HIM 
THE RHUBARB LIQUOR-WHAT ITS VEND¬ 
ERS SAY OF IT 
The State of Michigan la one of the strong¬ 
holds of the Rhubarb wine-plant apostles. One 
of these wordy advocates, Mr. M. N. Sweet, 
writes to the Western Rural a tvro-acd-a-half 
column article, in which he offers numerous 
disconnected assertions and arguments iu favor 
of the manufacture of a beverage from the rhu¬ 
barb plant. Near the close of his article he 
sums up the reasons urged to Induce people to 
engage in this business. We quote that para¬ 
graph to show onr readers the light In which the 
venders of the plant themselves view the sub¬ 
ject, naturally supposing that the arguments 
here given are the soundest and most plausible 
that can be advanced in their favor t 
" I state concisely what are some of the evi¬ 
dences that the wine will sell: — 1st. Because 
those opposed to it arc in almost all cases very 
much interested in grapes, ftud arc driven to 
ridicule and false statements. This will draw 
attention to the wine. 2d. The wine is better 
than any of the drngged imitations. 3d. It is 
used a* sherry and champagne. 4th. There is 
none in the United Status in first hands over two 
years and a half old. It improves over twenty 
per cent every year for ten years. Very little 
was made in 18(>1 on account of the high price 
of sugar. 5th. There has been no wine import¬ 
ed nor manufactured, unless by stealth, since 
the revenue law wits passed, 6th. This wine has 
been sold for imported wine, so Ihat much of the so- 
called imported sherry and champagne is this wine. 
7tb. Much of the imported wine is this wine 
manufactured in Europe, its ouly merit being 
its importation. 8th. It can be afforded cheaper 
than any other good wine. 9th. The South, 
which has always been a good wine market, is 
now entirely destitute and open forita introduc¬ 
tion. 10th. This wine is juat the wine to take 
well in the South. 11th. It can be easily con¬ 
verted into any of the wines needed for market, n 
When I visited Mr. Buswell’a store he was put- g 
ting up forty barrels Of rhubarb wine to fill an g( 
order from Cincinnati; he said they wanted it b 
to mix with other wines.” 1 
The italics in the quotation are ourB. b 
What do the lovers of pure, honest, healthful 1 
wines think of these considerations claimed iu g 
favor of the rhubarb Btuff? It has no good ; 
character of its own.—“ It is used as sherry or 
champagne" “ It can he easily converted into 
any of the wines needed for market” ! It comes 
to you in any deceitful shape to win your ~ 
homage. To be successful it must Bail under 
false colors—be vended under the fair name and 
brand of popular grape wine. We hope our ^ 
Cincinnati wine makers will repudiate Mr. ] 
Sweet’b Intimations of adulterating their grape 
Juice with the vile rhubarb liquors. Although ' 
previously acquainted with the arguments urged 
In favor of this poisonous compound, and know¬ 
ing that the one most relied on to sell it is the 
fact that it is well adapted to adulterate and 
imitate pnre grape wine, yet we were not ex¬ 
pecting so verdant and unblushing a declaration 
of character as Mr. Sweet has made in his com¬ 
munication. ( 
VEGETABLE GARDEN-SEASONABLE WORK. ' 
As the season advances outdoor operations in 
the garden will begin, if they have not already, 1 
in some portions of the Middle and Western 
States, and the query, how shall I plant my gar¬ 
den, or what seeds will be beat to sow in It t 
forces itself upon the mind of more than one 
cultivator. In those sections where the frost is 
already gone and the ground sufficiently dry to 
operate on, a thorough preparation of the soil 
for the reception of crops will claim paramount 
attention. But simply to dig a garden is not all 
that is required, for provision must be made at 
the same time to supply the soil with such salts 
aa may have been chemically extracted from it 
in the production of rqet crops, &c. 
To restore the salts to a soil that has become 
wholly or but partially exhausted by over-crop¬ 
ping, requires judgment In the application of just 
the kind of manure that is rich in soluble salts. 
For all ordinary crops fermented stable manure 
is all that is required. But for certain crops 
specific manures must be applied to insure 
success, and of these we have any quantity 
presented to our notice through the agricultural 
papers of the day. One 1= represented as good 
for the strawberry, another for the turnip, &e. 
But of all the concentrated forms of manure, 
none are better or more reliable than guano and 
ground bones, and the most portable and cleanly 
is hone dust. I advance no theory, because 
having tested it long and usefully, I know its 
value. It is a powerful Btlmulaut and a lasting 
manure, for being once applied its effects remain 
for years. Persons having small gardens will 
find that ground bones, or bone dust, is one of 
the most valuable auxiliaries, being clean, 
portable aud durable, and does not, like stable 
manure, by its use, fill the ground with noxious 
weeds. Three or four pounds of the Hour or 
dust will be amply sufficient for one square rod 
of ground, unless the land is very poor, in which 
case the quantity may be slightly increased. 
Presuming the ground to be in a fit state to 
operate on, commence by diggiug it thoroughly 
to the depth of at least nine inches; or, what is 
I better, if the ground has not been previously 
*• 6tirred, trench it to the depth of two and a half 
0 \ feet, and if barn-yard manti re is used, incorporate 
? it well with the soil, and the sooner the hardier 
kindB of vegetables can be sown the better. To 
insure a good supply of early vegetables, such 
-Mi as radishes, lettuce, peas, beaus, &c., they 
O should be sown at intervals. The role generally 
j|| adopted among gardeners iB to sow a second crop 
immediately after the first has made its appear- 
ance above ground, and so on in succession. 
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Horticultural Notes and Queries. 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, 
The Practical Entomologist.—T his Is n monthly ’ 
bulletin published by tho Entomological Society of 
Philadelphia, and ie devoted wholly to disseminating 
information about Insects that affect the product* of 
the cultivator of the soil. It was at first designed to 
furnish it tree of cost to subscribers—the remunera¬ 
tion comlug from a limited advertising space—but 
the publication committee have found it necessary to 
change the orignal plan, and charge fifty cents per 
annum. It 1# highly deserving the patronage of all 
interested iu Entomology. 
■U. K. Buss’ Catalogue.—T his Guido to the Flower 
and Kitchen Garden should have been noticed earlier, 
and would have been had we not mislaid It. It is one 
of the flnoet work* of the kind wc have received, 
containing a descrlptlvu list of nearly 2.000 varieties 
of dower and vegetable seeds, with explicit direc¬ 
tions for their culture, besides other useful Informa¬ 
tion on the subject of gardening. Twenty-five cents 
sent to B. K. Buss, Springfield, Mass,, will get it. 
Death or George M. Beeler.—T his young and 
promising horticulturist diud at Indianapolis on 
March 11th, after a brief but distressing illness. 
Mr. Beeler wu* extensively aud favorably known 
throughout tho West, and tilled tho office of Sec¬ 
retary of both State and County Horticultural Socie¬ 
ties continually since their organization. A* a hor¬ 
ticulturist ho was advancing rapidly to distinction. 
A HAH DOOLITTLE’^ HlncUeap Kiihi>- 
24-v's' 1 v" REBUY Plants (from yearlings) tor sale 
by THUS. A. SLOCUM, Falrport. Monroe Co., N. Y. 
IMPROVKD BLACK CAP RASP it ER R V 
I Plants - l3,(Xiy packed and delivered at Fatrport tor 
t it/ut u vr n t nt'ti v v* 
*20 per 1,000. 
WM. P. LOUD,Egypt, N. Y. 
A GENERAL AHSOKT.11 ENT OE TREES, 
SHRUBS AND PLAN I'ij—jnculdlttg drapes. Hoses, 
UethUny Plants, fl(litmus Hoot*. <£<■,. tor Ride cheap,at the 
SvttAOUBK N'i hmkkies. w. SHOWN SMITH. 
Syracuse, \. Y., MurehSx, isoe. Fnornutxov, 
I K Aon MAIIALEB CHERRY HtocU*- 
d.lU Ur true Year, 1st choice, part of our Impor¬ 
tation from France, just ... per steamer, uiul can 
be had If ordered soon. They aro v.'ry superior stocks 
aud have opened in prime order. iMea on application. 
KDW'D I. EVANS & CO., York, Pa. 
J,llCf<:SIt AND liKLIABLK SEEDS. 
BRIDGE MAX'S Annual priced Catalogue of 
Vegetable Garden Seeds, Etc., 
for I860 is now ready and mailed free to all applicants. 
Also ready his Descriptive Priced hint of 
FLOWER SEEDS 
FOB 1K««. 
ALFRED BRIDGEMAN, 
84G--tt No. 870 Broadway, Nkw Yore. 
I^LOOIWINCTON NURSERY. 
Siberian Crab, 2 and 8 year, too. *20. Dicar/ Apple. 2 
and 5 rear, U)0, *80. Peach, Hide's Early aud others. 
Plum, 2 and ft year, F loo. Early Otchmarui Cherry, 1 
your niul orchard size, also 5 year Dwarf.. Raspberry, 
Belle du Kootenay, fall bearlug, 1,000 *20; Doolittle, 
1,000 * IB. Craijr.v, Concord XX, 1 year, *1*0 2 year, IU0, 
1 , 000 , *200 . 2d rIn**. 1 year. 100, *10; 1.000, *«; Dela¬ 
ware lay cm JCX, hearing, llio, *00; also Norton's, Ives', 
Iona, Israelis, Mottled. Rovers'. Crvvellog, Diana, llurt- 
tord, Cainwba, Cllmou. Isabella. A e., (ve.; concord rut- 
tings, cut he torn cold weather, l.0M>.*12 to *15, Rhubarb, 
1 (or \V in e Plant,) /tool Craft*. Apple and rear#, titaek- 
berries, KllaUnny and WUFon’ii Earle. Xuretrv Stocks, 
general assortment. Wilson’* strawberry ttuo hunt) lu 
quantity*. 
One who had been Intimate with him for many year* layer# x X, bearing, 100 , *np; *i#o Norton'#, iyes, 
viib miu uw usiu , Uma, Wadi*, Mottled. Rogers'. Crvvellng, Diana, llurt- 
reraarked that, “ If Gkobok M. Bkki.kk lived to be lord, C#uwb*. Cllntou. Isabella, a Concord l ilt- 
thirty ho would be acknowledged a* cut ot the best l^lur I'Unt^fel.bv.'rt.', A*ppKafid plUtrik XI® 
and most ready nomologists In the country,” lie berries Kltatlnny and WIDon’s Kurlr. Harney Stocks, 
was, we think, about twenty-five at the time of hi* W,l8 «> u '* «''aw berry best) lu 
death. nv 1/212 on t vci- ni imts 
THE ID I A.7S7THUS KEIDIDIU'WIGHI - SI7NTGKL.E. 
The cut illustrates a splendid genus of the 
most showy and beautiful imperfect perennials 
grown. Most of the genua flower the first 
season, endure the winter without injury, and 
bloom the second season better than the first. 
They will often flower the third year, and may 
be continued in growth by dividing the roots. 
The Sweet William, Carnation, Ac., belong to this 
genus, but they do not bloom the first season, 
The following list is adapted to the first sowing: 
Beet—Early Bassano, Blood Turnip. Cabbage 
—Dwarf York, Large York, Wheeler’s Imperial. 
Carrot—French Short Horn. Lettuce—Malta 
Drumhead, Tennis Ball, Boston Curled. Onion 
Wethersfield Red, Danvers’ Yellow, Large Stras- 
burg, Large Madeira. Parsley—Be*t Curled. 
Parsnips—Long Hollow Crown, Student. Radish 
—Salmon Color, Long Scarlet, White Turnip, 
Red Turnip, Salsify, Spinach. Peas—Daniel 
O’Rourke, Warner’s Emperor, Bishop’s New 
Long Pod, Dickson’s Favorite. 
April 2,18C6. Wm. Webstzk. 
CULTIVATION 
ORCHARDS. 
The most proper and economical system of ' 
cultivating the soil of orchards, adapted to the 
entire life of the trees, is a very important 
horticultural question at the present time. 
Various systems are successfully practiced, 
and strongly advocated by cultivators of wide 
experience and mature knowledge. And per- 
haps it is a truth that no single and exact 
method can be adopted with the largest success, 
in all the varied toils and climates iu the Union. 
The impediments to prosperous ftUit growing 
are not alike in Maine, Illinois and California, 
aud Bueoess may not always he achieved through 
similar means. 
In general, however, the be&t cultivation of 
orchards ia that which maintains the requisite 
fertility of soil, keeps it light and porous, easily 
permeable to air and moisture, and which injures 
least the roots of the trees—either the largest, 
which penetrate into the subsoil, or the not less 
important fibrous roots which spread through 
every iuch of ground aud seek air and .warmth 
near the surface. 
An orchard, old or young, cannot be cropped 
with either roots or cereals, without a decrease 
of fertility, unless heavily mauured. 
It cannot be pastured without the thick turf 
shutting out the air and appropriating the 
moisture aud food which should go to the 
fibrous roots of the trees. 
It cannot be plowed or cultivated deeply 
without iujuriug the roots, and especially 
destroying the surface fibers. 
Before planting out an orchard be sure that 
the soil is sufficiently dry. Then work it deeply. 
Devote the ground wholly to the orchard, setting 
the trees so close that, when fully grown, 
you will never wish to grew other crops 
among them. Then, if you can afford to 
mnlch the whole surface of the orchard so 
as to keep down the weeds and ward off the 
hot sun from tho top soil, it would be 
the best cultivation to adopt. Straw would 
probably he the cheapest mulch, and lu the 
Western States it could easily be procured. If 
this system were followed, plowing would be 
unnecessary, and the trees could be headed as 
low as desirable. In applylug manure it would 
be best to remove tho mulching, and top-drees 
the ground in the autumn, but probably the 
mulching would keep the soil sufficiently fertile. 
Trees on the Prairies.—A Mr. Dunlap of 
Champaign, Ill., in seven years has grown a for¬ 
est of silver maples, 60uie of which are 25 feet 
high. Other persons at the West are growing 
forests of pine, walnut and other trees. The 
1 farmers of the West will do well to commence 
the growth of forests upon large open prairies 
as soon as possible. 
The Heddcwigii family are very large, aud , 
unsurpassed for magnificent coloring. Plants , 
grow from n foot to eighteen inches in height. 
The seed should be sown in the spring under 
glass, or in a well prepared seed-bed. It. bears 
transplanting well, and should stand about one ; 
foot apart. The above engraving is from the 
Catalogue of Mr. James Vick, Seedsman, of 
Rochester. 
A LARGE FIELD OF CABBAGE. 
To the farmers who arc accustomed to raise 
only a wheelbarrow load of cabbages In one sea¬ 
son, a field of fifty acrcB, well filled with large 
heads of superior cabbages la a marvelous sight, 
Attended by Mr. L. L. Whitlock, whoso carriage 
was cheerfully tendered, we rode to the truck- 
farm of Mr. Daniel MeLoury, to appearance a 
highly intelligent and thoroughgoing cultivator 
of the soil, who raised the past season some 
twenty or twenty-five acres of turnips, many of 
which we saw in large pits in the field; fiftceu 
acres of Indian corn; forty acres of oats; about 
twenty-five acres of small fruits, saeh ns straw¬ 
berries, blackberries, ftnd'raapberrlea; lyid fifty 
acres of cabbages, most, of which were burled In 
the field by placing the heads close together in 
a deep furrow, with the route upward, and turn¬ 
ing the. earth against, and over them, with a plow, 
leaving a few incheB of the ends to extend above 
the surface of the rldgo. Mr. MeLoury produces 
about 4,840 heads per acre, the distance between 
the heads being about, t hree feet in each direction. 
Some gardeners, however, consider two and a liulf 
feet apart by three, superior to three. The heads 
are sold for about Sd per kuudred in the field, 
amounting to $290 40 per acre for the crop of 
cabbages, It is said that cabbages keep better 
to separate the heads from the stems before they 
j. are burled. No straw or bay is spread over them, 
, to protect the surface from the earth. 
The cabbage crop is one of the great staples 
. of New Jersey. With Mr. MeLoury it is a 
horticultural specialty. He has adopted a 
| rotation 'of five years, commding of cabbages 
the first season, oats, and grass allowed to re¬ 
main two or three years before plowing again 
for another crop of cabbage. In other localities, 
j a crop of cabbages is followed by a crop of po* 
tatoes, followed by rye, and stocked down with 
red clover, which is mowed or grazed one or 
j- two seasons, and then plowed again for a crop 
, of cabbage.— X. T. Weekly Times. 
Lead Labels fou FmiiT Trees.—A correspondent 
of the Gardeners’ Monthly furnishes that journal tho 
following information” Inclosed I send yon a sam¬ 
ple of home made labels, which 1 havo found better 
than anything elee I havo ever used. I generally 
bend the lead around one of the lower branches, or if 
these are too liirge, suspend it by a piece of lead wire. 
The name la distinct and indellblo, and the lead la 
flexible and yield* readily to the expansion of the 
limb." The names are punched in the lead by iron 
letters. There are few better—probably on the whole 
no bettor plan than this one. 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES. 
To Make Hard Soap.—To 2 pails of strong • 
ley, 14 pounds of grease; cleanse the. grease be¬ 
fore using. Boil these two together till it be¬ 
comes thick; then put in 5 quarts of salt and 
boll slow half an hour, or a little longer; then 
pour in a pall of cold soft water. Bet it away to 
cool; when cold, cut it into chunks. Put Into 
a kettle 2 pails of weak ley, boil until it mixes 
together, then pour in 3 quarts of salt; boil the 
same length of time as before, and set it, off to 
cool; then cut it tho shape you like. — Mrs. E. 
Edson, Seneca Falls, X. Y. • 
Johnny (Jake.—Two eggs; 2 teaspoons soda; 
4 tablespoons molasBCB. Stir these till iight; 
then add 2 cups of buttermilk ; l cup of sour 
cream ; a little salt, ami meal to make it a little 
stlffer than puncake. 
Molasses Jell Cake.— Three eggs; 1 cup of 
molasses (Sorguin iB the best;) 1 teaspoon soda; 
beat till it beeomes a foam, then add 2 cups 
ilou/. Bake in four or flv« cakes. — Mrs. R. U. 
Wells, Crown Point, Iml. 
To Cure a Felon,— Having noticed a recipe 
in the Rural of March 34th, to cure a felon, I 
send yon miue, which 1 think is tho best In use. 
Shave the finger so as to nearly start the blood, 
then apply a poultice made of Linseed oil and 
white lead. It will kill the felon within twenty- 
four hours, without the additional pain caused by 
other remedies. Try It, you who are afflicted.— 
G, 8. POTTER, Illinois. 
Johnny Cake. —Take one pint of new milk; 
one tablespoon —heaping full —of sour cream ; 
two large spoons of buttermilk ; 6oda enough 
to sweeter It; two-thirds of a cup of sugar; 
add meal enough to make a soft batter. This 
makes a large tin-square cake. This is good 
every time.— Jane T., Ellington, X. Y. 
Short Cake. — Take % cup butter, cup 
lard, K cup pulverized sugar, and tl mr to make 
a stiff dough; roll thin aud cut into small square 
cakes. Bake in a moderately hot oven.—J. W. 
Ormibton, Ox How, X, Y. 
OSAGE ORANGE PLANTS, 
bent, l year, wholesale and retail. Also good O«ugo 
seed. BeerareenS, Including tram-planted Arbor Vita-, 
Red Cedar, Norway Spruce, fine for sereeng, 100, *ii to 
* 12 . Irish Juniper, upi Ighl, perfectly hardy, superb, 3 
feet, *H tloz. Privet, Bur ornamental hedge, l(Xi strong, 
*1; 100 extra Si miK. *2,.Ml, JJtiAMf Ti:v.r*. many slzi-ti tor 
streets, groves, nurseries— Hlrch. Kim. U 01 n-cUeal 
Larch, Linden, Mountain Aeh.Poplar, willow#, &.<•, Sil¬ 
ver Maple, all #lzen. I to 11 loot, per 1.000. AtOfjnoUae, 10 
varieties. Double Denuta, heautllOl new, strong, young 
plants, SSej *8,!MI »i dozen, Haste, large, stock and us- 
bortinent—all classes too strong moutnunr, * 10 . 
GREEN-HOUBE AND BEDDING PLANTS, 
New catalogue, of which *ent for 3e. stamp, immense 
stock assortment In opr seven laid" Ureen lioiDes— 
choicest now and Older sorts. AchyeunthiU or Irrasue,, 
new, most beautiful leal brdder, diathuit from tliu other,' 
heat one. ColriM Vcr-Umfl'elt. of which also excellent; 
supply. 1‘yeiiostachu'i nrttcltollus, new, brilliant blue. 
Lilttwi auratani. IHelyira alba; splendid new double. 
Petunias, President Lincoln. Gun. Sherman, Ate., New 
Lychlus, Sallus. Tree Carnations- Lnrnanne. Altheas 
Geraniums, Phloxes. P|eonles, Heliotropes, rrysallthe-, 
mums. Verbenas, extra tine. DahUae, l >0 sorts, dry 
root# and pot plant,*— also mixed, cheap, Gladiolus, Tu- 
berosa, Tiger Flowers, Cabbage, Sweet Potato Plants, 
Ac., lu season. 3 Catalogues seal on receipt of one red 
stamp for utieh. Packing carefully done. M(k4t 
F. K. PHOENIX, Bloomington, Mel,can Co,, ill. 
F. K. PHOENIX, Bloomington, McLean Co..dll. 
T l' € li N D A . We have lor Nnle tome 
very fln« plants of thla superior Strawberry, pro¬ 
nounced by Mr. Knox " the Strawberry King, far In ad¬ 
vance of uuy other variety." Prices on application, 
Kt0-2t C. HOAG A CO., Loekport, N. Y. 
/\IV10IV SEED, GROWTH OK 1865.- 
Y * Largo Rerl Wethemtlcld, *i b,.. .*2,Co 
Large- Yellow Dutch, E lb...,.,, $ 2,25 
Yellow Danvers, true, E lb,.*2,no 
White Portugal, *< lb,....*:i,75 
I tr The above varieties will be Sent, post paid, to any 
address upon receipt of the prlcu. Address 
H-m-at M 'Ll. WAIN DUOS., Springfield, Mas*. 
I IOBACCO SEED. 
GENUINE CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF. 
We have a fine atock Pi this most desirable variety 
grown expressly for us, by one of the most siiccesslul 
cultivators in the Connecticut Valley. Packets contain¬ 
ing 1 oz, &0cts; B, *1,90; 1 B, *4. Sent by mall, post¬ 
paid, upon receipt of price Price* for larger quantities 
given nputi application. A pamphlet containing fpll di¬ 
rection* for culture,curing und packing;will accompany 
each packet. Price of pamphlet. 'Ale. It will bo seutfreo 
lu all parties pm chaMny on.- ounce or more of seed. 
Address McELWAlN HKOb., Sprlugm-Ul, Mans. 
C ollection op ploavku skews 
B'ir 3vr_A.ii-... 
No. 1—Contains 20 varle.fle# of choice Annual#.*1.00 
No. 2—Twenty varieties of choice Biennial* urn! Pe¬ 
rennials.*1,00 
No.S Ten extra fine varlutiea of rare Annuals and 
Pcreunluls .. ..*100 
No. I Five cinder varieties from prise /lowers of 
Truffaut'* French Asters, German Carnation and 
PtCOtee Pinks, Knailali Pansies. Verbenas, *nd 
Hollyhocks, each 01 which I# sold at 23ct#single.*1,00 
Any person remitting *3 wiU receive the above four 
collections free of postage. 
No. 5—Fifty varieties (Including collection No. 4; A,n- 
imalA, Biennial* and PcrcunlaK. *2,50 
No. S- One hundred vartntlea Annual*. Biennials and 
Pereuulals, Including many of the bc»t lu cultiva¬ 
tion..... ...*5,00 
No. 7—Contain* fifteen choice varieties of Green- 
IIouso 8e6da... ..*3 00 
try Although these collecfinhs are all our own ^elec¬ 
tion, we take, especial pains that they shall coDtatn-no 
variety ot doubtful merit, hot only those bust adapted 
for Kvnnval cultivation, mid Including many varieties of 
recent Introduction lliat have proved valuable Acquisi¬ 
tion*. Person# desirous 01 making their own selections 
from the general list, will be entitled to a discount pro¬ 
portion life. to the. quantity ordered. For list of which 
nee Catalogue. A dure## — mm — - 
swot MeM.WUN it ROM., Spring^ddTMasiL 
F it HIT TREE STOCKS.— Pnnr Sroelt* I*n- 
ported, 1st nihility. MahuJeb Stock*, Imported No. 
1*2. Quince btowks, first quality. Plum Stocks, first 
quality. Address KftOSTifcClb, • 
SMkft Geneaee Valley Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
L ook at this. 
J. KKECH Beil# true St.rnwhcrrv Plant* lower than 
any other man. Anttici. i.tcrist, 15 for *1; llK) lor *4; 
1 , 1*0 for *:*. Ki bmxm.'h and Buffalo, *1 for 100-, *3 for 
1,000. Watkii Pnoov Pafsb for packing plant#, vine*, 
bulbs snd roots. Wuitb Tkach Blow Potato, *2per 
bu.; *4 per Ubl. Best known. Cash to ueeompany or¬ 
ders. 8M 3t J. KEELU, Waterloo, N. X. 
NEW DWARF ARDOR VIT^]. 
Maples from Seeds. —A writer in the Prairie 
Farmer says, the farmers of his region, (Page 
Co., Iowa,) find no trouble in raising the maple 
from seed collected in the month of June, and 
sometimes as late as July 10, and planting them 
at once. They come up immediately, and grow 
the same season to the height of from one to 
two feet. The ground U well prepared, and fur¬ 
rows struck at such distances apart as suits the 
notions of the planter, about four Inches deep— 
into which the seeds are dropped, and covered 
either with the hoe or plow. I have seeja them 
covered either way with equally good succcbs. 
The tillage after planting, as practiced by my 
neighbors, is about the same ns that of corn. 
This recommendation is worthy of trial. 
Grapes In Wisconsin. — A correspondent 
of the Germantown Telegraph, writing from 
Burlington, Wis., says:—When we are asked 
what is the best grape to plant, we generally 
say Concord, because the Concord is not only a 
good grape, which grows and ripens here, but 
we can grow them by the bushel; while the 
Delawares and Dianas, although better in quali¬ 
ty, are slow to produce, and need a great deal 
of patience, especially when you buy them of 
these patent grape growers, who 6ond out little 
roots that have to he nursed two or three years 
before they will begin to grow, and need an affi¬ 
davit to prove that they are grape vines. 
TOM THUMB, 
A new fiwarf variety ot the Axericax Annexe Vit v, .jrUtluatod on our ground* a flew year* ago; remark 
able for its alow yrowih at cl compart tymiiierrlcal hub!:. 
Wo have no hestm'.ioQ In recommending It mi an acniuililon Of much value In the c1o**ot email hardy ever¬ 
green#, 1'or the decoration of Gardens, l.awn» or OmeterlV*, where large tree* may not bo admissible. 
The above out Is a portrait of a -porlmcn live y *rs old, 15 tnches m height, and l» Inches broad, drawn from 
uatnrebv Mr. Gao. Fiiai:'N ftKlteKU. ol' till* city. We now offer It lor sab; for tbc lir>.r, time, at the following 
nrlec#'Large plants, 12 to is Indu s high, and about the Mum In breadth, *3 each. Smaller Plants, say 6 to 8 
InchcE, strong and well rooted, *2 mn h. *u> pvr dozen. 
ELLtv ANGER A- IjAltUY, Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y. 
