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AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
discussed whether they were well or ill dressed, of 
a good or a bad flavor, high seasoned or otherwise, 
preferable or inferior to this or that dish of a simi¬ 
lar hind. Thus accustomed, from my infancy, to 
the utmost inattention as to these i bjeeta, I have 
been perfectly regardless of what kind of food was 
before me: and I pay so Utile attention fo it, even 
now, that it wonld be a hard matter for me to re¬ 
collect, a few boors after I had dined, of what my 
dinner had confuted. When traveling, I have 
particularly experienced the advantage of this 
habit, for it has often happened to me to be in 
company with persons, wuo, having a more deli¬ 
cate, because a more exercised taBte, have suffer¬ 
ed, in many cases, considerable inconvenience, 
while, as to myself, I have had nothing to desire.” 
Although the Doctor was considered quite a 
philosopher and writer in his day, yet in matters 
of taste he would now be called decidedly old- 
fogyish. Publico. 
Remarks. —The above has been reposing for 
some time among a pile of manuscripts, having by 
some means gotten into the wrong box, from which 
unfortunate position we now rescue it. Taste is a 
blessing not to be despised, and for which we al¬ 
ways feel thankful when we eat a luscious good 
pear, or peach. 
cinths in pots. The Crocus iB very pretty wb- n 
grown in a common pot, the surface being covered 
with moss. Notaing could look finer than a wire 
b.sktt suspended, as shown in the engraving, and 
4 Ailed with moss, in which the 
tulbs of the Crocus may be 
plauted. If the moss is kept 
constan ly wet they wi.l flower 
beautifally. Those who live 
nearcitiis can obtain banging 
vases of porcelain and other 
materials in which the Crocus 
may ne grown In earth, as in 
pots; and those who have not 
the means or opportunity to ob¬ 
tain them in this way, can go to 
the woodB some fine Indian 
summer day, and find knots that 
will make vaBes as beautiful and more appropriate 
than anything to be found in the stores. 
CTTLTTTBB OP TCLIP8 IN POTS. 
The variety best adapted to this purpose is the 
Tulipa prsecox, or, as it is more commonly known, 
as Due Van Thol’s Tulip. This is a dwarf variety 
and flowers very early. The same treatment which 
is given to the Hyacinth will answer for this. 
CULTURE OF THE IBIS IN POTB. 
The soil best adapted to the Iris iB a sandy peat 
or loam, with a good portion of sand. The pots 
should be well drained, 
the larger the potB the more the plants will thrive. 
This is not so. Plants generally grow and flower 
best in small pots. By attention to these neces 
sarily brief hints, we have no doubt ranch of the 
difficulty hitterlo experienced wi.l be removed, 
and success more frequently reward the labors of 
the lovets of plants and flowers. To all such, 
however, aa find difficulty in growing plants in 
their houses, w e cau recommend a few things tha> 
will bear ro, m 3 as hot and dry and ill ventilated 
and irregular and unLealtby as mao bimrelf. The 
Cactus family will bear a temperature from any 
thing above freezing point to m.ne than 80° The) 
require but little attention, fresh earth once a year 
and watering once a week in winter and twice or 
three times in summer is sufficient. They are 
curious and r.e>.aufoI. The Bulbous Roots, such 
as the Hyacinth , tJracur, Narcissus, Tulip, 4c., will 
grow and flower well in a room where there iB a 
stove, it kept noar the window, and if propeily 
cared for will furnish plenty of flowers most of the 
winter. Those of our leaders who cannot proem e 
plants from green-houses can mostly obtain a few 
dozen bulbs lrorn some nurserymen or Beed-_man, 
as they can be dont up in small packages and sent 
by express safely almost any distance. The Hya¬ 
cinths and Tulips cost from $2 to $3 per dozen, the 
Narcissus $2, and CrocuaB- a about 25 cents. They 
were advertised by many dealers iu the Rusal 
during the month of October. So useful are the 
bulbs in furnishing winter flower?, that we have 
determined to devote some space this week to 
directions for their culture. 
CULTURE OF TUB HYACINTH IN F0T8, 
The soil most suitable for the Hyacinth is com¬ 
posed of two parts sandy loam, one-quarter leaf 
mold from the woods, and one-quarter thoroughly 
decomposed maunre. The common pots, rather 
deeper than wide, will answer. A succession of 
flowers may be had lor two or three months, by 
adopting the following methodr—Pill as many 
pots &s you desire to have plants with the compost 
already described, in November, insert the bulbs 
and put them in some cool place where they oan 
he kept for some time without being excited into 
growth—a cool, diy cell.tr is bout as good aplace 
as any. Then, at intervals of a fortnight, or so, 
remove some of them to the parlor and give them 
a good waterlog with tepid water, and they will 
immediately commence to grow, and the result 
will be a succession of fine flowers for a long 
period. 
Tim progress of Horticulture iu tbiB country 
during the last eightyearH has been remarkable and 
satisfactory. There- has been no short lived, fever 
iBh excitement, butasteady.healt'alul advancement. 
There has been no sudden reversion, no great or 
embarras-lng losses. Those who have raised trees 
and piant j for sate and those who have purchased 
and planted them, have been mutually benefited. 
A very few may have made some money by puffing 
unworthy articles or over-praising those of only 
ordinary merit, bat this lias affected only a few, 
and thut not seriously. Wo have not a pi nny's 
worth of interest in any narsery establishment, yet 
we are acquainted with many of the leading nur¬ 
serymen of the country and their manner of doing 
business, and we can Bafely say, that, as a general 
thing, they are careful, capable, scrupulously hon¬ 
est, and enthusiastically devoted to their profes¬ 
sion. We are greatly rejoiced at this, as did a 
different state of tilings exist in this respect, great 
iujuty would be done, and Horticulture wonld re¬ 
ceive a check from which it would recover only 
after a long series of years. 
The fruit growers of this country are a most 
intelligent and enthusiastic body of men. Any 
one will be impressed with this fact by attending 
one oi (heir Conventions even for half an honr 
They spare no labor or painB to gain information. 
Let a Convention of the Fruit Growers of Western 
New York be called to meet in Rochester, and men 
from half a dozen diflerent. States meet here, all 
eager in the pursuit of knowledge. At the late 
State Fair in Buffalo, on the first evening, a meet¬ 
ing of the Agriculturists was called at the New and 
of the Horticulturists at the Old Court House.— 
After the appointed time we visited the room for 
the Agricultural meeting and found fonr present; 
the Horticultural room we found crowded. We 
mention this fact to show the interest manifested 
on this subject. May the interest continue and 
increase until this country shall become the most 
beautiful and fruitful on which the sun shines — 
until every man shall sit under his own vlue and 
fig tree, and good fruit abound all over the land. 
Nothing seems more Burprising in connection 
with this subject than the rapid introduction ot 
fruit into California. At the State Fair this fall, 
at Stockton, we observe that some large collections 
of apples were 6howu, many of them numbering 
over forty varieties, and among most of them we 
notice such old familiar sorts as Rhode Island 
Greening, Esopua Spitzenburgh, Roxhnry Russet, 
Rambo, Ac. The pears were represented as being 
exceedingly fine, though not aa numerous as the 
apples, — yet some collections of over thirty 
varieties were shown, and the vegetables exceed 
all our notions of what vegetables should be. The 
show of flowers, floral designs and plants was ex¬ 
ceedingly fine for so new a State. 
Robert Fortune. —It is stated in a telegraphic 
dispatch from Washington, that Robebt Fortune, 
the celebrated English botanical discoverer, who 
spent several years in China, has been invited by 
the Commissioner of Patents to come to this 
countiy and superintend the introduction and 
naturalization of the tea plant. We hope this 1 b 
true, and that Mr. F. will accept the proposition. 
We would like to see the man who has made 
known to the civilized world so many beautiful 
flowers, and to whom we are indebted for the Wttgela 
Rosea, the Dielytra Spectabilis, and many other 
fine things. 
in whioh they are grown 
and the roots may be planted in the pots in No 
vember and receive about the Bame treatment as 
recommended for the other kinds of bulbs. There 
are three distinct kinds of Iris, with many varieties, 
one fibrous rooted, one tuberous, the other bulbous. 
CULTURE OF THE KRITTILLARIA IN F0T8. 
The culture of the F< Utillaria, or Crown Impe¬ 
rial, in pots is extremely easy, as they are very 
hardy and will thrive well under the ordinary care 
bestowed on other bulbs. The soil which suits 
them best is a sandy loam. 
CULTURE OP THE NARCISSUS IN POTS. 
There ere many fine species of Narcissus which 
includes the common Daffodil; the Narcissus Bi¬ 
color, or two-colored; ille Narcissus; Poeticns, or 
white poet's Narcissus; the Narcissus Bulbocodi- 
nm, or, hoop petticoat Narcissus; the Polyanthus 
Narcissus; the Narcissus Papyraccua, or paper 
Narcissus; and the Jonquil, or Narcissns Jonquilla. 
The soil best adapted to them is alight, rich loam, 
or a compost Of loam, leaf mold, sand, and rotten 
manure. They require plenty of light and mois¬ 
ture, and if this is attended to they will commence 
flowering very early. Nearly all the different va¬ 
rieties may bs made to flower profusely if inserted 
in glasses over water, the same as Hyacinths. 
The Forsythia Yiridissima is one of our pret¬ 
tiest early flowering shrubs. The flower buds are 
formed early in the autumn at the axil of every 
leaf, are very prominent, and expand early in the 
spring, about, the same time as the Doable Flower¬ 
ing Almond, and before a leaf makes its appear-, 
ance. They are of a deep yellow color, pendant, 
and, appearing at a time when flowers are scarce, 
are very desirable. The leaves are oblong, lanceo¬ 
late, serrated near the point, of a dark green tint 
The engraving gives a very good representation 
of a leaf and flower. It was discovered in the 
north of China by Mr. Fortune, who gives the fol¬ 
lowing account of it:—“It is a deciduous shrub, 
with very dark green leaves, which are prettily 
serrated at the margin, it grows about eight or 
ten feet high, in the north of China, and sheds its 
leaves in autumn. It then remains dormant, like 
any of the deciduous shrubs of Europe; but is 
remarkable for the number of large, prominent 
buds, which are scattered along the young stem®, 
produced the summer before. Early in spring 
these buds, which are flower buds, gradually un¬ 
fold themselves, and present a profusion of bright 
yellow flowers all over the shrub, which is highly 
ornamentaL 
I first discovered it growing in the same garden 
with Weigelia re sea, whioh belonged to a Chinese 
Mandarin, in the island of Chusan, and was gen¬ 
erally called the ‘Grotto Garden’by the English. 
Like the Weigelia, it is a great favorite with the 
Chinese, and is generally grown in ail the gardens 
of the rich, in the aorta of Chins. I afterwards 
found it wild among the mountains of the interior, 
in the province of Chekiang, where I thought it 
even more ornamental in its natural state, amongst 
the hedges, than when cultivated in the fairy gar¬ 
dens of the Mandarins.” 
Pears for Names. —We have received two va¬ 
rieties of pears from J. S. Beecher, of Livonia, 
N. 7, the names of which he was desirous of 
learning. The large pears were Flemish Beauty. 
The small ones, about the size of the Yirgalieu, or 
a little smaller, we could not name. They were 
over-ripe and partially decayed, but gave evidence 
of being a very good pear when in proper condi¬ 
tion. They are not like aDy of our popular sorts 
ripening at this season. Some facts from Mr. B. 
as to their origin, or the way in which he obtained 
them might throw some light cm the question. 
OHK AND WINTFH FLOWERS, 
WINTER 
TnE Summer has gone —the season of buds and 
blossoms has passed. The winter with its frosts, and 
snows, and storms, wiil soon be upon ns. We shall 
tbeu miss our walks in the garden, and long for the 
companionship of flowers. Let us improve the 
tedious winter by laying up a stock of knowledge 
for use ho coming spring, and arrange all our 
plans for laying out, planting, Ac,, so that we can 
commence with the first dawn of spring, and work 
to the best advantage. Something may yet be done 
in the way of digging, grading, making walks, Ac., 
when the ground is not frozen, which will much 
lighten spring work. Promptness in gardening is 
essential to success. It will not do to delay any 
nece mn ry work on account of unpleasant weather. 
The fine-weather gardener is always unsuccessful. 
Those who do not keep their work in a state of 
forwardness, but get a little behind in digging and 
planting and sowing, have to lament at the end of 
each year that the spring is gone, the season past, 
and their plans aie not half carried out, their 
work not half done. 
By a little effort we can retain a few of the flow¬ 
ers with ns all the winter, and they will appear 
the more lovely when surrounded with such a 
death of vegetable li'e—they are as toautiful as on 
oasis in a desert, and refreshing as the “shadow of 
a gre vt rock in a we ry land.” Many who attempt 
to grow plants in living-rooms fail, and become 
discouraged. We will endeavor to point out some 
of the causes of failure, and give a few directions 
whioh may lead to better results in future. Plants 
for rooms are general y obtained from some green¬ 
house, whore they have thrived under skillful 
treatment, a regular temporal me, and a humid 
atmosphere. They are tiikea to a common living 
room, where the tempevatnre la very Irregular, and 
the atmosphere dry. Plants, such ns are usually 
kept in rooms,require a temporatuieraoging from 
40° to 65°. Oar parlors and sitting rooms are 
usually heated from C5° to 70° in the day, and iu 
the night many of them barely escape frost. In 
green-houses, plants receive a regular airing, but 
in our living rooms a change of atmosphere i? pre¬ 
vented as much ae possible, to the injury of plants 
and peop’e. When convenient, plants may bo 
kept in a room where there is no tire, and adjoining 
a living room, from which it may receive heat by 
opening the door when desirable, ao aa to keep the 
temperature somewhat regular. When plants are 
kept, iu a room with a lire, the window should be 
opened a few inches for some minutes every day. 
Light and air are eissCutiul to the health of 
plants, and if k'-pt iu a dark, close room, they can¬ 
not thrive, but will grow weak, yellow und frick’y. 
Place plants as near the light as possible, and givo 
them air whenever the weather will allow. On 
fine days, and especially during warm showers 
carry them out doors, aud let them have a shower- 
bath either from the clouds or the watering-pot— 
Plan’s ate olten Injured by improper watering. 
Water should never be given cold from the well, 
bnt should bo vvurmed to u temperature about like 
the atmosphere whore the plant Is growu. It is 
impossible to give spoeitio directions on (his 
point as eo much depends on circumstances, the 
size of the plant, pot, Ac. When the earth bo 
comes dry a thorough watering should be given, 
and this should be done before the plant show* 
any signs of drooping. All water should be re¬ 
moved from the saucer. Many persons think that 
STANDS FOR PLANTS. 
As much of the beauty of house plants depends 
upon the manner in which they are kept and ar¬ 
ranged for effect, everything about them should bs 
neat and tasteful. A very few heah by plauts taste¬ 
fully arranged on a pretty stand will be fur more 
satisfactory than ever so large a number huddled 
together iu a careUss manner. Almost any oue 
with a little ingenuity can make a rustic, stand for 
plants from sticks from ihe woods, or any cabinet 
maker wiil make a stand to order. We give a de¬ 
sign for each, simple and pretty. We shall con¬ 
tinue this subject, and notice other plants suitable 
for house culture. 
THE GOOD TIME COMING, 
Judging from the tenor of certain communica¬ 
tions that have lately appeared in the Rural, this 
“ consummation devoutly to be wished,” is likely 
to be soon brought about Then, “ what shall I ' 
eat? and what, shall T drink ?” will be the great ! 
questions to agitate the public mind. Then will 
the delicacies of the season occupy aa conspicu¬ 
ous plaees in the annals of the kitchen and dining 
room aa pork + potatoes + bread do now a-days; 
and the absence of any of the luxarb a will be as 
much noticed as the most essential of the essen¬ 
tials now are. 
Imagine a future agricultural tourist’s account * 
of “ A two month's sojourn in Western New York 1 
iu the year 18ts7.” I will give a few brief ex' racts: 
“ July TOth. — Dined at the Globe Hotel, Syra¬ 
cuse. Dinner flrst-ratP, with one exception, anil 
this was enough to condemn it. Only two varie¬ 
ties of strawberries floated in the luscious •ream 
thvt was handed me, and one of these was not the 
most approved sort. When will the Americana 
learn to value this article as they ought? 
“ Sept loth — Breakfasted »t the Earie, R Ches¬ 
ter. What was my disappointment to find at a 
first-class hotH, iu the center of this fra.lt growing 
region, that potatoes were more plentiful tbau 
peacbe*. I sought, out he proprietor, and inquired 
the reason of this. He said that owing to the un- 
favorable season, the peach crop in the vicinity 
was nearly destroyed. Is it possible that wi'h all 
the light science throws on the culture of this 
fruit., there should be a scarcity ? 0, the careless 
mss, the iguoran e, aud the perversity of mankind 
“ S'f’t. 1 AA,— Called on my friend Major B , of 
Wyouiio* Co.. «nd was sorry to find him -erioosly 
indisposed. He is suffering from a dreadful at¬ 
tack of the blues, brought on by the fact that, iu 
spite of all his exertions, his Bartlett pear trees 
will not bear, and he has only fifteen varieties of 
apples in his orchard. Tbe Major holds it to be 
self evident »hat, a man cacnot enjoy life with less 
than twenty varieties — hence, as he is one wno 
lives by enjoyment, • his occupation’s gone.’ ” 
Now, Mr. Editor, wouldn’t such a diary be ex¬ 
ceedingly interesting ? 
Iu olden time, people were wont to judge of tbe 
future by the p-.sfc. To show that I have not done 
this, I will refer you to the fol owing extract from 
the autobiography of Dr. Franklin: 
“ My father was fond of having at his tah’e, as 
often as possible, some well informed friends, ca¬ 
pable of rational conversation, aud be was always 
oareful to introduce useful or ingeuious topics of 
discourse, which might tend to form the minds of 
his children. By this means, he early attracted 
our attention to what was just, prudent, and bene- 
He never talked of 
Eds. Rural: —Allow me to give you the results 
of my observation and experience in cranberry cul¬ 
ture for the past summer, I concur with you in 
the advice given to W. H. J., in the Rural of Oct 
24th, as to tbe time of setting. Being an ever¬ 
green, they tuny be successfully transplanted any 
time through tbe mouth of May. Experiments 
which I have made daring the past summer, have 
satisfied me that a more thorough preparation of 
the soil than merely paring off the surface, will 
amply reward the cultivator. It is true 1 gave the 
same advice last spring, to a number to whom I 
sent plants for fretting, but they will allow me to 
give them the results of further experience. Last 
spring I set a number of hundreds of cranberry 
plauts in the soil from which 1 had shoveled oft' 
the surface, although I used no sand, nor was I 
particularly troubled with weeds. I also set a 
quantity in soil which had been thoroughly sub¬ 
dued by the plow, being previously drained for 
Tbe difference id growth aud frult- 
Take a quart of cream, or if not desired very rich 
add thereto one pint of new milk, warm it in hot 
water till it is about the heat of milk from tbe cow, 
add a small quantity of rennet, (a tablespoonfui is 
sufficient,) let it stand till thick, then break it 
slightly with a spoon, and place it in the frame iu 
which you have previously put in a flue canvas 
cloth; press it slightly wi’h aweigat; let it stand 
a few hours, then put a finer cloth in the frame; a 
little powdered salt may be put over the cloth. It 
will be fit for use in a day or two. 
Another Method—I f cream is scarce, so that 
a sufficient quantity cannot be had at once, take a 
line canvas bag, and pour as much cream as you 
may happen to have into it, adding additional, 
small quantities twice a day, and from its becom¬ 
ing naturally sour, tbe tbin part will drain through 
the canvas, and the remainder will prove an excel¬ 
lent cheese. If one quart of cream cau be had at 
once, and poured into a fine canvas bag, it will 
make a ni e-sized cheese, and, of course, equally 
good as those made by several small quantities add¬ 
ed at convenient intervals. The cheeses made iu 
this way are not fit for use as soon as those made 
with reuuet. — Gardiners Chronicle. 
that pur pose, 
ing, was decidedly in favor of those planted in 
the latter soiL One needs but a siugle glance at 
tbo two pieces, to satisfy himself of the superiori¬ 
ty of the more hoiough preparation. 8ome of 
the vines planted on the land which had 
been plowed, grew co the length ot three feet the 
past summer, and bore a number of fine, full-sized 
berries, of which 1 exhibited specimens at the late 
State Fair at Buffalo. If the laud cannot be drain¬ 
ed sufficiently for the plow, it may be spaded; but 
li drained, I need hardly say it should be moisten¬ 
ed again by a proper aejastment of the drains, 
previous to the time of seiting Whichever mode 
of subjugation is adopted, the work will be more 
satisfactory if managed alter the manner of a 
summer fallow. The soil thus prepared, and the 
plauts set the following spring, the labor of keeping 
them free from weeds will be trilling, aud they 
will thrive better than if set iu soil in which vege¬ 
table matter is undergoing- rapid decomposition. 
My crop of berrHs this year was a very good one, 
as I harvested sc iething over sixty bushels. 
Cabm, N. Y,, 1867. N outre Hill. 
CULTURE OF THE HYACINTH IN GLASSES. 
This Is also a very simple way, and one in whioh 
any person may succeed in havine tiae flowers.— 
The bulb may be either placed in 'he glasses of 
water at once, or they may be planted in sand until 
they emit room, and the leaves begin to grow.— 
When this la’ter mode is adopted, previous to 
placing them iu the glasses, remove them from the 
sand, aod thoroughly wash the Tools slid straighten 
them. The water iu which they arc grown should 
he changed, front time to time, es it appears to be 
the least discolored or muddy, which may be about 
once each week. The red aud blue flowered single 
sorts are preferable for sitting rooms, as the light 
colored varieties emit a fragrance far too power¬ 
ful to please many. 
culture of the crocus in fots 
Crocus pots are now in common use, and are of 
various patterns, and may he obtained at almost 
every seed store. The most popular is the kind in 
imitation of a hedge hog. It is perforated through¬ 
out its outer surface with boles, large enough to 
adroit the bulba, so that the pots after being filled 
with a compost such as is recommended for Hya¬ 
cinths, may have the bulbs or labers inserted 
through the boles. There are a large number of 
varieties of the Crocus, some of the best of which 
are, Crocus Versicolor or feathered purple; Suisi- 
ans, or Cloth of Gold, B’rlped orange and purple; 
Biflorus, striped, white and purple; Sulpbnreus, or 
Cream Colored; and Lnteus, or common yellow. 
These require about the same treatment as Hya* 
Curing Hams. —Rub salt all over them as soou 
as laid on the table; the next day brush it off and 
pack them in a cask; pot on a pickle as follows:— 
1 quart salt to 1 gallon water; to 6 gallons water, 
half gallon molasses and three ounces saltpetre.— 
Let the hams remain in six or eight weeks, accord¬ 
ing to size. Smoke to suit, and pack away in salt 
in a cask, and put iu a cool dry place, and they 
will keep good all summer.— Selected. 
Preserved Pumpkin. —Cut a good pumpkin iu 
strips like citron; sprinkle sugar on them over 
night, pound for pound, and the juice of 4 lemons, 
iu the morning; boil the peel and a little ginger 
root, and add to the syrup. Boil the pumpkin till 
tender, then turn ou the syrup boiling hot. 
The Good Fruits.- It is very pleasant to know 
that we labor not in vain, that the good seed we 
have sown is producing an abundant harvest. A 
gentleman in Dutchess county writes — “I have 
introduced the Rural among quire a number in 
this town, and observe a marked change among 
many of its readers—making their homes indeed 
rural homes; inspiring them with a taste for the 
best varieties of fruit, and flowers to adorn and 
beautify their grounds.” 
Baked Corn Meal Pudding.— To seven heaping 
tablespoont'ula of Indian meal, add one cup of mo¬ 
lasses, a little salt and butter. Stir all well togeth¬ 
er, aud fust as it goes into the hot oven, put m a 
cupful of cold water or milk. Bake three quarters 
of au hour. 
flbial In the conduct of life, 
the meats whioh appeared upon the table, never 
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