I 
I 
even for our perishable summer fruits. We have 
seen Seckel pears in a veiy good state of preser¬ 
vation in January, exhibited in the Horticultural 
Society's rooms in Boston. The science of ripen¬ 
ing and preserving fruits is but in its infancy, 
and Horticultural Societies that have the means 
will be doing a great public service by offering 
liberal premiums that will incite to experiment 
on the subject.” 
Want of space compels us to omit many things 
that we designed to say, but the subject will be 
resumed next week. 
a point gained, but in lieu of that he only uses 
some general expressions, which, if he will only 
show his hand, 1 will prove are misrepresenta¬ 
tions. He has had no ten years’ familiarity with 
my collection, and some of my varieties on which 
ho professes to give an opinion in general terms, 
he has never jet Been. He doubtless does feel 
uneasy lest these really estimable varieties should 
supersede the inferior ones, when Burr’s Fine is 
surpassed ju size, productiveness, flavor and 
hardihood by at least six varieties, and when the 
Scarlet Magnate is twice the weight of Long- 
worth’s Prolific, and instead of the tender, sun¬ 
burnt habit of that, is one of the most vigorous, 
robust and hardy of all strawberries. I made 
yon the offer recently, Mr. Editor, to send you 
gratuitously some of my finest varieties. I have 
for sixteen years devoted special attention to 
growing seedling strawberries, and to importing 
the best foreign varieties, and have now so select, 
a collection that orders have been received from 
nearly every country In Europe; and Mr. Gi.oede, 
who has the host European collection, considers 
the varieties obtained from me among his most 
valuable acquisitions. So numerous were the 
visitors the present season from distant States, 
that l was quite surprised. 
It is true, sir, that I do cultivate these straw- 
berries in specimen beds of 8 to 12 feet, and for 
a very plain reason. My private garden consists 
of but six acres, being in the heart of the town, 
where lots 25 by 100 feet are sold at $1,000 and 
over. I use this small plot for specimens, and 
concentrate in it as many kinds of trees and 
plants as possible. I buvo devoted l.j acres to 
specimen beds of strawberries, that I may, with¬ 
out. going to the Nurseries, exhibit them to visit¬ 
ors, and I give the fruit to them and to my neigh¬ 
bors. T do grow them in masses,—that is, I allow 
the plants to cover the whole ground, as this is 
the only proper course by which their product¬ 
iveness Can be fairly tested for market culture. 
Growing in stools is no test, and has been the 
cause of many varieties being recommended that 
have been afterward cast out. 
You will see by the report of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society, that “Scott’s Seedling is 
not considered worthy of general cultivation;" 
the “llookor-not always hardy, and does not 
seem to be a desirable variety ;”uud that Wilson’s 
Albany is declared to be “unworthy of gcncrul 
cultivation.” Wa. R. Prince. 
Flushing, I.. I., Aug. 2,1860. 
horticultural $bucrtisemcnts, 
HKKK\ gEKttfJ. We have for R ile a line lot of froBh 
J^Ss VTry ,lB ' in san,1> r £ rw c "“ ie,i * 
51-21 Genesee Valle y Nurseries, imeh-sW, N. V. 
FITS, CHEAP. -SO buShf-Is Mazzird Cherry 
I t s, in good order, at $.<,60per Tmslx-I n 
Address Jo)IN MTTRPHY, 
M 61 Dansvule, Livingston Co., N. T 
rv\.. AM, SELLING TUBES, i am.tnveUnir 
among N Urwryiiau and wish to l»ny many hituWof 
GATHERING AND PACKING FRUITS, 
CAKES, PUDDINGS, AND TOMATO JELLY. 
Now that many of the farmers in this section 
of the country grow more fruit than is needed 
for home consumption, and some are devoting 
their attention to the production of fruit, as a 
staple crop, a few hints on Gathering, Packing, 
Ac., we know wiil not be unprofitable. As a 
general thing, this work is done in a careless, 
slovenly manner, the main object seeming to be 
to save time. This might have been well enough 
when the country was new, finit cheap, and labor 
scarce and dear; but now, when good fruit, if 
properly packed for shipping, will sell at a high 
rate, ami when farmers can obtain more cash for 
an acre in fruit than for five acreB in any other 
crop, it is the very worst kind of economy. A 
barrel of apples of superior specimens, carefully 
hand-picked, and packed so as to receive no 
injury by shipment, will sell for more than three 
barrels tumbled into barrels without selection or 
care. A very good article, by a correspondent, 
we will give in the next nnmber, and we ask any 
of onr friends who have had experience in pack¬ 
ing and marketing fruits, to give us the benefit 
of their experience. Mr. Barry, in his Fruit 
Book, gives a very useful chapter on this subject 
a part of which we copy: 
“This is a branch of the general subject of 
fruit culture and management that requires the 
most careful attention; for it is quite useless to 
take pains in producing fine fruits, without tak¬ 
ing equal piins in gathering, preserving, and 
sending them to the table or 1 he markot in a 
sound, sightly, and proper condition. Very few 
fruit growers seem to appreciate this part of 
their business. Fruit dealers at homo and abroad 
complain of the careless and slovenly manner in 
which our fruits are gathered, packed, and pre¬ 
sented in the market, and would gladly pay a 
double price for them in a better condition. 
The first consideration is: 
The period of maturity at which fruits should he 
gathered .—'The stone fruits generally are allowed 
to reach perfect maturity, or within four or five 
days of it, on the tree. In moist, cool seasons 
particularly, they arc benefited by being gathered 
Los. Rural New-Yorkkk:— Missing the usual 
contents of the Domestic Economy in your issue 
of August 4th, and fearing that Rural house¬ 
keepers had forgotten their duty, I therefore seek 
to excuse myself by sending a few recipes for 
jonr disposal, which I know to be good. 
Temperance Cake. 
cup sweet milk; 2 
FRUITS AND FLOWERS, 
Feachks are beginning to ripen, and the market 
is active, buyers from Canada, from the northern 
part of the State, as wetl as from New York city, 
offering to contract for the entire crops, at from 
seventy-five cents to $1 per basket. Peaches are 
abundant along the lake, from ten to twenty miles 
east of Rochester to Niagara, hot in most other 
sections o! the 8t,ate they are scarce. In New 
Jersey the crop has partially failed at least, so 
that the growers of peaches will obtain Tair 
prices. Although we have seen the trees more 
heavily loaded, we never saw finer specimens. 
'J’O GARDENERS and florists. 
Jt 1 ." i Suh ’!' r . l , l "' r luoimtavtuo'H 8 kki> Kaos of iliffereiil 
i i.a'.la 1 Vi’ 111 ’ P K . n 1 )>si , e r - Also, Ruvolopea of all klmts 
n>r ilia wholesale trade. Samples sent liV mail when in- 
. S.WIUKI, RAYNiiK, 
It No. 118 William Slrno 1 , New York. 
Take l£ cups sugar; 1 
teaspoons cream of tartar; 1 
of soda; l cup raising, one-hall'chopped; 3} cups 
flour; j cup ol butter. Reason and salt to taste. 
Cukap Sponge Cake.—O ne cup of sugar; break 
2 eggs Into a teacup, beat slightly, then fill up 
with cream; 1 cup of flour; 1 teaspoon of cream 
of tartar; J do. of soda. Do not stir while 
baking. 
Balloon Pudding. —To one square baking tin, 
nso 4 eggs and 3 tablespoons of flour, well beaten 
together; a liltle salt; then fill up with Bweet 
milk. Bake fifteen minutes in a quick oven. 
Serve with sweetened cream, or any sauce you 
choose. It can be made with 3 eggs and 4 spoon¬ 
fuls of flour. 
Tomato Jki.i.y. — Take ripe yellow tomatoes, 
(red, if preferred,) scald and peel them; thou put 
them over the fire, with a little water, and cook 
until the juice can be readily strained. Add a 
pound of sugar to one pint of juice. It looks 
like nice strained honey, and is, we think, equal, 
If not superior. My mother thinks the plum 
tomato best 
Tomato Toast. —Take iipe tomatoes, peel and 
cook them, and season to suit the taste. Have 
ready in a dish some slices of toasted bread; 
then pour the tomatoes over them. 
Pickling Ripe Tomatoes. —Will some expe¬ 
rienced housekeeper give me a recipe for pick¬ 
ling ripe tomatoes, and oblige Rural Reader? 
Corner Block, N. Y., 1860, 
Wk intend keeping the Domestic column of 
the Rural in fall vigor, and, thanks to the many 
good housewives in the land who furnish us with 
Buch a collection of substantial dishes aud sweet 
morsels, wo are aide to spread an appetising table 
weekly. Our Horticultural friend, just over the 
column, had so much to say about Currants at 
the date referred to, wo were compelled to let 
him finish his talk in the apartment, devoted to 
the preparation of tilings good for the stomach, 
or else have a “scene,” and ns we are opposed to 
“family jars,” he carried hfB point. It is only 
occasionally that he will take such liberties, and 
we must endeavor to bear with his loquacious¬ 
ness, as wo have found it well to let even a man 
have his own way onco in a while. 
v...I.miiou I rue m name, uiremuy packiul ami ffoliveri 
<i.'e,'j| ri:,r K u to any Fort Ufflie or Express Offl* h in t: 
l UnH'ij St,lies, nt prices named, 12 plants for to ceuts; si) < 
for Si; 100 do In,- U, Address 
Oil AS. LKs’l'KR, Kiugwuod, McHenry Co., Ill 
rjsRCB DRLAWABK RItAI’fC VJNEA One year o 
X strong, $!; two yours, M,flo lo &*. Kxtrn tanre lave 
with Imruing worth, $• to S3. Smaller layers, *| to SI.' 
Also, very fine I,open Vines, *1 to *2. All other pood va, 
cues, new aud Hit. at lowest rales. Send fora Circular, 
“(’!'• Tf- C'AMi’BKLL, Delaware, Ohio. 
August, 1860. ^ ’ gjj.m 
;r 
turn 
celkct str a. w berries. 
FIHIVP Jk CO.. (tell,see Valley Nuracrlrt, Kishro 
lee, JV. «., otfer foe idantiug in Almost and September, the 
most extensive stock and coll i ml mi of 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
In lb* I'nityd Staten, 
I'he L.llqwitiij (Iuh leading varieties nre offered—delivered 
at any • chic railed pine • In Hoeheitler, and packed so Unit 
they will reiudi "hshini dc»tiuatiohH In perfect order—for 1<)0 
plants, $2: lor£00, Sff,90; for l.lliki, $10. 
Brighton Blur,, Hooey's Seedling. 
Ilure's /Vrtn Pine, Jenny Bind, 
Fill-basket, Large Early Scarlet, 
Genesee, Triom/die Ue Giand. 
Hooker , Victoria (Trollope's,) 
THK (iREA'I,’ ATTKT’JM SlIAKRLt 
1 SEEDLING STRAW BERRY. 
Tile I .aigee I Hlrawhcrry in llie World! 
Amateurs consider this Somifiug the creator,t acquisition 
to one small liiiits ever introduced A monster In sir.e, 
wonderfully pi olid,-, and of toe fine-a (Invar. Far particu¬ 
lars, see Hensroe Fa niter uf J uly We me now prepared ui 
take Older* and deliver plants in rotation, as unb red, .it 
SI, IN I po, doz>n, oi SiiV'il per hundred. Address eitoer 
CHAtl.N’CV Mil.I,KB, Albany, N. V, Shaker Trustee,or 
WM. 3 CARPI! NT HR, 188 Pearl St., New York. 
W’K, Up* adder-igued, Imviup ordered largely of the 
plants of Ure Austin, with uii in-uranee Unit our money 
would he refunded if not satl-iled ,'iftor ceellnr the p'ants, 
went llPlle.-ed In yo to Wale rV lief, the - hake r tie tile a opt, 
where Ilia Aiistin iafritiUiig, bei; leave to report. Trial we 
found the ilus'iu irrmvmir in the most common way, in 
masses and no1 in Idlls, without any particular care, and 
suffering much from diciiiylit. vet the y,eat prnduriivenem 
.mid on Turin larva sl<e, floe IJ.ivor nod beautiful ni'iM'iw- 
anise of this he, t v, induces ua to consular the AosHit till) 
irreatehl ie-,|Oi-iiiori to our null fruits. Wo found il :i*0- 
ruuing ctmriduriiMy larger than any variety uuder oOltiva- 
tion and wonderfufly pro.lllc. Yen will therefore please hi 
inert',-no. our orders ar,<! foi wsnl lie in ns soon us convenient. 
John O. ThoinpHor), TompkiuaviUu, Staton Island, N. if, 
y ou plautu. ’ 
James I, Lockwood, Stanford. Ct, 125 plants. 
Edwin Wallop, Stauluui, liln plants. .’•M-2taow 
Inquiries anb ^Instneru, 
Fruit Books —Wi l yon, Arsmne of tbs readers of 
your paper, please inform me if - Downing's Fruit and 
Fruit Trees," and “The American Fruit Guitarist.," are 
both one hook? If not. who is the author of “ Tho 
American Fruit Culturlsi'f"—if. D , Holland Co, ft, 
A, J Dowsing is the author of “ Downing’s Fruit and 
Fruit Trees of Am-iieft,” hot it has been revised by 
Charles Downing, brother of the late A. J. Downing, 
John J. Thomas is the author of “The American Fiuit 
CuUurist. 
ROYAL DE TOURS PLUM, 
Plums were never more plenty, Eveiy old and 
neglected tree has made a desperate and success¬ 
ful effort far a crop. These, too, are bought up 
and shipped, bringing from SI to S2 per bushel. 
Among those now ripe, we have to day, (Aug. 
20th,) examined Prime Knglebert , one of the best 
of the durk plums, ami Koyal de Tours, of which 
we give an engraving. It is red in tho shade, deep 
violet in the snn, with small yellow dots, and 
coated with a heavy blae bloom. Lawrence’s 
Gage resembles the Green Gflge, but is more than 
twice as large, and is an excellent plum. There 
are other plums ripe, and more ripening, of which 
we have taken notes, but, before long we intend 
to devote a page to this fruit 
Among the Flowers the Phloxes are the most 
conspicuous, tiuless this honor should be claimed 
by the Annuals, which are now in their best 
estate. The Asters are just coming into bloom, 
and we have several new varieties of this fine fall 
flower, which we shall describe during the season. 
(JENESEE VALLEY NURSERIES, 
1 £oc1»<-mI «t, IV. Y. 
PltOST A CO,, Urnprivtors, offer for Halo for Urn Au¬ 
tumn of ffliinix! Muiiur of i ,nr unti of tfin 1 11 'Kcgi ctockg 
Of STANDARD and DWARF FUUIl' TREKS, SmaU. 
Fruit a. i irNaM i ntalThiskm, mikciia, Bombs, Plants, in., 
in tho United Stale*, lire (iroundii nt tlm prem-nttime 
contain over 
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, 
devoted coliruly to tin* culltvation of Trews ami UUnta. 
Tho rtoclr ih* o >* vfermive in itM,lllmreut'le|iartnii*nts t that. 
they am onatrlcil in fflrnlyb tin* entire or<3#r«of thvfrcor- 
iwpimoilentM of the ffiiferout luuffM. of the bout rjunlity, inul 
at Him lowcutmark*.*l iirjcci. Treyauiul Pliinta »r« iwkerl 
in mieb a muniK'r that they win notch tb« morv di.lunt 
purls or ihe Dinted Stab's in pert'oetemn'IiUon. 
Ordorr from Norterymou, iffot'eiH rind oilier*, who may 
wi“l» to purchase In Luvc iiininti tins, are exocUto.il wit’., care 
*n<l dlHpAicb,«N well aw those who may tavor lire in with Uu* 
wiruille.'-.t orders. * 
CATALOGUES. 
The I'ollowiuir CutaloeuoB contain full pai tlculars of the 
stock in the different *lepartrneritH, and will be lurnihbed 
ETirtix to all applfcautw who eoclose a pontage stamp for 
each: 
.No t —Descriptive Cutolomtr. of Fruits. 
No. 2 Desert a tie v Calaloi/ue of OrwmenUU Trees, 
Shrubs, tyc., inrthe Amumn oi IMliff am' Kp irrg,,t u6t. 
No n- Catalogue u) llah/ios Berbenas, Uree.n-House 
and Beddioii Ttn.nU 
No i /T hole,uls Catalogue or Trade, last, for Vurwery- 
iiinii and Denier*, mid oi <*ih who may winii to buy in liuyo 
rpiar btie«. L.r Autumn of I8IH 
\n. u - Catalogue of h'loieerint/ Bulbs. Addrcnw 
fart 8t FROST K Cu., Koc'io att-r, N. Y. 
LATB STHAWRKRRiKa—I.nwt year ray strawben lew, of 
the riori’w New Pine variety, blownnmnil from the middle 
of Auguwt to the middle ol Oetoher D I bad a .lami¬ 
nate kind bewdn them to fructify IhOu), tul^hl I not 
have a Co 0 - n) e r a a! o .,-v.mtiI crop? Can you n t-ution u 
siaminato that bloMtotnn hi lat«, «o that I may try the 
experiment: Do ,ou kunn of a berry rhat beam late, 
(ifivr t|m Hovey-g Seedilnj;. Hooker’s, kn, are out of 
bearing?—Z. Mon ,k, Wyoming, N Y, I860 
Burr'll New 1’ine does not n.nvtlly bear later than many 
of the wtnminate tortw. We don’t think you will mtQOOed 
in getting a fall crop of wtrawborriew that will amount to 
much. Some teiuioos almost any variety will give a few 
berries in the autumn, fo 18.‘>7 we picked a good many 
in November. Trollope'# Victoria is an excellent late 
berry. Crimean Cone Is a late and productive variety. 
Wit at is tus Mattkr with tiik apples?— Can you, 
or some of the readers of toe Rukal, give me aom« In¬ 
formation about, my apples, which are very much affected 
with dark spots, covering one-third, and in many In¬ 
stance^ one-half, of the apple. Closely resembling tire 
baik of tt.e tree, both in Tattle and'color, CuCUlDg that 
part of the fruit affected to Cease growing, thereby 
causing small, ill-shaped specimens? It is not confined 
to one variety alone, but im spread throughout ihe whole 
orchard. Where the apples are badly affected. Thera are 
large cracks or split* in them It does not ruu<e thom to 
rot, us It does not extend Into tho apple, hot seems to be 
CAB til Old to ill o skin, preventing It from expanding with 
Dm growth, thereby arresting proper development. Any 
inhumation s# to the Cense and core, If any will bo 
thankfully received.—C 0. IV , Birginia, 1800.' ’ 
Tbie is doubtless a fungus growth, similar to that 
wbicb affects some varieties of pears in this section, par¬ 
ticularly the Virgalleu, causing them to crack and be¬ 
come worthless. No remedy Irae been discovered. Were 
it pos-iaie to apply sulphur, the application would no 
doubt be beneficial. 
GINGER BEER. 
Ed8. Rural Nkw-Yorkbr:—I f you would like 
to have a beer that will not make you tipsy, but 
make you n beer toper all the days of your life, 
j list follow my directions and you will bo able to 
make it for yourself. Now pay attention: 
Put a gallon of cold water into a pot upon the 
fire; add to it one ounce of good ginger, and one 
pound of sugar; let all this come to a boil, and 
coutlnue boiling for half an hour; then skim the 
liquor, and pour It into a jar along with one 
sliced lemon and a quarter of an ounce of cream 
of tartar. When cold, or nearly bo, put in half a 
teaeupful of good yeast, to cause the liquor to 
work. The beer is now made. After it has 
worked for two days, strain it and bottle it for 
use; leave it bottled for a week or two. Be care¬ 
ful that you do Dot taste it before that time ex¬ 
pires, or you will be sure to drink it all up before 
it reaches its prime. j. m. c. 
(•lendala, Ohio, 1800. 
W M. IL PRIKCK .1: TO., FLUSHING, N. V, offer a 
mnro vxluuMvt* and perfect Collection in each Du- 
purtroenT of their t tomes* Ihfin ever before. 
l'ho following Catalogues will bo Boot to applicants who 
enelour* stomps 
No. I Catalogin' of Fruit ntul Ornamental Trees and 
Shrubs, and till .Small Fruits. 
No. 2 — Catalogue of Hoh*’s and Flowering Plants, in- 
dir'ing Carnations, Chrysanthemums. Pldox, Iris, &o. 
No. I General Wholesale Prioo List (nr Nurseries. 
An. 5 Wholesale Price Met of Vegetable and Tree 
Seeds. 
No. 0— Descriptive Catalogue ol 100 Varieties of Straw¬ 
berries. 
No. 8 -Wholesale Cntnloyue of Native and Foreign 
Crapes, 
No 9—Catalogue of Bulbous Flowers, Tree and Herba¬ 
ceous 1’eomes, Dahlia-. PrimroBes, Poly anthus, Auriculas, 
Cowslips, Ac. 
No- to — Wholes de CV.al'iguo of Die fame. 
No 13 — Green 11 rase Plants. 
No. II — Descriptive Catalogue of -'CO Varieties of Native 
rind l.o Varieties of Foreign Grapes. Wo oll**r a riot 
at,nek of all the leading variolic* of Grapes, of which 30,(SKJ 
are strong- l,.y er* and 2,',Olid In Ini**- pot-. 
Orders ire executed and packed in a superior manner, 
forwarded nccouling to instruction*', aud a transportation 
receipt mailed to the purchaser with the invoice. 
Poisonous Paper Hangings.— The Philadel¬ 
phia Inquirer, in describing the poisonous effect 
of the inhalation of arsenic, says :—IVe know 
ourselves of the case of a young and beautiful 
lady of this city, whose health was shattered for 
years, and whose life was seriously jeopardized, 
from habitually sleeping iu a room covered with 
paper colored green by arsenic. Her early symp¬ 
toms were merely a slight dryness about the 
throat and fauces, with some diarrhea; these 
gradually increased and resisted all treatment. 
Dropsy supervened, and from being a beautilul 
girl, she became an object so bloated aud repul¬ 
sive in appearance as to be painful to look at. 
Her physician suspected slow poisoning, but the 
most careful analysts of her food could delect 
nothing, and her life was despaired of. At last, 
however, he bethought him of the possibility of 
the air she breathed being tho vehicle of the 
poison. A small portion of the wall paper was 
taken to his laboratory, and being subjected to 
analysis, wa.s found to contain arsenic. The 
lady was moved to another part of tho house, 
and her recovery, protracted through many 
months, date ) from the day of the change. 
Wardian Cask.—I won Iff )lk« to be informed, through 
your columns, how to uiaiin a Wardian Cn>e, or ffoinrutio 
grt on-boiiH*; ami also what plant# are best adapted to 
it?—L II J , Colr.heitr.r, Ct, 18B0. 
A Wardian Caw is sffioply a glass case, ami may be 
muda of any form desired. We present an engraving of 
a simple and good style. 
We have an immense stock or SMALL FRUITS, (or 
sale duritiv the Autumn ol' uOl, ar.ff Spriugof I tail, 
la addition to tffff more Common hurts of 
NATIVE GRAPES, 
We have ovm p| ,mTh of such ffe-mthh* sorts as Del 
aware, Concord. Diana, Hehee.ra, Hartford Prolific. Carlo 
Northern Muscadine, Loyan, miff 20 other sort* »troug 
Vines, lor nut-door culture. Uf 
FOREIGN GRAPES, 
We have thirty live - rfs. one to two years old, for Hot 
or Cold Vineries, or for fruiting in pots, 
An cxtcm-lve block of . sell or the common sorts of 
CURRANTS, 
One or two year* old, and line one year old plants of White 
(Jrai.e, Bictorta, Cherry, fe r - l*ini* and well grown 
GOOSEBERRY 
Plants, of tho American ruff Houghton Seedling, which 
never mildew, a- well hm the best Kmrtixll sorts most suita¬ 
ble for lliin climate. A grest stork of 
RASPBERRIES, 
Such »« Bed Aniwerg, (Hudson (Uver,) Yellow Antwerp, 
Orange; Franconia, KntVeU'S Giant, \n, im liidir .* seve¬ 
ral thousand nf tie* A in mim-hearing Muds , Utile dc Fua- 
tenug. Marvel of four Seasons, mi'J other*. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
The most exleoiiivi; chick of saleable pistils and varieties— 
oomprialug over sixty Hons — in the Union, b iue 
BLACKBERRIES, 
New Rochelle mid DorchtsUr, iu large quantities. Also, 
Flue*, FILBERTS, AND MULBERRIES. 
All orders, either for lanre or *nntU quantities, will he ex¬ 
ecuted with care and dispatch. 
CatalOGukS coutaioin, description, with prices at retail, 
anff No. 4 Catalogue, offering plants in large quantities seat 
ou application containing a postM-'i* -lump lor each. 
l ItOKT A f*©., 
Mi-6t Genesee Yatey Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
M AZZARD BBEttBV pits] NO .d.*, in floe or¬ 
der, now reauy tor delivery*. u r jce f* per bushel. 
O. 13. ilaXWELL & CO. 
Dansville, N. Y., August 8, I 860 . 653-it 
ZINNIA ELEGANS. 
We are so much pleased with a bed of Zinnias, 
that we determined to present our readers with 
an engraving of a flower aud a brief description 
of the plant. The Zinnias are strong growing, 
rather coarse annual plants, so e two fett id 
height. The flowero are of almost every conceiva¬ 
ble shade of color, white, cream, pale to dark yel¬ 
low, orange to scarlet, rose to crimson, purple, lilac, 
&c., and a bed containing a vaiiety of colors, is 
the most dashing thing iu the garden. Surround¬ 
ing the center or disk of each flower is a chain of 
florets, very delicate and pretty. The seeds may 
be sown in tbe bed where they am to flower, or in 
a hot-bed or cold frame for transplanting. 
Tbe air ol our living rooms is too dry for the healthy 
growth of (lowers. By placing them in a glass case, 
tolerably light, a humid atinonphere can be maintained 
without trouble, and very little watering i# needed. 
When the room Is warm, a portion of the muinturo in 
tbe case becomes a mist, and as the temperature becomes 
cooler, the moisture settles on the glass, and drops down 
on tbe plautB, or settles on the plants like dew. Auother 
advantage is the preservation of the plants from the 
duet of the room, which U very injurious. The most 
popular house plants will Buccecd in a Wardian Case. 
Economical Perfumes, 
•We give below a few 
3 imple recipes for ladles, by which they may 
manufacture their own perfumes, aud have cheaper 
and better articles besides, than what they usually 
purchase in the shops: 
1. Alcohol, one pint; oil of bergamot, one 
ounce. 
2. Alcohol, one pint; oil or essence of sandal¬ 
wood, one ounce, 
3. Alcohol, one pint; oil of French lavender, 
half an ounce; oil of bergamot, half an ounce; 
oil of cloves, one drachm. 
3. Alcohol, one ounce; oil of lemon-grass, a 
quarter of an ounce; oil of lemon, half an ounce. 
By adding four times as much alcohol to either 
of the above recipes, you will produce a very 
good Cologne water. 
Fruits Reckivkd. — From Albkrt Lkstrk, Esq., of 
Canandaigua, a variety of pear# which we cannot name. 
They are sweet and pleasant, but not high liavored, about 
the sue of Julienne, aud somewhat resembling that 
variety. We have not seen it before, and it is not culti¬ 
vated in Ibis section, or propagated by our nurserymen. 
— From E M. Potter, Gates, Sweet Bough and Kes¬ 
wick Codling apples, aud a variety somewhat grown ; n 
this neighborhood, haviug been sold by oue of our old 
nurserymen many years since as the Striped Harvest. 
Also, the Windsor or Summer Bell pear. 
— From Nelson Hatch, Esq., Holley, peaches for 
name. Think they are Crawford’B Early. 
MR. PRINCE’S STRAWBERRIES. 
Messrs. Editors:—I noticed in your paper of 
last week, an anonymous article from eome 
splenetic correspondent, attacking yon for pub¬ 
lishing a communication containing a descriptive 
list of some of my strawberries. I need not say 
that “straws show. Ac.” Now, sir, had the writer 
shown that there was a single error in the de- 
For other Horticultural Adv’ts, see pages 275 and 276. 
