year. Now, many of my neighbors prophesied 
my total failure, because I used such worthless 
stuff for manure, and even ray wife took the fever, 
and teased me, saying, among other things, that I 
was too old to drudge and fool with an orchard: 
but I told her never mind, I thought I should 
live to drink of the cider. The result can be known 
by asking the neighbors. 
What is most remarkable is, that I have not lost 
a single tree, and all look healthy, and bear fruit 
beyond expectation. I say again that like pro¬ 
duces like, ft is the immutable law of nature. 
My manure consisted almost entirely of carbona¬ 
ceous matter, upon which the trees feed and wood 
up, become hard and solid before the setting in of 
frosts, and, consequent!y, are enabled to with¬ 
stand the rigors of our winters, bud and blossom 
without fail. I can grow a tree as fast with barn¬ 
yard manure, but in the fall you will find it will 
he watery between the bark and wood, the frost 
will throw off the bark, and premature decay 
and death is the inevitable consequence. I would 
be glad to say many more things, but think I have 
already trespassed upon your generosity. 
Uncle Peter. 
horticultural iftotes, 
I he Turks Cap.—Year-! ago, in my childhood, at the 
East, wo had a pretty blue (lower growing on long Mokes 
two lVet or more in height, Siico my removal to the 
West, I have tried to procure it of friends who grow 
(lowers, and likewise of the nurseries, but have not suc¬ 
ceeded. 1 think it must be known by some other name 
Amateur, Iowa City, April, I860. 
The (lower called by children Turk'i Cap, from the 
supposed resemblance of tho (lower to the cap worn by 
Turks, but really bearing more resemblance to tho cap 
worn by cavalry, is the Aconite, or Monkshood, \V\ 
give a small engraving showing a spike of the (lowers. 
fFrom tho New York Courier, Augu B t 21, 1859.] 
PREPARED HU E 
Mk. Spaj.uinu has certainly coutbrml a grent htassimr 
unon all householders bv his preparation of “Prepared 
i (lno. It is always ready lor tise, and can lie applied imme¬ 
diately to ft tract urn ri table, a broken chuir, or, in fact, any¬ 
thing that requires glue to mend it. by anybody who likes, 
without tlio trouble of having In mix It in any shape or 
way, thereby wiving the trouble, inconvenience nud ex¬ 
pense of sending furniture to the r.tbinel. maker's to he 
repaired. This alone, independent of its intrinsic value, 
will make it auarticle universally kept in all families. 
thrifty tree, with fine fibrous roots, wed taken up, to 
select one w ith a large top and strong liraoch-liko roots, 
half-cut away in digging. Our correspondent, it seems, 
has been troubled with bad roots, and gives a caution on 
this point, We don’t like to think that any of our 
Rochester narserymen would sell a vine or tree know¬ 
ing it to be defective, aud we A ante, from nearly twenty 
years of experience, that most of them would scorn thus 
to act. Yet it. is well for tho buyer to examine for him¬ 
self, and know what he purchases. This is alike his duty 
and his privilege. 
Ena. Rural New-Yorker 
those wh 
grapes, 1 
SPRING NOTES. 
[From the Times and Messenvnr, August 21, 1859.] 
ADVICE TO FAMILY FOLKS. 
One of the most convenient, and useful of all articles re¬ 
cently discovered, with a view hi elicit th- Mestaiws t ,r the 
Careful housel:roper, and abate her pains to keen things 
domestic, intact, and tidy,in certainly Spalding’s 1 Venured 
1 due. No mal h r what you break, (ulnless it be your brad, 
perhaps,) this Glim steps forward like the genii of order, 
and promptly Utriles the dissevered purls—reduces (lie frac¬ 
ture, ns a surgeon would say—and renders all whole again. 
Toys or tools, choir* or vexes, leather, silk, wood or glass - 
It opera es ahk" magically on nil: ami ;it its bidding the 
sobs cu the child cease,t he gratification of the matron is com¬ 
plete. No lamily should bo without Spalding's 1’repared 
Since oar last we have had a succession of 
changes characteristic of spring. Vegetation has 
advanced slowly, affording our nurserymen abun¬ 
dant time for the prosecution of their springs’ 
work. Apricots in very warm situations are just 
coming into flower. The prospect for fruit is 
good. Peaches iu this section have suffered less 
from the winter than was supposed, and if the 
season proves favorable, we shall have a fair crop. 
Some of the bads are killed, but enough are left 
to give us a good supply. 
Hyacinths will be in perfection in a few days, 
and the Early Tulips are just showing their flow¬ 
ers. The people are Blow to learn that the bulbs 
must be obtained and planted in the autumn, and 
our nurserymen and florists are constantly receiv¬ 
ing orders for Crocus, Hyacinth, Tulip, and Crown 
Imperial bulbs at this season of the year, just at 
the time that they are blooming. Such orders 
cannot be filled with satisfaction to either party. 
Let this be remembered; and while in bloom, 
make your selection, leave your order with some 
good nurseryman to be filled at the proper season, 
and you will thus obtain a collection of bulbs that 
will afford the greatest pleasure another spring. 
If you delay until fall, it will most likely be for¬ 
gotten, and the blossoms of spring will only 
remind yon of your neglect without giving power 
to remedy the error. 
-A word, if you please, to 
io buy of Delaware and other new varieties of 
The vines are nsually grown from grafts upon 
small pieces of roots, in small pots. It is object of 
the propagator to grow them a» large as possible in one 
season, as they are then ready for market. The soil used 
in growing the plants, is not always the heat to make 
well-ripened wood, or roots, particularly the latter. 
Hence a slight exposure will often kill them. This fre¬ 
quently happens to the plant before it is sold, and tho 
buyer unknowingly buys a mass of pulrU, rotten roots. 
Therefore, let tho buyer examine tho roots, shaking 
them well out, and if they are sound and healthy, let 
him buy and plant, if not, his money is throwu away. I 
am induced to write this, because t have been bled to 
the tune of twelve dollars, in the city of Rochester. I 
know of several in a like manner.— Mark D, Willson, 
H'csl Bloom fit Id , ,Y. 1'., 1800. 
Tns Western Baldwin Apple, Again,—O ur friends 
in Michigan seem to have somo misunderstanding about 
the Western Baldwin Apple, specimens of which we 
noticed, and which, it seems, is called the Paw Pmv and 
Rubicon. The scions sent us, we have inserted in dwarf 
trees, and shall, in u few years, have specimens of the 
fruit of our own growing. It ix an excellent apple. 
boa. Rcral New-Yorker: —In tbo number for April 
7th, I noticed a communication from 11. G, Buell, in 
which he denies receiving scions from me, as stated in my 
communication in the Rural of March 17th. Soliciting 
tho indulgence of your readers, I will slate the facts, 
aud leave them to judge which statement is correot. 
Last winter 11. 0. and E. Buell came to Paw Paw, and 
requested me to show them the tree and some of the 
apples I had named Western Baldwin. 1 went with them 
to the farm owned by N. JOHNSON, where the tree was 
originated, and while there they requested somo apples 
for exhibition. Mr Johnson sold them a peck, and they 
then wanted some scions. Mr. ,1. told them the scions 
belonged to me. I then told them to cut, a taw, which 
they did. The apple left at your ollice last, winter by Mr- 
IP rom tliti rl/lrttnm Daily Cmirant, Sept. 22,1W9.I 
Everybody needs a GUio-l'otoccasional!v, but everybody 
knows that tho old-fashioned mode of dimtolviuir club j„ in¬ 
convenient. Spalding’s Prepared Glue is chemically held 
in solution, is equal to the best preparation of Oabinet-ma- 
kerH Glue, jiml in uh*m| cold* A bruali iiucompHnieH each 
bottle, ana the whole comIh only twenty-live cent*. 
THE BLACK KNOT AND THE CURCULIO, 
[From tho Public Lodger, Philadelphia, Oct. 11, 1859.J 
A CSFJFDL ARTICLE. 
A new and useful article, called Spalding's Prepared Glue, 
has been introduced to the notice of housekeepers. It, is 
reliable and really adhesive, amt enables every housekeeper 
to repair furniture and household ware without trouble, as 
it is always ready lor use. 
[From the Ladles' Visitor. September, 1850.1 
.SPAI JUNG'S PREPARED UI.I’K seems to bo universally 
welcomed by housekeepers wherever it goes; it is pre¬ 
cisely the ready, reliable, adhesive substance needed lor 
repairing furniture and household ware. 
[From the Boston Commercial Bulletin, Sept. 17, 1859.J 
II. C. SPALDING is astonishing the natives with his Pre¬ 
pared Glue,which has won a great reputation, and is I'sst 
enriching its inventor, Mr. Spoldimr is remarkable li.r in¬ 
telligence (tod tact, which lie exhibits in tho stylo of his 
advertising. He is a type of the genuine Yankee. 
[From the Independent, July 28, IS59-] 
GLUE. 
Our advertising columns contain some testimonies tn the 
value Of a new article known ns “Spalding's Prepared 
Glue, useful to housekeepers lor mending furniture. It is 
prepared with chemicals, by which it 1 h kept in the proper 
condition for Immediate use, the chemicals evaporating as 
soon as it is applied, leaving the glue to harden. We can 
assure ourreadert that thin article bus the excellent phre- 
uological quality of “largo adhesiveness.” 
[From the Boston Evening Transcript, Oct. 10,1859.] 
HPAIJMXG’N I»RE1>AUKD GI.DE. 
The value of thix Glue fur JoiiPIliik purposes is inestima¬ 
ble. Dm difficulty of preparing common sheet glue lor ii mi 
led to tho new article. In a liquid slate tie- preparation can 
be used without heating, dries slowly, emits no oir«usiv« 
otlluviu, and is ready for application. It is pul up in glass 
bottles, securely corked, and sold, with a. brush tn apply It, 
at the low price of Twenty-live cents. Kvnrv family should 
havu the Compound constantly no Inind, as thereby any ar¬ 
ticle of wood, paper, crockery or glass van be mended, H 
will save more than Its cost every mouth In the year- 
IFronv Frank Leslie’s New Family Magazine, Sept., 1859.) 
SMALL INVENTIONS 1’KKI'AItED GLUE. 
The numerous small inventions and mechanical conven¬ 
iences adapted to aid in saving t.ine<, money, and labor on 
the farm and in tho household,are must promising tar our 
material and social progress, urn I we are always happy to 
chronicle all such, however apparent I ’. insigmlicaut. 
II Is e.sthilatail that there hi h over live uuTlions of house¬ 
holds in the U oiled .-dates supplied with cabinet ami other 
furniture, the various parts of which are chtotiy united 
with cabinet milkers' glue, and which are likely tii becoin.- 
loosened aud othurwisa injured or broken by constant une. 
From one to two dollars is required for Minimi mendings 
and repairs, nearly a! I of which goes Io the protossnd re¬ 
pairer, who is usually called iu when tbo dilapidation bus 
become unbearable, notwithstanding tho homely maxim 
“a stitch in time raves nine." ’ 
Nine-tenths of such repairs could and would be made at 
lioiue and in season, were a convenient am) reliable hold, 
lust, always lit hand to be brought into requisition. The 
want'd' giie.li an article lias long been felt. 
opaldiug'H Prepared Ulitft is designed to supply this uni¬ 
versal want. Il is convenient, cheap, remains soluble, re* 
tains itu tenacity. Is stronger tfiRp the best cabinet makers* 
glue, is put tin in a bottle with a brush, ready for use, simi¬ 
lar to the ordinary mueilnge. It ih also admirable lor re- 
I'astoning book covers and loosened leaves, and il. is just the 
thing for the library und for iisii in schools,whore books are 
constantly llnblu to need repair. 
[From the Homo Journal, Aug. 27,18J9.J 
Among the ninny apparent trifles continually being 
brought, to Jho surface from th" ideal molar-world nf tbo 
nnljimwo, Jlicro are oeciodo,Hilly simple aiHoles costing but 
little m detail, but whose combloed benefit, usefulness and 
million!/ 0l UmU ttn ' ] lu,,r “ 5 - y ' “Kgrogate the basis of 
Such an article is Spalding's Prepared Glue. Its nses, ns 
may lai seen by i elm.mce to tho inlvertinomeqt in another 
column,are enumerated, ami as Its cost is next to nothing 
the demand tor H is unlvm sal H is prepared with cliemi- 
cul", and iwodtsold, requiring but little skill or time for its 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —On seeing the 
report of Dr. Fitch’s lecture on this subject 
before the Stnte Ag. Society, I perused it with 
avidity, hoping to learn much concerning them, 
their cause, remedy, and prevention; but after 
re-reading that report, I find myself not much 
wiser than before. Whether it is my head or the 
report that is foggy, deponent sayeth not The 
doctor says “the curculio breeds iu the hlm./c 
knot . Tho larva of the curculio is almost always 
found in the knot, hut it is obvious this insect is 
not the cause of it, as their presence is not 
invariable.” 
Reasoning by analogy, we might say the egg of 
the hen is almost always found iu the nest, but it 
is obvious she i3 not the cause of it, (the nest,) as 
its presence is not invariable. But with all due 
respect for the doctor’s learning, I must say it 
shows a remarkable instinct in the insect to 
"almost always ” select the knot to deposit its 
eggs in. All the knots I ever examined had, or 
had had, a larva of some kind iu it, be it of the 
curculio or not, and l supposed the parent of that 
larva caused the kuotby depositing the egg there, 
and still so believe. I have caught tho curculio 
under such suspicious circumstances as to induce 
the belief it was the cause of the mischief. 
The doctor may talk of the knot being a disease 
of the tree, as the cancer is of the body, Ac., but 
unless I could find some of these knots that had 
been tenanted by an iusect of some kind at some 
period of its existence, I cannot accept his theory, 
high as his authority is. 
“A. B. Dickinson was satisfied tho knot w »3 
occasioned by an uncongenial soil, and by the 
roots of the tree standing in cold water. It was 
impossible even for chemists to say what was the 
ingredient or combination of irillnences, which 
produced the black knot; but he was satisfied it 
wii3 occasioned by the character of the situation 
in which the tree was placed. There must be no 
superfluous moisture about the roots.” High 
authority again, but I must still dissent. 
I have seen plum trees standing side by side, 
and while the natural tree would be literally filled 
or covered with these unsightly excrescences, the 
grafted tree would be exempt entirely. How 
would Mr. D. account for that? It is only within 
a few years that our common red cherry trees 
have been affected, and now they are as good as 
dead—all caused by these knots. I notice occa¬ 
sionally one on the Heart variety, indicatingthese 
as the next victims, and yet thousands of the trees 
stand where there is not the least possibility of 
“superfluous moisture” about the roots; and if 
Mr. Dickinson, or anybody else, would come here 
and grow these "trees out of the knots” or more 
properly speaking, grow them without the knots 
they will confer a great boon on the country, and 
“thousands will arise and call him blessed.” 
Finally, let all fruit growers investigate these 
matters, and perhaps the future will unfold to us 
the knowledge that will enable us to better under¬ 
stand the knotty subject e. w. 
West Bloomfield, N. Y., 1860. 
There are several varieties, all handsome perennial 
(lowers, mostly of various shades of bluo, but white and 
those of a yellowish tinge can he obtained. Any good 
nurioryraan or ilorist will supply roots, olthor in the 
spring or autumn. 
Allk.n Hybrid Grave, hr ..— Will you lie so kind us to 
inform me, through tlio Rural, if Allen’s Hybrid (.'rape, 
white, is cultivated in the open ftir, arnuml Rochester? 
If so, with what success, as to time of ripeuiug, and size, 
and flavor Can tho Cherry Currant bo propagated by 
si tiglu eyes, in a hot bed? Can Dwarf Apple Tree* bo pro¬ 
pagated’by root grafting ou Paradise roots? 
Wk dou't know that Allen's Hybrid Grape has been 
grown in this section. We believe Mr. Allen ripened it 
in tho open ground, for the first time, last summer. The 
Cherry Currant, can bo grown in a hot-bed from single 
eyes, but then it will need protection tho whole summer 
to make a good plant, while a cutting with three or four 
eyca will make a good plant in tho open ground, in one 
seaaon. Dwarf Apples are usually budded, but we have 
no doubt root grafting would auswor. 
ORCHARD CULTURE, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Being a subscriber 
to your most valuable paper, I feel, while reading 
it, as though Adah’s great family made a practice 
of meeting every Saturday night, to impart 
to each other all the knowledge they had gained 
through the week. Some are asking, and others 
listening to hear the reply. Maine may ask, 
Michigan answer; Iowa may call for opinions upon 
a particular subject, and half a dozen States re¬ 
ply. I have never before seen a paper whore so 
little partiality was shown, and so great an 
• amount of useful information given as in tho 
little Rural. The young folks around here have 
often asked me why I did not reply to inquiries 
so olten made in the Rural, in regard to growing 
fruit trees. My reply has always been, that old- 
fashioned folks had a right to enjoy their own 
opinion, but had no business meddling with book¬ 
learning. I told them, too, that I was brought 
up in the time of log houses with Dutch chim¬ 
neys; of bean porridge aud pumpkin Johnny 
cakes; that, in ray dny, if a young mun could read 
in the Psalter, write his own name, and get as far 
as addition in figures, he was considered a won¬ 
der of hiB age; and the parents of so promising 
a youth would often sit down of a night, and be 
unhappy together, for fear if their son made fur¬ 
ther advances in his accomplishments, it would 
be the means of sending him to State Prison or 
the gallows. 
My nephew was reading the Rural of Jan. 7, 
page 7, upon the subject of Highly Cultivated 
Non-hearing Orchards, and when through, he said 
to me, “ Unde Petek, what makes your young 
orchard grow and bear so?” I told him it was be¬ 
cause I set them out according to law. I tell you, 
friend Moore, he looked queer. “ Why,” said he, 
“I did not know, before, that there was a law for 
setting out apple trees!” I told him there was a 
very stringent one; and if any one disobeyed, 
the penalty was a heavy fine. He wished to know 
SOIISTITUTK EOR GRAVRL FOR Walks— 1 WOUl'l like 
to know if there i.i not Home kind of composition, mixed 
with Baud, used to put on walks instead of gravel, as thL 
is not to be had within several miles? —W. S-, Hirer 
Hie to, N. J , 1860. 
Wk have booh sand nod gas tar used, but it makes an ill- 
looking walk. Coal ashes makes a pretty hard toad. 
Refuse limu mixed with tho sand will help to bind It. 
As we have always been able to obtain good gravel, wo 
havo hail no experience m getting along without it. 
Perhaps some of our readers can give the needed infor¬ 
mation. 
ridiculous. Editors Rural, graft those scions I sent you 
as the Western Baldwin, or Rubicon, and if tt succeeds 
as well there as here, you will have a valuable acquisi¬ 
tion to your fruits.—L. L. Hall, Pau> Paw, Mich. 
Inquiries anif ^Instunrs, 
Book on IIOrticulturk—Currants.—Ghu you rocom- 
mend to toe, through the columns of your magic paper, 
anv brief and explicit treatise on Horticulture? Also, 
will you, or some of the Rural readers, be kiud enough 
to tell mo what kind of entrant shrubs uro thought the 
best- and where they may be obtained? Answers to any, 
or :di of tlu* foregoing questions, will bo gratefully recta v- 
ANTIQUE OAK CARVING. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—As I am a subscri¬ 
ber, and great admirer of your paper, I thought I 
would like to contribute my mite to its domestic 
department. As I am a great lover of the beauti 
ful, (else I should not like your paper so well,) l 
have the audacity to send you a recipe for beauti¬ 
fying picture frames, or anything else you like, in 
imitation of antique oak carving. I have never 
seen it in your paper, and 1 thought some of your 
lady readers might like it. Mere it its; 
Antique Oak Carving.— Procure good sheep 
skin, dipiiqulokly into abowl of clear cold water. 
Let it lie on a cloth a few minutes, then cat out 
the leaves and flowers to your liking. If you 
wish to keep to any particular pattern, cut out 
your leaf in paper, lay it on the leather, and trace 
round it with a lead pencil. After cutting out, 
vein the leaves with a blunt knitting needle very 
deeply. Twist, and lay them into shape before a 
moderate fire, and they will become fixed. Color 
them with water colors when you wish them col¬ 
ored, although I think they look much better 
without coloring. Melt some best double sizing 
in water, and with a large paint brush pass it over 
both sides of the leaf, taking care to cover the 
edges. Varnish with asphalt varnish. Fruit may 
be produced by laying wet leather on Borne natu¬ 
ral fruit, and working it with the hands til) dry. 
Ellington, N. Y., 1860. Clementine. 
I lie prliuq qualities of u ifuml v|un „ m immediate rdftdl- 
negH.lor use stall tiiim*, (mUrnltal,iMy „ l.oldliist. And 
tins m the article- which Mr. Il, <;. Rpnidiog j, iM t„.„„ K0 ,„ r . 
Innate unto inteoddm. In (■onvonmrit hiiitltw, wit), u j mnl j v 
brush, St,aiding Prepared Glue require* no ilJvta pr~- 
toiy softening in water; no boating for use, a „f| no tvilious 
delays to secure its junction -qliesiim, tadm/ held in 
stall lion chemically, and capable of being applied instant] v 
and to every variety of work und requirement 
Spalding G lue ttin* proven itself in be a true household 
friend, and wl I bo welcomed hn.urlilv In all barta „r t i„, 
country. W e have given It a trial, and found It, quick u.-l 
hunger ui talc mg bold, and firm 11 * death in bolding taut. 
[From the New York Fri'cnifth’s Joarnn). Aug.fi, 1859.] 
SPALDINGS 1‘KU‘ARLD Gl.l E in -neb n simple arid 
cheap preparation tlia l it ih a pity any brume should be with - 
r u n 1 "end tho advertisement in another column for a 
faltar^description ta tho valuable uses to which H may bo 
IFroui ttm Middletown Sentinel and WHdphH, July 2rt IL',9 1 
SPALDING'S CELEBRATED PREPARED GLUE is a 
useful, ever-needed article In tie house held and office It 
« Hiiuply the best clue, chemically held in solution, ia nl- 
jva.ys ready to use without heating, and does not tbicken bv 
baying tbo ve,.Ael holding It uncovered. It, i K put up in 
ueat littlo bottles, aud is accompanied with a brush. 
[From the Springfield Republican, Aug. 19, 1859.1 
SPALDING'S PREPARED GI.L'E,’, the nunc that Van 
Amlmnth glUud ids lino together with, ia doing wonders 
hereabout*. A boy, up town, glued ids r'luv-wagon to¬ 
gether wrong ride up,’ uml the glue did its duty so well 
that tljp wagon had to bn broken again before It could be’ 
made nght. 
I From tho Merchants’ and Maul. Journal, Aug. 20, 1859.] 
Haying experimented with a bottle of Spalding's Pre¬ 
pared Glue,arid tbo same having proved itself “A No 1 ’’ 
wo aco now prepared to wiy to every individual receiving 
our journal, that a more convenient article to be upon tho 
mantle ot every lionso in our country, cannot bo found - 
For nil purpose*) where the "lu-fkidimned glue-pot is re 
quired, it is an excellent substitute; it is neater, auicker and 
cheaper, while it “sticks" better. 1 ‘‘ 
CURE FOR THE BORER, 
1‘KA-Xrra.— Cun you tell me whether the pea-nnts, 
that can be bought, in the stores, will grow and bear nuts 
'n this climate? Also, are the nuts borne on the branches, 
or under ground? I want to grow some this season, if 
possible.— S. II ..April, I860. 
The pen-put* for sale iu our stores, will grow if they 
have not been roasted. 
Pic; manure is good for apple trees, when they 
are troubled with the borer. This insect enters 
the tree, and ents into the Eolid wood near the 
It is a dangerous enemy, 
surface of the earth 
for while only a few small holes are perceived in 
the bark outside, it may have perforated the wood 
internally in all directions, and rc?dnced it to a 
mass of powder. Not only the apple, but the 
quince and mountain ash, suffer extensively from 
the attacks of the borer. In this part of the 
country, Central New York, whole orchards have 
been destroyed. Experiments have been made 
with ashes and lime, by removing the earth from 
the trunk and roots, and then placing the ashes 
and lime around the part affected, but all to no 
purpose, for the insect will live when buried in 
ashes and lime. A friend and neighbor of mine 
had a beautiful young orchard of apple trees, the 
trunks of which had become perforated in all 
directions, notwithstanding bis efforts to save 
them. He first applied the lime, then ashes, then 
lime and ashes mixed, but still the destruction 
went on, until of two hundred beautiful trees 
only twenty remained, and those so perforated 
that it seemed impossible for them to live. At 
last he tried hog manure, by placing two or three 
shovels lull around each tree, and the 
Papering Whitewashed Walls. — Wash the 
wall with glue water,—not so thick with glue but 
that it will penetrate the wall. Continue the ap¬ 
plication as long as the water is absorbed,— let it 
dry a day or two, then put on the paper with a 
good paste. These directions, faithfully followed, 
insure success.—A Practical Housewife, Gor¬ 
ham, N. V., I860. 
Domestic Dyking—Logwood Cuius. — I have 
sometimes used logwood chips, but would like to 
know the relative proportion between the chips 
and the extract. Iiow much chips would it take 
to equal an ounce of extract in coloring matter. 
If some of your practical or chemical readers will 
please answer tho above, they will much oblige— 
X. Y. Z., Ithaca, N. Y., 1800. 
SPALDINGS PREPARED GLCE! 
USEFUL IN EVERY HOUSE. 
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE 
SOLD BY STATIONERS’. 
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE, 
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. 
SPALDING’S PREPARED GI.UE, 
SOLD BY UAP.DVVARK DEALERS. 
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE, 
SOLD BY HOUSE-FURNISHING STORES. 
SPALDING’S PREPARED GLUE, 
SOLD BY FURNITURE DEALERS. 
SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE, 
SOLD BY FANCY GOODS DEALERS. 
SPALDING'S PREPARED GLUE, 
SOLD BY GROCERS. 
SPAT,DING'S PREPARED GLUE. 
SOLD BY COUNTRY MERCHANTS GENERALLY, 
Manufactured by 
HENEY C. SPALDING & CO., 
48 Cellar Street, New York. 
Address Post-Office, Box No. 3,600. 51 
To Color Cotton Black — Inquiry. — Will 
some one of tho Rural correspondents inform 
me through its columns how to color cotton black, 
so that it will not fade? Any information on the 
subject will be thankfully received. — A Houhk- 
KKKl’EJt, Litchfield, Conn,, 18(10. 
suoveis mu around each tree, and the result was 
that every tree was saved, and a new coating of 
wood grew around the old stocks. I have seen 
other experiments made with like effect, and 
would therefore recommend it to the notice of 
farmers generally. Rookwood. 
Oivego, April 15, I860. 
Tti give a good understanding of the nature of the 
plant, we present our readers with an engraving. Many 
of the youth, we judge, are about to try to grow pea¬ 
nuts this season, by tho inquiries received They cun be 
grown In a warm, sandy soil, though our climate is hardly 
warm enough. Plaut three peas to the hill, eighteen 
inches apart. The vines run on the ground, and each 
joint produces a cluster of fruit. The flower is like the 
pea flower, and of a yellowish color. 
uur UORRESfONDENTS must exercise a little pa¬ 
tience. We resign the whole department to an¬ 
swering the inquiries and giving the articles of 
our friends, and yet we can not find room for all. 
