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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
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host of floricultural monstrosities exhibited ; but sitnply 
types of the majority. Leaving the ‘ correct iilustra- 
tions,’ I shall refer to a few articles in the catalogue 
which I enclose for your inspection. The first I shall 
notice is a recent introduction excelling the efforts of a 
Fortune, a Low, or a Veitch. 1 refer to Lots 57 and 5S. 
‘ Three Trumpets of the Last judgment assorted.’ But 
the publisher of the c.atalogue negleeted to state that he 
had furnished a Dutch Gabriel to blow these ‘trumpets.’ 
If you refer to Lots 179 and ISO you will find that my old 
and favorite Rose, Jules Margottin, has abandoned his 
old plain cherry crimson, and has assumed tlie stripes of 
the American flag. In the pomological line you will find 
described; blue chestnuts; blue raspberries; jet black 
apricots ; pure blue Italian gooseberries, and some new 
apples, as follows : Jerusalem Pigeon ; Happy Apple, and 
a veritable ‘ Eve’s Apple.’ I am convinced that a taste 
for horticulture and floriculture is rapidly gaining ground 
among the masses ; but a few such trashy importations 
as the one referred to. will do a great injury. The young 
beginner will be attracted by such descriptions, and will 
freely spend the needful for such trash. Night and morn¬ 
ing he will nourish, protect, and admire his floral pets, 
and when they drop their masks, he will become dis¬ 
couraged and disgusted. Itisthedutyof the Agriculturist 
to expose such impositions, and to advise the uninitiated 
not to be seduced by foreigners’ descriptions, but to pur¬ 
chase bona Jide plants and flowers from nurserymen who 
have reputations to lose, and under no circumstances to 
waste their means upon foreign adventurers.” 
A Blistt to Secretai'ies oT Ag’rical= 
tural Societies.— Gentlemen: Your reports iire, 
many of them, strewn broadcast over the land, falling 
into the hands of many who do not value them, except to 
fill empty shelves in libraries, or to be sold to the paper 
1 . deers or to the ragman. Now, if they were stereotyped, 
neatly bound, as many of them are, and sold at cost with 
a fair allowance for extra trouble, small editions might 
be printed, and reprinted as occasion might demand, and 
they would be productive of a small income to the society. 
(That is, if the States print them.) Useful knowledge 
would be more accessible than now to the public, and the 
books would be esteemed more highly by the community. 
We all value things somewhat in proportion to their cost. 
Messrs. J. E. Tilton & Co., Boston, (Publishers,) re¬ 
quest us to ask Secretaries of Agricultural Societies to 
send to them their published reports. 
'Flae American l>airymesi’s Asso¬ 
ciation, through its efficient Secretary, Mr. G. B. 
Weeks, of Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y., has already issued 
its first annual report, (135 pages. 8 vo.). It came to h.and 
in April too late for a notice in o\ir May number. It 
demonstrates what we have always claimed, that the re¬ 
ports of agricultural and kindred societies need not be 
kept back a full year before their members and patrons 
receive them, as is usually the case. This report covers 
(he operations of the factory dairies of New York, and 
the doings of the Ohio Dairymen’s Association for the 
past year; it gives a list of the factories of the United 
States and Canada in operation last year, and the admir¬ 
able address of X. A. Willanl, delivered at the annual 
meeting. January 10th. We presume the report may be 
had of the Secretary, by becoming a member of the As¬ 
sociation (fee $3.00), and perhaps for a less payment. 
Tlic lAest-JTerscy Si'miit CSi-ower’s 
Association. —The annual reports of this society are 
always received with pleasure, for they have a positive 
and practical character, truly commendable. The report 
of their fruit committee is a valuable record of local ex¬ 
perience ; and one, after reading it, feels thoroughly post¬ 
ed up as to the state of fruit culture for the past year, in 
Burlington and Camden Counties. We learn that 775 
acres of land in strawberries, blackberries and raspberries, 
produced nearly $200,000, or about $250.00 per acre. 
Clayton Lippinentt is President, and Jonathan G-. Wil¬ 
liams, Secretary, both of Moorestown, New Jersey. 
Aiiicyarsl at Dialacvicw.—An un¬ 
avoidable diday has occurred in the production of this 
work, which is now ready. It is an account of the at¬ 
tempts of one of our western cultivators to establish a 
vineyard, ami is put in an attractive narrative form. As 
it is the only work that gives an account of grape grow¬ 
ing as actually practiced ;it the successful vineyards in 
the grape region of the West, it will be welcomed by a 
large class of readers. Price by mail $1.25. 
be. The three engravings, representing the flowers of the 
grape, are curiosities in their way. if such flowers 
could be found in nature, our botanists would indeed be 
puzzled. While it adds to the number of books, it does 
not add at all to our knowledge of the subject. It is 
the well known story presented in handsome shape by 
another author, and will be a safe and useful guide to a 
novice in grape culture. Price by mail $3.00. 
Tisc A. A. Evcuiisg) l®ost, in its 65t!i 
year, has been edited for almost half a century by the 
favorite American Poet, Wm. Cullen Bryant, now over 
70 years old. Though we do not always agree with its 
political and financial views, yet, all things considered, 
we have long esteemed the Evening Post more highly 
than any other Daily, especially as an always safe jour¬ 
nal of general news and literature to carry to the home 
circle. Our profession requires the constant reading of 
newspapers, but we could hardly choose between having 
the newsboy miss us with the Post that we read on our 
way home, and having the cook forget the supper. 
lEitei’estisig' I®Ei'S>licsitioH. —As many 
of our readers are aware, 1866 brings the one hundredth 
anniversary of the establishment of the Methodist Epis¬ 
copal Church in this country, and it is to be generally 
commemorated by benevolent enterprizes worthy of this 
widely extended and powerful denomination. A Centen- 
nary Pictori;;!, illustrative of the history ami spirit of 
Methodism, is issued under the direction of the Centen- 
nary Committee, by N. Tibbals, 145 Nassau-st., N". Y. 
City, which will be an attractive and valuable compen¬ 
dium of interesting matter pertaining to that branch of 
the Christian church. Price 25 cents. 
<»4* “ H. C. M.”— 
Harris’ Insects is the best work we have, but that is de¬ 
voted to injurious insects only. Tenny’s Natural History 
gives a general outline of classification, and there are 
monographs of several families of insects published by 
the Smithsonian Institute. 
Tlte Eaii* of tlae A. As'i-icnl- 
tiiral Society will be held at Saratoga Springs, on 
the lllh to 14th inclusive of September next. 
Spear’s Eriait S®rcserviiig Solsitioss. 
—To save answering individual inquiries in regard to 
this, we will state that we have seen fruit perfectly 
preserved by its use ; (hat from our knowledge of its 
composition, it appears no more likely to prove injurious 
than the use of cream of tartar and soda in bread. 
'S'Eae ’fi'arS.Je Soap IScaiBi.—Letty Ermiii 
writes as foilows. after experience with this bean, which 
is now becoming popular. Its culture is the same as 
other ^ish beans; “The wonderful bean—not ‘Jack’s 
bean,’ but wonderful, inasmuch as it will make turtle 
soup. Try it and see. It is not a new bean, but has a 
new and sounding name. Turtle soup bean. Indeed, it is 
very palatable and nutritious, and withal of trifling cost, 
when compared with turtle soup, which, in appearance, it 
is so like. A pint of beans will make a gallon of soup. 
Put the beans to soak over night, boil them soft, add salt 
and pep'per, and pass all through a colander. 'Jhis is the 
simple form. By adding meat stock, cloves, hard boiled 
eggs cut in slices, a lemon sliced, and a pint of wine, you 
have an excellent dish, with small trouble and cost.” 
Experieiace «f tSae 18Sli Omiom 
Grower. — “ L. L.,” somewhere in the latitude of 
Philadelphia, gives us his onion experience in so 
pieasant a manner, that we are sorry not to have room 
for it. lie retid the experience of 17 growers in our 
Onion book, and gives his as that of the 18th. He has 
established two points: one, (hat onions can be grown 
from seed in his locality, for he succeeded with a small 
patch in 1S64. Enoouiaiged by this, he went into it on 
joint account with another, who was to do the work, but 
who didn’t, and he had to mow the wee:ls to get at his 
onions, what few there were of them—thereby settling, 
to his satisfaction, the second point, that onions are 
a crop that requires great care in cultivation. 
A MiJBisitBire I'lg’g’.—Numbers of persons 
have sent us eggs remarkable for large size and great 
weight. Now, Master Willie Judd, or rather his hen. has 
tried what can be done in the opposite direction, and 
he sends us an egg not much larger than a good sized 
marble. None of this breed of hens are for sale. 
a year_What loving fellows are Bergen, Schultz <(• 
Co., up the river, who offer to send the “ Perfume of 
love,” “■ possessing the power to create love.”—Why 
surely everybody ought to have a bottle of that; what a 
loving world this would become ! Then they supply a 
liquid to contract ladies feet!—regular John Chinamen 
they are. But hold : they advertise “female pills” re¬ 
probated last month. Away with them, their love is love 
of money, however obtained. A little boy in Penn¬ 
sylvania received one of the circulars addressed to him¬ 
self, and wonders “ how they got his address, and what 
the circular was sent to him for.” So do we _-A dis¬ 
gusting murderer of morals, as well as of lives, sends out 
private circulars, many of them reaching decent people, 
in which, under tlie name of Mme. M. Simmons 4 - Co., 
are offered offensive “ instructions,’’' instruments, etc., 
ostensibly to married people, but designed to deceive and 
lead asiray the young. The representati.ms are not to be 
trusted in the least, and those offering such things deserve 
to be lodged in the closest cells so long as tiiey may 
trouble the world by living at all.... The “ Company of 
Merchants and Manufacturers of New York,” with a 
long list of “ officers,” only one of whose names can be 
found in the New A'crk City Directory, is a very 
ingenious plausible scheme to get people’s money. It was 
in a basement room 642-4 Broadway, but put forth an en¬ 
graving of the whole building. It was gone May 17 ! 
Tricliinie in Amci'icniE Pork.—Those 
of our contemporaries who have attempted to throw 
ridicule upon the subject of Trichinae, as well as those 
who, like the Country Gentleman, have volunteered a 
flat denial of their existence in American pork, are re¬ 
ferred to the report of the committee of the Chicago 
Academy of Natural Sciences. This committee ex¬ 
amined the flesh of 1394 hogs, from the markets and 
packing houses, and found that about one in 50 was more 
or less infested. The committee state that a heat of 150° 
will destroy the parasite. It is to be hoped that this 
statement is based upon actual experiment, as it is im¬ 
portant, and if true will enable those who eat pork to 
avoid all danger by thoroughly cooking the meat. 
Don’t Do It.—The N. Y. Independent, a 
professedly religious paper, among other miscellaneous 
matter has a column devoted to agriculture and kindred 
branches. If its theology were as loose as its horticulture, 
we would pity its readers. Among other absurdities, it re¬ 
commends setting out cabbage s/w;nps for raising seed. If 
there is any seeti that needs care in raising, it is that of 
the cabbage, as this plant is far removed from its natural 
condition, and .wili revert to it, more or less, with the 
least neglect. Therefore don’t follow this wise man of 
the Independent, but use only the best developed and best 
kept cabbages, with the head on the stump, for seed rais¬ 
ing, and then allow only the central flower stalk to grow. 
Any other course will be sure to degenerate the variety. 
Horticiiltiii'al — Persons 
who buy plants at auction, unless they are from some 
known reliable source, are liable to be sadly taken in. 
One of the most flagrant cases of imposition that we have 
met, was recently brought to our notice by an amateur, 
who showed us the catalogue of an auction of plants to 
be sold at 100 Liberty St., N. Y'. The catalogue was 
profuse in names and descriptions of plants, but gave nei¬ 
ther the name of the auctioneer, nor of the grower of the 
plants. Our friend says: “ I strolled itito the auction store 
half an hour before the sale. Upon my arrival I found 
the plants arranged for sale, and an uninteresting looking 
Dutchman decorating the walisofthe auction room with 
a collection of the most unique and startling floricultural 
and pomological illustrations, that the most fertile imagi¬ 
nation could design. Attracted by the plates, I com¬ 
menced an inspection of them. My attention was first 
directed to the greatest pomological production of the 
age—something ahead of mock auctions, dollar shops, or 
Barnum. It proved to be a ‘correct illustration’ of a 
small branch of the wonderful and bona fide ‘ Strawberry 
Tree.’ The small branch was loaded with beantiful 
crimson fruit measuring from It) to 13 inches in circitm- 
ference—an actual strawberry tree, casting into the shade 
the Agriculturist, Jucunda and all other creeping humble 
strawberries ! Fancy, Mr. Editor, the pleasure of climb¬ 
ing a real genuine Dutch stinuvberry tree, and sunplying 
the inner man with mammoth strawberries, free of sand, 
dust, or earthy taste. The climate prevents a man from 
setting under his own fig tree ; but thanks to the progres¬ 
sive Dutchman, every man can sit und<‘r his own straw¬ 
berry tree ; one fruit being large enough to make a pud¬ 
ding. Continuing my explor;ttions, I discovered a beauti¬ 
fully executed plate of a remarkable floricultural novelty 
—that of the Aucuba Japonicafi. pi. The flower was 
about 5 inches in diameter, very double, and the petals 
nicely imbricated; color intense dark crimson, with a 
broad white stripe running the length of each petal. 
These two samples are not specialties selected from the 
Eiiltiirc of tli« Cri*ai»c, by W. C. 
Strong. Boston : J. E. Tilton & Co.—We have here an¬ 
other work upon the grape, produced in the suniptnoiis 
style of paper, printing and binding adopted by the house 
of Tilton & Co. The work in itself is abotit as good as 
several others upon grape-growing. It is ilhtstrated 
w ith engravings, some of w hich are as bad as well can 
Soap Watei-.—“G. IT. B.,” New Haven, 
Conn., says he c;in secure daily a consiilerable amount 
of soap water from a silver burnishing establishment, and 
asks how to use it ?—Conduct it in rills over the grass, or 
through the vegetable garden, to soak into the soil, water¬ 
ing one plot at a lime; or lead it upon dry muck, that it may 
be absorbed, if there are no deleterious metalic salts. 
