JUNE 5. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
FLOWERS IN SEASON. 
Though several flowers may be in bloom, one 
sort, at each season, seems to over shadow others 
by its brilliancy. At the pregent time (May 29th,) 
the Tulips are the glory of the garden, and in an¬ 
other week the Lilacs will be in perfection, and will 
receive general homage. As soon as these begin 
to fail that interesting class of shrubs the Spirals 
will show forth their white wreaths of flowers, and 
the Thorns will follow. 
That very brilliant flower, the new Scarlet Peach 
is now in bloom, as is also, the White Flowering 
Almond. The Peach is of the brightest scarlet, and 
the Almond of the purest white. Unfortunately 
these trees have the habits of the peach, and unless 
they are well shortened in while young, the lower 
limbs become bare, and the flowers and foliage is 
seen only at the tops of the branches. Another 
evil, the curl of the leaf, which affects our peach 
trees so badly almost every spring, injures these 
trees in the same way, and they become unsightly. 
The Tartarian Honeysuckle is a very pretty shrub, 
and now looks quite cheerful with its very delicate 
pink flowers. Only two of the Spirccs are yet in 
flower, Lcrxigata and Nlcondertii. The blossoms of 
the fruit trees are falling, and they* are losing their 
unusually gay appearance. No ornamental trees 
could appear more beautiful than the apple trees 
the present season. Many of them were perfect 
wreaths of flowers, and the little dwarf apple trees 
were miniature beauties. While looking on them 
we almost resolved to advise everybody to plant 
them on their lawns. Rivers' Double Flowering 
Crab, is now in bloom. The flowers are of a bright¬ 
er color than the common apple and are semi¬ 
double, but a3 it blooms about the same time as the 
fruit trees is not much of an acquisition. 
The Weeping Flowering Cherry is a very pretty 
object that should be found in every collection of 
weeping trees. The Bird Cherry we notice in some 
grounds, and it is a very fine, small tree, not ex¬ 
celled by many when in flower, deserving and 
would receive, more attention were it not so com¬ 
mon in our woods. Among the herbaceous 
and border plants we notice several varieties 
of Iris, and that neat little light blue flower, 
the Myosolis, the variety Axorica bearing its flow¬ 
ers on stems three or four inches long, while those 
of Palustris hug closely to the plant. They make 
a beautiful border. We must again call attention 
to Phlox Procumbus. We noted it as being in flow¬ 
er three or four weeks since, and now it is more 
beautiful than ever. All who love a pretty, lasting 
spring flower must procure this next falL 
PEAR CULTIVATION. 
Eds. Rubai.:— Touching the success and profits 
of the above topic, I wrote an article, published in 
the May Lumber of the Horticulturist, which, it ap¬ 
pears, has provoked the ire of two several writers 
in the Rural —one editorial, the other—no matter. 
And as both writers, instead of disproving my 
theory, arguments, or facts, have chosen a tirade 
of personalities, false assumptions, and rumors, I 
shall not reply, but make short work with them. 
When they say that my pear trevss, when I planted 
them, were good for nothing, I only answer that a 
part of them were obtained from the largest and 
most prominent Nursery in Rochester, said to be 
of the best quality of trees in the bill, and so they 
looked—that they died out a3 rapidly as the others, 
and all were treated alike; and in spite of all their 
“it is said’s,” and “we beard’s,” and “have been 
informed’s,” the Jacts which I related of their soil, 
treatment, and cultivation, can be proved by unim¬ 
peachable testimony. 
The drift of my article in the Horticulturist is 
simply this:—There have been millions of dwarf 
and standard pears planted out in orchards and 
gardens, within the last ten years; and now, where 
is the very first orchard of one hundred to five 
hundred of these trees standing, and in successful 
bearing, as originally, or even twice planted? I 
care nothing as to cultivation, whether it has been 
good or bad. Show me the trees, or tell me where 
they can be found in any one single orchard, with a 
statement of its profits, or rather the present value 
of the trees. That is the question. I should like 
it answered. Personal abuse, or shying the ques¬ 
tion, does not answer it. 
Nor shal’ I, with all possible respect for the 
writers of your paper, change the venue of the con¬ 
troversy—if controversy it be. I wrote my aiticle 
for the Horticulturist, and shall not transfer its dis¬ 
cussion on my part into another paper, because 
opposing parties indulge a pique against its editor. 
If the advocates and propagators of the dwarf 
pear are so exceedingly tender-footed as to be dis¬ 
turbed by my simple proposition, their extensive 
experience in their own grounds, and knowledge 
of the orchards of .others, will enable them to give 
a conclusive answer to my inquiries without feel¬ 
ing a passion; and no one will rejoice more than 
myself to learn that the calamities, and ill-success 
in pear culture have^ieen confined solely to myself 
and the friends and acquaintances, scattered over 
a wide range of country, from which my observa¬ 
tions have been taken. Lewi 3 F. Ali.en. 
Reharks. —We don’t know any one whose “ire" 
is “provoked ” more easily, or who takes a little 
friendly criticism with a worse grace, than our 
correspondent of Black Rock. If Mr. Allen 
wishes us to put our remarks in a more emphatic 
form, we can accommodate him, as we said nothing 
which we cannot prove very readily and very 
clearly. We have few pear orchards in this county 
of five hundred trees, and those few planted recent¬ 
ly. Austin Finney, of Clarkson, has several thou¬ 
sand trees, we believe, and he can give Mr. A. some 
light on the subject In the spring of 1852 we 
planted fifty dwarf pear trees, and the following 
spring seventy-five more. These trees have borne 
well ever since. In the autumn of ’54, we think, just 
after we had picked the fall fruit, our friend Bkown, 
of the Ohio Farmer, paid us a visit, and he will 
bear testimony as to the quantity as well as the 
quality. Last fall, though about one-half of the 
trees bore but little, on account of over-fruiting the 
previous year, they produced over thirty bushels. 
Now, as Mr. Allen says Yirgalieus, at Buffalo, are 
worth from five to six dollars a bushel, and Bart- 
letts three, and as twelve bushels of this thirty were 
THE AUSTRIAN PINE. 
Amon <s our hardy evergreen trees the Norway 
Spruce is the most popular, and very justly so. It 
is hardy, beautiful, graceful, of the best of habits, 
and is well deserving of its popularity. Still we 
have thought lately that planters were giving a 
tameness, a monotonous appearance to their 
grounds, by planting so largely of this tree to the 
almost entire exclusion of other desirable hardy 
evergreens. The black and white Bpruce should 
not be forgotten, and the cedar and arbor vitaes are 
certainly not undeserving the attention of planters. 
There are also several varieties of pines which con¬ 
trast finely with the Norways. We make these 
remarks as a gentle hint to planters who seem to 
be, just at present, neglecting some old and valued 
of the former sort, and splendid specimens, too, it 
would not be too much to say these pears would 
sell at $4 a bushel, or $120. In addition to this 
they took a premium of $8 at the State Fair, for 
“ best twelve varieties, 0 of each.” We do not now 
own the trees, and would be glad to engage the 
crop the present season at 60 bushels. These 
trees, standing at eight feet apart, would occupy 
less than a quarter of an acre. Only four of the 
number died from natural causes, and they were 
Bartletts, and were broken off by the wind. Half 
• a dozen others were mined by cattle getting on 
the grounds. The soil, which is a sandy, or what 
is sometimes called a chestnut loam, is forked be¬ 
tween the trees every spring, and a mulching of 
rotten manure given each tree, to which an addi¬ 
tion was made in the fall. Of course the old 
mulching was dug under each spring, and more 
manure added. In March or April, every year, 
they received a good pruning, and this is all the 
care they had or required. Although most of 
the trees cost less than 50 cents each, they could 
not now be bought for $5. If Mr. A. will call on 
us in Rochester, we will introduce him to them, 
unless they should object to form the acquaintance 
of one who has so unjustly reflected on their good 
character. 
To our remark that many of the trees were im¬ 
ported from Europe, and in bad condition when 
planted, Mr. Allen replies “ a part of them were 
obtained from the largest and most prominent 
nursery in Rochester.” This “part” we have as¬ 
certained was fifty trees. But these fifty “died 
out as rapidly as the others.” Of course they did. 
When those “myriads of field mice infested the 
grounds” and girdled the trees that had survived 
other difficulties, all shared the same fate. But, 
please inform us whether forty-nine, or how many 
of this fifty grew and did pretty well (considering) 
until they were killed by mice. Without this the 
argument amounts to just nothing. 
If the object of Mr. Allen is to elicit truth, we 
don’t see why he should object to discuss the sub¬ 
ject in the Rural, where his readers would be ten¬ 
fold more numerous than in the Horticulturist.— 
What is meant by a “pique ” against its editor, we 
don’t knew, nor can we imagine what that journal 
has to do with the question whether pears can be 
grown profitably for market, or not. 
“CAN PEARS EE GROWN FOR MARKET?” 
Eds. Rural: —In the May number of the Horti¬ 
culturist is a long article under the above inquiry, 
written by Lewis F. Ali.en, Esq, of Black Rock, 
in which he takes the negative of the question.— 
He relates his own experience in pear growing, on 
a soil, as he thinks, perfectly adapted to the pear, 
the ground thoroughly prepared, the trees warrant¬ 
ed good, and the whole work in planting properly 
done. After setting, the trees were properly cul¬ 
tivated and pruned; “cutting back, scissoring 
pinching, and all the thousand and one peddling 
devices of the savans” having been resorted to, 
and a total failure was the result. He further says, 
that like results (except in a few instances of very 
partial success,) have attended the efforts of twenty 
or thirty of his friends and neighbors, besides scores 
of pear-growers between Black Rock and Albany, 
all along through the best fruit section of New 
York, three hundred miles in extent 
As Mr. Allen is known a3 an intelligent writer 
on Agriculture and Horticulture, much weight wiJJ 
doubtless be attached to his opinions. But is it 
possible that all the Horticultural and Pomological 
Societies have been either laboring under a delusion, 
or conspiring to cheat the public? Are the opinions 
and recommendations which go forth from their 
friends of ours, and for the purpose of introducing 
an engraving of one of the finest of the pines—the 
Austrian or Black Pine. The drawing was taken 
from a specimen, some twelve feet high, growing 
on the grounds of Ellwanger & Barry. It is a 
remarkably robust, hardy, spreading tree, and 
makes a very rapid growth, and therefore would be 
prized by those who want a large tree in a short 
time. The leaves are long, stiff, and dark green.— 
The hardiness, beauty and rapid growth makes it 
very valuable. The Scotch Pine is very similar in 
habit, but the leaves are of a lighter silvery green. 
Before long we will give brief descriptions of a 
few of the best hardy evergreens for this and 
similar climates. 
Conventions from time to time, unreliable and of 
no value? Mr. Allen admits that there may be 
localities in the eastern part of Massachusetts, 
about Boston, where the pear, both on its own 
stock and the quince, may thrive and be profitable 
for orchard cultivation, as stated by Col. Wilder, 
Mr. Hovey, and Mr. Manning, whose assertions he 
says he will not controvert. Are the standard 
authorities of our own State, Downing, Thomas, 
and Barry, less veracious and less reliable? Have 
all the articles advocating the raising of pears for 
market, which havfcjpTp|j<jared iti the Rural and 
other Agricultural and Horticultural prints, been 
the offspring of ignorance or dishonesty? Must the 
raising of pears be confined to the vicinity of Bos¬ 
ton? In other words, shall we dig up our pear trees? 
The large number of those who, from reading the 
publications of Downing, TnoMAS, and Barky, the 
proceedings of the Pomological Conventions, and 
the numerous articles in the Rural and other 
papers, have been induced to set out pear orchards, 
with the design of raising pears for market, will 
look with interest for a reply. J. II. Hall. 
West Bloomfield, N. Y., 1858. 
Remarks. —We have already published several 
articles on this subject Those who think that 
ninety-nine out of a hundred of the most intelligent 
and experienced horticulturists of the country are 
stupid or dishonest, and that Mr. Allen is far 
the superior of these men in intelligence or 
honesty, we suppose will endorse his statements, 
and act accordingly. Those who think otherwise, 
will not be apt to “dig up their pear trees.” We 
would ask for no better investment than a well 
selected and cultivated pear orchard, either stand¬ 
ards or dwarfs, in Western New York, or almost 
any other locality, with a suitable soil and climate. 
LETTER FROM NORTHERN OHIO. 
THE WEATHER. 
Friends op the Rural. — I should be glad to 
say a fine morning to you, but it rains still, “and 
the rain is never weary.” Those in this region who 
have been calculating upon raising corn this sea¬ 
son, are beginning to look doleful. The land 
which, as it now seems to them, ought to have been 
ridged up in the fall, is thoroughly soaked with 
water, and cold. Very little of the land intended 
for corn in this region is yet plowed. Some, in 
desperation, have been the last week plowing, and 
harrowing, and getting in seed, having not yet 
learned that they had better be asleep than work¬ 
ing clayey soil, as much of this is, while wet 
I have heretofore wondered that the farming in 
this region was so almost exclusively grazing, but 
if the seasons for getting in crops are generally 
like this spring and the last the case is plain.— 
There is no other way. The wheat fields, so far as 
I have had opportunity to observe, are looking 
finely, and grass promises to be abundant — fruit 
likewise. 
farmer’s gardens. 
I suppose that the Editors of the Rural would 
be greatly surprised if they could be told how many 
gardens have been maefe where none were before, 
and how many old ones have been improved, and 
filled up with useful and ornamental plants, as the 
result of their earnest and wise counsels. But the 
work is not yet completed. Having a little time to 
spend, a few days ago, in a place where I was a 
stranger to every one, I took a long walk by many 
farms,—fine farms, with good houses, and every ap¬ 
pearance of thrift I looked in vain, in all that 
place, for a garden. I saw, it is true, the old row 
of currant bushes in the grass, and in one or two 
places a little patch of onions, which had found 
their way, from their winter quarters in the cellar, 
to the soil and sunlight, but not a shoot of aspara¬ 
gus, pie-plant, lettuce, radishes, and various other 
vegetables, fruits and flowers, which ought to be 
abundant around every man’s home, even though 
the spring seasons are cold and late. Can it be 
that there are any readers of tfle Rural in that 
place?—I trow not- 
The comforts and real profit to every family, of a 
good garden, as well as its civilizing, and I may 
say Christianizing influence, is a thing yet to be 
learned by many, who regard themselves as good- 
livers and have abundant means. 
THE NEW ROCHELLE BLACKBERRY. 
You inquire for the experience of your readers 
in regard to the hardiness of the new Blackberry, 
j My experience has been, to some extent, like that 
! of your correspondent,— that is to say, a portion 
of my plants, and those too among the very largest, 
were killed almost or quite to the ground. As 
they were pets last summer, I am inclined to think 
that they were cultivated too much, and made to 
grow too rapidly, in the latter part of the season, 
the wood not becoming sufficiently ripe and firm 
to withstand the frost The remainder are setting 
full for fruit, giving hope that I shall be able in a 
few weeks to know whether the nurseryman was 
honest, and sold me anything different from what 
I could have found in the woods,—not that I have 
any doubt in this case, but your recent articles up¬ 
on spurious grapes make us a little anxious to see 
the fruit 
THE REBECCA GRATE. * 
Upon mine the leaves are of a light green color 
upon the upper side, and almost white on the un¬ 
der side. Will you tell us if this is true of the 
genuine Rebecca, and any other description, 
or test, if you deem it will be desirable to others 
as well as to your friend, h. 
Hudson, Ohio, May 22, 1858. 
Remarks. —A little later in the season, and after | 
further opportunities for observation, if it shall be \ 
proved that a spurious variety is sold for the genu¬ 
ine Rebecca, we will endeavor to give such charac¬ 
teristics as will enable persons with a little care to 
distinguish the true from the false. 
WILL CANARY BIRDS AND FLOWERS PAY? 
Messrs. Eds: —Your numerous correspondents 
have often asked, “Will roots pay?” “Will beef¬ 
making pay?” “Will fruits pay?” Allow me to 
ask, Will house-plants, canary birds, and flowers 
pay? 
In this fast and utilitarian age, when thousands 
are seeking to accumulate a “ pile” in the shortest 
possible time—and in an ag$ where body and soul 
are entirely consecrated to “mammon,” I can 
hardly expect a response in the affirmative. To 
those who can see no beauty, no enjoyment in any 
thing but cash, —when men encompass earth and 
sea to gather the golden sand qf California or Aus¬ 
tralia,—when life and health are sacrificed before 
this crushing Juggernaut of an inordinate desire for 
wealth, and when all the enjoyments of the domes¬ 
tic circle are discarded and forgotten in the great 
scramble for gold, it is futile to call the attention 
of such to subjects so light and trivial. But, viewed 
in the light of sober reflection and with an eye 
upon the moral culture and intellectual training of 
the rising generation, it may assume an aspect 
which will bear investigation. If it is our duty and 
our only aim to make money, and teach our children 
to acquire; if this is the great end and object of our 
being, then the cultivation of flowers—the rearing 
of beautiful birds and animals, and enjoyment of 
the lovely in nature is out of place, and has no 
charms for minds thus constituted. 
But, if a cage of canary birds, whose care and 
feeding will occupy the time, and whose cheerful 
song will make home attractive to your little son 
or daughter and keep them from those dangers and 
temptations to which the contact with the world 
in their youth and inexperience exposes them,— 
more than this, if it keep them from the still great¬ 
er besetments to evil,— the street school —then is it 
not safe to say, these will pay ? 
If the cultivation of flowers and house-plants 
promotes habits of industry—elevates and purifies 
the mind of the child, and turns the thoughts from 
the groveling to the beautiful in nature,—if it raises 
the affections to the great source of All Good, and 
gives a just appreciation of the beauties and bless¬ 
ings which upon every side surround us, then in¬ 
deed flowers will pay! 
It is innocence, purity and child like simplicity, 
that is charmed with both animate and inanimate 
creation. Beautiful birds and animals—the green 
carpet which is spread out for us to walk upon— 
the delicious fragrance which everywhere greets 
us from the opening flowers—the melody which 
comes in choral strains from the songsters of the 
grove, are enjoyed by none with such exquisite 
pleasure as by the pure in heart 
Whoever saw * dwelling surrounded by shade 
trees, the yard filled with shrubbery, and the garden 
with flowers, who did not find among its inmates 
purity, intelligence, and domestic happiness? It 
“will pay” to make home attractive,—it will pay 
to cultivate within ourselves and our children, a 
taste for the pure, the beautiful, and the lovely. 
Attica, N. Y., May, 1858. E. B. 
Tan-Bark for Mulching, Ac.— Permit me to 
ask you through your columns, 1st—Is spent tan- 
bark good for mulching dwarf pear trees, planted 
thisspring? as litter and coarse manure cause weeds 
to grow, &c. 2d — What will prevent pie plants 
from shooting up and producing seed? or do cer¬ 
tain kinds only have a peculiar tendency that way? 
which is really the best kind of rhubarb?—M., Fort 
Wayne, IncL, May, 1858. 
Remarks. —Tan-bark is good for mulching, tho’ 
we should prefer manure, as it gradually enriches 
the soil and furnishes nutriment to the tree.— 
weeds can be destroyed very easily. As soon as 
the seed-head is shown cut it off, and keep cutting 
back. The early sorts are the most disposed to go 
to seed, aud of course seed the earliest. The 
Myatt’s Linmeus Rhubarb is said to be the best sort 
now grown. 
POUND CAKE, COTTAGE BEER, LEMON PIES. 
Messrs. Eds.:— T notice in a late number of the 
Rural an inquiry for a recipe for a good Pound 
Cake. Having one I think superior to any I ever 
tasted, I send it to you. 
Pound Cake. —One pound sugar; 1 of flour; | 
pound butter; 8 eggs; a little soda—flavor with 
extract of strawberry. Beat the whites to a stiff 
froth, separate from the yolks, and add to the yolks, 
butter and sugar, beaten together, and, lastly, the 
flour. 
I also notice an inquiry for a Beer recipe. I send 
one termed 
Cottage Beer. —Two pailfuls of water; 1 pint 
hops; 2 quarts wheat bran, and some boughs of 
hemlock or spruce—boil the whole together in a 
brass kettle until the bran and hops sink to the 
bottom, then strain. When it is about lukewarm, 
add 1 quart of molasses and 1 teacup of good hop 
yeast Stir well together, keep in a warm place, 
and in 24 hours it is fit for use. I here give one 
from the Northern Farmer, of 1857: 
Home Made Beer.— One gill hop yeast; 2 tea¬ 
spoonfuls brown sugar; 2 of acid; 8 dropsessence 
sassafras; the same of wintergreen; 4 of essence 
of spruce—beat it well together, then pour on 2 
quarts of water, and you will have a good, healthy, 
cheap drink, for sick or well folks. 
Perhaps a recipe for Lemon Pies would not come 
amiss at this season. Three lemons; 1 cup sugar; 
1 of raisins; 1 of water; 2 tablespoonfuls of flour. 
Scrape the yellow from the rind of the lemon, then 
chop the raisins and tho rind together, fine—add 
the other ingredients. Bake with two crusta— 
This makes two pies on plates. Try it, ye old 
housekeepers, and if you do not pronounce it de¬ 
licious, we must say you are not a judge of good 
piea . A Young Housewife. 
Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y., 1858. 
COLORING RECIPES. 
Eds. Rural:—I noticed an inquiry from “S.,b 
North Bridgewater, for a recipe to color Cochineal 
Scarlet. I do not know as I understand exactly what 
is meant by cochineal scarlet, however, I will send 
you a recipe which I have tried and had a beauti¬ 
ful color. 
For 1 lb. of yarn or cloth, infuse, in warm water, 
1 oz. of cream tartar—stir it well. When the heat 
has increased add 1 oz. of powdered cochineal— 
mix it through the water, then stir in 2 ozs. of 
madder compound. When it boils, put the goods 
in after wetting them in clear soft water. Keep 
the dye boiling about an hour and stir the goods 
often so they will not spot by lying still. Follow 
this recipe and have plenty of clear soft water for 
your dye, and you will have a bright durable color, 
I have no doubt, but rather expensive for bulky 
goods. 
Can any one give a recipe to color cotton red, 
one that will be durable? For the last six years 
the Rural has made us a visit. I think it has im¬ 
proved every year, and I, for one would part with 
all our other papers sooner than this. It never 
occurred to me until recently, that I could con¬ 
tribute my mite, in some form, and if I only sent a 
recipe, it might benofit somebody. 
Fultneyville, N, Y., 1858. Jclia W. 
ABOUT SEWING MACHINES. 
Mr. Moore: —I see an inquiry in regard to Sew¬ 
ing Machines. Now, I have been all the way there, 
and can tell to a certainty that none of those $15 
machines are worth having. I have tried three of 
them, two of “Atwater’s,” of Buffalo, and one 
“Watson’s.” And I have seen one of “Gibbs’ Ma¬ 
chines,” and think it no better. Any of the above 
named machines will sew scraps of cloth well 
enough, but they will not sew garments without 
more trouble than profit. Now, roy advice is for 
persons not to have anything to do with the ma¬ 
chines, unless the manufacturers will bring them 
to your house and then and there make up some 
heavy garments, for that is what most persons want 
them for. Don’t let them deceive you by showing 
specimens. J. C. H. Swann. 
CrawfordsviUe, Ind., 1858. 
For Bleaching Cotton Cloth or Yarn.— To 
every five pounds of cloth, take 12 ounces of the 
chloride of lime, dissolve it in a small quantity of 
boiling water; when cold, strain off in a quantity 
of warm water, sufficient to immerse the cloth;— 
first boil the cloth fifteen minutes in strong suds 
or weak lye,—ring out, and rinse in clear water, 
then add the cloth to the chloride wate*, to boil 
from twenty to thirty minutes with frequent airings, 
then rinse well with blueing.— Delia, Humphrey, 
N. Y., 1858. 
To Secure Dry, Mealy Potatoes. — T' 
should be dropped into boiling water, and be 
boiling swiftly until done. Pour off the wr 1 “ 
set the kettle on the stove. Partially re 
cover for the steam to escape. The ' - mo7e ? ie 
are eaten the better they are.—Mir 
Rowe, Franklin Co., Mass., 1858. 
sooner they 
,i. M. A. Rice, 
Matrimonial Cake. —Thre 
cream; 2 of BUgar; J teasp 
make a thin batter. Sprf 
on square tins, and bak ' ai 
while hot, and place ' •* 3 ‘ 
between slices of th atuin 
easy d ** CU P 3 of 
oon of soda—flour to 
.ad as thinly as possible 
,e. Take off from the tins 
a thin layer of currant jelly 
.ecake. — Jennie, Portland, N. Y. 
How to Co' 
be informed Iceland Moss. —I would like to 
pe for coo’ A tough your columns, wh<D?thete , !ii- 
your co r Iceland Moss is. Perhaps some of 
Daug’ respondents can inform me. —A Farmer’s 
Y’v’UK, Cayuga, N Y., 1858. 
A Failure.— Seeing it often said in print that ' 
monthly roses could be preserved out in the y&r’ 
by using spent tan-bark, I made tbe experimen* s 
Dried it perfectly, covered the rose, an Ota' 
with straw, then a box filled with the bark . <*?ite, 
tbe spring ’twas all dry, but a few inches < ' n 
ed up from the ground. But the rose < ^ at s cak- 
and decayed.—C. Smith, Bingliamtor mouldy 
Y* y 18*38* 
OofeS for Erysipelas.— An experienced physi¬ 
cian (who is not troubled with “sands of life,”) says 
that a poultice of boiled cranberries applied to the 
part affected, is a sure cure.— A. N. A., Shak^ee, 
Minnesota, 1858. 
Washing Compound.— Place in a kettle, ^po&nds 
soap, cut small; 1 ounce borax; and 2 quarts of 
water. Simmer an hour.— Jennie, Pot ribald, N. Y. 
