TO PRESERVE SQUASH SEED PURE. 
gon table. The top of this table is cut out of a 
wide board, and the sections are covered with 
small maple rods, from a quarter to half an inch 
in diameter, putting the smallest at the center. 
RUSTIC GARDEN WORK. 
Eds. Rttrai, New-Yorker:—W hen wo have so 
edible a vegetable as the Hubbard Squash, and 
when it is difficult to preserve the seed in its 
purity, and prevent it from becoming mixed 
with other inferior varieties, melons, pumpkins, 
ite., it not strange that, the lovers of this vege¬ 
table should tax their wits to keep it nncontami- 
nated from year to year. 
While the plans of Mr. Laxgwortiiy, as detailed 
in the Rural of January 7th, and that of Mr. 
Clacknkr, contained in the issue of February 
4tb, arc both good, I think I have one better still. 
It is this:—-Plant n few seeds as early as the 1st 
or 10th of March, in a box or flower-pot,, in the 
house; and as soon ua the weather will admit, 
transplant, taking care that the roots shall he 
disturbed as little us possible when the plants 
are removed 
During the past few weeks we have received 
several inquiries for directions how to make 
rustic garden scats, summer houses, Ac,, some of 
which wo have published, promising to give the 
necessary information, as soon as we had time to 
prepare engravings, Ac. We will now endeavor 
to answer these questions, and hope to make the 
matter plain. Fancy architectural work, arbors 
made of boards and painted, and sculpture, should 
be introduced very carefully Into gardens, espe¬ 
cially such small and (inartistic gardens as are 
the mass in this country, or the effect is decidedly 
bad. Rustic work, however. harmomV.es well with 
trees and shrubbery, and all the natural objects 
around, and may bo introduced freely, and, as a 
general rule, the more simple in form, the better. 
Rustic work has another advantage, and that is 
its cheapness. With a few hours’ time, and a 
little ingenuity, any One may construct very taste¬ 
ful gardeu ornaments. No morticing or anything 
of the kind is accessary. First, fix on the form 
of the seat or house, then get an idea of the differ¬ 
ent forms uf brunches required for its construc¬ 
tion, and go into the woods with an axe, and in 
an hour or so you will have all the materials 
necessary, without cost. A few nails, hammer, 
and saw. are all else that are needed. 
APPLE DUMPLINGS, INDIAN RUSK, &c. 
NEW HAVEN HORTICULTURAL LECTURES, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Having gained 
much information, and found many excellent 
recipes in the Culinary Department of your valu¬ 
able paper, 1 thought l would send to such of 
your lady readers ns are fond of apple dumplings, 
my way of making them, ns the old-fashioned 
mode of boiling is apt to render them so indiges¬ 
tible. Take a pint of flour and prepare the same 
as for soda biscuit,— roll it out the size of a com¬ 
mon pie tin,— let the dough come up tlio sides 
even with the top of the tin, and bake. When 
done, have ready o or 8 apples, stewed and 
seasoned to your taste, and fill the crust, grating 
a little nutmeg over the top. The crust does not 
need any shortening, but a tablespoon of cream, 
and should bo allowed to cool fifteen or twenty 
minutes before filling with the apple. 
Indian Rusk. —Tako a pint of milk, heat till 
boiling, and slowly stir in Indian meal until it is 
still’as hasty pudding. Now put in half a teacup 
of molasses, a little ginger, and when cool enough, 
work in two tablespoons of butter or lard, and 
yeast to raise it, with flour to make it stiff as 
biscuit. When light, mould and cut. Let them 
stand and rise twenty minutes; then bake. 
Graham Crackers. —I would like to inquire 
how to make the genuine Graham crackers, such 
as arc usod at the Water Cure establishments. 
Rice Flour Puddings.—W ill some of your 
lady readers please inform mo how to make pud¬ 
dings out of rice flour, both baked and boiled? 
New llnveo, Feb., 1800, Uarv K, C, 
In our last, we gave, very briefly, notes of all 
the Horticultural Lectures at New Haven, with 
the exception of those of P. Barry, Esq., who 
delivered two upon Fruit Trees. We regret that 
ournotesof these lectures are necessarily so brief, 
yir. Barry, on “Fruit Trees.” 
Tbe lecturer said that he had invited them to no 
literary entertainment, that he was not an orator by 
profession, but that he had come to say a few plain, 
practical things about the management of fniit trees. 
His subject related rather to nursery management 
than to fruit culture in general, and therefore might 
not be so interesting to all; still every orchardlst ought 
to know how to grow young trees, and, in the main, the 
same principles were applicable iu the treatmentof young 
trees as those of larger growth- 
lie would speak first of the location of the nursery. 
Atmo't every farmer has a place suitable for growing a 
few trees, but every farmer Is not situated to become a 
nurseryman. The nurseryman should be placed near a 
larce town, where TaSorers could be easily procured 
FIGURE 3— PANE 1.3. 
Nail these- rods on the board with inch brads, in 
the direction shown by the linos of tlm engraving. 
The supports or legs of the table are made of 
rough branches; d, cedar posts that support the 
roof; r, floor, paved with small pebbles, of differ¬ 
ent colors, in Mosaic. The ground work may be 
light-colored pebbles, and different patterns to 
suit the taste formed by those of a darker color. 
Figure 3, plan of pannels; A, posts; />, spaces 
between the posts, is filled in with 
common boards, the outside of 
which is covered with basswood 
bark; the inside is overlaid with 
rods of different colors from one- 
half to three-fourths of an Inch in 
diameter, in the way shown in the 
plan. 
The roof of this trammer house 
is covered with hoards, with bark 
nailed on the outside, and the in¬ 
side is lined with moss. 
Figure 4, is a design for a Rus- 
Jfa . v tic Seat. To construct a scat of 
this kind, procure two crooked 
WjvX limbs of the shape shown iu tig. 
5; a, to form the back; the arms 
aod front legs may bo formed of 
two pieces similar to fig. 0. The 
open work at the back can ho 
Ivy. formed with pieces something 
like b and c, using, when neces- 
Hi »T. smaller pieces for tilling in. 
For the scat, use a piece of pine 
board; mark out with chalk any 
i figures that fancy may dictate, 
»i*d nail on the outlines pieces of 
grape vine, which, from its flex I* 
L V- I®®: bio nature, is admirably adapted 
to this kind of work, as it can be 
' readily bent to any slmpe. Then 
f b'l the spaces with some smooth 
’ kind of bark of a sufficient, thick* 
' ness to bring it even with the top 
of the grape vino outlines. A 
jvW/* suitable ornament for tho center 
of tbe back, is a good-sized fir 
cone. 
‘'US • lT r .is a design for a Rus- 
ticCha.tr. The back of thia can 
be formed by taking two pieces 
of the shape shown in fig. 5, d, and joining them 
nicely together at top. The ’’rout legs and arms 
can be made of two pieces similar to e, fig. 5. 
The seat may be made of smooth, clean rods, 
Iu fact, the better way is to remove 
all the earth in the pot or box with tbe plants. 
By this method, tho squashes from which you 
save your seed will have parted with their blos¬ 
soms long before those planted In May will ap¬ 
pear, and thus all means of mixing with any 
others will he avoided. Another advantage is, 
that you will have several nice squashes ready 
for the table several weeks earlier than by tbe 
ordinary method of planting, and with no more 
extra labor than is required to raise an ordinary 
house plant tr. w. i,. 
Iowa City, Feb. 10,1800. 
Remarks. —The only objection to this plan, is, 
that in this section of country, at least, plants 
put out in tho open ground, before the first or 
middle of June, become stunted by the cold, and 
make but littlo growth until warm, settled 
weather. In case small frames were made and 
covered with glass, to protect the plants during 
nights, and cold storms, something would be 
gained, but in the ordinary way littlo is gained by 
starting melons, squashes, &c., in the house. 
Hand’Glasses, though much needed, are littlo 
I used in this country. 
difficult to transplant from. The rirong alluvial soils of 
the west keep the tree growing too long to allow it to 
harden into wood, anil fit it for tnuiKplantiug. A stony 
soil should of course be avoided. Draining should be 
done, and much more thoroughly than for farm crops. 
Third, laying out the ground. This should be done with 
every regard to convenience; audone part of the nursery 
should bo set apart as a specimen orchard. Every nnr- 
eeryinao should know his own fruits, should be his own 
experimenter, and not rely- on what others tell him. It 
will not do for him to say, 11 1 am no fruit, grower; I am 
only a nurseryman.” Dwarfs have much facilitated this. 
Five hundred pear trees, or one thousand apples, may 
thus stand upon half au acre, and bring forth fruit in a 
tew years. Fourth, preparation of soil, An old pasture, 
or a clover lay, ia the best for nursery purpose?. Flow 
deep. It is utterly in vain to attempt to grow nursery 
stock on land having a hard unbroken subsoil, usually 
called 11 hard pan," for, at the very moment wln-u the 
best growth should be made, dry weather may come on 
and arrest the progress of the tree to such an extent that 
it will not recover during the remainder of the season. 
Fifth, the propagation of stocks. This has become a 
highly important branch of tbe nursery business, one 
firm last year planting twelve bushels of pear sends alone; 
millions are imported every y-no» (W.ni Europe, Any 
slick in the shape of a, tree used to be taken and bo graft¬ 
ed on, but it has been discovered that only the best of 
storks should be used. It is exceedingly difficult to get 
good pear stocks, owing to the “leaf blight” which 
attacks them. The best remedy for this is to sow the 
seeds in a dry Soil, where no trees have been grown, and 
cultivate with unremitting care to get a good growth 
before the season for tho blight arrives. To get good 
stocks of any kind, the reed must be sown thin. Nur¬ 
serymen are ut fault in sowing too thickly, particularly 
applies, pears, and plums. The plum stock is difficult to 
get, but the wild plum from the west furnishes, when 
properly worked, the best seedling—or the best that can 
be obtained in any quantity. Our practice is to grow 
them in beds, and transplant to nursery rows at the end 
of the first. Feason- Here they are left to grow one year, 
and are grafted in their places the following Fpring, and 
below the ground. The cherry stock is easy to get, par¬ 
ticularly from tho “ Mazzard " and the “ Malialeb.” 
Mr. Barry passed next to speak of the quince stock, 
giving as a re a sou for the apparent failure to raise the 
pear on the quince, “ tire profound ignorance both of 
the sort of quince capable of producing a good stock, 
and the varieties of pear that succeed on the quince.” 
The two varieties which should be grown for this pur¬ 
pose are the ■ Angers” and the “ Paris,” or 11 
BROWN BREAD, 
inquiries anb 2lnsu)evs 
Downing's Coloiikd Flatus —I h.avo tried to learn 
where Downing's Illustrated Fruit Book could be obtain¬ 
ed. A good many have inquired for it. I mean that 
having colored plates. Will you notice it in your paper? 
—I*. L. Ha inks, Kulama »oo t Mick., 1800. 
Downing’s edition with colored plates, wo think is not 
now In the market, Mr, Downing took great, pains to 
have ids plates well colored, but many of them wore, 
very defective. A few years since there was some talk 
of a new work on American Fruits, with colored plates, 
to bo got up by two of our best I'omologists, but latterly 
we have heard nothing in regard to it, and we presume 
the idea has been abandoned for the present. 
Cf.lkry—Norway Spjhtok,—I wish to know how to 
earth up Celery for market, and when and how to plant 
Norway Spruce" «iod? Can 1 plant tho seed where I want 
tkern tor a belt round tny orchard? I want to plant, a 
dwarf pear orchard, and a small vineyard witli grapes. 
The laud is a randy loaio. The rook is from twelve to 
eighteen inches from the surface. I wish to know if you 
or some of your many readers think 1 can sucCOOd with 
ray orchard. Where can I get. Havana Tobacco seed?— 
E. 1,. R., Clarence , ,Y. )*,, lUCo. 
URLKRY should be earthed up a little, so as to keep tho 
leaf-stalks erect during Us growth. In October, when 
the weuther becomes cool, commence to earth up for 
blanching. Giro about six inches of earth tho first time, 
and add more every two weeks, as the plants will bear. 
Bo cureful to keep the leaf-stalks close together while 
earthing, so that no soil will get between them. Norway 
Spruce is planted in beds Of well-prepared soil, in shallow 
drills. Our climate is unfavorable to the growth of ever¬ 
greens from seed, and the beds must bo shaded from tho 
sun by cloth awnings, or some other means. If you 
want only a hundred or two of plants for your own 
planting, the better way would bo to procure young 
plants from the nursery. You would doubtless succeed 
with vines, and we think with dwarf pears too. Havana 
Tobacco seed you could doubtless get of TriOKlii: fly & 
Co., New York, B. K. Bliss, Springfield, Mass., or of 
IIovey & Co., Boston, 
Our first engraving is a costly building, which 
fetv of our readers will he likely to build, and 
which would be appropriate only for large gardens. 
It shows, however, what can be done with this 
kind of material. 
Below, wc give an article, prepared at our 
request, by Mr. W luster, a Landscape Gardener, 
of this city. Mr. W. has made some excellent 
rustic work in this State, and also at the West. 
COLORING RECIPES, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —In a December 
number of the Rural I perceive Jennie asking 
for a recipe to color flannel red, and cotton green. 
Dyeing Red. —For a choap, bright red, suitable 
for rag carpet, one pound niewood, boiled 2 or 3 
hours, then add half pound of alum. This will 
color 3 pounds old flannel, or 2 pounds new. Let 
it remain in the dye twenty-four hoars. 
If Jennie wishes a splendid grass-green, and 
will have patience to dye it, first blue, and then 
yellow, according to the following recipes, she 
will feci amply repaid: 
Blub.— One ounce prussiate of potash; 1 table¬ 
spoonful of copperas; 1 do. oil of vitriol. Bring 
to a boil, then put iu the goods for twenty 
minutes, stirring them often. Rinse in clear 
warm water. This is sufficient for five pounds. 
Yellow.— One-half pound sngar of lead, dis¬ 
solved in hot water; one-fourth do. bi-chromate 
of potash, dissolved, in a vghbcI of wood, in cold 
water. Dip first in lead-water, then in the potash, 
and alternate until the color suits. 
Orange. —To make the yellow a bright orange, 
take quick lime, slake it, settle, and drain off clear. 
Add sufficient water so that the goods will not be 
crowded in the least; bring to a scalding beat for 
an hour, or until it is bright enough. 
Bug Hollow, N. Y,, 1800. Aunt Rachel. 
figure 4—rustic seat. 
nailed on the back and front rail, the interstices 
being filled in with moss, and the open work at 
the back may be formed with pieces of grape 
vines. 
Summer Houses may be constructed in various 
ways, and of different materials. The simplest 
way, if the form desired be a hexagon or octagon, 
is to strike a circle on the ground 6, or 8, or more 
feet in diameter, according to the size required. 
Mark out the G or 8 divisions, and sink a hole in 
horticultural Notco. 
PoroHKF.KpajK Horticultural Clck.— This Club, we 
perceive, by the Fouglikeepnic papers, is holding monthly 
meetings for discussion. These meetings aro interesting 
and profitable, both to those who attend and^to those 
who read the proceedings, which seem to bo well report¬ 
ed. The next meeting is to be the first Tuesday of 
March, when “The Cultivation of Fears, and tho Prepa¬ 
ration of the Ground for Early Gardening,” will be 
discussed. 
FORT Wayne (Isd.) Horticultural Society,— Weekly 
meetings of tills Society a re held, at which Horticultural 
productions are exhibited, and their merits, adaptation 
to soil, climate. &e , fully discussed. Apple* urn the great' 
staple fruit of the country. The Horticultural Society 
have recently commended the following varieties for 
cultivation in that section of the State: Summer —Sweet 
Bough, Red Astrakhan, Early Harvest, Carolina Red 
Sweet June, Summer Queen. Julumn — Rarabo, Fall 
Pippin, Malden's Blush, Bullock's Pippin, Fall Wine, and 
Trenton Early. Winter —Newtown Pippin, Winesap, 
White Pippin, Seek-uo-lurther, May, Baldwin, (tender,) 
Yellow Belletlour, Ortloy, Smith’s Cider, Jorsey Black, 
Kawle’s Janet, Belmont, Tollman Sweeting, and Michael 
Henry. The following are tho officers of the Society: 
President — I. D. G, Nelson. Vice-President* —M. W, 
Huxford and Thomas Covington. Secretary — H. Q, Grey. 
Missouri Fruit-Growers'association. -Tbo second 
annual mooting of this Association was held at Jefferson 
City, on tho 29th and 30th December, The session was 
very interesting, and many facts of importance to the 
fruit-growers of Missouri were elicited from the expe¬ 
rience of the members. The proceedings of this and 
the previous meetings will soon be published, together 
with an Essay on Grape Culture, by Mr. Geo. Husmann, 
of Hermann, It will form a pamphlet of much value to 
all interested. The officers for the current year are as 
follows: President —N. J. Cor. man. pice-Presidents — 
Dr. A. W. McPherson, Prof. G. C. Swallow, Gen, M. Hor¬ 
ner, Dr. McGuire, E. Burden, W. C. Price, John Hedrick, 
Corresponding Secretary —Dr. L. D. Morse of Allenton, 
Mo. Recording Secretary —Wrn. Mn!r. Treasurer —Dr. 
C. W. Spalding. 
Avpi.es Received. —From Milner Haynes, of Liberty, 
Clay county, Missouri, splendid specimens of Rawle’s 
Janet, in fine condition. 
— From Judge TUOKV, of Liberty, Missouri, specimens 
of a large red apple, with while flesh, tender and juicy, 
called the Queen. It is represented as being an excellent 
winter apple, hooping in Missouri until about the first of 
February. The specimens received were too far gone to 
judge well of quality, but we think when in perfection it 
must rank among the best. 
Fontenay” 
—the former being the more rapid grower, the latter the 
more hardy. 
The best way to obtain good quince stocks is to plant 
wbatarc called “stool” or “mother" plants, in a deep, rich 
soil, cutting thorn down to the ground the first season; 
the second they will grow finely; then, in the spring, 
often earth them up like celery. In the fall, they can be 
separated from the parent stem, set out in the nursery 
the next spring, and be budded the same season. Quince 
stocks should bo strong before being worked with the 
pear. For dwarf apples, two kinds uf stocks are used— 
the Paradise, a very small species of apple, and tire 
Douciu, a somewhat larger variety: and both grown in 
the saints manner as the quince stocks for pears. 
Tho lecturer next spoke of grafting and budding. He 
had nothing new to offer on the common methods, but 
held to root-grafting for apples, (a mooted subject amoug 
nurserymen,) when properly performed. The process 
had been abated, and hence fallen into disfavor. Its 
great advantage consisted in allowing of indoor grafting. 
The treatment of frees in the nursery is an Important 
matter. Most nurserymen plant trees too thick; three 
feet between rows, and trees five to six inches apart in 
the rows, does not give air and light enough to make ft 
sfrong tree. An upplo tree ten feet high, with n tuft of 
leaves on its top and with a trunk all tho way of a size, 
_s fitted for a hop pole, not for an apple orchard. But 
‘this is not all; the knife roust be used to cut back trees 
and give them proper strength and form. Rut customers 
are so apt to judge of the value of a tree by its height, 
that nurserymen are hardly to be blamed for raising 
just u ftat they can best sell. Taking up and packing are 
important matters which receive too little attention 
from too many nurserymen. 
Mr. Barry concluded Ills interesting lecture by naming 
the qualifications for a good nurseryman, tire last and 
not least important of which was the possession of suffi¬ 
cient capital. The want of this has been the ruin of 
many a man. The people of our day are so exceedingly 
ambitious that no one seems willing to start in a small 
way and work up by degrees. They must begin large, 
advertise a great nursery at once—call it perhaps the 
“ Empire S*ate ”—Issue an imposing catalogue, and try 
to make the world believe they arcs somebody. This 
lasts perhaps for six months or a year, whoa a slight 
discrepancy appears between tho demand and the supply 
of funds, and the “ Empire Nursery " is sold ut a great 
sacrifice. A nursery cannot be made in a day nor in a 
year, If millions of money are at command it cannot 
be done. It must have a gradual development, and with 
it will grow experience, capacity to manage, reputation, 
customers, and iu the end complete success. 
Sound doctrine for some folks beside nurserymen. 
FIGURE 1—SUMMER UOUrE. 
In the formation of Rustic Ornaments, no pre¬ 
cise rules can he laid down for our guidance. 
Taste alone must be the presiding genius in this 
matter. To form a rustic chair or summerhouse, 
it is not accessary that, like a building or piece of 
household furniture, every piece used in its con¬ 
struction, Bhould he marked out with rule and 
square, and fitted together with the utmost nicety; 
for it is merely a combination of limbs and 
branches iu their natural state, so adjusted as to 
present a variety of pleasing forms. I think the fol¬ 
lowing designs may be found useful to those who 
desire to construct anything in the rustic line, hy 
furnishing hints for the selection of suitable 
materials. Fig. 1, is a drawing of a Rustic Sum¬ 
mer House, which I erected for Hou. A. Boody, 
on his grounds in this eity, about six years ago, 
and it is now in as perfect a state of preservation 
as when completed. 
How to Cure a Felon. — A felon can bo cured 
in 10 or 12 days, simply by putting on an egg 
skin and keeping it on as long as you are able to 
bear the pain, repeating if u^ssary. A felon 
starts from the bone, and flit? egg" skiff draws so 
hard it will soon come to a head so as to be 
opeued. If it is let go too long, many months, 
and perhaps a year, will elapse, before it gets well; 
sometimes amputation is necessary.—A Reaper. 
FIGURE O—SECTIONS OF FRAME WORK. 
the angle of each. Then set the posts, allowing 
about 7 feet above ground, aud 3 feet in the 
ground. Saw the posts off perfectly square, and 
nail pieces of 2 hy 4 scantling on the top, for a 
wall plate. Spike on a rafter over the center of 
each post. Saplings of 2.J or 
3 inches iu diameter, will 
make good rafters. Then nail 
on the rafters about two cours- 
es of purlins, to which tho 
roof boards may be fastened, 
and then covered with barb. 
The three upright spaces at 
the back, between the posts, \| 
may then be finished off in J 
the same way as described in „ 
.. ,. „ . FIG. G — OH AIR. 
figure 3. The floor may he 
either boarded or pay 1 with small pebbles of 
different colors in Mosaic, as shown in n, figure 2. 
In conclusion, we would urge all our readers 
who have gardens to try their hands at a little 
work of this kind—a simple seat under the shade 
of a tree, in a retired place, commanding, if pos¬ 
sible, a good view of tire flowers and shrubbery 
and surrounding scenery, if nothing more. It 
will be found not only a “thing of beauty,” but 
a source of comfort. The garden needs furniture 
as much as the parlor. 
Knitting Machines. — Lying upon our table 
are four inquiries, from different portions of the 
Union, each and all of which request information 
as to “ Family Knitting Machines,” where pro¬ 
curable, and the prices at which they are selling. 
We believe that factories are in operation in 
Seneca Falls and Oswego, but do not know the 
parties using the machines, or the rates at which 
they may be obtained. 
Fricandau Veal. —Take a loin of veal and 
chop the meat as for sausage, then add 3 eggs, 
well beaten, pepper, salt, nutmeg, 3 tablespoon¬ 
fuls of butter. Roll S small crackers, mix half in 
the meat, the other half put on the outside, after 
making in a form. Bake an hour and a half, 
basting with butter.—L. C. Ik, Eibridge, N. V. 
Stir Poland starch with a common candle, and 
it will not stick to the smoothing-iron, and will bo 
much nicer. 
FIGURE 2—GROUND PLAN. 
Fig. 2, shows the ground plan; a, is the seat, 
made of pine boards covered with bark; b, hexa- 
