1863. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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serve, or pack in cotton with the hulls on for wiutcr. 
These are not as well appreciated as they should 
be. They are easily cultivated, and make a " sauce" 
but little inferior to strawberries. 
Fruit Garden. 
Here fruit is to be gathered, weeds to be ex- 
terminated, and preparation made for new beds. 
Blackberries.— As soon as the fruit is ofT, the old 
canes are to be cut out. Remove the superfluous 
new shoots, leaving only one or two to each root 
for next year's fruiting. 
Grapes.— The early varieties will be ripening this 
month. Pick for market with the greatest care, 
and handle by the stems only. Shallow boxes or 
crates are better thau baskets for sending to market. 
See great Grape Exhibition announced elsewhere. 
Raspberries.— Follow the directions given for 
Blackberries above, and also last month's Calendar. 
Strawberries. — New beds may be made this month. 
Read article on page 341 August Agriculturist. 
Cut the runners from those cultivated in hills, 
remove weeds, and keep the soil loose. 
Flower Garden and Lawn. 
The borders should be bright with the gorgeous 
colors of the Autumn blooming flowers. These 
have not the tender beauty and delicate fragrance 
of our Spring favorites, but they come with a, rich- 
ness of bloom that accords with the season of ripe- 
ness and maturity. New grounds may now be laid 
out and prepared for Fall planting. Draining can 
be done and walks laid out at this season. 
Bulbs. — The latter part of this month is the best 
time to set out bulbs for spring blooming. Sec ar- 
ticle on page 275, for general directions. 
Bedding Plants. — Those which it is desirable to 
preserve, such as Fuchsias, Lantanas, Geraniums, 
etc., may be taken up and potted preparatory to 
putting into a cool part of the green-bouse or the 
cellar, to remain during Whiter. 
Chrysanthemums need to be carefully staked. 
Cut out all weak shoots and a finer bloom will be 
the result. Pot for house blooming. 
Cuttings.— Put out a good stock of Petunias, Ver- 
benas, and other bedding plant6 for winter keeping. 
Dahlias.— These are now in full bloom, and will 
require constant care to keep them from being in- 
jured by the winds. If any strong limbs are in dan- 
ger of breaking, put down extra stakes and tie 
them. Cut off the flowers as soon as they have 
passed their prime, marking the choice hills. 
Evergreens.— These may be planted this month, 
though with more risk than in Spring. See pre- 
cautions in August Agriculturist, under Orchard. 
Flower Pits. — Construct or repair and have ready 
for the reception of plants. Where there is no 
green-house, a great many tender plants may be 
safely carried through the winter in a cold frame. 
Gravel Walks. — These are still liable to the intru- 
sion of weeds, and need to be raked and rolled. 
Lawns will still need an occasional mowing, and 
thin places may have a liberal sprinkling of seed. 
See article on Lawns on page 274. 
Seeds.— tare should be observed in saving these 
from only the choicest flowers. Do not trust to 
memory, but label as soon as gathered. Hardy an- 
nuals, like Phlox, Larkspur, Clarkia, etc., may be 
sewn now. With a little litter thrown over them, 
they survive the Winter and give an early bloom. 
Verbenas and Petunias.— Layers and cuttings 
may still be made, and those already rooted may 
be potted off, to flower during the Winter season. 
Weeds. — There must be no abatement of vigilance 
with these until the frost stops their growth. 
Green and Hot-Houses. 
If it has not been already done, no time should 
be lost in putting the houses in a perfect state of 
readiness to receive the plants. Painting, glazing, 
fumigating, and cleansing generally, should be done 
at once. The flues and hot water apparatus should 
be tested, and all necessary repairs made before the 
plants are brought in. Many of the tender things 
will require to be housed this month, and the paint 
should be hardened, and the dust and muss all over 
beforehand. Before the pots are brought in, they 
should be cleansed from dirt aud moss, and the 
plants cut back into shape. All plants ought to 
be housed before the cool nights check their growth. 
Air should be given freely every day, and the 
plants be gradually accustomed to the change from 
the open air to the confinement of the house. 
Bulbs may be potted and kept in a cool place to 
be brought forward into bloom later in the season. 
Camellias need repotting. Give frequent water- 
ings while they are making their new growth. 
Potting. — All the materials necessary for the 
Winter's potting, should be accumulated before- 
hand — pots, stakes, tags, leaf mold, loam and sand, 
all under cover and ready for immediate use. Many 
of the plants have become pot-bouud during the 
Summer, and will need shifting. Those which 
were set in the borders, will probably need to 
have both root and branches cut back when pot- 
ted. Give them shade aud water after the operation. 
Apiary in September. 
Prepared by M. Quinbij — By Request. 
Bees having no poor neighbors around them, will 
not be apt to get iuto the despicable habit of rob- 
bing. It is not necessary that a hive should be 
nearly destitute of stores to make it poor; it may 
contain all the honey needed for two or three fam- 
ilies, but if without bees to defend it, it is not rich. 
A rich hive contains both bees and honey in proper 
quantity. Bees have no better faculty thau men to 
resist temptation. As long as they can attain all 
they want from flowers, they are content ; but flow- 
ers fail now, and poor hives must suffer from the 
rich. The bee-keeper who is determined to keep 
about him a healthy tone of morals, will remove as 
far as practical, all temptations to evil. Remove 
the poor hives at once. Examine carefully to de- 
termine which they are Do not put out any 
refuse honey. If you have such to feed, put it iu a 
box and give it to some needy colony where others 
can not get it. New swarms strong enough to de- 
fend themselves, aud yet not suitable for Winter, 
may stand until next month for the brood to hatch, 
before being taken. Old stocks containing foul 
brood, should be looked to now. There is great 
risk in letting them stand , because if robbed by 
colonies to be wintered, the seeds of disease are 
taken there for another year. Much mischief often 
results from neglecting this. The bees of such may 
be given to a queenless stock, if needed, but should 
not be introduced until they stand long enough 
after being driven out, to consume all the honey 
taken with them from the diseased hive. Some of 
the combs will be filled with the brood and honey 
mixed together, these should be cut out and buried 
entirely away from the. bees. The healthy bees 
should not get a particle, unless scalded and skim- 
med. The top and side combs are usually clean, 
and may be strained out for use The Italians' so 
far, have proved almost exempt from this disease. 
Will not any one, having the Italians, iu districts 
where it exists, watch this point, and report 
All honey in the surplus boxes, not sealed, is now 
taken below. If you would secure it, take it as 
soon as the flowers fail. To keep it from dripping 
out of the cells, turn the boxes right side up, as 
soon as the bees are out. 
Exhibition Tables at the Office of 
the American Agriculturist. 
The following articles have been placed upon our 
tables since our last report: 
Fruits— Currants: Versailles, Cherry, Red Grape, 
Short-Bunched Red, Prince Albeit, White Grape, and 
Champagne, shown by E. Williams, Mont Clair, N. J. 
....Red Provence, Red Angers, La Hative, Versailles, 
Cherry, Victoria, Glorie de Sablons. Champagne, White 
Grape. Golden Cherry Plum; A. S. Fuller, Brooklyn 
Nurseries. N. Y Missouri Black ; Win. F. Heins, 
Morrisunia. N. Y Raspberries : Improved Black Cap, 
Orange. Hudson River Antwerp; E. Williams, Mont 
Clair. N. J . .Catawissa; W. S. Carpenter. Rye, N. Y. 
....Blackberries: New-Rochelle. new variety of pink 
color, also tiew black kind, from France ; Win. F. Heins, 
Mori isania, N. Y. ..Dorchester, New-Rochelle. and a 
new American Seedling ; E. Williams, Mont Clair, N. J. 
Gooseberries : Lincolnshire, large; Jas. Hunt, Flat- 
bush. N. J American Seedling; E. Williams. Mont 
Clair, N. J .. Apples: Early Harvest; Alexander Mc- 
Donald, Alt. Vernon. N. Y... . Curious double apple ; Jas. 
Brush, Brooklyn, N. Y.... Pears: Osborn and Bcurre 
Giffard; Win. S. Carpenter, Rye, N. Y Fig* grown 
out-doors, very fine ; Thomas Carnlv, Washington 
Heights, N. Y.... Mulberries: S. Tuttfe, New-Haven, 
Conn... .Lemon, very line, one of 40 on same tree ; Mrs. 
S. Craft, Glen Cove, N. Y. 
Flowers, etc : Collection of Seedling Double Carna- 
tions, and Gladioluses, very fine; A. P. Cnmmings, 
Westchester Co., N. Y Chinese Trumpet Lily; Alex. 
Marshall. Paterson, N. J... Plant of Lavender; Anton 
Strahm, Pearl-st., New-York Bloom of Ahranthiis 
roseus; Wm. Allston, Brooklyn, N. Y Dahlias; R. 
Cunnirigton. Brooklyn. N. Y .. Cut Roses and Dahlias ; 
C. S. Pell, New- York Asylum Larkspurs, Carnations, 
Gladioluses, and splendid Colleclion of seedling Phloxes ; 
Wm. F. Herns, Monisania, N.Y Blooms of Magnolia 
Sonlangiana; W. S. Carpenter, Rve, N. Y... Double 
Dahlia; Mr. Jacobs. Bergen. N. J ' . . Douhle Balsams; 
A. Edwards, Shrewsbury, N. J Pigmy Marigolds ; H. 
T. Haviland, Brooklyn, N. Y Doribie Zinnia. Dr 
Peyton, New-York Cilv. Cut Flowers; O. Jiuld. 
Flushing, N. Y. .. .Splendid Collection of Gladioluses, 54 
varieties ; Andrew Biidgmau, 870 Broadway, New-York. 
Vegetables, etc ; New species of Cucumber, white, 
and curious Tree Tomato; G. M. Usher, Pint Rich- 
mond, N.Y Long Blood Beet and Early Turnip; J. 
W. Perkins, Central Park Hospital, New-York City 
Cucumbers; Barney Williams, Bath, N. Y One bunch 
Tomatoes, weighing 9X lbs., Apple and Fig Tomatoes, 
and enormous growth of Martvnea ; Wm. F. Heins, Mor- 
risania, N. Y Mandrake; Israel Thornell, Meluchin 
N.J Red and White Wheat, grown near St. Louis, Mo. 
The Great Strawberry, 
IMPORTANT EXPLANATIONS, 
A number of persons appear not to have read carefully 
through what was said last month about distributing the 
wonderful New Strawberry. At least, so we judge from 
the tenor of many letters received. Owingto the absence 
of the Publisher, perhaps his intentiorrs were not so fully 
explained as they might have been. To save writing 
letters, and to make the matter understood, we explain: 
1. — As the New Strawberry (now called the " Agricul- 
turist Strawberry,") appeared to far excel both in size and 
intrinsic value anything ever before produced, it was de- 
cided to purchase all the plants, to multiply them, and to 
distribute them free among the subscribers to the Agri- 
culturist for the year 1864 (Volume 23). 
2. — There were but few plants in existence ; we bought 
all but one which is in the bands of an amateur friend, 
and we are cultivating and multiplying them with the 
greatest care. We can not spare one this year for love or 
money. A hundred dollars for one plant have been offer- 
ed by some cultivators who would like to get rip a stock 
for sale, as they would bring a high price. We intend to 
keep them out of market, and distribute them free. Each 
plant will, perhaps, on the average, produce, 200 others for 
distribution next year. The Green-House wilt he brought 
into requisition as soon as the out-door multiplication 
ceases. So, then, the many who earnestly solicit "just 
one plant now," will see why we can not grant the favor 
and excuse us from writing them in reply. 
3. — As some plan of distribution is necessary, we adopt 
the following : The plants will be sent to all paying sub- 
scribers for 1864 (including exchanges), if we can produce 
enough, and if there be not enough, then as far as ttiey 
go, beginning in order wilh the first who pay in their sub- 
scriptions for 1864. (Exception. — Some have sent in 
their applications, saying they intended to subscribe. As 
the matter was not definitely understood last month, we 
have entered these names in order, on a separate list, and 
when the subscriptions come in, we will check off the 
names for the plants, if the subscribers will refer us to 
their application, giving about the date. Those applying 
whose subscriptions already extend into 1364, are entered 
for the plants.) Hereafter, to avoid trouble and mis- 
takes, and to save much extra labor, we must ask that 
the application for plants come along with the subscrip- 
tion for 1864. We do not desire to hurry up renewals, 
though every name now booked up for next year, by so 
much diminishes the severe labors of December and Jan 
uary, wtien the great bulk of subscriptions are generally 
received. We hope to have at least one plant for every 
subscriber, but can not promise them positively, and 
therefore adopt the j;ule of " first come, first served. 1 ' 
4. — No difference is made between single subscribers, 
club subscribers, or those coming on premium lists, oi 
from Agricultural Societies. The plants are designed for 
all regular (paid up) subscribers alike. Voluntary agents 
or dealers can have the plants for their customers, on the 
same terms as others, that is, when we receive the sub- 
scription price for 1*64. We can not supply plants to 
those who buy only by the single number, as a-ny copy 
taken thus may be the last one. 
ABOUT THE FIVE CENTS.— The purchase, culti- 
vation, and distribution of the plants will cost $3O0O, 
