270 
April  23 
Boiled  Down  and  Seasoned. 
Those  who  have  the  climate  and  the 
purse  should  enjoy  beds  of  azaleas  and 
rhododendrons  and  kalmias.  The  con¬ 
ditions  which  please  one  will  please  the 
other.  Among  broad-leaved  evergreens 
there  is  not  one  to  equal  the  hardy 
rhododendrons  either  in  wealth  of  flower 
or  in  beauty  of  its  large,  leathery,  deep- 
green  leaves . 
Plant  the  Trumpet  Creeper,  English 
Ivy,  Wistaria,  Climbing  Hydrangea  and 
Decumaria,  to  climb  up  or  cling  to  old 
trees  or  the  sides  of  houses.  Every  gar¬ 
den  ought  to  he  provided  with  honey¬ 
suckles,  the  sweetest  and  prettiest  of 
vines,  and  with  varieties  of  clematis,  the 
showiest  of  vines.  Do  not  forget  the 
Actinidia  arguta,  the  most  rapid-growing 
of  hardy  vines,  remembering  its  power, 
however,  to  choke  the  branches  about 
which  it  coils  and  to  pull  over  arbors, 
summer  houses,  etc.,  on  occasion.  The 
Dutchman’s  Pipe  will  give  a  wealth  of 
foliage,  its  great  leaves  overlapping  like 
the  shingles  of  a  roof  and  the  Akebia 
with  its  little  leaves  will  make  a  pretty 
contrast . . 
Every  collection  of  trees  should  have 
at  least  one  Purple  Beech  and  one  Golden 
Oak . 
To  follow  the  roses  that  are  the  pride 
of  June,  irises  in  variety — the  German 
and  Japan — may  well  be  grown  in  beds 
given  to  them  alone . 
Fruit-bearing  shrubs  form  a  group  of 
attractive  plants  that  may  well  be  grown 
side  by  side,  such,  for  example,  as  Rhodo- 
typus  Kerrioides,  Callicarpa  Americana  or 
purpurea,  Thunberg’s  Berberis,  Ilex 
verticillata,  Viburnum  dilatatum,  Rosa 
rugosa,  Elueagnus  longipes  and  Euony- 
mus . 
Yuccas  and  hardy  lilies  of  many  kinds, 
phloxes,  day  lilies,  poppies,  pseonies 
pinks,  delphiniums,  foxgloves,  campan¬ 
ulas,  are  among  the  lower  growing  beau¬ 
ties  that  will  fill  up  the  gaps  and  serve  to 
remind  one  of  the  never-failing  charms  of 
his  home . 
The  Fern-leaved  Beech  is  naturally  of 
a  compact  round  or  conical  growth  which 
may  readily  be  changed,  by  those  so  in¬ 
clined  to  almost  any  shape.  Its  growing 
shoots  are  tendril-like  and  the  leaves  as 
dissimilar  as  those  of  the  sassafras.  The 
fern-like  delicacy  of  its  new  foliage  makes 
its  familiar  name  appropriate.  Its  bo¬ 
tanical  name  is  Fagus  heterophylla . 
For  peculiar  groups  let  us  not  forget 
the  hardy  grasses  and  reeds,  like  the  plain 
and  variegated  Arundo  donax  and  the 
eulalias,  the  plain,  the  longitudinal  and 
transverse  striped  and  the  later  vittata 
gracillima,  an  elegant  hardy  grass  indeed 
A  recent  bulletin  of  the  Ohio  (Colum¬ 
bus)  Experiment  Station  has  to  do  with 
oats,  and  it  is  an  instructive  compilation 
of  the  results  of  six  years’  experimenta¬ 
tion.  A  general  summary  is  that  the 
following  kinds  have  given  the  highest 
yields  :  Probsteier,  Early  Dakota,  Black 
Tartarian,  Monarch,  White  Schcenen 
and  Black  Russian.  The  highest  pro¬ 
ducers  of  last  year  were  side  oats.  The 
straw  is  stronger . 
The  R.  N.-Y.  tried  the  Welcome  as 
soon  as  it  was  advertised  and  found  it  to 
be  the  White  Australian.  The  objection 
is  that  the  straw  is  weak.  Just  the  same 
may  be  said  of  Badger  Queen,  Clydes¬ 
dale  and  Race  Horse,  which  are  so  nearly 
like  the  Welcome  or  White  Australian 
that  the  one  may  be  substituted  for  the 
other.  The  straw  of  all  is  weak.  Another 
objection  is  the  flinty  husk  and  small 
kernel . 
If  The  R.  N.-Y.  were  raising  oats  upon 
a  large  area  it  would  go  back  to  Schcenen, 
Probsteier  and  Black  Tartarian . 
The  Massachusetts  Experiment  Sta- 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
tion  regards  the  Soja  Bean  as  a  most  valu¬ 
able  addition  to  forage  crops . 
Culture  of  a  Peach  Orchard. — A 
common  mistake,  the  Country  Gentleman 
says,  made  by  many  who  plant  an  or¬ 
chard  of  young  peach  trees,  is  to  set 
them  out  either  in  a  grass  sod  or  in  hard 
ground  where  they  receive  little  or  no 
cultivation  of  the  soil.  Three  neighbors, 
some  years  ago,  planted  each  an  orchard 
of  100  trees.  One  of  them  was  very  par¬ 
ticular  to  procure  some  trees  of  the  nur¬ 
seryman.  He  set  them  out  in  a  young 
clover  field.  The  second  man  took 
cheaper  trees  or  culls,  and  planted  them 
in  a  potato  field.  The  third  man  set  out 
his  orchard  one-half  in  a  winter-wheat 
field,  and  the  other  half  in  potatoes . 
Theresult:  The  first  orchard — in  clover — 
was  choked  by  the  rank  clover,  which  was 
allowed  free  growth,  and  only  three  trees 
were  alive  the  second  year.  The  second 
man  kept  his  ground  clean  and  mellow 
among  the  potatoes  ;  all  his  trees  lived, 
and  afterwards  gave  handsome  crops  of 
Early  York,  Barnard,  Crawford,  and 
other  red-cheeked  specimens.  Equally 
successful  was  the  third  man  with  his 
trees  among  potatoes,  making  a  growth 
the  first  year  1%  to  2  feet  long  ;  but  the 
trees  in  wheat  grew  only  about  three 
inches.  The  soil  was  not  stirred  in  the 
grain  once  through  the  season . 
The  Woodruff  Red  Grape  if  the  quality 
be  not  considered  would  score  100  points. 
The  one  trouble  with  it  is  that  in  quality 
it  fails  to  score  at  all . 
Mr.  Wm.  Parry  says  of  the  Lincoln 
Coreless  Winter  Pear  that  it  will  keep 
until  March  at  which  time  it  is  highly 
colored.  The  flesh  is  “  of  a  rich,  yellow1’ 
color  having  neither  seed  nor  core.  The 
tree  is  described  as  a  heavy  bearer,  strong 
and  healthy.  The  largest  specimens  of 
the  pear  weigh  IK  pound . 
Now  we  may  have  blue  roses  and,  in 
short,  flowers  colored  to  order.  Dissolve 
aniline  dyes  in  water  of  the  transparency 
of  claret  and  insert  the  stems.  According 
to  trials  mentioned  in  the  London  Gar¬ 
deners’  Chronicle,  Lily  of  the  Valley 
flowers  after  six  hours  in  the  liquid  were 
colored  pink  or  blue  ;  narcissus  were 
changed  from  white  to  scarlet  in  12  hours, 
and  yellow  narcissus  were  striped  with 
scarlet  in  the  same  time.  White  tulips 
were  changed  to  pink,  blue  or  green  in  a 
few  hours  and  white  lilacs  were  changed 
to  pink  and  blue  ! . 
One  of  the  most  gorgeously  beautiful 
shrubs  (or  little  trees)  while  in  bloom  is 
the  Double  Scarlet  Thorn.  It  is  a  mass 
of  red  and  each  umbel  of  flowers  is  a 
little  bouquet.  Paul’s  is  the  best  scarlet. 
Beside  this  or  near  it  should  also  be  plant¬ 
ed  a  specimen  of  the  Double  White  Thorn. 
For  a  description  of  these  beauties  look 
for  Crataegus  in  the  catalogues . 
A  writer  in  Garden  and  Forest  con¬ 
tends  that  even  a  very  large  house  can  be 
painted  white  if  it  is  surrounded  by  trees, 
for  their  shadow  will  temper  its  glare. 
Indeed,  a  white  house  thus  shadowed 
makes,  he  thinks,  as  a  rule,  a  more  beau¬ 
tiful  effect  in  our  landscapes  than  any 
other . 
Notice,  for  instance,  if  you  ascend  the 
Hudson  River,  which  of  the  houses  on  the 
hill-sides  look  best,  and  you  will  decide 
that  it  is  almost  always  the  white  ones. 
None  looks  better  than  the  old  Catskill 
Mountain  House,  perched  up  on  its  steep 
bluff  with  a  line  of  forest  behind  it.  Com¬ 
pare  its  effect  with  that  of  the  dull-color¬ 
ed  Kaaterskill  House  not  far  away,  and 
you  will  be  glad  that  its  original  color 
has  not  been  changed . 
Many  of  our  readers  may  not  be 
familiar  with  the  Molucca  Balm — a  two- 
foot  annual  of  distinct  and  interesting 
parts.  It  is  a  labiate  plant,  and  the  little 
white  flowers  resemble  those  of  the  snap¬ 
dragon.  But  its  calyx  is  the  queer  part. 
A  plant  in  full  bloom  is  covered  with 
these  shell-like  calyxes,  over  an  inch  in 
diameter  and  so  resembling  shells  as  to 
suggest  the  name  of  Shell  Fkrwer,  by 
which  it  is  familiarly  known . 
Fifteen  years  ago,  or  thereabouts,  the 
writer  showed  a  well-grown  Moluccella 
lsevis  (its  botanical  name)  to  the  late  Dr. 
Thurber,  recognized  everywhere  as  one 
of  our  first  botanists.  “  A  clever  plant,” 
said  he,  “what  is  it?”  It  is  not  even 
now  as  well  known  as  it  deserves  to  be... 
Ampelopsis  Veitchii  (Boston  Ivy)  is 
found  to  be  one  of  the  most  valuable  of 
ornamental  vines,  attaching  itself  readily 
to  walls,  or  fences,  or  trees,  without  sup¬ 
port,  and  thriving  over  a  very  wide  ex¬ 
tent  of  territory.  There  is  scarcely,  in 
fact,  a  State  North,  East,  South  or  West, 
in  which  the  plant  will  not  thrive  admir¬ 
ably,  says  Prof.  Meehan . 
I)r.  I’orcher  tells  us  that  the  juice  of 
the  leaf  of  our  popular  Caladium  escu- 
lentum  makes  an  indelible  dark  brown 
dye,  and  that,  with  nitrate  of  silver,  or 
sulphate  of  copper,  or  alum,  it  will  pro¬ 
duce  an  indelible  marking  ink . 
Matrimony  Vine. — Prof.  C.  S.  Sargent 
has  discovered  that  the  common  Matri¬ 
mony  Vine  of  our  old  garden  and  nur¬ 
sery  catalogues  as  Lycium  barbarum  is 
not  that  species,  but  Lycium  Chinense. 
It  does  not  appear  that  the  European 
form  is  under  cultivation.  Peter  Hen¬ 
derson  advertises  Lycium  Chinense.  Is 
not  this  L.  Europoeum  ? . 
The  New  York  Tribune  says  that  the 
humblest  country  strawberry  grower  is 
engaged  in  a  beneficent  work . 
A  large  crop  may  not  always  follow 
careful,  thorough  plowing,  but  no  excep¬ 
tionally  good  crop  was  ever  grown  with¬ 
out  it . 
Mr.  Matthew  Crawford,  an  honored 
fruit  grower  of  Ohio,  makes  a  good  living 
from  three  acres  of  land,  and  “  has  sent 
all  his  sons  through  college.” . 
The  Paw-paw  makes  a  pretty  shrub. 
It  bears  banana-like  fruit.  But  all  who 
like  bananas  do  not  like  Paw-paws.  The 
following  funny  description  we  find  in 
( Continued  on  next  page. ) 
If  you  name  The  R.  N.-Y.  to  our  advertisers  you 
may  be  pretty  sure  of  prompt  replies  and  right  treat¬ 
ment. 
Spring 
Medicine 
Seems  to  be  only  another  name  for  Hood's  Sarsa¬ 
parilla,  so  popular  has  this  excellent  preparation 
become  at  this  season.  It  possesses  just  those  cura¬ 
tive  properties  desirable  In  a  Spring  Medicine.  It 
recuperates  the  weakened  strength,  purifies  and 
vitalizes  the  blood,  creates  a  good  appetite,  cures 
biliousness  and  headache,  gives  healthy  action  to  the 
kidneys  and  liver,  and  overcomes  That  Tired  Feeling 
Hood’s  Sarsaparilla 
Where  other  preparations  fall.  Be  sure  to  get 
Hood’s  Sarsaparilla.  It  Is  Peculiar  to  Itself. 
Hood’s  l’ills  cure  Sick  Headache. 
For  Internal  and  External  Use. 
Stops  Pain,  Cramps,  Inflammation  in  body  or  limb, 
like  magic.  Cures  Croup,  Asthma,  Colds,  Catarrh,  Chol¬ 
era  Morbua  Diarrhoea,  Rheumatism,  Neuralgia,  Lame- 
back,  Stiff  Joints  and  Strains.  Full  particulars  free.  Price 
S6cts.  post-paid.  L  S.  JOHNSON  &  CO.,  Boston,  Mass. 
401 
Varieties 
Of  BEST  SOJ 
FRUITS 
BEST  SORTS  of  Apple, 
Peach,  Cherry, 
Pear,  Quince, 
Plum,  Strawber- 
S,  Raspberry,  Blackberry.Currant, 
rape.Goi  seberry.etc.  Also  Chest- 
nuts.  Walnuts,  Trifoliate  Orange, 
EleagnusLong- 
BERRIES 
j.  s. 
ipes  and  other 
Novelties. 
-  Send  for  Catalogue  - 
COLLINS  &  SON.  Moorestown.  N.  J* 
Seed  Potatoes. 
Choice  selected  Houlton,  Aroostook  County,  Maine, 
Early  Rose,  Beauty  of  Hebron,  and  all  other  well- 
known  varieties.  For  sale  by 
W,  E.  HU  It  YEA’S  SONS, 
Produce  Commission  Merchants, 
119  Warren  Street  New  York. 
STRAW- 
RASP- 
BLACK- 
GOOSE- 
Berry  Plants. 
Currants,  Grapes,  Fruit  Trees,  etc.  Standard 
Varieties  at  Reasonable  Prices.  Headquarters  for 
the  Snyder  Blackberry.  All  plants  warranted  true 
to  label.  Catalogue  free. 
G.  S.  BUTLER,  Cromwell,  Conn., 
Originator  of  the  Cromwell  Raspberry. 
Money  Books. 
The  Business  Hen;  Breeding  and  Feed¬ 
ing  Poultry  for  Profit. — By  H.  W. 
Colling  wood,  P.  H.  Jacobs,  J.  H. 
Drevenstedt,  C.  S.  Cooper,  C.  S. 
Valentine,  Arthur  D.  Warner,  Henry 
Stewart,  Philander  Williams,  James 
Rankin,  Henry  Hales,  I.  K.  Felch, 
Dr.  F.  L.  Kilborne,  C.  H.  Wyckoff, 
H.  S.  Babcock,  C.  E  Chapman,  etc. 
We  believe  that  this  little  book  will  meet  with  a 
hearty  reception  at  the  hands  of  all  of  that  vast  num¬ 
ber  of  people  who  are  Interested  in  the  doings  of  “the 
little  American  hen,”  and  especially  in  the  methods 
by  which  practical  poultrymen  make  her  so  profitable 
an  egg  and  meat  machine.  Price,  cloth,  75  cents; 
paper,  40  cents. 
The  New  Potato  Culture. — By  Elbert 
S.  Carman,  editor  of  The  Rural 
New-Yorker  ;  originator  of  the  Fore¬ 
most  of  Potatoes — Rural  New-Yorker 
No.  2.  This  book  gives  the  result  of 
15  years’  experiment  w’ork  on  the 
Rural  Grounds 
How  to  Increase  the  crop  without  corresponding 
cost  of  production.  Manures  and  Fertilizers..  The 
Soil.  Depth  of  Planting.  Seed.  Culture.  The  Rural 
Trench  System.  Varieties,  etc.  It  Is  respectfully 
submitted  that  these  experiments  at  the  Rural 
Grounds  have,  directly  and  Indirectly,  thrown  more 
light  upon  the  various  problems  Involved  in  success 
ful  potato  culture,  than  any  other  experiments  which; 
have  been  carried  on  In  America.  Price,  cloth,  75 
cents;  paper.  40  cents. 
Chemicals  and  Clover. — Rural  Library 
Sei'ies.  (105th  thousand)  By  H.  W. 
COLLINGWOOD. 
A  conelse  and  practical  discussion  of  the  all-im 
portant  topic  of  commercial  fertilizers,  In  connection 
with  green  manuring  In  bringing  up  worn-out  soils, 
and  In  general  farm-practice.  Price,  paper,  20  cents. 
Practical  Farm  Chemistry. — A  Prac¬ 
tical  Handbook  of  Profitable  Crop- 
Feeding  written  for  Practical  Men. — 
By  T.  Greiner. 
Parti.  The  Raw  Materials  of  Plant-Food.  Part 
II.  The  Available  Sources  of  Supply.  Part  III. 
Principles  of  Economic  Application,  or  Manuring  for 
Money.  A  concise,  practical  work,  writen  In  simple 
style,  adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  practical  farmer. 
Perhaps  the  best  and  most  understandable  book  yet 
writen.  Price,  cloth,  $1. 
The  Nursery  Book. — By  L.  II.  Bailey: 
assisted  by  several  of  the  most  skill¬ 
ful  propagators  in  the  world.  In 
fact,  it  is  a  careful  compendium  of 
the  best  practice  in  all  countries.  It 
contains  107  illustrations,  showing 
methods,  processes  and  appliances. 
How  to  Propagate  over  2.000  varieties  of  shrubs, 
trees  and  herbaceous  or  soft-stemmed  plants:  the 
process  for  each  being  fully  described.  All  this  and 
much  more  Is  fully  told  In  the  Nursery  Book.  Over 
300  pages,  lOmo.  Price,  cloth,  $1.  Pocket  style,  paper 
narrow  margins,  50  cents. 
Horticulturist’s  Rule-Book. — By  L,  H. 
Bailey.  It  contains,  in  handy  and 
concise  form,  thousands  of  rules  and 
recipes  required  by  gardeners,  fruit¬ 
growers,  truckers,  florists,  farmers. 
Insects  and  diseases,  with  preventives  and  reme¬ 
dies.  Waxes  and  washes,  cements,  paints,  etc.  Seed 
Tables.  Planting  tables,  maturity  and 
Yields.  Keeping  and  storing  fruits  and  vegetables. 
Propagation  of  Plants.  Standard  measures 
and  Sizes.  Water  held  in  pipes  and  tanks.  Effect 
of  wind  In  cooling  glass  roofs.  Weights,  per  bushel. 
Labels.  Rules  of  nomenclature.  Rules  for  exhibi¬ 
tion.  Weather  signs  and  protection  from  frost.  Col¬ 
lecting  and  Preserving.  Chemical  Composition, 
of  Fruits  and  Vegetables;  Seeds  and  Fertilizers; 
Soils  and  Minerals.  Names  and  Histories:  Vege¬ 
tables  which  have  different  names  in  England  and 
America.  Names  of  fruits  and  vegetables  In  various 
languages.  Glossary.  Calendar.  Etc.,  etc.  Price,. 
In  pliable  cloth  covers,  only  50  cents.  Edition  in  cloth, 
covers,  $1,  ready  soon. 
Annals  of  Horticulture  for  1891. — By 
L.  II.  Bailey. 
As  a  work  of  reference  for  all  students  of  plants 
and  nature,  this  is  Invaluable.  An  especial  feature 
Is  a  census  of  cultivated  plants  of  American  origin. 
This  includes  ornamentals  and  esculents,  and  has 
hundreds  of  entries.  The  novelties  of  1891,  tools  and 
conveniences  of  the  year,  directories,  recent  horti¬ 
cultural  literature,  and  other  chapters  on  the  various 
departments  of  horticultural  effort,  are  well  worth 
many  times  the  cost  of  the  book.  (Illustrated.) 
Price,  full  cloth,  81  ;  paper,  50  cts.  Ready  In  March. 
(The  series  now  comprises  the  issues  for  1889,  ’90 
and  ’91.) 
Howto  Plant  a  Place  ( lOtlirevised  edition.) 
— By  Elias  A.  Long. 
A  brief  treatise  Illustrated  with  more  than  60  orig¬ 
inal  engravings,  and  designed  to  cover  the  various 
matters  pertaining  to  planting  a  place.  Following 
are  the  leading  divisions:  Some  reasons  for  planting; 
What  constitutes  judicious  planting;  Planning  a 
place  for  planting;  How  and  what  to  order  for  plant¬ 
ing;  the  soil  in  which  to  plant;  Caring  for  the  stock 
before  planting;  On  the  sowing  of  seeds;  After  plant¬ 
ing;  Future  management  of  the  plants.  Just  the 
thing  for  the  busy  man.  Price,  cloth.  20  cents. 
Window  Gardening. — Written  by  ex¬ 
pert  flower  and  plant  growers.  Covers 
every  phase  of  plant  culture  in  the 
house. 
A  lot  of  delightful  and  practical  articles  and  pleas¬ 
ing  Illustrations— all  on  Window  Gardening— make  up 
this  pretty  little  work.  Price,  10  cents. 
THE  RURAL  PUBLISHING  CO., 
Times  Building,  New  York. 
