V)V/ Y-k rrrr ft rrrrr cn?rrr? TD ft T 28 are the same as No ' 24 ‘ No ' 29 ia a cnrions variety 
HQRXaU t Ju 1 (MtAlU© with deeply cut leaves, which I presume are the 
‘ w ' ‘ _ attraction, for its small bunches and small berries are 
~~ not so. No. 30, which should rival its red namesake 
THE CURRANT. No, u>, j 8 a worthless variety, giving berries of the 
smallest size, and No. 31 comes under the same 
We published an article some time since on The category. 
Family of Currants, written by Wm. R. Prince, in (>f tlu , B]ack currants, No. 32 is by far the sweetest 
which Mr. P. charged the English with neglect of an j best flavored; it is not, however, a good bearer. 
this valuable fruit, and even with ignorance of what 
their neighbors, the French, are doing for its im¬ 
provement. This article has received a good deal of 
attention in England. Frof. Lindley responded in 
the London Gardener's Chronicle , and we gave his 
reply in the Rural of Nov. 3d. Mr. Rivers, the cel- 
and seems to require a warm soil and climate; in this 
respect No. 33 is greatly its superior. Nos. 35 and 30 
are names that tell in a list, for they count for two 
varieties. No. 35 gives berries of a dull yellowish 
green, scarcely eatable; a man must he in a dry, hot, 
hungry place, to enjoy them, and those of No. 36 
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ebrated English nurseryman, has undertaken the de- cou jj not ca t cn by any “human'’ even under such 
fence of his countrymen in the same journal, and 
below we give his article. We are compelled to 
believe that English nurserymen pay little attention 
to the Currant, as all who have ordered plants from 
that country will readily believe. Orders for the 
Cherry Currant cannot he filled, Or are filled with 
anything but the variety desired, and we have known 
circumstances. I have written this (I fear too long) 
article to disabuse your readers of the impression Mr. 
Prince might give them, that we English have raised 
hut few varieties of currants, and know hut little 
about them. It will be seen, on referring to my list, 
that we have originated as many (or even more) varie¬ 
ties of currants as our neighbors, the French, if we 
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m 
large orders for the White Grape , filled with White rec j, on| as we should do, Nos. 13 and 14, 19 and 22, 
and Red Dutch and half a dozen other sorts. This, 2Q an( j 27 and 28 to be the same kinds under differ- 
too, has been done by those who were supposed to 4,(2 ent names. 
the most honorable and correct in their dealings. Our MR #tMtM corrects hr. rivers. 
nnrservmen.’ therefore, think they have just cause of 
Mr. Gloede, as will be seen by the following note 
comp am . ^ ^] le pjj^or of the Gardeners’ Chronicle, considers 
mr. RIVERS ON «. R. 1'klNOES ct rrant FAMILY. ^ Riveks entirely at fault in his description of the 
Mr. Prince, Flashing, United States, has quite a (;Ioire des Sablons Currant:—" Mr. Rivers publishes 
talent for cataloguing, if we may judge from his a very j n t eres ting article on currauts, in which, how- 
catalogue of strawberries, which contains the names eVCrj j no tice a mistake, which I beg to correct. Mr. 
of 158 select varieties, besides fourscore “rejected |>j veni| j B speaking of my seedling currant, states 
varieties," amoug which are “ Myatt's Eliza and all ^ U it it is cither the same as No. 12, (Striped-fruited) 
his other seedlings.” Poor Mr. Myattl Mr. Prince's or a see diirg from it, but equally worthless. It Is 
catalogue, of grapes rivals his strawberry catalogue ue ither the. one nor the other, being raised by myself, 
in the number of varieties described. I flattered j n year 1854, from the seeds of the old Cham- 
myself that 1 had been for some years rather energetic pa g ne or Flesh Colored currant. The seedling tree 
in collecting and proving varieties of currants; but j a ^jn j n my garden, and fruits not only abundantly, 
if, as you state in Number 3(1, Mr. Prince enumerates we n wor uj the description at first published of 
CO varieties, I am, as compared with him, slow, very it _ j f) therefore, Mr. Rivers found it worthless, or 
slow. The catalogues of the large French nursery- identical with another sort, he cannot possess the 
men for the yenr 1859. enumerate about 20 Borts, true one; at any rate he has never been supplied by 
exclusive of three or four kinds of Black currants. I me direct." 
am, therefore, quite at a loss to account for the fact - 
of my transatlantic cousin having got together such WINE FROM NATIVE GRAPES. 
a collection of currant names. Some of your readers - 
may not know that although currants do not differ Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —In the Rural of De- 
much in their nature —for they are nearly all too cemberl5tb, I noticed an article on wine manufactured 
sour —they do in their names, and so I will venture f rorn the Isabella and Clinton grapes, wherein you 
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if, as you state in Number 3(1, Mr. Prince enumerates 
CO varieties, I am, as compared with him, slow, very 
slow. The catalogues of the large French nursery¬ 
men for the yenr 1859, enumerate about 20 sorts, 
exclusive of three or four kinds of Black currauts. I 
am, therefore, quite at a loss to account for the Tact 
of my transatlantic cousin having got together such 
a collection of currant names. Some of your readers 
may not know that although currants do not differ 
much in their nature —for they are nearly all too 
sour —they do in their names, and so I will venture 
A mono the numerous flowering shrubs that adorn length of the branches, and so dose as to form a 
the garden during May and June, there is nothing perfect wreath. 
more desirable than the Dance Reaver SWk/RA, This Bpirrcawc cannot recommend as new or novel, 
{Spircra lanceolate.) It is sometimes, and very appro- but wc can recommend it as worthy of a place in 
priately, culled the Garland Sr ire a, and its slender every collection of shrubs. And it is because that so 
drooping branches, whet, in bloom, are perfect valuable a plant is much neglected and seldom seen 
wreaths of (lowers of snowy whiteness. The shrub in gardens and door-yards, that wo bring (t to the 
attains a height of four feet or more, with slender, notice of readers, our attention being called to the 
spreading branches, and long, lance-shaped leaves, 
slightly lobed and toothed. The (lowers are pro- 
dneed in clusters, or corymbs, forty or fifty in 
number, as shown in the engraving. These clusters 
are somewhat globular in form, and are produced 
on lateral shoots four or five inches long, the whole 
But, whether your evergreens are to stand in rows, 
or groups, or singly, interspersed with other trees, he 
matter by an inquiry in another column. We had 
never seen a good drawing oi this flower, and laMt 
season directed pur artist to make an engraving of two 
or three of the clusters, exhibiting their form, man¬ 
ner of growth, &c., which we now publish for the 
benefit of all lovers of flowers. 
DVjUl nit J uw ill v»»vii “ — -- - 11 vuj — •••* —— -- -- r r - . ill * »• 
to give a list of varieties, all of which have borne gave the Clinton the preference, but stated that that sure to give them room enong i to nprvat c,u 
6 ° ..... *1.1.. _ 4A n lUinntl'Mcn 
fruit here: 
Rt:D CURRANTS. 
1. Red Dutch. 
2. lwmg bunched Tied Dutch. 
3. I-ong bunched Red., 
4. Red Grape. 
5. Wilmot's Red Grape. 
(5. Victoria or Ilaby Turtle, 
7. Prince Albert, 
8. Knight's Sweet Red. 
9. Knight’s Early Red, 
10. Knight's Large Red, 
11 Champagne, 
12. Striped fruited, 
13. Fertile de Pal In a, 
14. Fertile d'Angere, 
15. Red Gondooin, 
16. La Hative, 
17. I.a Vervaillaise, 
IS i.a Fertile, 
19. Cerise, or Cherry, 
20. Imperial Red, 
21 Napoleon Red, 
22. Cerise a longues Orappes, 
or long bunched Cherry, 
23. Gluire des Sablons. 
2-1. White Dutch, 
25. White Grape, 
26. Transp't White 
Transparente.) 
27. Imperial Jaune, 
32. Black Naples, 
33. Ogden s Black. 
34. Black Bang-Up, 
write currants. 
28. Napoleon White, 
29, Attractor, 
(Blanche 30. Cerise Blanche, 
31. White Gondouin. 
BLACK CURRANTS. 
35. Yellow Fruited. 
86. Caucasian ( La Cauease,) 
37- Common Black. 
Mr. Prince beats mo by 23 sorts. I should like 
much to see hiB list, and I hope you will publish it in 
your columns so that wc may dissect it. I could, I 
think, make up a list of 60 names, for I have about 
250 seedlings, raised from the Transparent White, 
some of which have produced red fruit, ami others 
white and yellowish fruit of varied characters. I 
might have uamed 20 or 30 of these, and thus have 
beaten Mr. Prince, but I prefer to be slow. 
As we are reproached lor having produced so few 
sorts of currants, it is perhaps quit- proper that a 
few words should be devoted to the above list, to 
point out the origin and qualities of some of the 
varieties enumerated, and particularly to show Mr. 
Prince that he knows but little about English cur¬ 
rants. 
No. 1 is probably of Dutch origin, as I have 
received it from Belgium under the name of Ronge 
de Hollande and Rouge d'Anvers. This is probably 
the best sort known, as it is (for a currant) very full 
flavored when cooked, and a most abundant bearer. 
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, (>, 7, H, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are all Eng¬ 
lish varieties, more or less remarkable. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 
and 5, produce large berries and remarkably long 
bunches; they are very ornamental, but on the whole, 
too acid. It is probable that the bright skies of 
America may improve them. 
No. 6 is now a well-known variety, rather late in 
ripening, and valuable as succeeding the Red Dutch. 
No. 7 is a sort with no particular flavor or quality, 
except being much like No. 6. 
No. 8 deserves much more attention than it has 
ever received. It is not sweet, hut its acid is much 
less powerful tliau that of other Red currants, and 
this quality may probably be more fully developed if 
seedlings are raised from it. A Red currant, sugary, 
and yet piquant, would set our cooks raving. 
No. 9 begins to color and becomes fit for use some 
eight or ten days before No. 1, and about the same 
time as No. 16, which is larger in its berries, but 
more acid. No. 10 is a fine large sort, giving 
bunches aud berries nearly equal to No. 17. 
About thirty years since, the Horticultural Society 
distributed cuttings of the Striped-fruited currant; 
thiB is No. 12, which gives pretty hut small worthless 
fruit No. 21 ia either the samo or a seedling from 
it, and was sent out at rather a high price by Mon- 
sier Gloede, a nurseryman at Sablons, France, three 
or four years ago, and is also worthless. Nos. 13 aud 
14 are most abundant hearers, but intolerably sonr. 
No. 15 is a remarkable sort; its leaves are so large 
and its habit so peculiarly robust, it would serve as a 
stock on which to graft the more weak-growing sorts, 
as half standards; it gives abundance of fruit, which 
are late, and so sour that the thought of eating a 
bunch forces one to make a wry face. 
Nos. 16, 17, and 18 are varieties raised from No. 19, 
by M. Bertin, of Versailles. No. 17 is a most robust 
lacked sugar, and cane-sugar must be supplied, or we 1 
have vinegar instead of wine. Now, I believe it is 1 
generally conceded, that if we intend cultivating the 
grape for wine, we must rely on our native grapes, 
aud new varieties raised from their seed. At Cincin¬ 
nati they pretend to say that they have found this 
great desideratum in the Catawba grape, and that 
wine has been made from it, equalling, if not excelling, 
some of the best foreign brands. Here, especially, we 
shall have to rely on some other kind, from the fact 
that the Catawba does not ripen sufficiently well in 
most seasons to make a good wine. In this part of 
the State, especially in the towns that border on Lake 
Erie, the Isabella takes the lead at present as a wine 
grape, a large majority of all that are used for that pur 
pose being of that kind. 
Wine made at this place received the first premium 
at the N. Y. State Fair held at Syracuse. This was 
made from the Isabella grape, aud without the addi¬ 
tion of sugar. Mr. Josisru Fay, of Portia-d, iB the 
most largely engaged in the making of wine of any 
other in this county, having a vineyard of some 
twelve or fourteen acres, mostly Isabella. This wine 
meets with a ready sale, and at remunerating prices. 
At this place, in and near the village, some twelve 
or fourteen acres have been added to the grape cul¬ 
ture (mostly Isabella.) within some two or three years, 
consequently wc are progressing, slowly it may In-, in 
the cultivation of the grape. 
In the next place, so far as the quality of different 
wines are concerned, some allowance will have to be 
made for what we term a taste acquired by the use of 
a particular kind for a time, and in order to maintain 
this in part we quote from Lonowoutii. lie says,— 
“We have prejudices to overcome, fora prophet is 
not honored in his own country. Wc become fond of 
the flavor of particular wines from the continued use 
of them, as some of our citizens have of the bilge- 
water taste of the Spanish Manzanillo. Our domestic 
wines have a flavor of their own, and with wino drink¬ 
ers accustomed to the particular flavor of other wines, 
it will requiregime to form a taste for them. It was 
so with our German population. For a time they 
gave a decided preference to German wines. They 
now prefer the domestic." And again, grapes for 
wine should remain on the vines until very ripe, 
“dead ripe,” as some express it, and in case they are 
sound and well ripened, sugar is not required in the 
making of the wine. 
As to the advantages of the country resulting from 
the cultivation of the grape in a pecuniary, social and 
moral point of view, I shall defer remarks to some 
future number. Geo. Sherman. 
Westfield, N. Y., Dec., 1860. 
branches as widely as nature intended. A n evergreen, 
trimmed up so us to leave the body hare to the height 
of six or eight feet, is robbed of more than half its 
beauty. It should send out brunches immediately 
above ground, and when allowed to grow thus, the 
lower limbs in time cover quite a large surface. One 
of the evils of planting evergreens near a fence is, 
that after a few years the longest limbs, those next 
the ground, must be removed; then, after growing a 
while longer, another row of branches around tho 
tree needs to Vie taken off, and so on till the lowest 
limbs arc above the top of the fence. 
winter —a plate of choice June roses, another of Hybrid Per- 
j/etuals, another of ffourbons, Noisettes, Teas, and so on, 
throughout the lint. Let the makers charge more for each, 
if they wish, but give, us some chance to get an assortment 
Into portable shape. Respectfully asking you to insert this 
in your grumbler’s corner, and feeling confident, (with your 
appro nil.) of a speedy improvement, I remain— Anti-I f CMIli'O, 
Out West, New Year's Day, 1861 
When the present horticultural editor of the Rural took 
PRESERVING BUTTERMILK, &c. 
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October and November is the time to save milk. 
Have an oak cask, or stone crock, scald it and clean 
perfectly, put in the milk as soon as churned, till you 
get tho quantity wished for. Keep it in a cool, dry 
place, and keep it covered. When you add to it. if 
there is a scum, take it off. Keep the cask clean at 
the surface of tho milk. Every pail of milk you put 
in add one quart of water, and stir it through. The 
milk will settle and the water rise on the top. When 
the water becomes acid, or there iB any scum on it, it 
must be removed, then add the same quantity of fresh 
water and stir it through again. The milk will be¬ 
come thick and rich. When you wish to uso tho 
milk, after pouring off the water, stir and take out as 
much as you wish to use. When it lias time to settle 
again, add fresh water anil stir as before. This will 
stive the buttermilk all winter. 
It is not generally known that buttermilk, by add¬ 
ing soda or saleratus enough to take off the acid, 
with the addition of a little butter or cream, and then 
usiug the same ingredients as in sweet milk, will 
make puddings, fritters, or any kind of batter, equal 
to sweet milk. 
Cottage Tea Cake. —There are so many rich and 
superb recipes coming out in tho Rural, I will now 
give one that the most indigent may have the pleas¬ 
ure of enjoying, and an epicure would consider a 
luxury, if he would fast long enough to get an appe¬ 
tite. Pare some potatoes, boil them, and as soon as 
done enough to" mash, take them out, pour out the 
water, put in the potatoes, with the addition of a 
little suit, pound speedily, add some flour, and pound 
in while hot, then turn on your moulding-board. Be 
careful not to have It Htlffer than soft biscuit. Put 
your griddle on the stove, greased as for buckwheat 
cakes, roll out tho dough half an inch thick, cut in 
I small squares, hake and turn aa buck wheat cakes. 
As hook as done turn them into a pan, and put on an¬ 
other coarse to bake. Now split, butter, cover, and 
so continue till you have them all baked. Take a 
knife and turn bottom upwards, keeping them warm 
that they may bo saturated with butter. They are 
very nice and wholesome. u. c. 
Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., 1801 
SOAP AND WASHING FLUID. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —I copy a few recipes 
which I have found useful and economical, especially 
when the soap-barrel is found to need replenishing, 
before spring opens. 
To make matchless soap, take one gallon of soft 
haTgw Of the Horticulturist in January, 1853, soon after the floap| which add one gill of common salt, and boil 
death of the lamented Downing, he introduced colored 
plates In that journal, and every lover of art, as well as 
every Judge of fruit, will acknowledge that no plates of fruits 
nod (lowers publiHlieil.iii this country, either before or since, 
rim bear any comparison to those given in the volumes of 
the Horticulturist when under his management. Indeed, 
Europe has produced nothing in the way of colored fruits to 
Perhaps the best, as well as cheapest protection for oxcnl them. The color and growth of wood, form anil color 
a garden is a fine belt of evergreens along the side or of h aves, Ac., were given with the greatest accuracy, and 
sides most exposed to cold winter winds. Home of ««ch details were neceesaiy for tho information of tho 
1 " , ui, , ,h» Vnrwtiv pomologist; but those plates were never designed for tho use 
tho most rapid growing varieties, like the Norway J, f mire< . rym ,. u ov their agents. Wo were, however, solicited 
Spruce, would, In a few years alter planting, attain tn u || ow our engravings to be used In this way, and gave the 
sufficient size to be of considerable use. Tender cn( , rav ,. r permission to supply all who desired, without 
varieties of the peach, grape, raspberry, Ac., would compensation to us. This was the origin of tho colored 
doubtless be greatly beuefitted by such a screen, while plate business. Dealers have since added to the number, and 
its nreHe nee would add a noble and striking ornament many of the plates are quite Inferior, while tew are lust what 
to the finest garden bes^attracting hosts of birds we would like to see them. The improvement, suggested by 
to the imest garm ». Out West" fHci-’ who is one of the host nurserymen 
to destroy noxious insects and make the region vocal « f ^ ^ lmpol , ullt 
with their music. Indeed, some specimens oi the 
different varieties of pines, firs, spruces, Ac., arranged Introduction os Cofkkk to tor West Ihdim.- There 
in handsome form, would, of themselves, make a h <> in one of the hothouses of the Museum 
1 ,, u . . . n. of Natural Hiatory, in l*arU, a eolTee tree In full beam.*. At 
charming Winter gaidon. u 11 m s o .. tho bnginnltig of the lost century, under tho reign of Louli 
exceed in bounty and interest a collection <d this sort, a plant of this kind was brought from Holland, ant 
even in summer; and, especially when the snows oi j n tj lu Royal Gordon, where it thrived, and Severn 
an hour. When cold separate the lye from the crude. 
Add to the crude two lbs. sal soda, and boil in two 
gallons soft water till dissolved. If you wish it better, 
slice two lbs. common bar soap and dissolve in tho 
above. If the soft soap makes more than three lbs. 
crude, add in proportion of tho sal soda and water. 
Another Mode.— Take throe lbs. of common bar 
soap, slice it up, add two lbs. sal soda; boil them in 
two and a half gallons of soft water till dissolved. 
Washing Fluid. — To one gallon of boiling soft 
water add one lb. sal soda and six ounces unslaked 
lime; stir well together and let stand three hours, 
then drain oil' and bottle for use. To be used with 
common bar soap and will not injure the clothes. 
Newark Valley, N. Y., 1861, Ancilla. 
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How to M \ k n Cider Wine. In a late issue of tho 
Rural New-Yorker, I saw an inquiry as to the man¬ 
ner of making Cider Wine. A friend of mine lias 
some beautiful wine made as follows: For a barrel 
even iu summer; and, especially when the snows of in tllu R 0 y a ; Garden, where it thrived, and anvcral 
winter gather on their branches in such diversity ol offshoots were obtained from it. One oi them was confided 
curious but always graceful shapes, the figures of the m tho earn of a French naval officer, named Declienx, to 
snow blossoms varying according to the forms of the carry it to Martinique. Tho vessel became short of water 
^ . . .4 4 A I. . 1 :_ ..I. ...4 I. Ill II I li .tun ill'll IWltll 
tho beginning of the last century, under tho reign of Louis 0 f thirty-one and a half gallons, take fifty lbs. of 
XIV, a plant of tliis kind was brought from Holland, and two q lulr ts of old Bourbon Whisky, Btir well, 
leaves and twigs they grow on, they present to the 
sight objects of surpassing loveliness. a. 
South Livonia, N. Y., 1860. 
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POISONOUS PLANTS. 
Ignorance of the true character of many of 
Nature’s products, often leads to disastrous and latal 
results. This is especially so in tho case of poison¬ 
ous plants, wild, ov everywhere cultivated. Compar 
atively few persons know that the flowers of the 
Daffodil, the seeds if the Laburnum, the roots of the 
Scarlet Runner, the leaves of Fool's Parsley, the spray 
of the Cypress and Veto, the berries of lielladonna, 
and many other familiar plants, are extremely 
dangerous; how many a child has been poisoned by 
such things while the cause remained unsuspected. 
The common Acacia is now added to tho list, as will 
lie seen by the following extract from the Botanische. 
Xeitung :— 
“ Dr. J. Moi,LEU, in the Zeitschrift fur Nulurwnd 
during tbn voyage, but Deolioux shared his allowance with 
the plant, and kept it alive. On reaching the colony, tho 
seed it produced was divided among a few of tho planters, and 
it afterward became, generally cultivated. Such )* the origin 
of the vast plantations which now cover the Went India 
Islands, and the warm countries of the American continent. 
and bung it, leaving a small vent by boring a small 
hole through the bung. Alter a short time, say two 
or three weeks, stop this vent, and let it stand until 
about the middle or last of January, then bottle, lie 
sure the bottles aro stopped tight. The eider should 
l 30 new,—before it works.— Alfred Fisher, Paw- 
tuxet, R. /•, 1801. 
Islands, aud the warm countries of the American continent, ^ KT) f NK _Ti 10 most beautiful red ink used is made 
Tho hot house at the Museum, where this plant i» growing, dissolving common carmine in diluted liquid am¬ 
is kept by four stoves to a heat of 750, which is precisely the ^ ^ , fl ft prepai , ltiun of cochineal, 
tompsrature of the natural climate. wbloh may be produced by boiling ground cochineal 
Ai knowi.kuomknts.— We are indebted to A. Frost & Co, {n Hoft wa ter for half an hour; then straining the 
for line Camellias, and to Ellwanokk & Barry for most jj or lIii-ouk^ 1 a cloth, and pouring Into it a little 
delicious Raster Beurre pears. alutn or hydrochlorate of tin. A beautiful red color- 
"* j ng matter soon precipitates to the bottom of the ves- 
gtujuirUss amt sel; the excess of water is then poured off', and tl 0 
precipitated matter is dried in cakes, thus forming the 
Planting Dwarf Peaks.—I am going to set out a dwarf unr j va n e< j carmine of the painter. 
Planting Dwarf Peaks. — I am going to set out a dwarf ..: va jj e< i carmine of the painter. 
pear orchard in the Kurin#, and I want your advice on one __ 
point. FlBLf) wiy«, in nin work on pour*, that, ki if the trec» ♦ ■+ 
have rmt hern ti’anbplantcd or root prim id, select those of p n . n „„ Ku.K AT) Dr. TUCKKR, in the Maryland 
two or three yearn* growth, und plant then) In deep, rich ‘ * 
ground, ia row’* tour feet dintant, and thre«* foot apart m the Medical Journal, doniOH that CoarBC bread ifl tiaeiui in 
rows. * * By pursuing this plan, th<-y receive better , . the contrary, he sava it relieves the 
earn, grow fluster, and arc riot liable to damage." Now, the dyspepsia. uil ...ninny, 
ground intended for the Orchard Is a clover lay. seed sown constipation at the risk of aggravating tho real dim- 
hud spring; but can be put in deep und fine tilth be to re believes cold and stale wheat bread to be 
planting, lx it best to Bet B.nm out permanently. In orchard «-nity. m tie neves uu 
style, or put them out in a garden for a eon phi of years, m(IHt digestible, and therefore the best lor dyspeptics. 
U r,, n MV; ,, v, iKO. . HERMAN. Heikunde in Ihlgarn, relates the Case of a little girl, pu t‘u,em out in a garden for a coupio of years, mo st digestible, and therefore the best for dyspeptics. 
: _ cigW ye,,, old, wu — made Mrloody ill by e „ti„ g —How „r« »e ignore, common people over to keew 
a fresh root ol the Acacia tree, which she mistook ior ®‘ t ^ ft * otnllurd ttl whut is your opinion?—R il Kix. w | ul t, to eat, if the doctors can’t agree themselves 
EVEBGHEENS. liquorice. The appearauees of the disorder were Our advice is to plant tk« trees where they are to remain, a h ou t it? 
extremely similar to those which result from eating atones. They will grow just.w fart, in the orchard on in the 
At this season, when decidnons trees are all brown t, err j es 0 p Belladonna, A strong emetic of sul garden; In fact, they writ uever know tho dlttoroncc, unless Stopping Cracks in Stoves.— Noticing a call fora 
aud leafless, the value of evergreens for protection or of copper removed the danger; lemonade and you tell them. By doingthls, you save tbetroublc of removal, rcc j pe for stopping tins cracks about a stove furnace, 
_ _ a • ^ J at, ~ -tn n Ar. .,4' * . A 4 V.. HAAv^o rsrr.tvfti • thft JIM it IfOtH'rUl . , > /• tl ♦ <1 
At this season, when decidnons trees are all brown 
ornament is most apparent, and the importance of 
planting them moat fully realized. Scarcely a dwell¬ 
ing in the country but has some exposed side or 
corner which a row, perhaps a double row, or cluster 
of thick-branched evergreens would greatly shield from 
sweeping winds, and at the same time, serve the pur¬ 
pose of an elegant ornament to house and grounds. 
As the time when the need of anything is most 
pressingly felt is generally the best time to calculate 
the ways of supplying it, it is proposed that wc con¬ 
sider now, in winter, how to dispose our evergreen 
defences so as best to answer the ends of beauty and 
utility. 
In the first place, nothing looks more stiff and 
ungraceful than to see evergreens all of one variety 
planted in a single straight line along the fence, 
parallel with the trout of the house, especially if the 
black coffee being afterwards administered. The and the loss of a year s growth; for tho t»^ a general 
. , thine, malm but little growth of wood tho lint roasou alt*i 
next day all symptoms of-.ndtsposition disappeared, ^^ />f KTOUn(J iH of bIlt uttle account to a 
and ouly the depression consequent upon such f arm ,, ri f or a | mo ,t any kind of a low crop could be grown 
attacks remained behind. The physician who was between the rows for a few years 
colled in considered the following circumstances 
worthy of remark, Before boi„ B poieonod the child 
was suffering from intermittent, lever, which did not name time defensive and durable- The Osage Orange freezes 
att-u-k It is however uncertain ont with us. 1 have *een most beautiful specimens of the 
reappear alter the iui.u k. it is, nowever, uncertain Three Horned Item-y Locunt—do you know any objection to 
whether the fever was removed by the emetic or by them for a hedge? Is its wood durable for posts?—N. H. 
the eating of tho Acacia roots; if by the latter, the Mautin, Knyhamptm, N. Y, i860. 
f, . . ,, Thu Honey Locust makes a tree of considerable size, and 
action of tho Acacia would resent jIc that oi >clla- wbon geti c j oae ( or a h«dge, the plants are apt to die out from 
donna. Dr. Moller adds that a similar case of cr(iwdir ^ The , ;lU . A u . Ernst, of Cincinnati, who export- 
poisoning had occurred to himself in the instance of mon ud with hedge plates for over twenty live years, 
two children chewing fresh dag up roots ef this abandoned the Honey Locust, becoming satisfied that “ It is 
Acacia (Robinia Pscudacacia,) hut that also termi- not a plant which will bear crowding, or subjection to the 
grower, and gives very long bunches and large her- yard be so narrow as to admit but one row of trees. 
ries. If it were less acid and like No. 1 in quality, it 
would be the finest currant known. It is, however, 
quite worthy of culture. No. 18 deserves its name, 
for it is a prodigious hearer, hut like its congeners 
and its parent, No. 19, istoo acid. Nos. 19 and 22 are 
both alike; they give short bunches and very large 
berries, which are very acid. Nos. 20 and 21 are 
alike; they give bunches and berries of moderate 
dimensions, and are not worthy of much notice. 
Of the White currants, No. 24 is one of the best; 
No. 25 sometimes produces larger berries, which are 
paler in color; the tree is more horizontal in its 
growth than No. 24. No. 20 seems to be a seedling 
Evergreens of the same kind are so uniform in their 
growth that if set in a row, they present a much 
more monotonous appearance than an equal number 
of maples or elms disposed in the same manner. But 
if they are to be placed in a row in front of the 
house, and there is to be a line of other trees also, 
by all means plant the maples and other similar 
large-growing trees next the fence, and the ever¬ 
greens inside. As a rule, it ia in better taste to have 
the smallest trees nearest the house. Again, if you 
plant double or triple rows of evergreens, avoid 
placing the trees in the several rows exactly opposite 
each other, but rather so that a tree in any row shall 
from No. 24; when highly cultivated it gives bunches stand opposite a point midway between two trees in 
and berries of a very large size, hut under ordinary the next row. This makes a denser shield against the 
culture it cannot be distinguished from it. Nos. 27 and wind, and produces a much better effect. 
nated favorably."— Card. Chron. 
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ftovticnttural 
Colored Plates.—Y on are, or mean to be, I doubt not, 
down on humbugs, and, as a nurseryman needing colored 
engravings of fruits and flowers for the use of agent*, I ask 
what b the uso of their having but one sort of fruit or flower 
on a page, as Is now the case with most of the plates fur¬ 
nished us, so that we mu-t have a purse like a sub-treasury 
vault, (under not the present administration, 1 admit,) to 
buy a decent assortment, and then a horse and buggy to cart 
the hook around after it U bought 1 Now, sir, 1 go in for le«s 
blank paper to these said plates — less duplicate large fruits, 
and comparatively useless leaves and branches, so that a 
book of twenty-live plates of the ordinary size shall afford 
something of a decent assortment, which it is now utterly 
impossible to get with four times that number. Why not 
group the fruits and flowers— for instance, one plate of sum 
mcr apples or pears, another of full, another one or two of 
bedire form." Others, and among them Air. He ID, of Eliza¬ 
bethtown, N. J , the well known nurseryman, considers the 
1 would recommend the following: Take good slaked 
lime and tho cinderB on a blacksmith’s anvil block, 
sift them through a coarse seivu, mix with the white 
of eggs to a thick paste, and it will last a long time. 
Lime and ciuders equal quantity. — W, \V. F., Cassa- 
daga, N, i 1661* 
To Make Hard Soap from Rokt. —Seeing an in¬ 
quiry in a late number of the Rural New-Yorker for 
making hard soap from soft, I send the following, 
which I know to be superior. Take 7 Its. good soft 
soap; 4 lbs. sal soda; 2 ozs. borax; 1 oz. hartshorn; 
J lb. rosin,-to be dissolved in 22 quarts of water and 
boiled about 20 minutes.—S., Hannibal, N. Y., 1860. 
Cloth for Window Shades. — Will some one, 
through the columns of the Rural, give directions 
f,... .trAnavinff ninth and TiaintiniT window shades with 
Honey Locust the very best plant tor farm hedges. Ho says, ^ ,. )ar i n g cloth and painting window shades with 
after twenty years' trial, he is satisfied that “ It is more easily alg0 the kind and quality of cloth that is 
kept, and better adapted tor A farm 5-nc.n than any other yet . . 
used." The wood is coarse grained, and is not durable. 
The White Spir.vas. —Two years ago J saw. in one of the 
nurseries of Rochester, as well as in some of the gardens iu 
your illy, a beautiful white splra-a, with branches covered 
witli snowy Mowers, like snow wreaths. I did not take the 
name uot noticing any other variety, and the next autumn, 
while sending for other things from a nursery, ordered a 
white spirit it. My plant has done well, but it growB larger 
than I expected, and tho (lowers are of a dull white, instead 
of that clear white that I had reason to look for. Now, I 
think 1 must have the wrong kiu'l. Please tell mo the name 
of the one that I have tried to describe. -Julia (1. K., An 
napolis. hut , 1861. 
Tho variety you want is no donht the Spiraea, lanceolate. 
or Lame-Leaved Spirtva We had a drawing taken of this old 
favorite when in flower, which you will find, with description, 
iu another column. What you have is probably Spiraru 
ulmfolia■] 
best?—R ural Reader, Mention, N. V, I860. 
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Tomato Catsup—Cement for Fruit Jars. — Will 
some of the Rural readers please send a recipe for 
making Tomato Catsup. Also, for making cement 
used in sealing fruit jars.— B. I’. A., Newtown Conn. 
4- • 4 — 1 — 
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