A Durable Paint for Out-Door Work. — To a 
quantity of charcoal, add a quantity of litharge as a 
drier, to be well levigated with linseed oil; and when 
used, to be thinned with good boiled linseed oil. The 
above forms a good hlaek paint, ami by adding yellow 
ochre, an excellent green is produced which is prefer¬ 
able to the bright green frequently used on out-of- 
door work, as it does not fade with the sun. French 
Paper. 
ftorticuUuval ilotc.s 
ago by Capt Mangles, from Swan River. It is 
rather tender in it9 habit, and will require more 
attention in the earlier stages of growth than some 
of the others. It is a beautiful rose color, and has a 
fine efleet in beds or masses in bright weather. 
A worthy ooighhur twlN mu not- to graft more than half llit* 
top the tirkt year, the rent tit A *oeruiu, iMiriq srtons from pre 
ceding year'Vgrowth. Another, of some experieueo in graft¬ 
ing. points Out to mo two large apple trees, grafted live or 
six your* ago with Boxbttrv Rimrt, oxeeodimrly' thrifty and 
groat. bearers,— every litub wax cut "It at Huns of grafting, 
and scarcely out* died. Ho rhlpke it the iieat way Hi« 
theory is, that the <ap l« thua forced into the scion, ami that 
they are surer to live, l gather, too, from reports, tliat the 
ungrafted limli* alight not all to he cut oil until the third 
season. W'bie.ti is the heat and safest method? 
Also, have any of the readers of tin, Rural made experi¬ 
ments with suit as a manure?— either with corn, potatoes, 
barley, rye, or roots? If no, how was It applied; la whilt 
quantities, and what kind of ou.lt u»od? 1 intend to make 
some experiments, in a small way. with salt the coming 
summer. If successful, f will try, aisome future day, to give 
the results, lor the benefit of others, through the columns of 
the Rural. —0. W Tcrjskr, Dio Man, March. ISO! 
Some of our experienced grafters will please give the 
desired information. The plan suggested, of grafting only a 
portion of the tree, or at least, of allowing the nugrafted 
limbs to remain, is the old and approved practice; but of late 
years, we have seen experienced grafters cut an old apple 
tree down to a mere stump and insert a great number of 
scions, thus obtaining au entire new top in a short, time. 
We continue our descriptions of the best annuals 
and their proper cnlture. Here we will remark that 
it is better to cultivate one variety well, than a 
hundred in an indifferent manner. Many a man has 
gained a world-wide reputation by making a specialty 
or hobby, if you please, of a particular flower. Who, 
among the lovers of flowers, has not heard ot Truf¬ 
faut and lii3 celebrated French Asters. The 
thorough cultivation of a variety, — growing speci¬ 
mens so fine as to surprise yourself, and that would 
be considered respectable in n Horticultural Show in 
London or Paris, will afford more pleasure than acres 
Cleaning Rkoche Shawls.—I wish to inquire, 
through the columns of the Rural, the mode of 
cleaning the white center of Brochc Shawls,—some 
method which will render them clean and white 
without injury. Also, how to color maroon. Will 
some reader answer, and greatly oblige — A Sub¬ 
scriber, Hunt's Hollow, N, Y,, 1861. 
. W. Adams. Portland, Maine. 
1. J. French, lxiconia, N. H. 
Iben Wight, Dedham, Mass. 
Has Moore, Providence, R. I. 
i. W. Coit, New Haven, Conn. 
!. C. Worcester, Tbetford, Vt. 
. B. Eaton, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Ir. Ward, Newark, N. J. 
'hos. P. James, Philadelphia, Penn. 
!eo. P. Norris, Wilmington, Pel. 
’harles B. Calvert, Maryland. 
Uiver Taylor, Loudon Co., Va. 
I. W. Westbrooke, Greensboro, N. C. 
Vm. Schley, South Carolina. 
). Redmond, Augusta, Ga. 
,t. \y. Philips, Wilmington, Miss. 
iVm. J. Keyser, Milton, Tenn. 
Sdw. D. Hobbs, Louisville, Ky. 
tobert Buchanan, Cincinnati, 0. 
iVm. H. Loomis, Indianapolis, Indiana, 
it. L. Dunlap, Ur buna, Illinois. 
Ir. McPherson, AllentoD, Mo. 
II. L. Comstock, Burlington, Iowa, 
r. T. Lyon, Michigan, 
los. L. Moultrie, Alabama, 
r. W. Felt, Bayou Bara, La. 
Jeorge AVorthen, Little Rock, Ark. 
rhomas Affleck, Texas. 
J. C. Brayton, Wisconsin. 
3. Thompson, Nassau City, Cal. 
Joshua Pierce, Washington, D. C. 
Ainasa Stewart, Minnesota. 
Edward Hunter, Salt Lake, Utah. 
James Uougall, Windsor, C. W. 
Hugh Allen, Montreal, C. E. 
C. 6 . Lines, Kansas. 
A Special Committee was also appointed, to whom these 
various Local Committees aro to make their report during 
the year 1.361; and this Special Committee aro charged with 
the duty of compiling from the Local Catalogues, prepared by 
tho various Local or Slate Committees, and from the present 
Catalogue of the Society, Tull lists of all the fruits therein 
named, properly classified aud arranged, with due regard to 
nomenclature and terminology, and are to submit, the same 
at the next biennial session of the Society for its consideration 
and action. The Special Committee are as follows. 
P. Barry, Chairman. J. A. Warder, 
J.S. Cabot, Oh as. Downing, 
L. E. Berckmans, William Reid, 
Marshall P. Wilder, Pres. Kx Officio. 
The Special Committee has just issued a circular to the 
Local Committees containing the following instructions: 
“ It is our duty to request you, as Chairman in your State, 
to organise your Committee and outer upon the work of pre¬ 
paring your Catalogue at once, so that it may bo transmitted 
to us sometime UuriDg the ensuing year, 1861, as provided In 
the resolution. In preparing your Report or Catalogue, you 
will please observe that the arrangement of the present Cata¬ 
logue of the Society is to be followed as closely as possible, 
giving— 
1st, A list of varieties suitable for general cultivation in 
yonr State, or such other region or district of country us your 
Committee represents: 
2d, A list of such new or newly introduced varieties us 
promise well. 
3d, A list of such as are known to be valuable for special 
as for marketing, or for particular soils and 
[SPECIAL NOTION.] 
A Word to Husbands. — When you go homo to tea, and 
find that M rs. Smith has succeeded, by u simple turn of tho 
wrist, In producing some of those scrofulous-loo Icing biscuits, 
which are your especial aversion, and ns you, with a familiar 
nod, rccognir.e the eruptive countenances of your old ene¬ 
mies, don't go oil Into one of those paroxysms of ruge and 
disgust, which always main- you HO particularly disagreeable; 
hut, on the contrary, mildly, yet with becoming dignity, 
place yonr hand in your pocket, and extricate from its long 
confinement the dime which shall place Mrs. S. in possession 
of a package of I)R Land's CHEMICAL Salkiiatl-b, with 
which she cannot fail to have perfect success in making 
biscuit, pastry, &c. Manufactured and for salo at wholesale 
by D. D. Du Land k Co., Fairport, Monroe Co., N. Y. Dr 
Land A Co.'s Saleratus is now for sale at retail by most of 
i the dealers. 
Budding Tkaches. —I have some thrifty young punch 
trees grown from pits last year, which I have neglected to 
bud. Will some of your correspondents instruct me whether 
I shall set them in the nreburd this spring as they arc, or 
what shall I do with them? Will It pay me heller to throw 
them away and buy from a nursery those that have been 
regularly mnoculated or budded? Such Information will 
confer a favor on — Young Fakmkk, lladdotfeht, ,V. J ., 
March, 1S61. 
By cutting the plantB hack to near the ground, you would 
get a growth that could bo budded the present season, but 
then you would lose a year; aud if you aro desirous of 
forming a peach orchard, it may he better to obtain trees 
from some nursery tho present spring. 
ropanthe manglesii. 
Acroclinium roseum — Is another fine annual, 
resembling the last somewhat in habit and form of 
flower and color, but differs trom it in size, being 
larger than Rhodanthe Manglesii. It is also a native 
of Australia. 
Xeranthemum annum is another very interesting 
family of Everlasting flowers, with blooms both 
white and blue, the latter being particularly desintble. 
horticultural QVbuertteemente 
CLUinlNa Roskh—W ill you, or some of your numerous 
correspondents give, through the Rural, the names of six 
of tho handkomest varieties of climbing roses?—A Suii- 
scribku, Loekport, A r . FI, 1861. 
Our selection would bo Rennet's Seedling , pure white; 
Queen of Ayrshire*, dark crimson, Felicite. PerpitueUe , small, 
very double, creamy white, (requires very slight protection); 
Queen of Prairies, bright red, Baltimore. Belle, pale blush; 
Megan*, or Buperba, pale rose, very double and compact. 
Dansvilli;, N. V . Vpiil 8 . 1 HH). O li. MAXWELL k CO. 
-7"\ rw M \ 1 >oolitll«V» Improved Itluclc 
) l 7 . V 7 ‘ M. J (’ A I' RASPBERRY PLANTS for sale at acts. 
niece. Send orders to . ... „ 
Jill IN WOOD, Tnyhirville. Out. Co., N. Y. 
fi.Mlki Hmickle sOinngo «' P«fi uiousiino. 
2 . 0 U 0 fine 2 year old IxaMla \ me* at fid per thousand. 
April li, l NCI. INo. S, 0001,0, M auction, Wayne Co., V I . 
D < X >1 ,I r l”l'l . ICS hnproverl Iilm li- 
CAl* RASPBERRY -IHMNM) Plants for rale, el l he choicest 
kind, propagated with care, Doth a thrill } stock of yearling 
bushes, ami warranted to be hearing Plants. 
PrIuk—$ 2 per hundred, Orders addressed to 
J. K. nNKIIAM. Lip in, Liv. Co., N- Y..or 
iSS~- 2 t, JOHN’ WOoLi.Taylo rville, On. Co., N. Y. 
( \ NT A I M< > < i 17. A I * TL—The largest Native 
V / Grape in America, Rnichci large, berries enormous, 
vinca aro true to name, having obtained our stock ol Mr. 
Kkhii, of C. W. Good plants tiom fd Ui 82 . Also, two-year-old 
Lawton Blaekhcrrv plants *1.60 per dozen, Sin per hundred — 
And a few dozen large sized bearing Hop Tree* at-SI each l nee 
list of 160 vilriattos ' cut to all applicants tree. 
A. W POTTER it CO., Grape lawn, Kn owlesvdl e, Vi. 
M(>K «4 A le K.~ 2,(MX) Dwarf Pear Treos 2, 3, and 
I ’ i vear* old 
MiO 9tannard Pear Tree* 2 years old. 
These are of the best varieties, well grown (hut not forced,) 
very healthy and well rooted treca. . 
Angers Quince Storks, Standard Apple Stocks. Prices very 
reasonable. 
Wilson's A Usui v Seedling Strawberry J3 per i.iiihi. 
Trees. Ar., delivered in Utica without extra charge. 
Please address C II. 01 RTIS, 
5K7-2t Waterville. Oneida Lo., N. \. 
STOCKINGS—SHAPING HEEJ. AND TOE, 
In the Rural of March 2d, I saw a request "for 
some elderly lady to give directions for shaping the 
heel and toe of a stocking.” I am unwiilingto claim 
the honorable title of an “ elderly lady,” but as I have 
to knit for several pairs of little feet, as well as larger 
ones, I thought. I would tell Prudence how 1 do it. 
When 1 get my heel long enough to narrow, I narrow 
each side of the seam,—stitch as I knit across on the 
right side, till 1 have narrowed five times across, 
then I narrow every time across, (both on the right 
and wrong sides,) till I have narrowed five times 
more, then slip and bind oil' tho remainder. When 
I am ready to narrow off the toe, I commence at the 
comer of some needle, knit seven stitches and narrow 
one, knit seven more and narrow again, and so on till 
1 get round,—knit seven times round without narrow¬ 
ing, then knit six stitches and narrow, and--lx stitches 
and narrow, till yon knit round again, then knit round 
six times without narrowing, then knit five stitcheB 
and narrow, aud so on- This rule makes a slim toe. 
I sometimes omit knitting arouid tho five tim«s, but 
knit, four times and narrow evei'ry four stitches, and 
so on, till I get it narrowed off. This in a rule for a 
large stocking, if you have to knit small ones, you 
must vary the rule according to the size of the 
stocking. 
Now will some one please tell me, through the 
columns of the Rural, how I can mend an india- 
rubber overshoe tliat is torn, and oblige, 
St. Anthony, Minn. Emily. 
/' III Kit 1C Y SKUDMNGH—Cherry Trees, two years 
\ J ohl. Apricots two years old. Also, a general.assortment 
ofK'tirKerv Stock, ns tea.,oliable rates, R. Will 1 K K CO., 
Gig,..)!, Newark, Wuvnc Co., V Y. 
P LEASANT VALI.KY WINK CO.’M LEADING 
varieties of Nativk and Forkign GkaI'K Vinks, for Vine¬ 
yard Culture, at low prices. 
t p- Semi for full Descriptive Catalogue and Prospectus. 
T. M Yiii'nguivk. Btu’/v. G. II. WHEELER, Pres t. 
JOHN F WEBER, sup t 
Ifaiomnndsport, Ktonlion Go., N. Y., iHfll 
A PPIiE AND IM A It T K HKS FOtt HADE 
h\ CHEAP The subscriber has Twkntv Tuciiimand Apple 
Tre.-i-«»<! Vive Tho-ismyl Dwarf Pear Trers, t wo i ears old. Mutt 
he will sell at the f. Mowing low prle***, a* they miist. Is. moved 
this spring, tho Und being wanted Tor other puniusos: 
Apple Tiees, per thousand, 826: per ten thousand S20U 
Dwarf Pear Tw*s, per thousand. 860; per live thousand $260. 
Other Nursery Stock ut very low prioes. 
.1 t„ CADY. M atervillo, Oneida Co.. N. Y. 
purposes, 
localities only. 
It Is tho design and aim of the Society to maku it* Catalogue 
go comprehensive and accurate that it may become the stand 
ard of American Pomology; hence It is important that 
Committee!) exercise the greatest care in preparing their lists, 
accepting such information only as they know to he perfectly 
reliable. It Will b« understood that no varieties are to ho 
classed for ‘ General Cultivation’ j^hin an\ J t*to or locality, 
upon brief or partial cxpcnmiAit, but must be generally and 
successfully cultivated for a considerable period of lime. In 
the carlo of those classed for particular localities or purposes, 
the nature of these particulars should in all cases be given if 
possible.’’ _ 
Wkatukk and Fruit in Mahmachosktth. — Hon. Mar 
shall P. Wilder, of Boston, writes us:—“We have had a 
hard winter in Massachusetts, with remarkable alternations 
of weather On the 8 th of February the weather was colder 
than it had been for twenty nine years. In the morning the 
thermometer full to 23 degrees below zero. On the 3d of 
March the mercury stood at 2 P. M., at 80 at 6 P. M, at 76', 
and at 8 in the evening at Off"; and in flvo days afterwards, on 
XERANTHEMUM, ANNUM AND ALBUM. 
With the above, and a few of the Ornamental 
Grasses, Bouquets can be made of exceeding beauty. 
After the flowers arc cut, they should he laid away 
on shelves to dry, or may be tied in small bunches 
and hung up is some spare room. 
THE ONTARIO GRAPE 
V J Tue price ot till* maimnoui variety win u« tciwu mm 
spring to fe per dozen, or<110 per hundred, Delivered in rota¬ 
tion as ordered. The Great Austin was exhibited last year in 
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Rochester, and Albany, and 
acknowledged to Im the most beautiful, and to average the 
largest and most, productive of any .Strawberry In cultivation. 
A liberal dioa,not to those who purchase by the thousand. Or¬ 
ders addressed L) either 4 .685-4t 
CHaUNCY M IDLER, shaker Trustee, Albany, V Y„ or 
WM S. CARPENTER. 4tiS Pearl Street, Nov York 
Editors Rural New Yorker:—I n giving fifteen 
years of the history of tho Ontario Grape, the writer 
docs not presume to speak of its origin, and if the 
following facts should conflict with statements made 
by others as to its being ” a seedling from a Native 
grape, found on a limestone ridge skirting the shores oj 
Lake Ontario I have only to say that no one can 
blossoms have passed away. Hence our efforts to 
keep them with us during the whole year by rneuns 
of conservatories aud pot plants. In the early 
winter wc miss the bouquet from our table, and long 
for its gay and delicate colors and its delightful 
fragrance. We have a class of flowers that while 
destitute of fragrance, retain all the beauty of form ‘ 
and color for years, and therefore are exceedingly 
useful in the formation of Winter Bouquets. Tho 
French arc very expert in making these winter orna¬ 
ments, and some of our florists import the flowers 
from France, while we have often seen wreaths, 
bouquets, Ac., cf French manufacture, in New York 
city. The fanciful people of that country also dye 
or stain light colored everlasting flowers, aud thus 
make them of any color to suit their notion. ThiB is 
a process of which we cannot approve, and for 
which there is now no necessity, for we have Ever- 
lotting flowers of almost every desirable shade of 
color. We now have before us, a collection grown 
last season, the colors of which no artist could suc¬ 
cessfully imitate. We will describe a few of the best 
Immortelles. 
The Onaubaliumb are most common in Europe, 
but the better varieties are perennial, and not hardy 
in this climate. We have several spesies growing 
wild on poor soils, but they are of little value. 
r J>l 1*0 ItTlCII FRENCH STANDARD I’EAR 
I TREES —Tn arriv* pur ship " l’ellonta," from Havre, a splon- 
rlfrl Toliection of HtAwiard Pear True*, coutniulng none but the 
most uimroveil varieties, selected expressly Cor us, nom the 
l 8 ry pH t' Nurwrl*^ in KY*in '**4 In purl nh fell gwm; Mart- 
lott, HeeWl, Hollo Isucrativa, Bmmts Bow., Beurrt* C lair^eau, 
Beurre d'Aojou, Winter Nells, Ac , , 
An excellent opportunity is now offered to Farmers, Market 
Gardeners, and Amateur Cultivators, to obtain a choice assort¬ 
ment of Fruit Trees of t.lm above well known varieties. 
Priced list of the above, together with other Nursery Stock, 
Bulbs, Ac., forwarded on application, by . 
SPOONER A CO., Nurserymen und Horists, 
6 H 6 - i t Jnirudcu Plain Ntirsei leg, Jiiinalcu Plain, Mohs 
\TATIVI! EVEUGIIKHNS — 6 to 13 indies high, 
l> packing free, $1 to *6 Jl I,Don , _ „ , ,, 
88161 D. L. SIMMONS k CO., f’nlhorne, C. W. 
following iraportiintadvantagesu— It has an agreeable 
flavor, it produces no scurvy or other disorders which 
result from the use of salt food, and it may be pre¬ 
pared at a moderate price. The process consists sitn 
ply in cutting the meat into pieces of moderate size 
aud dropping them into molasses, such as is obtained 
from the Hugar manufactories or refineries. The 
lighter juices ot' tho meat pass out, aud the heavier 
molasses penetrates iuward to every part of the meat. 
When the external molasses lias acquired a certain 
degree of liquidity from the mixture of the juices of 
the meat, it is a sure sign that the meat iB thoroughly 
impregnated. It iB now taken out of the molasses, 
thoroughly washed, and hung in a current of air to 
dry. After it Is completely dry, it may be packed 
in boxes and sent all over the world without experi¬ 
encing any change whatever. 
this Northern part of America, at least. Far be it 
from me, however, to say that they are not now 
entitled to thanks. 
But, to proceed to the promised history of the 
grape so far as known at present. About the year 
1845 or 1846, an individual in the double capacity of 
horse dealer and grape vine pedlar, was traveling on 
the north shore of Lake Ontario. Who he was, or 
where he came from, no ono knew, and by all ac¬ 
counts he was not likely to come a second time into 
the same neighborhood, for ho told some strange 
stories, and he certainly had some strange things to 
be called grape vines. Some of them, l am credibly 
informed, were covered with thorns; and he also 
pretended to have a great many varieties of grapes, 
all of them, however, proved to be Isabellas, except 
those with thorns, and the one solitary and then 
weakly-looking little plant now called Ontario, but 
at that time called by the pedlar, "the Virginia White 
grape—the largest white grape that grew.” The 
purchaser, Bolomon Hill, Esq., of the Township of 
Clinton, C. W., thinks it was at that time a young 
seedling. 
In the course of three or four years it fruited, but 
lo and behold, the great Virginia had a black skin, 
and from that time it lost the name Virginia White, 
and was called by Mr. Hill and family, the Big Grape, 
to distinguish it from the Isabella. 
About seven years ago Mr. Wm. Reid, of Port Dal- 
housie, procured a plant of this grape from Mr. Hill, 
for which he paid Mr. Hill’s son one dollar. The 
acceptance of pay for the vine was not approved by 
the father. What Mr. Reid did with the vine be 
purchased at this time, deponent saith not; but the 
original, or at least the old vine from which Mr. 
can be seen any day at the 
A,v Early Wild Giiauk,—I havo a wild grape vine on my 
farm that linars profitably every year, and ripens in July, or 
tbc first of August, I have not noted the precise time of 
ripening, but have frequently picked and ate thu grapes, 
which were quite palatable to oue fond of “ seur grapes,” 
when harvesting winter wheat, winter rye, and also when 
mowing grass in the field where the vino la growing. The 
vine is situated on a west side-hill, in on open field. This 
may not be at all remarkable to you, but it is very much so 
to mo, since I think it Is not common for wild grapes to ripen 
so early in the season. If there is any process by which the 
grapes can be improved and increased in size, I would he 
glad to know it.—D avid W. Andrkwb, Sterling, N. F . 1861. 
rjKAJt BKEIWI I’EAR KKKOMI! 
sale ut 81 ,Mt per pound, by D. F. 
"March 16. ISO I- [68-l-4t) 
\TIIRNKRYI\IA N WANTED. A man who is tlior- 
1 > onghlv competent to take the entire supervision of a 
Nursery If he ha* a family, a house can bo furnished him on 
tin* premises. Apply to or address _ . „ „ 
0(4tf JAMES (’llAl’I’FLL. Rochester, N. Y. 
A gents wanted to sei.i. eh lit trees. 
Wk wish to employ » number of experienced aud trust 
worthy men to sell trees, Ac , riom oar Nurseries at liberal 
WftffdM. 
Wholkhalk Dkai.krm furnished with Nursery, Stock of all 
descriptions at the lowest, wholesale rates. . 
HOOKER, FARLEY & GO., 
6 &(tf Rochester Wholesale NuI’snrlcn, Rochester, N Y. 
( s It TV IP 33 I N E 8. 
V J Delaware, Diana. Rebecca, Concord, Hartford Prolific, 
Union Village, Northern Muscadine, Groveling, Catawba, Isa- 
heiia. Clinton. Ac... at the very & RAKER. 
Toledo. Ohio. March 7. 1861. 6 K 8 - 6 t 
Water Cress. — A correspondent of tho Horticulturist 
gives this simple method of growing Water Cress:—“This 
salad is easily raised wherever there is a well or pump. Take 
flooring boards, and make a tank four feet wide and one 
deep; pitch the Hearns, and sink in the earth, fill with good 
soil, and Bet plant*. Run in all spilt water. 
“I have raised it in this way for three yearB, a bed of the 
above size furnishing an ample supply. The last two years 
I Bashed it, and cut from 1st of May until tho middle of 
December. It should have a warm aspect, to get it In hear¬ 
ing early, but is better shaded by an arbor of beans, squash, 
etc., in July and August, or the sun is apt to cook it.” 
Cukap Beer. —A very good, palatable, wholsesome 
beer, may bo obtained from acorns and hops. It is 
slightly sparkling, eminently tonic, and a febrifuge. 
The aeorns are steeped in water for fifteen or twenty 
days, the water being renewed four or five times; 
they are then transferred to a cask, Hops are added, 
the cask filled up with water, and the bungbole 
lightly covered, butnot stopped, as there is an escape 
of gas. In fifteen or twenty days the beer is lit to 
drink; and, as fast as it is drawn off, fresh water 
may be poured on. The cost is loss than three-pence 
per gallon. It would supply fonr or five persons for 
eight months with a very excellent beverage.— Lon¬ 
don Paper. 
mental Trues for Lawns, Ate., comprising among them 
Weeping Poplar*. Purple Beech, 
'• Mountain Ash, Oak Leaved Mountain Ash. 
Willow, New American Woep- Cut Leaved Birch, 
ing. Weeping Elms, vlminalis, 
" Kilmarnock do., Double Flow'g HoTsnchestnut, 
“ Rosemary Leaved do, Red do. do. 
FAHNESTOCK k BAKER. 
Toledo, Ohio, March 7.1861. ««3-5t 
rn « > L ic do nu it !•* h: k r k h . 
1 Wk oiler for sale t.hl* Spring our usual Nursery Stock, 
comprising 
APPLE TREES, a to 7 feet, at 8 H 6 per 1,000. 
PEARS, Standard, 1 and 2 years, *20 to 827 per 100. 
Do. Dwarf, 2 " 812 to 822 
PLUM TREES, 2 years. 827 rev u»i 
Do do. Peach bottoms. $IH per 100. 
CHERRIES, line, 6 to 7 feel. *1S per 100. 
PEACnES, 1 year Iroiu hud, 88 per loo. „ 
With u large stock of Small Fruits, such as Currant/. Raspber¬ 
ries. Gooseberries, Strawberries, Lipvton BlackherneH, Ac , all 
at the lowest rates. F AHNESTOCk & BAKER. 
Toledo. Ghlo. March 7. 1861. 6 AL 6 t 
Grafting the Wistaria. — The Wistaria can ho propa¬ 
gated by grafting, by cleft, the same as for tho grafting of 
fruit trees. This method offers the advantage of having 
several varieties on one stock. Best choose frule.scens as 
Btoek, as it is a very vigorous grower .—Revue Uorticote. 
gnquiri^ ami 
IIonby Locust nor Brooks. — Can you, or some of your 
correspondents, give me any information in regard to using 
the lloney Locust (Oleditschia triancanlhus) for hedges? As 
far as my experience goes, 1 am inclined to think it Is the 
tiest plant for Kaosas hedging, provided it. does not sucker by 
the severe pruning necessary. Information on this point, 
especially, will be very acceptable. — C. A. UoTCHKlBS, 
Habauv-'ec, Kansas, 1861. 
The experience of American hedge growers seems to be 
very contradictory. Oue succeeds well with the Whitethorn, 
while another fails, and so it Is with almost every plant that 
has been tried for hedging. Mr. Ernst, of Cincinnati, tried 
the Honey Locust, and abandoned it, believing it would not 
endure the severe pruning necessary to confine it to the 
hedgerow. Dr. Wakdkr thinks he planted too thick, and 
Reid’S was a branch, 
residence of Mr. 11 ill, 
Now, sir, if the above remarks respecting this 
grape are correct, laud the writer thinks he would 
have but very little trouble In proving them bo,) 
several ideas suggest themselves—for instance:—Is 
the old vine of Mr. Hill's the original; if so, where 
did it come from? Again, should the name Ontario, 
given by its (to say the least, not very scrupulous) god¬ 
fathers, be the name by which itshallbe known hence¬ 
forth? These are matters that I hope honorable 
Fruit (Jrowers will at no distant day be able to decide. 
And now, sir, to prevent unnecessary correspond¬ 
ence, and the imputation of sinister motives, permit 
me to say, that I have no Ontario grape vines for sale 
at present, and never had; neither has Mr. Hill. 1 
have the grape, however, procured both from Mr. Reid 
and Mr. Hill, standing side by side, for their identi¬ 
fication. In my last article, the types make me say 
the branches of Ontario are one-fourth larger than 
Isabella, It should be bunches . 
Baris. C. W., 1861. Chas. Arnold. 
I1ELICHIIY8UM. 
The Helichrybum is, perhaps, the most interesting 
and showy family of the everlasting flowers. There 
are several varieties, all annuals, differing in color 
and size of flower, but they are all good and showy. 
They are white or crearn color, bright yellow, a red¬ 
dish bronze, and dark brownish red. For preserv¬ 
ing, the flowers should be picked as soon as they 
open, and they will keep their natural appearance 
for years. For the sake of variety, it is best to pick 
a few buds as well as flowers in different stages of 
maturity. We give an engraving of a flower some¬ 
what reduced in bizc, and a bud. It is best to start 
the seeds in a hot-bed, if possible. 
The Gloee Amaranth, (Gomphrena globosa,) is 
one of the best known of this class of flowers. 
There are several varieties differing in color, as the 
red, flesh-colored, yellow, &C. 
* Rodantiif. Manglesii— Is the name of another 
beautiful aunual Everlasting. It is a native of Aus¬ 
tralia, and was introduced into England some years 
To Prevent Skippers in Hams. — In a communi¬ 
cation to the Cotton Planter, Mr. W. McWillio says 
he avoids the skipper by simply keeping his smoke¬ 
house dark, and the moth that deposites the egg 
never enters it. Jle has now hanging in his smoke¬ 
house, hams one, two, and three years old, and the 
oldest are as free from insects as when first hung up. 
Frosting for Cake.—W ill some of the subscribi 
of the Rural pleaso give me a rule for making fro 
ing for cake. I want to know just how much su§ 
to put in for the white of each egg, for when I ma 
it by guess I am apt to get it too hard or too thin. 
Emily, Minnesota, 1861. 
