DEC, 4. 
Ml @>Mm. 
PLANTS FOP. THE PARLOR. 
All our readers will agree that nothing is more 
pleasant and cheerfal during the winter season, 
than a few healthy plants in the parlor or sitting- 
room. Farniture the most costly may be intro¬ 
duced, and even of the most approved patterns 
and finish, and yet the room has a cold, uncomfort¬ 
able furniture-shop look, which nothing will more 
effectually dispel than a few fine plants. They are 
the best corrective of that great evil of our times, 
costly and uncomfortable furniture, that we know 
of, except half-a-dozen wide-awake children, who 
will make a room look as though it was intended 
for use in the shortest possible space of time.— 
Most persons who attempt to grow plants in living- 
rooms fail, and become discouraged. We will 
endeavor now to point out some of the causes of 
failure, as we have done before, and give a few 
directions which may lead to more satisfactory 
results in future. Plants for rooms are generally 
obtained from some green-house, where they have 
thrived under skillful treatment, a regular tempera¬ 
ture, and a humid atmosphere. They are taken to 
a common living-room, where the temperature is 
very irregular, and the atmosphere dry. Plants, 
such as are usually kept in rooms, require a tem¬ 
perature ranging from 40° to 65°. Our parlors 
and sitting-rooms are usually heated from G2° to 
70° in the day, and in the night many of them 
barely escape frost Our green houses receive a 
regular airing, hut in our living rooms, a change 
of atmosphere is prevented as much as possible, to 
the injury of plants and people. When convenient, 
plants may be kept in a room where there is no 
fire, and adjoining a living-room, from which it 
may receive heat, by opening the door, when de¬ 
sirable, so as to keep the temperature somewhat 
regular. When plantB are kept in a room with a 
fire, the window should be opened a few inches 
for some minutes every day. 
Light and air are essential to the health of plants, 
and if kept in a dark, close room, they cannot 
thrive, but will grow weak, yellow, and sickly. 
Place plants as near the light as possible, and give 
them air whenever the weather will allow. On 
fine days, and especially during warm showers, 
carry them out-doors, and let them have a shower- 
bath, either from the clouds or the watering-pot. 
Plants are are often injured b j improper watering. 
Water should never be given cold from the well, 
but should be warmed to a temperature about like 
the atmosphere where the plant is grown. It is 
impossible to give specific directions on this 
point, as so much depends npon circumstances, 
the size of the plant, pot* &c. When the earth be¬ 
comes dry, a thorough watering should be given, 
and that should be done before the plant shows 
any signs of drooping. All water should be re¬ 
moved from the saucer. Many persons think that 
the larger the pots, the more the plants will thrive. 
This is not so. Plants generally grow and flower 
best in small pots. By attention to these neces¬ 
sarily brief hints, we have no doubt much of the 
difficulty hitherto experienced will be removed, 
and success more frequently reward the labors of 
the lovers of plantr and fi ->'jr;-ro To all euoli, 
however, as find difficulty in growing plants in 
their houses, we can recommend a few things that 
will bear rooms as hot and dry, and ill-ventilated 
and irregular, and unhealthy, as man himself. The 
Bulbous Roots, such as the Hyacinth, Crocus, Tulip, 
Narcissus, &c., will grow and flower well in a room 
where there is a stove, if kept near the window, 
and if properly cared for will furnish plenty of 
flowers most of the winter. Those of our readers 
who cannot procure plants from green-houses, can 
mostly obtain a few dozen bulbs from some 
nurseryman or seedsman, as they can be done up 
in small packages, and sent by express safely al¬ 
most any distance. The Hyacinths and Tulips 
cost from $2 to $3 per dozen, the Narcissus $2, and 
Crocusses about 25 cents. The Cactus family will 
bear a temperature from anything above freezing 
point to more than 80°. They require but little 
attention—fresh earth once a year, and watering 
once a week in winter, and twice or three times 
in summer, is sufficient. They are curious and 
beautiful when in flower; but none of the above 
possess the fine green foliage so desirable for a 
parlor plant in the winter season, when without 
not a green leaf is to be seen. 
A friend has furnished us the following list of 
plants, which will succeed well with ordinary care 
in a living-room: 
Abutilon striatum and venorum —tall growing, showy 
plants ; the flowers cup shaped, orange and red striped. 
Ageratum eelestinum— flowers pale blue, compact; a 
perpetual bloomer. 
Bouvardia leiantha— scarlet, trumpet-shaped flowers. 
Habrothamnus elegans —strong, tall, plants, with showy 
rose-colored flowers. 
Linum trigynum —large, golden-yellow flowers. 
Lobelia erinoides— delicate spreading plant, with blue 
flowers. 
Oestrum aurantiacum —strong growing plant, with 
trumpet-shaped yellow flowers. 
Call a Ethiopica —the well known African Lily. 
Cleriodendron fragrans —large, dark green foliage; 
double white flower; very fragrant. 
Fabiana imbricata —heath-like foliage, and trumpet- 
shaped, white flowers. 
Jasminum grandijlorun —large, white fragrant flowers. 
Heliotropes — lilac-purple flowers, very fragrant; the 
Gem, a very free bloomer, and desirable; Voltairianum, 
dark purple, and excellent. 
Primula sinensis, alba and rubra —the Chinese prim¬ 
roses; very fine for winter. 
Tradescandea zcbrina— a trailing plant, with variegat¬ 
ed foliage; the best thing for hanging baskets. 
Fuchsia serratifolia— foliage dark green, habit compact, 
flowers long; tube bright rose, sepals light green, corolla 
scarlet, with a shade of orange; a fine winter bloomer. 
Cuphea platycentra— dwarf in habit, perpetual bloomer, 
with scarlet flowers. 
Orassula lactea —soft foliage, and large clusters of white 
Eupatorium aromaticum— from New Mexico; dwarf 
growing plant, with white flowers. 
Viburnum tinus, (Laurustinus) — fine lively foliage, and 
nothing is finer in a room than large, healthy specimens 
of this plant. Flowers small, white, in large clusters. 
The Variegated some similar, but with variegated leaves. 
Bigonia fuchsoides —foliage dark green, bright scarlet, 
fuchsia-shaped flowers. Sanguinea, foliage large, dark 
green above, and red beneath, with white flowers. 
Those who have not tried the experiment will 
be surprised at the effect of a slight sprinkling of 
water on the leaves of plants every morning. The 
finer the drops, and the more like dew, the better. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
The chestnuts, satisfied, perhaps, with the atten¬ 
tion and gratitude which they receive for their 
generous showers of fruit, and unambitious of ad¬ 
miration, clothe themselves in a suit of brownish 
bnff, not unpleasing to the eye, and serving ad¬ 
mirably as a shade tint to the pure, bright yellow 
of the walnuts, near which they may generally be 
found. The bee eh and ash vary their tints of gray, 
THE BREAD QUESTION. 
As Sylvanus had such good luok with his 
‘dumplings,” Nebuchadnezzar thought he would 
fS ftp 
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and violet, and purple; the oak Btands majestic in Hy a ^ oa f °f bread. Now, if Nebuchadnezzar (I 
full, dark crimson; while here and there, shoot up w *®b his name was shorter,) wants good, light, whole- 
among them, cones and pyramids of light and s °"ie bread, all mixed, made, and baked, ho may “ set 
flame, bright and beautiful contrasts to their dusky bis cap,” and call upon me, for he will surely find 
neighbors. The elm, conscious of the stately ^ Molly, in the Valley, Nunda, N. Y., 1868. 
beauty and grace of her form, disdains to trick 
herself in gaudy colors, and quietly assumes a Dkar Rural: Please say to Nebuchadnezzar 
russet garb, smiling gravely down on the yellow that Molly - who live « on the Hillside, can make 
ailanthus and scarlet sumach at her feet. 
By degrees, they all consent to blend in a flush 
a loaf of “ good bread ” as well as “ dumplings.” 
Proof .—Mother says I can make better bread 
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THE JAMINETTE PEAR. 
Synonyms— Sabine, d’Austrasie, Wilhelmine, Josephine, etc. 
of soft yellow, giving everywhere a magical ap- than can - and ahe can make bread good enough, 
pearance of light, the hillsides and the vallies ^ ur Nebuchadnezzar to eat. 
seeming flooded with sunshine, even on the cloudi- B- ^ Nebuchadnezzar is not a lawyer, how 
est days. Finally, all turn to brown-not a dead, catne he to think of instigating a -suit » for “ want 
dull brown, but a soft, rich intermingling of many of action? ” W onder if he wonld Dot like to 
shades, producing an effect more beautiful, per- undertake the «w« for the sake of the/«>?-M 0 lly. 
haps, than any of the preceding. And it is won- , „ ... „ ... 
derful that in all this display of splendor, every Mr. Nebuchadnezzar said ho would set h,s 
individual leaf is as exquisite as the rarest flower. ^. e ^' r 1 aj cou . ma % 00 ' ’ lt >rea> ^ 
The form, the delicate tracery of veins, the rich half inclined to send him a piece of my making. 
and varied coloring, are inimitable. Many per¬ 
sons of artistic taste, find pleasure in making col 
But thinking it might be stale before it reached 
him, I will content myself by sending the follow- 
-- lections of these curious leaves. Some glue them in S reci P e through the colums of the Rural.- 
Thb Jaminetie Pear seems not to rank among in September are now in fine condition, but it may to sheets of Bristol board and varnish them, after ^ ak ®' * vllat* inA^ahrmt \ nhTnf 
what are called popular varieties, but, we suspect be set down as keeping well till Christmas, and which they are bound and placed on the centre- - , , . . . . - 
that this is not so much owing to want of merit as ripening in a common cellar as well a9 an apple, table. This may well be called Nature’s Book of * . f ’« . . • . 
to the fact that it has somehow escaped the atten- The tree has no equal for vigor and symmetry, on Beauty. Some paste them upon transparent lamp- .■ p ° . . * . . 
a* _ _ t .1 t* • _ 1 _ _ . C A fka nnimtn qy\A *KlU iu /ATI A TAflflftTl tVlTIU DVDFU PUAniflCT HpUcrhtinCT t.llA PVft lOftV fl HlKl G' H Sll\Q(l 1H & WATIQ place to rise. 
that this is not bo much owing to want of merit as ripening in a common cellar as well as an apple, taoie. lmsmayweu oe caiiea in aiure s uook oi f i - * . MaVa U\in 
to the fact that it has somehow escaped the atten- The tree has no equal for vigor and symmetry, on Beauty. Some paste them upon transparent lamp- , . P . . * . 
tion of cultivators. It is a large pear, of good the quince stock, and this is one strong reason shades, thus, every evening, delighting the eye, 0 v " . 8 “ * “iT'T, 1 ’ eatinVbread 
quality, melting, buttery and very juicy, sweet why we bring it to notice. For many years we and bringing up romantic recollections ot forest made bv +his reciDe Wvbucha'dniz/ar falls to nro- 
and agreeable, though not high flavored. have watched this variety, and have never seen it scenery. L’o my mind, howevor, by far the prettiest it „ d * tbe bp t „ bo f 
Hi, green *hen gathered, becoming yellow fatl cither gromh or prodnetivene.e imo^ way „t preeerttittg and displaying them, i, .. ^ o{ ^ 
covered with russet dots and having a patch ot a dozen trees on toe quince we certainly tuink follows. ry y /V y 
russet all around the stalk. Specimens gathered that the Jaminetie should be one. As Mrs. Glase s first direction in cooking a goose - 
fail either in growth or productiveness. Among way of preserving and displaying them, is as 
a dozen trees on the quince we certainly think follows: 
nounce it as “ good as the best” he differs, as far 
as regards “matters of taste," from Anna, of 
Chili, N Y. 
Isabella Grapes.— You stated iu the Rural 
that you had Isabella Grapes an inch in diameter. 
I want to inquire whether they are the same as we 
that the Jaminetie should bo one. As Mrs. Glase’s first direction in cooking a goose ’ _ 
..~ if», “ Buy your goose,” so we say flrBt, gather your To Messrs. Sylvanus and Nebuchadnezzar:— 
TREES-THEIR BEAUTY AND UTILITY, NO. I. leaves. Go forth on a fine October morning, (after Being “ one of the girls,” I suppose I have a nar- 
- a wind,) with a little basket on yonr arm, and pick rt ) W chance of escaping either of the “ golden op- 
YVhkn the earth was created, it wa3 pronounced up, here and there, the brightest, freshestspecimens, portunities” which you have awarded us, liberal, 
ra’se here_ we have Isabella vines all about in this to be very good. The mind that planned this vast being careful to select, also, some of the very light- loving, and lonely bachelors as you must be. I 
section and not a grape that I ever see, that was frame-work of continents and islands, oceans, lakes est and darkest you can find. If you are obliged really believe Sylvanus would be a prize. Only 
over half as large as you speak of. I saw a state- and rivers, and adapted it so wonderfully to the to jump a fence or climb a rock to secure a gem, to think of satisfying a man’s appetite with dump- 
ment in the Rural that there were three kinds of ase8 aa(1 conveniences of the beings destined to so much the better. Never mind the curious and lings! No puzzliDg of the head in order to get 
the Isabella grape; if so, what kind are yours, or, inhabit it* must have been infinitely clear and amused looks of faces peeping from farm-house up a palatable variety for each succeeding meal, 
if ours are the large kind how can we make them practical. The rich products of the earth—the windows, or the whispered exclamations of wonder only just dumplings twenty-one times a week. I'll 
hella hut with the same treatment that we aive i iQeffdble ’ inimitable> Tb ° flower Upon ‘ t8 briak) « ather a ^ uanti ^ of those ^qnisitely graceful and bear „ and are ja8t the being9 to preside at yoar 
1 a in 1 JLZ- H L!tL WP not able the bird ap ° U th0 overhan g iD 2 8 P ra ^ the msec " " iel y wrought ferns, which grow in profusion hearthstones. Neither does it follow, that if we I 
A AL flva ar\r\ in a oimilor ciin-itinri -aro fkhlp ~ " * *" I " 7 0 * nearUlBlUIieB. UUCH lb 1U1IUW, Lllttb 11 WO 
to seJ Z diffe?enc^ 1 To irodwe krw graces it ° a th ° leaf ’ ever y wher0 beaut y 5 beaut y to charm | wherever the ground is moist and shaded. As you nnder8tand one br anch of the art, we are skilled in 
to see the dmerence. to produce urge grapes i eye! and shine into the heart, and awaken it to ' turn, peer into the uncultivated borders of the a i, Nebuchadnezzar fwhat a horrid name for 
is necessary to have a deep and very uch soil, and oonsftousness of higher powers and enjoyment; fields for curious grasses, which you will find in ,■ ^ 8bo uld hapnen to “set his cud” and 
the vine. be kept prheeed cl.ee ,o the, h„ Erer ,„ h „„ w „ „ c0 thMe be™., ebeedeece, „Meh „m eetenieh *oa b, their SS too’etder .he^^.^ble feof e“ Z eo“ 
more bunches will be left than the roots can tho and nR0 nnitod( b ut In nb one thing are they so ;anty and variety. Do not fail to secure ahand- . hony , j wiU wait upon bim t() < (fr0()d bg bt 
roughly mature. On the subject of prarvng th. mlrftC alon8ly combined as In trees. ‘ oi cm „ rrlxioh, *i.-h its pensile tufts, and lovely, brea( p> prepared by my own hands, but it does not 
“he* iL't rear or to r^«! i T » 8M l,ow Mli “ a * “ r * w . c ” lor - is * be . s ' m « ,he follow that I im capable of rollieg on the domee- 
In^rnlt t f ^ a have appeared without thU teott exquisite and usses. And, remember in your successive visits tic wb eel without a jar. The duties of a house- 
more bunches will be left than the roots can tho-1 ftnd nR0 nnitod( bnt j n nb ono ' lb | ng ftro they bo beauty and variety. Do not fail to secure a hand- I t horr _ e j wi)1 wftit upon bim fi) „ 
roughly mature. On the subject of prun-ug th m t racn iou8ly combined as In trees. ‘ d cm -,, wirob, »i,h its pensile tufts, «uu lovely, j bread „ prepared by my own hands, but it does not 
In . tr ™ ,h0 ^ B " ltl,at ' 4 fonowth.tr.mcopableofroUi»gon.hedome 8 . 
“ n V“ t ” 8 “ for *J r,z • | becomlog drnpery, opo need lrat logo np Jmoeg > the wood, always to gather ferns and grasses, t ,. ei „ sr ,„ iea , a ' n d experience mnst be her 
he would select a healthy, promising young beast (h motinfa i n , )n the neighborhood of iron mtinn- or at this season every week brings a change in haDdma jden for some time before Bhe can sur- 
rT t n t feed “ make ib ; I factories, where the charcoal burners have hared Kture and color, till finally they become as light dTffmulUeJftat beset her If I were 
cevelopment his study and labor, flhe resuli . , e b jn B 0 f their natural covering, and left tt as gauze, and of a delicate, tilvery paleness, man or a bachelor in need of a wife I 
would defy competition. Pursue the same course :na ightly eminences, like huge, bony skeleton., beautiful to behold. No specimen of finest Honi- ld “ show me the maiden who is willing 
as^onhhiiuf 1 sizevoand 3 beTutv WlU ^ frUU °' ' VUh ° at f ° rm ° f coirieline8S ’ theIi ' dark ’ un3heltered to “ or Convml lacea could ec l ual them * to be useful -who has a willing heart and ready 
asto ning ’ 11 r nd Deaut Y- brows seeming to frown in shame and anger at Oa arriving at home, spread your specimens hand for any labor of loyo or of datyj and if j am 
-w—- lbeir 0WQ disgrace. Unfortunate hills! bare and smoothly between the leaves of large pamphlets, 8Q forlunate a8 to W ; Q her affection’s, I will not 
Growing Onions.— When I seek for knowledge desolate; we leave you with pity for your ill-usage, or layers of newspapers, and place a smooth board que8tion her capabilities to make good bread or 
from other sources unsuccessfully, the Rural (which and turn to those more favored regions, where with a weight npon it, to press them. On the , , ./• *. r ^ them" Such would 
brows seeming to frown in shame and anger at Oa arriving at home, spread your specimens 
their own disgrace. Unfortunate hills! bare and smoothly between the leaves of large pamphlets, 
I will tell you, is a couldn t-do without inmate ot forests still clothe the rcoontain sides in native second day, the leaves must be taken out, and the 
onion beds were well hoed and wed, but when seasons of the year, and in every aspect of nature, 
harvest time, she had two nice beds of scallions E yea j n winter, the evergreens sprinkled here and 
Now, how shall we avoid like results in time to ... \ °. *. . , 
come?—A Housewife, Herkimer, N. Y, 1858. there u P on the lawD ’ or 8tandin S 111 « olemn G rovea 
wet seasons, and seldom so in a warm, dry summer. 
It seems to be caused by a too rapid growth, and 
produce large fruit’ We have vines here of the facilities for bearing them from region to region— from passing travelers. Or, ifyon are romantically i earn the artior “mother knows how,”—and, my 
thriftiest growth, but none of large berries, if the energies of mind and body for rearing, gather- inclined, go into the nearest wood, and pluck the dearly beloved friends, don’t you believe that most 
there are any vines for sale I want to purchase and iD & transporting-the cunning given to the hand finest leaves from the boughs. If possible, lay in mot hers do know how to prepare good food for 
so do my neighbors. If there is any mode of ma- for manufacturing, improving, multiplying-all a store of the long sprays of the sumach. And those they i ove -though pleasant it is to them to 
king yours bear large berries be good enough to sbow that it wa B intended that men should “enjoy ” here let me observe, that this plant, so useful in the learn the ways of others, through the columns of 
point it out —A Wilson Marcellas N. Y. 1858 the eanh physically; that they should live in com- formation of winter boquets, like the grasses and thc Rurai , ? i re f er to those mothers who were 
w« it {, hv JmA that fort and ea3e ’ and 0ven ia el< “S ance and 8 P lendor * 80me olher P lunts - 8 0es through a regular series girla in the days when the privilege of being useful 
. ‘ The earth was also created very fair. The child of changes of color. The first variation from W as considered a boon worth living for. And you 
there are several varieties of IsabeHa grapes. that stops by the roadside to look into tho tiny green is to dark purple, almost black; next to a B b„rt sighted mortals don’t think that we girls can 
r w is sridto he two P ° o1 ^ by th8 morning shower> see8 ’ m the deep,dull red; then to scarlet orange, and finally, get our mothers’recipes, and send them in to the 
have now a bearing vine 1 hat was said to b wo trembling bit of reflected sky and cloud, a beauty yellow. Do not forget, before leaving the wood, to RnHAI and make unu think that “we killed the 
week’s earlier, and sweeter than the common Isa- . - L _. .. . . Kurai ana mane you tmnK tnat we Kiuea tne | 
dumplings, if she thinks I like them." Such wonld 
be the nature of my demand and such should be 
our household,) is my ultimate resort: and here, if n , ,, r T , , .. r _, . bo the nature ot my demand ana such should be 
upon a subject within its province to teach, I’m grandeur-where the farmer has spared, here and paper dried, when they must be replaced. This or any otber young man , 8 who wflnts a rmlf 
sure to find light Bat to my inquiry:—We are t here > a fine afecimen of natural growth, or where should be done three or four times in succession, tfue w5fe> Bread and dumplings are a poor founda- 
told that “ what a man soweth, that shall he also the hand of taste has reared and cherished groves, after which they may be put in any out of the way tj()a n n wb j cb t 0 bu ii d a u tbe happiness of 
isTo profaMti°oa) n and e wish tteJonfi't 1 } and ClUmp9 ’ ^ avenue3 ’ a3a8olace and P Ieasnre P lace - ( 8tiU under P re88Ure ,) a » d remain till they home . Thus soliloquises one of the daughters of 
InsteaSeS; a la?ge proportion a?e noSg SuJ in liftJ ’ aad a precioUB le « 8C y t0 p08terity ‘ are tbor « a 8 b! y dried - -ill not be the case the faria> —E sther, Home, Nov., 1858 
mere scallions. A neighbor also told me, ttat her Tree B are interesting and beautiful objects at all under six weeks. _- 
onion beds were well hoed and wed, but when seasons of the year, and in every aspect of nature. On some pleasant, leisure day, spread your large PiimiilI1I nmKr „ Vvarr , 
harvest time, she had two nice beds of scallions. Even in winter, the evergreens sprinkled here and table, bring forth your leaves, take down your , . . 
Now, how shall we avoid like results in time to ^ vcu 1U ^ * F . “■ UUC1C ™ E n T,,L, n f th. a# keeper knows the difficulty of preserving quinces 
come?—A Housewife, Herkimer, N. Y, 1858. there u P on tbe lawD - or fct f ndin S 1B8olemn ^ roves banchea of f a88 from th « wall > 7°™ bal1 of s0 that they will not become hard. The following 
_ , . by the wayBide, or wrapping the distant hills in twine and a lew wafers, and proceed to form your .. . . , . . 
Remabss. This difficnlty „ very oommoa in J eir datk ( fol ^ P fpeak i he ki „ a „, BS boquet,. If yen had the forethonght to enrve 
wet eea. 0 M.and t eUem s o m a warm, dry molher SM„ re „„ in her h.rehe.t mood.: while »»• of your fern, end .umach. a little to tho d-lhodltJ eBectuallyandproduce a tenderaweet 
It seems to be caused by a too rap d growth, and ‘ . , ftI1 . . _ _. meat:—Pare the fruit, and cutmto quarters,eights, 
.^,..1,4,1, tonE- L aLaaV *e light tracery of twigs and branches, which nghtand left when placing them to dry, so much mflv Th„n boil in water 
It seems to be caused by a too rapid growth, and T 7.V; . “ “ ... . , ft . , . . . . . meat:—Pare the fruit, and cutinto quarters, eights, 
.. . .... , f , . , . b ’ the light tracery of twigs and branches, which right and leltwhen placing them to dry, so much . —..... 
anything which tends to check this growth, will , * . ., , y ... ? ..... . th*. hotter or rings, as you may fancy. Then boil in water 
aid in the formation cf balln When A tendency “Sr; male a baebgronnd o, .be toll fern. 
rr^';r“rr m> Tr.r 
bending down the tops with the back of a hay rake, cold winter 19 what a joy to note the first ^T ? one pound of sugar for each pound of fruit. Boil 
or both, will be of great benefit. tender « reen of th f Wlll °- and tbe eIm > seem,n S ^ y 1°™*’ 8 J'”! 8 ° and skim to clarify, add the cooked fruit, and 
--- t0 dee P en momently, as the sofr* feathery foliage ) a contrasts and inter- bQil for half an bcur . Take ent the fruit> 
^ warms in the moist, southern breeze. And then, mingling the lighter ferns and grasses. Sometimes £ -i Ln, n Tinnis nniii 4 t naanmpii » iain 
The Grape Chop.—W ithin the radius of twenty- in 8nmmeri wbat lovenines8 iu the ri ch, deep the stems of the leayes are too short to be managed ^ ftn l fl T ce0 ncooki^ itand 
five miles from Cincinnati it is computed there are mas8es , the oceans of foliage which flood and over as you wish, in which case they may be tied to a llko appearance on cooking a little of it, and 
twenty-five hundred acres of land devoted to the sbaa „» lhe wlwle COBUt „ 8 What c0m f 0 rt in Zir >le»aer twig and in.erted-, or, a .ingle leaf may be lh ? ft " n ; ™ e ' 
cultnre of ,h. grape. In favorable ,ea,on» the .halZha. e.joyment in their protection " The attached by a wafer or paste, care being taken to The extra good qnaltty will repay any .,tr. trouble, 
average crop of wine per acre may be set down at Bba dow of a great rock in a weary land,” was, no conceal the thread or paste. Of course everything Quinces — A verv nice sauce is 
two hundred gallons. This would be equal to half doabt> a delightful image to the fatigued Israelites, depends npon taste and ingenuity in the construe- tokinK the rate of a peck of qui ® ce8 
fs^escribed^^And 8 ^ kole . crop for Be cHon but in that barren wilderness, had they known the Hon, but these boquets have been made to rival in ^ of 8weet J and preparing as 
s described. And, as the wine is worth, iresh i uxaryof a grove of maple trees, we should nn- beaat ? !? roa P 8 of greenhouse flowers; and they except using only half as much sugar and 
from the press, at least one dollar per gallon, the doubtedlv have had a different subieet of onmnari have this advantage, that when carefully prepared ... ’ * \ ... ® ’ . 
■tfoirto of tso ,, ’ . aouDteaiy nave naaa uiudrentsuDject ot compari- . • .v. • ^ - L. * boiling down the second syrup without removing 
value of the crop, when good, would amount to BOn> What a balm of comfort falls upon the and ke P t > the y Wl11 retain their bri g b tness for * -Selected 
$500,000. The failure, therefore, of the grape spirit when, upon walking or driving on a B unny several winters. ‘ _ 
crop affects, very seriously, the pecuniary condi- day> we come int0 the coo i, refreshing shade of a Bat we wiU turn from this little e P isode ’ which T o Cure Hams - In these nork-nackimr davs 
tion of our immediate rural neighborhood. The greattre e. How we bless the friendly shelter, and has been written principally for the crowds of t J fo p owin ? dire ' ct io M to make pickle for^hams 
crop this season maybe designated as almost an with what gbr i nking reluctance we emerge into summer emigrants, who hurry back to their city " 1 “ of ** 8fjme f r e aders _ Ude ia 
entire failure. Some few vineyards wiU have some- the g i aring beams of the mid-day sun. In the residences at the first approach of cold, and remain th / fo i low ng prop0rtion8 sufficient to cover your 
thing of a crop, but, in the aggregate,all the wine farmer , B n0(ming> he seeks a tree; the children P rofoundI ? j g norant of tbe P eraliar g lor y and bam8 ._St^^oS^s of coaS salt 2 pLnL of 
produced will not pay the expenses of tending the meet to Dlav beneath a tree’ hannv lnvera aont charm of the hills, their strength-giving autumn ® P ' ’ P ,, 
tv ,, r, b meet to piay Deneatn a tree, nappy lovers seat . . . 8 6 , s ... . brown sugar; 2 ounces of saltpetre, and G gallons 
crop. Oh io Valley Farmer. themselves beneath a tree; it is the artist’s favorite winds - their innocent, yet intensely gratifying of water l bo ’ u until tTan8par ent* and after it is 
-—-— _ ..... .. . rtlPrtHnrffl fmn rfltnru rn nnr tvooa a a a 
-Ohio Valley Farmer. 
pleasures, and return to onr trees. a s. a. ,, .. , F ^ 
__ cold, pour it over the meat. It is well to rub a ht- 
Fkuit for Health. — A physician of Cayuga tie salt into the lean side of the hams, around the 
county, in this State, writes:—“Crops generally in bone, before laying them down. 
- - subject, the poet’s most attractive theme. pmaaures , axm nuurn lo ou r trees. _«. s. a. co1(]j pour it over the meat ; it iB well to rub a lit- 
Apples -( G H. S., Scnba, N. Y.) -The apples But it is in Autumn that our American trees show Fruit for Health - A phvsician of Cavnea tie salt into the lean side of the hams, around the 
you sent us and which you supposed were seed- forth their grandest and their loveliest. First, connty in Lbia Bt tte writet-“Crops generally in b ^e, before laying them down. 
lings, prove to be Baldwins. Of this we had no about the middle of September, mother Nature ____ 
doubt when we received them, and since, we have hangs a little wreath of red leaves upon one of the yield — exceptine fruit I think the fruit crop Cracker Pie.— Break one soda cracker fine into 
shown them to half a dozen good judges, all of outermost branches of a maple, as a signal that ^ ould be n ^ d if farruer3 would give a bowl; add | of a teacup of brown sugar; | of a 
whom agree with us. We cannot but think you the time has come for the display of a little mater- tbe - r fruit treea broper attention There is verv teacupful of tartaric acid; a little cinnamon; nut- 
are mistaken when you say you know this to be a nal vanity, in the decoration of her favorite chil- Uttl tr immimr and grafting done in orchards me 8 or leD10n ; P our a teacn P * ful1 of boiling 
Cracker Pie. —Break one soda cracker fine into 
before the b rnit Growers of Western New York, at in the same family,) follow the example, some 
their next meeting in this city. sooner, some later, till at length every one stands 
about here. I hope you will urge this matter water over tne wnoie, rou out oom crusis, laamg 
upon the attention of farmers. I think the health care to wet the edge of the under one to prevent 
tneir next meeting m tms city. sooner, some later, till at length every one stands of the community would be greatly increased by running out Bake on a common sized r< 
robed in a gorgeous costume of cherry, scarlet, a larger use of fruits and vegetables, in the place in a quick oven.— “Duck, ’ Rockford, III, 
Poison Ivy.— Will any of the numerous readers yellow and green, so blended and shaded asto give 0 f mea t s coffee, tea, &c. &c.” -- 
of the Rural inform me through its columns of a the richest possible effect, yet so unlike that each ’- --- Cubing Hams. —I should like to inquire 
preventive or a cure for the effect of “poisoning,” has an individual and peculiar charm. By de- Inquiries.— We have about a column of inqui- the Rural the best method to cure hams, 
round tin 
L, 1858. 
Inquiries. —We have about a column of inqui- 
Cubing Hams. —I should like to inquire through 
the Rural the best method to cure hams, in order 
or as it is sometimes called “ mercury ?”—H. H. | grees the green dies out, and the red and yellow ries, as well as other matter, left over for want of to have them sweet and tender.—R. G. B., Pultney, 
Green, Lima, N. Y. 
deepen into a full orange. 
room, which will appear next week. 
N. Y„ 1858. 
