L. Chalcedonkum, brilliant scarlet, about three 
feet in height, in habit like the Turk’s Cap Lilies. 
L. Auratnm.—The Gold-Banded Lily of Japau. 
This is represented as the King of Liliefc. Flow¬ 
ers from eight to twelve Inches across, white, 
thickly studded with crimson spots, and a yel¬ 
low belt through the center of each petal. When 
the bulb obtains strength it is said a dozen flow¬ 
ers will be produced on each stem. I have them 
with about half this number. The engraving 
shows a flower reduced in size, and comes far 
short of doing it justice. James Vick. 
Rochester, N. Y., August, 1SG0. 
WORK IN THE GARDEN. 
ORIGINAL RECIPES, 
inquiries, &c. 
Making Pickles.- A n easy way of preserving 
™ rS ’^ pickle « «• to pick them when 
large enough-say one-thtrd or one-half grown • 
ulcni Adl t C T and ' 8prinkl0 fine salt over 
vleld‘th.t r u , ma88 ’ * s the vines 
yield their trait, and 6alt ns required. Tho iuice 
malT, ^ « tk V UCUmbCr ’ WU1 bo to 
make all the brine required, a thick cloth 
should be laid over the mass and held down by 
a board. This cloth, when removed to add 
more cucumbers, will have most of the scum 
rising from tho fermentation going on, adher¬ 
ing to it. Wash clean and replace it as before 
When any portion of the salted cucumbers is 
needed for pickles, put them in clean water to 
extract the brine and swell them up to or near 
thdr original dimensions. Put them into vin- 
t'Kar, spice and ginger them, and, in a few days, 
ey will be lit to use and first rate at that._B. 
r W T ° Cuv3TALI * E Flowers.— In reply to 
A Lover of Flowers,” Nunda, N. Y., I send a 
recipe which proves to be very good. Gather 
the flowers a little green and dry them in a dark 
r,i; hen dlT tftkc 0U 2 pomul of alum and 
dissolve in one quart of rain water; then take 
the flowers or grasses ami form them ina bouquet 
and dip them in the solution until there is a coat 
formed over all the flowers. Iu order to color 
them you paint the flowers betorc crystalline 
— E. R. Freeman, Jhnis' Height*, X. r. 
Preserving Fi.owims.-Place the bouquet in 
about three times the quantity of water nsuniw 
Strawberries, — Beds intended for fruitiDg an¬ 
other year should be thoroughly cleaned of weeds 
and grass. Freeh, fine woods mold, mixed with 
wood ashes, is a prime application to scatter 
over the beds. If the plants have been kept in 
hills it is very probable that the crowns are too 
much above ground, in which case it is well to 
level up .with rich earth between the hill s. 
Melon* anil Cucumbers —These are now in fruit. 
The vines should be pinched to throw the 
growth into the fruit. Late melons may he im¬ 
proved by placing under them a board, or a 
large shingle. 
1 Lima Leans ,—Cut off the ends of these, as the 
late pods will not ripen, and pruning will aid 
the development of the early ones. 
Onions ,—Beds of this vegetable may be made 
now for very early use next year. Cover, 
for winter protection, with straw or evergreen 
boughs. Early onions may he gathered. 
Lettuce and Radishes—M&y be sown for late 
fall use. 
Seeds .—Gather seeds of vegetables and flowers 
as they ripen. Every garden of good size should 
have a bed devoted to the growing of seeds. You 
are then sure of having the right sort and the 
best seed. 
Celery ,—When the stems are ten or twelve 
inches long begin to earth up. Do this work in 
a dry day when the plants and soil are dry. Use 
fine dirt only. Repeat the process every fort¬ 
night. 
Turnips, —Plant these from beds on to the 
potato ground as fast ns you dig the latter. The 
old strawberry bed should have been spaded up 
an^ turnips or cabbage planted out. 
Raspberries and Blackberries .—The new shoots 
for next year’s bearing should he kept tied up 
and pruned, to harden them and make side 
branches. Cut out the old wood and the weeds. 
Weeds. —These are struggling at this seanon in 
THE NEW GRAPE BUG. 
♦ - ■ ■ 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker.—T he“ 
„ „ .. ,. — New Grape 
Bug, noticed in your issue of Aug. n. a8 
ing been sent you from Pennsylvania and Ohio 
1 Presume is the Brown Colasfis, Coiaspis 
brumiea, as named by Fabricius— an oval, drab- 
colored beetle, about twice as long as broad and 
nearly two-tenths of an inch in length, having 
the outer under edges of its wing-covers black, 
and also the underside of Its body and the tips 
ol its anteume. It pertainB to the Chrysotncla 
family, and is thus akin to the small flea-beetles 
which are such pests in our gardens, upon cab¬ 
bages* Arc . It is a rather commou Insect through¬ 
out the UniTed States, appearing here in New 
York each year the latter part of June and con¬ 
tinuing through tho month of July. I have 
heretofore noticed it as being most common 
upon the wild grape vines and the Cinquefoil or 
I otentilla, but it hns also occurred on several 
other plants, and on sweeping the grass in our 
meadows in July some of these beetles are al¬ 
most always found among the other Insects 
gathered in the net. 
1 his year, from the information I have re¬ 
ceived uud the inquiries sent tq me, it appears 
that all over the Northern and Middle States, in 
particular localities if not universally, this insect 
has fallen upon the cultivated grape vines in 
such numbers as to completely riddle the leaves 
with holes. It has now disappeard for the sea- 
sou, but w« shall watch with much anxiety for 
its reappearance upon tho vinos the beginning of 
July next year. Probably, as you suggest, our 
best remedy will be to sprinkle the leaves with 
hellebore, or perhaps with soot, pulverized aloes, 
wood ashes, or soino similar application that 
will render them distasteful or poisonous to 
those insects, and drive them back again to the 
wild vegetation on which they have heretofore 
subsisted, aud thus save our cultivated grapes 
from the serious injury they are now threatening 
them. Asa Fitch, 
L ILIUM AURATUM — 
isfaction, I think, and less disappintment, than 
Lilies, but to do this I have to grow all imported 
bulbs in my own grounds one year, and then se¬ 
lect all that have flowered well for sale. As a 
general rule not one-half of those imported will 
bloom the first season. 
In this connection, perhaps, a few remarks on 
the valuable Lilies will be profitable to Rural 
readers, especially as the time is approaching 
when all who wish to lmprovo their stock 
should be preparing to plant; for, although 
Lilies can be planted successfully In the spring, 
tho autumn is altogether the best time. Any 
good garden soil will grow Lilies well, but they 
must not be starved In poor ground, nor kept 
soaked in water half the year. 
Lilium Candulum .—This is our common white 
Lily, and though common it is a beautiful clear 
white fragrant flower and should have a place in 
GOLD BANDED LILY. 
bud. The ground is a frost-like glistening white, 
some varieties dashed with rose or red in the 
center of petal; the spots, crimson or rose, stand 
out on the surface. A truly magullicent (lower 
to look upon, and sweet-scented. In flower 
about the middle of August. There are four va¬ 
rieties as usually classed, but Itubrum ami Rose- 
um are very nearly similar. I have doubted 
whether there was difference enough to make a 
distinction, aud am of opinion that it ought to 
bo abandoned. White ground, dashed with rod 
more or less Intense, and crimson spots. Album, 
pure white, the spots raised, but without color. 
Punctatam, pure white, with no other markings 
than the raised piuk spots. Tills variety has al¬ 
ways been scarce and dear. There are other va¬ 
rieties, dear, but not superior. 
L. Brownie .—A magnificent, large, trumpet¬ 
shaped Lily, seven or eight inches in length, 
A CHAPTER ON LILIES 
In the Rural of August 4th, I And a very use¬ 
ful article by J. F. Mendenhall, of Indiana, on 
the culture of that beautiful flower the Annual 
Phlox. I hope all Rural readers will heed its 
suggestions, and can promise them brilliant beds 
of Phloxes from'.tlie latter part of June until 
frost. At the close of the article Mr. H. makes 
the following inquiry: 
“I wish to ask some one who knows, what is 
the trouble with my Japan Lilies. I got the 
bulbs from Mr. James Vick, ( who, by the way 
is noted for sending out sound bulbs and choice 
seeds.) They were line bulbs in good condition. 
I planted them with great care, in a bed pre¬ 
pared for the purpose'. The following spring 
they produced two flowers on each stalk; the 
next spring they started finely but died down or 
stopped growing long before fall; all failed to 
bloom. This spriug they grew only four or five 
inches high, and are now all dead. Can any one 
tell the cause f The varieties were Lilium Lan- 
ojohutn, J tub nun and Album. I also produced 
lust fall, from the same source, the following va¬ 
rieties: L. Laponicum louyijionm, L. Cundi- 
aurn, and L. Alartnyon. All etarled finely, but 
ceased growing several weeks ago,—only got 
three or lour inches high; are now turning yel- 
low. They were all planted last fall in u good 
bed, nutdu mellow sad rich twenty inches deen 
Horticultural Notes and Queries 
American Pomolouicat, Hoctety,—Kt.Lotms Meet¬ 
ing Postponed. — A Circular from Hon. Marshall 
P. Wilder, 1‘rea’t, and James Vtcec, Sec’y, thus an- 
nounces the postponement of tho proposed 2t. Louis 
Meeting: 
Whereas, Tue American Po.molooical Society 
was ordered to be convened at St. Louis, Mo., on tho 
4th day of September noxt, for the purpose of hold- 
Ing its Eleventh Session ; aud, 
Whereas, the exlatance of Cholera iu several of the 
cities of the l nlteil sum;* haB become manifest, there- 
by creating more, than uiual precaution in regard to 
visiting uluees distant from homo: 
Therefore, In consideration of this fact, amt also of 
the luet that there Is .i small crop of fruit in many 
VARIOUS RECIPES - SELECTED 
Tomato Sweetbreads.— Cut up a quarter of 
a peck or moro of fine ripe tomatoes; set them 
over the fire, and lot them stew, with nothing 
hut their own juice, till they go entirely to 
pieces; then press them through a aievo, to 
clear the liquid from the seeds and skins; liav c 
ready four or live sweetbreads that have been 
trimmed nicely, cleared from the gristle, and 
laid open to soak in warm water; pnt, them into 
a stewpan with the tomata-jnice, seasoned with 
a little salt aud Cuyenne; add two or three table¬ 
spoonfuls of butter rolled in flour; set the sauce¬ 
pan over the fire, and stew the sweetbreads in the 
tomato-juico till they are thoroughly done; a 
few minutes before you take them off, stir in 
two beaten yolks of eggs. Serve up the sweet¬ 
breads in a deep dish, with the tomato poured 
over them. 
The Seneca Black-Gap Raspberry.—T ho fol¬ 
lowing note from Mr. Warren Wight of Water¬ 
loo, explains itself: 
“ I wish to present a few facta to yonr readers con¬ 
cerning tho Seneca Black-cap Raspberry, in yoar 
remarks on the borry, (Aug. -lth.) you said — 1 The 
berries received from Mr. Wight were large, (con- 
siderably larger than the Booliti.le.) * ♦ lithe 
berry is a new seedling as claimed by Mr. W„ and 
the specimens sent us were not selected or grown on 
bushes that received extra cans und attention,’ Ac 
The plot Horn which the specimens were taken has 
roculvcd tho roughest duo which it could biiYO re¬ 
ceived, so rough mat at least oue third proved a ftiii- 
ure For ono year or more there has not been a hoe 
used on the plot, the weeds and grass having been 
ill owed to grow unchecked. I Mrtu wiuit I consider¬ 
ed to be fair specimens from bushes Arm year or bear- 
Lng. The soil ou which they wercgruwu is what is 
called yellow sued. Tor the five years in which they 
have been grown for market, the average difference 
In ripening nun been from, twelve to fourteen days 
'Unit none may be disappointed iu the size ul berry 
and tune of ripening on ail soils and la alt localities 
I would put the average, m size, at the same as the 
Doolittle, und Irom eight to ten days later. * * 
■the particulars will be given another time as to 
whether it Is a seedling or not.” 
Young Corn Omelet. — To a dozen ears of 
fine young Indian corn allow five eggs; boil the 
com a quarter of an hour, and then, with a large 
grater, grate it down Irom the cob; beat tho 
eggs very light, and then Astir gradually the 
grated corn Into the pan of eggs; add a small 
saltspoon of suit and a very littlu Cayenne; put 
into a hot fryingpan equal quantities of lard and 
iresh butter, and stir them well together over 
tho lire; when they boil, put in the mixture 
thick, and fry it, afterwards browning the top 
with a red-hot shovel or a salamander; transfer 
it, when done, to a heated dish, but do not fold 
It over. It will be found excellent. This is a 
good way of using boiled corn that has been 
left from dinner the preceding day. 
Sand Tarts. — One teacup of butter; 1 of 
sugar; 2 well beaten eggs; Jy, teaspoonful of 
Baleratus; J tcaspoonfuls of water; flour to 
make thorn stilf enough to roll out thin, cut 
them out with a tumbler; Bathe the top with 
the white of an egg, and sprinkle on sugar. 
They will keep well for four or five months. 
Mulchino Fruit Trees. — The Massachusetts 
Ploughman is of the opinion that much if not all the 
trouble with pear and apple trees noticed for the past 
two years and the short crop of fruit caused thereby, 
has resulted from excessive dry weather, and that a 
remedy for the future may be found in a free mulch¬ 
ing of the trees, whereby the necessary moisture will 
be retained about their roots, adding to the vigor of 
their growth and increasing Uiclr powers or produc¬ 
tion. This is a reasonable theory and no barm can 
result from acting upon it eb true, since, if mulch¬ 
ing fails, the Iobs of time and material is very tri¬ 
lling. Any thing which will decompose readily 
will answer the purpose of a mulch and may be re¬ 
placed as circumstances may require. 
Pear Orcuardb in England.— In a district em¬ 
bracing the eastern part of Hereford county and the 
adjoining part of Worcester, may be seen thousands 
of acres of upple orchards, and scattered among them 
many pear orchards of from one to five acres in ex¬ 
tent. The growth of tho pear trees is astonishing, 
many or them being lorty feet high, and yielding 
forty to sixty bushelB of fruit to a true. They are 
very healthy. The soil is heavy, of a red, gray color, 
and rest- on oid red sandstone. It contains consider¬ 
able marl, but is frequently dressed with quicklime. 
Large quantities of tho pears are ground and the ex¬ 
pressed juice made into perry and bogus champagne. 
To Remove Corns from between the Toes. 
— These corns are generally more painful than 
any others, and are frequently so situated as to 
bo almost inaccessible to the usual remedies. 
Wetting them several times a day with harts¬ 
horn will in most cases cure them. Try it. 
JAPAN LILY —LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM, 
every collection of Lilies. Don’t discard it, lov- outside of petals 
era of flowers, because cheap and common. Our white. Very scar 
greatest blessings are those we receive without L. Lxcelsum.—i 
the asking, in flower June and July. exquisitely fragra 
L, Tigrinum. Ihe common Tiger Lily; a good Strous clusters of 
flower, and known, I presume, to every reader. r Lou(lil , oniin , 
Flowers in August. .. \ Lw Tfi^<on I 
the trumpet shapi 
L. Japonicum Lancifolium.—Tha. Japan Lilies, length, clear whit 
a most beautiful class, consisting of some three or a great bloomer, h 
four varieties, introduced some ten or more years is therefore compa 
since, yet quite scarce in most parts of the coun- despise it ou this 
Baked Sour Apples.—W ash well the apples; 
place them iu a pan; pour lu a teacupful of 
water and one of sugar; hake them slowly till 
done. Eat them wflth cream and the Juice which, 
cooks from them. 
Training Evergreens.—(M. a. IJ, McGregor, 
Iowu.) The be a t way, that we ~noiv of, to train ever¬ 
greens so as to make them branch out or spread is to 
cut off or cut back the loading branches. This will 
spread them sudlciently, and give them a flue conical 
form If seasonably and properly cared lor Iu the earlier 
stages of their growth. 
To Destroy Crickets.—M ix some powdered 
arsenic with roasted apple, and put it into the 
cracks and holes whence the crickets issue. It 
will effectually destroy them; and cockroaches 
also. 
