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NOTES AND GLEANINGS. 
The Red Spider.— A very minute insect, 
of a bright red color, very common and 
injurious to house plants, its presence being 
a sure indication of too dry an atmosphere 
for the health of the plants. The leaves 
of a plant attacked by it turn whitish or 
yellowish in spots and are covered, espe¬ 
cially on the under side, with the fine whit¬ 
ish web of the spiders, causing them to 
wither and fall off. Syringing and sponging 
the plants thoroughly in every part with 
water will usually destroy them, unless 
they are badly infested, in which case a 
little flour of sulphur added to the water 
or dusted over the plants will prove effect¬ 
ual. The pansy is about the only thing 
thac is ever infested by it in the garden, 
whole beds of which are sometimes destroy¬ 
ed in very dry seasons.— L. W. Goodell. 
The Kew York State Experimental 
Station has been comparing a large num 
ber of new and old varieties of Lettuce, and 
concludes its report as follows: 
Almost every season some of the old va¬ 
rieties are offered to the public under new 
names. The present year I note that the 
Rochester and Hubbard’s Market Lettuces 
and the new Premium Cabbage seem to be 
nothing more nor less than the old White 
Summer Lettuce, or All the Year Round 
white seed. The New Perpetual is to all 
appearances the well-known Early Simp 
son; the New Silver Ball is undoubtedly 
the White Paron of Vilmorin, and the New 
Stubborn-Headed is apparently the old 
Berlin Lettuce. The New Orleans Cabbage 
sent out in 1881, seems to be the old Turk¬ 
ish or Butter Lettuce. These are all ex¬ 
cellent varieties, but they are not new, as 
one would suppose from the catalogues. 
To a Pink Pond Lily. 
“What strange new joy has touched thy heart © 
• gold? 
Tingir.g thy petals with a rosy light? 
Causing thy waxen leaves as they unfold, 
With ecstacy to blush away their white. 
Art flushed with thine own loveliness, or shy 
With o’er thy new-born rosy bloom? 
Hast thou found happiness, or dost thou sigh 
At thy increase of beauty and perfume? 
Was it the rapturous dawning of a love, 
That warmed thy tint to such a radiant glow? 
Bringing a message from the world above, 
To add new beauty to the world below.” 
Tke Lily’s Answer. 
“Would you find out my secret, fair lady? 
Would you know why I blush rosy red? 
’Tis because when the dark night has left me 
And I lift up my pale, drowsy head, 
Then the Prince of the Dawn comes to kiss me; 
And that’s why I blush rosy red.” 
Plants of this rare, fragrant and most beau¬ 
tiful of all flowers can be grown in ponds or in tubs. 
F °r sale by the original cultivators. Address 
CHIPMAN BROS., Sandwich, Mass. 
THE PENN’A STATE COLLEGE 
Besides unusual advantages in General Science, 
Chemistry and Physics, Modern Languages, Civil- 
Engineering, History, and Political Science, pro¬ 
vides 
three COURSES in agriculture, 
and a three year’s course in 
MECHANIC ARTS, 
combining shop work with study. New building and 
new equipment ready in the Fall. Special Course in 
Literature and Science for Ladies. All tuition 
free. Fall term opens September 9th, 1885. 
Address GEO. W. ATHERTON, L.L D , Pres’t, 
9 State College, Centre Co., Pa. 
UNOLE JIM' agoodt™S, eW an d OU t a a S 
iWfBMJwSn&s H i VI ■ excellent care of your 
cattle, horses, swine, etc., but you neglect entirely, 
one of the greatest sources of profit on your farm, 
and that is your poultry. I tell you boy, poultry 
pays wonderfully when properly managed, and no 
farmer should be without a good poultry paper in 
connection with his agricultural paper. Do you 
take the Ohio Poultry Journal? 
NEPHEW: No, uncle, I didn’t know there was 
such a paper published. I have been thinking about 
subscribing for a good poultry paper, but didn’t 
know where to send. 
UNCLE JIM: The Ohio Poutry Journal is pub¬ 
lished at Dayton, Ohio, by Hyre & Braden. It is the 
best poultry journal in the United States, and costs 
only one dollar a year. I wouldn’t be without it if 
it cost five times that much. If you are in earnest, 
the publishers will send you a sample copy to ex¬ 
amine for only six cents in stamps. 
NEPHEW: All right, uncle, I’m glad you told 
me; I m going right down to the post office to send 
for a copy. Good day. 
UNCLE JIM: Hold on 1 I forgot to tell you that 
if you want to subscribe you can get both Ohio Poul¬ 
try Journal and Seed-Time and Harvest one 
year for only one dollar. Address, 
9-2 HYRE & BRADEN, Dayton, O. 
F 
ORNAMENTAL C 
OLIAGE PLANT* 
GREENHOUSE and BEDDING 
PLANTS. 
^“Catalogue mailed on application. 
DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS, 
Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
®^FOR SALE, 
PRAIRIE-SIDE FARM. 
Is located in Lenawee County, three miles from 
Tecumseh, and seven miles from Adrian. Michigan 
Good roads at all seasons of the year to either place** 
also good market towns. This is a rare chance for 
some one to purchase a new and improved farm 
cheap- Buildings all new, land good. Large quan¬ 
tity of Celery growing on place now; also corn that 
w j over 100 bushels to the acre. 90 acres cleared 
and 10 acres wood. Purchasers would find it to their 
interest to visit this farm in the next 30 days and see 
the growing crop. For full particulars, address, 
E. J. HOLLISTER. Tecumseli, Midi. 
