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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[June, 
called Clintonia, the amateui- vvlio desires to be correct 
in his names will naturally turn to that name in the ai- 
rangement and will find Clintonia given there as a genus 
of LobeliacecB. He may well consider botany, at least 
in this book, as “ rather mixed.” The talent required to 
give a good work upon floriculture, and tliat to piepare 
one which shall be bolanically correct, are so difleient, 
that we seldom find them united in one person, and while 
we give the author credit for his practical directions, iiis 
ignoring of all acknowledged botanical aulhoiity and 
usage in retaining such names as Dielytra, Washingto- 
nia. and others, without giving any^clue to the proper 
names of the plants to which he applies them, induces us 
to advise iiim to submit tlie other works he announces as 
in hand to some one whose counsel will insure a nearer 
approach to accuracy than the present volume presents. 
rruit GJifo wers’ McetiiiS'st. —“B.,” Nan¬ 
tucket, Mass., asks why we have slopped reporting the 
Bruit Gi'owers’ Meetings. The reason is tiiat the meet¬ 
ings themselves are no longer iield. The addition of tlie 
book business to that of the paper, makes it impossible to 
give the necessary room to these gatherings. 
Tlie ABBiericasi l»omolog-icsil So¬ 
ciety. —This association will meet at St. Xouis, Mo., on 
Tuesday, Sept. 4th. All interested in fruit culture are in¬ 
vited. Those wishing to become members will address 
the Treasurer, Thos. P. James, Esq.. Philadelphia. Par¬ 
cels of fruit for exhibition at the meeting, are to be ad¬ 
dressed “American Pomological Society,” care of C. M. 
Saxton, cof. 5lh and Walnut sts., St. Louis, Mo. 
ISIiode SslaBidl aaoidaciiltBiral So¬ 
ciety.—This society will hold an exhibition of fruits 
and flowers, for which liberal premiums are offered at 
Providence, June 20. Our friends in the Providence and 
other Plantations should turn out in force. This ought 
to be one of the most prosperous societies in the country. 
Califorsiaa simd OftSier Seeds.— 
We understand that Mrs. Thos. Bridges, widow of the 
late naturalist, proposes to collect seeds for exportation. 
Her address is care of Sami. Hubbard, P. M. S. S. Co., 
San Francisco. We wish success to her enterprize. 
Bftaisiiig' BSadisIi Seed.—C. O. Mapes, 
Schuyler Co., N. Y.—The finest and best-shaped roots 
are selected and transplanted to rows 212 feet apart, set¬ 
ting them down to the leaves. They should be watered 
at planting, and afterwards if they need it, until they 
start to grow. They will soon throw up stems and pro¬ 
duce podj which are gathered as they come to maturity. 
BJesta'oyiiig’ CSas'llc.—D. Madden, Mifflin 
Co., Pa., wishes to know how to get rid of the wiki garlic. 
BSaa’deai Vegetaltles and ISow to 
Cultivate Them.—By Fearing Burr, Jr. Boston: 
J. E. Tilton & Co. We have had occasion to speak of 
previous editions of this work in terms of praise, and 
can now only say that this recent one is much improved, 
and brought up to the present time. It contains a full 
account of our esculent vegetables, showing great indus¬ 
try and re.search on the part of the author, while the 
beautiful illusirations and general mechanical execution 
of the work make it creditable to its publishers. Price 
by mail $2.50. Supplied at this Office. 
BrecJt’s New ISoolc of I’’lower.s.— 
Such has been the demand for this work that we have 
been obliged to put anew edition to press. The familiar 
style in which it is written commends it to popular favor, 
and as far as we have examined it, it possesses an accura¬ 
cy of nomenclature quite remarkable in a book of its kind. 
Handsomely bound, 480 pages. Price by mail $1.75. 
A New Style of B'Ia.i’tlBeii S*ot.—Our 
friend, Titus Oaks, Esq., has left at our office a new 
style of pot for flowers, and for starting early vegetables 
with the superadded compliment of tomatoes already 
growing in them. It was just like him to show not only 
the pots, bnt how they worked, or rather how the plants 
worked in them. We are greatly obliged for the plants, 
and still more for the pots, which are both antiques and 
gems in their way. We are struck with the exceeding 
economy ofthe earthy material used in their manufacture, 
and at the same time with their strength and durability. 
They are not of the usual potter’s clay, but of carbonate 
of lime, with perhaps a trace of pho.sphate and other ma¬ 
terial. They are nearly egg shaped, not more than the 
thirty-second part of an inch in thickness, of an attrac¬ 
tive while color, just the thing for conservatory or parlor 
ornaments. What is marvellous about them is the low 
temperature at which they are baked, not much above 
blood heat. The kilns in which they are burnt are 
said to be easily transported, and not to cost over three 
dollars each. The fuel is rather expensive in this region, 
though out West, where they burn corn, that article 
might be used to advantage. We speak of them as a 
new style of pot, though it is rather the application than 
the pot that is new. Indeed, the patent is as old as 
Noah’s ark, if not older. They are just the thing to start 
tomato plants in. and can be had of Goose, Hen, Duck 
& Co., an extensive firm, with branch-houses in all 
the principal places in the country. This advertisement 
is gratis on the score of favors long since shelled out to 
us by this enterprizing firm. 
Foaller’s CSrape ClsaltHirist.—The great 
popularity of this work is shown by the increased demand 
for it. We know of no treatise on the grape that so con¬ 
cisely sets forth first principles and illustrates them so 
clearly. The methods of pruning the vine are numer¬ 
ous, but they all depend upon first understanding the man¬ 
ner in which the vine grows, and this the author makes 
so plain that all can comprehend it. The engravings 
are numerous .and true to nature. The scope of the 
work covers the whole ground, from starting the vines 
from the bud or cutting, to the management of a vineyard. 
The chapter on the garden culture of the grape gives 
numeious plans for growing the vine in city yards, etc., 
and renders the work as important to the owner of a few 
vines as it is to the vineyardist. Brice by mail $1.60. 
H>owBiiias’’s laasidscape Crar«leMiiig’. 
This work has already established its reputation as a 
standard work on landscape gardening. Even oui- con¬ 
servative friends of the London Gardeners’ Chronicle 
commend it to their readers as among the acknowledged 
authorities. Our object now is to state that we are at 
last able to supply the demand for it, and that the recent 
issues contain the ncu! portrait of the author. The book 
is bound in a style corresponding to the value of its 
contents. Every one who contemplates laying out a 
large or small place, should be familiar with the teach¬ 
ings of this work. Price $6.50. 
oi' looses, by Francis Park- 
man. Boston : J. E. Tilton & Co.—Mr. Parkman is a 
well-known rose amateur and contributor to our horti¬ 
cultural journals, and in this book he has embodied his 
experience with this favorite flower. The work treats 
upon cultivation in the open air and in pots, and gives 
directions for the different methods of propagation and 
lists of varieties which include the newer sorts. As the 
Work is brought up to the present time, is well written 
and handsomely published, we predict it for a wide pop¬ 
ularity with the growers of roses. Price by mail $3,00. 
IBaidtling’ Orange and Ijeiwon Trees. 
—Several Inquirers. The proper time is when the tree 
is just starting to make a new growth, and the time of 
this will depend on the manner in which they have been 
treated. Whenever the new shoots are about two inches 
long, buds from wood which has become ripe and hard, 
may be inserted and the plant kept in the shade for two 
or three weeks after the operation. 
Sl>cci5i»e»is of Seed.—We arc always glad 
to receive samples of any seed that our subscribers think 
unusually valuable, but it is almost impossible to test 
field seeds unless a considerable quantity is received. 
An ounce or two sown in the garden is apt to be destroyed 
by the birds, and it is about as well to feed them to the 
chickens at once, as is usually done with the small 
packages of wheat, oats, etc., sent out by the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. If enough be sent to sow a small 
patch in the field, it can be easily tested. 
Amcricaii Manufactures — TJie 
American Watcli Co, of Waltliam, Mass,— 
Every one knows that the mechanism of the best manu; 
factories of this country is unequalled in any other part 
of the world. The genius of American mechanics pro¬ 
duced the cotton-gin, the mechanical reaper and mower, 
the sewing-machine, and last but not least, the wonderful 
machinery of the American Watch Company of Wal¬ 
tham. This Company was established in 1830, and has 
grown to proportions which entitle it to a first rank 
among the manufacturing enterprises of the new world. 
It employs between 900 and 1,000 artizans of superior 
skill and character, and a large and thriving town Ims 
grown up in its vicinity. The factory covers over three 
acres of ground, and .as an illustration of its extent, we 
may mention that it is supplied with more than 60 miles 
of iron pipes, and produces an aggregate of nearly 75,000 
watches per annum. The founders of this Company be¬ 
lieved that the same delicate mechanical processes 
which had produced such remarkably perfect results in 
larger machines, might be applied with even greater ad¬ 
vantage to the production of the watch. The foreign 
time-pieces are made principally by hand, and except 
when of high cost, an imperfect article, often out of re¬ 
pair, and of little value, is the result. Abroad, these 
mysterious and infinitesimal organs which, when aggre¬ 
gated, produce the watch, are the fruit of slow and toil¬ 
some manual processes. In the results, there must of 
course be lack of that perfect uniformity which is indis¬ 
pensable for correct time-keeping. The constituent 
parts of the American watch, on the other hand, are 
fashioned by the most delicate and accurate machinery. 
Wheels, pinions, springs, screws, absolutely uniform in 
weight, circumference, dimensions, and in every possible 
particular, are turned out in myriads by unerring fingers 
of steel, and their proper combination and adjustment 
by skillful workmen have given the Company its high 
reputation. Its watches not only go with the trade and 
go in the pockets of 200,000 people, hut they go right 
and go everywhere.— Exchange. 
A Oood. Silver Wasl». —We have re¬ 
peatedly condemned the silvering fluids and powders 
hawked about the country, as worse than worthless, for 
they contain mercury (quicksilver) which puts' on a 
silverlike gloss that is not permanent, while the mercury 
will corrode and injure metals to which it is applied. 
We have recently tested a new preparation from Messrs. 
Dixon, Clarks & Hallet, called “Silverine,” and had it 
analyzed. It proves to be a genuine preparation of 
cyanide of silver, such as is used in electro-plating, com¬ 
bined with certain organic substances which hasten the 
reduction of the silver without the aid of a battery, and 
with polishing materials. Numerous trials show that it 
will deposit a thin silver coating when rubbed upon 
metals, and we think it therefore valuable for the purposes 
for which the manufacturers recommend it, viz., for 
cleaning silver and plated ware, and at the same time 
partially recoating the portions of plated ware worn off. 
The covering is of course thin, but a frequent ap¬ 
plication is convenient, and if the manufacturers will 
keep up its purity and strength equal to that we have 
tried, as we suppose they will for their own credit and 
interest, it will doubtless come into very extensive use. 
With care not to waste it, a 50 cent bottle will last a very 
long lime, and afford a good deal of satisfaction to house¬ 
keepers. But be very cautious of using the common 
silver fluids and powders generally peddled around the 
country. Messrs. Dixon & Co. should adopt some effec¬ 
tive method to prevent counterfeits or imitations of their 
genuine preparation.—Though this preparation is perfect¬ 
ly safe to handle, it should not be left where it can be 
tasted by children, as injurious effects might result from 
swallowing it. 
Aniea-icsaM Wiites at tlic Paris Ex- 
blbitlon. —“ The Lake Shore Grape Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion ” has made arrangements to have the products of our 
vineyards represented at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. 
The matter will be in charge of Mr. William Griffith, the 
well known vineyardist of North East, Pa., who will 
give all necessary information. “The wines must be 
pure, free from addition of sugar or other extraneous 
substance ; at least two bottles of each variety, distinctly 
labelled, giving name of grape, location of vineyard, 
name and residence of maker, date, etc.; to be sent to 
Wm. Griffith, North East, Pa., so as to reach there not 
hater than Nov. 1st, 1866, when they will be inspected and 
classified by a committee consisting of L. F. Allen of N. 
Y., J. A. Warder and Chas. Carpenter of Ohio, and J. E. 
Mottier and Wm. Griffith of Pa.” 
Can any tliiii"’ l>e dome witli Mams 
not sufficiently Salted ?---We fear not. It will 
not be safe to put tliera in the brine again after they are 
smoked. .A friend of ours tried it a year or two ago, and 
had to make soap grease of his hams in consequence. 
He says tlie smoke turned the brine or pickle sour, and 
spoiled the hams. -A good deal can be done toward pre¬ 
serving those that are not salt enough, by smoking them 
thoroughly and for several weeks, keeping up a fire until 
the smoke has completely saturated the hams. 
Keep ISolts simtl Screws om Mand.— 
Every farmer should keep a few bolts of different sizes 
always on hand. They can be purchased of any desired 
size at reasonable rates, and a bolt will frequently save 
half a day’s work. It is astonishing how much can 
be done with a few bolts and screws in l epairing ordinary 
farm implements and machines. Try it, and you will 
never willingly be without them. 
Mole l>itcliimg’ Plows.— Those who 
have good •nes should advertise them ; we have numer¬ 
ous inquiries, but are not sufficiently familiar with the 
best modern ones to recommend any particular one. 
Arliliciiil BSomey Coml».— AV. W. Sew- 
•all, Verden, Ill., wishes to know if any attempts have 
been made to produce artificial comb. He Jhinks that a 
successful invention of this kind would revolutionize the 
present systems of bee-keeping. 
