W OTP3S 16. 
CORE’S R&R&L 
191 
toll 
••:•<.. ■ 
GARDEN. 
Thk Peonies are now, (June 11,) in perfection, 
and form the most attractive feature in the par- 
den. Among these are many worthy of notice, 
and we will name a few to aid planters in making 
their purchases the next autumn. 
Pupil lumaccr, is it line largo flower, between a 
cream and a sulphur yellow, the outside petals of 
a delicate flesh color. Lilao'ma, sulphur yellow, 
outside petals rose. Victoria Tricolor, yellow, 
pink and bluish. Elegant, pink; a fine, showy 
flower, Fextica, creamy white, tipped with red. 
Pottsii , dark red, very Bhowy. Pomponr, of dwarf 
habit, salmon and pink, very diBtiuct and fine. 
Seedling, of Edward TUook, Superintendent of 
the Mount Hope Nurseries, pure white, large ami 
fine. Seedling, of the same, light blush; a large, 
good (lower. Another Seedling of Mr. 1)., of the 
purest white, liko Fextira, but of ft much purer 
white, sad in every way a finer flower. Ihtchesse 
d'Orleans, pink, shaded with salmon In the cen¬ 
ter. Poppy Flowered, y ellow center, tipped with 
red, outside petals white. Gmndiflora Carnea 
Plena, a very large and fine flower; outside petals 
flesh colored, center white, tipped with red.— 
Moderla, deep rose, 
The Rosks will bo in perfection in another 
week. The flowering shrubs are past, but that 
handsome shrub the While Fringe, is more beauti¬ 
ful than ever before. It deserves n placo in every 
collection of flowering shrubs. 
The Thrift, called in some parts of Europe tho 
Bea Pink, is an excellent border plant, much pre¬ 
ferable in this count y to box, aa it ia neat in its 
appearance, easily managed, perfectly hardy and 
heais a very pretty flower. It is not propagated 
by nurserymen as much as it should he. It should 
be introduced all over the country, and to aid in 
this work we call attention to it. 
ThefSTBA wbhriuks are boginning to ripen. The 
Large F.nrhj Scarlet maintains its reputation as 
the earliest, and one of tho best and most pro¬ 
ductive market berries. 
Jenny Lind Iras been thought to bo as early as 
Early Scarlet. This season it, ripened a few days 
later in some localities, while in others it ia quite 
much so as F. Scarlet, of better flavor—a valuable 
strawberry in all respects. Scald* Seedling is 
hearing very largo crops of fine colored, large, 
showy berries. It ripens about ten dayH alter 
/<;. Scarlet, nn<l though acid and not of best flavor, 
will sell better in market than some richer berries 
that lack in good looks. It is remarkably pro¬ 
ductive. jVpie Richmond is a very rich berry, both mninvmi uv “ .. . "" J "* — - —> — * 
in appearance and flavor, like Hurt's A ’em Pine, AMERICAN GA D » . i earne j existed, having never seen any hut the 
but though it flowers very freely, most of the Jff th0 RtJft ft m . ek Tr two since, was an old-fushloMcd sort, and the present spring I am 
flowers blast, and but a small crop or fruit is pro- „ tatl lhat AHier iban farmers, as a class, ^prised »t their beauty, and still more surprised 
duccd. nun's Sew Pine Is doing well this year, woro { to thofto of Hnglttnd or any oth , r that they are so little known. I have several 
the plants not having suflered with the winter, ortion ))fK nrope. This is doubtless true, but we colors, some almost monsters in size. Why are 
and Is producing a line crop of its almost un- w<)uld not have American gardeners lay the “flat- they not cu,tivatcd ’ wl "' n t , hcy can * 6 1 had ,or 
equalled rich berries. Wilson's Albany will not tflr , „ uctfon to their souls. 1 ' or suppose, for a 80 llttle - and are *° llftrdy? IM, ' aR0 110 atten ’ 
lose any of its reputation this season. The plants mom * nl tbilt th (irf , flH a ( ., as(s ,, f)ual to those tion of the lovers of (lowers to this flue class. 
* .. .. Cook Co , III , June, lifiO. A I.ady Oaiidknku. 
II of England, or China, or any other portion ot the 
U world, civilized nr semi-barbarian. The profes- To accommodate our lady gardeners, and all 
sion is yet very low in this country, and a really lovers of flowers, we give an engraving of the 
good gardener meets with very poor encourage- Frown Imperial, much reduced in size. 
V - t4V - ment. We have not, perhaps, a very large class 
who can uflord to pay a gardener and assistants; V V. nf 
and those who can, as a general rule, are niggardly . (l\ 
‘ ’* and mean, perhaps from ignorance, In nil their \ A v>.\ \\ JiA 
IBHreStlfiflMi garde.. op.Mlon A thoa.and dolto, or \ 1 1 'M|J _. 
1). Vj| I yl]||l ) | P - two tHouaand, are nothing 10 expend in ontertato- i.-C 'rs.f'Jni/''' ~~ 
^ l| '' ing a fashionable party, by thoso who begrudge \ VV\ / 
the gardener a few hundreds, to make his grounds \\> V 
look respcctublc, or who compel him to saw wood ' V^P*- 
and do chores to help earn a miserable pittance of 
a salary. Under such a system, it is not strange WnAvt* 
jenny uni) btka wBEtutY. that there is a great want of good gardeners. To If.-" / Wip'jm, 'if||fli|K 
have endured the winter without the least injury, this there are many honorable exceptions, we , '-rWm 
and it is producing an extraordinary crop of large, cheerfully admit. Another evil to which we are ^ I'JL '' X % 
well colored berries, and of fair quality. Hooker subjected, is the vast number of pretended gar- 'v f.' 
has Buffered very much from the winter. This doners,—men who were mere laborers in Europe, j f 
fact will have a tendency to check ita popularity, —but who set themselves up as qualified gar- /X/ W 
The weather has been cold and wet lor a lew doners as soon as they reach our Mhorcs. This // / 
dayH past, and strawberries have ripened but has a tendency to degrado the trade and pioduce ^ |ffl 
slowly. A few worm days, however, will rapidly one of tho evils to which we have alluded. F| 
bring them on. It has been a question whether Notonly are our professional gftrdeneri as a class, jl 
more bushels of berries could be produced from an inferior to those Of Europe, hut our amateur gar- 
acre, by growing the plants in what is culled deners and our gardens, arc in a still worBO condi- 
“hills,” and cutting oil the runners aa fast us tion. Americans are somewhat celebrated for 
formed, or by allowing them all to grow and t aft to und neatness; aud yet this neatness is not ||: 
form a mass over the whole bed. It lias generally generally shown in the garden. But even in "" 
been conceded, we believe, among growers in this many gardens, with well kept walks, good fences, This species of flowers is much less esteemed 
section, that the greatest quantity could be grown costly trellisses, and summer houses, the starved, than it ought to be, and this is partly from want 
in tile latter method, but that the former produced neglected plants, of inferior sorts, and the bare of acquaintance with it, and partly, wo sup- 
the finest fruit. Another advantage claimed for ground, produces only pain to the Intelligent pose, on necount of its odor, which is very disa- 
tlio mass system is that the plants mulch the beholder, and marks the possessor as a lover of grceable to some. It flowers here about the latter 
ground, by furnishing the nccessaiy shade, and vain show, and not a lover of Nature and its part of April, the bulbs throw up a strong stem 
also that the mass of leaves, stems, &c., covering floral beauties. How many among the amateur from two to four feet high, producing, a lew 
the whole ground, keeps the fruit clean. To the gardeners of any city or village can show, at any inches below the top, a cluster of drooping, hell- 
idea of mulching with a living plant we must, as Horticultural exhibition, a dozen named, well- shaped, beautiful flowers. Above tho cluster of 
we have before, decidedly object It would be grown Hyacinths, or Tulips, or Roses, or Peonies, flowers, which entirely surrounds the stem, is a 
ducing two hundred berries on a plant Itwillnot England. We neud a reform in this country; and 
take very close figuring to ascertain that an acre while we are gratified at tho horticultural pro¬ 
of such plants, a foot or eighteen inches apart, gress of the lust ten years, especially in fruit 
will produce an enormous crop, besides atfording culture, a few hints in this direction, wo think, ^ 
facilities for cultivating the soil, and the destine- will not ho unprofitable to our readers. , 
tion of weeds, which cannot be done by tho other But, wo commenced to answer an inquiry and a ( 
methods. Wo recommend a trial of this system complaint, as to tho cost and trouble of taking , 
of culture to all strawberry growers. cate of a garden. In the first place, it is not best i 
for those who have no taste for gardening—no I 
DENNISTON’S SUPERB PLUM. lovo ,or tra ' ,R - i,,ld > Umvers ' and j 
_ take to have one, for tho labor will be irksome. 
Among the excellent American plums, of the Bot those who love to work in the garden, need 
Green Gage family, is Denniston's Superb, imd it not fear tho labor or the expense if they only 
is one of the best. It is a third larger than the manage prudently. Front a quarter to hair an 
Green Gage, and almost as good In flavor. When acre will produce all tho vegetables ami fruits 
our people learn to conquer the curoullo, as they that an ordinary family will consume, with plenty 
can, and wc believe they will, then more attention of space for flowers. A small plot In front ol 
will be given to many superior varieties of plums the house and around It, should he in grass, with 
in cultivation. A little labor and attention will groups of flowering shrubs and a few small trees, 
keep the curculio in subjection, and give a good like the Mountain Ash. This will only require 
crop of plums. Of this we have abundant evi- mowing three or four times in the season. A few 
deuce, every season. The engraving of tho fruit beds may ho cut in tho gruss for flowers, but 
and leaf was taken from specimens grown here not too many, ns a border should ho reserved in 
last season. tho garden for herbaceous flowers, annuals, Ac, 
_ All the small fruits should ho planted in abun 
dance, as nothing gives u quicker or a better 
^1/ rctlirn - Then dwarf peura and apples, cherries, 
^ r r-^ r ?N plums, Ac., enough to supply the family und give 
^^ a regular succession of fruits, anil for preserving, 
\ ffify' should he set out. Tho vegetable department 
1 \j.fW' should be kept free of trec u , dug deep, and made 
W'f „ rich, Everything put in this department should 
biade to grow to perfection, lu this way, 
commencing with pie-plant in tho early spring, a 
... . x£. family may bo supplied with all that iH needed for 
/L n ..- n V- . - tho table the whole year, with, perhaps, tho 
>t "' j|^. exception of a few barrels of winter apples, or 
)/v A possibly a few bushels of late potatoes. The cost 
Je r. — . / J|| ' of all this, with tho exception of the interest on 
i purchase money, will he only a few days’ labor of 
I ^ ^ ' i i uci king man occasionally, say to th® amount of 
iilren or twenty dollars in the season. This cal- 
> sp,*: k dilation, of course, supposes that the proprietor 
Ifltf ' '''-f is active ami intelligent, and willing to devote an 
WmfJ mx ' 10,lr or two every day to work in the garden. 
1 This may ho considered tiresome by some, but 
jwmli have we not just discovered that onr lnercharits, 
lawyers, Ac., are dying off for want, of the active 
-- • employment iiecoasury to tho enjoyment of houlth 
X'X''-, and the development, of muscle? To correct, this 
evil, hall clubs ami boat clubs arc forming all over 
e the country, amt it seems to us that a little work 
8 ^ with tho spade, and the hoe, and tho pruning 
„ , knife, would be equally pleasant and beneficial, 
Mr. Downing describes Dennuton's Superb as / 
... .... ,, , ..... and far more profitable. Those who have abun- 
h follows:—Branches downy. Fruit round, a little 4 „ , . . . 
H , , , . . ilant means and can afford to keep a gardener, 
, flattened, and having a distinct suture, often ... 
M .. u . . . . may cultivate more land, but the quantity we 
,, extending quite round the fruit Bkln pale yel- , J , , , , ‘ 
,,, , , ... , , i, have mentioned a as much as any one engaged 
8 lowish-groen, maikcd with a lew large purple . . 
,, , , , . , i „i,i .. in other business should undertake without 
blotches and dots, aud overspread with a thin 
. . .. ., ....,• .... i«.i. such aid. 
mb-. 
THE VINE SCALE INSECT. 
Ax KNkmT to tiii: M um.km — Dr. Dewey tills morning 
slated that lust year an iiiHrct enemy appeiiied on our 
maple eliuile trees, wliie.li proved filial to alt th« parts it 
atliicked. On liinkinit at tln>se trees, wu tlmi tMs snins 
pest in lings numbers—much larger, Dr, I) wiye, tlinii 
appeared lust year. Just now they look liko little wldte 
balls attaaliod to tlin slender limbs of this bountiful tree. 
Hitherto the muple lias L'seapeil nil «courges of this kind. 
Hut it appears its time blis come. Is there no remedy 
for tills threatened Calamity f —Hucluitet Union, June.Citli, 
Tuts insect is not new, nor is it confined to 
maples. Dr. Frrai described it la 1850, ns the 
PEAH BaHK EgUHB, Lenin ilim Pyvi, Of Sell It A N K, 
and supposed it wns peculiar to tiie pear; indeed, 
lie said, “of those Insects which are peculiar to 
the pear, the only one which has, as yet, fdlen 
under my notice, is a species of bark-louse,” the 
one noticed above. 
We called tho attention of our readers to this 
insect in the Rural of July 17th, 1858. At that 
time it begun to be somewhat numerous on grape 
vines in this section, and wo thought, a word of 
caution necessary. Wo also sent specimens to 
Jacob Staufpbr, Esq., of Lancaster, Pa, who 
furnished us the drawing given at tho time, and 
named it tho Vine St ale Insect. 
From the article published at, that time, wo glvo 
an extract:—“Tho appearance of the branch, 
covered with tho downy excrescences and the 
loiiso very highly magnified, (700 times,) is shown 
In the engraving. Seen under the microscope, it 
is quick in its motions, with bright, black eyes. 
- •• 
/ - 
\ K. 
\ im 
\\ A |fpy 
BLiW'A 
fit <; v . 
horticultural ^otcu. 
UOKTiotthTeitAt. KxiiiniTioxs.— Tim Genesee Valley 
tlurticultunvt Huciely will hold its June Exhibition of 
Uiissh, Strawberries, &o., at Corlnthtatt Hull, in the city 
of Unoboster, on Friday, the 2'2d lest. 
Tho Juno meeting of the Emit Growers’ Society of 
Western New York, is to ho lield at Buffalo Wednesday 
aud Thursday, tho 27th and 28th lust. 
The Buffalo Horticultural Society give an exhibition 
at tho Kuulo time, and Invito all other Societiea in West¬ 
ern New York to unite with them. 
M. UotMS VtLMOUIN, tho well known Paris seodsman, 
noted for his botauieal enterprise, and to whom the 
whole horticultural world ia greatly indebted, ih among 
the recently deceased. 
Mr. Ai.kxandkii PaKkuu, the oldest member of the 
Pennsylvania Itortioaltural .Society, died, recently, aged 
uighty-Uitee. He at one time had the (1 Dost lloiicul- 
turnl estubllstiment iu Phlhulclptiia, in wldcti he so 
gloried, that he opposed so vehemently the city's cutting 
a street through Ills garden, that hi t failure to prevent 
them weakened tils Intellect, from which ho never rccov- 
ereil -Hardener's Monthly. 
Tmm Bust Excusn Pbaks.—A t a recent meeting of 
the Briliah Poinotogie.it Society,a great number of varie¬ 
ties wore placed for competition, and the tlrst prize was 
awarded to Duchesne il’Angouleine, from Mr. Whiting, of 
the Deepdeoe; and the second to Mr. Ingram, gardener 
to J. J. Hlandy, E»|., of Reading, for Dent re do C.ipla- 
mont. GardentCs Monthly. 
Fruits Ukckivko. From Hiram Wands, of Collamer, 
Onoudsga Co., N. Y.,n dish of WI Unit's Alimny Straw- 
burry, all superb specimens, lhat would take a premium 
at almost any Horticultural Exhibition. Also,specimens 
of Ohio Mammoth. 
— From OilA ki.ics W. Skui.Yi:, of the Rochester Cen¬ 
tral Nurseries, a large disli of strawberries, composed of 
most of tho best early varieties. 
" 
I 
Cotton-Wee Sent of fine. Xmle Infect, of natural file, J ^ \ \V^l |Ijt 
Insert Magnified iltH* times. , f i i , 1 \ i 1 ., 1 j'.'iPl H ''I .r'j jffiW f . 
In tho spring they appear on tho bark, a Ll'eChLlT^UU^LikUTyS 
brown hemispherical at tic, something like the ___, 
bark-louse on apple Meejf. Early in June one - 
eud of tills scale separates from llto hark, aud ft GRAHAM BREAD. 
white, cotton like Hubstiince protrudes mote ftttd ~ 
till ... Uin (lr»t of July, ... become ««*■. New.V„» t „o-.Som.i«f y«r ro,,,r 
|. go .. ,, m„,rowliit ..nil from .mong cm lo.vo gives thole noil, of meking Orel mm 
thlo too, mlmito, o»«l, yellosleh lice creop out Breml, bol I W> «•»■» ol them have told 
iiixl Ulstribuko thoioaelvcH ovor the I,a, k, to wliioh .v«" Ul ° ’ey Ul " lia * “““ l *' 
thov IU tiienieoIeiH »ml heoomo emtlonery, Kick. thoee who know, »r. oe eomoboj, 
. . . „ oIbc to tell, and as l might as well bo thutsome- 
"since tho**time wo first called attention to this ^ '<■ «® vcr f ay g«t into your ootumns, hero 
" ... . ... . it ia- Make a rather thick batter of good Graham 
insect, it hits increased with great rapidity, and 1 . . . , 
« 
J[: 
mm 
Mr. Downing describes DennUton's Superb ns 
follows:—Branches downy. Fruit, round, a little 
flattened, and having a distinct suture, often 
extending quite round the fruit. Bkin pale yel- 
aa eatly. it is productive, nearly or quite ns lowish-groen, tiiatked with a low large piuplc 
much so OB E, Scarlet, Of better flavor—a valuable blotches and dots, aud overspread with a thin 
strawberry in all respects. Scan's Seedling Is bloom. Btalk rough, throe-fourths of an inch 
hearing very largo crops of fine colored, largo, long, act In a cavity of moderate aloe. Mesh very 
showy berries. It ripens about ten dayH after thick, (the stone being small,) moderately juicy, 
E. Scarlet, and though acid and not of best flavor, w '^' 11 vinous flavor. Stone parts readily, and 
will sell better in market titan some richer berries is roundish and thick. Ripe tho middle and lust 
that lack in good looks. It is remarkably pro- °f August 
THE CROWN IMPERIALS. 
Ens. Rubai. New-Yokkkk: — I never knew, 
until tho present season, tho beauty of the 
Crown Imperials. The summer before lust, T 
Hent to the nursery for a few varieties, which 1 
learned existed, having never seen any but the 
old-fashioned sort, and the present spring I am 
surprised at their beauty, and still more surprised 
that they are so little known. I have several 
colors, some almost monsters in size. Why uro 
they not cultivated, when they curt bo bad for 
so little, and are so hardy? Please call tho atten¬ 
tion of the lovers of flowers to this line class. 
Cook Co , 111., June, lifiO. A Lady Gakdknku. 
To accommodate our lady gardeners, and all 
lovers of flowers, we give nn engraving of the 
Crown Imperial, much reduced in size. 
jll 
in 
mm 
JENNY LINO BTRAWBKRBY. 
have endured the winter without the least injury, 
and it is producing an extraordinary crop of large, 
well colored berries, and of fair quality. I looker 
bus suffered very much from the winter. This 
fact will have a tendency to check ita popularity. 
The weather lias been cold and wet for a few 
days past, and strawberries have ripened hut 
slowly. A few worm days, however, will rapidly 
bring them on. It lias been a question whether 
more bushels of berries could he produced from an 
rimCt! bill} bl Ulv » 13 llinu VJIVI 1 VJU im'vuu'Mi wv# »,..gw - ...... r 1 , 
. . , . ... , it in-—Make a rather thick batter of jtood (trahfim 
nseot, it has increased with great rapidity, and lt,H - *.. 
. tii .t mAit] and miro Wfttor* ho it will not Hpitad niucli, 
now, not on y v iiCH, but many Bhude trues in tho mLtU i MU ’ . . 
..rod wilt i. cotton liko net.. Till. .b... l>oi»ll.lo; l>«» tcmly «>m. Uu kSl «our.d, .nd 
bo. taportmt 11 I. to . dc.tr., over, drop thi. on l„ medium .Ucd 'l'«»“^ ““ 
1 way apart, ho they will not touch each other. 
insect t tie.my. - p u t them immediately in a very hot oven,—on tho 
o. . . v __ bottom at first,—and watch tbain. In a very few 
Jnqmrua COID ^luswcts. minutes they will rise up liko a puff; then put 
...Ti T ,r i . them on the top grate. When well browned they 
HicST Six Pkaks—W ill vou ploajio obliffd *«T6rttl»tto* ... ' . . , . t ,, 
Kcritwrs here t>y h tatlng, itirough tiie culnmiiH of thu are done. It bread lighter in color is wanted, add 
Rokal, »ix varieties <n poats, of the choicest and tmst fl n o Hour, but don’t sift tho (Jiuhiuu. Try 
kind grown—ft»ur kiinitner varlotuiH anil two wiulcrf J . 
u,, pascack, /v, V, ls«o. this, you who want pure, sweet, light, soft, and 
We tiiivo now «o iimuy good pcurH that no difficulty wholesome bread, ot which the lahot of making is 
need be experienced In selecting half a dozen desirable nothing, compared to tho kinds made with yeast. 
varieties. No two persona would choose the wune six, 
yet no ouo who has given tiie matter attention, would 
liinnt poor fruit. 
Dnveuun d’Fto is u nlco little early pear for tbe iiuiii- 
t«ur, ripening in August Whether it would pay to grow 
f or market, wo cannot way, but in tiie neighborhood of a 
good market for early fruit, think It would be a profitable 
—M rs. E. M, V., Lodi, Seneca Co., A'. K, 1800, 
- ♦ - - ■ 
COOKING VEGETABLES, &c. 
Eds. Ritual Nbw-Youkbii:—N early all the veg¬ 
etables require to bo put to cook lit water that is 
to grow. The Tyson is un excellent pear, ripening boiling; and green peas, asparagus, string hearts, 
mr 
This species of flowers is much less esteemed 
than it ought to be, and this is partly from want 
of acquaintance with it, and partly, wo sup- 
boholder, and marks the possessor as a lover of grceable to some. It flowers here about the latter 
about three week* later, and In well Worthy of cultiva¬ 
tion. Wo might numo more good early aummor pears, 
but two would be enough for ho small a collection, Of 
the Autumn varieties, there are ho many good one* that 
it fs difficult to select two or three. The DattleU ih 
indispe hi, aide, and ho do we Conidder tho Louise Donne tie 
.Jersey, and the Duchesse d'Angoulctno, and snvernl 
other varieties. For winter the Vicar of Wiuktleld, and 
Lawrence, and F,aster Beurre, may be safely planted. 
8xi ,lotion os Fruit — Will you give, through tiie 
medium ol your valuable paper, a list of trees such an 
,cm W ould recommend for uu orchard of about one l.un 
bred apple and twetitv standard pear trees. I would like 
a succession of fruit from early summer apple* to late 
keepers, especially for my own Umily use, but would 
like any rurplns ti) be iteiilriible fruit for market —A. it. 
1*., Onondaga County, S. 1’, June, 1880. 
At'Pi.KH — Summer — Rod Astrachan, Early Harvest, 
8weet Bough, Early Joe, Keswick Codliu, Summer Rose. 
Autumn- Fail Pippin, Gravenstulu, I'oiumo Royal if'ut- 
t e r— Baldwin, It. 1. (ireeumg, Fameuws, Hubbardaou 
Nonsuch, King of Tompkins County, Northern Spy, 
Rambo, Wagener, Eaopu* Spitzentierg, Swaar, Roxbury 
ItUBHCt, Golden KiUWOt. Tie abovo He emu too large a list 
for one hundred trees, and yet tberc are many wo would 
like to add. 
PEARS— For twenty stiunhiTd pears,a very gO*d a«Hort- 
iitent would be - Dearborn's Seedling, Bartlett, Rostiezer, 
Tyson, Uuffum, White Doyenne,Sheldon,Oswego Deurre, 
FletOith Beauty, Lawrence, and Vicar of Winktlcld, 
The ho are hardy, and good pears. 
Inhkctho.n ROBES.—I wish to Inquire what will destroy 
lice ,,pon rose bushes? Hvrai, readers, please take 
notice, and lot it be answered— J. J. W , Tijipcranue, 
June., ltJdO, 
We presume it is the aphis that injure* yonr roses. 
Tobacco water, or strong soapsuds, will destroy them. 
and those that aro required to retain their fresh, 
lively color, must he kept uncovered. 
To have peas delicious, do not pick them over 
night, nor shell them long beforo they arc want¬ 
ed. Let dean hands handle them. Do not wash 
them; and from tho pod to tho pot, let the transi¬ 
tion be ns speedy ns possible. They require from 
’25 to 85 minutes to cook them. As soon as they 
are tender, drain the water from them, if any is 
perceptible, and put in a teaeupful of cream, with 
a hit, of butter. Let these boil two minutes. 
Molasses Rut. — Tako !* tablespoonfuls of mo¬ 
lasses, f> tablcspoonfuis of good vinegar, l.J table- 
spoonfuls of flour, a small piece of button Sea¬ 
son with lemon or nutmeg. This mokes a very 
good pie.—A. M. H., Springdale, Iou a, L8G0. 
Corn Muffins. —Ouo quart of Indian meal, 
sifted; one heaping spoonful of butter; one quart 
of milk and some salt; two tablrspoona of dis¬ 
tillery yeast; one of molasses. Let it raise four 
or five hours. Boko in niullin rings. The same 
will answer to bake in shallow pans. Bake one 
hour. 
CuBAM Tarts.—O ne pound of sifted flour, and 
some salt; quarter of a pound of rolled sugar; a 
quarter of a pound of butter, aud one beaten egg; 
sal volatile the size of a nutmeg, dissolved in a 
Bpoonful of cold wator. Mix the above, and wet 
up witli cold water, and line some small patties or 
tartlet pans. Bake In a quick oven. Then till 
with mock cream, sprinkle with white powdered 
vain show, and not a lover of Nature and its 
floral beauties. How many among tho amateur 
gardeners of any city or village can show, at any 
Horticultural exhibition, a dozen named, well- 
grown Hyacinths, or Tulips, or Roses, or Peonies, 
part of April, tho bulbs throw tip a strong stent 
from two to four feet high, producing, a lew 
inches below the top, a cluster of drooping, bell- 
shaped, beautiful flowers. Above the cluster ol 
flowers, which entirely surrounds the stem, is a 
Tli»*v ireuMraHy affect tho tender nhootw. W# luako 9 1 .. .. . 
^ ^ ^ 1t ... t i m r Muttflr and put them buck in tho oven until a. little 
tobacco water, aud place a llttUi In Hoapsufis, than dtp sugar, uiiu pin. luxin 
Hie branches In tho liquid und *priukl« the remainder of brown.— S ak ah M. Henry, Akron, III., 18 >0. 
the plant. Two or three applications, or perhaps tens, 
will effect a cure. 
Fkaou Baskets.— Could you, or any of your numerous 
just bb reasonable to talk of mulching with burn- or Tulips ? How many can show a Hollyhock, or 
crown of izIowhv urccu leaves. The nectaries arc readers, inform mu where tne common peach bi.-ket M are 
crown ol glossy greet! leaves. u»»Htaiiw»i manufactured, or by whom? I have nmilo many inquiries 
singular— each cell containing a large drop, which „f thone. who deal lu thin article, and other*, aud huvo 
looks like a pearl—or, as the children say, like 
eyes. There are a variety of colors, yellow, scarlet, 
yrtT 
log cinders, for a living plant absorbs more moist- Sweet William, or a collection of Asters, or any singular—each cell containing a large drop, which 0 f those who deal in this article, *ud other*, and have 
are from the ground than it saves from evupota- of tho other improved annuals? Our gardening looks like a pearl—or, as tho children say, like l I ' 0 ^|-^ l j ava ^ l 1 , 1 ’^" l "7tm!'uiftU^ 1 .- 
tion by its shade. There is another mistake in is too much for show, with too little heart in the eyes. There are a variety of colors, yellow, scarlet, stream Point, Yates Co , N. Y., 1880. 
regard to this matter. When runners arc allowed work. Occasionally wc find a lady—a real lover orange, striped, and double. The bulbs remain 1'eacU baskets cun bu obtained in this city by tho 
to form and root from a plant, it remains small, of flowers—who will grow choice things iu a in the ground a number of years without removal, quantity, at t Iff pu r hundred . 
the strength being absorbed in the production of creditable manner, lit for any exhibition; but Plant the bulbs four or five inches deep, in any Ckanhnhrieh.—I havs hhuihII piece of ground Intend- 
new plants, aud but few fruit stems will be form- such cases are rare—and our best gardens ure good garden soil. «d “he^UitMr'wuhv’-r^ttlo <-"p^t!ho "nwwiI 
ed; but when the runners are cut off as fast us filled with things little better than weeds. I ho - you tell mo whether I can nUo cranberries tuccossfuHy 
formed, the original plant becomes lurgc, by the case is far dilierent in many parts of Europe, To Cobkbki’Ondentb. — We have received a on »uch grouuU, it being sciav hiam, and m dry durhig 
formation of a cluster of plauts or branches from There the poor cottager, though be cultivates but number of insects, new to us, during tho past .oAu"'l8«o! 1 
the. collar. To day wo observed a fair trial of this a small patch of ground, has it tilled with a few of week, one of them, a kind of worm very injurious Y our ground, wu think, 1* too dry for tho Hueeomdul 
mutter, on the grounds of Ellwanokk .V Bakhy, tiie choicest flowers that can bo procured, and to the grape leaves in various parts of Western culture of tbu cranberry. 
with perhaps a score of varieties, a part of each grows them well, rivaling, and often, indeed, wc New York. Wo have received it from Onondaga p>AR> 0 „ chah BtooksT-CJ. H. Fountain, 
bed being grown in IiBIh and a part allowed to may say generally, surpassing the professional and some of the most Western counties of tho not best for a beginner to trouble himself 
forma muss of plants. On one of these plants grower. The finest Carnations and Pansies, and State. Another is a blue beetle, which is said to trying doubtful experiment*, or thing* that »r« 
that bad been kept free from runners, and one of other show flowers, are usually found in such entirely destroy the tender shoots and truit buds tt | n »oHt certain to Cali. Leave thin to tho mi who huvu 
medium size, we counted twenty fruit steniH, aver- little gardens; and these humble growers carry of the vine. We have taken means to ascertain , n or« time and mean*, ami who will not bo seriou.iy 
aging more than ten good berries each, thus pro- ofl - most of the prizes in the provincial shows of their names and habits, and will report soon. affected by a failure. 
^ - 
not vat been to ascertain. A* I need a large quautlty, 
I » lull to imrcliU"' of the maker.—1, i i 1 l.n It Kill , ttig 
Utreuni Point, Yates Co , V, V., IHfiO. 
Peach bankntx can bo obtained iu this city by tho 
quantity, at $13 p«r hundred. 
CkaMHSUIUES—I have hhuihII piece of ground intend¬ 
ed for a fruit yard, which ground may Im overflowed 
during the winter with very little expemto. Now, e*n 
you tell me whuther I can i uiau cranberries HUCceMxfully 
on *uch ground, it being ft rtiav loam, and an dry during 
tlm summer *« any laml.'—-J B L,, Hunting ton, Lorain 
Co.. Ohio, ISttO. 
Your ground, wc think, t* too dry for the succoiniful 
Loaf Cake with Hop Ykaht.—S eeing an in¬ 
quiry from Mrs. B., for a recipe for making plain 
loaf cake with hop yeast, i send you the follow- 
iug:—Take 2 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup of yeast; 
j cup of butter; i cup of sweet creant; 4 pint of 
sweet milk. Spice with cinnamon, or nutmeg to 
suit your taste.—E miclink, East Guilford, A'. Y. 
Raised Muffins.—Mary inquires for a recipe 
for raised muffins. 1 send ono which I have used 
for years: Take 3 eggs, half a cup of yeast, a lit¬ 
tle salt., a quart of new milk, a tahlespoonful of 
melted butter, flour enough to make a think hat¬ 
ter. When risen, hake in rings.— Lizzie, l.e Roy, 
N. V., 1800. 
Black Ants. — Gan any of your numerous 
readers tell tts how to exterminate the small 
Black Ants from our house? Wc are very much 
annoyed by them, and any remedy will greatly 
oblige a subscriber—W. M., Pulaski, N. Y., IH(10. 
