quently more liable to injury. We have known 
instances jnst the reverse of this—where stand¬ 
ards had remained uninjured while dwarfs were 
killed. We mention these facts to show the im¬ 
portance of caution in arriving at conclusions, 
and the necessity of observing all the ia^uenees 
which bear upon them. For this reason a large 
number of observations is required to establish 
the degree of hardiness of any one variety.— 
Country Gentleman. 
A BATCH OF GOOD RECIPES, 
Every lover of the beautiful will emphati¬ 
cally endorse the saying of one far wiser than 
Solomon, who stated that even this luxurious 
king, when decked in his most costly 
robes was not arrayed like one of the 
lilies of the field. There is the Lilium 
Canadentc , or Nodding Meadow Lily, 
that so finely embellishes onr mea- . 
dows in June. This Lily is worthy a yyj 
place in the garden, and is much im- /iF~, 
proved by cultivation. The bulbs can /JF/vSk 
be taken up in Angnst or September, 
and transferred to the garden in safety. 
The largest, will flower the next season. 
L. Thibuldphientn Is another good na¬ 
tive lily, though hardly worthy of being 
transferred to the garden, as we have 
better sorts, somewhat similar in character. 
Lilium Candidum ,— the old White Lily, al¬ 
though somewhat common, Is not half enongli 
so. It is a real beauty—the emblem of white¬ 
ness— truly "lily-white.” A bunch of these 
lilies will perfume the garden or the house. 
This lily flowers about the first of July 
L. Candidum flore pleno — the Double White 
Lily—is curious and desirable, but not so much 
so as the single variety. 
Lilium Longijlorum. —This is a splendid lily, 
from five to six inches in length, trumpet-shaped, 
white as snow and fragrant as mignonette. It is 
perfectly hardy, increases fast, and is one of the 
most desirable lilies we have. A strong bulb 
will throw tip two or three stems, nearly two 
feet In height, each one bearing half a dozen or 
more of these splendid large white flowers. It 
blooms in July when flowers are somewhat 
scarce. A few weeks since we expressed our 
surprise to one of the best Rochester nursery¬ 
men and florists that this lily was not more gen¬ 
erally cultivated. He stated that the people 
were not acquainted with it or it would be 
universally planted. This being the ease, we 
thought our readers could not be better served, 
than by having an engraving of this beautiful 
lily. Taking a plant from our garden we placed 
it in the hands of the artist, and the result is an 
engraving showing the flower of the natural size. 
Lilium Umbellatum is a strong growing light 
orange lily, slightly spotted. A very good 
showy variety, floweriDg latter part of June. 
Lilium TigHnum — the old Tiger Lily, quite 
common in our gardens, and a good hardy 
showy lily. 
Lilium Martagon .—This is a very pretty class 
of lilies. The petals are very much reflexed, 
and hence they are commonly called Turk's 
tap Lilies. There are several varieties, red, pur¬ 
ple and yellow. They flower in June and abun¬ 
dantly, when the bnlbs get established and 
strong, especially in a nen suit. 
Lilium Chaladonicum , in form of flower resem¬ 
bles the martagon, and wo think should be 
classed w ith them. It is of a most vivid scarlet, 
uudskiniug as though varnished —a brilliant 
THUMB AND FINGER PRUNING. 
T his is the best of all pnming. It does not 
disturb nature, it is, m neany ail eases, done 
judiciously. It must be done when the shoots 
are in a solt ana succulent state, it is done to 
regulate'the growth, the lorm of the tree. If a 
brancnfgrows too rapidly—is likely to usurp too 
much space, It must be pinched back to allow 
the rest of the tree to come forward. Every 
tree can be made symmetrical and perfect in 
form by a little care in pinching in, if done when 
the tree Is young. Every one can prune in thi 3 
way. It requires no practical skill —only the 
exercise of a little common sense. The finest 
standard pear trees we ever saw, had never had 
a knife or saw about them. The thumb and 
forefinger had only been used. The trees be¬ 
longed to Win. Saunders, of Germantown, Pa., 
one of the first horticulturists in the country. 
He has now charge of the Government Gardens 
at Washington. Run off all unnecessary buds 
that grow in a tree—and remove as they appear. 
TO PRESERVE ORCHARDS. 
Nathan Shotwell, Elba, Genesee county, 
N. Y., thinks the cause of the present appear¬ 
ance of decay and death in so many orchards is 
owing entirely to neglect and bad management. 
He thinks a majority of orchards in this country 
have that neglected appearance; some are not 
pruned at all, others are carelessly haggled and 
large limbs left with protruding stumps that 
cannot heal over. Orchards are plowed and the 
roots torn, and many farmers who have access 
to leaves, muck, saw dust, etc., uever mulch 
their trees, nor remove the rough bark which 
furnishes a harbor lor insects. It should be 
scraped off with a hoe, and the tree washed with 
strong ley. An old orchard planted by my 
father, and still in vigorous growth 3nd bearing, 
has not been plowed for thirty years. It has 
generally been pastured with swine until apples 
begin to ripen. Manure frequently put to the 
roots of the trees destroying the toughness of 
the sod and making the soil loose and spongy, 
and the cions (the last year’s growth that 
fvorticultnral SUlvertismntts 
950 000 TREES. 
1 . - • v - ' We have aa Immense stock of first 
“b?, - y Standard and Dwarf Pear Trees, suit¬ 
able ror transplanting in Orch n -U and Garden*. Also 
an extensive stock of second and thin! sizes, suitable to 
transplant into Xur+ery rotes and crow 1 to S rears to 
iorm fine and extra sized tress Any of which* will be 
sold by lOOor l.iXOat the lowest rates lor the same oualitv. 
For e.escripticn and prices, address with =iamn en¬ 
closed FROST & CO.. 
Genesee Valley Nurseries, Rochester, N. T. 
pROST Cb CO. 
GENESEE VALLEY NURSERIES 
LILIUM LONGIFLORUM 
SAVING PEAR TREES FROM BLIGHT 
lar, which continues to feed and grow, hut in¬ 
stead of becoming a chrysalis, it fastens itself 
firmly to a twig and resigns itself quietly to its 
fate — lingering awhile a "life in death,”—a 
“worm within a worm.” Such is the law of 
Nature! the very worm which w.u to rmvWe a 
made to nurture a deadly enemy to Its own 
species; and when we consider that two out of 
every three of these worms are attacked by this 
fly, we can well imagine what a friend indeed it 
is to us, and that our orchards would soon be 
completely over-run by the worms did no such 
flies exist .—Prairie Farmer. 
Not long since I called attention through 
the columns of the Rural, to a method of saving 
pear trees by slitting the bark of those trees in 
which signs of blight appeared, and you gave an 
c6u?<Y<5o n?‘ tUtffif T&Vaftfc as were affected, upon 
the principle, 1 suppose, that you cannot spoil 
a rotten egg. Now, Mr. Editor, I claim this as 
nearly an invaluable discovery, which I have 
practiced for the last twenty years with perfect 
success. Therefore it is hard to remain quiet 
when it is ridiculed or spoken slightly of. I 
eauuot allow myself to doubt that If the many 
pear trees that have gone to destruction this 
summer, had been examined by a practiced eye 
last spring, say May or June, they would have 
been found injured by the heat of last summer, 
and had those spots where the injury appeared 
been slltted, and the outside bark of those spots 
where it had become crusted hard, had been 
shaven off, so os to relieve the binding pressure 
and allow the sap to resume its wonted course, 
tkoso trees would at this time have been well 
and healthy. All 1 ask is a fair trial. 
Anguet 10th, 1805. e. ti. 
Strawberries in August.—W e have received from 
O. J, Weeks, of West Webster, N. Y., a strawberry 
plant formed from a runner this season, and the sec¬ 
ond from the parent plant, bearing two fine ripe straw¬ 
berries and plenty of blossoms. It is of the Agricul- 
culturist variety. 
EEZWAXOER A BAR It r have the pleasure 
of offering their usual large and complete stock of 
STANDARD AND DWARF FRIIT 
TREES, GRAPES, 
Both Hardy and Foreign—old and new varieties. 
STRAWBERRIE S 
And other Small Fruit —all varieties worthy of cul¬ 
tivation. 
ORNAMEXTAE TREES. EXOWERTXG 
SHRUBS, EVERGREEXS, Ac. 
Arrixs on Sandy Sotls.—W ill you or some of your 
contributors give through the columns of the Rural 
a few varieties of long keeping apples, best adapted to 
light sandy land V —H. hi. Mygxtt, Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Will not some one who has the necessary experience 
answer the above ? 
The Moniteur, in giving an account of the 
Emperor’s recent visit to the Jardin d’Acclima¬ 
tion at Algiers, stated that his majesty was much 
struck with the rapid growth of the Eucalyptus 
Resinlfera, or Australian tree, which has attained 
a height of thirty feet and ft diameter of six 
inches in two years. This remarkable tree, in 
its native soil — Australia —sometimes reaches 
the height of 340 feet, and has been found more 
than nineteen feet in diameter at about a yard 
from the ground. It otten yields planks 200 
feet long without a single defect. The wood, 
j notwithstanding its rapid growth, is harder and 
It also presents beautiful 
Including a fine collection of STANDARDS tlxree to 
five feetlilgli. 
Tree and Herbaceous Pieonies, 
A great collection of new and beautiful varieties. 
BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS, &C. 
The stock :> . forces, well-grown, and in every partic¬ 
ular first Class. 
Planters. Nurs.-rymcn and Dealers ire invited to in¬ 
spect the stock personally, and to examine the following 
catalogues, which give fall particulars, and are sent pre¬ 
paid to applicants who inclose stamps, as follows: 
Nos. 1 and I. ten cents each; No. 3. five cents; No. 4 . 
three cents. 
No. T.—A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of 
Fruits. 
No. i.—A Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Or¬ 
namental Trees, shrubs, Roses. Ac., Ac., Ac. 
No. a.—A Catalogue ot Dahlias, Verbenas. Petunias. 
Apples for Name.— Please inform me through the 
Rural what the mimes of the apples are which I have 
sent. No. 1 Is an early apple. Tree an upright, com¬ 
pact. grower. No. 2, a very earlv apple; for cooking 
will remain good till fall. No. 3. a late fall or winter 
apple.— John Morley, Flint City. J tkh. 
No. 1 is Red Astrachan, No. 2, a variety known in 
some sections as Striped Harvest. No. 3 is quite im¬ 
mature, but has the appearance of the Rhode Island 
Greening. 
the trumpet shaped lilies. Flowers from seven 
to eight inches in length, purplish on the out¬ 
side, clear white Inside. A monstrous flower 
and very fragrant. Scarce yet both in this 
country and Europe. 
Lilium Landfolium .— Among the many truly 
valuable flowers that have been introduced into 
this country and Europe from Japau and China, 
during the past twenty years, nothing exceeds 
the beautiful, delicate, yet brilliant Japan Lilies. 
In addition to their beauty, these lilies are ex¬ 
ceedingly fragrant and as hardy as any of our 
commora lilies. Strong bulbs send up flower¬ 
ing stems from three to lour or five feet in 
height, and begin to bloom about the middle of 
August. Each flowering stem will have from 
GRAPES IN SPRING 
In the middle of last March, there were very 
perfect Isabella Grapes, as fresh as if just picked, 
upon our exhibition tables. The specimens were 
f rom Mr. John Cole, Staten Island, who stated 
hia process as follows:—"Select a clear day to 
cut the fruit, when every berry is perfect. Pro¬ 
vide a box made water tight, with the top lid to 
project over one inch all around to keep water 
out, then lay in the bunches carefully so that 
they will not touch one another, until the bot¬ 
tom of the box is filled; then place some strips 
across the box so as to just clear the bunches, 
and thus fill up the box. Put the cover on tight 
to prevent the water from getting in, and place 
the box lu the driest part of the garden, down 
below the frost 
heavier than oak 
colors, and is consequently well adapted for 
cabinet work. An astringent gum, know in 
commerce as kino, is obtained by making inci¬ 
sions into its bark. The eucalyptus is an ever¬ 
green ; its leaves have nearly the same shape as 
the laurel. The development of its lateral 
branches is no less wonderful thau Its stems. 
They arc small until the trunk attains the height 
ot about 100 feet, when they Bhoot out almost 
horizontally, sometimes to the length of ninety 
feet, giving the tree the appearance of an enor¬ 
mous umbrella. The seed, strange to say, is 
very small, and not unlike that of the tobacco 
plant. The flowers are white, of a most agree¬ 
able smell, and much liked by bees, which ex¬ 
tract from them a most delicious honey. It is 
also remarked in Australia, that the ague is al¬ 
most unknown in districts where this tree is 
abundant .—Peris letter. 
Grace Growing.—W ill yon or any of your readers 
please to inform me throuchthe Rural which kind cf 
soil Is the best to set grapes In, and also if the soil 
wants to be manured, and what time of year is the 
best to sot them. A little instruction on the anbiect 
would be very gratefully received.— W. T. C. Jr., Rico- 
cUle, Pa. 
If we wished to grow grapes wc would plant them 
in the best soil we hud, and If not moderately rich 
would make it so with manure. The fact is. the man 
who takes good care of his vines will succeed, and 
think he has the best soil for the grape, no matter 
whether it is sandy loam or a heavy clay. Plant 
either in the Spring or Fall. 
9AGF. ORANGE PLANTS.- First class Osago 
OranPlants may be procured at the Mound Mir- 
Address OVERMAN * BISHNF.LL, 
itf Box Canton, Fulton. Co., Illinois. 
(^1-SEAT AGRICULTURIST 
sthawbehry: 
Great Reduction in Price of Plants—From the 
AMU Of August, ,1. Ksbch, of Waterloo, N. V.. witl sell 
the Aertculturist plants, of the ->y btK aualltu and 
warranted genuine, 15 for fa, postage paid and well 
packed. ICO lor fl. 
Russell’s nml Butl'.iloes at *2 4* TOO or $6 V 1,000. 
Now is the time—semi in join orders with the cash. 
312 tr J. K.KECH, Waterloo, N. Y. 
Kibosexs for Bugs.— Some time ago 1 noticed in 
the Rural some sharp attacks upon a correspondent 
of the Prairie Farmer, with reference to his receipt for 
ridding vines of bogs, by applying kerosene. At that 
time oar vines were almost wholly destroyed. We 
tried the remedy with the few remaining ones, and 
every bug left in hot haste. But we did not apply it 
to the vines. otdv to the hills. We soaked two good 
sized feathers In the oil, and stuck them up in the 
hills. Those vines are now the nicest we have.—G. S. 
il., Otedic, A. Y. 
In trying all remedies for the destruction of insects 
care is necessary. It requires something powerful to 
drive them away, and this power without proper care 
acts Injuriously on what we are desirous to save. 
Hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of tine fruit trees, 
have been destroyed by tho free use of salt, yet a little 
is beneficial. 
” Mr. Colo tried 6tone jars but 
did not livid them to answer as well as wooden 
boxes. Tho grapes would doubtless have kept 
much longer .—American Agriculturist. 
ANOTHER INSECT FRIEND 
|1REE9 AND FXjANTS. 
fri’cat Inducements Offered to Lhalers and 
PUt liters ut Trees. 
We offer ‘‘or this Fall and coming Spring, a large stock 
of stand :*r>. Apple Trees. S to 5 years old; a good stock 
of Standard and Dwarf Pears: Standard and Dwarf 
Cherries: Standard Plum, Peach and Orange Qulr.ce, 
AGO v splendid stock of Horse Chestnuts, and 500,000 
Strawberry and Raspberry Flan;*. GouStbcrrv, Currant 
and other stocks. TO, 000 Grape Vines or the beat kind, 
iron! 1 to S years old. Atl for sale cheap for cash. 
JAYNE * PLATMAN, Bemou, Yales Co.,N. V. 
HARDINESS OF PEAR TREES. 
The scales which Mr. F. A. Crumpton of Coal 
Valley, found on his apple trees some time ago 
proved to be what wo expected they would. 
On tho 14th of last month, they each developed 
an Ichneumon fly, about one-third of an inch 
long, and rather more than half an inch across 
tho expanded wings. The head and the fore 
part of the thorax are black, the rest of the body 
light brown, and the wings of a transparent 
smoky brown. 
Not knowing tho name ourselves, wc sent a 
specimen to E. T. Cressou, Secretary of the 
Entomological Society of Philadelphia, and it 
proved new to him. It is a species of Bogus, a 
genus of Beacon ides. The caterpillars on which 
they preyed wore, from all appearances, the 
larva of one of our clear-winged Sphinges (&«ui 
pdatgw) which may be seen hovering over flow¬ 
ers daring the day time like humming birds. 
The fly deposits a single egg In tho body of the 
caterpillar. This egg in due time hatches into 
a worm or maggot, and feeds upon the caterpil- 
It has been widely confirmed by observation | 
that in the same districts of country, and under 
equal degrees of severity of cold, the same 
varieties of the pear have been killed in some 
instances and have entirely escaped in others. 
Novices have beeu puzzled to account for con¬ 
tradictory results of this kind—but they are 
easily explained by au examination of the soil, 
cultivation or other influences which increase or 
retard growth, or variously favor the ripening 
or perfect maturity of the wood. A contempo¬ 
rary states that last winter several huudred fine, 
healthy looking standard pear trees were de¬ 
stroyed by tho severe cold, while dwarfs of the 
same age, variety and exposure, in adjoining 
1 rows, received no injury. There is no doubt 
M AZZARD CHERRY PITS. - A few bushels 
fresh Black Maxzani Cherry Fib*, at |8 £ bushel, 
lor sale by O. B. MAXWELL & CO.. 
bll-St Dansvllle, Livingston Co,, N. Y. 
VrPKsLKA STOCK.-I will ex,-'-rings Nurse--'. 
-Lx Stock, raised sn W avue county, tor houses and lots 
cn farming lands. Address JOEL*H. FKKoCOTT, Ne*- 
«- k. Wayne Co., N. Y. tS&Sl 
atul he sethis plants on the Tth of May, ISrtt, It plants 
each way — making 289 plants in all. From ihese 
plants were picked, this summer, 292 quarts of ber¬ 
ries, nr 9 bushels and '• ur quarts-or more than a 
quart to each plant. Mr Gnu on is an aged gentle- 
nixu and an invalid, and made this bed hie special 
care. The plants were kept in hills, all the runners 
were pinched off as soon as they appeared, and the 
whole bod kept as dean as possible. The plants were 
of the Wilson variety. If any body can beat this, I 
would like to hear of it.-B. G. David, Saegertoicn, 
Crawford Co., Fa. 
rj^HE PHILADELPHIA KASPBKKBY 
WILSON S EARLY BLACKBERRY, 
BEST SELECTED STRAWBERRIES, 
Fruit and Ornamental Tress. Vines, Asparagus, and 
Rhubarb Plants. Send for Catalogues gratis. 
WM. PARRY, Cmnanilnsou, N. J. 
810-lt 
ITAZZAUli CHERRY PITS, 
?Jl Maxznrd Cherry Pita fci sale. 
Dansvtlle, N. Y., July 24,1365. 
-A few bushels 
E. P. CLARK. 
311-3: 
