almost every variety of color, and should be 
extensively planted. 
The Bignonia or Trumpet Flower, is a mag¬ 
nificent climbing plant, producing large trum¬ 
pet shaped scarlet flowers with something of an 
orange tinge, and of great beauty, as will be seen 
by the engraving. They are produced in clusters, 
but in the cut, wc could only spare room to show a 
flower and bnd of the natural size. A good plant 
trained to a pillar or trellis, when in flower, pre¬ 
sents a most splendid sight. 
clusters of leaves containing the caterpillars or 
the chrysalids. He adds—“It were to be wished 
that some better way of putting a stop to the 
ravages of the leaf-rollers and bud-moths, that 
infest, many ot our fruit trees and flowering 
shrubs, could be discovered.'’ 
He also suggests Mr. H aogkkston’s remedy—a 
ponnd of oil soap in from seven to ten gallons of 
water—to thoroughly drench the trees, with a 
hope that it may penetrate the injured buds and 
leaves, and destroy the concealed villain,—or one 
gallon of liquor expressed from tobacco, with live 
gallons of water. I have no personal knowledge 
of this insect further that what is stated by Mr. If. 
I would politely request Mr. W, to lie on the 
look-out for the moth, by collecting the chrysalis, 
which have a single row of prickles across the rings 
on the back. The moths como out early In July, 
as I judge. I would be very thankful to Mr. W. for 
the moth so bred, carefully inclosed in a letter 
with the chrysalis. I have a drawing of the 
“ worm,” (as I have of some hundreds,) and desire 
to have a trne colored drawing of tiro perfect 
insect also. J. Stauffer. 
Lancaster, Pa., June 14,1800. 
sion among llonsts, ana one very mue uniiersroou 
by amateurs. We will, for the present, only notice 
the principal divisions. 
1. Summer Roses. —This general division em¬ 
braces all those varieties that flower ouly once in 
the year, in June, and they are called June Roses. 
It includes the old sorts which we so much loved 
lu childhood, the Provence, oT which the Cabbage 
is a fair representative, the greater part of the 
Mosses, the climbing sorts, such as tbe Prairie, 
Boursanlt, Ac., the Austrian or Yellow Roses; in 
short, all that (lower but once in the season. 
2. Perpetual Bloomers.— This division em¬ 
braces all that flower more than once in the season. 
There are now an excellent variety of Mosses be¬ 
longing to this class, that bloom at intervals from 
June until frost. Hybrid Perpelnals is the hardiest 
and most popular class of this division for general 
culture, and embrace a very large variety flower¬ 
ing in June, and have a season of growth, and 
flower again, and if the season )9 favorable several 
times before autumn. Perhaps it is not strictly 
correct to name them perpetuate. They arc hurdyi 
mostly of luxuriant growth, large, of good form, 
and fragrant. This is the most popular class of 
Roses. Tbe Bourbon class are really ever-bloom- 
ers, but appear in the greatest perfection in the 
autumn, or during September and October, until 
frost- Many of the varieties of tills class arc 
somewhat tender, and all require winter protec¬ 
tion in the North. The flowers are home in 
clusters, and are generally of good form and a 
variety of colors. The Noisette is an interesting 
class, bearing the flowers in large clusters, hut 
most of them arc too tender for Northern culture 
without winter protection. Laying down and 
covering with a little straw or leaves will make 
them secure, 
MUFFINS, CAKES, COOKIES. &c. 
THE GARDEN 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker: —In your paper of 
May <th, I noticed an inquiry from “Mary,” of 
Aurelius, in reference to Raised Muffins; and as I 
sec no other way at present of bestowing “a cup 1 
of cold water,” will give her the benefit of some 
of mine. 
Wheat Muffins. —One pint of new milk; 2 
eggs; 1 tablespoonful of yeast; 1 of butter; tea- 
spoonful of salt. If wanted for breakfast, stir at 
night, and they will be light In the morning,—if 
for tea, stir in the morning. 
Corn Muffins.— One quart of Indian menl, 
sifted; heaping spoonful of butler; l quart of 
milk; aal’t-Bpoon of salt; 2 t-ublespoonfuls of dis¬ 
tillery yeast; 1 of molasses. Let it rise four or five 
Honrs. Bake in muffin rings, or shallow pans. 
Ginger Cookies.—Two cups of molasses; | do. 
of butter; 4 tablespoonfuls of hot water; 4 of 
ginger; 2 teaspoonfula of soda. Bake quick. Wo 
know whereof tee affirm in this caso particularly, 
and would give your numerous readers fair warn¬ 
ing, if they try this, they will call thorn “Excel¬ 
sior.” 
Johnny Cake. —One cup of cream; 2 of butter¬ 
milk; £ of sugar; 1 of flour; a little salt; 1 tea¬ 
spoon of soda; Indian meal to make a still'batter. 
Cheap Fruit Cake.—O ne and one-half cups of 
brown sugar; I of sour cream; 1 of fruit; £ of 
Imtter; 1 teaspoon of soda; 1 of cinnamon; 1 of 
cloves; 1 of nutmeg or mace. 
For “Mary's” special benefit, in case of emer¬ 
gency, I will add a recipe for 
Wedding Cake —Three pounds of flour; 3 of 
sugar; 3 of butter; 3 of currants; 4 of stoned 
raisins; 1 of citron; 3 glasses of brandy; 3 of 
wine; <i nutmegs; .’!(’> eggs; 2 oz. of cinnamon; | 
oz. of cloves. Bake six or seven hours in one 
pun; if two is used, less time will bo required. 
The oven should be hot enough for brown bread, 
and cooled down till the naked hand can he held 
In long enough to count twenty. • 
LeRoy, X. Y., 1800. “ Somebody." 
The Strawberries are the only fruits in season, 
though the early Cherries are ripening, and some 
hare been exposed for sale in the market for a 
week. As soon ss they begin to color they bio 
picked and sold. Tho Strawberries are suffering 
extremely from the drouth, many of the berries 
are drying up, and those that ripen are of much 
gmaller size than usual. This fruit needs a great 
deal of water during the time the berries are 
forming and ripening. Some, wo see, are water¬ 
ing their beds, bnt those who grow on a largo 
scale are not prepared for this. Some varieties 
seem to endure the drouth much better than 
others, and our notes taken to-day, will be valua¬ 
ble in this respect. 
Iowa is bearing a very good crop, and suffering 
hut little from dry weather. It is a very good 
market berry. 
Triomphe de (land is the best foreign variety in 
cultivation. It is very large, quite firm, so as to 
hear carriage well, of a good bright color, excel¬ 
lent quality, and very productive. The berries 
are, perhapB, a littlfe smaller than usual, hut in 
other respects it lias not suffered from drouth. 
Black Prince is badly suffering, the berries dry¬ 
ing upon the plants. 
WHAT DESTROYED THE CABBAGE? 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Last year I wrote 
you, wishing to know tho nnme of a grub then 
destroying my cabbage, and was told it was the 
Wire Worm. From my observations tbe present 
season, I am inclined to think otherwise, and 
believe it rather the work of some Insect. I think 
it the worst enemy to cabbage, Ac., I ever had to 
contend against, ns ils operations are entirely 
under ground—so we are not aware of its pres¬ 
ence until the plant, withers and dies. 1 have had 
a good portion of my early plants already destroy¬ 
ed, and find, on examining the winter cabbage, that, 
they are also attacked. The worms or grubs aro 
in clusters about the main root or stalk, imme¬ 
diately under the surface of tho ground; from 
there they work downward, cutting oil’ every 
root and consuming tho exterior of the main 
stalk. In appearance Umy very much resemble 
tho meat maggot, only they aro not over three- 
eighths of an Inch long. Yesterday 1 noticed the 
presence of a winged insect with body like tho 
grubs, about the roots of a plant, and found, on 
examining tho plant, a largo number of small, 
white particles, which I took for eggs deposited 
there by her. I then examined other plants, and 
found the same white particles, Home of which 
gave signs of life. Most of tho gardens in this 
neighborhood, where plants have been set two or 
three weeks, aro suffering from the ravages of this 
(to us) new enemy, and no ono can tell what it is 
or knows a remedy. Various experiments have 
been tried, snch as applying salt about the plant, 
but with more injury to tho plants than grubs. If 
you, or any of the readers of your excellent 
paper can tell us what Ibis is, and give a remedy, 
I shall feel extremely grateful for tho favor. 
Jersey ville, C. W., 18C0. A Garden an. 
and Tea. Roses are most 
durable for pot culture, or for putting out in beds 
on the lawn, like bedding plants, and are too ten¬ 
der for out door culture. 
Most writers mako more than these two general 
divisions, but it seems Uyisthat, these are all that 
arc necessary, and more than this will be trouble¬ 
some without any special advantage. 
For tho benefit of those who are seeking for 
the best Roses with which to adorn their gardens; 
visiting the nurseries during the time of flowering 
for tho purpose of taking notes of the best, or 
attending Horticultural Exhibitions for the same 
purpose, we give the main points essential to a 
good, or perfect Rose. Tho information may 
also be of advantage to Committees who are 
called upon to decide upon specimens placed on 
exhibition at shows. 
1. The petals mast be thick, broad and smooth 
at the edges. 
2. The Rose must he double to the center, 
round in the outline, the petals regular; fragrant. 
3. The petals must lie over each other in regu¬ 
lar order, and in distinct rowp, even to the center 
of the flower. 
4. In a new Rose, the color should be distinct, 
and in all, should be permanent, enduring the sun 
until the flower fallH. 
5. The fluwer-stem should be strong, and the 
flowers well out beyond the foliage, and not 
crowded in each other’s way, or be so crowded 
with buds as to prevent the proper development 
of the flower. 
A rose must not he condemned because it does 
not come up to this standard, but these are charac¬ 
teristics by which all are to be tested, and the 
nearer they come to this high mark the better. 
willson’s aljiaxy. 
Willson's Albany Seedling is the most pro¬ 
ductive ont of thirty or forty varieties. It is 
perfectly hardy, berries of good size and fair 
quality. One of the very best for cultivators 
for market, aud for every purpose. Does not 
appear to )ie affected by the dry weather. 
Burr's New Fine— One of the very richest 
berries, hut suffering sorely for water. The crop 
will be very light. 
Pennsylvania —Producing bnt very little fruit- 
It rnuBt do better iu other sections, or it is 
unworthy of culture. 
Alontrieul —One of the Alpine family, with 
larger fruit than usual for this class, and very 
productive. Worthy of culture. 
TRUMPET FLOWER. 
Arislrolochia, or Dutchman's Pipe, is an elegant 
climbing plant, with very handsome, broad leaves, 
and very curious flowers, closely resembling a 
meerschaum pipe, and hence the name. It grows 
fifteen or twenty feet high, and begins to flower 
in June. It makes a splendid shade for a veran¬ 
dah or summer house. 
PRESERVING FRUIT, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Herewith I give 
you my experience in sealing up fruit, not only 
strawberries, but peaches, cherries, raspberries, 
pine apples, Ac. For four seasons I have sealed 
up fruit with perfect success, without losing a 
single jar, and the flavor of cuch lias been pre¬ 
served as perfectly as possible, after going 
through the process of heating. 
I use self-sealing glass jars, and my method is 
thin:— I put fruit into my porcolian preserving 
kettle, enough to till two quart jars; sprinkle over 
it about one-quarter of a pound of sugar; place it 
over a slow tire and let it very gradually heat 
through. (The secret is in having the fruit 
thoroughly heated through, not cooked.) While 
the fruit is heating, I keep the jars filled with hot 
water till the fruit is ready, which, of course, pre¬ 
vents them from cracking. Fill up to the brim 
with hot fruit and seal tight. As it cools, a suf¬ 
ficient vacuum is formed in the jar to prevent 
bursting. In this way fruit of every kind will 
retain its flavor. My strawberries taste precisely 
like those pickled from the vines, sprinkled with- 
sugar, and set away long enough to let the sugar 
melt. There is no mistake in preserving fresh 
fruit in this way. Sometimes a thick, leathery 
mould forms on the top,—if so, all the better. 
Lewiston, N. Y., 1800. Mrs. J. P. W. 
FERTILIZING THE STRAWBERRY. 
Messrs. Editors:— From observations that I 
have made, 1 atu led to believe there does exist 
procreative specific affinity between certain stam¬ 
inate and piatHate flowers of the strawberry plant. 
For instance, tho McAvoy Superior strawberry is 
not susceptible of fertilization by each and every 
staminate plant; but a certain stamiuate plant,pos¬ 
sessing mutually with the McAvoy Superior,speci¬ 
fic procreative affinity, would produce perfect fer¬ 
tilization by contact. I have observed the deform¬ 
ity of the apex of tho McAvoy superior Btrawberry, 
wherever I have met with the fruit, and knowing 
that the deformity must arise from imperfect fer¬ 
tilization of the pistils of the apex, and conse 
quent inane state of the tissues of that portion 
of the pericarp, I endeavored to remedy the de¬ 
defect. Acting upon the theory of specific affin¬ 
ity, I endeavored to provide a staminate for the 
McAvoy from seed, i reared from seed a largo 
number of strawberry plants of three classes,— 
i. e., perfect flowers, staininates and pistilatea,— 
from which I selected perfect flowering plants 
and stamiuate plants, and planted them ip suitable 
position for contact. The result was that a berry 
of the most perfect development was produced. 
In continuation of this subject I may say, that I 
have produced like results with llovey’a Seed¬ 
ling,—in all cases using I lie seed of the pistilate 
fruit for tho purpose of producing plants, for 
the reason that they are more homogeneous. 
Wilkins, l'a., 1860. E. K. Bkuek. 
horticultural JJ’otcs. 
Ax Error—Fruit Crof ix Pennsylvania. — By tho 
following uote from Mr. Iionss, it will be seen that an 
error was made In attaching his name to a communica¬ 
tion lie never wrote. We make the correction as far as 
Mr. II. is concerned, hut tho true author is still shorn of 
his lionnm. The beetle received we have bad examined, 
aud will report next week. We are glad that our friends 
lu Pennsylvania are to have an abundant crop of fruit, 
aud that Mr. II. has succeeded in conquering the curcu- 
Uo. Every one cau do this who will try. 
Eds. Rural New-Yohkkic:— I was not a little sur¬ 
prised to find, in the RURAL of June 9th, an article on 
the apple tree borer, over my name, which wan not writ¬ 
ten by me. 
Some time ago I went you specimens of a blue beetle 
which destroyed the hloBSora buds of grapes as soon as 
they made their appearance, but have seen no uotico of 
it in your paper. 
We anticipate an immense peach crop wherever 
there are trees, which, however, are scarce here. Other 
fruits, a fair crop. I have conquered the curculio,and 
will have a full crop of plums. 
Among strawberries, the Randolph Pine, a cross of 
Bicton Pine and Early Scarlet, is without a rival in qual¬ 
ity; ripens with Early Scarlet, or about three days 
earlier, and or same bearing habits. Color, w hite, pink 
aud scarlet. I intend to scud you specimens in a few 
days.—0. T. llOUl'.M, Randolph Co.. Pa., i860. 
Tho following, received just ns We are going to press, 
sets the matter right: 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — Tho article about the 
apple tree borer, which was published in your issue of 
June 9, and credited to O. T. Bonus, of Randolph Co , 
Pa., was not written by him, but by your humble ser¬ 
vant—W illiam ToMl’KiNS, Germantown, Columbia Co., 
N. ¥., I860, 
Fruit from Cciia.—W e are indebted to II. N. Lock- 
wood, Esq,, or Victory, Cayuga Co., f«fr a specimen of 
the Mamey Apple, of Cuba; and also Tobacco need, of tho 
Vuelta Abajo variety. Mr. L, has spent the past two 
winters in Cuba, and Is acquainted with almost every 
part of the Island. 
Fruits Received. — From Prof. IIodkins, of Limn, 
superb specimens of Triomphe de Gaud Strawberry. 
THE CLIMBING PLANTS 
SCOTT’S SEEDLING. 
Scott's Seedling —A large, showy fruit; in pro¬ 
ductiveness uc-xt to Albany. Not as good quality. 
Endures the drouth well. 
Monroe Scarlet —A bright scarlet berry of 
medium quality, and very productive. Next to 
Scott’s Seedling. 
Honour (ie Belgique is a foreign sort, of which 
some hopes were entertained, but it only bears a 
few large berries, and would not be worthy of 
culture while we have so many equally good and 
more productive sorts. 
Eclipse —One of Prince’s Seedlings, and very 
much like Early Scarlet. 
We have had an excellent opportunity for 
examining the Strawberries this season, having 
under our observation beds containing between 
thirty and forty varieties, all grown under the 
same care and treatment, so as to test their hardi¬ 
ness, productiveness, Ac. 
No class of plants are more useful in the hands 
of the skillful gardener than the climbers. They 
possess almost miraculous powers, transforming 
any unsightly out-building into an object of real 
beauty. No good gardener will have any Imre 
board fences about his premises,—all are wreathed 
and festooned, and made gay aud graceful. Then 
for coveting cottage verandahs, what can equal 
this class of plants? They put to the blush all 
the expenrivo work of the architect, and the 
builder, and make the poor man’s cottage appear 
more elegant—possessing more of nature—more 
of quiet grace—than the palace of a prince. For 
this purpose, the hardy varieties of grape vines 
are very useful. 
The Virginia Creeper is an excellent climber, 
and although a native of our own land, much 
more popular in Europe than with us. Its leaves 
are digitate, of a dark, rich green in summer, 
and becoming of a rich crimson in the autumn. 
It throws out little roots at the joints, by which it 
fastens itself to anything it touches. 
The Honeysuckles we have in great variety, and 
everybody loves them, though we are sorry so few 
show their love in a practical way. 
The Periplora or Virginian Silk is a rapid 
growing, fine climber, and will twine itself around 
a tree or any other object for twenty or forty feet 
in height. The foliage is bright and glossy, but 
the flowers are brown and not showy. 
The Chinese 1 Wistaria is one of the most rapid 
growing of all the climbing plants, after it gets a 
fair start. Sometimes, for some unaccountable 
reason, it refuses to make any material growth 
for a year or two after being planted, but all at 
once takes a start and makes a splendid growth, 
throwing out shoots ten, fifteen, and twenty feet 
in length, in one season. It commences blooming 
early in June, and a large plant will be literally 
loaded with thousands of rich clusters or pendu¬ 
lous racemes of delicate, pale blue blossoms, so 
numerous that the whole plant, seems to be a floral 
wreath. The racemes are from ten to twelve 
inches long, and well filled with delicate and 
sweetly perfumed flowers. The foliage is abun¬ 
dant, and of a pleasant, lively green. It succeeds 
best in a rich, deep loam. It does not flower 
until the plant gets Btrong, and the older the 
plant the more freely it seems to flower. 
The Climbing Roses are now to he had of 
REMEDY FOR ASTHMA. 
Eds. Rural Nbw-Yorker: —Seeing an inquiry 
in the Rural for a cure for that distressing dis¬ 
ease, the asthma, I write to let the inquirer know 
what has almost cared me. I have had tho spas¬ 
modic asthma fifteen years, and never found any 
medicine that would prevent an attack when it 
was coming on, until I commenced taking Josa# 
Whitcomb's “Remedy for Asthma, Rose Cold, 
and Hay Fever.” 1 commenced taking this rem¬ 
edy eighteen mouths ago, ami have not bad a 
severe paroxysm since. I also use saltpeter pa¬ 
per. Take a bcapen tablespoonful of saltpeter— 
pour into it six tablespoons of boiling water; 
when the saltpeter is dissolved, dip into it pieces 
of thin newspaper, about four inches wide and 
six long. Spread the pieces on something; dry 
them in tho stove; and whenever you feel op¬ 
pressed for breath, shut yourself up in a small 
bedroom, and burn a piece of saltpeter paper. 
It will give relief iu fifteen or twenty minutes. 
If one doesn't relieve, burn another. Saltpeter 
is present relief, but no cure. Whitcomb's Rem¬ 
edy has done for me all that it is recommended 
to do, I take it according to directions,—a tea¬ 
spoonful instead of a tablespoonful. It is pre¬ 
pared by Joseph Burnett & Co., Boston, Mass.; 
price one dollar per bottle. Sarah Seely. 
Eddytown, Yates Go., N. Y., May, 1860. 
A DESTRUCTIVE LEAF ROLLER. 
A few days since we received from Mr. 0. V. 
Woodward, of Black River, a communication 
with a number of Caterpillars or Leaf Rollers, 
which we forwarded to our obliging correspon¬ 
dent, Jacou Stai i PBu, of Lancaster, Penn. Mr. 
S. promptly returned us the following communica¬ 
tion, giving the desired information. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Tho “Biuull worm¬ 
like maggot” sent by Mr. O. V. Woodward, of 
Black River, found between the “curled leaves” 
of hiB orchard, so that his trees “presented the 
appearance of having been scorched with fire, 1 ’ 
and which be states “is a thousaud times worse 
than the caterpillar,” I have closely examined. 
Though it looks maggot-like, being of small size, 
from one-fourth to half an inch iu length, some¬ 
what thickened centrally, with tubercular rings, 
beset with a few hairs, and U a dirty white color, 
with the head and the top of the first ring dark 
shining brown; it is, nevertheless, a true cater* 
pillar, having the six pectoral, eight abdominal, 
and two caudal-legs. The loopers, earth-meas¬ 
urers, or span-worms, ( Geomatrie,) have usually 
ouly four fleshy pro-legs, instead of eight, among 
which is that pest, the canker-worm, so extremely 
voracious on the foliage, that a whole orchard 
will “appear as if suddenly scorched with fire.” 
In this respect they agree with the scamp in ques¬ 
tion, which, however, belongs to another genus 
among the Tortric.es, or, (as the name implies to 
curt or twist,) the LeaF-Rolleks. Perhaps it is 
the Penthina oculana of Mr. Harris, which he 
calls a bud-moth; and the ouly remedy he knows 
* for them is “to pull off and crush the withered 
new plants. 
Yucca Parmentieki, a new species from Mexico, has 
been introduced into English collections. It is stated to 
be a very handsome species, 
Nkw Dwarf Nasturtiums.—T ho new Nasturtiums 
Turn Thumb Beauty, Tom Thumb Yellow, and Tom 
Thumb Hcarlot, Or* each beautiful plants for summer 
decoration, of dwarf habit, their neat foliage completely 
bidden by the profusion of hlooiu. 
Cinerarias. —These beautiful plants are attracting 
great attention among the English cultivators. At the 
late exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society, a large 
number of seedlings w ere exhibited, to several of which 
were awarded prizes for their superior merit. A great 
advance has been mad* both iu shape and variety of 
color, which will give them additional claims to attention. 
Bonduklu's Statics, —This is the pretty yellow-flower¬ 
ed Statice, worthy a place among our list of new annuals. 
The root is perennial, but tbe plants bloom the first year, 
when the seeds are sown early. The leaves are radical 
aud spreading, forming a tulted mass of green, and the 
(lower sterns, which grow a foot or more high, are cov¬ 
ered with bright yellow (lowers,retaining their beauty for 
along period. It is one of tbe prettiest of the genus, and 
is among the few of the yellow-llowered species known 
to us. Of aU border (lowers, few plants exceed It in the 
abundance as well as loog duration of its blossoms.— 
Hovey's Magazine. 
RANDOLPH PINE. 
From Mr. 0. T. Hobbs, of Randolph, Pa., we 
received, to-day, a jar of the Randolph Pine 
Strawberry. We give a drawing of one of the 
berrieH. Those sent us, Mr. T. says, were of tbe 
fourth picking, and under the usual size. They 
bad been delayed so long ou tbe route that we 
could not judge of quality. 
The Rose, the acknowledged Queen of Flowers, 
bolds undisputed sway in the gurden at this time, 
a bd constitutes the principal attraction in the 
floral department. Our principal nurserymen cul¬ 
tivate many hundreds of varieties, and a visit to 
these establishments will repay the lover of flow- 
er3 even for a long journey. Everything pro¬ 
duced in Europe is obtained as soon as offered 
To Renovate Bilk Dresses. —Take the water 
in which potatoes have been boiled, dip therein a 
clean sponge, aud wipe carefully; then take a 
cloth and wipe evenly the surface.— Nannie M. 
Todd, Five Comers, N. Y., I860. 
Pie-Plant Short-Cake.—C ut the stalks, and 
stew them with a very little water and a quantity 
of sugar. Prepare the same as for strawberry, 
omitting the cream. We think it very good.—C. 
A. Ferris, Smyrna, N. V, 1860. 
Coloring Straw. —Will some of the readers of 
the Rural please inform me how to color straw a 
light drab, or brown, and oblige—U. H., Rocklandy 
Sullivan Co., N. V, I860. 
