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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Contents for July, 1884 
Bee Hive—Terry's . 
Bees—Apiary in July .. . 
Bouquets and Bouquet-Ma 
Boys and Girls’ Columns- 
.3 Illustrations ■ ■ 201 
■'. 195 
king.S Illustrations . .210 
■Thoughts for the Fourth— 
Washington’s Blessing on 
thild—Somewhat of 
a Mistake—Witty Retort-The Deserted Bird’s Re¬ 
venge—Puzzles and Problems—The Tired Children 
_The Boys of New-York City..II—A Walk in the 
Country—Tlie Soldier Boy’s Dream — A Valued 
Relic—A Noble Answer.4 Illustrations. .215—216 
Bread—Quick versus Slow. 2,3 
Buckwheat—Cultivation for the Grain.206 
Cactuses as Bedding Plants. 211 
Cattle—Alderney and Jersey. Illustrated. .208 
Cattle—Treatment for Lice. .■••..■••207 
Cooking Hints—Improving Corn Meal—Virginia Corn 
Dodgers—Corn Meal Crullers—Green Corn I’ud- 
d i n g_To Cook Green Corn—Cake for Dessert- 
Tea Cake—Number Cake—Scalded Ginger Cake- 
Fruit Cake—Huckleberry Cake—Potato Griddle 
Cakes—Jelly Cake — Doughnuts—Muffins—Cinna¬ 
mon Wafers-Good Biscuit—Cream Pie—Vinegar 
Pie—Sorgo Apple Sauce—To Keep Honey 214—215 
Cranberry Tree (Viburnum Opulus). Illustrated.. 212 
Death of Dr. Evan Pugh . 20 ° 
Dyeing—Hints upon . 
Exhibition Tables at Agriculturist Office.196 
Exhibition—World’s Fair in New Zealand.207 
Farm Work in July. 193 
Flower Garden and Lawn in July. 195 
Fruit Garden in July. 195 
Gardcn-ICitchen in July. 194 
Gardening—Patriotic. 20 ? 
Grapes—Cold Grapery in July. 19 ° 
Grass-AvoidingFoul Seed. 206 
Grass Lands—Summer Manuring.203 
Green and Hot-Houses in July. 195 
Hoe and Rake.-. 2 Illustrations ..211 
Honey—Neat way of Putting up. 244 
Houses—Best Situation for........205 
Houses—Hints about . 2 Illustrations ..204 
Knife—Convenient for the Kitchen. .214 
Land—To Bring up and Keep up. . 203 
Letter from Virginia by Mr. Judd.200 
Manure—Making and Saving—Night soil.202 
Market Review. 499 
Milk—Keep up the Flow in Drouths.200 
Milk Pail—Convenient. Illustrated.. 205 
Notes and Suggestions for July . Illustrated.. 193 
Orchard and Nursery in July.._. 194 
Patriotism among the Ladies.'.v, 
Peach—Camellia Flowered .■ ■ ..Illustrated .. -13 
Plants—Internal Structure of..-. ... 9 Illustrations.-WS 
Plants—Summer Treatment of House..............20J 
Pokcweed (Phytolacca decandra)....... . Illustrated. .213 
Poultry—Gapes in Chickens.2 Illustrations. .204 
Pruning—\ Few Words on .. 29 - 
Sheep-Notcs on Scabies or Scab. 
Sorghum—Syrup instead of Sugar. 
Stones—Removing from Land.. 
Strawberries—Cultivation of.....• - 2 ' 9 
Strawberry-Notes on the “ Agnculluiist” . 499 
Strawberry Show of 1664. 
Tobacco Culture. 57? 
Tree Labels of Zinc, Slate, etc. xi 
Turnips—Varieties and Cultivation.-07 
Vc"ctables—Securing a Succession.‘“D 
Veronica Quinquefolia again. 
Weigelas—Notes on New .21- 
Woman’s Labor in the Field.20“ 
INDEX TO “ BASKET,” OR SHORTER ARTICLES. 
Sgriciilturist Notice... .199 
Ashes for Peach Trees..19 
Beans, Varieties.19 
Black Knot.■ •]9? 
Book. Burritl’s.} 9 
Botany, Works on.19 
Ilotts, Prevention.19 
Boxes for Plants.198 
Cabbage Seed. 
Cactuses. 49 ° 
Cattle, Hoven.19 
Cranberry Ground.191 
Cow, Good.19 
Currant Aphis.J 9 ® 
Currant Worm. 49 ‘ 
Dahlias and Gladiolus. .198 
Doctors, Humbug.19 
Drain Pipe Wanted-19 
Dwarf Flag Edging.... 9 
Entomology. 193 
Express Humbug.19. 
Facts for Farmers.199 
Fair, N. Y. State. 
Fence Tax. 499 
Flower Bed Edging.198 
Gourds. New Use for...199 
Grapes for Michigan.... 199 
Horse, Aged. 
Hort. Soc., Brooklyn —197 
Hot-Beds, Failure's.197 
humbugs..199 
Insect, Destructive.168 
Insect, Remedies.1S8 
Insects by Mail.199 
Insurance, Life.197;- 
Insurance, Profitable...198. 
Insuring Crops.193, 
“ In Vacuo” Defined ...19i:- 
Lawn Grass ... .168 
Logs, etc. in Pastures.. 198” 
Morning Glory, Wild...198; 
Onions from Seed.193; 
Osier Willow Fence-198 
Ox, Great White.198 
Pansies, Fine...197 
Peaches, Plums, etc.... 197 
Photographs, Fine.197 
Plants Named.197 
Poll Evil Cured. 198 
Pom. Society, Am.196 
Potatoes, Productive....198 
Rose. Fine Seedling.... 197 
Scratches vs. Grease —198 
Seeds, Garden.197 
Sheep and Carrots.199 
Sheep Barn Wanted.... 197 
Skeleton Leaves.199 
Sorrel on Lime Soils....198 
S. S. Question Book ...199 
Sugar from Elder.199 
Tomatoes, Diseased ...197 
Trap Rock Soils.198 
Trees. Girdled.198 
Wax Flowers .199 
Weeds in Paths.198 
Weeds on Lawns.198 
75 cents. 
$1 20 
5 00 
25 00 
The Agriculturist Strawberry on Sale- 
Explanation. 
It will be seen that plants of this strawberry are adver¬ 
tised for sale, in this month’s paper and elsewhere. It 
was the wish and original intention of the Proprietor, 
that no plants should be sold, but that they should belong 
exclusively, at first, to the “Agriculturist family.” Some 
plants, however, were sold by Mr. Boyden before Mr. 
Judd attempted to secure them. All of these he bought 
up, except one single plant, which could not be had at any 
price, but the owner, Mr. Carpenter, generously promised 
to withhold it from the public until our distribution com¬ 
menced. This one plant has been carefully cultivated 
and multiplied during the year, and its product, and this 
only, is now' offered. If others ofTer plants of the same 
variety the present summer, they must be obtained from 
one of these sources or be spurious ones. 
Mr. Judd’s plants were placed under the care of his 
skillful gardener, Mr. Olm, who has earnestly watched 
over them almost night and day for a twelvemonth. 
As a stimulus to continued extra exertion, on the part 
of Mr. Olm, and as the plants are to go into market, and 
also because many are begging the privilege of getting 
more plants than they are entitled to by subscription, we 
have written to Mr. Judd, and obtained his consent to the 
following plan: 
Mr. Olm is to push forward the work, and at the earliest 
moment supply a good, strong plant to every actual old 
or new subscriber for this year, who has applied or may 
apply for them on the previous terms, (viz., the year’s 
subscription, and 5 cents extra for postage on the plants.) 
This will first be carefully attended to. After this is done, 
the plants remaining will be sold to those first applying 
for them, at the following rates: 
For one good, strong plant 
For two “ “ “ 
For six “ “ “ 
For twelve “ “ “ 
For one hundred “ “ 
Sent post-paid when desired so. 
An interest in the sale will be given to Mr. Olm, who 
will thus be rewarded for his past exertions, and stimu¬ 
lated to the utmost care and effort to get all subscribers 
well supplied at an early date. 
The recent severe hail storm, the hardest ever known 
here within our memory, badly injured the fruit, and cut 
the plants somewhat, yet they are very vigorous, and 
not one was lost during the winter, though part of them 
were entirely unprotected. There is now every prospect 
that there will be enough to supply all our subscribers in 
August and before the close of September. We shall be 
gratified at this. Anything realized from sales will go to¬ 
wards helping out the great expense incurred in the pur¬ 
chase, care, and distribution, and in meeting the great 
advance in cost of printing paper, etc. 
Orders accompanied by money will be filled on the 
above terms in rotation. It will doubtless be practicable 
to meet every person’s requisition in time to get them 
well started this year. Of the great value of this new 
variety something is said in another article. 
The distribution to subscribers will begin in August, as 
soon as the weather will admit. From the sixty plans 
for boxes sent in, the best has been selected, as noted 
elsewhere, and every plant going by mail will be pro¬ 
jected from injury in a neat box. Directions for plant- 
t,ing and multiplying, will be given in the August number. 
Strawberries for All Applicants. 
When the special premium of the Agriculturist Straw¬ 
berry was announced, promise was made, that they 
should be distributed to all as rapidly as the increase by 
propagation would allow, in the order in which subscri¬ 
bers’ names were received. The severe drouth of last 
summer greatly retarded multiplying the plants, so that 
at one time it was doubtful whether enough could be 
obtained to supply the unprecedented large number of 
subscribers the present year. But the favorable season this 
spring enables us to announce that there will be plenty 
for all comers, up to the 3 00,000 subscribers that we 
have already nearly registered on our books.—(A little 
effort on the part of our friends this month will complete 
the number.) We give this repetition of the above notice, 
in answer to numerous letters of inquiry, from those who 
have not seen previous announcements. 
'I'lsc Agriculturist Sanitary Fund. 
—Owing to the continued absence of Mr. Judd, we do 
not undertake to give an acknowledgement of the several 
sums contributed through this office for the soldiers. 
Please read Mr. Judd’s letters, and from them gather 
some idea of what is done with the money. No doubt 
hundreds of lives are saved every week by these minis¬ 
trations, while the amount of relief and comfort given is 
incalculably great. Let all who have not had other op¬ 
portunities to give all they could for this noble purpose, 
still continue to forward their contributions. Who will 
not cheerfully forego something of present comfort and 
luxury, in order to have a direct part in the noble work 
of nourishing, feeding, clothing, and otherwise comfort¬ 
ing our wounded brethren in the Camps and Hospitals ? 
To BBiayers of IBooJks.— Paper and all book 
making materials have such an upward tendency that the 
price of books has correspondingly increased. The prices 
named in our book list are from necessity revised each 
month, and they hold good only for orders sent during the 
montlrin which they are published. 
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quirers. We have stated, and repeat again.that it makes 
no practical difference whether the barometer is in or 
out of doors, or in a room with or without a fire. 
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