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Tlie Georgia Slate Moi-t i<-ult urnl 
Society held its second Annual Meeting at Macon, on 
Aug. 2d. There was a remarkably fine display of fruits, 
flowers, etc. P. J. Berckmans, Esq , of Augusta, was 
re-elected President, and J. S. Newman, Esq., of Atlan¬ 
ta, Secretary. This new Horticultural Society, in addi¬ 
tion to an active Agricultural Society, and a State De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, that is second in efficiency to 
that of no other State, show that Georgia is rapidly pro¬ 
gressing in the things that make for peace and prosperity. 
“ Maize Cobs.”- Nothing is more amusing 
than the way in which English writers blunder over 
green corn. In an article in a recent “ Gardener's Mag¬ 
azine,” headed “Maize Cobs,” the writer, after giving 
the opinion that they are a very poor vegetable, gives di¬ 
rections for cooking them. “ Put them into boiling wa¬ 
ter, with a liberal allowance of salt, but no soda. As a 
rule, 20 minutes fast boiling will cook them thoroughly, 
but in any case they must be cooked until tender. Drain 
them, and send them to the table on toast, and accom- 
[ panied by good melted butter.”—The article concludes 
by saying “ they have not the qualities that constitute 
a truly popular vegetable,” which shows that the writer 
j has much to learn about “Maize Cobs,” and cooking them. 
I Tlie 5 ’opuiar Seiesiee Monthly, 
conducted by Prof. E. L. Youmans, and published by D. 
Appleton & Co., exactly filled a gap in onr periodical lit¬ 
erature, and while popular in the best sense of the word, 
presents us with articles by the ablest minds of both con¬ 
tinents. Its prosperity is indicated by the publication of 
a monthly Supplement, half the size of the regular issue, 
and so wide is the range of articles, that one can hardly 
fail to find something to interest him in each number. 
'Tlie Toiniifo Worm Again,— “Young 
Farmer,” we have to answer your question every year. 
The large green caterpillar is not an attractive creature, 
but very amiable towards white folks. It does not bite, 
because it has hasn’t any biters; it does not sting, 
because it hasn’t any stinger. The affair on its hinder 
end is merely for grandeur and good looks. There is 
only one way to get rid of them, that is to pick them off 
—with gloves or without, as you prefer. Yes, it is “ safe 
to eat the tomatoes” though your vines may be “ full of 
the worms.” The frost has done for the vines this year, 
bqt next season, do not let the fear of the worms deter 
you from saving the vines and the tomatoes. 
Newspaper RRoi'iticultiire. — We 
thought the “ New York Tribune” served out a little the 
tallest horticulture of any of the city papers, hut it is 
equaled by some one on the “ New York Evening Post,” 
which not long ago had the following: “ There is at East 
Windsor, Conn., a flourishing apple tree, sixty years old, 
that hears good-sized but seedless apples. The seed 
cells are perfect, but a seed itself has never been found. 
The deformity is caused, it is said, by the tree growing 
upside down, having been started by bending the tip of 
a branch into the ground, and not cutting it from the 
parent tree until it had taken root.” How it must grieve 
the excellent horticulturist who is at the head of the 
•’ Post,” to meet such stuff in his own columns. 
Grasses Named.— “W. H. C.,” Louisville, 
Ky. The Reed Canary-grass, Phalaris arundinacea, a 
variegated form of which is the Ribbon-grass or striped 
grass of the gardens. It is not much valued agricultur¬ 
ally. An annual species of the Phalaris produces the 
cauaryseed_“ W. R. F.,” Clay Co., Nebraska. Your 
“Lagoon grass” is apparently a far western form of the 
Couch grass, Triticum repens, hut to be sure, we should 
have a specimen with the root attached. The eastern 
form of what we take this to be, also called Quack, 
Quitch, and other names, is often very troublesome in 
cultivated grounds. It is much relished by cattle and 
makc3 good hay, but the servant is too apt to become 
the master to make it desirable to tolerate It on land to 
be tilled, hut a cattle range is a different matter. 
'Tine Southern ©salifornia, 
culturist.—At last we have something horticultural 
from California that smells of the soil. The second 
number of the above named journal is at hand, and 
we wish not 'only to give it onr hearty welcome, but to 
especially commend it as just one journal that tells us 
