the shelves being placed about four inches apart, 
only sufficient to allow the apples to stand in single 
layers. The Doctor estimates the capacity of the 
fruit house thus arranged at about 1,000 bushels. 
The building not being finished at the time of 
picking his apples in the fall, they were stowed in 
bins in his cellar. From these, those now in the 
fruit room have been transferred during the early 
winter. Some of them had commenced decay when 
removed, and it is remarkable how the decay has 
been arrested. A thermometer is kept hanging in 
the fruit room, and for six weeks, through all the 
changes of temperature, the mercury has stood at 
about 32°, not varying over two degrees. A few 
days since the ice room was tilled; during the pro¬ 
cess, and since, the mercury has stood at 30°. The 
Doctor thinks it will not rise above 36- in the sum¬ 
mer. 
The whole cost of the building wa 3 about $600. 
He used 1,100 bushels of charcoal in its construc¬ 
tion. As an appendage to his valuable orchard, it 
will he found well worth its cost. Agricola. 
8 im JUivticultuvat §MUwtt.$cmcnts 
TOP ON ION SPOTS 
JL by barrel or bushel. 
25 bills prime, I'or sab* cljeap, 
il, c, WHITE, Am*lit, 
217 Miliu Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
\\T Anted to bxciianqi*:— a nchbkry doing 
YY a com! business, for a bouse and lot in or near some 
thriving village. Address Box 111, Wulervilie, N. Y. 638tf 
The Schizantiu'S is a genus of beautiful flowers, 
adapted either for the open ground or conservatory. 
The name signifies cut-flower, and Us propriety a ill 
he shown by the engraving. All the species of this 
genus, wo believe, are natives of Chili, and were 
introduced into Europe between 1322 and 1831, 
seeds of .S’, pimatus having been carried to England 
iu the former year, and the more beautiful species, 
retusus , at the latter date. 
If seeds are sown in a hot-bed or cold-frame, 
and plants are put out in a warm, light soil, they 
w iU sometimes grow three or four feet in height, and 
will give abundance of dowers during the middle of 
the summer and autumn. YVe have also succeeded 
very well by sowing the seeds in the. open ground 
in May, but the soil must be mellew and warm. 
The branches are slender and require the support 
of a light trellis, and they are broken very easily by 
the wind, so that a sheltered position is desirable. 
pUA.VHKHUA VINKS Prom one to ruur feet 
V. Ionic. The fruit ha- token the first premium at each citato 
Fair exhibited. Price. SI per ISO, Sl per 1 , 000 . 
N. HILL,. Ciiton, Steuben Co , N. Y. 
exempt from it thus far. while the Catawba, Isabella 
and Diana have rotted badly. If further trial 
should establish these grapes as exceptions, large- 
plantations of them will be put out 
A PEACn GOSSIP. 
At the sale of contraband live stock mentioned, 
wo met most of the leading fruit growers in the 
vicinity. Naturally enough, fruit — kind, culture, 
and prospects—became the topic, and I gleaned 
■some facts of value to men who propose purchasing 
fruit farms here. 
Messrs. Evans Brothers, who have just sold a 
large fruit farm at Makauda, and purchased 437 
acres at Cobden, paying $10,000 therefore, give me 
the following as their list of market peaches:— 
Troth’s Early Red, Cooledges’ Favorite, 
Cole’s Early Red, Crawford’s Early and 
Late, Slump the World, George the Fourth. 
Old Mixon Fiee, President. Heath’s Free, 
Heath’s Cling, Smock’s Free, Ward’s Late, 
Noble’s Cling, anil is going to try Switzer¬ 
land. 
To the above list Parker Eart.e would 
W add Columbia, Large Early York, Hale’s 
Early, Jaques’ (Rareripe,) and Grosse 
Ipl Mignonoe. It should be remembered that 
pH this list is given as the most, profitable for 
'market culture. Reading over the list I 
, called for objections to any of the varieties. 
Iplggl 5 ' The following is a brief summary of the 
gjjfgr objections made — Troth’s Early Red rots 
UlL, ^ in wet weather. The stone of the Crawford 
Early splits and renders the fruit bitter. 
Cooledge's Favorite is only too small. 
President is rather coarse, but carries and 
sells well. Heath’s Free is unprofitable; 
cannot market it. Heath’s Cling is the 
latest peach grown here, and there is no 
objection to it at all. It is indispensable, 
because it is laic. Smock’s Free is one 
of those lmmbug peaches — only valuable 
because it is late and sells; it. is indispensa¬ 
ble here. An experienced peach grower 
said he would not advise the cultivation of 
Noble’s Cling; or any other Cling, for mar- 
ketr—would not recommend it for commer¬ 
cial orchards. The Large Early York 
is the finest peach we grow, but it will rot. 
a. u. baker’s, peach t.tst. 
I asked this gentleman for his list of market 
varieties, and he gave me the following:—Troth's 
Early, Cooledge's Favorite, Large Early York, 
Crawford’s Early, George the Fourth, Old Mixon 
Free, Crawford’s Late, Ward's Late Free, Smock's 
Free, and Heath’s Cling. 
During a before-breakfast walk and talk iu the 
orchard, and an examination of the buds, Mr. B. 
talked of some of the varieties as follows:—Cool- 
edge’s Favorite is the most valuable tree 1 have in 
: my orchard. 1 sold $5 worth of peaches from each 
of those trees, (pointing to several.) that havo been 
i! planted but three years. There is more money in 
1 them than in any other, so far as my experience 
VIX WEEKS I’OT ATOKA— Having introduced them, I am 
( ' prepared to furnish pure seed of this iikkt ok am, Early 
Potatoes, at $1 per bu 'bid. C. 1C. Chamberlain has them, 101 
Buffalo Street. C1LVS. O. WILTON, Rochester. N Y. 
N I'HSKHY STOCK poll SA1 ,10.-A fine 
lot of Cherry, Plum naff Pear Seedlings. Also Cherry 
Trees 2, 3, and 4 years old A In rip* quantity of Wilson',, Albany 
Strawberry Plants, Peach Pits. Cherry mol Black Currants, &c.. 
for sale cheap, JAYNE A PEATMAN. 
Benton, Yates Co., N. Y. 
YTIJUSKItY STOCK FOR WAI.E C’HBAP.- 
fN Dwarf Pear Trees, SI to tin per hundred, Apple Trees, $20 
to SCO per thousand. Cherry Currants. $5 per hundred Austin's 
Shaker Seedling Strawheery.80 cents pel' doyen, Other* trees 
and plants very’cheap. Garnett Chili potatoes, 73el» per Imsh. 
638-tf J. I,. CADY, Watcrville. Oneida Co.. N. Y. 
rttLTIVATBO CRANBERRY' FI, ANTS of the 
\J celebrated Cai*b Con Bum. or Upland, mid CtlA&RY or 
Marsh varieties, for sale at low prices. 
Tub Cramiskky rn ti rist, h practical treatise on the cul¬ 
ture of this excellent IVuit, sent, pre-paid to nil applicants, on 
receipt of 13 cents in poslmze stamps 
WM il. STARR, East New London Nurseries* 
New London, Conn., March, 1302. 638-2t 
fmlmtUuntl gotes 
Lice os Plants — (D. C., Uaddonjleld .)— Tobacco smoke, 
or washing with tobacco water, will destroy the green lice on 
plants. As a preventive, keep the plnnts clean by syringing 
or washing, and give air. The red spider is destroyed by 
■sulphur fumes. 
Traps Catalociubb.—W e have received recently antrmber 
of trade catalogues, and have now before us a Special Whole 
sale List of Emit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, 
Bulbs, &e., for spring of 1862, from Frost & Co., Genesee 
Valley Nurseries. Rochester, N. Y. Catalogue of Field, Gar¬ 
den and Flower Seeds, from Thorhbrn & Co., New York. 
Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, from B. It. Bums, 
Spring held, Mass. 
White I!uNNivn Bean.— I send you herewith a sample of 
a kind of bcnti which i» new to me. We raised them last 
season for the first time, and found them excellent. We 
thought, them Irtr.li* if any inferior to the Lima in quality, and 
they are considerably earlier, arid more easily raised, and I 
think more productive. Please to inform me through the 
Kura r. what is the proper name of this variety. The gentle 
rmftr of whom I obtained the seed called them the Early 
Lima. — O. It. TEACHER, JJopvioetl, jV. K, March, 1862. 
We think this bean is an old acquaintance, but will not 
undertake to give it a name now. We will plant those sent 
us, and shall then be able to 6peak with confidence. 
rpLlin NEW LETT! 'CTC ' Prue Bos- 
L ton Curled Lettuce, a most excellent variety of very su¬ 
perior quality for the table, and of great beauty in its habit of 
growth The seed is of my own raising I warrant it fresh and 
true. Packagescontainingseed sufficient to supply a family for 
a season, 20 etf; (I pur knees, 81. HO. 
63S-3C JAMES ,t. H. GREGORY, .Marblehead, Mass. 
the number: Peaches, 37,700; Pears, 4,150; Apples, 
10,300; Grapes, 5,750; Early Richmond Cherries, 
200; Strawberries, 10 acres. 
At least 10,000 more peach trees, as many apples, 
and 5000 pears, will be planted this season, with 
large plantations of strawberries, gooseberries, and 
quinces. 
NATIVE BLACKBERRIES. 
Mr. Walker says there are a hundred different 
varieties of wild blackberries that grow in the woods, 
openings, and along the fedees here. He has taken 
pains to select sorts that ripen successively, and has 
thus been able to prolong the season five or six weeks. 
He laughs at the idea of purchasing improved vari¬ 
eties. 
I am home again after a week’s absence. But I 
am going to see Egypt in bloom! 
\TA r l 1YW GRAPE 'VIJVRvi _ At 
. N Ustutkp FttiCB- — We xie norv prepared li. .*vil llm Dela¬ 
ware and Concord Grape Vines, hr the hundred or thousand, 
at prices to suit the time*. Alsu all of The new varieties by the 
*inglc or dozen. Also a largo stock of Gr eenhouse arid Bedding 
Plants. Send for list of price*. 
DAI C li ADA V k REV NISON, 
Newburgh Fruit Garden arid Nurseries. Newburgh N. Y. 
ptHOlCTB FLOWER NKEDS.- 
\J We have just .imported from Europe a splendid collection 
of the rarest FLtlWF.lt SEEDS, comprising upward* of 100-va¬ 
rieties of all sorts that thrive host. 
Collections ef 12 distinct named varieties mailed on receipt of 
50 eta.—26 sort" for •?! 50 sorts for $2 
Priced Circular!), giving varieties, sent on application. 
Address FROST A CO., 
63S-U Genesee Valley Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
M A If IflYICIJ 1GA.I> ( ABB AG E 
AND HUBBARD -SQUASH. Slone.-mason i ahhuge is the 
stands id Cabbage in Boston Market, Is distinguished for its re¬ 
liability fur loi&diioi The heads at*0 very large, remarkably 
hard, ami very sweet. Seeduf my own growing with lulldirec- 
tion for cultivation 23 etx per uutiee, \ ounces. 73 cts, I pound, 
$2.07, all post paid by me and warranted to reach each pur¬ 
chaser. Hlllilmrd Ho noth .Seed 12 els per package. $1'JO It). 
Priced Catalogues of every variety of Garden Seed, gratis. 
638-4t JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
HORTICULTURAL QUESTION'S 
IS.NBKIsT ,.-Y GRAPE A'INi0S : 
i and 3 years old. for sale at fflO per I .ni.si by 
SI. D. FREER a: CO . Watkins, N. Y. 
I l-KISTCS! TREES! and GRAPE 
VINKS. \ large Cock embrmintt Standard and 
Dwarf Trees of all the choicest fruit* for the Orchard and Gar¬ 
den, tine, healthy. aud well grown Trees. 
Grape vines, embracing all the new and rare sorts. Beautiful 
Ornamental Trees and Greenhouse Plants Seedlings and 
Stocks fur Niiiseryninti. All cheap by the dozen, mo, or 1 000. 
Now is the time to bug- All warranted true to name Send for 
a Catalogue. W. T. & E. SMITH, 
637-2t Geneva Nursery. Geneva, N. x 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:— When your paper 
came last week, T was perusingit? contents as usual, 
and the request met. my eye, from Phebe F. Moser, 
desiring that some reader of the Rural would send 
a recipe For making light yeast cakes. To this 
request I send the following, and having made from 
the Rame recipe for many years. I can recommend it 
as superior to any other: 
Take two handfuls of lively hops, three or four 
large potatoes, put them into about three pints of 
water, let them boil quickly until the potatoes are 
done, and then the strength will be out of the hops. 
Mash the potatoes fine in. the liquid, and run all 
through a sieve upon one quart of wheat flour, one 
tablespoonful of ginger, and one tablespoonfnl of 
sugar. When luke-warm, add a tcacupful of lively 
yeast, or yeast cakes, if you have them, dissolved in 
warm water. Stir all together, and set to rise in a 
stone jar by the lire, which will take half a day. 
When sufficiently light, stir in Indian meal until it 
is thick enough to roll out and cut in small calces, 
and set to dry in a warm room, not too near the tire, 
as it might sour them.— Mrs. G. T. G. 
The two prettiest yarieties are retusus, scarlet and 
orange, and retusus alba, white and yellow—the 
former very brilliant, and showy, and the latter 
extremely delicate and beautiful. For flowering in 
the conservatory there are few plants more desira¬ 
ble, and here they attain generally a height of four 
or five feet. _ 
Mr. Willison, of Yorkshire, England; it should bu 
raised on a brier eight or ten loot high. A pyramid 
or pillar rose might be selected from any of the 
hybrid perpetuals. Mr. Burgess named Pius the 
Ninth and Barou Provost, while Mr. Fuller was of 
opinion that there are too many varieties to name 
any particular one—the strong ones are best. 
Bert White Bore for Cemetery.— There arc 
only two or three varieties, and hardly one that is a 
pure white. Take Mrs. Rivers, if you can get it. if 
thejlot be well protected and covered in during win¬ 
ter, take one of the tea roses or the noisette. 
How LONG WILL SEEDS KEEP WITHOUT INJURY.— 
The seed, of the common balsam or lady’s slipper 
will keep for years without injury; they are more 
likely to come up double than if put down the first 
or second season. Other flower seeds are benefited 
by keeping. Mr. Bridgman—most flower seeds are 
injured by keeping, many destroyed. Seeds to be 
properly kept must be done up in paper bags and 
exposed to the atmosphere; if bottled, the moisture 
from some will cause ot hers to germinate and destroy 
the vitality. Mr. Burgess had obtained a silver 
medal for a melon grown from seed thirteen years 
old—the Kendall melon. Mr. Bridgman said there 
was the best authority for assuming that to keep 
seed long is an error; if wanted to be kept or con¬ 
veyed to a distance, put them in a vial and pour 
honey upon them; seed has been brought from 
China in this way that could not he brought safely 
in any other. 
Seed Wai’ehouse, 
15 JOHN ST., JNTTGAV YORK. 
SEEDS BY MAIL. 
SEEDS FOR THE FARMER. 
SEEDS FOR THE GARDENER. 
SEEDS FOR TDK FLORIST 
SEEDS FOR THE NURSERYMAN. 
SEEDS FOR THE AMATEUR. 
SEEDS FOR THE DEALER. 
Send for our DESCRIITTVE PRICED CATALOGUE of Veg¬ 
etable and Agricultural SEEDS for 1862. 
ry-Send for our DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE of 
FLOWER SEEDS for 182. 
Tiro two combined contain the largest collection of seeds to 
ho found in this country, embracing every standard undimprov- 
ed variety, together with ail the it wetties of the day. 
GARNET CHILI POTATOES. A seedling introduced by C. 
E. Goodrich. Ho claims for it. a higher degree of hardiness and 
adaptation to all -oils aud weather than any other sort known, 
and in good soils aud seasons, and with fair culture, they will 
yield from 250 lu 330 bushels to the acre. 
Price per peck, 50 cents, per bushel $1.50; per barrel of 2% 
bushels, $4.00. 
All the following varieties of SEEDS mailed, post-paid, to any 
part of the United States, (with the exception of those marRed 
thus *, which may be mailed to those wishing them by this con¬ 
veyance, at an additional expense of one cent per oz ,) on re¬ 
ceipt of the amount annexed. Cents. 
New Speckled Lima Beans.per packet 25 
New Corrugated Pole do...... do 25 
Tborluini’- Nonpareil CauliLlower..... per oz. 75c do 10 
Early Paris do ... do 75c do 10 
Giant White Solid Celery.............. do 25c do 5 
Improved New York Purple Eggplant do bOc do 10 
Early Winnings!udl Cabbage. do 20c do 5 
Nov Cottager's Kale. do •20c do 5 
Eariv Vienna fvoht Kalii..— ... do 20c do 5 
w- r li.. I ..r. I <•'«> liimrl >lr« Vlio .Id 
Ithaca , y. 
som” of the peach is safe and sound. Thu lowest 
point to which the mercury has descended during 
the past winter in this locality, was five degrees 
hulow zero, which is ten degrees above the point 
necessary to cause a total destruction of the fruit 
buds of the peach. We have had a very fine and 
mild winter, thawing more or less almost every day 
during the entire hybernal season; and had it not 
been for the “perpetual cloud” which has been 
banging over Ibis “ Western Country ’’ for so long a 
period, the snow would have departed long before 
this date. Indeed, so completely cloudy has the 
weather been tor the last three months, that even a 
glimpse of the sun seems almost a novelty, and 
forcibly reminds one of the sudden and unexpected 
appearance of an old familiar friend after a long 
absence. 
The peach has escaped the winter, and is now in 
danger only from the spring frosts, which very sel¬ 
dom destroy the fruit in this latitude and country. I 
am not aware of the fruit crop being cut off by 
spring trosts in those parts during the last twenty 
years. In the States of Virginia, Maryland, Dela¬ 
ware, and New Jersey, the cold weather of winter is 
seldom so intense as to destroy the peach buds; but 
the great danger there of destruction to this deli¬ 
cious fruit, is from spring frosts, which are often 
very severe. Messrs. Editors, 1 look forward to the 
season with pleasure and satisfaction, when I again, 
as in days gone by, can freely sip the “juice necta- 
reous ” of the luscious, melting peach. 
S. Forshay. 
Considerable damage has been done to orchards 
and shade trees in the western part of the State by 
the accumulation of ice on the branches during a 
storm, which occurred about the 15th ulk It seems 
also to have extended cast; for a lady in Fairfield, 
Herkimer couoty, writes us:—“We have had a terri¬ 
ble ice storm here. It has destroyed a vast number 
of timber and fruit trees. It occurred on Saturday, 
the 15th inst,, and to-day, (the 20th,) the branches of 
the trees are frilling in all directions from the weight 
of ice still on them. It was full two inches in thick¬ 
ness.” 
DR. GRISWOLD’S FRUIT HOUSE. 
According to promise in my last, I proceed to 
give some account of the Fruit and Ice House of 
Dr. H. P. Griswold, in Hancock county, III: 
This was built in the summer of 1861, and was 
designed as a depository for the fruit products of 
his orchard of forty-five acres. It is located at his 
home in Oukwood (Hamilton,) four miles from his 
farm, and is believed to be well adapted to the pur¬ 
poses of its construction; indeed, it would be hard 
to designate any part of it that could be changed 
for the better. 
This Fruit House is built of gravel, with double 
wail, the outer one being 10 inches, and the inner 8 
inches in thickness, with a space between of 4 inchea 
The dimensions of the building are 28 by 20 feet, 
and 18 feet high. The foundation wall, of six feet, 
is built of stone, well laid in mortar. It is of two 
stories, the lower one being devoted to the storage 
of fruit, and the upper tor ice. These rooms are 
each about twenty feet square, leaving an entrance 
hall of eight by twenty loot. The space between 
the two walls, of four inches, is filled in entirely 
around the building witli pulverized charcoal. The 
bottom is first laid hard and smooth with six inches 
of gravel, and then covered four inches deep with 
charcoal; 1 and the top of the ice-room is covered one 
So that the whole 
•Large Rod Onion.|W $*. 
Ext ra Ear i y I'm nip Beet. '1" 
Bcmme.... .. . .. 
Mammoth Ger ijutn Cabbaae |«xtra). 
" Lous Qratitfi' Carrot.per t 
*Bh!-;Hm F5r Seed. u" 
‘AitauUiiLS RcvJ .. 'J' 1 
Mloucv Lucu*! 8ocd...-. uo 
•Buckthorn Scad ... 
•Black Austrian Fine Seed.,.-. d< 
•Stout? Bine Scad. u< 
•European Burch Sued. u< 
•Chiu.All ini* A il !• Seed. d‘ 
•Vinsilhi luted, or Yellow Wood Tree ii are). 
‘Apple Send.per bush 
•i’luin Fit* ... 
Strawberry Send 12 varieties each. 
Connecticut Seed Lea! Tobacco.. — - 
*Al-ilcc Clovcv. 
•Scarlet Flowcriit* Clever. 
•Lucerne. .. 
•Chinese Stuntr Cane.per bnsl 
•Chteorr-p Seed.. -■ -.P 
Beautiful Scarlet Chinese Eipzllant........ 
Couvolvulus tricolor moiistroaus isplendid) 
Callirrhue nedata (beautiful;.. 
Dlanthu* ileddewigli . . 
Do do Double. 
Do breloiahi*. 
Knirli-li i’rize Hollyhock (fine)..,. 
Delphinium forutoeiua (splendid). 
Do tricolor... 
Auricula-tloiveryd Sweet William .-. ; — 
Iponucu litubnta elcaantisainra (splendid)... 
lporo.vu hotlcrucetc.- . 
Splendid Crimson Flas : 1 u?aut.t 11 11. 
Lirnitn Iz-wi -n vurice it.t (choice .. 
Oblliscaria pulthemnui. 
Splendid Hybrid Pansy.. . 
New Early Dwarf Carnation. 
Oliutorila' pnlcliclla arropurpurea. 
Do axuiea nrrauditlora. 
Lvehni? tborceatia—. 
' FrimjedCliim*-'* Brimmse. 
Salvia rplondoiH.-. 
Do aiventea. 
Do iimubilis . 
Splendid Double Zinnia.-. 
Cftiina Witmewi.'sui —. 
New Carmine Scabious,.-..-. 
M&nnuuliu Bard a v.ina.... 
Beairtitui Camellia Bal-ams. 
lilac Giant Emperor Aster.. 
IVrilid Nankinr-|H (verv ornamental foliagi 
Diiilscu* co i iilo i. bearuifhl. (blue annual).. 
Abrorda miibelhita (splendid annual). 
CenWMiitiiu* niacrosiphou.... 
I Bcuutdiil •MUd.-finns Phlox PyuMimondu (5 
Valuable Cbment for Porcelain Glass, Ac.— 
The following valuable recipe for cementing Porce¬ 
lain Glass, etc., we copy from Godey for March: 
Take of ising glass two drachms, wet it with water 
and allow it to stand until softened; then add as 
much proof spirit as will rather more than cover it 
ami dissolve with a moderate heat. Take of gum 
mastic one drachm, dissolve it in two or three 
drachms of rectified spirit. Mix the two solutions, 
and stir in tine drachm of gum ainmoniucum in a 
line powder, and rub down with a little water. 
Keep the cement in a bottle. When required for 
use. place the bottle in warm water and apply the 
cement Avith a stick, or small, hard brush, to the 
China, previously warmed. Compress the pieces 
firmly together until cold, taking care to maku the 
contact perfect, and using a very thin layer of the 
cement. 
foot deep with tiro same material, 
space of fruit room, ice room, and hall, is surrounded 
with a wall of charcoal. 
The building lias three doors: an outside door into 
the hall, built double, the first of single pine plank, 
tire second of the same material, six inches thick, 
with four inches of charcoal. The inside doors— 
into the fruit room and the ice house—are also filled 
with charcoal, ns iu the case of the inner hall floor. 
The roof is of shingles, put on in the usual style. 
In addition to the outside arruugements to equal¬ 
ize tlie temperature, the interior is constructed on 
equally correct principles. Beginning at the floor, 
there is an. open space for the passage of air, of one 
or two inches, beneath the plank and the charcoal; 
and at the sides of the building, throughout the 
whole surface, is a similar space around both the 
fi-uit and ice rooms, and connecting Avith the open 
space beneath the root The lloor of the ice room is 
laid in such muuner as to be impervious to water, 
with shallow troughs at the edges, to carry off the 
drippings; this is carried through the outer walls 
by means of a metal pipe. 
1 The fruit is disposed on shelves around the room, 
WESTERN" EDITORIAL NOTES 
[See preceding page, first column.] 
Splendid French Hybrid Gladiolus. 
From St to $20 per dozen —for varieties aud description see 
our Flower Seed Catalogue. 
.1. M. TIIOKBliKN & CO., 
637-2t 15 John Street, New York. 
THE GRAPE ROT. 
These side hills gave great promise of profitable 
grape culture, and considerable plantations have 
been made. But I find cultivators arc considerably 
discouraged. There is no difficulty in producing 
the fruit, but before it matures the rot appears, and 
it is lost to the cultivator. The grapes are only half 
or two-thirds grown, Avhon the rot commences. Mr. 
Baker, to whom I am indebted for his generous 
hospitality, says he has found by inquiry, that the 
rot is no new thing in this locality. The old 
[SPECIAL NOTICE.] 
Use Caution. —There is no small tiring which good house¬ 
wives should be so cautious about procuring as Saleratus. It 
costs a family but a trifle, therefore they are not always as 
particular about the quality they get as they should be. 
Although it does not cost you much to begin with, it may be 
dear in the end, as impure Saleratus is the cause ot much 
disease. Get D. B. Du Land & Co.’s Chemical Saleratus, and 
you will have an article that is perfectly pure, harmless, and 
healthy. 
Direot to Rochester, N. Y —All persons having occasion 
to address the Rural New-Yorker will please direct to Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y., and not, as many do, to New York, Albany, 
Buffalo, &e. Money Letters intended for us are frequently 
directed aud mailed to the above places. Please note. 
’Die $2 Kate is more popular tin* year than formerly. People 
evidently begin to think itdon’t pay us to furnish such a journal 
as the Rural at the club rule, for many remit $2 per copy, and 
call the paper cheap at that price, 
