result that, in 1853, we obtained a large lot of the 
seed from Vilkorin, of Paris, which we distri¬ 
buted among gardeners and amateurs. The next 
year, at our suggestion, some of our seed dealers 
imported it, and in this way it has become dis¬ 
seminated. 
green or the white, moved that a committee be 
appointed to carry home, -ook, and test the ques¬ 
tion, and report at the next meeting—which was 
wisely carried, and at once the subject dropped. 
We hope our learned controversialists will 
adopt the Solomonian wisdom displayed by this 
distinguished body of savans, and when such 
questions as the proper end of the asparagus to 
eat, which particular end of an egg should be 
broken, In order to get the most easily at its con¬ 
tents; whether to prune a tree or not at trans¬ 
planting—or any other that may threaten to rend 
assundcr the harmony of our relations, occurs— 
why lot a committee be appointed to carry home 
the subject and test it by experience. 
composted with charcoal dust and dry muck, which will 
deodorize it to » great extent. Copperas water is a good 
deodorizer. It is good for anv crops that need manure. 
5. Bones,unices ground or broken in small pieces io some 
way, decoy very slowly, and consequently the effect they 
produce upon the soil is small, 
1’Ko.vtss asm Border Plants — Please, sir, will yon 
he so kind ai to inform a constant reader what varieties 
of the Peonies, noticed lu the Rural of June 16th are 
doiihlo, and where they can be obtained? Also, where 
the Border Plant, mentioned in the same paper, m to he 
obtained, and al what price? By giving the above lolur- 
niat'om you will very much favor—D. 0. Mod., McUraw- 
otlle, Penn,, I860. 
All the PoonicH named were double aud Hue. Hardy 
herbaceous plants are » Id at the nurseries at twenty- 
five cents each, hut a good collection of fifty can be had 
CLOTHES BARS-THEIR CONSTRUCTION, 
MY GARDEN, 
Eds. Rural New Yokkek:— In your issue of 
June 30th, a correspondent expresses the wish 
to obtain information relative to the construc¬ 
tion of a set of clothes bars. Perhaps I can 
furnish him with the desired Information. Lot 
him procure a I inch pino board, 6 feet long and 
18 inches wide, und saw It into 10 slats of equal 
size. In each of four of the slats let him make 
three mortises, one in the middle, another at the 
extreme end, and tho other within 18 inches of 
the opposite end. On tho others let him make 
tenons at each end, and of such a size that they 
will fit snugly into the above-mentioned mortises. 
Now let him insert tbo ends of three of tho ten¬ 
oned slats into the mortises of two of the mor¬ 
tised slats; also, proceed in the same manner 
with the other live. After ho has succeeded in 
doing this, let him go to the hardware store and 
procure a couple ol‘ hinges, with screws to match, 
and secuve the two frames already made together 
by the hinges, so that they will open and shut 
like a '‘book.” 
Hut, perhaps, ho wiBheB for something a little 
new, and rather mure novel—if so, lie Is welcome, 
as are all the other readers of your valuable pa¬ 
per, to tho use of tho following, which I have 
invented since seeing the article of your corres¬ 
pondent:—My invention consists of the upright 
Messrs. Editors: —I was much pleased with an 
article in the Rukal of June Hub, on American 
Gardens and Gardeners, and I hope every subscri¬ 
ber who has not read it, if there is such an one, 
will do so at once. It will show them how to 
manage a garden so as to make it a source of both 
pleasure and profit. It tells just what an amateur 
ought to do, and just what he ought not to 
attempt, under certain circumstances. It points 
out very plainly the reason why so many who 
engage in gardening with enthusiasm, get discour¬ 
aged at the labor and expense, and are ready to 
return to a small city lot, voting gardening a bore 
for every one bnt the professional man, who de¬ 
signs to make his living from his garden, and 
therefore gives it bis whole time and care. I 
wish to add my testimony and experience to what 
has already been said by the editor, for I truly 
believe that a garden, if well and prudently man¬ 
aged, is a source of profit to every person with 
a family. 
I live in the suburbs of a small city in the west¬ 
ern part of New York, about a mile or a little 
more from the center. My garden contains about 
half an acre. The land for the garden I consider 
costs me nothing, except a little walking. If I 
lived in or near tho center of tho city a small lot 
would coBt just as much as the hall acre a mile 
out. So all it costs is a little walking for myself 
and family, and this I think may be a benefit 
rather than a Joss. On the north side of my gar¬ 
den, and running nearly the whole length, is a 
row of tipple trees, planted boforo I get posses¬ 
sion, and in bearing. I have two trees of Early 
Harvest , and it happens that one of them bears 
well each year, one beat ing the season that the 
other rests. 1 have a Swaar and Hubbardston's 
None-Sttch, bearing in the same way. A Baldwin, 
and Northern Spy, and Greening, und Fall Pijrpm, 
and Sweet Hough, and one or two other sorts, 
giving all the apples wo can use from the first of 
August until the next spring. For pears, I have 
only one fine Seckel, giving from one to two 
bushels each year, hut more coining on. Plums 
I have in abundance—enough to bottle all we can 
use during the winter and spring. This, with a 
few peaches, one apricot, plenty of ginpes, and 
some small fruits, give us an abundant supply of 
fruit for nearly tho whole year, and makes living 
very pleasant, I can assure you. 
I prune my own vines and fruit trees, but early 
in the spring hire a man for a few weeks to spade 
np the ground, spread manure, Ac., for vegetables, 
and hc’p plant if necessary. After this, nil hour 
or so each day in watching and working keeps all 
things in order until the weeds grow pretty fast, 
and the paths need putting in order, when a few 
days’ or a week’s labor is secured, as I make it 
a point to have everything done well, and at the 
right time. Perhaps before autumn, another 
week’s labor may be needed. Tho cost of all this 
aDy one can see is very trilling. 
The products of the fruit trees 1 have mentioned. 
Now, what do I obtain from uty vegetable garden. 
In the first place, pie plant, and spinach, and 
lettuce. Then, about the 10th of June, green 
peas, to continue for several weeks by planting 
early and late kinds, and if necessary, at different 
times. Tho first of July l have early potatoes 
ready to dig, and continue from that time during 
the summer. Young beets are ready to pull quite 
early. The latter part of July I have plenty of 
early corn, and about the 10th of August, sweet 
corn, maturing until late in fall. Tomatoes come 
in about the same time, and cucumbers a little 
earlier. In September the melons give us a feast, 
and the Lima beans are not to be despised. Late 
in the autumn 1 have potatoes, turnips, beets, and 
celery to store, and parsnips in the ground for 
spring eating. I have nolhing to buy except, 
perhaps, a few bushels of potatoes. 
Now, I have not mentioned all ihe good things 
we obtain from oar garden, but enough, I hope, 
to convince any discouraged amateur that a good 
garden is a great luxury and a great source of 
profit, if only decently managed. Amateur. 
INFLUENCE OF LOCATION-STRAWBERRIES. 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yokkkk:— Permit me to say 
a few words through the columns of your excel¬ 
lent paper, in regard to the culture of Strawberries, 
it is a fact not yet understood by many, that soil 
and climate have a great elTcct in their growth 
and flavor. For instance, there is Wilson’s Al¬ 
bany, lu some localities it is a very fair fruit, and 
in other places it is not fit to eat. Peabody’s 
Seedling set on very rich ground, will not pro¬ 
duce much fruit; when on very poor soil it will 
do well and produce a tine crop of splendid ber¬ 
ries. I have taken some pains this season to 
visit strawberry growers, and I find that soil and 
climate makcB a wonderful difference in the same 
berry. In Buffalo I saw Wilson's, all large and 
line looking, but so soar Unit tln*y could not be 
eateD. At Lockport I visited and tested Mr. 
Moody's berries; Wilson's was passable; Tri- 
otnphe de Gaud line, and bo was many others. 
Next I visited Mr. Shuler's place. There 1 found 
the Boston Pine sweet and good, Hooker's tine, and 
Hovey’s Seedling very large. I found at Batavia 
the best Wilson's Albany that I ever eat At 
Cleveland, Ohio, 1 called on E. 8. Cuuncu, and 
tested his fruit. His berries were flue and large. 
He said he had thrown out Wilson’s as unworthy 
of culture. It would not keep in preserves or 
cans, and would not sell where people knew what 
a good strawberry was. His favorites were Scott's 
Seedling and the Hooker. At Detroit 1 visited 
8 . D. Moklky’s grounds* He has some two acres 
of the Hooker, Burr's New Pine, Hiral Hudson, 
and Genesee. 11 is soil is sandy loaoi, well ma¬ 
nured. Ilia favorite wus the Hooker, The same 
fruit where T have traveled, on different soils has 
a different flavor. Scott's Seedling on sandy soil 
is a poor berry; where ou clay Boil it has a fine 
flavor. Wilson's Albany, on a mucky, warm soil, 
is a very good berry. 
The finest bods of strawberries I have visited 
this season were ou the grounds of fl. M. Mer. 
win, near Albion. I there saw the largest berries 
with the finest flavor. I saw about three- bushels 
of Peabody’s Seedling, (just picked,) and half of 
them would measure each t.J inches in circumfer¬ 
ence. I was shown Jenny land's Seedling, a UlQftt 
delicious berry; Scott's Shilling, large and fine 
flavored; also Burr's New Pine, Lon gw orth's Pro¬ 
lific, Boston Pme, and sever'd French varieties. 
Mr. Mbkwin’h soil is clay loam. He mauures 
high with barnyard manure and leaf mold. His 
beds are kept in ehoico order, and his fruit is 
large, sweet, and fine flavored, aud will command 
double the price in market of small, sour, massy 
fruit. Mr. M. says tho Tousa is the meanest of all 
berries. He is a friend to the Hooker, and Pea¬ 
body, and Jenny Und, and Scott's Seedling; but 
Peabody's Seedling is his favorite. 
Yates, N, Y, 1860. D. T. Somkrvill. 
horticultural SJotco. 
about sixty. It bids fair to be uu early and prolific 
bearer, aud the fruit all corresponds with tbo specimens 
sentynu. H you think ft worthy, give it a passing no¬ 
tice In your valuable paper. I shall givo it tho name of 
Ausley Seedling. Alanbon Anslky, 
Geneva, August 9, I860. 
This pear is of fair quality, not of high flavor, between 
meltiug and breaking. Skin yellow, thickly covered 
with red dots and stieaka on the sunny side, while in 
tho shade tho dots are am ill, giving tho pear a very 
beautiful appearance. This fruit wu think is too small 
lo be popular, ns we h&ve at this season larger aud even 
better varieties rip®, as the Bear re Gitf&rd and Blood- 
good will be ripe iu a low days. 
Horticultural Exhibition,—'T he American Pomolo¬ 
gies! Society holds its next session at Philadelphia, com¬ 
mencing ou tho 11th day of September. A flno Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition is to bo mada at Toronto, C, W,, on 
the Fame day. Tho Prince of Wales is to ho present, 
au,d open the new Botanical Garden. It Is unfortunate 
that these bould occur on tho same day, as many would 
delight to attend both gatherings, 
Horticultural Society or Hamilton, U. VV.—This 
Society, which is perhaps the beet td' the kind in Canada, 
held its third exhibition lor the season on the 20th July, 
at tho Mechanics’ Hall in this city. Tho show of flowers, 
as usual, was very attractive, and embraced a large va¬ 
riety among the annuals and bedding plants. The Fuch¬ 
sias wore must magnificent, one gentlemuu showing a 
single collection In pots, embracing 34 different varieties, 
some of them twelve feet high. Among tho rare plants 
shown, were two line large Fpecimcns of tho Australian 
Wattle Tree (Acacia lophanihus;) also a well grown 
specimen of Ctinninghamia Sinensis, and a very flno 
plant of Hint a Bella Of Fruits, tbero was a Very fair 
show lr, cherries and gouuebrrries, the latter very flue, 
27 varieties being exhibited. Tho vegetables were supe- 
If planted in a good soil in August., they will be 
of good size and tender late in the autumn, and 
should be dug before frost. Place thorn in the 
cellar in sand, and they will remain fresh and ten¬ 
der all the winter. The engraving in the Horti¬ 
culturist is not a fair representation of the radish, 
as we. have grown it, aud we present our readers 
with a correct representation. 
FIGURE 2. FIGURE 3. 
post A, 11 g, 2, which is firmly fixed to the solid 
stand, or foot, B. There are two pair of mortises 
cut through this post, the mortises in each pair 
being at right angles to each other. The slats 
8 , 8, slide loosely and longitudinally through 
these mortises, and on them the clothes are hung. 
Four small wire staples should be inserted iu and 
around the post, near the top part of it, and at 
equal distances apart. Directly under each of 
these Btaples, a shallow mortise should be cut in 
tho stand, to receive the end of tho slats 8, 8, 
which arc taken out of tho mortises in tho post 
when the bars are not in use, and passed through 
the staples before mentioned, tho ends being in¬ 
serted iu the mortises in the stand, as shown in 
figure 3, 
As I said before, your correspondent has tho 
liberty to use this invention, and should it prove 
of any special benefit to him, or any other of 
your numerous readers, my object has been ac¬ 
complished. Wit. Brooks, Jr. 
Darien, Gen. Co., N. Y , 1800. 
AN INSECT ON THE CLINTON GRAPE. 
Ens. Rural New-Yorker:— I discovered, three 
days since, that my Clinton grape vines are 
infested by small bugs or flies, of a kind I have 
neither seen or read of heretofore. I found them 
also on some of my neighbor’s Clinton vines, 
brought from a different place from where mine 
were purchased—the one from Rochester and the 
other from Mb Morris. 1 have nearly 100 vines 
in hearing, and the insect does not appear on any 
but the Clinton, (except on a few leaves of an 
Isabella Interwoven with the former.) The insect 
may be described as one-eight of an inch in 
length, light yellow, very active, six legs, eyes of 
light color, on the side of the head, and like a 
fly’s; wings; when fully developed, a square of 
dark brown on the back. They employ their cut¬ 
ting forceps vigorously, aud a leaf Boon comes to 
appear as if the fire had passed over it. 
1 am anxious to know if this new enemy of the 
grape appears elsewhere; also, what remedy you 
would suggest as most likely to destroy it. 
Zenas Morse. 
Wyoming, Wyoming Co,, N. Y., July, 1860. 
THE LOVE OF FLOWERS, 
No man can cultivate too earnestly a hearty 
love for flowers. 
We may not measure the value 
of them as we measure merchandize, for the influ¬ 
ence llowing from them isetherial and intangible; 
yet not more necessary is pure air to a healthy 
growth and broad development of body, than is a 
loving communion with theso ‘‘Eweetest thoughts 
of Con” needful for all true upbuilding and ex¬ 
pansion of the mind. The notion that it is a weak 
and feminine thing—a thing for children and 
women — to interest oneself in flowers, is utterly 
false. One of the most humanizing, and there¬ 
fore, noblest things inthe world, is a devout study 
of these beautiful works of Con. There are gra¬ 
nite peaks lifting themselves bare and bald with 
forbidding aspect, which, though clothed with 
grandeur, are, nevertheless, the unlovcliest ob- 
j' CtB in Nature. There are other peaks which 
have as much of majesty, yet nestled in whose 
rifts and climbing up whose sides many colored 
flowers unfold their beauty, and by their soft hues 
relieve the sternness of the dull, harsh roek. lit¬ 
is the truest man whose character thus combines 
strength und conciliating tenderness—whose prin¬ 
ciples are firm as mountains, yet at the same time 
are ulwajs adorned by the verdure of a gentle 
charily. From no source can man gather so 
many gentle thoughts and unpolluted feelings, 
as from intercourse with flowers. If the Infinite 
is ever turning from the care of circling worlds 
to the adornment of the violet, surely it cannot be 
beneath the dignify of man to follow his Maker 
with a teverent step, and learn the lessons which 
II: has written for him in tho humblest flower. 
Albany, N. Y., 18CO. W. Hoyt. 
Transparent Window Shades. — Cut India 
rubber in small pieces, put iu an earthen vessel, 
cover well with spirits turpentine; let it stand, 
stirring occasionally until it becomes a jelly; 
then thin with oil, such as is used for painting, 
and boil in an iron vessel. When nearly cool, 
apply with a brush to your cloth, which should 
be bleached, and tacked smoothly and tightly on 
frames tho size you wish your curtains. Dry in 
the shade. When dry, you can trace with a pen¬ 
cil any design you please, and paint with oil 
paint. A small landscape surrounded by a wreath 
of flowers, is pretty. This is also a good way to 
make oil cloths for stands, doorways, aud carpet 
preservers around stoves, taking thick cloth.— 
II. 11. V., Allas, Genesee. Vo-, Mich., I860. 
TRY ALL THINGS. 
CHINESE ROSE WINTER RADISH. 
priety of this practice. Very few of the dispu¬ 
tants appeal to facts, but to the “principles of 
vegetable Physiology,” which is being drawn in 
by the ears by them, in much about the same way 
| that poor " nature ” is with us, 
“To prune a tree at transplanting,” says one of 
the leading German spirits, “is opposed to the 
recognized theory of the sap’s descent, without 
which there can be no extension of root growth; 
and therefore the more branches left on a tree at 
its removal, the more roots will be tire result” 
ft is said of some French philosopher, that, 
when told that facts opposed his theory, he re¬ 
plied, "so ranch the worse for the facts.” 
In this instance we can truly say, that if the 
practice is opposed to the theory, so much the 
worse for the theory; for experience ou this con¬ 
tinent has now established the rule that all trees 
should be more or less pruned at transplanting. 
It is singular how men will argue for years, and 
dispute for ages, on topics which they could test 
and decide in a very short time. A few months 
ago a dispute arose iu one of our popular Horti¬ 
cultural Societies about the merits of some aspar¬ 
agus exhibited. One bunch contained stalks of 
an immense size, and beautifully blanched, so much 
so that there wub but the bare effort of a steely 
blueness at the narrow end. This had the pre¬ 
mium. The opposing bunch was equally as fine, 
bnt not so admirably a white the full length of 
each stalk. A stormy dispute arose. Each party 
had its advocates. At length a wag, considering 
that the discussion was in effect an inquiry as to 
so well pleased with the I which was the proper end to eat asparagus, the 
Hard So.tr.—Three pounds of German erasive 
soup, shave it np and put it into 12 quarts of 
boiling soft water; add 2 pounds of sal soda, 3 
ounces of borax, and set away to cool. When 
lukewarm, stir iu 1 ounce of liquid hartshorn. 
This soap is cheap, aud excellent for washing. 
As a to.let soap, it is good for sore hands.— 
L. C. A., Jurdanville, N. Y., I860. 
Ground Rice Pudding.— One pint new milk; 
3 spoonfuls of ground rice; stew it over the firo 
till proper thickness; then stew one-quarter 
pound butter, and grate in the rind of a lemon. 
When cool, add 3 eggs, well beaten; sugar to taste. 
A little brandy will improve it. Bake with cruBt 
round the edge.— Reader, New York , I860. 
Inquires ani) ^Inatocrs. 
Genuine Cakes.— Take 2 pounds of flour; 8 
ounces butter; 8 ounces sugar; (i eggs; 1 pt. milk. 
Raise them with yeast, and make them about six 
hours before baking. Try this recipe, sister 
cooks,— I am sure you will like it— Polly, Glen¬ 
dale, Ohio, 1860.__ 
Destroying the Flies. — Can your readers 
give us any effectual remedy for driving away or 
killing the swarms of flies which fill our houses 
this time of year? They are a great annoyance. 
H. N. L., Victory, N. Y., July, 1860. 
the foreBt, is one glow of rosy light? You duu'l seem to 
know of what you are talking, my good Madam. Then 
you presume to say that a Black Walnut tree and a Tulip 
tree might give variety, but you don't know what they 
woulfl be worth a hundred years hence. Iiun't know I— 
why then talk about them? But we'll tell you. When 
you, sofUiearted lJme tree, are smothered in soot, and 
eaten up by grnb», these two friends of yours will be iu 
the beginning of thc-lr majestic treehood. Were you 
ever iu Kentucky, or Virginia, or Tennessee, Mrs. Lime? 
I should think not. Your weak nerves would bo shaken 
to pieces at the sight of us glorious Tulip trees, some¬ 
times a couple of yards through the bole and one hun¬ 
dred l'eet high, and at us splendid Black Walnuts not 
much smaller. Well! if you never were there, you had 
belter set out on your travels down West, and then, per¬ 
haps, you’ll learn to treat your superiors with proper 
reBpect ,— Gard. Chron, 
Strawukrrtks, &c.—1. What is the best manure for 
Ftrawbernen, and is it a good plan to cover with straw in 
thefall? 2, How long will plant*, kept free from runners 
and well cultivated, bear well? 3. Wiil A-.paragna do Well 
set out in tfie fall ? 4 How should night soil be prepared 
and applied, and to what crops best adapted ? 5. Can 
bones oo made serviceable as manure without grindiuN : 
—H. R , Allas , Mich, 
1. Well rotted stable manure is good enough for straw¬ 
berries. If the soil ia stiff, something can be used to 
Tighten it. Dig deep and drain. A little covering in the 
tall is of benefit, though it Is seldom done, and is not con¬ 
sidered necessary. 2 About three years is as long as a 
bed of strawberries will give a good crop. 3 Asparagus 
will do well set out in the fall, though we dou’t know as 
there is any advantage in planting at that time over 
spring planting. 4. Night soil may be diluted and used 
Ladies’ Cake.— One pound flour ; 1 pound 
sugar; half pouud butter; I pouud chopped 
raisins; 1 gill cream; 4 eggs; 1 nutmeg; half 
teaspoon saleratus.— Frances, Niles, Cayuga Co. 
