Inquiries emir ^tnsroers. 
6 . A cold frame is simply a hot-bed frame, or a inches, thus * * * *. The two rows, you will see, 
frame similar to it, in which is placed plants not give a free, unobstructed passage diagonally.— 
European Nurseries. —I wish to obtain a list of the . . ,. «_ T , . , 
una u early spring planting, &c. It is covered with 
European Nurseries—some of the best to do business J 1 6 f b . 
quite hardy, plants of Lettuce, or Cabbage, for Then the space between the rows makes a beauti- 
early spring planting, &c. It is covered with ful rendezvous for the poultry, hogs, &c.,—what a 
with. Please publish the names of a few of the best- 8 ,ass or boards > and on these is placed mats, or delightful and agreeable job to collect eggs from 
J. W. D., Bedford, Cayahoga Co., 0., 1859. leaves, or straw, to keep off the extreme frost. In such a place daily, perhaps oftener, and Biddy is 
Below we give a list of the leading nurserymen fine weather these must be removed ’ and air 8 "“- fully as likely to select such a place to deposit her 
in England and also on the Continent. For these Tbe cold frame is generally used in the spring for eggs as any where. Now, the plants four inches 
we are indebted to the Annual Register of Rural f°rward.ng annual flowers, and other plants for apart in the first place, form a sort of palisade, 
Affairs • transplanting to the open ground. What is called that with proper management would obstruct 
exgland. a pit by gardeners, is sometimes named a cold most poultry in a short time; besides, where two 
J. Backhouse & Son, York-extensive—largest and frame by amateurs. This is a pit dug in the rows are so near, the middle gets hollow, as the 
best nursery in that city. ground, the top being covered with a frame and plant will bear no overshadowing—it is a great 
TRANSPLANTING LARGE TREES. 
Planters in this country are beginning to re- 
Affairs: ..-*. . »uu,« « HOW TO MAKE BEER FROM MALT. 
England. a pit by gardeners, is sometimes named a cold most poultry in a short time; besides, where two _ 
J. Backhouse & Son, York—extensive—largest and frame by amateurs. This is a pit dug in the rows are so near, the middle gets hollow, as the EDg r ural New-Yorker:— W. D. R., of Lewis 
;st nursery in that city. ground, the top being covered with a frame and plant will bear no overshadowing—it is a great Co N y., asks some of your readers to tell hina 
G. Baker, 'Windlesham, near Bagshot, Surrey— glass, with some material for protection from frost lover of freedom, and the difference in a constantly how to make beer from malt I would sav at the 
nlont, a in u r>idls It. oxxttotxx wo.lki, TKo if nroll nronoroH mill x ■_ A X. . .1 _ - - _ J__• • x ' ' * ’ 
alize the advantage of applying moisture to the American plants a specialty. in severe weather. The pit, if well prepared, will trimmed hed 
trunks and limbs of newly transplanted trees. Chandler & Sons, Wandworth Itoad, Surrey—exten- not freeze, and Verbenas, Geraniums, and many astonishing. 
in severe weather. The pit if well prepared, will trimmed hedge, and one only occasionally, is truly start , to make good Malt Beer is no Small Beer 
Formerly it was thought that deluging the roots sive ranges of glass—collection of camellias unsurpas 
with moisture was all that could be done to save a sed in England. 
,. e ranees of elass collection of camellias unsurpas- i a « * . asiomsmng. W. M. Beauchamp. affair and I am afraid I shall make my article too 
ye ranges or glass—collection 01 cameinas unsurpas tender plants may be kept in it during the winter. Skaneatles, N. Y., 1850. , . .. 
a m Fnohiid m, , ,, . j •• ,. n. i,, iot. long in attempting the task of desci ibing the pro- 
<1 in imgiana. The pit should receive a good airing every thaw- -_ T 6 .. , .. ..., - b , y 
J. & J. Cranstone, King’s Acre, Herefordshire— f & J cess. In making malt beer it will be found a very 
:tensive roses. 1D ® a ^‘ _ THE NEW GRAPES. different process to that of making the different 
G. Cunningham & Son, Liverpool—a large general _. x . .. ... . . , - kinds of small beer usually made throughout the 
irsery. ArrLEs for Names. I have taken the liberty to send Some time since we were informed by letter CO untrv I presume Mr R wishes to make beer 
T n ,v.• I, n „ a you five specimens of fruit, and should like to have you , a ~ „ ,, , , coun ry. 1 presu e . . es o e Deer 
J. Cuthil), Camberwell, Surrey small fruits and name them and give the name8 to tbe publioin your from Samuel Miller, of Calmdale, Pa., that he for family use only, and I think that a good keep- 
iperior vege a es, *.*c. paper.—L. J. Ontario N. Y., 1859. bad sb ^PP ed a box °f g ra pes to Bissell & Salter, j ng article cannot well be got up in summer. I 
Skaneatles, N. Y.,1850. 
tree suffering and dying from injuries received in 
& J. Cranstone, King’s Acre, Herefordshire— 
removal. Then, through the teachings of practi- extensive roses. 
cal horticulturists by example, and through Horti- G - Cunningham & Son, Liverpool-a large general 
_ii._i A ^ ._:_..ii_ i T __4- nursery. 
THE NEW GRAPES. 
cal horticulturists by example, and through Horti¬ 
cultural and Agricultural Journals, the importance 
of close pruning, to prevent too great a drain upon 
the mutilated roots, began to be admitted, and 
tender plants may be kept in it during the winter. 
The pit should receive a good airing every thaw¬ 
ing day. 
ArrLEs for Names.—I have taken the liberty to send 
superior vegetables, &c. 
F. & J. Dickson & Sons, Manchester—forest trees, 
the mutilated roots, began to be admitted, and Dic k8 on & Sons Manchester-forest trees P a P er - L - J - Ontario, H. Y., 1859. “““ ^ u 1D S article cannot weU be 8 0t U P in summer - 1 
“ , f, ,, . ’ & o. LUCKson <s sons, mancnesier ioresi trees, which he wished us to examine, and would have will uive mv practice in the premises and would 
generally to be practiced by those who made any evergreens, &c. The numbers were not securely attached to the gent ug box b t f • . in hig f „ mily We S 7 P ® , ’ 
pretense to good cultivation. But, incase of large Fisher, Holmes & Co., Sheffield and Handsworth, apples, and some of them became detached before , . ... . . recommend Mr. R., or anyone else, to brew spring 
trees, or those that had been badly taken up, or Yorkshhe. we gave the fruit an examination; in replacing are ° ot slow in a ™lmg ourselves of every oppor- and f al ],_ ab out the last of October and about the 
had suffered from bad packing, or delay in trans- Garraway, Myers & Co., Bristol—a celebrated ar 
portation, it was found that the moisture would extensive establishment, in the green-house and ou 
pass off through the pores of the bark, which door departments. 
r R. Glendinning, Turnham Green, near London 
would shrivel, and the tree languish and die, in , . . 
. ° , rare green-house plants, 
spite of pruning and the water applied to the roots. j GrifflQ; Battl _ the large8t nur8ery near thl8 city . 
Then it was found that trees all shriveled up, ap- Groom, Clapham Rise, Surrey—bulbs, 
parently dead, were resuscitated by being buried j. a. Henderson & Co., Edgware Road, Middlesex 
w nneo, uuu aULUC ui lucm Dvvttiuu uuiuiu , i _ . ... , » ... * — 
we gave the fruit an examination; in replacing are “ ot sl<in ourselves of every oppor- and fa „,_ a bout the last of October and about the 
® »Y,rtrin Mn i tnmt y to see a new fruit or flower ’ and we first of March. 
Garraway, Myers & Co., Bristol—a celebrated and them we may have made some changes. No. 1. , , ... . . ^ hrst of March. 
xtensive establishment, in the green-house and out- fp^ e i arges t re d apple looking somewhat like the embrace(1 tbis Wlth P Ieasure * Among the collec- My utensils consist of a mash tub and aferment- 
[oor departments. Baldwin, a coarse fall apple of not much value. ^ W&S seed ‘ in 8 s » raised b J S ; ing tub, each large enough to hold all I want to 
R. Glendinning, Turnham Green, near London— Name not known. No. 2. The largest yellow, is R ° GE f ’' a ° f MaSS ” ? Umbered ’ but Dot brew, and two kettles,-one kettle is sufficient if 
are green-house plants. the Fall Tennetimr No 3 A small vellow anole named - Some of them were too far gone to taste, y 0 uhaveitlarge,asthekettleshouldholdconsid- 
.T. Griffin. Rath —the largest nurserv near this city. me h all Jenneting. .NO. 3. A small yellow apple, tflf . mneh SO to form a -rrlm-wr ,4 ,, ° • , . l mi I .11 __ 
coarse and poor; probably natural fruit. No. 4. c , , . . c . u . ... m ,. . J 
_. v ’ A.. v r a a • confident opinion of their quality. This, however, 
and most of them too much so to form a very e rably more than you wish to make. The kettles 
in the earth for a few days, the bark gradually new and rare plants—a neat and extensive establish- 
absorbing moisture, swelling, and becoming ap- ment 
parently healthy, and in good condition for plant- E. G. Henderson, St. John’s Wood, Middlesex—new 
ing. This led to the sprinkling of the trunk and Pl an t 3 > doing a large wholesale business, 
branches, instead of giving all the water to the Brom P‘ on ’ Middlesex-extensive in 
roots, and finally, to what is better, the covering ^ Woking, Surrey-American plants, Ac. 
The smallest red, Winesap. No. 5. A fine sped 
men of the Spitzenburg. 
connaent opinion ot meir quality, inis, nowever, ought to be set in a furnace. A hole should be 
it is never safe to do from tasting two or three bored about one, or one and one-half inches above 
berries. Our notes made -at the time, are as fol- ^he bottom of the tub, a plug inserted, and a bunch 
branches, instead of giving all the water to the 
roots, and finally, to what is better, the covering 
of the trunks of choice trees with damp moss, or 
some other material that will retain the moisture. 
This we recommend to every one who transplants 
Limber Twig. —A friend at the West sent us a wor tb: 
conical red apple, over-ripe, which was supposed 
to be the Limber Twig. The Twig is a winter . °' 
lows, and we give them only for what they are 0 f bay, well tied around, placed against the hole 
wortb: on the inside of the tub,—the hay answers as a 
W. Holland, Brompton, Middlesex-extensive in ^ , ,, T . , ’ m ~ . . . , No. 1 — much larger than Catawba, same color, strainer for the malt. Put the boiling water into 
nit trees. ° L r„d e L»Tf ,‘L\Z'T tuck, pulpj. sweet and good Saeored. No. 4- the tub. reduciog the temperature to ISO degrees, 
G. Jackman, 'Woking, Surrey-American plants, to. fruit and a good keeper. It lias, also, less red, the b]act berlies as as Black Hamburgh, thick then pour in the malt, stirring it so as to get it 
Jackson & Son, Kingston, Same, - green-honse skin being a greenish jellow, shaded and striped ski b , and a llllle m „ s B kj Ko . thoroughly wet; cores with something to keep m 
I with crimson, and sprinkled with light dots. > a r r> > j 
Late & Son, Great Beekbamstead, Herts.-e.xten- .... 5 _ about as i arge a s Isabella, color of To Kalon; the steam; let the water remain on the malt about 
sive in rases ^ 00 ** ar g° ne * No. 15—round berry, large, color of three hours, and then draw off, having a second 
J & C Lee Hammersmith, near London-an old NEW PLANT KR0TECT0R. Catawba, musky, about like Northern Muscadine, boiling of water ready to put ou the malt. The 
and celebrated plant nursery of great extent and „ „ „ r • x. xx. No. 19-berry as large as Black Hamburgh, black, second water should go on boiling hot, and should 
richness. C. G. Page, of Washington, D. C., furnishes the tough pulp, sweet, and of good flavor. No. 30— remain on about same length of time. Put the 
H. Low & Co., Clapton, Middlesex—very extensive Gardener s Monthly with a drawing and descrip- j ar g er than Catawba, oval, amber color, tender first water drawn from the malt into your kettle, 
in glass and green-house plants. ti° n of a Plant Protector which he has invented, p U ip ; and g 00 d flavor. No. 34—very large berry, and to every bushel of malt used put about three- 
Lucombo, Pince & Co., Exeter, Devon-a large gen- and which he states is of great value, as the most rouIld) tou gh pulp, skin thick, very sour. fourths of a pound of good hops, boiling them 
eral nursery. tender and the most difficult plants to manage add it; 0 n to these there were more than a to g etb er two hours; strain the hops from the 
Oebrnn . 8.», Fmb.rn, M.dd.eeex-m,, and „„e may be •» »£ Them u“o» beer; 5 et it to cool; pet the same bops to the 
A. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, Herts.—famed for its roses, Zll/e.rtb™ ^ C-^y, Kingsessieg, Perkins, to., th. 
a large tree which he is particularly anxious to eive in roses. 
save. J. & C. Lee, Hammersmith, near London—an old 
In this country we do very little at planting a «d celebrated plant nursery of great extent and 
large trees, the expense being too great; yet, as ric hness. 
. , . , ,, . H. Low & Co., Clapton, Middlesex—very extensive 
we have traveled through the country, and ob- , . ’ . r a 
, ,, . in glass and green-house plants, 
served tbe magnificent specimens of naLve trees, Lucombej Pince & Co>j Exeter> Devon-a large gen¬ 
growing in the fields and in the scattering woods, eral nursery 
we have thought that the time was not far distant Osborn <fc Sons, Fulham, Middlesex—rare and fine 
when men would be tempted to transfer a few of trees, &c. 
these specimens of the grand and the beautiful to a. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, Herts.—famed for its roses, 
their own grounds. In Europe the transplanting hollyhocks, conifers, &c. 
of nearly full grown trees is no strange work. T. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 70 acres—the 
Some time since we noticed that large trees were most extensive cultivator of fruit trees in England—a 
NEW PLANT PROTECTOR. 
A. 1 aui & son, unesnuni, neris. lamea ior its roses, a do uble earthenware pot, open in the centre, 
jllyhocks, conifers, &e. and clearly shown in the figure annexed, by a 
T. Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, Herts.—70 acres-the ,. , .... . , ° .x. ± 
, . , .. .. , • t? i h vertical middle section through tbe pot. 
transplanted to the Boulevards in Paris. A cor- va ® 1 a ® llectio ^ roses, &c. 
J . „ ,, r I n XX n 1 ,, Rollinson & Son, Tooting, Surrey—vast ranges of 
respondent of the London Cottage Gardener thus with orchids heatbs &0 in eat perfection. 
describes the effects of the past warm summer, j galter n a mr 
and the means taken to preserve tbe trees from w giving, I 
death. collections of eve 
“ The hot weather which has lasted so long this G. Standish, Ba 
year has been very in- dendrons, &c. 
jurious to the newly- \ \ G. Turner, Sloi 
formed gardens, and \MW and the most ext, 
in particular to the as a ‘ as ’ 10 y 
, , ,, . ®l\l ’ //M& J. Yeitch & Soi 
large trees that were sea, Middlesex, 
planted ou the Boule- rare plants in Eu 
vards in the winter. J. Waterer, Bs 
It has been necessary a general nurser; 
to place screens, or Waterer & G 
blinds of stout bunt- general and exte 
ing, on the.south side franc 
of all tbe large Coni- Andre Le Roy 
ferae in tbe Champs extensive nurser 
Elyssees, and keep D. Dauvesse, C 
them well syringed Jamin&Durai 
and watered night E. Yerdier&S 
and morning. But, Thibout & Ket 
tho’ they have been ^ an Goutte 
x j • x x. x x. Ad. Papeleu, ^ 
treated with the A. Yerschaffell 
greatest care, it is j. De Jonghe, 
probable that some of vfGfjvtfiW j. Linden, Bri 
them will have to be collection, 
removed. — —7 a. Mielliez, Lil 
The greater num- other flowers fro. 
her of the large trees Ernst A Yon 
have been treated somewhat differently, owing, C< j^ ela g™ ^ g^’J 
of course, to their great size. Their trunks have -p e j angc ^ g, 
been thickly covered with moss up to their lower F y an y e i 80n 
branches; the mo3S is enveloped with strong bunt- c, y an E de: 
ing tied all round, and surmounted with a sort of 
funnel in zinc, so as to lead the rain down into tbe A SI 
moss, and preserve as much humidity as possible 
to the trunks when there is no rain. The branches 1st. Is the Ege 
are freely watered in the morning by means of a be cooked in a 
hose attached to the nearest water-pipe; and in °if^eaclTbi 
Paris there are water-pipes in almost every street , . . . ... 
v r J or bo wmter-kill 
at convenient distances. These pipes are opened com i D g S pring? 
J. Salter, Hammersmith, Middlesex—florist. 
W. Skirving, Liverpool—a great nursery, with vast 
collections of evergreens. 
G. Standish, Bagshot, Surrey—celebrated for rhodo¬ 
dendrons, Ac. 
C. Turner, Slough, Bucks—a general establishment, 
and the most extensive in England in florist collections, 
as dahlias, hollyhocks, pansies, carnations, tulips, xfcc. 
J. Veitch A Son, Exeter, Devon; J. Yeitch, Jr., Chel¬ 
sea, Middlesex, the greatest collections of new and 
rare plants in Europe. 
J. Waterer, Bagshot, Surrey-American plants and 
a general nursery. 
Waterer A Godfrey, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey- 
general and extensive—peat plants a specialty. 
FRANCE, BELGIUM, nOLLAND, ETC. 
Andre Le Roy, Angers, France—a general and very 
extensive nursery. 
D. Dauvesse, Orleans, France—a general nursery. 
Jamin A Durand, Paris—fruit. 
E. Yerdier A Son, Paris—roses, peonies, Ac. 
Thibout A Keteter, Paris-plants. 
H. Yan Houtte, Ghent, Belgium-plants. 
Ad. Papeleu, Wetteren, Belgium—hardy trees. 
A. Verschaffelt, Ghent, Belgium—plants. 
J. De Jonghe, Brussels, Belgium-fruit trees. 
latter of which was much inferior to what we bops out through a wire seive, or anything that 
supposed it to be from the descriptions given of it wiU remove them - Tha first and second boiling 
in various quarters. The next season will be an ma T be put together, or kept apart, at your pleas- 
important one, for many of the new grapes will ure> ^ 3 soon as your beer bas coo ^ ed down to 
then be in fruiting, and we shall be able to judge 65 or ' 70 de S rees ’ P ut in about one P int of g° od 
of their merits. y east ’ from a brewery, to every 40 gallons. Mix 
__ _ it well with a bucketful of the beer, and then put 
it in your tub, stiring it well together. It will 
Death of Thomas NuxrALL.-This eminent work some 43 hours. The yeast may be skimmed 
botanist died in September last, at bis residence off after it hag CQme freely to the top-twenty to 
near Liverpool, England, at the age (we believe) twenty . fiye hours after it ba3 bee n set to work,- 
of 1 3. Mr. Nuttall rendered great service to and may be sk i m med off every five or six hours 
American botany; being most eminently an after tm it cease3 fermen ting, which you may 
enthusiast of the science. He came to this country know by the yeagt beginning to set tl e down. It 
the year Michaux left it, and, traversing Upper sbou i d now be skimmed a n d put into your barrels, 
California and Oregon, completed the great work the bungg being left out to allow tbe working 
The angular space A is to hold water, and the on trees of ^ be . for “ 1 , e a . Ia 0rer ' 5 ’ Michaux, father p rocess to be £ n i sbed , which may last as long as 
central opening B to admit the plant. The gradual and son ’ and ad 1 l0nS are n ° W eaibo 1C m it did in the tubs. The barrels should be filled 
percolation of water through the porous earthen- th ? sa “ e set of 1V0 Tolum ® s ; Mr - 1 uttal was U p with beer every few hours, to allow the yeast 
ware moistens the earth about the plant, and tbe ori g inall T a P nn er > urin g 1S residence among to work out at tbe bunsr bole _ ^r ben jt ceases to 
v up with beer every few hours, to allow the yeast 
among work ou t a t the bung hole. When it ceases to 
evaporation from the surface of the pot, keeps the us he , lived a “ ost economica manner from WQrk it sbou i d be bunged up tight, and may be 
air cool and moist, especially within the space B, n ecessity. A relative bequeathed him a good tapped for use any time. 
while the pot is generally a sufficient shade from pl ace and S ar en in “8 an on ® on 1 10n ia 0 Here I would remark, that there is no fixed 
the sun Mr. P., we believe, has secured a patent should reside upon i six mon s of each year. q uan tity of hops to be used to the bushel; after 
on his invention. Here he 5“ ,elf “ haTe made once ^ ma y use more or Iess to 
HEDGE GROWING. 
J. Linden, Brussels, Belgium —rare plants, a great yourpaperof the 29 th of October, headed Rxperi- 
collection. ence in Hedge Growing that was somewhat novel, 
A. Mielliez, Lille—new sorts of chrysanthemums and I thought I would reply in like manner. The 
other flowers from seeds. writer, like too many others, has been misled by 
principally in hybridizing the Himalayan Rhodo- 8uit taste> j make about eight gallons of 
dendrons, and to his zeal the great dealers were beer to the busbelof malt; but you will find that, 
much indebted. In his tastes Mr. Nuttall was with what the malt will absorb> and t he boiling 
p . T ._« PP ; n(r an article in Simple and inex P ensi J e 5 he has left a name wbich will reduce, you will have to put on from 14 to 16 
... . x..i.i,n» - .-I W1U lastas long as nowers are iovea .—jiorticui- ga n ons 0 f wa ter to make the eight gallons of beer. 
tunst. _ _ ip be ma j^ mus t be ground for brewing. Quarter- 
barrels are the best for putting beer in for family 
Persimmons. One of the first of my "V irginian ag t ba t case you do not have a large quantity 
Persimmons.—O ne of the first of my Virginian 
Ernst A Von Spreckelson, (successors to J. Booth A the ac ’ C ounts concocted in the South, and with ex Penences was with the new sensation ot eating 0Q tap at one time _ It w m be obvious to any one, 
Co.,) Hamburg, Germany. only the slight alteration of the name of the person a P ersi “ mon - B 7 lts * Sequent mention in negro that if you have a i arge barrel tapped, drawing 
Krelage A Son, Harlaem, Holland-bulbs. sell ^ D and s big resldence) as though the plant had S0 , DgS ’ , tb ' S frU . lt haS be ® ome ® lassic ’ and 1 wa ® as out only a little every day,-as will be the case 
De Lange A Sons, “ “ “ ,, iwro Tn +hi« wav tnn manv in ^ eres ^ ed in tasting it as the traveler in Italy w ith a private famiiy,—it will inevitably get flat 
F. Van Velson, Jr., “ “ “ been r ug y . y J wit h his first pluck at a ripe fig. It resembles a before it is used up.' I have a good, dry cellar, and 
E. C. Yan Eden & Co., u u 41 were duped bv the agents selling plants. I can _,,_, _ _i_. _xt. _ i a . & . . 
E. C. Yan Eden A Co., “ “ “ wft.Wfr^rV' ^ '"hav^often done 8mal1 apple ’ aS 86611 haDgi ° S Up0D th6 ! 6afl6S8 bave n0 trouble kee P in S beer S ood to tbe ver y 
J u , ’ . _ x . , , twig, though the tree grows taller and with more l a ct of everv kerr and verv seldom bottle any but 
a stbing^u—. ssxt Tr j f b r hes r;;r ,elree d Ther T.r if ce,L 5 1 
1st Is tho Egg Flout « native of thi, oountr, ? Can years, and then have to grub it up_particularly V »f ■" tl ‘« « elds “ 5 wc d ™ YC P“ l the bottle tho last part of your barrel with good eflect. 
it be cooked in any other manner than fried in batter 1 mortifying is it when in neighboring towns hedges 6 °. rU P aU a 10118 m , 6 C ° U f ^ ^ ° U .^ Tbe cellar should be kept as near the same tempe- 
Is it considered a healthy food ? from £ go . called « E lish Hawthorn ” have been J riend ’ tb e conductor, kindly jumped over the rad ratur e, winter and summer, as possible; by shut- 
A STRING OF QUESTIONS. 
Is it considered a healthy food ? 
nose auacnea to tne nearest water-pipe; ana in ^ If acb bud8 in8 „ tedthl8fall8bouldfail togrow , ™ —7™ ^Z J mmhTharrTer fence and brought me a handful. What this fruit ting out the cold in winter and the hot air in sum- 
Pans there are water-pipes in almost every street or bo winter . killed can the 8tock8 be wh ip- gra f ( ed the g aat f ed ’ andl \ f ° ar y , 6ars can especially be intended for by Nature I am a meI . as c b ange s from hot to cold are injurious. I 
at convenient distances. These pipes are opened coming spring ? hat few would be hardy enough o force a passage ^ embarrasged to understa nd,- possibly to could bave sa & id a good deal more on the subject, 
every morning, and fresh water continues to run 8 d. What is the size of an ordinary Hubbard Squash ^ough. As Mr. Rice is so near a resident, he cloge the gate after enough hag entered,—for, of bu t I am afraid I have already made mv article toe 
in the gutters for two or three hours, carrying off whengrown? When are they ripe ? How cooked, Ac.? will call on me I will give all the information he all tbe contrac tile agents, this seems to me the lonrr ' ww 
all nauseous matter to the main sewers. 4th. Have you ever seen or tried the Mexican Cucum- may wish, and I think I am capable, having some mogt ke and uurea li z i n g. The mouth and ^rinofield Ill Oct 1S59 
The engraving is a sketch showing the trunk of be ^ 0 ^ .. experience, and by close observation of half a Upg ^ go 0 b stinate ly together by eating P ° ’ —7-J- 
a large tree enveloped in moss and bunting, and a t Tov^ winteiV ^ meth ° d ^ keePlDS ^ C6Qtury ° f the habitS ° f the plant - 
funnel at the top. Several of the large Chestnuts Nationally hear something about “ cold To satIsf y those wbo be le8S P rivile S ed ’ b / 
planted round the Bourse in the spring of last frame8 ,” and keeping certain plants over winter, in disthnee, than Mr. Rice, and who may wish to 
year, have suffered severely; and though every care order to have them early in the spring; how is a cold know somewhat of the White Hawthorn, I will 
has been taken to keep them well watered, it seems frame made, and what plants can be kept over ? state I have a great variety of hedge plants, but 
scarcely possible for some of them to recover.” Answers to the above questions by the editor, or some can recommend none as well as I can the Thorn. 
__ of his numerous correspondents, will greatly oblige it is perfectly hardy, of beautiful appearance, 
W anda, Ill., 1S59. A Subscriber. bears trimming well, retains its foliage late in the 
toes over winter ? 
6th. I occasionally hear something about “ cold 
To satisfy those who may he less privileged, by it , even with “ a drink.”— JT. P. Willis. 
Springfield, Ill., Oct., 1S59. 
Onondaga, or Swan's Orange Pear. — I am 
ame made, and what plants can be kept over ? state I have a great variety of hedge plants but ^ ^ of the Massachusetts Horti- 
Answers to the above questions by the editor, or some can recommend none as well as I can the I horn. , ,, /xx,xxx ,, - 
... . , ,,, „ T1 . „ cultural Society, held Oct. 1st, the following offi- 
his numerous correspondents, will greatly oblige jt is perfectly hardy, of beautiful appearance, J ’ ’ ° 
Wanda, Ill., 1S59. A Subscriber. bears trimming well, retains its foliage late in the cers weie e ecte 
a persimmon, that it would be difficult to follow Wilmington Cakes. — One cup ef butter; 1 do. 
.even with “a drink.”— JT. P. Willis. cream; 5 eggs; 3 cups sugar; 4 do. flour; 1 tea- 
-- spoon cream tartar; 1 do. saleratus,— almonds 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society. — At ma ^ be added - 
1. The Egg-Plant is a native of Africa. It may season, often into December. When untrimmed 
President— Joseph Breck. 
surprised to see that there has been a proposition x A , . , . r 4 , , ,, ... . » . ..,, .. . . x- -x • x i Vice-Presidents— E. S. Rand, Eben. Wight, J. F. C. cream tartar 
, x x x , , s, -r, be fried in batter, butter, or with a beef-steak, it blossoms finely, and the fruit is very ornamental, Jl „ • ’ b ’ ’ , . 
made to throw out the Swans Orange Pear, as , , xi x. n -x ~ i • x--x .... . , . ,, , , T xT j . . Hyde, W. O. Strong. through the fl 
,, . ... x . , _ Never heard those who like it complain of its un- a nd this year is highly valued. I had on a bush „ 
unworthy of cultivation. Accompanying this I x„„ U x,. , A ,x x. ; x xv.-.i -x • . ! , ' . J Treasurer —William R. Austin. the milk.—Ec 
unworthy of cultivation. Accompanying this I 
send you specimens of ours. The tree is a vigorous 
grower, and a free bearer, and we think them a 
healthiness, but those who dislike it think it is that had berries this season seeds worth §12 as 
hardly fit for pigs to eat. 
they are selling here. That your readers may 
very superior pear for their season. The only don ’t pay 
fault we find with them is their size; they grow so 8d m b 
merely state that my son has 30 bushels of seed Prof. Asa Gray. 
Treasurer —William E. Austin. 
Cor. Secretary— Eben. Wight. 
Pec. Secretary— F. Lyman Winsnip. 
Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology— 
1, 2, 3, 4 Cake. — One cup of butter; 2 of sugar; 
3 of flour; 4 eggs. 
Hot Tea-Cake. —Three pints of flour; 1 pint of 
milk; % lb. butter; 2 teaspoons of soda aud 3 of 
cream tartar—the cream tartar to be mixed 
through the flour, and the soda to be dissolvsd in 
the milk.— Economy, Salem Co., JT. J., 1859. 
Prof, of Zoology —J. W. P. Jenks. 
Prof of Horticultural Chemistry —E. N. Hosford. 
pears of this variety we have ever seen or tasted. 
They were large, fair, juicy, sweet and fine- 
2. Grafting the peach is seldom successful, and judge of the call for this unpuffed plant, I will Professor of Botany and Vegetable Physiology— Treatment of DiArrhcea. — Eat nothing but 
don’t pay. merely state that my son has 30 bushels of seed Prof. Asa Gray. common rice parched like coffee, and then boiled, 
3d. The Hubbard Squash grows from five or six for sowing, and others are nearly as well supplied. Prof of Zoology— J.W.P. Jenks. an d taken with a little salt and butter. Drink 
to twelve or fifteen pounds in weight. They should Does this look like a lack of character as to its Prof of Horticultural Chemistry— E. N. Hosford. little or no liquid of any kind. Bits of ice 
be gathered before frost, or they will not keep, utility for the uses it is intended ? The cause of - may be eaten and swallowed at will. Every 
They may be boiled, but are best baked in the the change of sentiment in regard to this plant is Death of Professor Henfrey. —We regret s tep in diarrhoea, every spoonful of liquid, only 
shell, first cutting them into quarters or halves the difference in management. Few, very few, also to record the death of Professor Henfrey, a aggravates the disease. If locomotion is compul- 
and taking out the inside. foreigners know how to manage or even plant a Fellow of the Royal and Linnman Societies, sory, the misfortune of the necessity maybe les- 
4. Don’t know anything of the Mexican Cucum- Hawthorn hedge. I have employed a large num- Professor of Botany in King’s College, etc. He sened by having a stout piece of woolen flannel 
luun we uuu wuu mem is men size; uieyurowso Tk« u .xx. , 0 , 
x xx. x XX. x-n • A x, xx. , x. xx. 1116 Hubbard Squash grows from five or six for sowing, and others are nearly as well supplied. 
arge a e a win s ow em o e ore icy to twelve or fifteen pounds in weight. They should Does this look like a lack of character as to its 
aie ripe, an we ose a giea ma °y 0 m be gathered before frost, or they will not keep, utility for the uses it is intended? The cause of 
that way.— Mrs. A. E. Pardee, Pleasant Farm, x.„ x.„xi„x, , I v x u i a • xx x, , x- x- x- j x xu- i x • 
. . ’ they may be boiled, but are best baked in the the change of sentiment in regard to this plant is 
■ymou i, ict., o shell, first cutting them into quarters or halves the difference in management. Few, very few, 
With the above we received a box of the finest and taking out the inside. foreigners know how to manage or even plant a 
4. Don’t know anything of the Mexican Cucum- Hawthorn hedge. I have employed a large num- Professor of Botany in King s College, etc. He sened by having a stout piece of woolen flannel 
ber, which it seems, by the inquiry, is a gourd. It her, but never met with more than two that gave died on the 7th of September. Prof. Henfrey bound tightly around the abdomen, so as to be 
flavored. This variety is rather variable, but is a shame to call any gourd a cucumber. It makes satisfactory proof that they knew anything about it, 
grows to perfection with our correspondent. confusion, and people learn to call every large Mr. Rice’s inquiry as to whether a single or and sound vegetable physiologist. the practice of many years, we have never failed 
* • * cucumber a gourd. double row was best—I have often given my opin- *’*'• 1° notice a gratifying result to follow these obser- 
A comPxVny has recently been formed in Mobile, 5. A correspondent a few weeks since stated ion on this question, and for the benefit of all can Death of David Thomas. — The venerable Yances.— Dr. W. W. Hall. 
Ala., lor the purpose of fostering the culture of that the best way to preserve sweet potatoes was do so again. To plant in two rows, you cannot David Thomas, father of John J. Thomas, so long *- 
the grape. During the few months of their exist- to place rather small tubers in a box, mixed with have the rows nearer than ten inches apart, some and so well known to the Horticulturists of this Cocoa-Nut CxVkes. — To two grated nuts, an 
ence as a company, they have purchased eighty a little earth, nail up the box, leaving openings say twelve is better. Well, the plants cannot be and other lands, died at his residence in Union equal weight of white powered sugar; the whites 
acres of land, twenty ot which have been planted for a little ventilation, then bury the box in a dry nearer together in a row than six or eight inches, Springs, on the 5th of the present month. A of three eggs, well beaten. Make them the size 
with the Catawba grape. Hie vines are growing bank, out of the reach of frost, and where the so they will stand thus * # ^ *; now in a notice of his decease, anda brief tribute to his of a halt dollar — bake on buttered tins.—M rs. E. 
in a most flourishing manner. temperature would be cool and uniform. single row the plants would be as close as four memory will be found in another column. J* W., East Elba, Genesee Co., H. Y., 1859. 
A company has recently been formed in Mobile, 
confusion, and people learn to call every large 
cucumber a gourd. 
5. A correspondent a few weeks since stated 
has long been known as an excellent histologist doubled in front, and kept well in its place. In 
and sound vegetable physiologist. the practice of many years, we have never failed 
-*-•*- to notice a gratifying result to follow these obser- 
Death of David Thomas. — The venerable vances.— Dr. W. W. Hall. 
Cocoa-Nut CxVkes. — To two grated nuts, an 
