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SEED-TIME AHB HARVEST. 
NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
Trumbull County, Ohio, has a live, 
prosperous Horticultural Society. Its 
monthly meetings are held alternately at 
the homes of its different members, and, if 
we may judge from the published reports, 
which occasionally find their way to our 
desk, the members never fail to have a jolly 
time. We would that the example of this 
association were followed by our readers 
all over the country. If the farmers in each 
Town our County would unite and devote 
one Saturday in each month to meeting at 
the houses of its members, much good 
would certainly grow out of such move¬ 
ments. , 
Ancient Horticultural Literature. - 
The oldest Botanical work in the Library 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 
was written by Leonhartus Fuchsius, after 
whom was named our beautiful and every¬ 
where popular Fuchsias. He was one of 
the most celebrated Physicians in the six¬ 
teenth century; was born at Wembdringea, 
in featavia, in 1501. He taught and prac¬ 
ticed medicine with great reputation at 
Munich and other places, excelling par¬ 
ticularly in his knowledge of plants. This 
work was printed in 1542, and contains a 
full length colored portrait of the author, 
and a large number of colored plates of 
various medicinal plants, the painting all 
being done by hand of the celebrated au¬ 
thor. 
Ordinary whitewash, as frequently 
used, has very little effect except to disfig¬ 
ure the trees, says the Garden. To destroy 
the insects and eggs hidden in the crevices 
of the trees, very much stronger applica¬ 
tions have to be used. Soft soap reduced 
to the consistency of a thick paint, with 
the addition of a strong solution of washing 
soda, makes one of the most lasting washes. 
A solution of one pound of commercial 
potash, in from two to four gallons of wa¬ 
ter, is also very good. 
A BARREN, CHEERLESS HIGHWAY, a bleak, 
unornamented homestead too often indi¬ 
cates an improper early education, and 
wrong notions in regard to the value of 
trees and flowers. The rising generation 
should be trained to know the importance 
of ornament on the farm. No subject which 
could be taught in a district school could 
bring equal returns in pleasure or profit 
with the elements of horticulture. The or¬ 
namenting of school grounds undertaken, 
by some States is a move in this direction. 
If there is not time in the school for horti¬ 
culture and algebra, let us have the profit¬ 
able and dispense with the unnecessary. 
A universal rudimentary instruction in hor¬ 
ticulture would mean for the coming gen¬ 
eration better health, more contented fam¬ 
ilies, more love for the farm, better fruits 
and vegetables, and more interest in the 
school. 
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