SPLENDID GAZANIA. 
One of the most showy and beautiful 
bedding plants lately brought to the 
notice of the lovers of (lowers, is the 
Oazania splendent. We have before us a 
colored plate of this flower, and present 
our readers with a very fair engraving, 
though it is far from doing justice to the 
(lower. We see that plants are advertised 
for sale the present spring by some of 
our florists. It is thus described in the 
London Illustrated Bouquet. 
A new and very beautiful plant, finely 
adapted for bedding out, and extremely 
valuable from its dwarf, compact habit 
lurtirntfurnt $<>(<*$ 
COOKING APPLES, PUDDINGS, Etc. 
Erm. Rural Nkw-Yorkkk:— I noticed in y< 
paper of March 3d, •' a new way of cooking apple 
I think / have a nicer way of doing It, viz: P ttre 11 
mellow apples, and with a piece of tin, made in i 
form of a tube, punch onl, the core, leaving the r 
of the apple whole. Place the apples in a tin 
earthen plate, fill the cavity with coffee sugar, a 
set in the oven. When they begin to cook, talc, 
spoon and haste them frequently with their o 
juice, till done. These you may compare with stra 
berries or ripe peaches. 
1 have a few reeipes I would like to send y< 
Perhaps some might profit by them. These I ha 
tried and know them to he good; 
Cocoanut Pudding.—M ake a custard with fc 
eggs; 1 quart of milk, and Bugar of course; gri 
one-hall’ of a cocoanut. and stir it Wr. 
... H lew v e ry warm .lays, followed by hard Trouts, 
and the effect upon early flowering bulbs and herbaceous 
plants has been most disastrous. Indeed, the whole winter 
has been anything but favorable. Crocuses are now (April 
“'th.) j««t going out of (lower, and, in consequence of the 
unplensaut weather, have made but a poor show. The Ilva- 
ciutbs are doing a little hotter, as the weather is now quite 
favorable. The early Tulips are beginning to show their 
(towers and in a few dayswill he quit* gay. Our peach bud,, 
as wo have before announced, are destroyed, and wo have 
good reason to believe that the gra,,.. has suffered in caponed 
Iocahties. and oven the buds of the pear are declared by„ 0 ,ne 
intelligent fruit, growers to be somewhat in jured. Yesterday 
a gentleman banded us quite a package that had fallen from 
his trees. Raspberries, unprotected, are Injured. In a week 
nr two, we shall know more of the extent of the injury to 
fruit by the past winter. 
Roskh for the Milt ion'—I think 1 have hit on a way to 
strike roses so as to place them within the reach of every 
one Those who can obtain cuttings now. can have a bla,o 
of bloom next summer, and none can fail, provided they 
Observe the following instructions. As soon as the cuMtn,« 
ordinarily adopted, das many inconveniences; one 
of the principal of which is, that the ground is occu¬ 
pied for a long period before they arrive at perfec¬ 
tion. It would, therefore, he the more advisable, if 
it were possible, to sow all annuals in prepared beds, 
and afterwards transplant; but there are some, such 
as poppies and similar-rooted plants, that do not bear 
transplanting, so that these, under any circumstances, 
must be sown where they are to flower. It is also 
essential, in order to ensure success in raising seeds 
of any kind, to bear the following important rule in 
mind. That the smaller the seed, the less deeply 
should it be covered with earth; indeed, some seeds 
are so fine that they ought only to he sprinkled 
slightly over the ground, and should the weather at 
the time be very dry, a thin layer of damp moss 
ought to be placed over them till they begin to ger¬ 
minate; but there are few hardy annuals that require 
such extreme attention as this, such care being more 
intended for the raising of Calceolaria And ntVioT* 
wiui two crackers rolled line. Bake in a quiok oven. 
1* lour Pudding.— Two and a half coffee cups 
flour; butter, size of an egg; I teacup sugar; I tea¬ 
cup sweet milk; two eggs, well beaten; I teaspoon 
soda; 2 teaspoons cream tartar. Rake or steam it, 
ami cat with a nance made in the following manner: 
Take a piece of butter the size of an egg; two 
spoon(uls sugar; one teaspoonful flour; stir together 
and pour on boiling water. Seuson with nutmeg or 
lemon. 
Cottage Pudding.— One cup cofflbe sugar; one 
egg; two spoonfuls melted butter; 1 cup sweet milk; 
I teaspoon of tartar; half teaspoon soda; two cups of 
flour. Hake half an hour. Eaten with pudding sauce. 
Johnny Cake. —Two quarts sour milk; 1 cup 
sugar; half cup butter; three eggs; meal to make a 
thin batter; teaspoon soda.—Mas. S. C. Partridge 
Bedford, Midi., 1861. 
the autnmn, requiring no support, affected neither 
by the “summer’s storm nor the autumn’s change,” 
closing its magnificent flowers by night and again 
unfolding them by day, it has few equals for the 
flower garden. From its free growing habit, its 
showy blossoms and tho profusion in which they are 
displayed, this will prove one of the greatest addi¬ 
tions to our summer blooming plants. 
lavender, violet, crimson, and rose, with white 
center. 
ICnghsh Quilted Asters are the same as exhibited 
so beautifully in the rich array of colors at the Crys¬ 
tal Palace Exhibition. The full half globular stylo 
of the flower-headB is much superior in effect to the 
old quilled varieties; and the diversity of color and 
self-apparent contrast is a valuable feature in forming 
a correct Idea of the relation and harmony of colors 
between the neutral and higher tints'. 
i\rw (riant Emperor Asters possess flowers of great 
size, very double, and of fine form. 
Stocks.—T reatment very similar to Asters. Tho 
danger is not so much to be feared from the green- 
lost sheep, and how he left the ninety and nine and 
went in search of the lost one. So it is with us; wo 
come here, and every one almost has a dead tree 
about which a great ado must be made, but nothing 
is said of the ninety and nine that live, and flourish, 
and bear fruit, that sell some for ten, and some for 
fifteen, and some for twenty dollars a barrel. When 
the country was new, fruit was raised without any 
trouble; but it sold for about nothing. Now it costs 
a little labor to grow good fruit, and it sells at a high 
price. Could we grow fruit as easily as it Is grown 
at the tropics, then it, would be comparatively worth¬ 
less, and the effect would be seen on character.” 
The last number of the Hardeners' Monthly calls 
attention to these suggestions, and uses them as a 
toxt for the following sensible remarks, to which we 
call the especial attention of all our Horticultural 
triends who are disposed to complain of their 
hard lot. 
While reading a report of a meeting of the Fruit 
Growers’ Society of Western New York, a year or so 
ago, we were forcibly struck with a remark of Mr. 
Vhjk, to tie effect, that, judging by what we hear at 
horticultural meetings, and read in horticultural jour¬ 
nals, one would suppose that all the,evils that attend 
pomological practices in every part of the world, I 
CRULLERS, GINGERBREAD, &c. 
Maggie thinks every body ought to know how to 
make doughnuts without having them absorb the fat. 
She makes them by the bushel, yet i» never troubled 
with any but light ones. Mere is her recipe: One 
cup of sugar; half onp of butter; 2 cups of sour 
cream; 1 teaspoonful of soda; ( eggs; flour sufficient 
to roll out. Excellent. 
Cuu li.krs. — Dissolve a teaepoonful of soda in 
halt a cup ol sour milk, and strain it upon half a 
pint of flour. Mix four large spoonfuls of melted 
butter with six spoonfuls of sugar that has been 
rolled smooth; four beaten eggs und one nutmeg. 
When stirred well, a.l.l the mixed flour and milk, 
and additional Hour to render them just stiff enough 
to roil out. If you wish to have tho crullers very 
lieli, Omit the milk and soda. Fry in hot lard,_no 
danger ol soaking the fat, if It, is of proper heat. 
’I HE VERY REST KIND OE GlNUEKHRKAD.— Ono eup 
of sugar; 1 cup of butter; 1 do of sour milk; 1 do 
of common molasses; 4 eups of sifted flour; I table- 
spoonful of ginger, and 2 teaapoonfiiis of salcratua 
dissolved in a largo spoonful nf wninr i... 
NMV MODS or Grafting. — The French nr. 
utov mode or grafting. It van be performed at. 
tho year, when sound, mature buds can be had, 
leaf is in a flowering state or not. It. i« perforu 
ing a small piece of bark and wood, leaving a at 
surface, to which a similar piece, containing tl 
is to form tho fulurc tree, is fitted, which i 
immediately with collodion This Imins a stroi 
cuticle, which secures a tree circulation of 
approach of warm weather, and a perfect union 
— Oanleners' Oh run ide. 
aaaiuons to me Class of annual flowers, and differing 
from the usual kinds with singled rayed blossoms, in 
having the central yellow tubular florets transformed 
into spathulateor oblong petals, regularly imbricated 
to the tenter, as seen in a well-formed double French 
Marigold, or elegant Lilliputian Dahlia, each indi¬ 
vidual blossom forming a rosette-like outline, and 
embracing distluot purple, light rose, red, orange, 
deep rnae, bull, and mottled rose colors, which, 
being produced true to each variety from seed, will 
prove extremely handsome, aud useful for the group¬ 
ing of colors in the flower garden. The rich petal 
tints of the Zinnia tribe are well known for their bril- 
a neat, erect, and compact 
is oi the most vital importance to have them per¬ 
fectly free from tho attack of the green-fly previously 
to planting them out. Asters and Stocks have be¬ 
come almost indispensable for late summer and 
autumn ornament, and the success or failure in their 
culture depends upon attention to their first stages of 
growth. The three main points of caution for these, 
and indeed for all half-hardy annuals, raised in forc¬ 
ing-houses or pits, are : 1st, preservation from 
insects; 2d, no sudden check of growth by too long 
or sudden exposure; and 3d, a gradual hardening be- 
fore planting out in genial moist weather. 
The Large-flowering, German, ten week, are great 
improvements on the oUl sorts; their colors are more 
pure and decided, and superior in the size of flowers 
triiHH, and habit. 
I he Pyramidal imjiruved targc-fla 
v t iiKRJUKN.— W t* h/ivp, OH our plan* ,i l ar «ro niirir 
Ox heart cherry tree, which hears well, thn ’fruit riromiiiir 
Mini tbn 14 to the (th of July. The treo in kept trimmed 
up n good shape, yet the fruit, though hug- and fair, is “ry 
fl°n y > ‘ 7T- """ plr,lM0 teU lh " ca «*» Ull ‘l euro?—W y 
"• Lock port, A tap am Co,, N. K, isci. 
aiin-nV c f fo ® flR “- w h«t is counhterml the healthiest temper 
aimi t..i in-door grape, in summerV Should the folium, 1 
watered, and If so, Uv often, and how often .hoi!id the 
roots be watered? An early answer to the above inquiries 
A ,1 l ': t, |^ tt ‘ fu,,yr ^ ivt - Ii — M Vr ,m > Onondaga Co., 
D0 ‘l u «stion is there a greater variety of opinions than 
on the management, of grapes under glass. The best process. 
liance, in connection with 
style of growth. 
Blotched AND Motti.ed Pansies,— These are ex¬ 
ceedingly novel, and distinct from the well-known 
German varieties, which were comparatively small 
and indifferent. Tho present varieties are largo a.ud 
full-sized flowers, of line form and picturesque 
colors. The attractive character of these kinds will 
add an interesting feature to groups of early spring 
and summer flowers. 
Asters— Asters should be sown in April and May 
as when sown earlier they do not advance more, and 
on receiving a check, they are subject to be injured 
by the green-lly or aphis. The seed should be sown 
on a spent hot-bed, or In pots withiu a close pit or 
frame, and when an inch high they should again be 
transplanted in fine soil, which should be spread over 
a discarded hot-bed, from whence they can be bedded 
out when about three to four inches high. Select an 
opportunity after showery weather and the ground in 
good order, attend to watering, and after this period, 
i the weather proves unfavorably dry, the least cheek 
iffords encouragement to the insects, and it is then 
advisable to sprinkle or syringe the plants occasion¬ 
ally with tobacco water, especially in the center of 
e “ ch plant - Mai *y failures in the culture of Asters are 
attributable to those premature cheeks in growth, 
and consequent attacks of the insects alluded to. 
Moist and genial weather is always observed to be 
most favorable to this tribe of plants, hence tho 
importance of the cautions here named. 
Luff out's Ermdt Asters are undoubtedly the finest 
ut “ ave ljeen introduced, and far surpassing the old 
verman varieties, their size, brilliancy of colors, and 
“ ablt of 8 r °wtb »^ing far in advance of others. 
Among them we also now possess different sections, 
suck as those with quilled petals, the Pmony-flowered 
and the Chrysanthemum-flowered, which last section 
oo much can scarcely be Haid In commendation of, 
tue flowers of which are as beautiful as any in the 1 
ranch or Truffaut section; producing large, full and 1 
-ouble well-formed flowers, 
„ _ wering is another 
section, producing splendid trusses of flowers, and a 
style of growth (hut is undoubtedly in advance of tho 
old pyramid a Is. 
The- new Hybrid (Hunt Cape proves to be the most 
magnificent ever introduced, commencing to flower 
with single stems about nine months after being 
sown. 
I he new Hybrid Perpetual will last several years 
Pork Cake. — Thirteen ounces of clear Tat pork, 
chopped fine,—after chopping, pour on one pint ol 
boiling water to dissolve it,— then add two cups ol 
sugar; one of molasses; one tableapoonful of soda; 
one of doves; one of cinnamon; ten cups of Hour; 
ouo pound of raisins, seeded aud chopped. 
White I'ace Cake.— The whites of three eggs; 
one cup of white sugar; half cup of butter; half cup 
of sweet milk; one teaspoonful of cream tartar; hall 
one of soda. Flavor with lemon. 
Jem.y Rolls —Three eggs, one cup of sugar; one 
cup of floor; one teaspoonful of cream tartar, and 
half one of soda,—spread on the jelly while warm, 
and then roll. 
Indian Bread.— Two quarts of corn meal; two of 
flour, scalded with equal quantities of milk aud 
water,—lot it stand over night where it is warm, and 
in the morning add one tablespoonful of molasses; 
one of soda; one of salt, — bake three, hours in a 
moderate oven. m. a k 
(terry, N. Y., 1801. 
jv Autumn, — JVfv noarent nui^hbor 
"ever blowonicd in the spring, hut 
in fall. You will confer n particular 
nculv, it thnro is any, tin- this dingular 
, 11 1 cane inform ui how to prepare the 
’ ,|l,w cedar, together with the time 
A SUIIHCKIIIKU, rates, |SCI. 
0 female blossoms on the samo 
iin latitude in April, Tho male btOB- 
whilo tho femalu in a rod feathery 
.inch an transplanting, injury, or 
Ibort to blossom in the autumn, but 
dll. cun ever become It habit. Wo 
t have n Witch Basel, instead of a 
worn in tho fall. Coiioh of the seeds 
ed by gathering and drying them as 
can be kept in a cool place dry, or 
the spring, when they ahonld bo 
iv soil. It will be necessary to shade 
e hot sun. In many localities, small 
ild, and transplanted to tho garden, 
ban growing from seed, particularly 
I nature. Hut she will be victor here. We must bend 
to her times and her seasons. Conditions of vegeta¬ 
ble growth must be studied, and natural laws obeyed, 
and it. Is only after the sweat of our brows bus 
watered our labors, that the sweet fruits thereof will 
spring up to our hand. 
We read of the flue and luscious fruits o’f Europe, 
but we never think of the immense amount of labor 
and skill spent on their production, nor dream of the 
hundreds of enemies that have to bo overcome before 
the well ripened fruit rewards its possessor. We 
allude not merely to the colder and more inhospitable 
countries ol tho north, but include even tho cele¬ 
brated sunny climes of Italy aud the south, the inhabi¬ 
tants of which we are accustomed to consider as idle, 
as it Is well possible to be. But if any class 1* lazy 
there, it is uot the one to which the horticulturist 
belongs. The Italian gardener is a model of perse¬ 
vering industry. With but a tithe of the science 
which nations blest with a free press and cheap 
literature possess, he is, nevertheless, in many 
respects, the equal of men from the wisest of the 
others, in sound practical knowledge of the garden¬ 
ing art, derived entirely from steady and laborious 
experience. Even in England and other portions of 
Britannia’s home dominions, the amount of worry, 
rare, and toil, and trouble, to bring fruit to perfec¬ 
tion, is astounding to one uninitiated in the mysteries 
if the art, when they become in time revealed to him. 
'lot only do the soil and climate oppose hirn at the 
ratset, but he has a multitude of outside enemies to 
ontend with, lie has, in the first place, to surround 
is orchard of choice fruits with a high wall, to ward 
ft the predations of those to whom hunger and want 
aspire no law. Then wire wonnB, and the grubs of 
ockcliafers and bugs attack the roots,— slugs, snails, 
ud myriads of “ creeping things ” devour the foliage ! 
efore it is scarcely above ground. Getting larger, I 
sd spider, aphides, Beale, “American blight,” and ' 
oudon only knows what not, attack the top. Scalds, 1 
listers, scales, cankers, mildews, and every evil ' 
imed in the encyclopedias, fatten on the shoots and T 
aves. Escaping all these, bullfinches, “tom tits,” ' 
(arrows, and a host of feathered thieves,' eat the [ 
ids before they burst; what few are left to flower, i, 
te frosts destroy all but a very few, which bear il 
*iait; of these few, the thrushes, blackbirds, “sweet 
robin red breast,” and similar marauders get the best il 
part; even after powder and shot, at an awful ex- n 
pense, have made rnaDy of them pay the death pen¬ 
alty, and so many come to the funeral, that the force T 
seems in nowise diminished. After all this, should w 
a few still be left — hornets, wasps, ants, and the B 
“servant girls iu the house,” (English gardener’s '•< 
worst plagues,) get the best of them, until by the H,: 
time the Lord of the Manor gets his share, the gar- th 
dener can tell you he has had no time to be idIe,°no Ul 
inclination to leave much to “nature,” nor disposi- 
tion to think whether the operation did or did not 
Osaom OraNuk Skkds, ftp.—Would yournelt or gome of 
, m’ 1 01 ai"in(f an (Jung* Orange fledge? p er 
liH| H it I„.h het-n already desuribad, but ] have acoens In the 
bade miinlxTH or only one vein A il., , 
pcrdiiuted a pint of goad, und alter Anukliig UiYho day-i 
them in rows, in a bed of light soil Wo t tho 'rrrono 
properly moist, hut they did not coo,u up for over four weekg 
and not m0|*« than half the need Whut diJ 
Krow wi*ru healthy, h IJ( j when the l^avOH fell tin? mon1, 
inclitri in height. We cut them off about two 
inches* above the ground. In the Boring not more than Wlf 
wore living, but wo tramiplanted t/iom to where wo. wanted 
our hedge, and during tlie nutumor they grew to the hnoht 
a sun, x slx adfz 
—K ti. II., A'eivton Falls, 1861. 
Pour boiling water upon the need, and allow it ran off. 
ien keep the seed moist and stirred every day far about a 
week, when it will begin to sprout. See that it does not 
ferment, which i« likely to be the ease, ,f in a large mass 
unless frequently stirred. Some pour warm water on tho 
seed every day, for Tour or live days, when it will begin to 
sprout. Another plan is to souk the seed in 
INDIAN BREAD, CAKES, &c 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —Noticing an inquiry 
in a late number of your paper for making “boiled 
Indian pudding,” I will give a recipe which I know 
to be excellent. Two eggs; one cup sweet milk; 
one-half cup of sour cream; one-half cup of sour 
milk; two cups of corn meal; one-half cup flour; a 
few slices of dried apple; one teaepoonful of soda; 
a little salt. This pudding is greatly improved by 
_____ stoamin ff- But it in a bowl or basin, place in a 
id this spring? steamer over a kettle of boiling water, and do not 
let the water cease to boll for three hours. You will 
>w it mu off. then have an excellent pudding. 
iy for about a » — ^ 
t it does not I f DIAN Bkead —One quart raw meal; one quart of 
a large mass, aua t!yB rneal ; °no quart of coarse meal; one pint of 
water on the sweet milk; one cup of yeast; two tablespoonfuls of 
will bexin to molasses; one teasnoonful of undo. ,.r ■... 
m connection with a 
bit; iu short, they are 
finest sections, with a dense, vigorous, 
i, tine foliage and noble flowers, unlike 
Aster, which appears so fine in Germany, 
some indefinable reason of climate or 
ut its reputed beauty in English gardens; 
Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered now of- 
proved uniformly superb. 
splendid ABters include the following 
as possessing great beauty,—1st. Perfection: 
produces flowera of great size, with longer petals 
somewhat reflexed, growing from two to three 
-;r this also is remark- 
size and fullness of petals, with a semi- 
Chrysauthemum flowered, 
This is not 30 large as the 
exceedingly pretty, with re- 
more numerous side flowers than 
■fth. Paony-flowered: the flowers iu 
are much more globular by their incurved 
„ l 5th. Imbrl* 
variety is distinct from 
aiformly tiled through- 
<me on the other, to the center of each 
short growth 
the Bouquet u 
Jet fails, fo r 
air, to give oi 
bat the New 
fered has 
Truffaut's 
sections 
this 
and 
feet high. 2d. Perfection Globe 
able for its r‘-— - - -• 
globular outline. 3 d. 
4wa#f variety, one foot.) 
Prating kinds, but 
tfexed petals, and 
other kinds, 
this class r 
catd- ; r:. from 14 to 2 feet hf g fa 
,, ■ 118 highly interesting 
others, the petals beirra n, 
°ut, each 
blossom. 
tion »v ° f r ^ tC ° ^'°^ 0re ^ Asters.- 
fiert’i. tr‘? hilH advanced t0 fourvariel 
r n , 1 Jtr,J dnccd had full double flowers 
whh qU3,led > etal3 iQ center, 
rcv t : ili :r th laige crimsoa P etals . a ud these again 
S Zm- * CirCUkr fHnge ° r band ° f leaf- 
green ’ „ , ng a nni M u e outline or series of crimson, 
’ dn ‘ ' vhite flower-like rays; it now comprises 
HORTICULTURAL SUFFERINGS. 
We are sometimes sorely annoyed, when attending 
Pound Fruit Cake 
the Rural’s reade 
send it. 
One pound of f 
of a pound of butter, rubbed half an hour; 10 c~ 
heat to a froth; I nutmeg; 1 tcuspoonfal of cloves 
temspoonful of dry saleratus, well mixed with 1 pou 
of flour; 1 pound or ramlus; 1 p 0an d 0 f citron 
pound of currants. Bake slowly three horns. 
Pi .ain Pound Cake is made the same way, omitii 
the fruit. Bake two hour*._F! a .' ,,, , a . 
Perhaps a recipe to some of 
rs will not come amiss, So I will 
Pound Fruit Cake that will keep a year: 
sugar, rolled flue, and three-fourths 
eggs, 
fra s Gingerbread, —Can any one of our friends 
re recipe for making Baker’s Gingerbread, the 
(•innine article, such as our husbands and 
rs are always referring to when they speak of 
*i days, Ac., Ac.?— F. D. IL, Bethel, ls<;i. 
