APRIL 10. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 
CELERY. 
Many, like a correspondent In the Rural of 
March 27th, find celery much injured by rust , while 
others complain that on digging, a portion is found 
to be rotten. Now for these evils there is no spe. 
citic, and so the $25 offered by “Celery” will not 
be claimed. But, with proper care in earthing up, 
these things will not, under ordinary circumstances, 
be very troublesome. If the earth for blanching is 
thrown carelessly around the plants, and some of 
the loose, straggling leaves are broken down and 
entirely covered, or the earth gets into the heart of 
the plant, rotting will be the inevitable consequence. 
But if the straggling outside leaves are taken off, 
and each plant is held together firmly by the hand, 
or tied, during the operation of earthing, rotten 
celery will be scarce. Celery in a light, sandy 
soil, if earthed up when damp is very liable to rust. 
The best security is to earth up in dry weather, and 
if a few dry forest leaves are placed around the 
plants before earthing, the evil will be greatly les¬ 
sened, if not entirely overcome. 
The time of earthing is a matter of some conse¬ 
quence. If done too early, the growth of the plant 
is injured, and the leaf-stalks are kept too long in 
contact with the soil; if too late the plants will 
assume a straggling form, and the effort to bring 
them into shape for earthing will break and injure 
them, often causing rot In our directions for cul¬ 
tivation, we recommended that the earth should be 
kept drawn up to the plants, and great care should 
be exercised to keep the leaf stalks erect Sup¬ 
posing the work thus far to have been well done, 
in September the celery trenches will have a very 
fine appearance, and blanching may commence. It 
is impossible to set the precise time, as if the weath 
er is hot and summer-like it is well to delay until 
cooler. The first earthing should be about six 
inches. Well pulverize the soil, and draw it up 
carefully around the stems, but not so high as to 
allow it to get into the centre of the plant, or it 
will cause rot or rust Then throw up a spadeful 
of earth on each side, and the celery trench will 
thus become an embankment Earthing must be 
continued as the plants grow, but judgment must 
be the guide in this operation. Let everything be 
done carefully and neatly. 
Raising celery on a large scale, for market, has 
not always been successful, and the principal 
failure has been caused by attempts to get along 
with too little labor. For instance, we have the 
earthing up done with the plow, and this is very 
likely to throw the earth over the plants so as to 
bury portions of them, and among the leaf stalks, 
rotting is very likely to follow. Cuthili, in Mar¬ 
ket Gardening Around London, says—“the opera¬ 
tion of earthing is performed by the market gar¬ 
deners entirely with the spade.” We have seen the 
plow used for earthing near Philadelphia, and we 
think that this is the practice witli large growers 
for market. The following is the system recom¬ 
mended by a successful Scotch gardener:—“Two 
boards 8 or 9 inches in depth, and as long as may 
be conveniently used are placed edgeways between 
the rows, each board resting against the plants in 
either row, so as to form at once space for the re 
ception of the mould, an-d a protection to the leaves 
whilst the operation of earthing is being performed, 
When the required quantity of soil has been de 
posited, the boards are carefully withdrawn, and 
placed betwixt the next two rows; and so the work 
proceeds, until all has been completed. When the 
soil is of a very wet, tenacious character, dry 
ashes, fine mould, or other material, can readily be 
introduced next the plants, for which purpose 
double boards, properly adjusted and fixed to each 
other, form a ready medium by which to introduce 
th/,' materiaL When sufficient blanching material 
has been deposited, the boards are carefully with¬ 
drawn, and placed in the opposite row; and it will 
be readily understood that the fine mould which 
has passed through the vacuum formed between 
the boards will be in immediate connection with 
the leaves of the plants, the common earth placed 
in the centre of the row enabling it to maintain 
that position. These boards can of course be set 
to any required distance apart, that distance being 
determined by the quantity of blanching material 
at command. 
Celery—The Seed Bed.—I n the spring of 1856, 
I followed precisely the directions given in your 
paper of March 27th, in regard to sowing celery. 
Covered the seed evenly, half an inch deep, with 
fine soil, and watered occasionally, but the plants 
did not appear. The next spring, tried some of the 
same seed again, giving less covering, but without 
success, until I sowed it on the surface of moist 
fresh earth and gave no covering at all. A few 
warm, showery days following, my plants came up 
finely. The seeds are very minute and cannot 
grow under any very heavy covering, in my opin¬ 
ion,—perhaps your experience has been different 
or your soil is much lighter—J., March 30, 1858 
In heavy ground it is not well to rake the seed 
bed, but pulverize it with the spade in digging. A 
light soil should be selected if possible, and half 
an inch we have never found too deep for the seed. 
GARDEN HINT3. 
April is a very busy month with the gardener, 
and so he will have no time to read long articles 
on the treatment of any particular vegetable or 
plant What lie needs is those useful refresheners 
of memory, hints. Asparagus and Rhubarb beds 
should now be put in order. Cabbage and Cauli- 
Jiower seeds should be sown in a warm and shelter¬ 
ed position. Carrots for table use do best sown 
early the Early Short-IIorn is the best variety for 
culinary purposes. Beets should be sown the first 
of May for an early crop. Spinach sow at once 
and continue to sow a little every two or three 
weeks for constant use. Lettuce, if not already in 
egiound, sow at once. Peas should be in the 
ground as early as possible, as frost will not injure 
them. Sow a quart or so occasionally to keep 
good the supply f or the table. Have the brush in 
readmessfor sticking, as well as the poles for beans. 
About the last of this month Radishes may be 
sown and earlier if the weather and soil is favora- 
we. Radishes always do well on 
farmers should take advanta 
1ft) accessories to the garden add more to its 
beauty and comfort than pleasant, comfortable 
seats and resting places. They may be composed 
of a few sticks, forming a simple seat under the 
shade of some tree, or may be made in the form of 
rustic houses. Simplicity, however, must not be 
lost sight of, and no foolish attempt should be made 
to eclipse the simple beauty of nature by any ex¬ 
pensive display of art la our travels on the Hud¬ 
son, we once stopped at the beautiful garden of 
A. J. Downing, and after admiring the fine speci¬ 
men trees it contained, and surveying the finely 
kept lawn, we found ourselves reclining in a pretty 
rustic house, a view of which is given in the en¬ 
graving. 
After the death of Mr. D., Calvert Vaux fur¬ 
nished us with several views of trees, vases, &c., on 
the grounds, and we were very particular to obtain 
this among the rest. We now present it to our 
readers as a model for this kind of work. A little 
patience and taste, and a very few tools will enable 
one, with ordinary mechanical skill, to erect such a 
house at leisure times, almost without cost. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
The planting season will soon be over, and any 
contemplated additions to the flower garden should 
be made at once. All shrubs, trees and roots of 
herbaceous plants that may be wanted should now 
be procured and planted. Bedding plants, such as 
petunias, verbenas, Ac., should not be set out until 
all danger of frost is over. Borne procure them 
from the nurseries with other trees, early in the 
season, but in such cases they should be kept in 
the house or under hot-bed sash until the weather 
is settled. The better way for those who live some 
distance from a nursery is to wait until early in 
May and then order a collection to be sent by ex¬ 
press. Before the season arrives, we will give an 
article on Bedding Plants, best varieties, manner of 
planting, culture, &c. 
Seeds of Annuals should now be sown for early 
flowering. Those who have a hot-bed, will, of 
course, avail themselves of this advantage, and 
those who have not should select the warmest and 
most sheltered spot in the garden, and cover the 
ground with mats, old carpet, or something of the 
kind, on frosty nights. By way of refreshing the 
memory, we will name a few of our most common 
yet beautiful annuals, that should be found in every 
garden. The Balsam and Aster are generally culti¬ 
vated,—and yet, we seldom see a good flower of 
either; when, from good seed and well grown, 
they are not much inferior to the rose or the 
dahlia. The Ten Weeks Stock, Rocket Larkspur, 
Portulacca, Phlox Drummondii, Mignionette, Gold¬ 
en Bartoniaand Petunia are all fine and easy of cul¬ 
tivation. 
PEA-NUTS — NEW RASPBERRY. 
Messrs. Eds: — In a late number of the Rural, 
J. T. A., Aberdeen, Ohio, makes inquiry in regard 
to the cultivation of the pea-nut. Pea-nuts can be 
raised here to the greatest perfection. I have raised 
them with little trouble in the following manner: 
Sandy soil, plant three peas to the hill, eighteen 
inches apart Each joint of the vine will produce 
a large cluster of fruit Dig after the first frost in 
autumn. 
You say that “pea-nuts,” which are sold in our 
shops, are raised in the West Indies. Are you not 
mistaken? Those sold in the West and South are 
raised in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Ac. It 
is a common thing to see boats descending the 
Tennessee river, the cargoes of which are entirely 
of pea nuts. I have seen pea-nuts raised in Arkan¬ 
sas, and sold at fifty cents per bushei. 
I have growing in my garden, some raspberries, 
which, to me, are quite a novelty. I procured the 
plants (wild) on the Sunfish Mountains, in this 
State. The canes are about three feet in height, 
flowers a dark pink, with large yellow centre, and 
as large as a twenty-five cent piece; foliage very 
large; fruit a shade larger than the new cent piece, 
of a bright red, almost flat, sweet and fine. When 
they are in bloom, I will send you some of the flow¬ 
ers. Do you know anything about such raspber¬ 
ries? 
c. 
Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio, March, 1858. 
Remarks.— The raspberry from your description, 
we think, is the Purple Flou-ering Raspberry (R 
odoratus,) common in our fields here, and in most 
places in the Northern States. 
.To Destroy Green Lice and Slugs— Will vou 
fll “e a way to destroy green lice on pot roses’ 
Also, the slug on out-door plants. I have tried 
tobacco smoke, soap suds, lime, ashes, pepper and 
other lemedies, but have not as yet found a pre¬ 
ventive— Subscriber, Stiles, Wis. 1 
Rehaeks— Tobacco smoke will destroy the green 
lice on house plants. Cover the plants to be fumi¬ 
gated, with a box, or something that will confine 
tue smoke for a few minutes. Then wash them 
thoroughly. A few applications of ashes will de¬ 
stroy the slugs. Plants when washed occasionally 
and kept in a healthy, growing condition, are not 
as liable to be troubled with green lice and other 
evils of the kind, as those that are neglected and 
become sickly and stunted. 
FRUIT IN OREGON. 
Eds. Rural: —Ttmay be pleasant to yourreaders, 
where the cry of “hard times” is so often heard, 
to Khow that there is one place in the world which 
was never more free from embarrassment in money 
matters than now. Every thing the farmer has to 
sell brings a good price. Flour is worth $12 00 
per barrel; oats $1 00 per bushel; potatoes $i 00; 
poik $28 00 to $30 00; apples $10 00 per bushel, 
and butter 50 cents per pound. 
The value of the apple crop of Oregon is proba¬ 
bly not less than $350,000 this year. This crop, 
and, in fact, nearly all we have to sell, goes to Cali¬ 
fornia and brings its returns in gold and silver._ 
This makes money plenty and times easy. 
Few men in the States know how easy it is to 
start a fruit orchard and bring it forward to the pay¬ 
ing point in Oregon. I arrived in this Territory in 
the spring of 1853, and during the ensuing summer 
and fall purchased and cleared off two town lots 
containing about half an acre of land. I set out 
yearling and two year old apple trees, (root grafted.) 
The summer of 1856 I had about a bushel of Bald¬ 
wins. Last summer I had as near as I could judge 
fifteen bushels of apples of the following kinds, 
(which I mention because it shows how all kinds 
come forward to a bearing state:) — Rambo, Bald¬ 
win, Waxen, Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, Porter, 
Sweet Pearmain, Peck’s Pleasant, Esopus Spitzen- 
burg, Tompkin's (or Dyer,) Pumpkin Sweet, Ameri¬ 
can Golden Russet, English Golden Russet, Carolina 
Red June, Ladies’ Sweeting, Pound Royal and Hoi 
land Pippin. These sixteen different kinds, num¬ 
bering in all twenty-five trees, produced me, the 
fourth summer after setting out, $120 00 worth of 
fruit, at the going prices in Oregon. 
It was said by many, when I set out these trees, 
that fruit would not be worth anything by the time 
they would bear. This prediction here has proved 
a jout as true as it lias in other places where fruit 
raising has been cried down by persons who talked 
icisely and prophetically of glutted markets, labor 
lost and money wasted in setting out fruit trees— 
The truth is, good fruit will pay anywhere, — it will 
always pay,—or at least, it will as long as men like 
good apples, pears, plums and cherries; and I 
think that will be pretty nearly always. 
I send yon the exact size of a Baldwin raised 
from one of my trees. The tree from which this 
w as taken bore about a bushel this last year 
Salem, Oregon Ter., 1858. O. Dick.’nson. 
Remarks— The outline of the Baldwin apple 
enclosed in the above, measured 44 inches in 
width, and a little less than 4 inches deep. The 
gold, which we found nicely secured to pay for 
copies of the Rural ordered, counted $27. Suc¬ 
cess to the pioneers of the Pacific coast. May 
their shadows and their Baldwins never grow less. 
THE APPLE BARK LOUSE. 
Eds. Rural:— As the present is an age of in¬ 
quiry, I am induced to trouble you with a few 
questions in regard to a certain mischievous imect 
which seems to threaten much harm to our apple 
trees in this region, hoping that you or some otic of 
our extended fraternity of Ruralists, can describe 
the depredator and tell ns howto get rid of him_ 
To give you an idea of the doings of the pesl I 
herewith send part of an apple limb, upon the bark 
of which you will discover a number of small water¬ 
proof deposits which adhere firmly to the bark 
and are usually of the same color. These I have 
found, by the aid of a small magnif/iSg ^lasMo 
contain eggs. These deposits are made year after 
y T"? tl \t he tTeee ’J l T My coveied with them 
cease to thrive, and finally die. Is there any 
Remarks. The insect which troubles the trees 
is the apple bark louse, which we have fully de¬ 
scribed in the Rural more 
than once within a year— 
We give an engraving of 
the branch covered, as will 
be seen, with little scales 
something in the shape of 
an oyster, and it is often 
called the oyster-shaped 
bark louse. These scales 
are relics of the bodies of 
female insect, covering and 
protecting their eggs. The 
eggs are so minute that 
these small scales some 
times cover more than a 
hundred. The time of 
hatching is from the mid¬ 
dle of May until the first of 
June. We will give two of 
the best remedies known. 
1st. Prune early in the 
spring. Mix tar and linseed oil together, and apply 
warm with a paint brush to every limb. This, 
when dry, cracks and peels off, bringing away the 
scales and eggs with it. Trees thus treated will 
show the benefit received by a vigorous growth._ 
2d. Boil leaf tobacco in a strong lye until it is re¬ 
duced to an impalpable pulp; mix this with soft 
soap (which has been made cold, and not the jelly- 
like boiled soap,) to make the mass about the con¬ 
sistence of thin paint. Prune the trees and apply 
this preparation with a brush to every limb and 
twig. This will take time, but the remedy is effec¬ 
tual. 
Grapes, Apples, Ac.—I have seen several new 
varieties of fruit recommended in your valuable 
paper, which I wish to obtain. They are the Early 
Amber, Delaware, Diana, and Rebecca grape. Also, 
the Sheldon pear, and the Duchess County Su-ee’t 
apple. Gould you give information through the 
Rural whether they can be obtained at any of the 
Rochester Nurseiiesor not? In the last number of 
vour paper f noticed a list of the best sorts of 
apples and pears adapted to Western New York 
and Southern Michigan. You omitted to notice 
the Vandevere. It is considered by nearly all in 
this vicinity as the best apple for January that is 
grown here. 
There is an apple grown in Ibis vicinity, called 
the Sco/t . Jt is as larjje as the Harvest, more jticy 
and tender, and not quite as sour. Every man that 
lias eaten it pronounces it superior to the Porter, 
Early Joe, and Early Strawberry or Harvest. It be¬ 
gins to ripen about the 10th of August, before the 
Harvest is gone, and continues until in October._ 
The tree is a good grower, hardy, a full bearer, and, 
unlike most early apples, bears in the odd years. 
Air. Halsey, from Henrietta, Monroe county, states 
that lie never saw any there, and thinks it probable 
it is not in the Rochester Nurseries. Scions may 
be cut gratis in my orchard, or at E. B. Tngalsbes’ 
and probably in the orchards ofE. W. Martin and 
Mr. Halsey—Varney Bump, Alabama, Genesee 
County, N. Y, 1858. 
Remarks. — The Early Amber grape we have never 
tasted, or seen on exhibition at any of our shows, 
and therefore can say nothing as to its merits. The 
Delaware is a beautiful, exceedingly sweet, fine 
flavored grape. The most delicious and highest 
flavored hardy grape. The plants are yet scarce 
and dear, but can be had at most of the prominent 
nurseries, at from $2 to $3 each. The Diana is a 
very good grape, resembling the Catawba, but 
smaller and earlier. Plants cost about $1. The 
Rebecca is a light, colored grape, almost equal to 
the Delaware in flavor, and some think quite so. 
Plants about as scarce and dear as that variety. 
The Sheldon pear is an excellent fruit—excelled 
by very few—and trees can be bad on pear root at 
most of the nurseries. It does not succeed as a 
dwarf. Of the Dutchess County Sweet apple we 
know nothing more than given by a correspondent 
in the Rural sometime since. Vundevere is a very 
good apple, but is very apt to be affected by the 
bitter rot. There is a variety called the Vandevtre 
of New York, by Downing, and sometimes tie 
Newtown Spittenburgh, and this is sometimes mis¬ 
taken ior the old Vandevere. It is a better apple. 
We know nothing of the Scott apple described by 
our correspondent, but hope next season lie will 
send us a few, so that we may, if worthy, introduce 
them to the notice of pomologists here. 
rnmtstu femfliag* 
OUR RECIPES. 
Trenching. —An old proverb says:—“It is use¬ 
less to have friends, unless we can use them,” and 
as the Rural is among my best friends, allow me 
to use you. In directions for planting vine-yards, 
it, is stated that, the ground should be trenched, 
*c. Now, exactly xchat does trenching mean in this 
connection? Supposing the ground to be broken 
up (common depth) the previous fall, what should 
be the preparation of the soil, manure, &o. for 
setting the young vines? The soil is a loose 
gravelly loam —situated about five hundred feet 
above the river. In a young orchard (pear and 
apple) would you advise plowing in buckwheat as 
a green crop, and what time would you sow it?—* 
“ Fremont,” on the Hudson. 
Remarks— Trenching proper is simply digging 
two spades in depth, and from the large trench 
which it is necessary to keep open to do this work 
well, we suppose it is called trenching. The effect 
of subsoiling by the plow is somewhat similar 
though not so deep nor so perfect. This is some¬ 
times called french plowing. Nothing is more 
favorably affected by a deep, rich soil than the 
How much will Rural readers give for some of 
our recipes? All that we ask is a proof of thesay- 
ing that "like produces like;” aud with easy terms 
we expect prompt pay. 
To Dye Black.— To every pound of cloth or 
yarn, one ounce of extract of logwood, and half an 
ounce of blue vitriol. Prepare an iron kettle with 
a sufficient quantity of soft water to prevent the 
ma'erial from being crowded; bring the water to a 
scalding heat; put in the yarn or cloth, and when 
thoroughly wet take it out and let it drain; then 
add the vitriol, and when dissolved, and the water 
carefully skimmed, put in the article to be colored, 
let it remain half aii hour at a scalding heat, airing 
it occasionally, then take it out and rinse in soft 
water. Pour the vitriol-water into another vessel, 
and dissolve the extract of logwood in a sufficient 
quantity of water brought to a scalding heat and 
skimmed; put in the cloth, keeping the dye at ihe 
same temperature and let it remain half an hour, 
airing frequently, then take it out and drain it, add 
the vitriol water to the dye, put it in again, and let 
it remain fifteen minutes, airing as before; cleanse 
thoroughly in soft water; let it drain and dry— 
I here's a good deal of fussing about it, but you’ll 
have a good color, if patient enough to observe the 
whole. 
lo take blackness, i. e., of ink out of linen, rinse 
the part immediately in cold water, soak in sour 
milk over night, wash and boil. 
Mountain Cakc. — One cup of sugar; I egg; I 
cup of sweet milk; 1 heaping tablespoonful of but¬ 
ter; 2 tumblers of flour; 4 teaspoonful soda; tea- 
spoonful cream tartar, and one of salt. 
Gan any one give a recipe for coloring green, 
that will act on cotton carpeting.— Nellie C. I*, 
Charlotte, N. Y, 1868. 
STICKING SALVE. 
Messrs. Eds.: —I notice in a late number of the 
Rural, that James Smith asks for a recipe to make 
a good sticking salve. I here contribute my mite: 
To one quart sweet oil, add one pound red lead, 
aud two ounces camphor. Boil the sweet oil over 
a slow fire until it will scorch a feather, then stir 
in the red lead, (after being rubbed line.) It should 
be boiled in the open air, as it gives forth an offen¬ 
sive smell. After it is cooled to blood beat add the 
camphor, and stir it until it is cold enough to form 
into rolls or sticks. This makes a jet black and 
very adhesive salve, equal if not superior to any 
other as a sticking salve. 
Another. —One quart vinegar; 4 pound red lead; 
4 pound bees-wax; 1 pint sweet oil. Boil the 
vinegar and red lead together nntil one-third is 
evaporated—strain through a clotli, then add tlie 
sweet oil and bees-wax (after being melted) to the 
vinegar. Set away to cool, after which stir it well 
and pour off the remaining vinegar, and the salve 
is fit for use. This salve I believe to be equal to 
most salves and pain extractors that are sold at 
extravagant prices.—D. Long, Clarence, Erie Co. 
Sticking Salve. —As requested by i f r. Smith; 11 
send you a recipe for making Sticking Salve o’ *he 
irst quality—not only for sores, but for nains An * 
-- * -*v “ nun man ine | q’hmn - , . urn ior pains, Ac. 
vine, and were we planting a few vines for our own ! , ,, r °® ln; * P oimd bees-wax; \ pound 
Grape Cuttings— I would like to make the 
following inquiry through the columns of the 
Rural, viz.: What constitutes a proper reave cut- 
ting? —A. Y. B„ Urhana, March, 1858. 1 
Remarks— Grape vine cuttings are usually made 
of three joints. Make a clean cut just under the 
lower joint. Leave on the three buds, and cut the 
shoot between the third and fourth joint. Insert 
the cutting deep enough in the soil to leave the 
top eye or bud just above the surface. Cuttings 
of scarce varieties are made of only one joint, but 
for these bottom beat is required. 
mutton tallow, and a tablespoonful sulphur. When 
melted together, turn it into cold water, and then 
work together with the hands, by pulling and 
doubling it, fifteen or twenty minutes—the original 
recipe says, “about an hour,’’-and it is lit for use. 
Reed Bukritt, Burdett, Schuyler Co., N. Y, 1858. 
... , uwwll!i , Aduesive Blaster.—I noticed in a late Rural 
manure with soil in the operation. In a very light an ln( l uir Y from James Smith, Mich., for a rceino 
flcffil. 8 °t'’ L“ b , uck , w , he »t would he bene- I a good Sticking Salve „„,i . J 
use, we would trench the ground with the spade 
at least two and a half feet deep. This would be 
expensive for a large vine-yard, but we think it 
would pay well in the end. Some of the grape 
growers at Cincinnati spend over two hundred dol¬ 
lars per acre in preparing the soil. Some planters 
subsoil the whole field, and then increase the 
depth for about six feet around each vine, mixing 
miinnrA with anil i„ ...._. r ’ : » 
tv « th . at case , we should try to get two crops. 
Sow the first as early as the spring frosts will al¬ 
low, and plow under just as it is coining into blos¬ 
som. Sow the second immediately, and plow un¬ 
der when in the same condition. 
SPECIAL AND SEASONABLE OFFERS! 
New and Choice Flower Seeds as Premiums! 
new ground, and 
„ ’ge of the fact, as they 
generally have some virgin soil that could be used 
for tne purpose. 
Ripe Catawba Grapes in Orleans County— 
I have a Catawba grape vine, on the south side of 
my barn, which fuliy ripened its crop of grapes the 
past cold summer and fall, at which time I lost 
bushels or Isabellas by frost in more exposed situa¬ 
tions. Now I think nearly all (farmers at least) 
Keeping Apples.— We have before us half-a- 
dozen apples sent us by Mrs. Elihu B. Case, of 
Troy, Bradford county, Penn. They are about the 
size and form of the Lady Apple, with a yellow skin 
and beautiful red cheek, of fair flavor, and in ex¬ 
cellent condition, showing no sign of shriveling or 
decay. They are represented as being grown in 
the summer of 1855, aud certainly possess extra¬ 
ordinary keeping qualities, as they now look as 
Nelson 'll a t ch^ Holl^N Y^ms.^ ^ I the tret l ° ^ “ WheQ firBttaken 
Many Agents ami active friends of the Rural having 
desired us to offer Flower Seeds as premiums for obtain¬ 
ing subsciibers, we have concluded to do so, and there¬ 
fore announce the annexed list of Flower Seed Prk- 
miums— i the offer to extend through the planting season, 
say April, May and June. In order to supply our friends 
a good article, with promptness, we have just made an 
arrangement with Mr. B. K. Bliss, a reliable Seedsman 
and Florist, whereby we can furnish the New, Choice and 
Select Flower Seeds advertised by him—forwarding them 
immediately, post-paid, to any part of the United States. 
(Mr. Bliss’ advertisement is given in this number ) — 
Our Special, Seasonable and Liberal Offers are as follows : 
FLOWER SEED PREMIUMS. 
r ce) we wiU Bend 3 c °P’'e» of the 
Rural for 18.>8, and a post-paid package of assorted 
Mower Seeds-such as Mr. Buss sells for $1 cash The 
person entitled can select either one of tlm assortments 
numbeied 1. 2, 3, 4 and 8, as noted in Mr. B’s advertise¬ 
ment headed “ New and Select Flower Seeds.” 
For $8 we wifi send 5 copies of the Rural one year, 
( rom 1st Jan. or April as preferred,) and either one of 
the above specified assortments of Flower Seeds. 
For $10 we will send 6 copies of the Rural one year 
J wo of . the Above specified assortments-^! 
(instead of two packages) an extra copy of the Rural one 
year and one of the dollar assortments of seed. 
For $15 we will send 10 copies of the Rural one year, 
and an extra copy aud a package of seeds as above — or, 
?Ir ex i r ! 1 c ”Py« nd ■’ SI package,) a $2 50 package 
of seeds (ho. 7 in Mr. B s advertisement,) if preferred. 
ITiF 1 he abovo offers are not only very liberal, but 
made in the “ nick of time”—just the season when choice 
Flower Seeds are wanted by hundreds of our readers, 
and at a period too when they can obtain them easily by 
making a little effort in behalf of the Rural. The Seeds 
will be sent, post-paid, to any part of the United States._ 
(Packages sent to Canada or other British Provinces will 
not be post-paid, but seeds will be added to the value of 
the ordinary postage *o any part of this country.) 
These Seed Premiums are open to all,-but of course 
we cannot allow lists of subscribers for which wo give 
seeds, to be counted for our Grand or Specific premiums 
Or We will, however, allow competitors for our Extra 
Premiums for Ladies, and for Boys and Girls, to count 
their lists (obtained after this date) for both Seed and 
Lxtra Premiums; in other words, they can secure the 
Seeds without affecting their chances for the other pre 
iniums. * 
The copies of Rural will be directed to as many differ¬ 
ent persons and post-offices as desired,—and the seeds 
mailed without delay to all persons entitled. 
Address, as usual, D. D. T. MOORE, Rochester, N. Y. 
good Sticking Salve, and Laving one that 
makes as good salve as I ever used, send it to you. 
Four oz. bees wax; 4 oz. Burgundy pitch; 4 oz. 
tallow; British oil, cedar oil, calsam oil, camphor 
gum, each one spoonful. When well melted pour 
into cold water, and work like shoemaker’s wax. 
Another, but not so Adhesive— One pound 
white rosin; 4 oz. bees-wax; 2 oz. Burgundy pitch; 
2 oz. mutton tallow. When melted, pour into cold 
water, and work as above—W. H. Gaylord, Hornby 
Steuben Co., N. Y., 1858. 
Steam Liniment.— Four drachms camphor; 2 do. 
oil cinnamon; 2 do. oil cloves; 2 do. oil origanum; 
2 do. oil hemlock ; 1 do. flour benzoin ; 3 do. 
cay enne pepper; 1 pint alcohol. This is a valuable 
liniment for either man or beast Keep it corked 
tight.—J. A. P., Corning, N. Y, 1858. 
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No. 1 Johnny Cake— To 1 quart Indian meal, 
add 6 tablespoonfuls cream, (little sour); 4 tea¬ 
spoonful saleratus; 4 do. salt. Mix with sweet 
milk to a thin batter, and bake in a quick oven,_ 
Cara Miner, Alfred Centre, N. Y., 1858. 
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Temperance Beer.—I would liketobe informed 
through the Rural, the best way to make good, 
cheap, healthy, temperance beer—O. E. R, Dodge 
County, lVis\, 1858. 
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To Saleratus Eaters— At a late convention of 
Dentists, it was asserted that the main, if not the 
sole cause of the great increase of defective teeth, 
was the use of saleratus and cream of tartar in the' 
manufacture of bread; and Dr. Baker fully agreed 
with the facts offered in proof, adding the results 
of some experiments made by himself. He soaked 
sound teeth in a solution of saleratus, and they 
were destroyed in fourteen days. We have the 
opinion of men whose talents, time and zeal are 
given to dentistry, that saleratus and cream of 
tartar in bread are a chief cause of ruin to teeth. 
Now, will those who know this fact go on eating 
all that comes in their way, without inquiring what 
it is made oil—New York Presbyterian. 
Infallible Recipes. —The following are infalli¬ 
ble recipes:—For Preserving the Complexion— 
1 emperance. For Whitening the Hands—Honesty. 
To Remove Stains—Repentance. For Improving 
the Sight—Observation. A Beautiful Ring—The 
Home Circle. For Improving the Voice_Civility. 1 
The Companion to the Toilet—A Good Wife. To 
keep away Moths—Good Society. 
