fwrtiruttmal $ofc.$ 
TnK Skason.— It i« now thp 21st. day of October, and onr 
iranfens an* almost as pay ns they were in September Dahlias 
are still ill flower, and the beds of Phlox Drmnraontli, Petu¬ 
nias Verbenas, &o , are as brilliant as ever, while the Panaies 
really enjoy this orol weather, and arc giving better blooms 
Ilian at any other time dining the season. It is not often that 
«e are favored whit entire exemption from frost so late in the 
season. 
CULTURE OF BULBS 
JBEST WAY TO DRY APPLES 
Mart and very specific are Ibe directions given 
in the books for the preparation of the soil t or tubers 
and bulbs, as though it was a matter requiring the 
greatest skill and. the nicest precision. Ail this may 
he necessary to grow flowers fit to show at an exhi¬ 
bition made by London florisls. but we are pleased ta 
state to all lovers of the beautiful, witn little time 
and limited means, that good flowers,—rare gems of 
beauty,—can bo grown without this precision. To 
those who have been discouraged by a formidable 
array of directions, we say despair not The gay 
Crocus, the fragrant Hyacinth , the brilliant, dashing 
Tulip , cun he grown by any farmer or farmer’s 
wife,—may decorate every bumble cottage garden. 
A lew rods of ground, a little taste, and some pa¬ 
tience, is all that is needed. Every one has the 
necessary materials at command, almost without 
money and without price. 
Any good, mellow soil, if well drained, will grow 
bulbous flowers, but most soils would be benefited 
by being enriched with thoroughly rotted manure, 
which should be well mixed with the earth; 
or, with surface mold from the woods. The 
manure from an old bobbed is excellent 
for this purpose, but not more so than 
cow manure, which may he freely used, 
even when fresh, but should not come in 
contact with the bulb. To prevent this, 
it should be thoroughly mixed with the 
feoil. and a little sand thrown around the , 
bulb at planting. This practice is always /' 
beneficial in a stiff soil. The mechanical ^ 
condition of a soil, too, may bo easily im- h 
proved. If naturally stiff, an addition of 
sand, and mold from the forest, will he 
of great benefit. The ground should bo 'Sd 
dug at. least. 18 inches deep, be well pul- Im \ 
verized, and drained before planting bulbs ®v| i 
of any kind. jay « 
Tun Snow Drop— (Galanthus I’ivalis.J 
The first flowers of spring, the earliest 
harbingers of that delightful season of fey 
buds and blossoms, is the little Snow fej 
Drop. It first feelB the influence* of the 
warm spring sou, and. in this latitude, 
about the first of March, its modest little 
white flowers gladden the hearts of the 
lovers of nature’s floral beauties. There 
is nothing striking or particularly attract¬ 
ive in these flowers, and should they 
bloom when the garden is gay with more 
ambitious rivals, it would be eclipsed and 
unnoticed; but its time is well chosen, 
and it flourishes without a rival—often 
bearing its delicate blossoms above the 
snows of early spring, undaunted by cold 
and frosts and storms. Of these flowers 
there uro two varieties, the double and 
single. 
The bulbs are quite small; the leaves 
and flowers about six inches in height. 
Plant in the fall in beds or masses, two 
inches apart, and about the same in depth. 
Every third year at least, it is well to take 
up the bulbs alter the leaves have died, and re-plant 
in October. 
Tub Great Snow Drop.— (Leucojum ,)—'There 
are three varieties of this Snow Drop, similar to the 
above iu appearance, but much larger, flowering in 
spring, Fiimmer, and autumn. As these flower at 
seasons when there are others more attractive, they 
are not as desirable as the small Snow Drop first de¬ 
scribed. The bulbs should be planted in autumn 
six inches apart and four deep. 
Ton Crocus.— The Crocus is a very interesting 
flower—delicate and tasteful in form, and varied and 
gay in color. For at least a month, and until the 
flowering of the Ilyacinlh, through the most chan¬ 
geable and unpleasant of our spring weather, the 
Crocus is the Queen of the Garden, challenging and 
receiving the admiration of all. Too little attention 
has been given to these very useful flowers. They 
make the garden pleasant, when but for them it 
would be dreary, and at, a time, too, when, after a 
long winter of cold and snows and storms, the sight 
of the simplest flower is most grateful. All admire 
them, yet in bow few gardens is a fair collection, or 
even one or two varieties to be found. Could they 
be planted when in flower, or in spring for early 
flowering, everybody would have them, hut they 
must be planted in autumn, and are toofoftenforgot- 
ten at the proper time. 
The most general method adopted in drying ap¬ 
ples is, after they are pared, to cut them in slices, 
and spread them on cloths, tables or boards, and 
dry them out-doors. In clear and dry weather this 
is, perhaps, the most expeditous and best way; out 
in cloudy and stormy weather this way is attended 
with much Inconvenience, and sometimes loss, in 
consequence of the apples rotting before they dry. 
To some extent they may be dried iu this way in 
the house, though this is attended with much incon¬ 
venience. 
The. best method that 1 have over used to dry ap¬ 
ples is to use frames, 
Mai.NK PoMOl.OClOAL AM* HORTICULTURAL Soctkty.—T he 
Annual Meeting of this Society was held in Augusta on Tues¬ 
day, Oct. 7rU, when the following officers were elected!— 
President, O. Spacmhxc ; Vico Presidents, one from each 
county in the State, as follows: R. Martin, J p. Pcrley, It. 
Katun, J. C. Weston. John Rogers,G, it. Freeman.8 if. Dike, 
8 . W. Coburn, W. L). Dana, Sidney Perlinm, C. Chamberlain, 
Horace McKennej. 8. Wasson, It, Russ, Wm. Wilson; Re¬ 
cording Secretary, Samuel Titcomb; Corresponding Seetetarv, 
J. M. Meeerre. 
These combine the most ad¬ 
vantages with the least inconvenience of any 
way, and can ho used with equal advantage either 
bi drying in the house or out iu the sun. In pleas- 
eut weather the frames can be set out-doors against 
the aide of the building, or any other support, 
and nights, or cloudy and stormy days, they can be 
brought into the house and set against the side of 
the room near the stove or fire-place. 
My trames are made ill the following manner: 
Two strips of board, 7 feet, long, 2 or inches wide 
—two strips fi feet long, l.j inches wide, the whole 
three-quarters of an inch thick—nail the short strips 
across the ends of the long ones, and it, makes a 
frame 7 by 3 feet, which is a convenient size for all 
purposes. On one of the long strips nails are driv¬ 
en 3 inches apart, extending from the top to the 
bottom. 
After the apples 
William Hbhi and thk Mo.vtcomkht Gratis. — Among! 
the many grapes that have beeu recently brought to public 
notice, is one named the Montgomery, and the late William 
Ruin wrote to the editor of the Horticulturist, not long before 
IiSb death. the following notes of its history This i« probably 
the last words written for the press by Mr. Rkid : 
Mit. Editor,—[ send you an account, of what I suppose to 
he the Montgomery Grape, lately brought into notice. In the 
year 1830, on my return to New York, in June, from the State 
of Alabama, where I intruded to commence a horticultural 
establishment, in the vicinity of Mobile, and expecting to re¬ 
turn early the ensuing fall, not wishing to remain idle through 
the summer month*, Grant Thorhum, who then kept his Seed 
establishment in bitterly Street, told me that Mr. Montgomery, 
at. Upper Red Hook, in Dutchess County, N. Y., (>inw chanyed 
to Tivoli.) wanted a mail to put his grounds in order : I went 
and saw Mr. Montgomery, and at, once made an engagement. 
I found the location a pleasant one, the house nod grounds 
being on one of the knolls standing back from the liver about 
half a mile. Tlie ground v.as susceptible of being made one 
of the finest places on the Hudson, hating a beautiful brook, 
with several watordall.*, running through the. grounds, The 
soil, with the exception of the knoll where the Grapes were 
planted, was a very tenacious. Stiff clay. Whore the Grapes 
THE EVER-BLOOMING ROSE 
aro pared, they are quartered and 
cored, and with a needle and twine, or stout thread 
strung into lengths long enough to reach twice 
across lint frame; the ends of the twine art' then tied 
together, and the Hiring hung on the nails across the 
frame. The apples will soon dry so that the strings 
ran bo doubled on the nails, and fresh ones put on 
or tin* whole of them removed, and othere put in 
their ftlace. 
As fast as the apples become sufficiently dry they 
can be taken from the strings, and the same strings 
used to dry more on. If large apples are used to 
dry, they can be cut, in smaller pieces. 
I suppose that, pears and quinces, and perhaps 
other fruits that can be strung, might be dried in 
this way, although I have never dried any in this 
way except apples.— 0. T, Aluord in Country Gent. 
Ip there is perfection in the vegetable kingdom, it 
is the Ever-blooming Rose. Its varieties are now 
so numerous, their colors so various, and natures 
so different, that they are arranged into live distiuct 
classes. Some can be grown in all climates and 
altitudes, and upon nearly all kinds of Roil. They 
are fit, to make a diversified garden of them>civos; 
growing as dwarf bushes, as tall stately plants, and 
clothing arbors, bowers, trellis-work, dead fences, 
&o., and even making hedges to fence in and shelter 
the garden. They ate the monaruhs of the flower 
bed, and reign triumphantly glorious over all other 
flowers; and blessed uro they who possess the 
means, the liberality, and fine taste, (o purchase all 
kinds, and the space to grow them in perfection. 
The Hybrid Perpetuate or Bemonlantcs, are gen¬ 
erally of a stately, robust growth; thrive equally 
well upon heavy and light loams, and withstand a 
northern winter without, protection. 
The Bourbons are next in hardiness, and do best 
upon loamy soils, yet a slight covering of straw tied 
around ihern in winter north of New York, is of 
advantage to them. 
Tho Bengal, Chinese or Daily, is next iu hardiness 
thrives both, iu loamy and sandy soils, and is pre¬ 
served better by having a little straw tied about 
them north of Philadelphia. 
Noisette is of the same hardiness as Bengal, and 
thrive upon the same kind of soils. The varieties 
are nearly all of a rampant growth; useful for 
training upon fences, ends of buildings, arbors, Irol- 
lis-work, pillars, verandah frames, Ac. The flowers 
are generally email, double, and very fragrant, and 
produced in clusters of twenty and upwards. 
The Tea-scented is generally of dwarf growth, 
profuse in bloom, and of the most delightful fra¬ 
grance, which is diffused a groat distance. They 
are less hardy than the other classes, and need a 
covering of straw in winter north of Baltimore. 
They thrive best upon light loams and sandy loams, 
and will flourish in sandy soils. They grow to 
most perfection out doors south of Maryland, and 
are the best for pot culture. 
All the varieties of the five classes can be grown 
in the most northern climate by digging them up 
and potting them in the fall, and keeping them in 
cold frames or pits half sunk and half banked up, 
and with glass sashes, and covered with mats in 
very cold weather, shading them from bright sun in 
the winter time. As hundreds are yearly putting 
up cheap glass structures in which to grow foreign 
grapes, they are the best places to winter rotes that 
canuot stand the severity of winter, as the grape¬ 
vines are dormant in winter, and the roses would 
not be in their way, and they get the full light. 
With these advantages, people in northern latitudes 
can grow all kinds, and well will they be rewarded 
for their care. 
What is a garden without a rose! As it lasts 
many years and takes deep root in the ground, the 
soil before planting should be stirred two feet deep 
and finely pulverized and enriched with short 
wmi 
RECIPES AND INQUIRY, 
Dear Rural:—A s I depend much upon the reci¬ 
pes iu the the Rural, I will add a short list to its 
columns for the benefit of its readers: 
To Clean Black Dresses,— A certain mode of 
removing stains from mourning dresses is,—take a 
good handful of tig leaves, which must be boiled in 
two quarts of water till reduced to a pint. Squeeze 
the leaves, and bottle the liquor for use. The arti¬ 
cles, whether crape, cloth, bombazine, etc., need 
only be rubbed with a sponge dipped in the liquor, 
when tho effect will be immediately perceived. 
To Wash Black Silks.— Warm some small beer, 
ami mix some milk in it; then wash your silk in the 
liquid, and it will give it, a fine color. 
To Restore Black Veils. — Sponge the veil 
with hot ox-gall on both sides; then pass it through 
gum arabio water, and clap it between the hands. 
Then pin it out straight to dry. It must not he 
ironed. Agnes St. Auhrky. 
Klmdale, N. Y. 
1’. S.—Will some of your numerous lady readers 
please lie so kind as to inform me of the best method 
to eulor white moss velvet, black and drab? Also, 
the manner in which faded leaves are preserved to 
retain their shape and color, and oblige a friend to 
the Rural. a. st. a. 
Cultivation op thk Turk Tomato.—M. Bo.NCKN.vr: details 
hi* mode of cultivation aa follows :—“ Id Ajiril. IfifiJ, ( sowed 
some of the stiff Stemmed tomato: the seed came up well, 
uml when the plant,* were Strong enough they were planted 
nut in the open border, about 10 inches apart They pushed 
astonishingly; but as 1 wished lo show this interesting novelty 
at the horticultural exhibition of Fouteuay-le Compto, I plant¬ 
ed six or eight in small pots, and afterwards shifted them into 
large ones; I gave plenty of waler throughout the summer, 
and by the end of September I iiad a handsome shrub 20 ineh- 
c» high in each pot, loaded with flowers, green fruit and ripe. 
After the exhibition the weather became bad. and I placed the 
tomato plants in a greenhouse near the light; they made fresh 
shoots, and tho fruits, still green when introduced, beeamc of 
a fine red. When the weather hecurne severe, growth was nr- 
rested ; I kept the plants Clear of dead leaves, and removed 
some small blanches that hud begun to decay. After the 
middle of January vegetation recommeneed, and about the 
first of February I took off nnd struck cuttings separately in 
small pots in heat under a bell gla«s ; they were rooted in a 
fortnight, re potted and placed in a melon frame. I intend to 
plant tip in out as anon as danger of frost is over. If cuttings 
were struck towards the end of autumn, instead of January I 
believe the young plants would grow throughout the winter 
and would Howcr, on being planted out, as soon as the weath¬ 
er would permit. 111 that case ripe tomatoes could be obtain¬ 
ed much earlier than they could by cultivating the common 
sort in the usual way.”—Card. Citron. 
DUC VAN THOL TULIP —SINGLE. 
class is the 7>wc Van Thol, single and double, and 
may be grown in any rich garden soil. It should 
be well drained, and if a little sandy all the better; 
if inclined to clay, add a little sandy loam, and it 
poor, add rotted turf, or soil from an old pasture, 
with any thoroughly rotted manure. There is no 
difficulty, and need be no mystery, about the culture 
of the Tulip. 
Make the bod prepared for them line and mellow, 
and plant the bulbs in rows from six to eight inches 
opart each way. UdIpss the groued is quite light, it 
is well to surrouud tho bulb with sand at tho time 
ol planting. This is for beds entirely devoted to tho 
Tulip, but they look well if placed in the border or 
on the lawn, half a dozen or more in a cluster 
Bulbs can be obtained from the uurserios and seeds¬ 
men at prices varying from one dollar to three 
dollars per dozen. 
Thk Hyacinth is an old favorite, and yet we sel¬ 
dom see even a tolerable bed ol even a dozen varie¬ 
ties in the gardens of our amateurs. The Hyacinth, 
like all other bulbs, looks best in masses or beds. 
Set the bulbs from six to eight inches apart each 
way, and Jour inches deep. It is a good plan to 
surround the bulb, when setting, with little clean 
sand. Before winter sets in cover the bed with 
leaves, or a little straw litter. Many persons order¬ 
ing Hyacinths from the seedsmen and nurserymen 
entertain the idea that none but the double ones are 
desirable. This is not the case. The value of this 
flower depends principally upon the lorm of the 
spike and the arrangement of the single flowers or 
bells upon the (lower stem. The truss of bloom or 
spike should be pyramidal, and the flowers close 
enough to entirely conceal the stalk. 
Tub Crown Imperial is a noble flower, and some 
ot the new sorts are really beautiful. Plant about 
four inches deep, and in a rich garden soil. 
The Fritillakt ok Chequered Lily is not very 
showy, but a curious and interesting flower. There 
are many varieties, the colors boingof various shades 
ot brown, purple, and yellow, and curiously 
chequered. The bulbs are about the Bize of those 
of the Crocus. Plaut in groups, about two inches 
deep and four inches apart. 
To Make Cider Wink.— J. H. Kecjc, of Mason 
county, Illinois, gives the following method in the 
Country Gentleman :— Take pure cider, made from 
sound, ripe apples, as it runs from the press, put 
sixty pounds of common brown sugar into fifteen 
gallons of the cider and let it dissolve ; then put the 
mixture into a cleuu barrel, 1111 it up within two 
gallons of being full, with cleun cider ; put the cask 
info a cool place, leaving the bung out for forty- 
eight hours ; then put in the bung with a small vent 
until fermentation wholly ceases, and bung up tight, 
and in one year it will be fit for use. This wine 
needs no racking; the longer it stands upon the lees 
the better. This wine is almost equal to grape wine 
wheu rightly managed. 
Oatukki.vg and Storlvo Fruit.—A ll fruit should he care¬ 
fully gathered by hand. Blinking and pounding the tree ia not 
only an injury to the fruit, but al.no to the tree. 
Summer nnd Fall fruits must be carefully handled ami 
marketed as soon as possible after they are gathered. The 
barrels or packages should be perfectly clean and packed us 
full as possible tightly headed, that the fruit may be kept iu 
it* place while in transitu. 
Winter fruit, may bo left in a cool, dry room, in shallow 
heaps, for a week or two, to throw Off the Bweat or surplus 
moisture, after which it should be assorted and packed in 
clean, dry barrels, (If for shipping,) the barrels well tilled, and 
the heads tightly pressed in upon the fruit and headed up. If 
for home consumption, or long keeping for spring or summer 
market, it may lie packed in barrels a* for shipping, and left 
as long as frost will admit in an out budding, hut when there 
is danger of freezing, it should be stored in a cool, dry cellar. 
Or, instead of packing in barrels, it may be taken immediate¬ 
ly to a dry, airy cellar, laid upon shelves or trapsiu layers two 
to four deep, the shelves being in ttcia. one above the other. 
This latter arrangement affords a good opportunity for exam 
ining the fruit during the winter, and of removing decaying 
specimens. When placed on shelves as above, the eeUiir 
vvimlmwB should be raised in mild, dry weather, for (lie admis¬ 
sion of fresh air.—Gardener's Monthly. 
ma¬ 
nures throughout Tho black surface scrapings iu 
woods, which is leaf mold, is Ihe best manure for all 
kinds of roses.— W. Elder, in Gardeners' Monthly. 
IIow to Cook Cashawh. —I send you ray way 
of cooking cushaws, (which I claim to bo original.) 
Slice the neck of a cashaw f of an inch thick; have 
your skillet hot, remove tho rind; then dip the slices 
in water, after which roll them iu Indinu meal. Put 
to cook in hot butter, enough to fry them; add then 
a very little water and some salt. Cover tight for 
five minutes; then remove the lid and turn over 
your slices, being careful not to break the crust 
Cook for five minutes more over a brisk fire, then 
serve, and it you have not a good dish, say that I 
am no judge. — A Subscriber, Kennon, Ohio. 
ANTHURIUM SCHERZERIANUM, 
Pricks or Fruit, Ac., t\ thb Nkw York Marskt.—T in* fol¬ 
lowing table, which we cut from tho iV. I" Tribune, shows the 
prices of friufc and vegetables iu the New York market, and 
will be of interest to all who think of selling their cropto ship¬ 
pers or ..ending directly to the city. Prices rule low,generally, 
and the market it will be seen ia fairly glutted with grapes. 
Delaware* are for the first time olferod and the price compared 
with others seems lo be fair, though it is not higher than good 
Isabella.* andCatawhas havo formerly brought: 
PotaJOks —Receipts >eom to have beep chocked by the rains, 
an.) I'each Mow* ai, ■ doing a trille better One eurgu id' Ja, kson 
White*, raj her given, has arrived from Nova Scotia and N sell¬ 
ing at ifle '{■/ Itu-b. W* quote 
Mercer.*, choice, L. 1., yJ bbl...?2 i)0(n;2 uO 
Do. do Northern... 175 
Do. common .. . i'.'5(3)1 C 2 
Peachblows, Long Island. lllffla l 75 
Northern I’eachblows,. I tUbj± I fill 
Buckeyes. .. 1 2 .m,i l sa 
by eknians. ... 1 lair 1 25 
Junes.. 1 12(3 1 25 
Sweet potatoes, choice.2(XK«’2 75 
Sweet potatoes, common. 2IX)(a)2 25 
Onions — We quote. 
Connecticut Red, Vtbbl....$170(3)1 62 
Do. Yellow. IMi( 3 !l 75 
Bunch, 100,. 325 
FUBSH FRUITS. 
Ai’plks —We quoto: 
Mixed lot Western 3f) bbl.50(3)1 75 
Fall Pippins, choleo... 1 25(7 1 ,V0 
Do do common. 0 50m I no 
Ladies' blltsli.. 1 AtfuI 75 
Twenty ounce Pippins. .,. 1 75052 00 
Do Apples. l 75(02it) 
Pound Sweets. . 1 •’Ka / I SO 
Common. . 0snip:ioo 
Pears—W o quote. 
Suckles, extra choice- fc) bbl,.$6 no , ~0o 
Do fair to good. 2 00m 5 00 
Louie© Bonce de Jersey, choice. 5 00(5 7 00 
Do do common..Xonfejsoo 
Dutches*, extra large.8 unfit! no 
Do common... 10036 00 
Common Pear*.. I co 
Peaches—W enuotn: 
Choice, T3 half kunhel basket.$2 IMS'S00 
Common do do . 160@2 uo 
Plums—W o quote 
Damson, 3ft bbl...$3 5WgU 00 
Ql’IXCKS— We quote • 
Choice, bbl,.$2 00<u)2SO 
Common. . I of« 1 60 
GiiACKs—The market is completely glutted with Isabellas 
and piicesarecxeaedingly low. A few Catawba.*, mitTcrv choice, 
are io. and sell low. A few of the much talked of Delaware 
Grape havo for thu first time appeared, and bring lOqjDXu it tb, 
We quota 
Isabella, choice ^ lb,... 
Do common....2qj>.kc 
Cntawbas.8«8c 
Delaware.lOjCijra 
This plant was mentioned iu your report of the 
Royal Horticultural Society’s Exhibition a short 
time hack by Mr, Beaton, siuce which no one seems 
10 have taken any notice of it. It was exhibited by 
Mr. Wendlnnil, gardener to the King of Hanover, 
and was brought' by him from Costa Rica, where he 
says it. was one of the loveliest things he saw. And 
as I, like all the world, have been lip to London this 
summer to see the sights and scamper through the 
gardens round it, I stumbled upon it. among many 
and many a gland thing when going round the 
Botanic Gardens at lvew, where I had a better 
opportunity of looking at and examining it than I 
had at Kensington; a brief description, therefore, 
may not be uninteresting. 
it belongs to the natural order of Arads, a class 
of plants which have given us some of our finest 
ornamental foliage, but the flowers of which, as a 
rule, are the most insignificant; but this plaut will, 
1 think, become a favorite with every one, and be 
welcomed by every one that has a stove, be its di¬ 
mensions ever so small; for, being naturally a 
diminutive grower, it is not likely to get too largo 
tor any. 
The leaves rise upon a slender petiole, are lanceo¬ 
late in shape, of a somber green color and leathery 
texture, with a light colored midrib, above which 
stand the flowers, composed of spulbeand spadix of 
a most brilliant scarlet color. The spathe i 9 about 
11 inch, long, ot au oval form; the spadix stands 
straight up above it, and is about two inches long, 
and of the same beautiful color. 
Mr. Wendland says it is a very free bloomer, and 
continues in flower some four or five months. I 
shall be among the first to add it to my collection as 
soon as it is to be purchased.— Juvenis, in London 
Cottage Gardener. 
Cure for Toothache.— I have been troubled 
more or less the past few weeks with the toothache, 
and tailed to find any relief, until I received the fol¬ 
lowing, from a friend, which I can assure your read¬ 
ers is a sure cure:—Take a small piece of alum 
and burn it on the stove or shovel, mix with it an 
equal part of common salt, and pulverize; then satu¬ 
rate a piece of cotton with water and sprinkle the 
powder over it, and place it iu the cavity of the 
tooth. In live minutes thereafter all pain will disap¬ 
pear. Typo. 
Rochester, Oct. 20; 1882. 
THE WHITE WILLOW EOE HEDGES. 
Some of our correspondents have suggested the 
White Willow as an excellent tree, not only for 
timber and for the protection of orchards, but tor 
hedges. We find an article from C. IL Overman iu a 
late number of the Frame Farmer, on this subject. 
Mr. O. thinks that while it is all that is required tor 
a grove tree, furnishing abundance of good timber, 
it will not make a live fence. He says : 
I am convinced that a good fence may be made 
of it across sloughs and in ivet grounds, ( where 
nothing efee would succeed.) by using poles of it 
six or seven feet long, sticking them into the ground 
at an angle, one above another, as iu making side 
hill fences — also willow fence posts, four to six 
inches in diameter, set in early spring, will grow, 
and in a few years yield an abundance of fuel from 
the tops. But of all the numerous experiments in 
live fencing with large growing timber that have 
come under my observation, I have yet to see the 
flt'Bt one a success. And why ? Because in a closely 
crowded row of rapid growing timber the constant 
tendency of Ihe trees is to push each other out of 
line, and make openings in the row, two or three 
feet above ground, through which large stock will 
easily pii6h their way, as there is nothing repulsive 
in the way of thorns. 
Cure for Sick-hbadache.— Java Coffee, made 
very strong, taken clear, and in very small quanti¬ 
ties every few minutes, is believed an infallible rem¬ 
edy for that distressing complaint—rick-headache. 
Tt should he taken, however, before the stomach has 
became much roiled, otherwise it will be ejected, 
and of course unavailing. 
Can any one inform me through the columns of 
the Rural how to put a gilding on picture frames, 
cornices, etc.?— Mrs. H. M. G., Sumner, Iowa. 
FLOWER OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. 
Bulbs of the newest and choicest varieties can be 
obtained at the principal seed stores and of nursery¬ 
men at from fitly to seventy-five cents per dozen, and 
more common but not less beautiful varieties at 
about two dollars per hundred. 
The proper time for planting is about the first of 
October, though a week or two earlier or later will 
make no material difference. Set the bulbs about 
three inches apart, and cover with twoinches of earth. 
Rake off the bed nicely, and before winter sets in 
cover it with a little straw, coarse hay, or other 
litter, which may be convenient. This prevents 
throwing out by the frost, which sometimes, un¬ 
less the ground is very high and dry. Nuxscry- 
Mucilaginous Paste. —Will some one please to 
tell the readers of the Rural, how to make British 
Baste, or such as is used iu making envelopes? — 
New Yorker. 
Hard Soap.— Please inform me the best mode to 
make hard soap, “for family use?”— McGregor 
of Iowa. 
