LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 
SILVER LACE POP CORN. 
River Styx, Jan. 2, 1885. 
I. F. Tillinghast: Your favor of Dec¬ 
ember 31, at hand. The new Silver Lace 
Pop Corn grown by me this season is truly 
an acquisition, both as to yield and superior 
quality, three or four ears to the stalk being 
the rule and not the exception, even the 
past dry season. The ears grow well up 
from the ground and will not irritate your 
hands or temper in husking like the old 
rice corn. The foliage alone would recom¬ 
mend it as ornamental and useful. 4000 
pounds of ears have been grown to the 
acre. It is a little late. It differs from the 
old white variety in its superior tenderness 
when parched; and its beautiful transpar¬ 
ency thus well meriting its name, Silver 
Lace. D. W. Hard. 
Note. On above recommendation of one 
of our old customers we have added this 
variety to our list, and hope our customers 
will give it an extensive trial. 
A NEW INSECT POWDER. 
Copenhagen, N. Y., March, 30, 1885. 
I. F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir, I wish to 
occupy a little space in the columns of your 
excellent magazine, Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest, in stating a few facts in regard to my 
Insect Powder for Garden Plants. 
I have been engaged in market gardening 
ing and growing plants for market, for 
several years, and during that time I have 
tried almost everything to rid plants of 
those destructive little insects, the black 
flea or bug, or pumpkin bug, as some call 
them, as their depredations are usually 
confined to vines. But my experimenting 
was unsuccessful until June 1883, when I 
chanced to hit upon and discover a prepar¬ 
ation that I will warrant to exterminate 
the black and striped bug instantly on ap¬ 
plication. It contains no poison, but is a 
good fertilizer, promoting the growth of 
garden plants. I do not claim for my 
Powder what some do for theirs, that it 
will exterminate all and every kind of 
insects, and still contain no poison: for 
such statements as that are simply absurd, 
as we are certainly aware that to extermi¬ 
nate some insects, like the potato bug, for 
example, it requires the most deadly poison.. 
But for the black and striped bug, that ara 
so destructive to garden plants, if used ac¬ 
cording to directions, I will warrant it 
every time, for they will not stay where 
it is faithfully applied. I believe that a 
great many vegetable seeds that are con¬ 
demned as worthless, start to grow but are 
nipped off and destroyed as soon as the 
seed-leaf breaks the ground, and then the 
seedsman is blamed for sending out poor 
seeds; where some good Insect Powder ap¬ 
plied to the beds would have saved the 
plants and the seedsman’s reputation. 
Further particulars may be found in the 
advertising columns of this magazine. 
Respectfully Yours, F. D. Austin. 
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