1892 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
799 
Mr.  J.  C.  Vaughan,  of  Chicago,  sent 
us  last  spring  a  collection  of  canna  roots 
with  the  request  that  we  would  plant 
them  and  report  as  to  their  several 
merits.  For  comparison,  we  presume, 
several  older  kinds  were  also  sent,  such 
as  Star  of  ’91  and  Mad.  Crozy. 
Geo.  W.  Childs  (Vaughan’s  Seedling 
No.  1)  bears  a  bright  scarlet  flower  with 
yellow  throat,  the  base  being  blotched 
or  speckled  with  yellow.  The  petals  are 
of  medium  size,  the  spike  long  and  close. 
The  leaves  are  light  green,  the  plant  two 
feet  high  August  1.  September  3  the 
plant  was  four  feet  high.  Around  the 
petals  is  a  narrow  margin  of  yellow  as 
with  Mad.  Crozy.  The  spikes  were  10 
inches  long  September  15,  the  height 
still  four  feet.  It’s  a  fine,  distinct  flower. 
Seedling  No.  125.  Deep  green  leaves 
growing  purple  towards  the  edges,  with 
purple  veins.  Wide  petals  of  a  deep 
red,  between  Ehemanni  and  Mad. 
Crozy.  Fine,  large  spike,  large,  broad 
petals.  The  flowers  are  much  like  those 
of  Ehemanni.  Plant  2  feet  high. 
Mile  Crillon  is  a  delicately  beautiful 
flower  of  a  lemon  color,  the  petals  flushed 
in  the  lower  parts  with  crimson.  Sep¬ 
tember  3  the  plant  was  three  feet  high, 
the  leaves  of  a  medium  shade  of  green. 
The  petals  are  long  but  rather  narrow. 
It  is  an  odd  flower. 
Pres.  Carnot  bears  flowers  of  a  bright 
scarlet  color,  inclining  to  crimson.  Spikes 
not  so  full  or  long  as  those  of  some  of 
the  others,  but  the  petals  are  broad  and 
large.  The  leaves  are  purple. 
J.  D.  Cabos  grew  to  the  height  of  five 
feet,  with  long,  purplish  leaves.  Flowers 
large,  petals  large  and  broad  and  of  a 
distinct  shade  of  orange,  tinted  with 
scarlet. 
Gustave  Senneholz.  Petals  notably 
long  and  not  so  broad  as  those  of  Carnot, 
and  of  a  yellowish-red  or  orange-crimson 
color.  Green  leaves;  plant  18  inches  tall. 
Star  of  ’91  grew  to  the  height  of  but 
two  feet.  Mad.  Crozy,  of  which  we  have 
often  spoken,  grew  to  the  height  of  four 
feet.  The  flowers  are  scarcely  surpassed 
by  any  other  variety  of  its  class . 
In  describing  cannas,  which  of  late 
years  have  been  elevated  to  one  of  our 
finest  bedding  plants,  as  to  flower  as  well 
as  to  foliage,  the  color  of  the  leaves 
should  be  stated,  whether  light  green, 
dark  green,  light  purple  or  dark  purple. 
The  height  of  the  plant  should  also  be 
given,  so  as  to  enable  the  purchaser  to 
arrange  a  bed  symmetrically  as  to  height 
and  distribution  of  color  as  well  of  the 
foliage  as  of  the  flowers . 
Rev.  E.  J.  Ranslow  of  Swanton,  Vt., 
is  alluded  to  by  the  Vermont  Watchman 
as  amongst  the  best  farmers  in  the  State. 
“  He  is  a  sound  man  all  around  and  can 
give  a  reason  for  the  faith  that  is  in  him, 
theological  or  agricultural,”  says  Dr. 
Hoskins.  He  has  been  trying  many  dif¬ 
ferent  kinds  of  potatoes  in  order  to  find 
out  for  himself  just  what  their  merits 
or  failings  were.  He  says  of  the  R.  N.- 
Y.  No.  2.  as  follows  :  “  This  is  a  white 
oval  potato.  It  is  smooth  and  handsome 
as  a  dollar.  It  grows  large,  with  very 
few  small  ones.  The  yield  is  very  large 
and  the  quality  good.” . 
As  to  yield  and  size  he  places  the  Mon¬ 
roe  County  Prize  at  the  head.  This  is  a 
variety  that  our  trial — some  five  years 
ago — would  place  far  from  the  head. 
Tt  is  not  improbable,  however,  from 
what  we  have  heard,  that  several — or 
more  than  one  at  any  rate — varieties  have 
been  disseminated  under  that  name . 
Next  in  order  he  values  Harbinger. 
After  three  years’  trial  he  deems  it  the 
nearest  scab-proof  of  any  kinds  he  ever 
saw.  Under  the  most  trying  circum¬ 
stances  it  is  with  him  as  smooth  as  glass. 
Mr.  Ranslow  speaks  well  of  Burpee’s 
Superior,  Pride  of  the  West,  Belle  and 
Queen  of  the  Valley,  all  of  which  were 
tried  at  the  Rural  Grounds  as  soon  as  an¬ 
nounced.  Among  medium  early  sorts  he 
finds  New  Queen  “  hard  to  beat.”  Early 
Puritan  comes  next  and  then  Polaris. 
For  early  he  finds  Mrs.  Cleveland  one  of 
the  best  yielders  and  of  excellent  quality. 
Early  Sunrise  and  Pearl  of  Savoy  “  are 
also  first-rate.” . 
What  is  alluded  to  as  “a  very  beauti¬ 
ful  seedling  amaryllis,”  raised  at  the 
Experiment  Gardens  of  Washington,  D. 
C.,  has  been  named  after  our  long-time 
contributor,  Mrs.  Mary  Wager-Fisher — 
Naming  new  and  meritorious  plants — 
whether  economical  or  ornamental — after 
good  people  who  have  served  or  tried  to 
serve  the  public  in  one  way  or  another, 
is  a  fitting  way  of  showing  due  apprecia¬ 
tion  and  respect . 
The  following  note  will  serve  to  show 
how  the  No.  2  potato  is  liked  in  Canada  : 
EDS.  R.  N.-Y.  Ontario,  Canada. 
I  have  a  lot  of  seed-balls  of  the  Rural  New-Yorker 
No.  2,  which  I  mall  you,  trusting  yon  may  be  able  to 
find  a  few  seeds  In  them.  I  have  about  850  bushels  of 
this  variety  this  season  and,  besides,  I  had  sold  1£0 
bushels  for  seed  from  last  year’s  crop  all  grown  from 
the  small  tuber  sent  me  In  the  fall  of  1888.  I  have 
made  enough  out  of  It  to  pay  for  The  Rural  for 
the  rest  of  my  life  ;  In  fact,  if  It  had  not  been  for  It, 
I  would  have  been  In  a  very  bad  tlx,  as  it  was  all  I 
had  to  sell  last  spring  and  I  got  good  prices  lor  all, 
while  I  could  not  give  away  the  common  varieties. 
This  season  the  older  varieties— Hebron.  Rose,  etc., 
are  a  failure  here,  yielding  only  about  50  to  75 
bushels  to  the  acre,  while  I  have  secured  850  bushels 
from  four  acres.  I  have  sold  a  car-load  to  a  Toronto 
seedsman  at  about  10  cents  per  bushel  above  the 
market  price.  The  rest  I  shall  hold  until  spring. 
JOHN  ARMOUR. 
Prof.  Lazenby  of  the  Ohio  State  Uni¬ 
versity,  gives  in  the  Country  Gentleman 
an  outline  of  the  work  of  the  Albert 
Agricultural  College  at  GlasnevLn,  Ire¬ 
land.  He  inspected  all  the  departments 
thoroughly,  and  was  well  pleased  with 
the  manner  in  which  the  several  depart¬ 
ments  are  conducted.  In  many  respects 
it  comes  nearer  to  his  ideal  of  an  agri¬ 
cultural  college  than  any  institution  he 
has  yet  seen.  It  teaches  the  young  men 
and  young  women  of  Ireland — those  who 
expect  to  live  on  farms — just  what  they 
most  need  to  know.  The  expense  is 
slight,  the  benefits  great,  and  yet  the 
number  of  students  is  small. 
Agricultural  education  is  no  more 
popular  in  Ireland  than  it  is  in  the 
United  States . 
It  appears  from  a  brief  article  in 
Meehan’s  Monthly  that  the  Red- wood  of 
California  (Sequoia  sempervirens)  grows 
readily  from  cuttings.  Even  chips  which 
have  been  scattered  by  the  wood-man’s 
axe,  when  they  fall  in  moist  places,  will 
sprout  and  grow . 
Mr.  Meehan  mentions,  as  showing 
how  slowly  beautiful  things  get  into 
general  notice,  that  the  first  plants  of  Cer- 
cis  Japonica,  were  inrod uced  in  Europe 
in  1840  by  the  celebrated  traveler, 
Siebold.  It  was  first  put  into  the  trade 
in  1850  by  Van  Houtte,  and  produced  the 
first  seeds  in  European  1852.  The  Italian 
Journal  of  Horticulture  states  that  it  is 
more  highly  appreciated  in  Italy  than 
either  the  Cercis  siliquastrum,  or  the  C. 
Canadensis.  The  same  journal  states 
that  there  is  yet  another  species  in  Asia 
that  has  not  yet  been  introduced,  but  it 
is  well  worth  the  while  of  cultivators  to 
look  after.  This  is  the  Cercis  Chinensis. 
The  flowers  are  said  to  be  of  a  beautiful 
rose-color,  but  striped  with  white . 
Word  for  Word. 
- Garden  and  Forest  :  “  Here  are  our 
rich  men  paying  enormous  sums  for 
painted  landscapes  to  be  hung  in  their 
houses,  while  they  permit  the  real  land¬ 
scapes  about  them  to  become  ugly  in  the 
extreme.  ” 
“  Any  custom  which  encourages  the 
intelligent  planting  and  care  of  trees  is 
worth  establishing  and  cherishing.  If 
forestry  is  ever  to  assume  its  proper  place 
in  public  instruction,  beginning  must  be 
made  with  the  children,  and  we  must 
impress  upon  them  from  earliest  youth 
the  value  of  trees  in  the  economy  of  na¬ 
ture.  They  must  be  taught  the  import¬ 
ance  of  preserving  our  woods,  and  be 
made  to  feel  that  it  is  the  solemn  duty  of 
the  generations  to  come  to  cultivate  and 
guard  these  bulwarks  of  our  national 
prosperity.  No  course  of  physics  should 
be  considered  complete  in  our  common 
schools  or  our  higher  institutions  of  learn¬ 
ing  which  does  not  include  the  influence 
of  trees  upon  agriculture  and  civiliza¬ 
tion.” 
“  It  will  not  be  long  before  America, 
at  the  pace  she  is  going,  will  have  to  give 
up  the  fiction  of  youth,  which  is  now 
offered  as  the  excuse  for  all  wasteful¬ 
ness,  and  begin  to  profit  by  the  experi¬ 
ence  of  her  elders,  who  are  bitterly  ruing 
the  day  when  they  squandered  their 
patrimony  of  seemingly  exhaustless 
woods.” 
“The  most  brilliant  colored  flowers 
are  on  dry  deserts  and  mountain  tops, 
and  the  most  insignificant  flowers  are 
borne  by  the  greatest  part  of  tropical 
plants.” 
- Life:  “  More  than  $50,000  was  real¬ 
ized  from  the  sale  of  boxes  for  the  Horse 
Show.  Any  one  not  acquainted  with  the 
peculiar  intellectual  qualifications  of  our 
American  plutocracy  might  think  this 
financial  phenomenon  evidenced  a  strong 
love  for  the  horse  and  his  belongings. 
At  the  Horse  Show  the  horse  himself  is 
the  least  of  the  attractions.  It  is  the 
one  event  of  the  year  where  the  plutoc¬ 
racy  collectively  permits  itself  to  be  gazed 
upon  by  the  snobocracy,  and  the  interest 
of  true  lovers  of  the  horse  is  not  enlisted 
to  any  great  extent.” 
“  It  is  a  pity  that  a  road  show  cannot 
be  held  in  this  town  in  connection  with 
the  Horse  Show  that  is  now  prevailing. 
It  is  true  that  good  horses  can  co-exist 
with  bad  roads,  but  it  is  also  true  that 
an  inferior  horse  on  a  good  road  makes 
a  much  better  and  more  useful  perform¬ 
ance  than  an  excellent  horse  on  a  bad 
road.  To  improve  the  breed  of  horses 
and  not  to  ameliorate  the  condition  of  the 
highways  is  an  illogical  performance,  as 
the  horse  could  readily  demonstrate  if  he 
had  the  bicycler’s  ability  to  speak  for 
himself.” 
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