SEED-TIME ATO HARVEST. 
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Botanical Names. 
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Although botanical names are often diffi¬ 
cult to pronounce and remember, it is 
nevertheless very necessary to have some 
familiarity with them if one wishes to grow 
plants for ornament. Popular descriptions 
of plants should contain the scientific names 
as well as the common names, although 
they may be put in parentheses. Thev are 
necessary in ordering plants of nurserymen 
or in looking them up in any work on flori¬ 
culture or landscape gardening. 
Scientific names consist of two parts— 
the generic name, common to a whole 
genus or class of objects, and the specific 
name, designating the particular one of 
the genus. Tilia is a generic name, des¬ 
ignating all basswoods or lindens. Ameri¬ 
cana, from the European, Tilia Europea , 
or from the southern, T. heterophylla. The 
generic name is always placed first. Often 
a species varies naturally into one or more 
peculiar forms, or, as they are scientifi¬ 
cally termed, varieties. This word variety 
is usually abbreviated into var. Thus the 
pubescent variety of the basswood becomes 
Tilia Americana var. pubescens. If the 
variety is made by cultivation it is called 
a horticultural variety. Horticultural va¬ 
rieties are often named after the man who 
originated them. Thus a beautiful variety 
of the Chinese pink is known as Dianthus 
Ghinensis var. Heddewigii. The variety 
names tosea, alba, rubra, pumila, multi- 
flora, flore pleno, etc., are often used to 
designate horticultural varieties which are 
rose-colored, white . red , dwarf, many-flow¬ 
ered, gtc. 
Rye for Pasture. 
Here is a new idea to us, and we are in¬ 
clined to believe that there is something in 
it. A correspondent of the Country Gen¬ 
tleman proclaims rye the great pasture 
grass. He says: Rye can be grazed for 
years all the season as a permanent pasture 
grass. In a two or three days visit near 
Adrian, Mich., the fact came to my knowl¬ 
edge that rye had, in that country, been 
regularly grazed as a pasture grass for three 
years in succession, affording good pasture 
to the end of that period. Rye is a very 
hardy, deep rooting and vigorous grass, 
and grows freely and vigorously on almost 
any soil, even when it is very difficult to 
grow the finer ordinary pasture grasses in 
dry seasons; and since it takes several years 
to establish a good compact grazing soil 
with the best grasses, why is it not prefer¬ 
able to plant the hardy rye, which can be 
grazed for five or six seasons as readily as 
for two or three, when it is not allowed to 
become an annual by forming seed heads? 
Rye gives early spring feed and late fall 
grazing, if the land be in a moderately good 
condition. For ewes and lambs no grass 
will supply earlier feed. 
Early Lettuce. 
A correspondent of Vick’s Magazine says: 
There are very few people not fond of let¬ 
tuce in the early Spring. Having removed 
from the city where early lettuce could be 
bought at the markets, I was much at a 
loss for this refreshing salad plant—at least, 
until quite warm weather. Knowing it to 
be quite hardy, I last Autumn sowed some- 
seed in a warm, dry spot and in a week or 
two the plants were up. Before hard frost 
I placed around my little patch sorAe boards- 
—to be particular, an old door frame—and 
over this some loose boards, covering about 
two-thirds of the space, so that there was 
about one-third uncovered for light and 
air. It was where it got the best of the sun,, 
sloping southeast, and it was a surprise to- 
find how early I had young lettuce from, 
this rude bed. Of course, this will be no- 
benefit to those who have hot-beds andi 
other conveniences for forcing vegetables, 
but to very many of your readers I think 
the knowledge may be useful. 
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LINES. 
TO A NEWLY MARRIED JOURNALIST. 
Here’s something new ! Can it be true 
That you are married now ? 
What made you do’t ? May you ne’er rue’t 
Your matrimonial yowl 
No more can you smile on dear Sue, 
And spark sweet Mary Ann; 
“Kisses for tw r o,” now will not do, 
For you’re a married man. 
You have won one—your race is run, 
You’ve got a better half; 
In this new r deal, no doubt you feel 
Like a big !. —A Muse. 
