Mead's Seedling.— No. 2. “Rotted a little; 
not so much as the Concord, and much less than 
Catawba.” 
Minor's Seedling.—'So. 12. “Very well liked. 
Healthy, hardy and productive. 8hovvy, and a 
promising market fruit. Not of fine quality; 
foxy.” No. 13. “Too much pulp; not so good 
a bearer as Catawba; foliage healthy; too 
foxy.” No. 18. “ Healthy and productive.” 
Crereling,— No. S. Would plant it for market. 
No. 8. “ Healthy plant; not fruited.” 
Cunningham. — No. 8. “Vigorous grower. 
Half hardy, like the Herberoont. Will stand 
five winters out of six, but that may destroy it. 
Protect with earth covering.” No. 12. “ Not 
much liked. Tender, and an uncertain bearer.” 
No. 13. “ Best, wine grape.” No. 19. “Healthy, 
but not bearing much.” 
Isabella. —No. 4. Growing here. No. 5. “Al¬ 
most worthless from leaf blight.” No. 7. “ Early 
Isabella, little differing from the other.” No. 
20. “ An uncertain bearer. Looked as well as 
the Catawba, and the fruit was well ripened.” 
Blood's Black. —No. 7. “A few days earlier 
than Hartford Prolific. Very abundant bearer. 
Foxy.” No. 12. “ A vine produced 20 ft,?, this 
year, (1803,) and is producing a bunch on the 
second growth.” No. 13. “Early, rich, foxy.” 
Alvey. —No. 7. “ No pulp: healthy plant. A 
promising wine grape, if it proves sufficiently 
productive.” 
Arkansas. —No. 7. “ Similar to Norton's Vir¬ 
ginia. Not so much pulp, and more juice. 
Hardy aud productive.” 
Cassady Thick Skin.— No. 7. “ Quite sweet. 
Healthy aud productive. Valuable for wine." 
No. 12. “It is well liked. Makes a good wine.” 
Clara. — No. 7. “Best Amerieau^ grape, to 
Mr. Hl’smaxn’s taste. Foliage healthy. Beau¬ 
tiful transparent berries, without pulp.” 
Garrigues. —No. 2. “A seedling of the Isa¬ 
bella; has been both this year ,1863) and last 
the most affected by rot of any variety.” 
Cynthiana.— No. 7. “ Much like Norton's Vir¬ 
ginia, but sweeter and more juicy.” No. 13. 
“ Will make a good wine grape. A two year 
old graft on a Catawba stock was doing well. 
Thinks it will make more wine than Norton's 
Virginia.” 
Marion Fort.— No. 2. “No rot.” No. 13. 
“Good; small bunches; a good bearer. No. 
18. “Thriving, but not much valued.” 
Louisiana. —No. 7. “Healthy and prolific. 
Resembles Herbemont, and belongs to the same 
class. Productive enough, and probably hardy. 
Promises to make splendid wine. Has the 
heaviest must of any yet tried.” No. 12. “A 
good wine grape. Not ripe, (Sept. 18th.) 
Classed with Herbemont, Cunningham and 
Ruiander.” 
Mary Ann or North Carolina Seedling.—So. 
7. “ Very early and productive. Thick skin¬ 
ned, sweet, foxy.” 
Perkins' Early. —No. 7. “Healthy, produc¬ 
tive ; red, with lilac bloom; sweet, foxy.” No. 
13. “Of a peculiar, striped, red color; healthy, 
foxy.” 
Poeschel's Mammoth.—So. 7. “ A seedling 
from Mammoth Catawba. Large berry. Not 
ripe Sept. 18th. 
Husmami's Prolific,—So. 7. “Grafted on an 
Isabella vine In 1852, showed a growth of 40 
feet on trellis, and an immense load of fruit. A 
good wine grape.” 
Hyde's Eliza. —No. 8, “Hardy, healthy; not 
of first quality.” 
Ruiander.—So. 8. “ Similar to Cunningham. 
Healthy foliage. Not sufficiently tested.” Rots 
in localities. 
Alexander Cape.—So. 9. “Healthy vine and 
tolerable fruit.” No. 20. “ Not an abundant 
bearer, but of better quality than the Isabella.’’ 
Berg Orleans.—So. 19. “A graft of two 
years; a foreign variety; has stood out all win¬ 
ter, and was ripening a fine bunch of grapes. 
Leaves not healthy.” 
“ Missouri Birdseye,''— So. 19. “A fair 
bearer. Bunches loose aud not large. A good 
wine grape, but not very profitable. Regarded 
by Mr. Hcsmann as identical with Elsinburg. 
Resting or Lenoir.—So. 19.—“A grape of 
the Herbemont family, and an early one. 
Sweet, good, and tolerably healthy.” 
some money and a vast amount of labor and 
care. But what is more pleasing than to watch 
their gradual growth and development from the 
tiny shoot to the lovely flower. Remember that 
flowers are the gift of God, given merely to 
satisfy the eye. We might have had enough for 
every want and yet have had no flowers. 
“ Our outward life requires them not; 
Then wherefore luid they hirtli? 
To minister delight to roan I 
To beautify the earth! 
To comfort him, to whisper hope, 
Whene’er his faith is dim; 
For whoso careth for the flowers 
Will much more care for Him.” 
Then teach vour children to love the flowers. 
Make little beds and fill them with common 
kinds, and learn them to take care of them. 
You’ll never regret it in after years. Your boyg 
will be less rough and boisterous, and will care 
more for their home if you cultivate their love 
for the beautiful. In after years, when they 
have homes of their own, they will plant flow¬ 
ers such as mother had, and they will recall 
memories of their youthful days and help to 
keep their “hearts unspotted from the world.” 
Eagle Harbor, Jlich., 1864. Mrs. A. M. M. 
POMOLQGICAL GOSSIP 
Winchester Grape. —Hovey, in his Maga¬ 
zine, says of this variety:—“It is very large, 
quite black, with fine bloom, and its merits over 
the Union Village, of whieb it is a seedling, are 
its earliness, being about a week earlier than 
that variety. It is free from pulp, and its qual¬ 
ity is well indorsed by the Hon. J. S. Cabot, 
late Chairman of the Fruit Committee of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, who has 
often spoken of it in his annual reports. It has 
not, we believe, yet fruited only in the collec¬ 
tion of the originator.” 
The Rebecca Grape in Oneida Co .—A Clinton 
(N. Y.) correspondent of Hovey's Magazine 
says:—“The Rebecca does finely here. It 
fruits better even than the Delaware, is fully 
equal in quality, and is a better keeper.” 
Whereupon Hovey compliments Rebecca in 
the following style:—“We are glad to present 
so good a recommendation of what we have 
always considered our finest grape —the Re¬ 
becca—as much superior, in our opinion, to the 
Delaware, as the latter to any common grape. 
We have never doubted, where it was treated 
right, it would answer the expectations of all. 
It grows more rapidly than Delaware, is hand¬ 
some, and posses aa aroma superior to the best 
Fontignans or Muscats.” Boor Delaware 1 
Fair Rebecca! 
Grapes for Cold Vinery— The Eastern Penn¬ 
sylvania Fruit Growers, at their meeting re¬ 
cently, took vote on the best varieties of twenty 
vines for a cold grapery, with the following 
result:—Black Hamburg, 8; Bo wood Muscat, 
4; White Fontignac, 2; Grizzly Fontignac, 2; 
Black Prince, 2; Lady Downe’s Seedling, 1; 
White Syrian, 1. 
Passe Hamburgh Grape .—The English say of 
this grape, that it is well worthy of culture, 
from its being the earliest and sweetest of the 
Hamburghs. The bunches are large and hand¬ 
some, and black as jet, and the berries, although 
not so large as what is called Wilmot’s Victoria, 
are better flavored. Hovey says it is the best 
forcing grape he has ever tried, being a fine 
grower and an abundant bearer. He says it is 
the best of its class to plant in small houses for 
producing early crops. 
GRAPES IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 
(Concluded from page 191, last No.] 
Delaware. —No. t. “Foliage not so good as 
could be wished.” No. 2. “A vine bearing its 
second crop had its foliage a good deal affected, 
and the fruit somewhat rotted. An older vine 
exhibited very fine fruit; a third was very full 
of fruit, but losing its foliage—attributable, it 
was thought, to too close pruning.” No. 7. 
“Not thriving very well; productive, but 
affected with leaf blight." No. 8. Produces 
few layers; drops its leaves. No. 9. Had no 
fruit; leaves blighted. No. 11. “Grafted on a 
Norton’s Virginia, trained to the south side of a 
dwelling, although layered extensively, was 
very vigorous, healthy, and fruitful. This ig 
attributed to the vigorous growing stock. The 
fruit left upon the vine was protected by little 
bags of cotton cloth, of loose texture, from the 
birds who, with the foxes, are said to prefer the 
Delaware to any of the many varieties grown 
on the Hermann hills,” No. 12. “Bearing very 
finely grafted on Mammoth Catawba. Grafts 
of last spring on Catawba roots are doing well. 
Out of ISO grafted in the house and set out, all 
but 22 lived. Grafts three years old were tol¬ 
erable healthy, but dropped leaves somewhat.” 
No. 13. 150 planted. No. 18. Planted 4 by 4 
feet. On the Halifax, a fox grape, is bearing 
finely; also on its own roots. AVould plant it 
for wine. The Committee add:—“The Dela¬ 
ware, like the Catawba, is very capricious, but 
will probably succeed in a wider range of soil 
and climate, though never, we apprehend, to 
remunerative extent, except in the most favored 
localities, such as the loess or bluff formations 
furnish. The most vigorous growth and finest 
fruit we have ever seen was from Quincy, Illi¬ 
nois. At Hermann it was succeeding well as a 
graft on vigorous varieties, and this, except in 
congenial soils, will probably be the best method 
of growing it. For sweetness no grape sur¬ 
passes it, but for sprightliness it can hardly 
rank very high.” 
IlarIJord Prolific.—So. 1. Reports favorably 
concerning it. No. 2. Rotted badly. No. 5. 
Would plant it for market. No. 13. Found 
here, over-ripe: good. The Committee says:— 
“The Hartford Prolific is healthy and a good 
bearer, but apparently not good enough. There 
is a general looking forward for something bet¬ 
ter for an early grape. Such, it is hoped, will 
be the Creveling.” 
Herbemont. —No. 2. Three or four years in 
bearing; foliage healthy; fruit rotting. No. 8. 
“Healthy and vigorous; an abundant bearer if 
protected.” No. 9, “Fine, juicy, lively qual¬ 
ity.” No. 10. Very fine here; prefers to run 
the risk of not protecting it. Eleven pounds 
make a gallon of wine. No. 11. “Very fine.” 
No. 12. “Wellliked; has never been entirely 
killed by frost.” No. 13. 500 planted: 101 lbs. 
make a gallon of wine; no rot nor leaf blight. 
No. 15. “Looked well.” No. 19. Very line; 
“23 lbs. had been taken from a vine.” The 
Committee adds:—“The Herbemont in point of 
quality we reckon first among the grapes ex¬ 
amined. Its freedom from pulp, its thin skin 
and sprightly vinous flavor are hardly surpassed. 
Its only fault—a serious one—is its lack of har¬ 
diness. 
Norton's Virginia.—So. 1. One acre planted. 
Thinks highly of it for profit. No 2. “Fruit¬ 
ing third time. Trained on a paling fence; do¬ 
ing'exceedingly well.” No. 5. Would plant it 
for wine. No. 6. The fruit lay on the ground 
in many places, yet the crop was good, the 
grapes sweet and free from rot. “As an evi¬ 
dence of the adaptability of Norton’s Virginia 
to an uncongenial site, soil and treatment, this 
was an interesting and valuable exhibition.” 
No. 7. Here “withspur pruning on old wood 
without renewal —good.” No. 8. “Believes 
Concord and Norton’s Virginia will produce a 
good mixed wine.” No. 9. “Norton’s Vir¬ 
ginia, growing in a hollow, was heavily laden.” 
No. 10. Two and a half acres planted. Cut¬ 
tings died a good deal; 13 lbs. fruit for gallon of 
wine. No. 13. 1,000 vines planted: 15 tt»s. fruit 
to the gallon; no rot nor leaf blight; calls it 
“the best wine grape.” No. 14. “Very fine” 
here. No. 15. “ Looked well.” No. IS. Would 
plant it for wine. “ Showed a good crop even 
on layers—a severe test.” The Committee 
adds:—“ Norton's Virginia, wherever seeu, 
ranked deservedly first as a wine grape. Its 
hardiness, productiveness, and the excellent 
quality of its rich red wine, make it first with 
no second.” 
Itebecca. —No. 1. “ Has not succeeded. Foll- 
a ge bad.” No. 2. “Succeeded tolerably; rotted 
somewhat.” No. 7. “Slender grower, and 
somewhat subject to leaf blight. Unproduc¬ 
tive.” No. 12. “Unhealthy; not liked.” No. 
|3. “Poor foliage; very little fruit; tine qual¬ 
ity*" The Committee adds:—“ The Rebecca, so 
Grasseen, is, we regret to say, a failure. Its 
ioliage is unhealthy, aud its fruit—‘echo an¬ 
swers where.’” 
iaylor or Bullitt.—So. 1. “Promises well.” 
No. 2. “ Esteemed as a wine grime.” No. 7. 
tented mind and a satisfied stomach go to- 
gether,” said a great philosopher the other day. 
Among the various articles of food that claim 
the attention of a successful cook, the highest 
in importance is the one under consideration; no 
wise woman will omit doughnuts, or trust their 
preparation to an inexperienced hand. Bread, 
biscuits, muffins, waffles —they are good in 
their several places, but what are they com. 
pared with our doughnuts—the quintessence of 
the whole tea table, blending subtly together the 
nourishing qualities of the “staff of life” and 
the sweetness and delicacy of the entire cake 
tribe. They fill the place of many a dyspeptic 
dish, do away with unwholesome sweetmeats 
and pastry, substituting instead their own un¬ 
rivalled excellence. Imagine anything more 
grateful than their spicy fragrance when the 
crisp, golden-brown lies in flakes upon the plate. 
Is it possible that the famous dames of old knew 
nothing of their moral influence? 
Doughnuts should not be eaten alone,—pickles 
and cheese should keep them company always; 
not piickled peaches, apples, or pears, not cher* 
rier, olives, or walnuts, but the small, green 
cucumber, prepared in no common way, but af¬ 
ter the recipe found years ago in this corner of 
the Rural. 
Then the cheese should be judiciously selected, 
for one of poor quality would spoil doughnuts. 
It should net be one that falls off in white, 
tough crumbs beneath the knife, dry and taste¬ 
less; nor the reddish yellow Herkimer, of 
doubtful age; nor the brown-sided Ohio, with 
its sharp strong flavor; but let it be one innocent 
of the press, whose creamy richness never de¬ 
parted under the torturing screw. It should be 
smooth at the bottom, tapering gently upward 
after the manner of a pine-apple; if a pale 
golden hue, soft of substance and delicious to 
the taste. Then, with its triangular pieces up¬ 
on one side, and the good flint pickles upon the 
other, the doughnuts will certainly meet with 
favor. Dore Hamilton. 
April 1, 1864. 
KEROSENE AND APPLE TREE WORMS, 
then climb the tree, or use a ladder—whichever 
was most convenient. This is by far the most 
expeditious way, as it need not, after arriving 
at the nest, take to exceed fifteen or twenty 
seconds to accomplish your desire upon the 
enemy; aud if carefully handled it does not take 
a very large quantity of oil. As is well known, 
kerosene oil is very penetrable; and not a 
crevice nor a particle of space within the limits 
of the nest can escape. 
As to the exact time of season to do this I can 
not say. My course is when the nest is in a 
medium size or state. But of the time of day, I 
am well satisfied; for worms, in warm weather, 
are out nearly all day and sometimes late at 
night. But like all enemies they must have 
their naps: so I make a Hancock march upon 
the enemy and find them napping. If the eve¬ 
ning is cool, they will be found in their nest 
early in the morning. Give them a dose as 
above described and I hazard no risk in saying 
I will give a dime for every worm that survives 
to exceed a minute after the oil strikes Mm. 
Some may receive a very slight portion and sur¬ 
vive longer; I can not say what effect the oil 
has upon the propagation of worms, but my 
opinion is that whatever Is so fatal to the worm 
itself, will not materially aid in the direction of 
breeding. 
Some may object to the above course, because 
of the cost of oiL It will be remembered that 
it takes but a trifle of oil, and the time saved in 
applying oil, compared with other Blow pro¬ 
cesses, at the present high price of labor, is in 
favor of its use. J. Fink. 
Baidwinsville, N\ Y . Mav, 1S64. 
ana 
Plants Named.— Will yon please, if von know the 
name of the flowering plant which is here inclosed, 
give me both its common and botanical name?—M. K. 
A., Elliotl, Maine. 
Polygala paueifviia. Sometimes called Flowering 
Wintergrcen, bat more appropriately Fringed Poly gala. 
From British America to Georgia. 
I send yon some specimens which I would like to 
have named. No. I blooms at the same time with the 
Iris. No 2 is in flower now. Both are wild flower?.— 
L. A. P., /<noa City- Iowa. 
No. 1 is MerUmsia Virginica —Virginian Cowslip or 
Lungwort. It is indiginou? from New York to Iowa, 
and from that line southward to South Carolina. No. 
2 is DodeeaQuon Mcadia —American Cowslip, Pride of 
Ohio, Shooting Star. Found in Pennsylvania and 
Maryland to the Western and South-western States. 
Collect leaves when fully mature. Among 
the best are those of the maple, chestnut, elm, 
sassafras and horse, chestnut and many others. 
Ferns may be bleached withoat the rotting pro¬ 
cess for hardy leaves. Place the leaves in open 
bowls, pour upon them sufficient hat water to 
cover them. Place the bowls on the roof of a 
shed or some place where they will be fully 
exposed to the sun, and as often as the water 
evaporates fill up without changing the water. 
In about six or eight weeks some of the leaves 
will be sufficiently decayed. Place one by one 
on a plate, let a constant stream of water fall 
upon the leaf, and with the finger carefully re¬ 
move the pulpy part of the leaf. Lay away in 
a book to dry. Pour one quart of boiling water 
upon quarter of a pound of chloride of lime: let 
stand till cool. Then bottle for use. Mix with 
cold water in about the proportions of one of the 
above liquor to twenty of water. Place the 
skeletonized leaves in the solution aud let them 
remain about twelve hours. If they are not 
white in that time add more of the liquid.— Mrs. 
N. B. E. G. 
The best Belt Protection tor Fruit Trees.— 
What kind of trees rre best to set out on the border of 
an orchard to keep the wind from killing .’.-nit trees 4 — 
W. B. Boatman, Ohio. 
Some evergreen—such as will grow best in your soil 
and climate. Perhaps the White Pine or Norway 
Spruce, or both. W ere we going to plant such a screen 
we would plant both deciduae? and evergreen trees— 
devoting considerable space to the belt. And we would 
plant some of the rapid growing deciduous trees first— 
such as silver-leaf maple, some one or two of the pop¬ 
lars, white and golden willows- Then as the ever¬ 
green? grow, the deciduous trees may be cut uut for 
timber or fuel, as needed. 
THE CALIFORNIA TEA PLANTS, 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yohkkr:— In these parts 
there are two kinds of the evergreen bush, in¬ 
digenous to the country, used as a substitute for 
tea. One produces uo leaf, but a stem, the an¬ 
nual growth of which is from six to fourteen 
inches. The new growth is what is used for 
tea. The stem is of a very rich green color, 
and is somewhat of a gummy nature. Steeped 
in the usual method, it produces a beverage of 
very uiee flavor, and is used, to a considerable 
extent, as a table clrink, where the China teas 
cannot be had. It contains valuable medieinal 
qualities, acting moderately upon the kidneys. 
Largo quantities are growu about here. "Wo 
think if the Shakers would make an extract 
from this shrub, it would be invaluable as a 
medicine in certain eases. 
The other bush bears a dark green leaf, about 
the size of a pear leaf, rather gummy on the 
under side. This is also used as a substitute for 
tea, and makes a pleasant drink. 
WILD FRUITS OF CALIFORNIA. 
This country is so barren of all kinds of tim¬ 
ber, that but few native fruits are found. The 
elderberry grows along the banks of our streams, 
aud in moist grounds; it is quite tart, and makes 
good pies and preserves, as well as vinegar. 
Wo have one species of the gooseberry wMeh 
bears semi-annually very profusely, jet black 
in color, resembling the largest sized English 
black currents; little tart iu flavor, aud tastes 
much like the blue-berry. They make a very 
good substitute for the common red currant, in 
cookery. 
On our small creek?, protected from Indian 
fires, tho common, small, wild grapes abound, 
and bear bountifully. They make tine jellies, 
and are used for other purposes, the same as the 
small Eastern frost grapes. All of the above 
fruits make very good domestic vinegar. 
There is another small red berry that grows 
upon the plains, on a bush resembling the com¬ 
mon currant. The squaws gather large quanti¬ 
ties of them for food. S. W, Jewktt. 
Rio Bravo Ranch, Kern River, Cal., ISt’.t, 
London Sherry —“A reader ” asks ns how Sherry 
is made- We do not know; hut a correspondent has 
furnished the following recipe for the manufacture of 
“Loudon Sherry“Chopped raisins 400 lbs., soft 
water 100 gala., sugar 45 lbs., white tartar 1 lb., cider 
10 gals. Let them stand together in a close vessel one 
month—stir frequently. Then add of spirit 8 gals,, 
wild cherries bruised 8 lbs. Let them stand one month 
longer, and line with isinglass.” 
Indian Meal Pan Cakes.— Mrs. C. II. W., 
of Nile. N. Y., writesTake one quart of 
sweet milk, one cup of sour cream, one egg, one 
teaspoonful of salt, one pint of meal, one cup of 
flour, and lastly, dissolve a teaspoonM of salera- 
tus in half a cup of water. If too thick add a 
little sweet milk.” 
Lizzie F., of Bellefontaine, OMo, writes:— 
“ Mix one quart new milk; three tablespoonfuls 
cream; three beaten eggs: one tablespoonful of 
salt, and Indian meal enough to make a stiff 
batter. Beat the whole well, and bake on grid¬ 
dles as other griddle cakes.” 
Blight in Fruit Trees.—M. Ely, of MLnn., writes: 
—•* In answer to inquiry about blight in fruit trees, re¬ 
move the earth from the trunk of the tree and place a 
shovel fhll of wood ashes where they will rout the fell 
destroyer?, worms, and the tree will become healthy, 
whether it be apple, pear or cherry.” We can testify 
to the good effects of such an application to fruit trees, 
but we doubt about its benefiting trees affected with 
the blight, and destroying worms. 
LOOK AFTER THE FLOWERS. 
Ladies have you transplanted your Annuals 
from your seed beds into your beds and borders ? 
If so, now is the time for until ing watchfulness. 
Fail not to look them over every morning; you 
will find some either wilted or broken oil'. With 
a stick or old knife, dig around them and you 
will find the cause of the mischief to be either a 
brown grub or a wire-worm. Don’t let him 
escape alive. If you pursue this course you 
will soon be rid of the pests and it is the only 
sure remedy I know of. The wire-worms have 
never been in my garden until this year, and I 
find them worse than the grub; for they work 
both day and night and destroy the root, where¬ 
as the grub seldom disturbs anything during the 
day; and they sometimes eat off the top so high 
that the plant will push out again. It certainly 
is very discouraging to go out some tine morn¬ 
ing and find some of your choicest plants with 
their heads oil'. 
Our grubs seem to have au especial liking for 
my Carnations, l’icotees, Ten-weeks 8tock, 
Acrollnlum’s and choicest Asters. But they 
have always left me a few of a kind yet; last 
year they left two Stocks aud three Picotees. 
But perhaps I was not as watchful as I should 
have been. Remember unceasing vigilance is 
the price of flowers. No matter if Mrs. So-aud- 
8o does happen in early iu the morning and find 
your breakfast dishes unwashed. "She will send 
over for flowers during the summer to adorn 
her parlors when she expects company. 
Any one can grow Com Lilies and single Holy- 
hocks, but if you “raise flowers, such as take 
premiums at fairs," it is necessary to expend 
How to Fold a Dress,— The following is 
said to be a good plan to fold a dress. Our lady 
readers ought to know:—“Take the exact quar¬ 
ters of the dress, from the bottom of the skirt 
to the sleeves, double them together with the 
bosom out; then, on a bed lay the skirt per¬ 
fectly smooth, and begin at the bottom to fold 
it up just the width of the trunk or drawer. The 
waist and sleeves will fold nicely together." 
gurtirultural *lote$ 
A Remedy tor the Currant Worm—A friend 
asserts that he has saved his bushes by sifting tine air 
slaked lime over them. He knows it will cure, will 
not injure the bushes, but increases their productive¬ 
ness. 
DOMESTIC INQUIRIES, 
Osage Orange Seed in Illinois.—A correspondent 
at Jordan, Vermillion Co., Ill., informs us that there 
are hedges there in bearing which produce seed from 
which plants are raised. To what extent seed is pro¬ 
duced, we are not informed. 
Blanc Mange.— My wife wishes me to ask for a 
good recipe for Wane mzng-j—X Subscriber, TFaRs- 
hurg, Pa. 
Tom.—A n Onondagr. i a ,]y writes:—“Poor Tom!— 
guess he'll eat his r.ext time and not grumble. 
Please inform us he survives the present lemon pie 
campaign? ’ I' any our readers hear of his death 
will they ser a j U8 >-; [S obituary at once. If he has not 
found a pi 4 , 0 a r ; t him yet, we have two or three hun¬ 
dred rer^^ more or less, and will give him another 
dose. 
Exhibition of the Toronto Hort. Society— We 
learn that the exhibition made by this society on the 
Queen? birth day was one of the most successful shows 
ever held to that city—the display of flowers, plants 
and vegetables being very large and tine. We can be¬ 
lieve it, for in no city that we have ever visited have we 
fonud a fiuer vegetable, fruit and flower market than in 
Toronto- 
[STECIAL NOTICE.] 
Train your Daughters. — Mothers, train your 
daughters to understand the duties of the household, 
and to know the theory of domestic pursuits, if yon 
would have them become good wives and useful mem¬ 
bers of society. Instruct them how to make light and 
wholesome broad, and tell them what most of you 
know to be true, that the Chemical Saiemtua is the arti¬ 
cle to n*e iu its production. It is made at Fairport, N. 
Y., by B. B. De Land & Co., and sold by respectable 
dealers. 
Vitality of Turnip Seed.— The London 
Agricultural Gazette says:—“After extensive ex¬ 
periments, we can declare, as their result, that 
turnip seed of one year old will only germinate 
about 50 per cent.; two years old SO per cent.; 
3 years old 15 per cent.; 4 years old 5 per cent.” 
This is important if true; for there is scarcely 
any variety of seed saved so long and so gene¬ 
rally, as turnip seed. 
Fruit Growers' Society or Western New Yo 
—Our Western New York fruit growers shoui , 
forget the meeting of this Society Weduesdav ’* 
Inst., iu this city. We ought to have a large " ! ' 
of fruits — If any grow. Make your arr- .„ 
attend. And pray do not lot the attends „ *£ 0TIU "- 
to professional fruit growers. Let f 4 ' u bcc.iu 
orchards come; and do no! lea* * rmcrs *vho 
daughters at home. /V ? onr vlvea 
