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HMP Jlp*5SPl 
SPRING AND SPRING WORK. 
Spring weather is fairly with us. To-day (March 
14th) the air is mild and balmy, and the thermom¬ 
eter marks 60°. Snow Drops, in warm situations, 
have been in flower for about ten days. The 
Crocuses are just beginning to show their golden 
flowers, and are doing a good deal to make the gar¬ 
den look gay and spring-like. The Cloth of Gold 
is a gem, on account of its earliness, and rich, 
golden color, relieved by a beautiful dark stripe.— 
Many persons destroy the effect of the Crocus and 
other early spring flowers, by neglecting to clear 
up their gardens until late in the season. With the 
walks all littered over, their edges ragged and 
overgrown with grass, and everything laying round 
in confusion, the pleasure that would be afforded 
by these bright harbingers of spring is lost. 
The Robins made their appearance, we are told, 
about the 8th, but we first saw them on the 11th, 
and Bluebirds on the 12th. 
The Hot-Bed, for the making and management of 
which we gave full directions in the last two num¬ 
bers, should be attended to at once. Those who 
are not disposed to undertake the care of a Hot-Bed, 
can start celery, tomato and other plants for trans¬ 
planting, as well as annual flowers, and also raise 
a few early radishes, lettuce, &c., in a Cold Frame, 
made as directed for a Hot-Bed frame, but without 
manure. This forms a kind of small green house, 
and will be found very useful with but little expense 
or labor. 
Readers in want of good Flower and Vegetable 
Seeds will do well to notice the liberal offers made 
on page 99. A little elfort will enable any one to 
secure a fine collection of seeds, and at the same 
time do his neighbors a great good. 
CIRCULATION OF SAP. 
Eds. Rural : — In yours of the 19th of Feb., L. B. 
Manly inquires concerning the circulation of sap 
in trees, &c. I will offer a few remarks that possi¬ 
bly may afford him and others some information 
upon this interesting subject. If an acorn, and so 
with other seed, is planted an inch or so beneath 
the surface of the soil, and the other conditions fa¬ 
vorable to germination follow, in a few days, the 
leaves and stem will shoot upwards into the air, 
and the root strike downward, into the soil. The 
opposite directions taken by the root and the stem, 
are controlled, and directed by laws as certain and 
fixed as are those that govern the movements of 
the planets. 
For a season, the root, blade, leaves, &c., are fed 
by the decomposing ingredients of the parent seed. 
But sooner or later, this food is used up, and the 
young plant mustt draw from the soil a?:d the at¬ 
mosphere its food and means of growth.! By this 
time the roots have been endowed with the prop¬ 
erty of absorbing the water of the soil and trans¬ 
porting it through the pores of the woody structure 
of the plant to the leaves, and at the same time, the 
leaves have acquired the power of taking in the 
carbonic acid of the air, decomposing it, and return¬ 
ing the carbon to build up its woody, or carbona¬ 
ceous structure. 
The spongy terminations of the roots of plants 
are covered with a thin membrane, and they pos¬ 
sess, through this membrane, the power of draw¬ 
ing or sucking up the water of the soil, and of forc¬ 
ing it through the minute pores of the tree to its 
topmost leaves, and some of the trees in California 
are more than 350 feet high. The water absorbed 
by the roots holds in solution, in very minute quanti¬ 
ties, the various earthy ingredients found in the 
ash of burned plants. In the leaves of the tree, or 
plant, a very large portion of the water, (crude sap 
taken up by the roots) is evaporated through the 
pores of the leaves, and the condensed or true sap, 
descends between the bark and wood of trees, and 
forms the new layer or annular ring of the tree. 
We can exactly imitate the ascent of the water 
from the soil, through the pores of the tree to its top¬ 
most leaves, or in other words, cause water to 
voluntarily “run up hill.” Still the cause of the 
ascent of the sap is not the more clear that we can 
imitate it by an artificial experiment. 
Some years since, Dutrociiet fitted up a cheap 
instrument, which enabled him to pretty nearly 
comply with all the conditions regulating the as¬ 
cent of sap in trees, Ac. The conditions attending 
the rise of the sap in trees, I will attempt to de¬ 
scribe ; as also the instrument with which we can so 
readily imitate the ascent of the sap, or water, from 
the soil to the extremity of every green branch 
and twig, bud and leaf of the tallest tree. 
The soil contains water; the roots of plants pen¬ 
etrate the soil, in various directions, and to vari¬ 
ous depths; and the ends of the roots are covered 
with a film-like, or membraneous envelop, which, 
as already stated, possesses the power of absorbing 
the water of the soil. The plant contains sap, 
holding in solution mineral and other substances, 
so that its specific gravity is greater than that of 
the water in the soil. The roots, body and branches 
of the tree are filled with minute tubes or pores 
through which the sap passes from the roots to the 
leaves. 
The instrument imitating the above conditions, 
was as follows: — I took a tubulated cupping- 
glass, holding half a gill or more; over the bottom 
of this was tied, drumliead-like, a piece of thin 
bladder; in the opening of the cup at the top in¬ 
serted a cork with a hole; into this I inserted a 
small glass tube about sixteen inches long, pre¬ 
cisely like the tube of a thermometer. The cup- 
ping-glass was filled with water sweetened with 
molasses, and placed in a vessel containing clear 
water; the water in the cupping-glass and the ves¬ 
sel were of the same level. The sweetened water 
in the cupping-glass being of greater specific grav¬ 
ity than that of the water in the vessel, represented 
the sap in the plant; that in the vessel, the water 
in the soil; the bladder over the bottom of the 
THE “ALLEN RASPBERRY,” 
“A pretty sort of country this,” said Teague, 
just after landing, “ that a gintleman can’t say and 
do what he plazes, without such • patter about 
his ears, andathreat of the bilboes”— vide" Jef¬ 
freys.” Bad enough, friend Alle.v ; but then you 
go it too strong—neck and heels, and body, and all. 
Fie-fie, my friend, how can you let your temper so 
get the better of sober truth. For myself, I hoped 
you had reformed, and left off these tricks. 
YANKEE BROWN BREAD, PIES, &c. 
“ 0, wad some power the giftie gie us, 
To see oursels as ithers see us.” 
Eds. Rural:—B eing much interested in your 
Didn’t get them of Mr. Sotham ! “Never had a Column of “ Domestic Economy,” I have concluded 
Raspberry plant of W. II. Sotham.” Bad memory, t0 offer a fe ' v reci P es > hoping they will be accept- 
Mr. Allen. I know, so far as observation permit¬ 
ted—which has always been abundant—as also 
able: 
To Dry Pumpkin for Winter Use.- 
your admissions in fruit talks 
had P um Pk' n as tor common use, grease tin pie plates 
a Raspberry plant within the past ten years, and 8 P rcad *t one inch thick and set it where it 
other than your present lot from Mr. Sotham’s will dry without burning. When partly dried can 
ground. Why, my good friend, had you a Rasp- turn iton tbe P lates ’ When dr y put away as other 
berry-even an odd one, the welkin would have d, iedfruit - When you wish to use it put it in cold 
rung its presence-the Horticulturist would have wat f r “ d let ifc gradually heat - When soft it is 
chronicled it many times—the “coterie” would leady ^ 01 use - 
have seen it, and heard of it, too. Now, this is too Pumpkin Pie — Three quarts of milk; 8 table- 
much like that water and milk story to heed fur- spoonfuls of pumpkin ; 3 of flour; 1 of ginger and 
ther—a mere lapsus linguae. Your usual abuse 4 C £S- ^ ix the pumpkin, flour and eggs before 
under such circumstances is to be expected, any adding the milk. Sweeten to your taste. We pre- 
other course would be an exception, not often re- ^ er molasses. This is sufficient for six pies, 
curring. Sweet Potato Pie. —This is similar to pumpkin 
“Never saw my plants in bearing!” True, sir, pie. The potato should be washed clean, boiled, 
I never did; neither have you, I fancy, more than peeled, and mashed fine, or sifted. Three eggs for 
a few odd fruits. When I last saw your plants, six pies. Sweeten with sugar and season with 
which was at your especial request, to determine cinnamon —baked with one crust. 
whether or no they were not the “ Hudson River Yankee Brown Br.EAD.-Mother sends the fol- 
Antwerp," you made an estimate that they would lowing reC)pe: _ For two good sized loaves, take 4 
yield 30 quarts per row. Did they yield the thirty pints or large bowls of corn mcal; pour on boilill g 
\ quarts? No, sir. You stated they had failed to water till well scalded. When cool, add one pint 
fruit from some cause! ! ! of yeast —mix it with two bowls of rye flour, or 
Now, sir, the simple statement I made in the unbolted wheat. When light, bake in a slow oven 
Rural, as to their origin, was truthful in every three or four hours. A little molasses improves it. 
respect, and I simply desired that it should retain _ A Country Girl, Warren Co., Ohio, 1859. 
BLCTTRRIE STXPIBIOTTN' PEAR, its own proper name, hoping my friend and neigh- ____ 
_ bor would thank me for refreshing his memorv in 
, t , j. . , . , . A a matter so necessary to the public weal. Desirous SODA BISCUIT, SODA CREAM CAKE, A 
For some time we have been aware that this | only a medium sized specimen, and it often grows Qf ]ealni from Mr SoTHAU under what name he Q p T --“ 
most excellent pear, of which we now present our to a very large size. Skin yellow, slightly shaded ,. . ... , . . Soda Biscuit.— Io 1 quart flour, add 1 teas 
SODA BISCUIT, SODA CREAM CAKE, &c. 
Soda Biscuit.— To 1 quart flour, add 1 teaspoon- 
luusb ^ . 7" “ “ ' ° „ got them, he writes,-“I obtained the Red Cane , , T « V * 1 -■’- f 777 
readers a fine engraving, was not appreciated by with crimson on the sunny side, and partially , , „ ful soda; 2 of cream tartar; a piece of butter the 
b J . f' ’ . ; J Raspberry of which you speak, and some of ■ e , , 
fruit growers and that not half its merits were re- covered with russet, and thickly sprinkled with ,. , , . ,, , 1 ^ •’ size of an egg; sweet and sour milk enough to wet 
Iiui goue s .... .. „„ wUch 1 9™* to Mr - Allen, of Mr. Elliott, of .. nml „ 
corded in the fruit books. It was with the greatest minute dots. Stalk stout, from three-fourths to an / ...... , , 
, ® ’ . Cleveland. Mr. Elliott will tell you from whence 
pleasure that we observed this opinion corroborated | inch in length, inserted without depression by a , _ , , , 
p , , r , . , , „ , , n , , . „ , , , . , . the Raspberry sprung, as he wrote me at the time, 
by all those who spoke on the subject at the last fleshy enlargement. Calyx closed, in an abrupt, ‘ ^ ‘ „ .. ’ 
meeting of the American Pomological Society, when small basin. Flesh exceedingly juicy, buttery, 
this excellent pear was unanimously recommended melting, with a brisk, vinous, or sub-acid flavor, 
for general cultivation, both on the pear and the Ripe all of October. 
quince, the President declaring that it was “ one of In the Report of the Massachusetts Pomological 
the best in the catalogue—there might be an equal, Committee, Dr. Eben Wight, the Secretary, says 
but could be no superior.” the Beurre Superfin is “of the first quality, but 
The tree is beautiful in appearance, an excellent not yet a prolific bearer.” Our observation in re¬ 
grower, and great bearer. Our engraving shows gard to its bearing qualities is the reverse of this. 
, , „ ’ .,7 „ ’ it, and a little salt. 
Cleveland. Mr. Elliott will tell you from whence 
the Raspberry sprung, as he wrote me at the time, Soda Cream Cake. Three eggs; 1 cup sugar; 
but I have forgotten.” On writing Mr. Elliot, he 1 of sweet rich cream ’’ 1 teaspoonful of cream tar- 
‘ The Raspberry sent to Mr. Sotham is the tar > 34 °f soda; beat well together. 
‘ False Red Antwerp f long cultivated by the market Sponge Cake.— Three eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 of 
gardeners of Cleveland, and I presume is the same flour; 1 teaspoonful cream tartar; dissolve % tea- 
as the ‘Allen Raspberry.’ It is a good old sort; spoon of saleratus in a tablespoonful of hot ter; 
nothing new, and can be bought at Cleveland in add to the cake; stir briskly; bake quick. 
any quantity at §15 to §20 per thousand.” So 
much, Messrs. Editors, for the “ Allen Raspberry.” 
Magna est Veritas, et praevalebit. 
Longsight Place, March 6,1859. W. R. Coppock. 
Eds. Rural: —Having noticed in your paper 
glass, the membrane of the ends of the roots, and sary, but, in my opinion, detrimental. Then again, -- 
the glass tube the pores of the tree,— now for the the ease with which most swamps can bellowed HARDY FRUIT TREES. 
result. The cupping-glass was filled with the during fall, winter and spring, gives the cultivator - 
sweetened water, and placed in the vessel contain- an advantage over weeds, which, on dry land, are Eds. Rural:—H aving noticed in your paper 
ing clearwater — this was done about one o’clock, not only more annoying, but can only be kept in several inquiries for fruit trees that are hardy at 
afternoon. The next morning the sweetened water check by a persevering use of the hoe or some the AV est, I would say that I have lived here nearly 
was trickling over the top of the lC-inch tube, and equivalent. T^pg^Dcropljsh this, one has oply to twenty years, and having made the subject of fruit 
so continued to do for ten days and nights in succes- close the Jutlcff of n;s drai };.-s in fall as soon Us the culture a special study, feel qualified to speak of 
sion. But, curious to note, the sweetened water crop is gatherev, aud let them remain closed until some varieties at least. I consider the English 
An Inquiry. —Will some of the friends of the 
Rural be kind enough to inform me of a remedy 
to slacken cords, which are contracted by rheuma¬ 
tism; also, the best way of obtaining oil out of 
Sun-Flower seed, and oblige—A Farmer’s Daugh¬ 
ter, Chemung Valley, N. Y., 1859. 
lard • at Lemon Pie.—H erewith you have a recipe for such 
, a pie as hardly a reader of the Rural ever tasted— 
e nearly 1 J 
e .. though numbered by tens of thousands. For two, 
; of fruit a J ’ 
peak of tbe » rate< i P ee * °f one lemon and the juice of 
English 1, ' vo ’ ^ tablespoonfuls cream tartar: 2 of melted 
passed through the bladder into the clear water, the return of warm weather in the spring—a course Golden Russet the best apple fora Western orchard, A utter i the yolks of 4 eggs; 8 spoonfuls of sugar. 
1 ° . . . . . . . _ ra ........... ’ n«t.~ nnfil tirikll TKa aAUa *.f A __ A A 
and at the same time the clear water passed into which I would recommend wherever it is practica- being the best for form, thriftiness, and hardihood untd " done ' ^ be v, ' dtu 4 e Sg s > an A 4 
the cup in larger quantity, the lighter liquid fore- ble. When this can be done, very little, if any, of tree, and quality of fruit. The fruit requires to s I )00nfu ls of sugar beaten to a stiff froth and 
ing the heavier one over the top of the tube. Had weeding or hoeing will be needed. 
the instrument been kept in operation till the water m 0D e of Culture.— Having drained the land as sorts 1 consiaer g° oa Irim , ana tne trees 
within and without had become of the same spe- a i read y intimated, those portions on which the * ect b' hardy: 
cific gravity, then it would have ceased to rise. water formerly remained most of the year, will Summer— Carolina June, Sops of Wine. 
But in a growing tree, clothed with foliage, this usually be sufficiently clean for the immediate Autumn ^-Autumn Strawberry, Fameus 
be barreled, otherwise it will wilt. The following 
sorts I consider good fruit, and the trees are per- 
spread over the pie. Bake for three minutes.—E. 
W., Massachusetts, 1859. 
will never happen. The leaves are continually ex- introduction of the plant. That part covered with Swee ‘> Pound Sweeting. 
Autumn —Autumn Strawberry, Fameuse, Bailey 
haling aqueous vapor, as one of their constant a thick sod) x pare 0 ff, and throw the sods into Winter— Herefordshire Pearmain, Yellow Bell 
functions, and sometimes in very large quantity.— heapsfor decomposition,—the result of which forms flower > Tolman Sweet, Rawles Janet, Winesap, 
Ice Cream. —Will some of the Rural readers 
please give a recipe for making Ice Cream, as many 
of them reside at the east where they have their 
ice-houses, and no doubt enjoy that luxury to their 
heart’s content. My husband has just finished an 
The sap, therefore, when it reaches the leaves, is an excellent manurial preparation for fruit trees. Red Romanite > Cayuga Red Streak or Twenty ice-house, and I intend to try the comfort of it next 
concentrated and thickened, and rendered more l n the clean surface thus exposed, I make shallow 0 unce > aud Perry Russet. [Rawles Janet and Red summer. I should be glad if some of my sisters 
dense by the separation of the water, so that when parallel trenches eighteen inches or two feet apart, R omanite will keep a year.] 
:a j _at.~ _ 3 ^° r 7 m—p n ii n: • xt 
would give me the desired information.—E. Y. E., 
it descends to the root and again begins its upwaid and ; n the trenches place my vines varying from 
course, it will admit of large dilution before its one to e ight feet in length.' A slight covering 
Tender —Fall Pippin, Newton Pippin, Spitzen- Licking, Ohio, 1859. 
berg, White Winter Pearmain, and Willow Twig, - 
density can be so fiir diminished as to approach the ever y s ; x or e j gb t inches, completes the work of have a!1 winter - killed in m y orchard. Golden Pop Corn Pudding.— One quart of milk; 1 cup 
comparatively pure water which is absorbed from transplanting. ^At each point so covered roots Sweet > R ambo, Hocking and Domine are all good sugar; 4 eggs; 1 quart pop corn; flavor with nut- 
the soil. will be f orm e d) and new v ; nes w jn sboot g et fruit and good bearers, but were injured by the meg or cinnamon —a little salt. Line your pud- 
I am fully aware, that in the foregoing, I have in such soil, no loss from drouth need be feared. haid winteis. ding dish with a paste prepared as for soda biscuit, 
failed to satisfactorily answer Mr. Manly’s queries, In two or three years they will cover the ground. Plums and Improved Cherries have been a total pour in the above ingredients, place a few bits of 
— there is no effect, without an adequate cause. Being an evergreen, the month of May is a very failure, as fai as my acquaintance extends. I have butter on the top bake nearly an hour in a mod- 
The world is full of facts, but we are unable to tell good time, if not the best, for transplanting. If a Flemish Beauty pear tree, (standard,) set out in crate oven, stir it occasionally till it begins to 
the “why and the wherefore” of their being facts, set in the fall, having no time to root, they are lia- 1S51, that appears to have passed the hard winters thicken.—C. M. M., Rochester, N. Y., 1859. 
There is no more mystery connected with the fact, ble to be thrown out by frosts. without injury. Two or three others were killed. ---. 
that the rootlets of plants can take up water from PnoTivin nnumM If any one can tell how to kill the Bark Lice A Good Salve.—I send you a first-rate recipe 
the “why and the wherefore” of their being facts, set in the fall, having no time to root, they are lia- 
There is no more mystery connected with the fact, ble to be thrown out by frosts. 
that the rootlets of plants can take up water from p U0UF i C Qualities.—M y variety, the Low Land 7 “7 lL '“ lu KU1 lue JiarK ^ 
the soil, than that an animal can suck up water Bell, is an annual bearer, and will produce fruit the W f. e, ' e Uiey cover ,ar S e trees > 1 ho P e the y will do so 
from a river or a sprinn. It requires forces to per- in Delavan, Wis., 1859. Horace La Bar. 
from a river or a spring. It requires/o/xtfs to per- same year in which the plants are set. From afew 
form either. But what are those forces ? who can rod3 0 f gr0 und set last May, I last fall gathered a 
tell? will it do to say these forces act in accor- half bushel, for some of which I received the first 
dance to the laws of Nature ? what are these laws m pminm sit. nnr lsiat Stito \ mmitimii l?,;,. 
it any one can tell how to kill the Bark Lice A Good Salve. —I send you a first-rate recipe 
here they cover large trees, I hope they will do so. for a salve that is good for cuts, burns, or any sore 
Delavan, Wis., 1S59. Horace La Bar. where there is any inflammation:—Three ounces 
—*-o-»- 0 p swee t 0 ii j 2 of linseed oil; 2 of red lead. Sim- 
Locust and Horse Chestnut Seeds.-WIII you, or mer to a dark brown —to be made in new tin.—J. 
’ ^ some of your subscribers, please inform me through the o t /V V 
premium at our last State Agricultural Fair. Some Rural, how Locust Seeds are to be treated previous to ’ & ’ ’ 
o i a uie. of the fiuit which I send you is from the half sowing, the best mode for sowing and cultivating, and ,, ^ 
The circulation of the sap in plants, and the cir- bushel above mentioned. In four years my crop the time of year when they should be sown? °A!so Coloring Straw, or Leghorn Bonnets. —Will 
dilation of the blood in animals, are somewhat has increased from seven to sixty bushels. Con- how Horse Chestnuts are to be prepared for planting, some of the numerous lady readers of the Rural, 
analagous. The circulation of the blood in man is sidering that the price of this fruit per bushel is antl when and how they should bo planted? I have please give me a good recipe for coloring straw or 
carried on, as independent of the mind of man, as rarely less than §3, and is frequently as high as A een to lA fl* at locust seeds must be scalded, or they will leghorn bonnets lead-color or brown?—B., King's 
is the sap in the plants. In both cases they are §4 50 ; is there not here an incentive to effort on the not g row > an d I know of no source from which so relia- Ferry, N. Y, 1859. 
governed by certain and fixed laws — and for the part of all who may possess swamps of the charac- il ' formation can A e obtained as through your in- -*- 
want of a better term, we call them the laws of ter herein intimated? A few dollars expended on ^ aIuable l ,a P'" r ’ wlllcb ,! s thoug,lt t0 be the“neplus” 
NT * T t> .U . . , , , , of P erfectlon by subscribers in this place. By answer- 
J ' aturc - Levi Bartlett. these waste, unsightly places, will make them the in£r the above vou will nh.i™ __ 1 
Warner, N. II., Feb., 1S59. 
r t> . . ... , , - ,, suuacnucrs m piace, liy answer- 
t ure - Levi Baetlett ’ theSe wast 7 unsl S htl y P laces . make them the ing the above you will oblige more than one besides 
Warner, N. II., Feb., 1859. most profitable portions of their farms. Drain the writer.—A. B. Mason, Strykersville, H. Y., 1859. 
-- them and transplant to cranberries, aud you will t u , ,, , , 
, . ,, Locust seeds should be scalded before planting 
CRANBERRIES AND THEIR CULTURE. make the desert 111 s ' immer blossom as rose,” to soften the hard coveri p • h i{ ? 
^ n , " nd m aUtUn '“ WCar i he C T S ° n ° f a . deSSert Which upon them, and allow them to soak for at least 
Eds. Rural : Presuming that a dish of kings, as well as all good housewives may well twenty-four hours. Or, it would be better to Dour 
mVswill not be unacceptable to you, or an article covet. Noble Hill. mcrslv scaldiiur w«w ,i , ,, 
l Cranberry Culture uninteresting to your read- Caton, Steuben Co., N. Y., 1859. , _. °, * 1 ena ’ an a °' v it to 
CRANBERRIES AND THEIR CULTURE. 
most profitable portions of their farms. Drain 
them and transplant to cranberries, and you will 
make the desert in summer “ blossom as the rose,” 
and in autumn wear the crimson of a dessert which 
Never pour hot water irto a glass tumbler, or 
any glass vessel with a round bottom; for the heat 
of the water will cause the bottom of the glass to 
expand, while the sides, which are not heated, re¬ 
tain their former dimensions. If the heat be suf¬ 
ficiently great, the bottom will be forced from the 
sides, and a crack or flaw will surround that part 
on Cranbemp Culture uninteresting to your read¬ 
ers, especially your new ones, I forward to you the 
former, and for them the latter. 
Soil Adapted to Cranberry Raising.— Low, 
swampy lands, in my opinion, are preferable. Na¬ 
ture herself seems to teach this lesson. Travel 
from Maine to Minnesota and you will meet with 
...... vi, io wouiu oe Deuer to pour » , , , . , ,, * 
merely scalding water upon them, and allow it to ? ‘ C S ^ ^7 wbicl \ the sides are uu ' ted to * he 
Caton, btenben Co., N. Y., 18o9. cool, repeating the operation at least three time, , b0t . t0m - th ° glaSS b ° prCviously washed with a 
~~-during one or two days. Then sow in a mellow ” W , ater ’ 80 that the whole is Squally 
Grafting the Grape. Can you, or any of your well prepared soiL Hone 0hestnuU sh m ^ heated, and tnerefore gradually expanded, then the 
readers, inform me, from actual experience, whether it i . d ; +L f. n , . hot water may be poured in without danger. Who 
is any benefit to graft buds into short pieces of root, as ^ a ’ 0r ep 111 ® and untl1 spring- has not known practically that very hot water will 
would have to be used in propagating pots? Also 1 g00t ’ mdlow soll > and c «ver about two break a glass tumbler ? Now we learn the reason, 
whether the grape has ever been grafted with any de- mcnes aee P- nhilosonhv of it 
' . grce of success? The subject was discussed in our 
the cranbeiry growing in a state of nature only in State Convention, and one gentleman claimed he had Grape Growers’ Association of Hammonds- 
some swamp, or on its margin. You will also tried it with good success; another stated he had tried port.— The Annual Meeting of this Association 
find that it has selected a swamp which is likely to it, and in no instance knew them to adhere, and eon- was held on the 1st inst., and the following o-entle- 
be moist throughout the season, thus showing its eidered it of no practical benefit.—H., Forestritle, Ci. men were elected officers for the ensuinTyear •— 
great affinity for water. The swamp commends Little, we think, is gained by grafting in the President —Henry L. Larrowe ; Vice President 
itself to the would-be-cultivator of the cranberry propagation of grapes4n pots, as most native E. P. Smith; RecordingSecretaru and Treasurer— 
for another reason, viz:—that in its natural state it , vanctie s start very freely from single eyes. Old T ^ Younglovf • Corremondina ferret nw \ 
,, , - , vines can be successfully grafted, alter growth is iounglove, Lonesponamg beci-etary — A. 
lsl dfononv V lien oqs tin* nthnr rMinnAcno • nnr . ■« i i "\r n __ mi ■ . . . . 
or philosophy of it. 
low we learn the reason, 
To Entirely Clear out tub Red Ant.— Wash 
was held on the 1st inst., and the followin'- -eutle- y °, Ur ShdveS d ° WQ cIean ’ and whUe dam P> rub b «e 
men were elected officers for the ensuin- year •— . t ° D tbem <1Ulte tblck ’ and let d remam on foi ‘ a 
’ time, and they will disappear. 
T. M. Younglove; Corresponding Secretary—A. Ip y°ur flat irons are rough, rub them well with 
is generally useless for other purposes; and to fit commenced, and shoots made from eight to twelve Y. Baker. The next meeting and exhibition is to dne Sidf: ’ and R make them smooth. 
it for other purposes would require a greater outlay inches in length. If done earlier the stock will j beheld in October next. AYe will in our next Ip you are buying a carpet for durabilitv von 
limn 4 r\ 1^4 14 4Viy» m<nnLni>»ir vr.If.Ir.r- TJ ~ L.ii ... DlOCd. ail (1 riT’AVPYl t. union rit-ofY i r» 4hf» apHinor.v . . _ ’ .. .. ^ J * * 
than to fit it for cranberry raising. For the latter, bl a Ed, b and b,',;)!, 1 , V-rrV-'l?, 1 °t 7)77 glvu some extracts from the proceedings of the must choose small figures. 
. ® » wav bv snlittino-tbo exiiacis iiom tne proceedings ot tbe 
you need only a sufficient number of drains to re- bark of the scion comes° n contacl- with Urn! of [he Association, showing the doings of its members in 
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the cultivation of the grape. 
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