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What  Others  Say. 
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this  orange  (Citrus  trifoliata)  were  sent 
to  the  Rural  Grounds  last  spring  by  Mr. 
J.  T.  Lovett.  They  have  passed  the 
winter,  though  fully  exposed,  in  entire 
safety .  . 
BEADEKSof  The  R  N.-Y.  who  are  fond 
of  hardy  shrubs  should  try  the  Xantho- 
ceras  sorbi  folia.  It  is  related  to  the 
horsechestnut  and  bears  its  white  flowers 
in  similar  racemes.  But  it  blooms  while 
young,  the  second  season  after  trans¬ 
planting,  and  blooms,  too,  abundantly. 
Little  plants  from  seeds  will  bloom  the 
second  year  and  seedlings  are  easily 
raised.  Though  comparatively  new  to 
this  country,  it  was  described  and  illus¬ 
trated  in  this  journal  about  15  years  ago. 
Readers  are  reminded  that  dahlias 
grown  from  seed  started  now  will  bloom 
before  the  end  of  summer . 
At  the  Oregon  Experiment  Station  re¬ 
ports  of  the  Rural  crossbred  hybrid 
wheats  are  as  follows: 
Willets.  Hybrid  between  wheat  and 
rye.  Heads  long  and  compact.  In  many 
instances  there  are  five  grains  in  the 
rank.  Chaff  white;  straw  bluish  tinge, 
coarse  and  stiff,  55  inches  high;  grain 
amber  color,  shatters  easily,  uneven  in 
size. 
Johnson.  Heads  medium  length,  quite 
compact  and  uniform,  chaff  white, 
bearded,  some  of  the  awns  fall  off  when 
ripe;  straw  bluish  tinge,  coarse  and  stiff, 
55  inches  high;  grain  large,  white  with 
some  grains  light  amber,  uniform  in  size. 
The  report  mentions  Beal  as  one  of  five 
of  the  best  varieties  of  white  wheat,  which 
have  been  grown  on  the  experimental 
grounds  for  two  succeeding  years.  Over 
a  hundred  samples  of  these  varieties 
have  been  sent  to  farmers  in  the  State  for 
trial . 
Experiments  recently  made  by  A.  B. 
Griffiths  confirm  those  made  by  Muntz, 
that  the  roots  of  beans,  barley,  hemp  and 
corn,  were  capable  of  absorbing  am¬ 
monium  salts  without  their  first  being 
changed  into  nitrates . 
For  six  named  gladioli  try  The  R.  N.¬ 
Y.’s  selection  :  Addison,  Eugene,  Scribe, 
Lord  Byron,  Le  Phare,  Napoleon  III . 
“Snow  White”  is  the  best  white 
gladiolus .  . 
One  of  the  prettiest  flowers  of  the  lily 
tribe  is  Amaryllis  formosissima,  the  red 
Jacobean  Lily.  Years  ago  The  R.  N.-Y. 
paid  a  dollar  a  bulb  for  it  and  was  well 
pleased.  Now  it  may  be  purchased  for 
$1.50  per  dozen . 
Do  not  forget  among  cannas  Madame 
Crozy.  It  is  prettier  than  Star  of  ’91 . 
Bronson  is  a  new  ipomoea  of  singular 
habit.  The  stems  are  broad,  flat,  corru¬ 
gated  and  twisted.  It  is  a  native  of 
Cuba  and  often  grows  40  feet  in  a  sea¬ 
son.  The  white  flowers  are  an  inch  in 
diameter,  and  of  an  exquisite  odor . 
The  Boston  Ivy  is  well  named  for  one 
reason.  Those  who  visit  Boston,  never 
having  seen  the  vine  before,  will  be  sure 
to  purchase  it.  The  finest  residences  of 
Boston,  as  well  as  many  of  the  surbur- 
ban  factories,  are  covered  with  Ampe- 
lopsis  Veitchii,  the  botanical  name . 
Clematis  coccinea  bears  beautiful 
urn-shaped  flowers  of  a  bright  scarlet 
color.  It  is  a  hardy  herbaceous  clematis, 
too  handsome  not  to  be  grown  in  every 
collection . 
The  new  single  tuberous  begonias  are 
offered  at  $1.00  a  dozen  ;  the  finest  doub¬ 
les  for  $2.50 . 
According  to  the  Connecticut  Experi¬ 
ment  Station  the  quality  of  Canada 
ashes  has  deteriorated  of  late. 
A  ton  of  unleached  wood  ashes  of  good 
quality  contains  110  pounds  of  potash, 
40  pounds  of  phosphoric  acid,  and  1,220 
pounds  of  carbonate  of  lime  and  mag¬ 
nesia . 
The  agricultural  value  of  ashes  con¬ 
sists  largely  in  the  finely  divided  carbon¬ 
ate  of  lime  which  they  contain,  which  is 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
of  great  account,  in  many  cases  as  an 
amendment,  and  in  promoting  the  pro¬ 
cesses  of  decay  and  nitrification  within 
the  soil . 
Now,  as  Prof.  Johnson  shows,  an  ap¬ 
plication  in  late  fall  of  20  bushels  of 
burned  oyster-shell  lime  (40  pounds  to 
the  bushel),  at  12  cents  per  bushel,  would 
supply  as  much  lime  as  a  ton  of  ashes  at 
a  cost  of  $2.40  ;  500  pounds  of  cotton  hull 
ashes  in  addition  would  cost  $8.75,  and 
supply  as  much  or  more  potash  than  a 
ton  of  Canada  ashes,  and  considerably 
more  phosphoric  acid.  The  weight  of 
both  would  be  1,300  pounds,  as  against 
2,000  pounds  of  Canada  ashes,  which  in¬ 
volves  a  saving  in  cartage — the  cost 
$11.15,  a  little  less  than  Canada  ashes 
cost  on  an  average.  Farmers  should 
consider  this  showing . 
A  sample  of  “fresh  hen  manure” 
analyzed  by  the  Connectieut  Station  con¬ 
tained  nitrogen  0.56,  phosphoric  acid  0.35, 
potash  0.36 . 
At  wholesale,  kainit  is  worth  from  $9 
to  $10  per  ton,  at  which  price  the  actual 
potash  costs  about  four  cents  the  pound.. 
At  the  Indiania  Experiment  Station 
84  kinds  of  potatoes  were  raised.  Gov. 
Rusk  heads  the  list  with  at  the  rate  of 
415  bushels  per  acre,  and  Alexander  next, 
310  bushels.  A  complete  fertilizer  gave 
the  best  yield.  The  omissson  of  potash 
or  phosphate  decreased  the  yield.  The 
addition  of  nitrogen  made  no  material 
difference.  Half  tubers  produced  a  larger 
yield  than  whole  tubers.  Seed  ends  gave 
a  much  larger  proportion  of  large  tubers. 
This  is  contrary  to  The  R  N.-Y.’s  repeat¬ 
ed  trials.  Subsoil  plowing  gave  but  a 
slight  increase  of  crop  ;  mulching  was  in¬ 
jurious . 
Sixty-three  varieties  of  strawberries 
were  tested  during  1891.  The  10  most 
productive  ones  were  Bubach,  Edgar 
Queen,  Enhance,  Greenville,  Haverland, 
Katie,  Park  Beauty,  Pearl,  Shuster’s  Gem, 
Warfield.  The  10  of  best  quality  were 
Brunette,  Cumberland,  Eureka,  Gypsie, 
Henderson,  Katie,  Lovett’s  Early,  Miami, 
Pearl  and  Sharpless . 
Of  red  raspberries  Cuthbert  and  the  old 
Brandywine  head  the  list.  Of  blackcaps 
Hilborn  is  the  best  of  its  season . 
Fourteen  varieties  of  blackberries 
were  tested.  Minnewaski  and  Snyder 
scored  perfect  in  firmness.  Erie,  Minne¬ 
waski  and  Stone’s  Hardy  rank  highest  as 
to  size  of  berry,  while  for  quality  and 
productiveness  Erie  stands  first,  with 
Snyder  and  Taylor  second . 
Abstracts. 
school  directors  who  think  a  good  plow- 
boy  worth  more  wages  than  a  good 
teacher.” 
- Ohio  Farmer  :  “  In  particular  we 
protest  against  the  sort  of  talk  that  sneer- 
ingly  insinuates  or  directly  asserts  that 
the  farmer  had  better  attend  to  his  farm¬ 
ing  and  let  politics  alone.” 
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ELLWANGER  &  BARRY, 
ML  Hope  Nurseries,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
- Industrialist  :  “  Alfalfa  has  proved 
a  surprising  success  upon  the  sandy  soil 
of  south  centr  il  Kansas  wherever  tried. 
Three  crops  the  first  year  and  good  hog 
pasture  all  winter  were  not  uncommon 
results  among  the  experimenters.” 
- Century:  “  People  who  always  re¬ 
ceive  you  with  great  cordiality  rarely 
care  for  you.  Your  true  friends  make 
you  a  partaker  of  their  humors.” 
Newest  Kinds  of  Strawberry  Plants 
FOR  SALE. 
Edgar  Queen  P.  and  Boynton  P.,  50  cents  per  100, 
$4  per  1,000;  Enhance,  75  cents  per  dozen,  $1.25  per  100; 
Lovett's  S.,  50  cents  per  dozen,  $1.50  per  100,  $12  per 
1,000;  PhiUlpp’s  Seedling  $1  per  dozen,  $2  per  100,  $15 
per  1,000;  Westbrook  P.,  50  cents  per  dozen,  $2  per 
100 ;  Standard,  $1  per  dozen,  $2.50  per  100;  Mrs.  Cleve¬ 
land,  05  cents  per  dozen,  $1  per  100:  California  S., 
Gandy  S.  and  Eureka  P.,  50  cents  per  100,  $0  per  1,000; 
strong  plants;  by  mall  pleaso  add  10  cents  per  dozen; 
well  packed  to  ship  any  distance;  20  cents  per  100;  100 
and  1,000  by  express  or  freight. 
JAMES  LIPPINCOTT,  JR.,  Mount  Holly,  N.  J. 
“  Whenever  you  see  people  in  any 
crisis  of  feeling  acting  as  you  think  they 
should  naturally  act,  depend  upon  it  that 
they  are  acting  artificially;  for  nature  is 
nearly  always  clumsy,  and,  as  it  were, 
unnatural.  It  is  rather  self-conscious  in¬ 
difference  that  does  the  right  thing.” 
“  Unrequited  love  is  seldom  so  per¬ 
sistent  as  romancers  would  have  it.  A 
stick  of  wood  cannot  long  burn  alone.” 
“  The  power  of  unqualified  assertion 
in  literature  is  very  great,  because  most 
readers  are  never  in  that  active  state  of 
mind  which  examines  and  combats.” 
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as  any  other  man  ?  His  occupation  is  the 
most  important  of  any.  As  he  works  to 
the  best  advantage,  the  world  gains,  and 
mankind  live  the  easier  and  pleasanter. 
He  feeds  and  clothes  the  world,  and  his 
industry  sets  all  others  in  profitable 
motion.  It  is  for  him  primarily  that  the 
railroads  are  made  and  the  ships  plow  the 
ocean.  The  farmers’  crops  are  the  talk 
of  the  financiers,  and  the  banks  arrange 
their  funds  for  the  purchase  of  them. 
Every  other  industry  waits  on  that  of  the 
farmer.  And  surely  it  must  be  for  the 
general  advantage  that  the  farmers 
shou'd  be  the  most  intelligent  of  men 
when  all  this  responsibility  falls  on  them. 
And  much  more,  as  the  farmers,  with 
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the  rural  schools.  As  a  blind  man  can¬ 
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JOHN  GOULD. 
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