Harlem Ohanok,— Ripe June 28. Fruit of 
medium side, round shaped; color pale oraDge; 
seeds deeply imbedded; flesh solid, pale red 
sweet, but without flavor; rather pasty. Plant 
hardy, but an exceedingly sby bearer, and for this 
reason alone scarcely worth growing.” 
This report is qnite interesting to us, but we 
cannot sea what object Air. Hovey could have in 
sending American straw hen ies t,o Europe to 
ascertain if they would succeed iu that climate, 
and bo more or less valuable than in America. 
In speaking of the discussion before the Fruit 
(Jmu'trs ’ Society of Wet fern New York last sum¬ 
mer on the strawberry question, we said: —“Per¬ 
haps there is no fruit we cultivate so easily 
affected, both in quality and productiveness. l,v 
by the long awn, when it alights upon the soil it 
there soon penetrates, and is retained by the 
barbs. 
The beautiful nml feathery appearance of the 
awns arises from their being thickly set with very 
line, soft, whitish, semi-transparent, diverging 
hairs. ° ® 
«u U me plants are somewhat taller. The 
flowers are yellow, and white and yellow, tipped 
w.th a bronze-like red. Monstrous Everlasting 
I* lower, (//. r.tonsti'usum,) baa (lowers larger than 
either of the preceding, as Its name Indicates. It 
'« a magnificent flower, and we give aa engraving 
of a blossom and bud, the former reduced in size" 
For preserving, the flowers should be picked as 
soon as they are open, and they will keep their 
natural appearance for years. It is also well to 
gather a few buds for variety. 
The Glouk Amaranth, ( Oomphrena globosa,) is ' 
one of the best known of this class of flowers. 
Uere arc several varieties differing only in color 
the white, purple, and striped. The purple is the 
most showy, and is really a beautiful flower. Of 
late years a new variety has been introduced, but 
is not generally disseminated, called the N ew Or- 
AMERICAN STRAWBERRIES IN FRANCE. 
Some two years since, Messrs. Hovey, of Bos¬ 
ton, sent to Ferdinand (iLOfDB, the celelrated 
strawberry grower, of Lea gabions, France, a 
collection of the most popular and promising of 
the Amerii an strawberries, for trial in that coun¬ 
try. Mr. G. has furnished a report of the result, 
which wo find in Hovey 1 # Magazine of I/orticul- 
ture for November. Mr. G. says: 
“I beg leave to fulfill my promise in banding 
yon herewith a true and detailed account of the 
result of the varions sorts of strawberries, of 
which you sent me plants early in 1859. Altho' 
these plants arrived, generally speaking, in very 
/• i__i * 
zm. liuiUL New-Yorker: — Noticing an in- 
quiry in the columns of your paper for informs, 
turn how to clean ribbons, [ will give you areoipo 
which I have tried and know to bo good. Tako 1 
tablcspoonful of brandy; 1 do. of soft soap; 1 do. 
of molasses, — mix thoroughly together, place 
your ribbon upon a smooth board and apply your 
liquid with a soft brush, after which rinse in cold 
rain water; then roll up in a cloth until nearly 
dry; iron with a flat not too hot. If you will only 
try it; you will find your ribbons as bright aa 
new.— Nell E. B., Shelby, Orleans Co., N. Y. 
1 o clean ribbons, or sillcB, tako equal quantities 
of brandy, soap, and molasses ; beat well to¬ 
gether; lay tho ribbons on a clean board or table, 
and rub them well with this upon both sides (till 
you think they are spoiled;) rinse In clean rain 
water till this liquid is all out—then dip them In 
old (sweet) skimmed milk or glue water, and 
spread them upon a table to dry. When nearly 
ny fle should be no anxious to have American 
strawberries tested In the climate of France, or 
At. ..At. . » a * • 
that he should introduce the result with such a 
flourish of trumpets, declaring that this experi¬ 
ment has “established the reputation of several 
[American] varieties as being equally as valuable 
in Europe as at home.” If Mr. fl.’s theory is correct 
of course they are just as valuable, for the pro¬ 
ductiveness of a variety cannot be effected by cli¬ 
mate, and tho quality by neither soil nor climate. 
Everybody knows that there is in France good 
soil tor tho strawberry, and everybody who knows 
anything of “Air. Glokok, an experienced culti¬ 
vator of tho strawberry,” is aware t hat he has a fa- 
voiable soil, and docs not undertake to grow straw¬ 
berries on a “sand bank.” Ho, we don’t see any¬ 
thing to make a fuss about. Mr. Hovey knew 
I further believe that, iu a more sunny season 
than wo had laid Bummer, most of the sorts would 
be of fine flavor. Jenny Lind ripened its fruit on 
tho same day as our earliest English varieties— 
May Queen and Princess Frederick William—and 
continued a long while in bearing. 
Monroe Scarlet whb the most productive of all, 
and everybody who saw it was surprised at the 
mass of berries It ripened at the same time, 
Hovey’s Seedling is no doubt the noblest fruit 
of all; hut it lacks that richness and luscionsness 
of many of our European varieties, such as Sir 
Harry, Carolina Superba, La Constants, and 
others; still, T consider it a very useful fort, and 
worth growing on a large scale, as it is such a sure 
cropper, and never fails. 
I received laBt spring Home of Messrs. Prince's 
sorts, but alas! they had such a long journey, and 
were evidently such feeble plants that most of 
them perished. I saved out of twenty but the fol¬ 
lowing, viz.: —Eclipse, Imperial Scarlet, and 
Champion Afontcvidio. Owing to the lateness of 
the season, I could, of course, not judge their 
fruit; but since then the plants have grown 
strong, and I shall be able to test their merits 
feather grass. 
it is found on dry, mountain, rocky soils, and 
in such a situation was discovered about the year 
1724, by Dr. Richardson, In company with Thomas 
Lawson, both good botanists, on the limestone 
rocks hanging over a little valley, called Long 
Sleadale, about six miles north of Kendal, in 
Westmoreland. (Ray's Syttbps's, 3d cd., p. 393 .) 
No one has detected it there since, nor in any 
other part of the British Islands, and wo fear that 
it no longer belongs to our native Flora. Tt 
blooms in August, and ripens its Beed about the 
middle of September. It belongs to tho Triandria 
Digynia class and order of the Linnmau system. 
Air. Sinclair says that he never could obtain 
plants from the seed of this grass when sown in 
the ordinary way on soils in open situations, and 
it may he owing to Home peculiarity of this kind 
that it is now not to he found wild in this coun¬ 
try. In pots nud favorable positions, the seeds 
veigetate very well, in many parts of Germany it 
grows naturally on Alpine or dry, sandy places, 
much exposed to the sun. 
It is readily propagated by division in the 
spring, and flourishes in an open situation and 
light soil, especially If the soil contains chalk, or 
has Jimo rubbish mixed with it 
OAKES, PUDDINGS, &c, 
Cream op Tartar Cake. —One cup of hotter; 
" of sugar; 5 of flour; 3 eggs; 1 cup of Bweet 
milk; 3 teaspoons cream tartar; 14 of soda; nut¬ 
meg, (2 cups of chopped raisins if you like.) Rub 
well the cream of tartar in the flour, stir sugar 
and batter together, then eggs, then milk with the 
soda well dissolved in it. 
Aiti.k Pudding.— Make a crust as for common 
biscuit,—with buttermilk and butter, or cream of 
tartar and soda, with sweet milk,—then roll out, 
leaving St one-half or two-thirds of an inch thick, 
and spread it over a deep dish. P Q t into it «ott, r 
B tcwed appleH, then over this place a crust similar 
to the lower one, place it in the oven and bake 
one-hall of an hour. Serve with cream and sugar. 
Salt the apple a little. 
Coffee Ca ke.—-O ne cup of sugar; 1 do. mo¬ 
lasses; 1 do. butter; 1 do. raisins, chotmed finie 
Inquiries anft Answers 
FLOWERS FOR NAM!!. 
• < a . „ . . There are a few amateur botan- 
w, ba ™. , '"« n ,.muled to know in what 
part of Wood or gray the inclosed three specimens of 
plants have a ' local habitation and a name," The speci- 
rnen marked number one has somewhat tho appearanoa 
ot the Artemunu Abrnlunum , (Southernwood.) but the 
M,fu ; r l appearance. Specimen num¬ 
ber two, the flower resembles the double flowering Kerer- 
lew, but tho leaven are linonr-lanceolate. Specimen 
K.nL'lW ™ r0< V U ‘ f ' Uovir **f resembles the tansy, but 
smaller, Ihe leaves urn olltptical,obtuse, eremite, having 
w lrH « ni “ t <"lor. If convenient, pU.„ Be K i V e 
tbe botanical names to the above, and von will oblige—A 
Subscriber, Johnson’* Creek, iV. V., I500. 
Number one wu do not recognize. Nnmber two is a 
variety of Achille.a ptfirmica, culled by florists A. pLarmir.a 
pleno. Number three la Baliannta vulgaris — known in 
England by the popular name of Costmary. Both Wood 
aud Gray describe number two; number three is not de¬ 
scribed Iu any American Flora. 
WINTER BOUQUETS, 
» b reel regret when the 8G88 oq of flowers is 
passed, when wo can no longer walk In the gar¬ 
den, admire their beauty, inhale their fragrance, 
or gather beautiful bouquets for the table. Green 
houses for flowers in winter all cannot afford. A 
few appropriate house plants all may huve, but of 
these we will not speak at the present time. We 
only design to announce the fact that noble bou¬ 
quets for table—containing flowers of beautiful 
forms and brilliant colors—those that will retain 
all their original beauty until spring, may be 
grown by every one who baa twenty feet Bquare 
of ground suitable for a garden. We have one 
of them now before ns containing buds and blos- 
BRIZA MAXIMA. 
We give a drawing of B. maxima, from which 
our readers can got a good idea of the delicate 
and graceful appearance of this grass, whether in 
the garden or in the bouquet. There is another 
variety, li, minima, in which the spikeleta aro of 
the same form as above, but about the size of a 
kernel of wheat. These we consider the most 
beautiful of the ornamental gnoses. 
Fragrosles elegant is a very graceful, feathery 
grass. Pennisetum longistylum has ft rough, hairy 
head, very singular in appearance, and quite orna¬ 
mental for winter bouquets. A very beautiful 
grass, and the most so of any known, is the 
1' bather Grass, (Stipa pennata.) It is among 
grasses what the Bird of Paradise is among birds 
Uekpino Sinew.—H aving long been a sub 
sen her to the Rural, 1 wish to inquire, though its 
columns, of the matron readers, if they can give 
us a cure for a weeping sinew, as I have a daugh 
ter who has one upon her wrist which trouble* 
her very much, and seems to be increasing in 
size, and the wr 1st becomes weaker every day. I] 
any of your renders will give us a cure for it 
we shall feel very grateful. -Ransom Bradley, 
Franklin Mills, Ohio, 18C0. 
—. ara pruuuceu somewnat in the gums 
manner as choice fruits, fly years of careful culture 
aud the raising of new varieties from need, improvement 
is effected. In doublu blossoms, tho seed-producing 
qualities are sacrificed In the production of un extra 
nnmber of petals, and sometimes, therefore, double 
flowers, liko the Ten-Weeks Stack, produce no seeds, or 
very few, like tho flalsam. In cases where the double 
flow«r produces no seed, it must be saved from single 
flowers growing near or surrounded with double ones, 
in that case, the pollen from the double flowers affects 
tbe single plant, and the product is a good proportion 
of double flowers. We have notspace at present to discuss I 
I r,ASr.- rase cider from sour apples 
before it ferments, scald, skim thoroughly, and 
pour, while hot, upon flour enough to make stiff 
batter. When cool, add yeast of any kind, and let 
it rise, stirring it down as often as it tries to run 
over for several days, then put it in a cool place, 
(where it will not freeze,) and you will have some¬ 
thing equal to the best hop yeast. It will keep 
until .May without any further labor.—Mas. J. A. E. 
Skaneateles, N. Y, I860. 
hooker.- Ripe June 10. Fruit rather large Z - V ’ . « nave l e < 
heart shaped, bright glossy red; seeds deeply im- TTi 7 ° Ur gardena for mai 
bedded; flesh red, solid, juicy, slightly acidulated P I' t 1 7 7 ' ^ ^ ^ be6n prodac < 
lacks sugar. Plant very hardy and prolific ' F,encfl ' larger and more bnUiantthan tl 
Peabody’s Seedling.—R ipe June 11. Fruit 
above the medium size, round or elongated, with 
a neck, sepals reflexed, color dull dark red, seeds 
slightly imbedded; flesh pale red, solid, sweet, 
with a pleaaaut aroma, partaking of the Hantbois V ->>^* 
flavor. Plant of dwarf straggling habit, fertility 5 
not in proportion with its vigor. 
Bkiguton Pine.—R ipe June 13. Fruit rather ' 
arge, mostly round; color bright red; seeds - 
Rt’e imbedded; flesh yellowish, solid, sweet, plea- 
santly flavored; a very good sort. Plant hardy 'Sffl’®'®' 
and productive. J 
Hovey’s Seedling.— Ripe June 18. Very fine 'Vi' 1 
•rait, oi large size, sometimes very large, round ^ XV 
shaped, or blunt cone; color bright scarlet; seeds fllllSL JL % 
deeply imbedded; flesh pale red, solid, sweet, and 
P easant, but not very highly flavored nor juicy 
Hunt exceedingly healthy, hardy, and produo- MF 
hve, producing a long time. This may be con- 
Sldered a firSt rat ® ““ket fruit HELICHBYStm. 
large,7 und orfl^tfene J ° c^lo rl!k crim'f ^7 • ^ ^ perhaps the most interest- 
<4<y iBbed^rS .,„lld r T ! r r. 8 “ d ,h0 '” f '>»Uj'ortb e everlasting flowera. 
WUef ,h. center ?*" VStietie »’ *“ Gonna. 
>«o, only middling Want, Zy toll Z “ . “ W “' *™wa about 
«ry productive. * Hardy, but not wo feet in beigbt, with abundance of bright yeb 
ow flowers, from the middle of summer nntn 
ladies iu their bonnets in place of feathers* It is 
somewhat difficult of culture, or rather the seed 
does not germinate readily in '.he open ground. 
We give a drawing and description of this grass 
from tbe London Gardener's Chronicle: 
It is a perennial, with fibroui roots; leaves in 
thick tufts, upright, long, narrow, sharp, rather 
rough, aud dark green; sheaths of leaves striated 
very long, especially the uppermrst one, which is 
also considerably swollen, Inclosing the young 
head of flowers, rising above it when blooming, 
the leaf being bent back, pendulous, striated, and 
with edges turned inward; stipules oblong, binnt; 
pamcle or head of flowers on a stem about a foot 
'gh, erect, composed of six or Bcven flowers; 
calyx of two nearly equal, spear-head shaped 
concave, pointed valves, containing one floret; 
corolla of two valves nearly equal in length, the 
outer valve spear-head shaped, edges turned in, 
slightly keeled, with a terminal, twistlnc. featherv 
tho physiology of tho matter. 
J-'SIUK OF COL!) V INERT. -Will you Lave 
the klnditus, to inioriu me what color to paint the inside 
wail or a cold vinery? I have one in which the vinca are 
very promising—L. il C., St. Mary’s, C. IV., 1500 . 
A competition of lime aud sulphur is thought by some 
of our most experienced grape growers to be the best for 
vineries, as it tends to k.v>p oil' mildew. In some cases 
the wood work is Jel't rough, so that it will retain more 
of]tho wash than if planed. Tbe composition being 
cheap, it can be applied frequently. 
Lemrnt for Stoves.—C an some of the readers 
of the Rural inform mo how to make a compo¬ 
sition to stop up the cracks in a stove and pre¬ 
vent the ashes from falling down into the oven 
and oblige—A New Subscriber, Licking Co 
I n.lrt kn v/ ' /l t 
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with utter invited guests, there appears no cloud of vex- 
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plates of biscuit, dishes of cake, pastry, A-o. If Dr. Land 
• o s u. iratug ha* been used in preparing these arti- 
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biscuit Ac., and the conversation takes at once a pleasant 
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complimented upon her success in the kitchen, while she 
gives the credit where it la due, to tho perfectly pure 
an always reliable Suleratua, manufactured by D. B Da 
I. and Si Co., at Fairport, Monroe Co , N. Y, This Sale- 
ratug Is for sale by the grocer* and storekeepers through¬ 
out the country. Sold at wholesale by the principal 
grocers and dealers in the large towns. 
Tran sit, anting Evkrcrke.nh. 
wiAXHi'LA.vriNa Etercrkbns. - Are not evergreen 
shrubs rather tender about living when transplanted? 
nl*nt t » h0 1 nl ° Je ° f When you trans- 
V!V h 18 <J 0 them SamVe?-F&AflK > M«lina, Orleans 
If the roots of evergreen* get dry at the time of trans¬ 
planting, death ia almost certain. Keep the roots cover¬ 
ed and moist, spread them naturally, and cover with good 
mellow earth. Be careful not to nlant ton 
