friend. AVe know a person of great pretensions, 
broad acres and costly houses, which he embellishes 
with the newest and dearest plants. lie prides 
himself on having choice plants that others have not 
procured, and would not part with one to a friend 
for twice its value; for as soon as it is obtained by 
others, it loses in his eyes all its value. It is evi¬ 
dently preposterous for such a man to lay claim to 
taste or a true love of flowers—it is nothing but a 
snobbish attempt at ostentatious display—a vulgar 
Craving lor notoriety. We have seen far more true 
taste and refinement, exhibited in the cottage garden, 
where lint the commonest flowers were cultivated. 
In many parts of Europe there is a genuine love 
of flowers. At the first opening of the spring flow¬ 
ers, the children resort to the woods and ticlds in 
crowds, and come home loaded with their floral treas¬ 
ures; these are carried in the hand by the Indies and 
the children, while almost every man has a few fasten¬ 
ed to the button-holeofliiscoat. This practice iskept 
up during the whole Reason ot flowers, and the 
stranger is apt to think, on first arriving at some of 
the English or Continental towns and villages, that 
lie has happened on a gala day. These flowers are 
carried wherever the people go—to school, or to 
church —on errands ot business or pleasure. Our 
practice is to cut a few for the parlor bouquet, or 
for the dining table—especially when we can make 
a display before company. We also like a band 
bouquet for the party, or tor the concert, to throw 
at the feet of some favorite performer, hut, who 
gather flowers for their beauty and fragrance, take 
them to their rooms, carry them where they go, and 
feel at a loss without, them? l'Vw, very few. All 
turpentine and a very tine brush with a handle one 
foot long, (the smaller the brush the better.) dip 
the brush in the spirits of turpentine and touch it 
lightly about the edge of the leaf on which you 
observe the worm, aud ever so small a touch of the 
turpentine will in an instant set the worm in an 
uneasy posture; it soon lets go its hold, squirms 
and writhes, and in another moment is dead. An 
application of the turpentine to 1 lie top of Ibo leaf 
will have the desired effect. titill wo like to see 
them squirm, and therefore a more direct applica¬ 
tion. The time alotted for the above application 
will not exceed one hour for a row of \ or 5 rods. 
The turpentine, for the perfect destruction of the 
worm on half an acre of currant bushes, four or five 
times over, will not, if judiciously applied, exceed 
one gallon. You who have currants, try the above, 
and if the remedy is well applied, and is not 
effectual, send in your bill and I will pay for the 
turpentine; and if it proves effectual, I hope for the 
compliments of all thus benefited, by saying, “ I 
sincerely thank you.” Uncle Levi. 
Ridgeway, Orient,'; Co., N. Y., 1802. 
The insect that destroys the currants is not the 
army worn, but, if the turpentine will destroy the 
pest, and with so tittle labor, the name is not of 
much consequence. 
children? Dispensing bread and clothes is not the 
only way to dispense happiness —it is not all ot 
charity. Young hearts crave the beautiful works of 
nature—for this thousands are starving, and he who 
gratifies this craving feeds the soul. 
gupfnes anti SUmm 
SEASONABLE NOTES 
For several weeks past we have had but one 
good shower in this section, and the ground is 
exceedingly dry. The small plants suffer, and 
everybody is waiting for an opportunity to trans¬ 
plant from the cold frames and hot-beds. Small 
geP ds that lie near the surface cannot germinate, 
and many will bo destroyed, causing, we fear, great 
disappointment Resort is had to watering, but this 
is no relief unless performed thoroughly and almost 
constantly. Straw berry beds are drying up in some 
places, we observe, and unless we have relief very 
goon, the erop will be small anti the fruit inferior. 
TVe notice some growers drawing water from the 
river for the purpose of watering their beds. 
In some of the local papers we find fears ex¬ 
pressed that the dry weather will injure the fruit, 
but of this we have no fears, ft is much better for 
fruit, than the cold rains that we often have in the 
spring, and we see thefniit is setting well. Indeed, 
we anticipate an abundant, crop. The peach leaves 
are showing a little curl, lmt much less than usual. 
The Flowering Shrubs and Trees are now in their 
highest perfection, and no better time could be 
selected to examine their habits, beauty, ,te., with 
reference to future purchases. The Luburnum or 
Golden Chain, we never saw liner anywhere. This 
tree in former years was rather tender here, and did 
not seem to flourish except in rather sheltered posi¬ 
tions, but, for the few years past it has grown well 
and flowered freely, and there are very few more 
desirable small trees than the old and favorite 
Gohlen Chain. 
The Thorns are coming into flower, and they too 
are among the finest of our small trees, suitable for 
lawns of small extent. The Double While and 
Double Red and the Single Scarlet are the beat. 
The While Fringe is another pretty, small tree; and 
these small trees are the most useful class we have, 
for where one can find room on the lawn for an elm 
or a maple, a hundred are compelled to plant small 
trees, or do as is sometimes done, plant, a large 
forest tree or two, that look entirely out of place, 
like a lion in a cage, to the exclusion of a dozen 
really pretty and appropriate specimens. 
The Spir.eah are now in flower, and some notes 
of those, with illustrations, we must reserve for 
another number. 
The Double Flowering Fruit Trees furnish 
a small collection of the most beautiful spring flow¬ 
ering trees. The old Double Peach and Almond arc 
well known, and so is that, little geiu of a plant the 
Dwarf Flowering Almond. The Double Flowering 
cherry has an immense number of double pure 
white flowers, which cover the trees in May. The 
Double Flowering Sloe has clusters of very double 
white flowers, aud is a perfect picture of beauty 
when in flower. 
horticultural 
kuowu was brought. to Cleveland from Germany, About 
twenty-four or five years since, Rev. S. C. Aiken, of Cleveland, 
obtained a vine without name from a company of German 
emigrants, till* he planted, aud when it came into hearing 
the fruit ripened some ten day* or more before the Isabella, 
Banning attention to lie drawn to it by Home few amateurs; 
but as the vine stood in a sheltered position in a city yard, 
and was well fed and cultivated, its superiority to the Isabella 
was considered rather the result of situation than a distinct 
Years afterwards the writer had his attention drawn 
variety 
to it, and while he was unable tn say what It was, ho felt sure 
St was not Isabella. With title impression, be watched it in 
many places, for cuttings of it have been distributed and 
[frown in rurious soils; the result is, that in no locality lias he 
ever witnessed any mildew upon it, and invariably it has 
ripened its fruit a week or ten days sooner Ilian Isabella, 
wherever grown side hy side with it. Vine —Hardy, strong 
grower, productive, wood dillieuJt to detect from Isabella 
Hunch*# —Large, shouldered; very compact; berries large, 
round, or nearly so; bright, glossy black, with little or no 
bloom. Flesh— Tender; pulp about the same as Isabella, 
juicy, sweet, and rich, with a pleasant aroma. 
" Mottled Grape — A seedling grown hy < 'has. Carpenter, 
Ksq., of Kelley’s Island, that promises qualities that, for 
extensive growing, will render it. more desirable thnn the 
Delaware Wood —Reddish brown; joint* two and a half to 
four Inches, leaf Itve-lobed, downy underneath. Hunches — 
Close, compact Herne# —Round; medium size; purplish 
red, with spots that, when held to the light, give a mottled 
appearance; hence its name. Flesh —Teqduit; pulp small; 
juice sweet, rich, abundant, with a sprightly character that, 
keeps good even long after ripe. Sinn — Rather thick, or, 
perhaps, as much so as Catawba. Ripens with the Delaware, 
but will bang a long time without, shriveling nr dropping. 
As a table grape, it will please those who like a well ripened 
Catawba; aud as a wine grape, it gives promise of superior 
excellence. 
“ Mary .—This is another seedling, grown by Chas. Carpon 
ter, Esq., that promises to become a superior table grape, 
ripening about the same time as Isabella. The vine is per¬ 
fectly hardy, and n strong grower; wood of a pale red; Joints 
four to six inches; leaf medium size, dark green, tlve-tobed, 
rough underneath. Hunches —Large, long; sometimes, not 
always, shouldered; neither very compact, nor yet loose. 
Ferries —Medium size, round, greenish white, with a fine 
white bloom; translucent, long pedicels. Flesh —Tender; 
pulp very slight.; juice abundant, rich, sugary sweet, with a 
brisk, pleasant, flavor, that, oaten in comparison, make it supo 
rior to most varieties at its period of maturity. Ah a choice 
table grape, of its color, this variety promises more than any 
one we have before met of its age; the past, season having 
been its second year of hearing, and the vino so far having 
had little or no cultivation. Experience heretofore lias 
shown that the grape docs not exhibit its best qualities under 
four or five or moro years of fruiting, and that too witli good 
culture.” 
BYE AND INDIAN BREAD, ETC, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — I observed a com¬ 
munication in the Rural about Flower Gardens, it 
was in a March number, a little to early for out-door 
exorcist'. The season of flowers is now, however, 
at hand; and hew lovely the associations it brings 
with it. Ret ns all be thankful to a bountiful Provi¬ 
dence tor the spring, and enjoy its blessings while 
we may. I beg, however, to differ a little from your 
correspondent f don’t know what flower culture 
has to do with refining the taste of children. All 
the refinement, and pleasure, and instruction they 
receive from the culture ot flowers, is but, a. puff of 
air. Wo ought to instill into their young minds 
higher and nobler ideas. We cultivate a tew 
flowers — about forty varieties—not nearly enough, 
but enough, however, to afford great pleasure. I 
have a great, taste for shrubbery ami evergreens. 
11 0, give nm a cot In the valley I love 
A tent m the green-wood, a home iu the grove,” 
Yet we love to see flowers open their bosotpS, to 
drink in the warm dews of heaven, that their 
beauties and their fragrance maybe increased ami 
diffused around, but how much more are we 
delighted to behold an immortal mind in the morn¬ 
ing of its being, expanding itself to the vivifying 
beams of the sun of righteousness, that its living 
energies may lie drawn forth, and itself be formed 
for usefulness. 1 don’t imagine fulfilling our mis¬ 
sion on earth, and exalting human nature, consists 
in the giving of seeds and plants, for 1 think it only 
a compliment — not a substantial one, however, if 
Messrs. Editors:-P lease accept the following 
recipes for the Rural: 
Rye and Indian Bread.— Six quarts of meal 
will make two good-sized loaves of bread. One-lialf 
Indian and, one-half rye, or two-thirds Indian and 
one-third rye. are good proportions. Sprinkle a 
little salt upon the Indian, and wet, it thoroughly 
with boiling water; stir it well while scalding. Be 
sure and have hot wafer enough, for Indian meal 
absorbs a great deal of water. When lukewarm, 
pouf in the rye, and add one tearupful of lively 
yeast; add water enough to make the mass a stiff 
dough, but not as hard or tough as Hour. In winter 
it, may be placed In a warm place, but not near the 
fire in summer. When it begins to crack on the 
top, which will be In an hour or two, it should be 
put into a very hot oven and baked threu or four 
hours. It is all the better for remaining in the oven 
over night. 
To Color Gloves Purple.— Boil four ounces 
of logwood and two ouuces of rook alum in three 
pints of soft water till one-half is evaporated; strain 
and let, cool. Sew up the tops; go over the outsides 
with a brush or sponge twice; then ruli off the loose 
dye. Beat up the white of an egg, and rub it over 
the leather with a sponge. Vinegar will remove 
the stain from the hands. 
To Clean French Kid Gloves.— Put the gloves 
on the hands, and wash, as if washing the bands, in 
some spirits of turpentine until quite clean; then 
hang them up in a warm place, or where there is a 
current of air, and all smell of the turpentine will 
be removed. Lucy Baker. 
Ohio, Jun*, 1862. 
WESTERN EDITORIAL NOTES 
philosophy of their business. One of the most 
intelligent of these dealers is Mr. II. P. Stanley. 
“Where do you get, these gooseberries,'’ I asked as 
I dipped my hands into a box of half grown 
Houghton’s, at his door. “Those are from one 
Norman .1. Coi.man, of St. Bonis,” he replied. 
“ Indeed! Aud pray what do you get for them here, 
to-day?” “ We are selling them at, fourteen shil¬ 
lings, to-day." I learned from Mr. Stanley that 
about three dollars per bushel is the maximum 
price, and one dollar the minimum. But he says 
they have hitherto mainly sold at $150 and $1.76 
per bushel. One item is worthy the attention of 
shippers, to wit, that it is much better to ship them 
in gunnies than in boxes or barrels. They heat 
when shipped in close packages, and are more apt 
to discolor. The profit of gooseberry culture for 
this market bus been before urged — especially in 
the more southern localities, where they can be got 
in advance of our Northern currants and contem¬ 
porary with the early and high priced strawberries. 
They are mainly used here in the green slate. 
YEAST OAKES-A GOOD PUDDING, 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—S eeing an inquiry 
for a recipe to make yeast cakes, 1 send the fol¬ 
lowing: 
Boil a handful of hops in a quart of water; strain 
off aud stir iu half a pint of flour while scalding 
hot; add two tablespoons of sugar and one teaspoon 
of ginger, and when milk warm add a. halt or two- 
thirds of a teacup oflively yeast, and set in a warm 
place (but not, too warm,) to rise; when light stir 
up thick enough to knead with Indian meal; roll up 
with your hands tn the form of a rolling-pin, and 
slice oil’ half an inch thick. Dry them in the sun 
and air. If iu the summer, care should be taken 
not to heat them too hot, if dried by lire, as it spoils 
the life of them; turn them frequently. 
Hard Times Pudding.— Take half a pint of 
molasses, half a pint of water, two teaspoons of 
saleratus, one tablespoon of salt; thicken with flour 
to a tolerably thick batter, l’ut, in a bag and boil, 
(better still in a dish and steam); boil steadily from 
two to three hours. It will be good without sauce 
of any kind; but a little butter or cream, or butler 
and sugar, made into a sauce with flour and boiling 
water, spiffed with a little nutmeg, will be found a 
great addition. Try it. If it isn’t good the first 
time, try it again; but bo very careful not to lift the 
lid or let the wafer stop boiling.— Ellen, South 
Boston, Mich., 1862. 
BOXES for strawberries. 
I have been shown different samples of strawberry 
boxes, and there is one point upon which there is a 
remarkable unanimity mnoug dealers. It is, that it 
is not good policy to make quart, boxes too small. 
That is, they should not, hold less than a quart (as 
some do,) but should actually hold more, in order 
that, when set on each other in cases, as usually 
carried, the top boxes may not in any case rest on 
the berries in the lower ones. 
Another tiling - some dealers make two single 
quart boxes connected together so that they cannot 
be separated. It is a bad practice. No larger pack¬ 
age than a quart should tie put up, unless they are 
sent in drawers, which for long distances is not the 
best mode. Especially for the early market, quart 
packages are the best form. Wc are now getting 
tills fruit from South Illinois; and lo-day (the 30th 
May,) 1 saw Hovcy’s Seedlings in market, from 
near Cincinnati. They were retailing at twenty 
cents per quark 
BLACK RA8PBERRIE8. 
I learn from different, dealers that those men who 
pay especial attention to the culture of the Ameri¬ 
can Black-Cap Raspberry, for market purposes, are 
succeeding beyond their expectation—are “making 
a good tiling of it.” One dealer said, that next to 
Wilson’s Albany Strawberry (he would place noth¬ 
ing before that) it was the best fruit to handle, and 
grow for market, that he knew of. It produces 
bountifully, hoars hand lip g and carrying well, and 
sells at good prices. It is not a perishable fruit, and 
involves less risk than almost any other fruit. The 
market is rarely over-stocked with it; when it is, it 
pays to- dry it. This fruit (dried) has retailed at 
thirty cents per pound here the past winter. 
journal unit all the back numbers mice last. May, at which 
time they (topped. I cannot., in a volume, tell all the cruelty 
and devastation that has been enacted here since the war 
commenced, but our own family has been spared more than 
any other 1 know of, which I attribute, iu some measure, to 
our vocation, being horticulture. I will defer, till another 
season, a description Of the fruiting ot some t welve of Rogers’ 
hybrid grapes, which fruited with me last year iu the open 
ground They so far promise to he far better than any hardy 
grapes yet fruited here. A very poor apple crop here last 
year; not one-quarter of a peach crop; some pears; small 
fruit, as usual, more abundant. Our friend Bondsmans, of 
Georgia, wrote me some time since that he was so pleased 
with the Taylor grape, in bearing with him, as to be induced 
to plant one acre of it this spring. It grows well hero, hut 
we have not. fruited it yet. The pust winter has been peculiar 
here; cool enough to keep the buds back, and warm enough 
not to kill the lig tree* unprotected lmt very little, scarcely 
injuring the most tender rose* in the least Thermometer 
onec got to six degree* above zero, but soon moderated. The 
first winter month it was often cloudy, but one alight storm 
full ail the month, and the midwinter mouths only had one 
and a half days that were clear, and the last winter month 
was cloudy, and the strongest wind ever felt, to my memory. 
The prospect for fruit hero is better now than it has been, I 
think, for some ten years past.” 
am afraid it will b« along time returning, ami when 
it does return we will be sorry to receive it. 
Flowers delight the eye and vanish away. They 
should teach us a very importuut lesson by their 
transient nature. 
I have been a reader of the Rural, for many 
years; I value it much; and if the kind editor thinks 
tit to give this a place, well and good. 
Grimsby, C. W., 1862. A. B. 
Remarks. —The above is rather a strange epistle, 
but as it is from an old reader of the Rural we 
give it a place. Loving flowers and attending to 
their culture is not the whole duty of man; it is one 
of those pleasures which, like many others, have been 
offered us by a kind Providence to cheer the mind 
and improve the heart. From them, children, largo 
and small, may learn the most useful lessons, for lie 
who spoke as never man spoke, has called our atten¬ 
tion in the lilies of the field—their great beauty— 
the workmanship of an Almighty hand —ami that 
the most magnificent of earthly potentates was not 
arrayed like one of these. If then He cares for the 
(lowers, and arrays them in unsurpassed beauty, will 
He not care for us, and provide for us all that we 
need? Where can we learn a more important les¬ 
son? What, the farmers' wives, who work usually 
far too hard, need, is not exactly exercise, or even 
exercise in the open air, but some pursuit in which 
the heart can delight,—something that will bring 
back the bright thoughts of childhood the lilacs 
and snowballs, and the buttercups of our early 
days, and their blessed associations, — something 
to remove the wrinkles which cares have wrought, 
and make the heart young again. 
It is our duty, and a very pleasant duty to every 
noble, generous heart, to make all arouud us happy 
as far us we have opportunity. This may be done 
sometimes iu feeding the hungry and in clothing the 
naked, but far oftener in little acta of kindness, Unit 
cost comparatively nothing to the giver, yet yield to 
both him who gives and him who receives, u harvest 
of happy fruits. Let our correspondent take a buskol 
ot bread or of cakes and pass along any of the 
streets of our cities, or large villages, and she will 
pass unnoticed — uo eager eyes will be cast towards 
her treasures. But, return with the staff of life, 
aud gather a lino bouquet of flowers, pass along 
leisurely, and with a pleasant, cheerlul countenance 
— put on no cold, forbidding air, that would freeze 
the heart of a child at the first sight- and you will 
not pass the length of a block before there will be 
from two to twenty pairs of little bright cyos 
eagerly gazing upon the flowers. By and hy, from 
one, a little bolder than the rest, you will bear a 
little trembling voice “Please m’arn, w ill you give 
me a flower ?"—and if your heart is in the right place, 
and you give encouragement, in a few minutes you 
will have disposed of all your flowers and made a 
score of young hearts, and one older one, exceed¬ 
ingly happy. Does not this show the want of the 
ROSE Leaf Picture Frame.— A writer in The 
Home and Garden thus describes how to make a 
pretty, ornamental style ol'picture frames:—“The 
leaves of the umliitlora, or climbing rose, are best 
suited for this purpose, as they have a greater rich¬ 
ness and variety of color than most of the rose 
family. At the time when there is the greatest 
variety of colored leaves, strip them from the bush, 
and put them to press in any old book you do not 
wish to use; change them as often as every other 
day, until sufficiently dried; then take any picture 
you wish - an engraving is generally used—fasten it 
on to a paste-board, and leave a margin of the width 
you wish for your frame, outside the engraving. 
Sew the leaves on to the paste-board frame, either 
iu knots or groups, or simply overlapping each 
other, and varnish with furniture varnish. When 
dry, suspend with cord and tassels, and you have a 
very pretty picture frame.” Other leaves of varie¬ 
gated colors, as maples, etc., or several sorts show¬ 
ing different shades of green, may he used in the 
same manner .—American Agriculturist. 
Fruit Prosfkots in* Massachusetts—American I'u.zo- 
logioal Society. —President Wilder writes us that “ thepros- 
peet for fruit was never before so propitious. In all the depart¬ 
ments the tree* and vines are luxuriant, prolific, and healthy.” 
The President and our friends generally in Boston are determin¬ 
ed to make the next session of the. American Pomologjcal Soci¬ 
ety in Boston, at. least, one ot’tbe must pleasant and profitable 
ever held by the Society, and in this they will no doubt suc¬ 
ceed, notwithstanding the sluvu-lioldiug rebellion may preveut 
the attendance of a few from the border and Southern States. 
We have never, however, heard of but one intelligent horti 
eulturist who sympathized with secession, aud he was evidently 
a “cracked” specimen. 
TO SAVE THE OUBKANTS 
DOUBLE WHITE FLOWERING PEACH. 
The Double Crimson Peach, the Double White 
Flowering Peach, and the Carnation Flowered 
Peach, are more recent additions to this interesting 
class. The Crimson is of a most brilliant color, 
almost scarlet; the White, ot which we give an 
engraving, is of the purest white; and the Carna¬ 
tion, which we have not seen, is represented in the 
■English journals as beautifully striped. 
The Flowering Fruit Trees require severe pruning 
lo bring thorn to a neat form suitable to the lawn, 
bbless this is done, as- oou as the flowers are over 
they look very unsightly. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — I have found a 
sovereign remedy for the alarming post, the “ army 
worm,” and to benefit the world and you, desire you 
to lay it before your numerous readers who wish to 
bo benefited, us I wish to benefit them. How exten¬ 
sive the “army worm” is in its ravages, I know 
not, but from their depredations on currants aud 
gooseberry bushes in this section, last year, their 
early appearance this spring is to me and others 
alarming. Many currant bushes were so despoiled 
of their verdure last year, that they show no 
symptoms of vegetatiog this spring. 
Certainly, the country would sustain a very great 
Iosh should the currant crop tail through tile depre¬ 
dation of the “ army worm,” 0 r any other cause; 
and wo are by no means certain that if the cur¬ 
rant tails they would be under any bound obliga¬ 
tion to let alone our other valuables, of a vegetable 
nature. 
Whoever desire to save their currants from the 
“army worm,” by adopting my instructions, will 
find the bushes free of the worm, as far as the fol¬ 
lowing remedy is applied, and as tiist as au applica¬ 
tion is made — aud until a new recruit is brought 
iuto existence, which will be detected hy observa¬ 
tion, and it found, another application is necessary. 
In the first place, trim out the surplus shoots and 
sprouts of your currants, say six inches from the 
ground, and thin out the old bearing wood. As you 
find the worm making its appearance, (whieffi will 
he oil the lower leaves,) take a cup of spirits of 
Prize Essays by tiih American Institute — Wo loam 
that the American institute is about to oiler valuable prize# 
for the best essays ou the cultivation of various kinds of fruit, 
such as the pear, grape, strawberry, Stc. It will also offer a 
valuable prize for the best seedling pear, apple, grape, &c., 
not yet disseminated. Iu regard to tlic last, we hope the prize 
list will be so worded as to exclude all inferior seedlings, 
without regard to competition.— Horticulturist. 
Steamed Indian Bread.— Noticing an inquiry 
in the Rural for a recipe for baked Indian bread, 
I send cue for steamed Indian bread, which we con¬ 
sider superior to the baked. Two quarts ol' butter¬ 
milk; one cupful molasses; one (ablespoouful sulc- 
ralus. Mix as thick as can be stirred with equal 
parts of meal and wheat canaille. Steam three 
hours. This will make two loaves in a two quart 
basin. 
For Pickling Ripe Cucumbers. — Take ripe 
cucumbers, pare, seed anil out in slips, and let them 
remain in vinegar twenty-four hours. Make a sirup 
of three pounds sugar to two quarts of fresh viuegar 
for every ten pounds of fruit. Boil in sirup till 
soft, and add spices to taste. After taking out the 
fruit, boil the sirup twenty minutes, pour over your 
fruit, and keep as other pickles or preserves.— Anna 
Hunoeuford, Oakdale, Mich., 1862, 
To Officers of Horticultural Societies. — We we 
anxious to obtain a list of the officers of all the Horticultural 
Societies in the country — at least of the President and Secre¬ 
tary, The object is to obtain a complete list so that the 
officer® of the American Fomological Society may correspond 
with them, and supply t-ho documents published by the 
Society. 
Fruit Growers’ Society of Western New York. — The 
Hummer meeting of this Society will be held at the Court 
House, in this city, ou Wednesday, the 20th day of June. 
We anticipate a large attendance of members and visitors, a 
line display ol' fruits, and a good time generally. A visit to 
Rochester at that time will not be labor or money wasted. 
LOVE OF. FLO WEBS 
We have often doubted whether there is much 
real love of flowers in this country. We have our 
fine gardens and green houses and lawns and shrub¬ 
bery, but after all, the desire seems to be to make a 
diHpluy ? to have as line an establishment as our 
neighliors, and to show to the wondering world that 
we are persona of taste and refinement—great admir¬ 
ers ot nature and her Lean lies. For the accom¬ 
plishment of this our darling purpose—ostentatious 
display—our lawns and gardens must all bn exposed 
to the public street, and if on two or three roads, all 
the bettor. There is no spot for retirement, no 
beautiful corner where the owner can shut himself 
out from the world, and there, with his own pleasant 
thoughts, inspired by the scenes around, enjoy a 
season oi quiet, or ot social intercourse with a chosen 
Marion County (Indiana) Horticultural Society.— 
Thu officers ot this Society for the year 1862 are a* follows 
President— Dr. Cko, W. Me arm. Vice Presidents— L>. V 
Culley, J. 8. Dunlop, J, T. Francis. Secretary — W. H. 
Loomis. Treasurer —8. V. Morris. 
Lemon Pie.— I wish some one of the numerous 
readers of the Rural would inform me through its 
columns the best method of making lemon pies, and 
very much oblige —Jessie, Cheektowaga , N. Y, 
1862. 
Tub Old Stcyvksant Pkar Trek, standing on the corner 
of East Thirteenth street and Third avenue, in New York,— 
said to bo 'over 200 years old,—was last week Indeu witli blos¬ 
soms. The relic of the Knickerbockers, though presenting 
many signs of decay, bids fair to stand yet many years. 
