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Speak a Word for alic German 
American Agriculturist. —For 17 years past an 
edition of this journal lias been issued in the German 
language for the benefit of the large number of our citi¬ 
zens who read only the language of Vatcrland. It con¬ 
tains the engravings and all the principal reading of the 
English edition. Several pages devoted to the adver¬ 
tisements in the English edition, are in the German 
edition occupied by a special extra Department, edited by 
tlie lion. Frederick Munch, a distinguished cultivator of 
Missouri, which gives it additional value to the German 
render. The colored cover only is omitted from the 
German edition. Many of our subscribers take the Ger¬ 
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friends make this edition known to their German friends 
and neighbors ? Having the advantage of the engravings 
of the English edition, it is larger, belter, and cheaper, 
than it could be if published independently. Both edi¬ 
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sist of either edition, or a part of both. 
©nr National S5AXAAK this month, 
contains the usual assortment of good things, advertised 
by trustworthy men. It will always pay any one to look 
all through the advertisements, and see what is offered, 
by whom, at what price, etc. Many a man lias got a val¬ 
uable new idea from seeing what others say about busi¬ 
ness matters, which has started his own thought in a 
profitable direction. When writing to any of our ad¬ 
vertisers, for information, catalogues, etc., or sending 
orders to them, please let them know that you belong to 
the great Agriculturist family, and you may expect and 
will receive good treatment. Our advertisers know that 
we carefully exclude any one who does not promptly 
perform what he promises in his advertisement. 
A Rouble Calla. —We have several times 
seen the Calla (Pdchardia CEthiopica), try to produce a 
double spathe, as the white snowy leaf which passes 
for the flower is called; but in these cases an imperfect 
spathe grew at some distance below the perfect one. 
Recently Wm. Bnrkham, gardener to Jos. Jefferson, Esq., 
Hohokus, N. J., sent us a specimen in which the spathe 
was handsomely and completely doubled, two being 
directly opposite, and both alike perfect. 
Pear BSlig-Ial.— “C. M. C.” So far as wc 
are aware, the blight only manifests its presence by the 
death of a branch, or the whole tree, showing that the 
mischief is already done. 'Whatever may be the cause of 
the blight, we do not yet know how to detect its early 
stages, or to prevent its attacks. All that can be done is 
to cut and burn whatever part of the tree may be blighted. 
Soldering - at Home.— If one of a family 
is sufficiently a tinker to be able to solder, it will often 
save a great deal of annoyance, especially in the country, 
where often one must send many miles to a tinsmith to 
stop a trifling leak. Almost any one can learn to do ®rdi- 
nary mending, especially if they can watch a tinsmith at 
work for a few minutes. But in order to do such jobs, 
one must have a soldering iron, (probably so called be¬ 
cause made of copper ), and solder. These were formerly 
difficult to procure by those far from cities, but now they 
may be bad—of all things in the world—by mail! Mr. J. 
W. Baker, ol Philadelphia, sends a soldering iron, (cop¬ 
per), a slick of solder, a hex of resin, and directions, all 
by mail for $1. How, after paying the postage, he can 
make anything on the trade, is not our business to find 
out—but he does it. 
'I'lie Pictures on the Cover.— We a-re 
aware that our readers note with pleasure the monthly 
changes of line engravings upon the cover of this Journal, 
but we call especial attention to the illustrations of this 
number. Tiie corner pictures are carefully executed, re¬ 
duced copies of familiar representations of “ revolution¬ 
ary scenes.” The beautiful center picture of 11 1776,” 
which is the work of one of our best artists and engravers, 
tells its own story. The American Eagle looks proudly 
out on a battle scene, upon which the sun is rising, as an 
emblem of that peace which should follow the struggle — 
a peace over which we, as a nation, are now, in this Cen¬ 
tennial year, rejoicing. 
Trow’s New York Directory.—The 
directory of an immense city, like Now York, is a work 
requiring great labor, and a large and well systematized 
force. Mr. Trow, who lias just issued the 90th Annual 
Directory, lias shown his usual promptness. As an in¬ 
stance of rapid work, we may state that the sheets of the 
volume now before ns, of 1,500 pages, went into the bind¬ 
ery at 8 o’clock in the morning, and at 5 o’clock the same 
day the completed volume was at our office for delivery. 
Fruit-Jars. —Several housekeeping friends 
have asked which is the best fruit preserving jar, aud as 
an answer was crowded out of their proper columns, we 
reply here. We can not say wbicli is the best jar, as we 
have not tried them all, but we have of late years used 
the “Cohansey,” which lias for some time been adver¬ 
tised in our columns. It is easily closed and opened, and 
so far as our experience goes, keeps the fruit in perfect 
condition. Our trouble heretofore lias been that when 
we found a satisfactory jar, and wished to purchase the 
same another year, we found that it was not made any 
longer. Wc believe that tlie Cohansey is a permanent 
manufacture, and can always be obtained. 
Rolling- 'Chairs at the Centennial. 
—Those visitors to the Centennial Exhibition, who are 
unable from weakness or other cause, to endure tlie 
fatigue of walking through tlie immense buildings, find 
great relief in tlie use of the rolling chairs, which can be 
hired for a moderate sum, with or without a “ motive 
power,” in tlie shape of an able-bodied man. We were 
not aware until recently, that tlie rolling chairs, so often 
referred to by tlie correspondents of the daily papers, 
were the same as those which have been so long adver¬ 
tised in our columns by S. A. Smith, Manufacturer, No. 
32 Platt St., N. Y. We several years ago examined his 
stock, and found a fine assortment of self-propelling and 
other chairs, for the benefit of invalids and cripples. 
'fL'Sne Beath 0 1 ' Edward J. Cas’pe al¬ 
ter. —Agriculture and horticulture iu Westchester Co., 
N. Y., have met with great loss in the sudden death of 
Mr. Edward J. Carpenter, who died after an illness of a 
few days, on May 10th, at lii3 residence not far from 
Chappaqua. Mr. C. was formerly a nurseryman, and pos • 
sessod a wide and accurate knowledge of horticultural 
matters, and was one of tlie most efficient members of 
the County Agricultural Society. He was an intimate 
friend of Horace Greeley, the two being neighbors, and 
generally known and esteemed throughout the County. 
'I'lie Buckwheat Crop.- Buckwheat is 
the latest grain crop of the season, and is sown in the 
Northern States early in July. It is raised habitually on 
some farms with soil particularly favorable to-its produc¬ 
tion, but on most farms it is only occasionally sown as a 
cleansing crop in foul or rough land, or to fill some place 
made vacant by the failure of other crops. Its straw has 
no appreciable value for fodder. The grain is chiefly 
used among farmers in the feeding of poultry, and the 
flour for the generally admired buckwheat cakes. It is 
an excellent cleansing crop, especially if the ground has 
laid fallow during the first part of the season, and had 
one or two crops of weeds turned in as a fertilizer. It 
grows so rapidly in the midsummer heat that all other 
vegetation upon the soil is smothered. It is sown fre¬ 
quently upon old brush pastures after thorough plowing 
and harrowing, and is a good disintegrator of the rough 
clods. It is used to some extent as a green manure to bo 
turned in for rye early in September. We have seen 
rather light sandy soils, deficient in vegetable matter. 
