— Our 
friend, Titus Oaks, Esq., has left at our office a new 
style of pot foi- flowers, and for starting early vegetables 
with the superadded compliment of tomatoes already 
growing in them. It was just lilte him to show not only 
the pots, but how they worked, or lather liow the plants 
worked in them. We are greatly obliged for the plants, 
and still more for the pots, w hich are both antiques and 
gems in their way. We are struck with the exceeding 
economy of the earthy materia! used in their manufacture, 
and at the same lime with their strength and durability. 
Tliey are not of the usual pottei's clay, but of carbonate 
of lime, with perhaps a trace of phosphate and other ma- 
terial. They aie nearly egg shaped, not more than the 
thirty-second part of an inch in thickness, of an attrac- 
tive w hile color, just the thing for conservatoiy or pailor 
ornaments. Wliat is marvellous about them is the low 
temperature at which they are baked, nut much above 
blood heat. The kilns in which they are burnt are 
said to be easily transported, and not to cost over three 
dollars each. The fuel is rather expensive in this region, 
though out West, where they burn corn, that article 
might be used to advantage. We speak of them as a 
new style of pot, though it is rather the application than 
llie pot that is new. Indeed, the patent is as old as 
Noah's a/k, if not older. They are just the thing to start 
tonmto plants in. and can be had of Goose, Hen, Duck 
& Co., an extensive firm, with branch-houses in ail 
the principal places in the country. Tliis advertisement 
is gratis on the score of favors long since shelled out to 
us by this enterprizing firm. 
Fuller^N C*rape Culturist.— The great 
popularity of this work ii. shown by the incieased demand 
for it. We know of no treatise on tlie grape that so con- 
cisely sots forth first principles and Hlustrales them so 
clearly. The metliods of piuning the vijie are numer- 
ous, but they all depend upon first understanding the man- 
ner in w liicli the vine grows, and this the author makes 
so plain that all can comprehend it. The engravings 
are numerous and true to nature. Tlie scope of the 
work covers the whole ground, from starting the vines 
from the bud or cutting, to the management of a vineyard. 
The chapter on the garden culture of the grape gives 
numeious plans for growing the vine in city yards, etc., 
and rende'S the work as important to the owner of a few 
vines as it is to the vineyardist. Price by mail $1.50. 
I>o'«viiing'^s Ijaudseapc <Mardcning-. 
This work has already established its reputation as a 
standard work on landscape gardening. Even oiu- con- 
servative friends of the London Gardeners' Ciirotncle 
commend it to their readers as among the acknowleclged 
authorities. Our object now is to state that we are at 
last able to supply ttie demand for it, and that the recent 
issues contain the new portrait of the author. The book 
is bound iu a style corresponding to the value of its 
contents. Every one who contemplates laymg out a 
large or small place, should be familiar with the teach- 
ings of this work. Price $6.50. 
Xhe Itook of looses, by Frauds Park- 
man. Boston: J. E. Tillon & Co. — Mr. Parkman is a 
well-known rose amateur and contributor to our horti- 
cultural journals, and in this book he lias embodied his 
expeiience with this favorite flower. Tlie work treats 
upon cultivation in the open air and in pots, and gives 
directions for the difl'erent methods of i)ropagation and 
lists of varieties which include the newer sorts. As the 
work is brouglit up to the present time, is well written 
and handsomely published, we predict it ft>r a wide pop- 
ularity with the growers of roses. Price by mail $3,00. 
Itudding' Oraiigfe and Ejemon Xrees. 
— Several Inquirers. The proper time is when the tree 
is just starling to make a new growth, and the time of 
this will depend on the manner in which they have been 
treated. Whenever tlie new shoots are about two inches 
long, buds from wood which has become ripe and hard, 
may be inserted and the plant kept in the shade for two 
or three weeks after tlie operation. 
Specimens of Seed. — We are always glad 
to receive samples of any seed tliat our subscribers think 
unusually valuable, but it is almost impossible to test 
field seeds unless a considerable quantity is received. 
An ounce or two .sown in the garden is apt to be destroyed 
by the birds, and it is about as well to feed them to the 
chickens at once, as is usually done with the small 
packages of wheat, oats, etc., sent out by Uie Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. If enough be sent to sow a small 
patch in tlie field, it can be easily tested. 
American JVIanufactures — Ttie 
American Watcli Co. of TTaltbam, ITIass.— 
Every one knows that tlie mechanism of the best manu- 
factories of tills country is unequalled in any other part 
of the world. The genius of American mechanics pro- 
duced the cotton-gin, the mechanical reaper and mower, 
the sewing-machine, and last bat not least, the wonderful 
machinery of the American Watch Company of Wal- 
tham. This Company was established in 1850, and has 
grown to proportions which entitle it to a first rank 
among the manufacturing enterprises of the new world. 
It employs between 900 and 1.000 artizans of superior 
skill and character, ami a large and thriving town has 
grown up in its vicinity. The factory covers over three 
acres of ground, and as an illustration of its extent, we 
may mention that it is supplied with more than 60 miles 
of iron pipes, and produces an aggregate of nearly 75,000 
watches per annum. The founders of this Company be- 
lieved that the s.ime delicate mechanical processes 
which had produced such remarkably perfect results in 
larger machines, might be applied with even greater ad- 
vantage to the production of the watch. The foreign 
time-pieces are made principally by hand, and except 
when of high cost, an imperfect article, often out of re- 
pair, and of little value, is the result. Abroad, these 
mysterious and infinitesimal organs which, when aggre- 
gaied, produce the watch, are the fruit of slow and toil- 
some manual processes. In the results, there must of 
course be lack of that perfect uniformity which is indis- 
pensable for correct time-keeping. The constituent 
parts of the American watch, on the other hand, are 
fashioned by the most delicate and accurate machinery. 
Wheels, pinions, springs, screws, absolutely uniform in 
weight, circumference, dimensions, and in every possible 
particular, are turned out in myriads by unerring fingers 
of steel, and their proper combination and adjustment 
by skillful workmen have given the Company its high 
reputation. Its watches not only g-o wiih the trade and 
go in the pockets of 200,000 people, but they go right 
and go everywheie.— Exchange. 
A Cvood Silver ^Vasli.— We have re. 
peatedly condemned the silvering fluids and powders 
hawked about the country, as worse than worthless, for 
they contain mercury (quicksilver) which puts on a 
silveriike gloss that is not permanent, while the mercury 
will corrode and injure nielals to which it is applied. 
We have recently tested a new preparation from Messrs. 
Dixon, Clarks <t Hallet, called "Silverine," and liad it 
analyzed. It proves to be a genuine preparation of 
cyar.ide of silver, such as is used in electro plating, com- 
bined with certain organic substances which hasten the 
reduction of tlie silver without the aid of a battery, and 
with polishing materials. Numerous trials show that it 
will deiiosit a thin silver coating when rubbed upon 
metals, and we think it therefore valuable for the purposes 
for which the manufacturers recommend it, viz., for 
cleaning silver and plated ware, and at the same time 
partially reccmling the portions of plated ware worn off. 
The covering is of course thin, but a frequent ap- 
plication is convenient, and if the manufacturers will 
keep up its purity and strength equal to that we have 
tried, as we suppose they will for their own credit and 
interest, it will doubtless come into very extensive use. 
With care nut to waste it, a 50 cent bottle will hist a very 
long lirne, and afford a good deal of satisfaction to house- 
keepers. But be very cautious of using the common 
silver fluids and powders generally peddled around the 
country. Messrs. Dixon <fe Co. should adopt some effec- 
tive method to prevent counterfeits or imitations of their 
genuine preparation.— Though this preparation is perfect- 
ly safe to handle, it should not be left where it can be 
tasted by children, as injurious effects might result from 
swallowing It. 
American ITines at tlie Paris Ex- 
blbltion. — " The Lake Shore Grape Growers' Associa- 
tion " has made arrangements to have the prnilucts of our 
vineyards represented at the Paris Exhibition of 1667. 
The matter will be in charge of Mr. William Griffith, the 
well known vineyardist of North East, Pa., who will 
give all necessary information. "The wines must be 
pure, free from addition of sugar or other extraneous 
substance ; at least two bottles of each variety, distinctly 
labelled, giving name of grape, location of vineyard, 
name and residence of maker, date, etc. ; to be sent to 
Wm. Griffith, North East, Pa., so as to reach there not 
later than Nov. 1st, 1866. when they will be inspected and 
classified by a committee consisting of L. F. Allen of N, 
Y., J. A. Warder and Chas. Carpenter of Ohio, and J. E. 
Moltier and Wm. Griffith of Pa." 
Can any tliius: 1>e done ti itli Hams 
not sufficiently Salted ? -We fear not. It will 
not be safe to put them in tlie brine again after they are 
smoked. A friend of ours tried it a year or two ago, and 
had to make soap grease of his haras in consequence. 
He says the smoke turned the brine or pickle sour, and 
spoiled the hams. A good deal can be done toward pre- 
serving those that are not salt enough, by smoking them 
thoroughly and for several weeks, keeping up a fire until 
the smoke has completely saturated the hams. 
Keep Bolts and Screws on Hand. — 
Every farmer should keep a few bolts of different sizes 
always on hand. They can be purchased of any desiied 
size at reasonable rales, and a bolt will frequently save 
half a day's work. It is astonishing how much can 
be done with a few bolls and screws in repairing ordinary 
farm implements and machines. Try it, and you will 
never willingly be without them. 
Mole Hitcliing I»lo-»rs. — Those who 
have good ones should advertise them ; we have numer- 
ous inquiries, but are not sufficiently familiar with the 
best modern ones to recommend any particular one. 
Artificial Honey Coml>.— W. W. Sew- 
all, Verden, 111., wishes to know if any attempts have 
been made to produce artificial comb. He thinks that a 
successful invention of this kind would revolutionize the 
present systems of bee-keeping. 
