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FKUIT AND FRUIT PROSPECTS. 
Strawberries are over, and Raspberries are in 
perfection, and never have we seen liner crops of 
almost all good varieties. The Black Cap was a 
great favorite here for a few years, but people are 
growing wiser. They are learning that the dry, 
seedy Black Cap cannot compare in flavor with the 
delicious Antwerps, Brinckle's Orange, or any of the 
good sorts. Now there ia a pood demand for white 
or light colored fruit, and Brinckle’s Orange sells for 
two cents a quart, more than any red variety. It is, 
however, too tender to keep a great while, or carry 
a long distance, and soon becomes jammed and dis¬ 
colored. It will not make a popular market berry, 
though for family use there is nothing better. For 
preserving, the red varieties are decidedly the best, 
and we have never found any fruit more desirable 
for bottling than raspberries and strawberries. The 
Hudson River Antwerp is, wc think, the beat market 
berry, as it is firmer than any other good variety. 
Growers should remember tide. 
Cherries we have none, except a few of the Late 
Kentish, commonly known as the Pie Cherry, which 
sells at the unusual price of $2 per bushel. 
Pears will give but a small crop, and of Peaches 
we shall have none. Indeed, most of the trees in 
the country around Rochester look as though they 
would never recover. The curled leaf was terribly 
severe, and trees are now almost leafless. 
Apples will give mnch below a medium crop, we 
judge from our observation, though in other sections 
the prospect is more promising. 
notes on new and fine annuals. 
As annuals are receiving much attention from the 
lovers of flowers, we design during the season to 
give such notices of new and lino varieties as wo 
hope will prove interesting and profitable to our 
readers. For about a month past the earlier varieties 
advanced in hot-beds have been in flower, and we 
give a few facta from our note-hook. 
AcrOulinium, roseinn amt album .—This is a very 
pretty everlasting flower from Swan River, the rose- 
colored variety of which we grew last season. It is 
now in full flower, and has borne abundance of blos¬ 
soms for three or four weeks. It grows about a foot 
in height and forms a tuft of erect, unbranched 
stems, bearing narrow leaves somewhat resembling 
those of tho flax, each stem terminated by a Bingle 
flower. Iloseum, as Its name indicates, is rose- 
colored, and album, puro white, the center or disk, 
yellow, and the ray of luvolucral scales dry, and 
retaining their form and color for a long time, like 
other everlasting flowers. They should be picked in 
the forenoon for drying, tied in small bundles and 
hung up out of the way of flies and dust. It is best 
to pick the flowers the first day on which they 
expand, a-; the rose-colored variety fades after a day 
or two, and the white becomes stained with Hy-specs. 
We find that the earlier the plants are set out in 
the open ground the stronger and more branching 
they grow. Those set out lute seem to be injured by 
our hot suns and send up only two or three slender 
Htems, hearing as many vory small and insignificant 
flowers. The Acroclinium grows readily from seed 
in a col«i frame, or even in the open ground in a 
warm situation, and hears transplanting remarkably 
well. We think It a very desirable early border 
flower, and is of the best of the everlasting flowers. 
When dried it is even more beautiful than when 
growing in tho border. Among our plants wo found 
one bearing delicate flesh-colored flowers. 
A ntirrhinum, Brilliant and Striped. Brilliant 
is a very fine variety of the snapdragon family. The 
flowers have a white tube, crimson upper lip and a 
yellow palate. The lower lip is of a mixture of 
crimson and yellow. They are very showy and come 
from seed remarkably true. The striped are white, 
yellow and pink, striped with ditt'orerit shadeB of red. 
The seed produced more than one-half good striped 
sorts. 
DiA.vrnra Chinensis Heddewic.it.— This beautiful 
Indian Pink sustains its reputation of last year. 
Some of the flowers are poor and should be dis¬ 
carded, but the best arc large and exceedingly beau¬ 
tiful. in color. Of the double variety about one- 
fourth grown from seeds proved double, and are as 
large as the best Carnation and as perfect. We may 
give a drawing of one of these flowers before the 
close of the season. 
Diantuch Chinknsis i.aciniatts differs some¬ 
what from the preceding in habit, being taller and 
more slender, while the flowers are more deeply 
notched at the edge. Most of the flowers are, 
however, more thin and loose. There is a double 
variety, of which we received a colored plate the past 
spring, but failed to obtain seeds. 
Dianthus Ciiinknsis nanus atrosanguineus is 
of dwarf and compact habit, only growing five or six 
inches in height. It bears a profusion of very dark 
Wood-colored flowers, beautiful and double. Noth¬ 
ing will make a more brilliant small bed or border. 
I'lILOX DRUMMONDI RADOWITZJ. 
i in-ox Dkuaimonpi Radowitzi. — This is a new 
fine phlox with rose-colored flowers, rayed from 
, ie Center i with white stripes upon each petal, as 
p , 0Wn *“ the e,) g' - aving. Like the other varieties of 
, J Wrummoudi, it flowers early and continues 
'coring the season, bears transplanting and endures 
, 10 otteBt 8un - It is a valuable addition to our 
beautiful annual phloxes. 
' Ml ' IUT Iberia utrtipurpureu kermexinu. — This 
which has been commonly called crimson, is 
^ moht beautiful of the family, growing, with ordi- 
uilture, only eight or ten inches in height, with 
1 re ii.Moii 0 t dowers of darkish crimson, tinted 
violet-red. 
The Double Zinnia.— This flower created great 
excitement in Europe last season, especially in Lon¬ 
don, where it was sent by Vii.mokin, of Pails, for 
exhibition. Drawings and descriptions were pub¬ 
lished in the journals, in which this novelty was 
represented to be as double and as beautiful as n 
small Dahlia, and the greatest acquisition made in a 
score of years. Having obtained seeds from Vii.mo- 
rin last winter, we have had them in flower for 
several weeks and are prepared to report. The best 
flowers ave ns fine as represented; indeed, we have 
them much larger than shown In the plate, perfectly 
double, and finely imbricated, forming half of a 
globe, three and a half inches in diameter. 
Only about ten or twelve per cent, of the plants 
obtained by us have perfectly double flowers; about 
half of the remainder are semi-double and the reat 
single. 
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DYING OF DWARF PEARS. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —In your paper of July 
Gth, I saw a communication from F. \V. Lay, de¬ 
scribing a disease that attacked his dwarf pear trees. 
It describes the case of ours exactly. Three years 
ago last April, we set out about eight hundred dwarf 
pear trees, of the twenty best varieties for Western 
New York, and about two hundred standard trees. 
Set the standard trees thirty feet apart each way, 
and two rows of dwarfs between, making them ten 
feet apart each way. Set out on sod turned under 
deep. We mulched the trees with half rotted straw. 
The first summer only one dwarf died of the whole. 
We raised a crop of turnips that summer. Tho next 
spring about fifteen or twenty died. The quince 
stock is found entirely dead in every case. The 
second summer we raised two rows of beans between 
the rows of trees, each way. Tho third summer 
(last summer) we did not raise anything, but kept 
the ground cultivated. About, thirty or forty died 
last summer. This spring there were sixty Unit did 
not start at all. Fifteen or twenty others made a 
feeble attempt to leaf out, but died in tho attempt. 
The only reason we can assign for it is, that the 
pear grows so much faster than tho quince it forms 
a bulge where they unite. Then the bark separates, 
and the sap can no longer flow, the root dies, and 
the top dies as soon as it exhausts what sap It had 
in it when the connection was broken. Our stand¬ 
ard trees look very tine. Last year we had Harrietts 
that measured 11 j inches around and 5$ long. 
Now a good many of those trees are dead. 
All varieties are affected alike. When wo set out 
onr orchard, and several times since, nurserymen 
said if oar trees did not do well they would no longer 
have such strong faith in dwarf pours, as our place, 
both location and soil, was a perfect home for the 
pear. They were planted, and havo been attended to 
since, just as the nurserymen directed. The trees 
were one year from tho bud when set out. I have 
seen trees in other gardens affected in the same way. 
I would be pleased to hear from others on this sub¬ 
ject. Thoh, L. Ferine. 
Prospect Farm, DanaviUo, N. Y,, July 11, 
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FRUIT IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. 
Eds. Rural New-Yokkkk: —Noticing an article in 
the Rural of June 22d, on “ Fruits in Western Michi¬ 
gan,” I propose correcting some errors contained in 
said article relating to the impossibility of raising 
fruit in Wisconsin. But it may be that friend Elliott 
is in part excusable, as he probably has never visited 
Wisconsin in time of fruit harvest. Now, after a 
residence of twelve years in Fond du Lac Co., I can 
say that wo raise as good apples and as many of them 
as is raised m any country, our trees grow Just as fast, 
and bear Jnst as much as any orchards can of twelve or 
fourteen years' growth. Let Mr. Elliott come here 
in the mouth of September, and he will be sadly dis¬ 
appointed in regard to Wisconsin fruit, Jle will 
make up his mind that it will be a pretty Hlim H mar¬ 
ket ” here for his Michigan fruit. There are a very 
few varieties thatarc not hardy enough. Our country 
is yet young, but In a few years you will see Wiscon¬ 
sin among the first in fruit as well as in everything 
else—A, No. 1—like her first regiment of soldiers 
that have gone to the seat of war. Fetiches wo do 
not think will do well. Fears do very well; uIho, 
cherries, and with plums wc can beat the world 
almost. All small fruit* do well. 
The people have not as yet paid the attention that 
they should to setting out orchards. Wheat, wheat— 
it is nothing but wheat. But wait—"time will tell.” 
One year we lost a great many trees by bright. We 
all know Western Michigan does raiso good fruit. 
As for Minnesota and Illinois, they must speak for 
themselves. May bo we shall hear from them soon. 
Perhaps they have “a large opening for a market .” 
Near Fond du Lac, July, 1861. Oscar Burry. 
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LIVE FENCES. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: —I have often thought 
of my premise, hut have so far continued deferring 
writing that I have to crave pardon for neglect. A 
rural scene is much enhanced by live fences. It 
gives protection to property, and is intended as a 
barrier against trespass. Crops and animals 
need protection from tbc elements in this varia¬ 
ble climate.^ Not only were our older settlers 
aware of this, but our Present agriculturists 
have had expensive experience of the folly of 
6* too much exposure to sudden changes. Only 
S last week, between three and four hundred 
y sheep lost their lives, it is said, from this 
cause, in this and adjoining towns. Did such 
Hll losses happen when tho country had forest shel- 
^jj| ter? Were our crops or fruit then so often 
blasted or cut oft' as now? Were cultivators so 
$jjr troubled with insects then as now? Were the 
W pastures then colored of a rusty brown instead 
of lively green? Rut sufficient; I recommend 
live fences as a remedy, and as a matter of 
economy they are desirable. Dead fences are 
only a partial protection, liable to innovation 
and decay, occasioning a great outlay yearly 
in time and material for a fence that is yearly 
getting worse. Well, as a remedy, I propose 
live fences, which, if left untrlmmed, will 
seldom attain over sixteen feet in height, un¬ 
less, as some recommend, wc use maple, eltn, 
apple, or some other equally ridiculous substitute, 
forgetful that a plant for hedges should be compact 
and of thick growth in the bush, and the roots of a 
perpendicular rather than of horizontal formation, 
and especially uot liable to grow suckers. A plant 
for hedges in this Northern clime should he one that is 
comely to the eye whom divested of its foliage as well 
as when clothed in summer array; one with such sta. 
bility of growth that will resist trespassers as it pro¬ 
gresses in years; and above all, one that will not 
injure the field crop by an impoverishment of the 
soil or be detrimental in plowing. 
To suppose that any one plant will suit all soils or 
climates alike is folly. Still there are certain plants 
TH# I OUKHAriNTT WORM. 
SMi 
Some of our friends who send us 
easy methods for the destruction 
of the worm that is devouring the 
currants and gooseberries in this 
section, we think have never en¬ 
countered the real foe. We were 
suspicions of this fact, from the 
great ease with which some have 
declared its ravages to have been ' 
stayed, in articles which we have 
not. deemed it advisable to lay be- 
fore our readers. The following 
from Cayuga county is just re- 
elved: 
Remedy for the Currant Worm.— 
Wo have one on the Mine principle of 
that of H. N. I.., of Greece, In the 1 ' /& 
Rural of June loth, hut much easier & 
performed. Spread a sheet carefully , A-A', 
uuderthu bush, as the worms spin down ( 
to the ground at the least disturbance, WlilipiiMiif li 
bead the bush over the sheet, and give 
it a smart shake. Shake the worms to- =—~'7 
gethcr|jind proceed to another. Two ^ r 
persons can go over quite a number In 
a few minutes, and liy repeating the | 
operation three or four times, at inter- *T/\ }/ 
vals of a few days, the remedy is com 
plete. Thu worms in tlie sheet are to ill] 
he destroyed, of course.—A. M., Strr- hm 
liny. Cay. Co,. 1861. M7a 
Now it is evident that our Ster- ////in 
ling friend has tho old currant I 
worm, which descends to the earth j 
by *u (bread, dropping when dis¬ 
turbed, but uot the gooseberry 
grub, produced by the gooseberiy 
saw-fly, which is now doing so m ch mischief. 
The worm of the currant moth Is iown iu our 
engraving, and also tho male and femi e moth. The 
worm is of a lively light yellow col •, and thickly 
covered with numerous black dots of liffereut sizes. 
It moves by spanning off a space at uich step, and 
is rather sluggish and inactive duri g the day. It 
may easily be conquered. 
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deep yellow, and the feet, tail and head are black. 
It is also marked with black dots. Those worms 
appear in succession from April until October, a new 
crop appearing about every month, so that Increas¬ 
ing watchfulness and work are necessary to keep 
them in subjection. After all the remedies proposed, 
tliis worm seems to have things about its own way. 
PICKLING IN VINEGAR. 
Pickles are prepared from vegetables, fresh, salted, 
or dried, and mixed with vinegar, which should be 
of tho best common kind or distilled. The safest 
vesselsjto use for boiling vinegar are those of enam¬ 
elled iron; a slight oxidation may arise from the 
action of the vinegar upon an Iron vessel, but not 
Hnffloient to be dangerous. Acetic acid dissolves tho 
load that is used in tho tinning of saucepans. Pick¬ 
les should never he put into glazed jars, as salt and 
vinegar dissolve the glaze, which is poisonous. Tho 
jars in which they are kept should either be of stone 
or glass. Tln-y should bo closely covered; and havo 
a wooden spoon, with boles, to take them out of the 
jar, all metals being improper. They should be well 
kept from the air, and the large jars should be seldom 
opened, and the top closely covered. Those pickles 
in common use for the table arc best kept in the 
ground glass stoppered pickle-jars, which retain the 
vinegar without difficulty. It is necessary that tho 
pickles should always be entirely covered with the 
vinegar; examine them frequently, and if any syinp 
turns of mold appear, remove tho part affected, and 
boll the vinegar again, with additional spices. When 
vinegar Is added to old pickles, boil it, but lot it 
stand to be cooled before it Is poured over. When 
first pickles arc made, the vinegar should bo put over 
them boiling. Of all pickles, perhaps, red cabbage 
is the most wholesome; it is frequently made of un¬ 
boiled vinegar, merely poured over the cabbage, 
which has previously been salted. 
Pickled Beetroot. — Boil some beetroots tender, 
and pare and slice them; then boil as much vinegar 
as will cover them, with some mace, cloves, and 
peppercorns. Pour this over when boiling, and 
cover it close. 
to Fickle Beans. — Put the beans in salt, and 
water two days; drain ami dry them; then pour boil¬ 
ing vinegar over, lotting it stand three days. Pour 
may eas.iy oe conquered. The plants of those who think they have discovered ? ‘ 'T'™ - ' . ‘ 
The worm of the gooseberry » y la of a .lull , remedy, „ offer, And entirely destitute of leave* l„d “'f *7 7“' “ e l9 “ m * 
pale green odor, hm the lir.t thorac , segment la of before the end of tho season. ’“1 ^ ‘ he0 1,0,1 0,1 
- . _ ______ together. 
that will do better than others. One hat 1 advocate, Ja.-an Gu.wKs._Mr. Fortune, now In Japan, send. Urn P '°™ O«“HE.*0jrcuM..RR.-Plck the rough- 
after move than half a century’s (,nervation and blowing account of tho Jeddo grape to tlu- Gardener,' ’ , mak ° 11 "trong brine of salt ami water scald- 
oxperience, is a plant that, If agrioulural publishers Chronicle :— 1 “The vine of this district, which you may as well ' I’ nt them In »ud cover them dose. Let 
would examine as you have done, a d publish facts rmn "' lt °* CL ‘ th ” via* 1 .’ produce* a fruit of great 1 " M " Htar,<1 tw<!lv,! Hours; then take boiling distilled 
instead of theories, their readers vauld be better " x< ' fill,>nc0 The Vuuch«« an- medium «i*i>cl, the b«rrl«e are vinegar, ami put them in it; let them simmer, not 
informed. I know a publisher wht some months ?! “Ifc “““ M ™'!' "'1 ^ 'T' ta ‘ Ut J* 011 ’ f ' 0 ' , lm,f hour; t,,L ‘" r ' nt tht ' m ln 11 P an - and 
...... i , * , can l>n desired. This grape may he valued in Fnglnnd, where keep tln-ni close covered with vine-leaves ami u cloth 
ago, stated that be had examined 0 - -r thirty Osage w „ have so many tine will be highly ttt J to,, Should Z , l ™ mY? 
hedges in Illinois, and that ho hadse.cn not more nrWi th* rinims s*„tua ,.r a .,* ... ■ p, . hould they not become sufficiently 
Javan Graces — Mr. Fortune, now In Japtni, nends tin* 
following account of tho Joildo grape to tho Gardeners' 
Chronicle:—" The viuoof this* district, which you may as well 
name at once the - Jeddo Vine,* produces a frutt of great 
excellence. The hunches are medium sized, tho berries are 
of a brownish color, thin skinned, and the flavor is all that 
can he desired. This grape may he valued in England, where 
OU.U-U urnt no mi,. exam.nou ovr thirty Usage wn have so many line kinds, ami most certainly will be highly llt t ho too Should time „ 
hedges in Illinois, and that ho hadse.cn not more prised iu the United States of America. A few years ago I . ' . 1 7. . th , y ' b t “ nit Hdthciently 
than five or six that could bo called an upology for wag traveling from Malta to Grand Cairo, in company with Y' '-"' YYT i"' . vin ?* loAveB and hent tho vine K ar 
a hedge, still less for a fence. This s me person tills Bryant, the celebrated American poet, and a genuine ,f! l” ll * * "■* Dll t my or* so. 
year advocates this plant (Osage Ora: ge) as the most lf,Vf " ° r b ,>r b' uult, >rai pursuits. This gentleman informed To Fickle Lemons.—S crape twelve lemons with ft 
reliable for the purpose of fencing! (However much ‘ uu thHt ’ owin * to " ome eauHe ' our Bnro P eau viuua M ""t P ioce of broken glass; cut them across in quarters, 
tin’s gentleman has seen of hedges, ho las taken pretty * ucl!, ;' ,d m “ ch t,n tu * othei ‘ * We ° r th « At '»"tlc, and suggested not quite through, (live them as much suit as they 
r d to 1 , 00 ,, front thi. c«4 ,« hi. .yc. £ “w/.th “ “'"I T "* 
should be opened and he should see \bat the Osage like that, of the United States I had never met with what I carthorn <llHh throL ' or f,)lir days, turn- 
will Dot make a fence anymore or lAttcr than tho considered % really guml variety of grape la China, and there inK . tl ' 0,Tl ev, ‘ r > r Then uk ” twelve cloves of 
Prairie Robc will. fore have not been able to act on Mr. Bryant’s suggestion. k ar Iie, parboiled and salted three days, a largo spoou- 
The European Hawthorn is the plant I have found At last ' however, we have a subject for the experiment, and I °* tl(,lir °* mustard, and some Cayenne pepper to 
succeeds the best, Shakers’ opinions totwithstand- nr K« d lta importance on Dr. Hall, who is an American citizen, 
ing. It is favorable for tho purposes 1 demanded- ttn<l ^ ^7 "“reduced a number of plants to his 
dense growth, roots perpendicular, wo 0 < remarkably no doubt wiU the object in vl ,. w 
hard and still, bears trimming well, ami when divoBted ** i therefore conclude this article by giving notice to your 
of foliage Its appearance from its compactness demon- readers on the other side or the water to look out foi the 
stratus It to be something more than « acJV-en it leafs arrival of the 1 Jeddo Vino.”’ 
ing. It is favorable for the purposes I demanded— 
dense growth, roots perpendicular, wood remarkably 
hard aud stiff’, bears trimming well, ami when divested 
of foliage its appearance from its compactness demon 
stratus it to bo something more than « screen it leafs 
out earlyandretainstbe same lute in the fall. Its foliage , . --- r . 6 
ia beautiful,tho bhmtiom a Charming nosegay of refresh- t) „ ’ «>wmno wntes “ Tell “ Clarice ” ftIU ] then throw in ns many onions as will cover the 
ing (ragrance,. and are succeeded by rich coral-l.ke reioai . U(lbly tln „ tljifl gKttHonj , lI)(| ma , b) a Bae Khow hV<>() top; as soon as they look clear on the outside, take 
berries alike tempting and grateful to tho tasto Of were sown early in u bot-bod In a largu pot, ami turned out tlu>m U F aa fl B,ck M possible with a slice, and lay 
children and birds. HogR, too, fatten on them. iu tho upon ground, and has beuu in flower nearly a month, them on a clean eiot.h, cover them close with another, 
I consider It well to plow and cultivate the land for “ ml mak«g a lino contrast, with tho other two sorts. When lin| l *cald some more, and so on. Let them lie to be 
hedge planting before setting, at least four feet wide, ll< ’ wn wit h other annuals tho usual timo out of doors, they do cold, then put them in a jar, or glass, or ivide- 
and six may be better in some places, but four 1 find " Ht bloo “ 1111 ‘ atB > ana thon not 80 tody as the early planted mouthed bottle, and ponr over them the best white 
answers well. Grade evenly, drain wet places, plant ° neS ' 1 “ ,tH l)|,,;n rn T expancnca. ’ pickling viuegar, just hot, but not boiling. When 
early ill the fall, October or November; if not, as cold cover them; should the outer skin shrivel, peel 
early as possible in the spring. Have planted ps late Inquiries nud Aitstvcrs. it off. They must look quite clear. 
as the 8th of December, ftud also in February and —*-- ^ To Fickle Red Garbage.— Slice it into a colander, 
March—and even into Jnne, but the caflier planted Tiik Roonkli Si-R|wiiJiRRY.— C*q you assist, a person who aud sprinkle each layer with salt; let it drain two 
, . , : . %«. theu put It Into • J»r, with Aoilin* v. MW r 
Having been told that this plant would not grow in bnrrv plants. I ordered Hooker, supposing I could get what enough to cover it, and put -a few slices of beetroot 
Iowa, I sent some out with directions aj* to manage- Observe to choose the purple-red cabbage. Those 
meut, aud I find they do as well there js here. My ordered sorn» inure, and to b» <srt»iu, I had the agent who like the flavor of spice will boil some pepper- 
desire is to extend the usefulness of this plant. We r'a^I.Yot w.me plairiYof^^^Ydl/thl/plate— cor,1M - ""'^ard-seed, or other spice, whole, with the 
cannot grow sufficient for home demand. Over 100 genuine Hnokerl Now, when l got. my fruit, f found 1 had vinegar. Cauliflowers, cat in branches, and thrown 
bushels ol seed was sown this year in this town. tlrir.’.'r’YTYvVnYV'u-YY'lY^'V-'t „ t Y in a,ter b< -' in K H!lltfIC '- will look of a beautiful red. 
Skaneateles, July, 1861. W. M. IIkaocharp. yet. Will you please inform me If it ia right mid give r< »i ' n 
_, , ^ , _ _ through the Rural, a cmotui d.-rription of t)dkb«m!^IL Fo,t Mlxai) Ficklkh, prepare any vegetables yon 
iiKi.o.vu, Norwich, QhenmytrCo., N. V., 1861. like by cutting them in pieces, and let them lie in 
not quite through. Give them as much salt as they 
will hold, also rub and strew it over them, and let 
them lie in an earthern dish three or four days, turn- 
iug them every day. Then take twelve cloves of 
garlic, parboiled and salted thi’ee days, a huge spoon¬ 
ful of flour of inuBtard, and some Cayenne pepper to 
every lemon. Take the lemons out, of the salt, and 
put them in ajar with tho Hpioc, covering them with 
the best vinegar. Keep them very close, and they 
will be fit for use in a month. 
Pickled Onions.— In the month of September, 
ebooso tho small, white, round onions, take oil’ the 
brown skin, have a stewpan of boiling water ready, 
and then throw in ns many onions as will cover the 
top; as soon as they look clear on the outside, take 
them up as quick as possible with a slice, and lay 
them on a clean cloth, cover them close with another, 
and scald some more, and so on. Let them lie to be 
cold, then put them in a jar, or glass, or wide- 
the better. 
Having been told that this plant would not grow in 
Town, I sent some out with directions aj* to manage¬ 
ment, aud I find they do as well there ^s here. My 
desire is to extend the usefulness of this plant. We 
cannot grew sufficient for home demand. Over 100 
bushels of seed was sown this year in thi town. 
Skaneatrii-B, July, 1861. W. M. Bkacchamp. 
enough to cover it, and put-ft few slices of beetroot 
Observe to choose tho purple-red cabbage. Those 
wiio like tho flavor of spice will boll some pepper¬ 
corns, mustard-seed, or other Bpice, whole, with the 
vinegar. Cauliflowers, cut in branches, and thrown 
iu after being salted, will look of a beautiful red. 
For Mixed Pickles, prepare any vegetables yon 
like by cutting them in pieces, and let them lie in 
hklo.vo, Norwich, Chenmyo Co., N. Y., 1861. like by cutting them in pieces, and let them lie in 
ftortaltuvnl The engraving sent u» is a poor thing, and unlike any | au< l water for two Or three days; then make the 
- strawberry we ever saw. It is too round for Hooker, which pickle ill the following manner: Boil the quantity of 
John E. I.b Conte, former Major of U. S| Topographical * H somew hat conical and regular in form, though large sped- viuegar required with peppercorns, mustard-seed, a 
Engineers,—who died at Philadelphia, in November last, 
aged seventy-seven,—was almost the Nester of American 
botanists, although his principal contribulipns to Acicnc.e, 
except the earlier, relate to zoology, chiefly to entomology 
and herpetology. His flr*t botanical publication, a Catalogue 
of the Plants growing spontaneously on tlri Island of New 
York, appeared just half acentury ago. Man] of the choicest 
botanical stations even seventeen years liter, when Dr. 
Torrey issued his’catalogue of the same district, were a* low 
aa Canal Street, and Peck's Slip. Even the earlier author 
lived to see nearly his whole flora cxtinguMjed, swept, away 
by denudation, or uncomfortably overlaid by recent strata of 
stone, brick and mortar. Major Lo Conte made extensive 
collections in Georgia at a period when that part of the 
Country had been little explored, and freely imparted his 
materials and his valuable observations to working botanists. 
He also published several good botanical papers in the earlier 
volumes of the Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, 
New York, and more recently, in the Profeedlugs of tho 
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, an Enumeration 
Of the North American Vines, and a paper on the ipecies of 
Tobacco, with which, unfortunately, we are not acquainted. 
For the last ten or twelve years Major Ln Conte ban resided 
in Philadelphia; aud we are to expect from one of his scien¬ 
tific associates there, a titling tribute to the memory of this 
venerable, genial, and accomplished gentleman and natural 
ist.— Prof. Gray in SilUmum's Journal. 
Crystallizin'!! Klowbrs—Bosks in Winter.—Ah you arc 
one of my particular friends, I make bold to ask a favor of 
you, and wish you to return me an answer through your 
columns. It is rather late lo the season for many kinds of 
flowers, yet I wish to ask if you, or any of your lady readers, 
can tell be how to crystallize flowers, such as snowballs, lilacs, 
roses,{Ac. Y 1 have heard of 'lipping them in gnm arable water 
—have tri«d it and failed. If any one can tell me what, pro¬ 
portion,{and the particulars how it Is done, I shall feel greatly 
obliged. 
I will send you a plan for having roses In winter, which I 
cut out of an old magazine, more thau twenty years ago. 
Take the buds just ready to open, cut them from four to six 
inches long, seal the ends where you cut them off with sealing 
wax, handle them as little as possible, and wrap each one in 
a separate paper in a c.one-llke form. Place them in a box 
and the box in a drawer, aod Christmas, or whenever yon 
want them In winter, take them out, and cut off the ends 
where they were sealed, and put them in luke warm water, 
aud iu about two hours they will ho In bloom. Mo the recipe 
nays. They must be kept air tight, or they will not bloom.— 
Mrs. G. W. McCekkrt, West Union, Iowa, 1S61. 
Champion ok England Peas.—W e are indebted to C. F. 
Crosman, gardener and seedsman, of Brighton, near this 
city, for a fine lot of Champion of England Peas, one of the 
very best varieties for the garden. 
mens are occasionally depressed. The color is a very dark 
blackish crimson, almost a maroon color, and tho surface 
glossy. Flesh crimson, tender and juicy, with a rich flavor. 
The plant makes a vigorous growth, the foliage is large and 
broad, foot stalks long and stout. The plant makes a good 
growth in summer, but proves rather tender in winter. The 
engraving shows a specimen of medium size, as we picked it 
from the plants of Mr. Hooker. 
Briton Pink Strawukkry, kc .— Allow me to make an 
inquiry about strawberries. Is white red? Last year I pro¬ 
cured some plants of the Bit-ion Pirn- rirawberry i wbite) of 
an agent of tire Rochester nuf-nriev They frulti-tl this year 
and proved to In- r*-d. Will some one teli me if the lilctou 
Pine (white) strawberry is whi'o or red, and the qoulitv of 
the fruit? 1 have the White Alpine, aud would like a White 
Piue, Also, I would like a. strawberry of the I ‘I lie variety 
that will give ft nil! a week or two later than liovey'a or Wil 
son s. Will some one inform me through the Uukai. what 
variety will give the latest fruit, and how much later than 
Hovey’s? An inquiry is made in the last Rural if the peach 
can he budded on the wild plum stock. It can, aud does well. 
N. B. Hale, Norwich, N. Y, 1861. 
The Bictnn Pine is a white strawberry, with a pink shade 
on fine specimens that ripen in the run. It is uot productive, 
and wc found it too tender to endure our winters. Having 
discarded it several years since, we do net know how it ban 
succeeded of late. 
Flower for Name. —Please favor me with the name of the 
flower I send you. Some call it Queen of the Meadow, 
wh^e O the lit designate it simply Meadow Mweet. I should 
very much like to koow its proper name.— Jennie Temple, 
Tuesday Eve, July tl, 1801. 
The flower is Phlox mmulata, or Wild Sweet William. 
Queen of the Meadow aud Meadow Sweet are Mpira.-as. 
Flower for Name — Will you please give me name of the 
inclosed flower, through the columns of the Rural, aud 
inclosed (lower, through the columns of the Rural, and •, 
oblige—A Little Girl, Azlalan, Wig., 1861. |a 
The flower is a Diijilalis, or Fox-Glove. I E 
small quantity of mack, a few Cayenne pixl* am! 
ginger, and half a pound of Hour of mustard mixed 
smoothly in a basin, to be put in while boiling; put 
all together in a large stone jar. 
Pickled Eons.— Boil eggs very hard, pod them, 
and put them in cold water till very cold; have ready 
a strong pickle of white-wine vinegar, with a little 
maeo and whole pepper in it; put them In while it is 
quit* hot, and stir, that, they may all look alike; do 
not cover the pot till they are brown. Put them into 
ajar, and they will be ready in nine or tea days.— 
(iodey’s Lady’s Book, 
Ginger Wine. — To twelve pounds of sugar, add 
eighteen quarts of water, four ounces of the best 
Jamaica ginger, bruised well. Slice the peel of four 
lemons, take all and boil it for three-quarters of an 
hour, taking off the scum as it rises. Put it into a 
tub when lukewarm, and add three-quarters of a 
spoonful of yeast, the juice of four lemons, and one 
pound of raisins, chopped. Put into the cask, let 
stand a fortnight, stirring cjvery day, then add a 
quart of brandy and one ounce of isinglass. Stop it 
down, and it will be fit to bottle in six weeks. 
» » ♦ * >- -- - 
Blackberry Cordial. —To one quart of black¬ 
berry juice, add ono pound of white sugar, one table¬ 
spoonful of cloves, one of allspice, one of cinnamon, 
and one of nutmeg. Boil all together fifteen minut-eB 
— add a wine-glass of whisky, brandy or rum. 
Bottle while hot, cork tight ami seal. This is almost 
a specific in diarrhea. We have known severe cases 
of dysentery cured by it; and one dose—a wine- 
glassfui for an adult — half that, quantity for a child 
will often cure diarrhea. It can be taken three or 
four times a day if the case is severe. 
Smooth Hands for Dishwashers. — Keep in a 
saucer corn meal wet with vinegar, and when work 
is done, and a trifle of soap has done its office, rub 
your bands faithfully with a teaspoonful of this mix¬ 
ture, rinsing off, and rub your hands till dry; the 
softness of your hands will repay you. Should Blue¬ 
beard suggest the idea of waste of meal, suggest in 
return this argument, that you can hem his cravat in 
half the time, and I’ll warrant you he’ll settle back 
•into his easy chair, puffing composedly his five dollar 
meerschaum. 
