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AMERICAN AG-RICULTURIST. 
[July, 
are small. Keep all margins trimmed neatly. 
Mow often, and if the grass is not heavy, it need 
not be raked from the lawn. 
Borders and Beds should always be kept neat. ,, 
Dress the surface with the rake, and hand pull 
weeds that grow up in clumps of flowers and 
shrubs. Unless flower seed is wanted, remove the 
clusters or stems after blooming is over. 
Bulbs are to be taken up when ripe, which may 
be known by the fading of the leaves. When dry, 
they may be packed in papers, or in dry sand. 
Tie np all plants that need supports, before they 
fall over, keeping the stakes as much out of sight 
as possible. Dahlias need a great deal oUcare in 
tills respect, and not only the main stalk, but the 
heavier branches, will require support. 
Bruning of shade and ornamental trees may still 
be done. Evergreens may be shaped by a judicious 
use of the knife. Hedges, whether deciduous or 
evergreen, are to be clipped. 
Propagation of shrubs, vines, etc., by layers and cut¬ 
tings. is done when the new growth is linn enough. 
Many shrubs will grow from cuttings of green wood 
that are not easily i^i'opagated any other way. 
Anmmls will need transplanting and thinning.* 
Seed still sown of the quick growing kinds, will 
larobably give plants that will blossom before frost. 
Seeds of laerennials and other plants should be 
saved as they ripen. Many of tiie perennials do 
better if the seed be sown as soon as it is rijae. 
JRoses will be attacked by various enemies, all of 
which, except the rosebug, will yield to syringing 
with strong soap suds or tobacco water. The bug 
must be picked by hand or shaken off and eaugiit 
upon a cloth. Tie up the new growth of pillar and 
climbing roses; make layers to increase the stock; 
cut back the remontants to within three or four 
buds of the stem. 
Bedding Plants may be pegged down to evenly 
cover the ground, and 
Plants in Pots ouglit not to be neglected. They 
often suffer from dryness. 
©•reciis siaad Mot-Mouses. 
There is little to be added to the notes of last 
month. The plants which remain iu the house will 
need watering, shading, and ventilation, as well as 
care in regard to insects. 
Alterations and repairs, painting and cleansing, 
overhauling the heating apparatus, etc., is usually 
put ofl‘ too late, when the work has to be hurried. 
Better have everything ready, months too soon 
than days too late. 
Budding of green-house shrubs may be done 
whenever growing, and prune such as need it. 
Polling Material —Old hot-bed manure, good pas¬ 
ture loam, leaf mold, and clean sand, should be laid 
in under cover. 
Propagate stock for winter blooming from cut¬ 
tings, and pot rooted cuttings .and seedlings. 
Camellias and other shrubs, set out of doors, 
must not sutler for want of shade or water. See 
th.at they arc not overturned by the wind. 
C®1«1 Mit’apery. 
The temperature of the house should be 90° to 
05° at mid-day, and sink to .about 85° during the 
night. If there is a lack Of sullicient moisture in 
the borders, mulch those outside, and if necessary, 
water them with weak liquid manure. Continue 
to pinch the l.ater.als. The berries will need thin¬ 
ning, removing sufficient to prevent crowding. 
Slender scissors are made to use in thinnh„. . The 
amount of thinning wiil depend nnon the variety 
of grape, it is usually necessary emove one-h.alf 
and often more. Sprinkling^ e continued ev¬ 
ery evening, unless milde.v ks the "vines, in 
which case it must be disc/ led and the air of 
the house kept dry. At,- st sign of mildew 
on the leaves, sprinkle s- reely over the floor 
of the house, and dis ic sprinkling until 
the danger is ove.r 
Containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints a7id Suggestimis luhick we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
Tl'Iae SecoBid. Sflsalf of tj'olioaie SS com¬ 
mences with this number, and new subscribers can begin 
for a half or whole year, though most persons will desire 
the six splendid numbers already issued. We solicit a 
continuation of the friendly aid of our readers, so freely 
bestowed in the past, in extending the circulation of the 
Agriculturist, promising on our part to spare no effort to 
make it a useful messenger wherever it may be sent. 
To §ecrct5Ba"5es of Ag‘i*icailitins“al aaul 
BSorticultural iSocictie.s. —Please send us your 
announcements of Fairs, E.xhibitions, etc., early, as soon 
as you see tliis, if the time is fixed. Moreover, please 
indicate the State in which County Fairs are to be held. 
A good share of the circulars that come lo us have this 
important item omitted. Our list of fairs is always 
eagerly sought for, and we wish to have it as complete 
as possible. 
Tlte Ames-icaM Associaliom foi* tlie 
Advancement of Science.—We are glad to learn 
that this body, whicli remained in a state of suspended 
animation during the last four or five years, is still alive, 
having survived botlithe war and itsown ungainly name. 
In former times these meetings used to be both pleasant 
and useful. Persons engaged in the different depart¬ 
ments of science came togetlierat some convenient point 
and told what they had been doing tlirough the year, and 
had a pleasant time socially. These meetings were not 
only useful to the members themselves, but to the com¬ 
munities in wiiich they were held, as tliey served to 
awaken a popular interest in matters of science, and 
showed the people at large that philosophers and savants 
were not so different from otiiors, but that they ate, drank 
and liad tlieir little quarrels just like other folks. The 
meeting will be held this year at Buffalo, N. Y., on the 
lutli of August. Prof. J. Lovering of Cambridge is Per¬ 
manent Secretary. The sessions are open to the public. 
Mai'lset CSaiMlcMisag-—— 
There has long been a demand for a work upon Market 
Gardening, and we are glad to announce that an ex¬ 
perienced Nevv Jersey market gardener lias one in pre¬ 
paration. The gentleman engaged upon it has been a 
frequent contributor to tlie columns of tlie Agriculturist, 
and from tlie practical character of his writings we look 
for a book of great value. It is his intention to give tlie 
whole art and mystery of profitable gardening, adapted 
both to market growers and the private family gardener. 
'fl'lJe Minasiesota, Ag'i'icjjl4«is'a,l So¬ 
ciety will hold its annual exhibition Oct. 3d, 41h, and 
5th, at Rochester, Olmstead Co., situated in the lieart of 
a rich agricultural region, and accessible from all parts 
of the Stale. We learn that great exertions are being 
put forth by the officers, executive committee, and oth¬ 
ers, to make the Fair a very large one, and of extraordi¬ 
nary value to all tlie cultivators of the State, and to tlie 
country at large. It well becomes every Minnesota 
farmer to lend a helping hand to the enterprise, both for 
his own benefit, and for tlie credit of tliat rapidly de¬ 
veloping agricultural State. 
§Mi!k«lry lasimtotitg-s—Meweral 
—We have before us several hundred letters, sent in from 
all parts of the country, wliicli show that the swindlers 
are yet active, but witli greatly diminished profits. Mul¬ 
titudes of cases are given in which our words of caution 
and exposures have prevented the sending of money 
where it would have been inevitably lost. The Post¬ 
masters, generally, are doing a good work in warning 
people wlio bring in letters to mail to the humbug opera¬ 
tors.—The largest class of these are tliose wlio'offer to 
sell watclies, jewelry, etc., by means of tickets. Some 
claim to be agents of foreign manufacturers, and nearly 
all profess to have a stock w liicli must be sold on .account 
of tlie great fall in gold, or tlie failure of large establisli- 
ments. We again pronounce all tliese statements un¬ 
mitigated falsehoods ! There have been no such failures. 
Tlie value of gold and silver watclies, jew-elry, etc., is 
just as high relatively as ever, as can be learned from 
any honest, reliable dealer.—Of the great number of 
persons offering tliese tilings, at least three-fourtlis never 
intend to make any return for the money sent them. True, 
when we personally call upon tliem with tbe tickets sent 
us, as we often do, they offer us the article called for by 
the tickets, on payment of tlie sum required, and some¬ 
times it is perliaps worth-nearly that sum. But these 
cases are rare ; and further we are usually put off from 
time to time, as we call, with tiie answer tliat tlie “ boss” 
or liead of the concern lias just stepped out, or has gone 
lo Philadelpliia, or elsewhere, and we must call again, 
which we often do to receive tlie same answer.-But 
their usual course is, to make no reply to letters contain¬ 
ing money. If hard pressed, they plead tliat tlie money 
letters were lost by mail, or tliat the money was ab¬ 
stracted before its arrival. We estimate that of at least 
$300,000 sent to this city recently, no response was given 
for $250,000 of it. There is a small class of operators, 
five or six perliaps, wlio do send out the article they 
promise, but the cheating is done by making false re¬ 
presentations as lo tlie value. Tliey send out tickets 
(sometimes to be paid for and sometimes not) promising 
for from $1 to $12 to send say a watch ‘■valued at” or 
‘‘ marked at ” $50 or $60, or $80, and so on. Some of them 
intend to, and do send the article promised, but in the end 
the receiver will find it “valued at” or ‘‘marked at” 
ten limes its actual v.alue, if not fifty times. Tliere i-i' a 
great business done in w atches containing cheap “works’ 
put into cases of brass or britlannia, but so finely covered 
with a thin galvanized film of gold or silver that only a 
practiced eye can detect tlie fraud until after a few weeks. 
Tlie cost of these w atches is from $2 to $3 or $-1, and yet 
tliey are “ valued at ” or “marked at” from $50 to $100 
eacli. They are of little or no real value. Some send a 
little better watch, but one not costing a fifth or even a 
tenth of their represented value. It is the same with the 
whole of this jewelry, etc., etc., offered by tickets. The 
parties operate until the gilt begins to wear off, and then 
change tlieir names. In tlie letters before us are circulars 
from a dozen or more parties who have changed their 
names witliin two montlis_Humbugs are springing up 
more numerously in country towns. “ Henry H. Ulman 
& Co,,” Camden, N. J., is a sample of tlie class. They 
(or he) offers $300,000 to be distributed in prizes from $I 
up to $40,000—a downriglit swindle that will be patronized 
by none except fools, but that class “ are not all dead 
yet.”_Jason H. Tuttle of Flatbrookville, N. J., one of 
the biggest sw-indlers out of jail, we tliought had quit 
business under tliat name, but we receive frequent cir¬ 
culars and tickets of his issuing. Perhaps they are old 
ones, as tliey have no date. J. Folsom of Moriali, N. 
Y., forwards us 30 circular letters sent to persons of his 
name, including at least a dozen different ones to himself. 
Tliese come apparently from different parties (swindlers), 
but the hand writing on them shows that several of them 
were addre.-sed by tlie same person. We have previous¬ 
ly explained that the same operators often run several 
different conce'us_ Many letters of inquiry about dif¬ 
ferent concerns come, desiring answers. To save writing, 
we say here, every one inquired about, is a swindle- 
Sewing niacliine tickets ($5 to $10 each) are offered by 
several parties. Those who send anything, send a little ^ 
instrument wliich is sold in quantity at $2.50 each, and 
not worth buying at that price-Those advertising to 
cure eyes and ears, with apparatus for tlie former, are 
little if any better tlian humbugs. 
fl®leMii*o=fl®iiCBimoiiaia-, not I£iai«lcr- 
pest.—Just as we go to press, we notice an associated 
press dispatch in tlie N. Y. daily papers, which purports | 
to be an extract from a circular from the President and j 
Secretary of tlie N. Y. State Agricultural Society. We j 
have not received tlie circular and cannot believe that | 
these gentlemen do not distinguish between the Kinder- i 
pest and the PI euro-pneumonia. The former nan e is by 
common consent confined now to the terrible infection 
which is and has been working such devastation among ^ 
tlie herds of Great Britain, while Pleuro-pneumonia is • 
applied to the lung murrain, w-liich prevailed iu Massa- | 
chusetts a few years ago, and which has for several years i 
been supposed lo be domesticated in the swill milk stables i 
of the city of New York and Brooklyn, wlience it is oc- |- 
casionally carried to tlie farms of the vicinity. The • 
subject comes properly under tlie consideration of tlie 
commissioners appointed under the new Rinderpest law, | 
for the disease called Pleuro-pneumonia is exceedingly 
contagious and liable to do immense damage. Tlie cau¬ 
tions said to be contained in the circular against buying 
cows from these stables, and advising careful examina- ! 
tioii of all cows offered for sale, are timely and wise. 
Ametfiesna. Toa, flloiBijBaMy.—To Several 
quirers. Before admitting the advertisement, we learn 
ed tliat a large number of our clerks and otliers liad for 
several montlis been buying their Tea and Cotl'ee from 
this Company, witliout its being known wlio they were, 
and tliat they liad been highly pleased with their pur¬ 
chases, botli as lo quality and price, and were all' re- I 
commending tlieir friends lo the same course. As we t 
liave published the advertisements for many months, | 
and received no complaints, we conclude there is no 
humbug about the establishment. 
