La Belle Alliance pear; the other, by its round¬ 
ed form, resembles maliform pears. 
“The Bose pear gave equally three new fruits 
different from the type, one of the three being 
so similar to one of the fruits obtained from the 
Sanger pear, that it is hardly to be distinguished 
from it. The varieties are quite as numerous as 
in those of the English pear, the six trees that 
have so far given fruit having produced six new 
forms, as different from each other as from the 
parent stock. One of them gave winter fruit 
not unlike the St. Germain pear. 
“ A great many horticulturists believed, and 
Van Mons among them, that the seed of good 
fruit produced wild trees with sour fruit, thus 
going back, as it is supposed, to original types. 
I do not hesitate to affirm to the Contrary; and I 
defy them to cite a siDgle example of a fruit of 
good quality, fecundated by the pollen of its own 
flower, whose seed has given birth to a wild 
tree. Should a good variety, artificially or by 
insect, be fecundated by a wild one with 60 ur 
fruit, there will certainly come from these seeds 
new varieties which will mostly, if not all, be 
inferior to it. It is equally certain that any 
good variety of the pear tree, or even of all our 
fruit trees, self fecundated, will produce good 
fruit. They will probably differ in some feature 
or other from the parent variety, but none will 
take the type of the wild specie.” 
given us a table for pronunciation of pomologi- 
cal names, but it is of little assistance. He has 
not given ns the accented syllables, neither has 
he marked the diflerent sounds of the letters. 
So we still grope in the dark. The publishers 
of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary have also 
shown us the cold shoulder, and left us- out to 
freeze. Now here is a field for some benevo¬ 
lent, kind-hearted pomologist and florist to oc¬ 
cupy, and benefit his fellow countrymen and 
the rising generation. Let us have a thorough 
overhauling of this whole matter. Do not 
longer compel us to grope about in the dark, 
seeking that which is not to be found. 
Suggestion. —Can not the Rural and other 
papers, nurserymen and florists in their cata¬ 
logues, publishers in their fruit books, help us 
by giving pronouncing vocabularies of the 
leading and principal terms and names used, 
until such time as a new edition of Webster 
shall be issued ? when we trust that the enter¬ 
prising publishers of that work will kindly pro¬ 
vide for all our wants. L. L. Fairchild. 
Rolling Prairie, Wis., 1SSL 
man who had charge of the transportation of 
these willows, or knew of their transportion, we 
thought so too. 
But it matters little to the public what Mr. 
Galusiia’s opiniou concerning this story and 
Mr. Fhgcnix is. The fact is, Mr. Pikexix 
either did or did not cut or procure the cutting 
of swamp willows at or near, or in the region of, 
Peoria lake. We have given the names of par¬ 
ties through whom he can trace the story that 
he did do so, to its source. If he did not do so, 
as be asserts, we should think it a matter vital 
to his interests to so trace it and explode it; 
if he did do so, of course he will care little about 
agitating the subject further. Both his own and 
the public’s interests are involved in this ques¬ 
tion. Of course, he will look after his own, and 
we shall do what we may to protect the public. 
And no considerations of a personal character 
will swerve us from our duty in this respect. 
Mr. Galusha is right in supposing the 
columns of the Rural are open to Mr. Pike- 
nix for his vindication. — c. P. B. 
STRAWBERRY SHORT-CAKES, 
THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The following, with others, arrive out of sea¬ 
son, but as the Rural is filed they may be re¬ 
ferred to when wanted: 
Noticing an inquiry for a recipe for a straw¬ 
berry short-cake, I send one which I consider 
excellent. Take about 6ix tablespoonfuls of 
shortening when cold, half butter if you have 
it; one pint buttermilk, one teaspoonful soda.. 
Make as you would other short-cake; roll inch 
and a half thick. When baked cut open, lay in 
strawberries—as many as you wish—cover these 
with an abundance of sugar, and over this put 
butter enough to melt the sugar when warm. 
Then lay on the top crust. Put in the oven 
about five minutes. It really is delicious and 
very easily made. I never take an exact quan¬ 
tity of.any thing; just according to your taste, 
sweeten and butter it. This makes enough for 
eight grown persons, of common eating abili¬ 
ties. Try it.— Hattie E., Fairview. Fa., 1864. 
“ A Young Housekeeper” wishes a recipe 
for strawberry short-cake; here is one that is 
fit to set before the President:—One quart flour, 
butter the size of an egg, rubbed in the flour; 
two eggs; one tumbler milk; one teaspoon 
cream tartar ; half teaspoon of soda; three 
spoons sugar, salt. This can be stirred with a 
spoon, but will be quite stiff. If you take 90ur 
milk do not use cream tartar. Fix your straw¬ 
berries with good sugar and plenty of nice 
cream. Bake your cake, not too thick, in pie 
tins. When done, split them apart, butter each 
one good, put a plenty of strawberries between, 
and you will have an excellent dish. But use 
considerable cream. Some take a tumbler of 
cream instead of milk, which makes it very 
rich.—A Housekeeper. 
I send the following recipe, which I think 
will make one that will not fail to please. Mix 
your cake as you would for excellent biscuit, 
roll thin enough, that when baked it will be 
about an inch in thickness. Bake nice, and 
when done, lay it on a platter, split it open, but¬ 
ter both halves, have ready your berries with 
sugar and cream, a sufficient quantity to cover 
the half on the platter, replace the other half, 
and your cake is ready for the table. — Molllet,. 
Allegany Co., N. T., 1864. 
Our readers must not forget that this Society 
jp to meet in this good city of Rochester on the 
13 th day of September next. Tim Society ex¬ 
erts a wide influence. Its discussions embrace 
the experience of some of the best horticultur¬ 
ists in the country. Their meetings are like the 
market places of the Ephesians—where fruit 
growers gather to see or bear some new thing. 
Now, September is hastening on apace. The 
seething month of August will soon have passed. 
Are our readers calculating to enjoy this great 
gathering of Pomological Savans? Are your 
local societies preparing to be represented? 
Have you appointed your delegates?—and have 
you selected men pledged to and who will at¬ 
tend? Hare you fixed your eyes on specimens 
of fruit that you are protecting from accidents 
with a view to have your locality represented 
on the exhibition tables of the Society ? Are 
you gathering, condensing, compiling, crystal- 
izing your notes and experiences for use at this 
meeting? Have you questions you want an¬ 
swered?—write them down, and if you can not 
come yourself, give them in the hands of your 
local delegates, with instructions to bring the 
same before the Convention. 
What is the West doing? We hear that the 
Pomologista of Illinois and Missouri are to be 
represented. We hope so, and that all the 
Western States will send delegates. Western 
men have asserted, and with some reason, we 
think, that the name, American, applied to this 
Society, is a misnomer. It ought not to be so; 
and the Western men are somewhat to blame 
that it is, although they have objected to going 
to one side of the Union, even though it be the 
Hub of Creation, to attend its meetings. But 
the West is being discovered. Its brain and 
muscle, intelligence and courage, push and pat¬ 
riotism is beginning to crop out, and we predict 
that it will not be long before the Capital of 
Pomology is removed far west of Rochester. 
Seriously, this Society should become a na¬ 
tional one in fact as well as in name. And it 
should be the effort of I’omologists to make it 
so, and its biennial meetings rich in the accu¬ 
mulated experience of the intervening years, 
and its reports the repositories, in condensed 
form, of all that is discovered that is new or 
valuable relating to Pomology, from year to 
year. AVc hope to see the largest gathering of 
fruit growers, the best show of fruit, and the 
most profitable meeting yet held by the Society. 
This can not be done except the men most in¬ 
terested in this branch of husbandry—the pro¬ 
ducers for market—bestir themselves, and ap¬ 
pear prepared to furnish and elicit facts. 
We do not propose to let this subject rest 
here. 
WHY WESTERN TREES DIE. 
ABOUT HERBARIUMS. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Your corre¬ 
spondent firm Columbus, Wis., asks “What 
Ails the Trees vt This question is easily an- 
Bwered. The severe cold of last winter de¬ 
stroyed many, and injured more, and so far as I 
have seen, they are generally those varieties 
which were injured by the severe winters of 
’56 and’57. It takes a long time for our fruit 
growers in Wisconsin to understand that some 
of our winters prove too severe for certain 
kinds of fruit. Should we attempt to grow 
oranges here, we could readily see that the 
freezing might be the main cause of failure. 
We can admit that the severe cold of January 
destroyed the fruit crop and many of the trees 
in Southern Illinois, but when trees are killed 
in Wisconsin, a thousand and one reasons are 
adduced as the cause. 
The fact is, we are attempting to grow too 
many varieties of the apple even, and the long 
lists recommended for Wisconsin cultivation as 
hardy, can not be relied on. Thousands of trees 
that have proved tender are sold here annually, 
and we need one of those cold winters occa¬ 
sionally to sweep away this worthless trash, 
and correct our wanderings. The past winter 
has left its mark on our orchards. It has also 
added new proof that certain varieties of fruit 
are adapted to our climate, and that they are 
generally those which have originated in cold 
climates. These neither the severe cold of last 
winter nor the severe drouth through which 
we have just passed, seem to injure in the lea-t. 
The question is asked, why large trees are in¬ 
jured, while small ones have generally escaped? 
One reason is, that the vitality of the large tree 
was in a measure exhausted by over-bearing; 
another, that the kind of injury generally sus¬ 
tained is never seen in a small tree, namely, the 
bursting of the body or branches, sometimes 
extending entirely through it. 
Some varieties of the apple (as the Red As- 
trachan, which bursts, more or less, every win¬ 
ter,) are not injured, while others are partially 
or wholly destroyed by it. This bursting of 
the trunk is not confined to fruit trees; it is 
seen iu many of eur forest trees, seldom killiug 
or iujuring them. Branches which had been 
wounded, or were imperfectly united to the 
body of the tree, show injury, while the bal¬ 
ance remains sound and healthy. 
Baraboo, Wis . 1864. A. Q. Town*. 
Remarks.— Our correspondent in no wise 
over-estimates the importance of selecting va¬ 
rieties adapted to soil and climate; and we have 
often wondered why the fruit growers of Wis¬ 
consin are not more active and united in fur¬ 
nishing information to planters. There was a 
State Horticultural Society, we believe—per¬ 
haps is now. But its influence has not been 
what it ought to be, because those who ought 
to have fostered it have most neglected it. We 
thank our correspondent for his letter, and hope 
to hear from him and other Western fruit¬ 
growers frequently. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— Noticing an 
inquiry in your paper about an herbarium, I 
reply. A botanical collection of dried speci¬ 
mens should be ticketed with their names, 
place and time of collection, and systematically 
arranged uncer their genera, order, &c. Speci¬ 
mens may be kept in folded sheets of neat, 
rather thick, white ^aqjer; or they may be fast¬ 
ened to half arrets of such paper, either by 
slips of gummed paper, or by glue applied to 
the specimens themselves. Each sheet should 
be appropriated to one species. Two or more 
different plants should never be attached to the 
same sheet. The generic and specific name of 
the plant should be added to the lower right 
hand corner; should be either written on the 
sheet, or on a ticket pasted down at that corner; 
and the time of collection, the locality, the color 
of the flowers, and any other information which 
the specimens themselves do not afford, should 
be duly recorded upon the sheet or the ticket. 
The sheets of the herbarium should all be of 
exactly the same dimensions. The herbarium 
of Linn.el’s is on paper of the common fools- 
eap size, about eleven inches long and seven 
wide; but this i3 too small for one of any mag¬ 
nitude. Sixteen and a half by ten and a half or 
eleven and a half is an approved size. 
The sheets containing the species of each 
genus are to be placed in genus-covers, made of 
a full sheet of thick, colored paper, (such as the 
strongest manilla-hemp paper,) which fold to 
the same dimensions as the species sheets; and 
the name of the genus is to be placed on one of 
the lower corners; these are to be arranged 
under the orders to which they belong, and the 
whole kept in closed cases or cabinets—either 
laid flat in compartments like large 
Advice to Gardeners is fear of Thieves. — 
Always keep the pistils of your plants well loaded; if 
that Is not sufficient, have a succession of yonug shoots 
in convenient situations; after which console yourself 
with a glass of fashion, and be happy. 
Fruit is New Jersey.— The trait crop is good with 
the exception of the cherries, which are all blighted, 
and a multitude of small bugs are eating the leaves. 
The apples are excellent, peaches good. Everything 
looks favorable, except a little dryness.—A. P. C., 
Madison, S. 3June 28. 
Tree Sprouts.— (L. A P., Iowa City We do not 
know that the catting off of sprouts at any time of 
year will prevent others starting the next season. 
There are some trees that propagate from the root in 
this manner, and it can not be prevented. The best 
way to get rid of the sprouts is to cut them soon after 
they appear, while they are young and tender, and per¬ 
sist in cutting them as often as they appear. 
Essay ox Raising Orchards and Fruit in the 
North-west.—W e have received a pamphlet with the 
above title, written by W. W. Beebee, a nurseryman 
of Dubuque, Iowa. It contains also on introductory 
chapter by Dr. J. 3£ Shaffer. Secretary of the Iowa 
State Agricultural Society. This essay is written by a 
practical man, and we shall have occasion to refer to it 
auain. 
TO CLEANSE WOOL. 
Some time ago I saw an inquiry about bow to 
cleanse wool. I have waited some time, think¬ 
ing perhaps some one else would send some in¬ 
formation; but as I nave seen nothing of the 
kind, I will send you my method; although it 
may be rather out of season, it will do for an¬ 
other year. 
Make a brine,—take a pint of salt to a pailful 
of water, or thereabout—heat it hotter than 
the hand can be held in it, bat not to boiling, put 
in the wool, set it off from the fire, let it stand 
from ten to thirty minutes, as convenient ; take 
it out to drain, as it will be too hot to wring— 
then wring it, saving the brine, as a pailful may 
be used to cleanse fifteen pounds by heating 
over. Rinse it in two or three waters. Warm 
water is best. Try this, and if you are not 
pleased with it, I am mistaken; for many of my 
neighbors come to me, wishing to know how I 
cleanse my wool to have it so white.—E. S. C., 
Boston, Mich., July, 1864. 
How shall I Make a Gravel Walk.— Wit! some 
one who is the possessor of a gravel walk that is hard 
nnd durable, ten us how it was made; what kind of 
cement was used, how much and how expensive? I 
remember reading a few years ago of using Portland 
cement for walks. Now* what is Port load cement? 
where procurable, or bow manufactured? Will some 
one who has summered and wintered such a walk, 
and knows whereof he affirms, answer the above t — 
Mrs. A. M. M., Eagie Harbor, J V. T 
pigeon¬ 
holes,” or else placed in thick portfolios, ar¬ 
ranged like folio volumes, and having the names 
of the orders lettered on the back. a. v. a. 
Corfu, N. Y., 1864. 
GALUSHA AND PHCENIX - WHITE WILLOWS. 
C. D. Bragdon, Ed. Rural New-Yorker: j 
Bear Sir:—I noticed in your paper of May 14th 
last, an editorial article referring to a conversa¬ 
tion which we held, in Chicago, last September, 
which is calculated to place mo in an unpleasant 
position, and I hope you will do me the favor of 
publishing this explanation. 
While we were discussing the merits of the 
White Willow as a tree of value for belts and 
screens, (for neither of us have ever had faith in 
it for a hedge,) the conversation tamed upon the 
impositions which unscrupulous peddlers had 
practiced upon the farmers by selling other 
varieties under the name of “ White ” or “Grey 
Willow.I mentioned that some of our frater¬ 
nity (nurserymen) were suffering under charges 
of like swindling. I, myself, had been accused, 
by peddlers of cuttings, of “selling White Wil¬ 
low of my own growing, when I had never 
raised a tree or plant of it.” Whereas, the fact 
was I had sold only those of my own growing, 
and which had been pronounced genuine by the 
highest botanical authorities. 
Mr. Pugin ix was also charged with “receiv¬ 
ing a large quautity of cuttings of native willows 
from a swamp near Peoria Lake.” Of the foun¬ 
dation for this charge I know nothing, but sup¬ 
posed that I conveyed the idea to you that I did 
not believe it was true. If, (as you say,) T first 
spoke of this report to you, I think you are the 
only person to whom I ever mentioned it, and 
whenever it was mentioned to me 1 distinctly 
said that I discredited it. I regret exceedingly, 
if I was so unfortunate in expressing myself, as 
to be thought by you to regard Mr. r. as guilty. 
I have known Mr. PlHKNix for the last ten 
years, and had dealings with him at different 
times, but have never known anything in our 
intercourse which would lead mo to suspect him 
of dishonesty. Had you written to me previous 
to the publication of that article, 1 think I could 
have refreshed your memory in respect to our 
conversation, so that Mr. P. should not have 
seemed to suffer through any words of mine. If 
Mr. P. is innocent, as I believe him to be, he 
can soon set himself right through the columns 
of the Rural, which, I am sure, will be open 
for his vindication. 
I ours, for Justice and True Progress, 
0. B. G ALU SEA. 
Lisbon, Illinois, June 31st, 1864. 
Remarks. Of course, wo cheerfully give 
space to the above letter. Mr. G. has stated 
the substance of our conversation in Chicago 
correctly in the main. It was from him that 
we first heard this rumor concerning Mr. P. 
And while wo think it true that Mr. G. stated 
that he did not, or could not believe it true, he 
conveyed the impression to our mind that the 
source from which it came, gave it a very bad 
look for Mr. Pikenix, Aud when Mr. G. 
spoke to Mr. Minklku about it in our presence 
at Rockford, and Mr. M. confirmed the state- 
PICOTEES AND CARNATIONS FROM SEED, 
Pinching Back Grape Vines.—W ill yon, or some 
reader of the Rural, tell me wtictner I snould pinch 
back young grape vines that were transplanted this 
year or not?' I have been told to do so.—F H. T., 
Weeds port. A’. Y. 
The laterals should be pinched back as often as they 
start, leaving one leaf the first time, and two the second, 
and so on. But the main stem should not be pinched 
back at all. 
We found, the other evening, on our sanctum 
table, two bouquets of these flowers, embracing 
some very fine specimens indeed, and no very 
poor ones, with the following note appended, 
which we indorse: 
Eds. Rural:— I leave you a few Picotees and 
Carnations—just as they were grown from 
seed, good and bad. When such results can be 
produced with so little trouble, I think these 
very beautiful flowers should be more generally 
cultivated. The plants are perfectly hardy, re¬ 
quiring no protection in the winter, and the 
second season flower magnificently. The best 
should then be selected and increased by layer¬ 
ing, and the stock can bo kept good for any num¬ 
ber of years. If a little seed is grown every 
spring, additions of good flowers can be con¬ 
stantly made, and iu a few years a collection 
will be obtained of unsurpassed beauty. It has 
always seemed strange io me that this flower, 
the rival of the rose, should have been so long 
neglected. James Vick. 
Plant 9 Na red.— Please give me the common and 
botanical names of the flowers inclosed. No. 1 blos¬ 
soms early In spriDg; No. 2 is in bloom now. Both are 
wild —E- A, Iowa. 
No. 1 is Merttnsia Virginian, Virginia Cowslip or 
Lungwort. V on send us both the purple and the white. 
Gray says it la rarely white. No. 2 is Tradrscantia, 
Virginiai, common Spider wort. Most woods from 
Western New York to Wisconsin, and southward; com 
monly cultivated. 
Baked Indian Pudding.— Take three pints 
new inilk, one tablespoonful salt, and heat till it 
boils and begins to rise; then stir in one pint of 
Indian meal, boil two minutes, stirring all the 
time; then add half cup lard, one pint cold milk, 
one pint molasses, (think maple molasses the 
best,) four eggs, well beaten; then add one quart 
milk boiling hot: half pound raisins; grate on 
nutmeg and sprinkle on allspise, but not stir in. 
One half pint sweet cream is an improvement. 
Bake three hours, or till of a light chestnut 
color.—A. E. W., Park-man, Ohio. 
The American Pomological Society. — At the 
recent meeting of the Frnit Growers’ Society of West¬ 
ern New York, the following was adopted: 
iri\<7v<iA. The American Pomological Society will 
hold its next meeting in Rochester on the 13th of Sept, 
next, and it being desirable to do all iu our power to 
make that meeting as interesting as possible; Therefore 
Resolved, That this Society dispense with its usual 
Autumn Meeting, and that the members be requested 
to send their collections of fruit to the meeting o: the 
American PomologU’al Society, and to contribute all in 
their power to the Interest and profit of that meeting. 
NAMES OF FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 
Improved Pan Cake.—M ix your flour with 
cold sour milk, buttermilk best. Add a little 
soda; stir and bake at once. The point in this 
is, that your milk be cold, otherwise you will 
have but the ordinary success. If the batter 
is raised when you mix it with the soda, it will 
fall before you get it baked. But if your milk 
or batter is cold (as cold as ice, all the better,) 
it will not rise till it gets on the griddle; and 
then it will bake as it rises, the heat driving it 
up, and that higher iu the jar. as it Is heat that 
causes the fermentation. Thus you bake it, 
not only when risen to the highest point the 
batter iu the jar (under ordinary circumstances 
would admit, but the excess of heat on the 
griddle rinses it higher than can possibly be 
done in the jar. Mix then your batter, very 
cold with flour, sour milk, a little salt aud soda, 
bake at once, on a griddle somewhat hotter 
than ordinarily, so as to give a rieh, brown sur¬ 
face to the cake. It will be seen thus that 
emptyings ,yeast) are dispensed with. But 
salt must be used so as to get rid of the raw 
taste. A little more salt is thus required than 
when emptyings are used. Bake and turn 
quicker than usual. The discovery is our own. 
— Valley Farmer. 
People who enjoy the companionship of 
well educated pomologista and florists, and the 
privilege of attending their gatherings, can 
hardly realize what embarrassments and morti¬ 
fication country people undergo, who are de¬ 
prived of these privileges. When we consult 
the books, or horticultural papers or magazines, 
wo are confronted with a formidable set of 
“jaw-breaking” names, derived from the 
French, German, Latin, and other foreigu 
tongues. Now. no man can make au approach 
to pronouncing these names correctly, unless be is 
perfectly familiar with the language from which 
they are derived, lie must know the diflerent 
shades of sound which each letter possesses, 
and rules which govern it when combined with 
othor letters. We eveu can not pronouuee 
proper or individual names in our own mother 
tongue correctly, until we have heard them 
spokeH, or consulted our dictionary. 
We may have cultivated particular kinds of 
dowel’s and fruits for years, and have read all 
that has been written regarding them, yet 
not be able to speak their names cor¬ 
rectly. If we go among those who are 
posted, and they converse, or talk concern¬ 
ing them, it is all Greek, as the names they 
call our favorites are unknown to us. We dare 
uot speak ourselves, as we might expose our 
ignorance by the use of some outlandish, un¬ 
known name. What kind of work would a 
farmer of ordinary education make pronouncing 
such names as Duchesse <V Anyouleme, Benrre 
Gris d’ Eiver, Houveau, Figue de Alencon , 
VARIABLENESS IN THE PEAR TREE. 
The following article on the variableness in 
the pear tree is translated for the Horticulturist, 
from experiments made in the Museum of Na¬ 
tural History, from 1853 to 1862, by M. De- 
Caisne: 
“In 1853 I sowed a large number of pear seeds, 
chosen the preceding year from well known and 
distinct varieties, viz., our old English pear, 
known to every body, the Bose pear, shaped like 
a long gourd, and of a cinnamon color; the Belle 
Alliance pear, rounded in form, of a red aud 
yellowish color; and the 8auger pew, a wild 
variety, or nearly so, and thus named because 
its leaves recall, by their whitish, velvet-like 
appearance, that of the common sage. For this 
last sowing, 1 have used all the crop of a tree 
which grows isolated from ail others. 
“ Only a small number of these trees have be¬ 
gun to bear, otherwise the results might have 
been still more satisfactory. 
" Thus, iu the variety of the Sanger pear, the 
only trees that have borne fruit have given four 
distinct varieties: one ovoid iu form, quite green 
in color; the second less elongated) and almost 
maliform, partly red, partly green; a third still 
more rounded; finally, a fourth, regularly pyri¬ 
form, more than twice as large as the preceding, 
aud entirely yellow. 
“ From La Belle Alliance pear have come nine 
new varieties, none of which resemble the pa¬ 
rent fruit, either in size, color, or time of ma¬ 
turity, There are two especially that I will 
Fruit Trees in Hedges.— Pears and various varie¬ 
ties of fruit are grafted into the hedges, in many prov¬ 
inces in France—not that the proprietor anticipates en¬ 
joying the fruit. They call them Goo’s part ; la jwrt de 
Du?a ) In the quince hedges of the Prince of Desdogne, 
branches to bear fruit are allowed to grow and form 
little trees, bearing quite an amount of frnit “which 
bouquets of trees,” 31. Cagnaim assures the editor of 
the Revue ITorticole, “ hanging gracefully in the midst 
of the hedges, produce a beantiftil effect and render the 
scene less arid, being at the same time elegant and 
productive.” 
Report of Fruit Committee. —At the recent meet 
tog of the Fruit Growers’ Society of Westem New York, 
there w as an exhibition of fmits which we have hitherto 
neglected to notice. Instead of publishing onr own 
notes, we publish the report of a Committee appointed 
to examine and report upon the same. The following 
is the report: 
Russell’s Prolific,” by Joseph Kkbch, Waterloo; 
fine specimens. 
“Seedling cross between Wilson and Triomphede 
Gand," by Moore Brothers; a handsome fruit of sin¬ 
gular ribbed form, moderate flavor, large size and 
handsome appearance. The Committee have not ex¬ 
perience enough to express an opinion of its value. 
Twelve varieties strawberries, by Ellwangkr & 
Barky ; well grown; Trionaphe de Gand finest In ap¬ 
pearance. 
“Seedling Sweet Apple,” by U. J. Kentz, Greece; a 
fine keeper; said to be a good bearer; medium quality. 
« Russell’s Prolific,” by R. Schuyler, Seneca Falls; 
fine specimens aud large quantity. The Committee 
consider the quality “ very good.” 
“Russell’s Seneca,” a seedling exhibited by R. 
Schutler, Seneca Falls. 
DOMESTIC IN QUERIES, 
How to Wash Alafacas—W ill some kind reader 
of the Rural help me out of trouble by informing me 
how to wash a wine-colored Alapaca dress, and how to 
get the grease spots out?—A- H , IfixiionaJ, Iowa. 
To Wash and Cleanse Pulled Wool.—W ill some 
of your readers tell me the best way to wash and 
cleanse pulled wool, and oblige a young housekeeper? 
-Mrs. S. V. H. 
