"to know the cause and cure, or preventive,” 
from more reliable sources than my own judg¬ 
ment, I remain, <$x., R. 
Throe Rivers, Mich., 1863. 
Picking Cut Flowers foh TitAVKi.rNO, —First, a box 
is made of half-inch boards, die length, breadth and depth 
of which may bo according to the sir.e of tin? hunches of 
flowers. Then take two cords along the box longitudinal 
ly, one inch apart and two indie* from the bottom. After 
which lake other two line* of cord transversely, and 
at right angles to the first two lines put in, one inch apart 
and six inches above the other lines, just according to the 
length of -.talk of tile hunch. Nothing more is done hut 
tying two ligatures round each of the rows of cording. 
This done, prepare your bunch by tying some damp moss 
round tile footstalks of your bouquet, Insert down through 
the cross Lines of cord, and run the small lie* previously 
made close to the hunch, winch makes it quite secure 
from moving in any direction. 
rty this moans you have a simple, economical and effect 
ive mode of transmitting flowers to any distance, and pre¬ 
serving them as when cut —London Collage Gardener. 
NEW AND IMPROVED FLOWERS. 
THE BARBERRY FOR HEDGING. 
ers the coming spring, and also made Rome 
remarks on Hie old flowers that have been much 
improved in the few past years. This interesting 
subject we now continue, but in the space we 
have at command can hardly hint at the many 
desirable things that we would like to name and 
describe. 
Cuphka Zi.iiA.rANt.— This is the beet Cuphea 
wo have ever grown. The flowers being larger 
and more showy than most of the other mem¬ 
bers of the family, of a rich purple and rod, 
and velvet-like in texture. The plant grows to 
the height of three or four feet, branches very 
freely, and is of a straggUng habit. Ju proper 
situations it will be found very desirable. 
CEnotheua Lamarkiana. —This new (Eno- 
thera, or Evening Primrose, is decidedly the best 
we have ever seen. It Is quite hardy, glows 
well, and flowers freely with only ordinary care. 
The plant is vigorous, branches well, grows 
two or three feet in height, and bears an abun¬ 
dance of bright yellow flowers, often move than 
three inches in diameter. During the warmest 
weather of July and August, the flowers open 
late in the evening and close when the sun 
beoomes hot, but towards fall, when the weather 
is a little cooler, the blooms expand quite early 
in the evening, and remain well open during the 
greater part of the day. We recommend this to 
every lover of flowers. 
Calliopsih (’/AnDAMiNlFOUA.— This is a va- 
years since l planum six shoots ot tins stiruo, 
and paid no more attention to them, and they 
have been growing and spreading, till at this 
time it is so thick that a rabbit cannot, get 
through. I set. them four feet apart, and now 
you could not drive a COW through. It grows 
about live feet high, is a shrub not disposed to 
make a tree, but will grow canes five feet high 
in one year, and that is as high as it gets. It 
then branches. It is very thorny, especially 
when young. When it gets old, it is not so 
thorny. There arc three thorns at a place, from 
a half to au inch long. The center one grows 
short, the others grow diverging from the center. 
They are very sharp, though not as strong as the 
Osage Orange. There may lie an objection by 
some to it, on account of its spreading at the 
AUSTRALIAN “Nakdoo.” —That disastrous expedition 
through die whole length of Australia, from south to the 
north, which has cost die life of M. Burke and his com¬ 
panions, has brought to light a singular plant. The only 
survivor. M. Kino, has lived for a long time on what ho 
calls Nardtxj, a plant of which die natives make a sort of 
Hour hy grinding it under stones. It conics from a fern, 
called Mynsilla hy bobpiists, and, If it were worth while, 
could lie easily transplanted to Europe or America. It 
might he wordi while for our Agricultural Deparmentto 
look out for it. Gardener's Monthly. 
PtiOCKKPINGH Or AMERICAN POMOLOOICAL SOCIETY.— 
The proceedings of ttys Society are nearly completed, and 
will he ready for deliver/ to members in a few days. Any 
person can lieoomo a member of this Society, aud Uius be 
entided to a copy of Uie Transactions, by remitting the 
price of Membership, $2, to Thomas P. Jambs, Esq., of 
Philadelphia, who is Treasurer. No copies are printed for 
general circulation or sale. 
SWEET WILLIAM — HENDERSON’S PERFECTION 
the devotooa of “ Mocha” who chance, just now, 
to find their favorite beverage somewhat expen¬ 
sive, and are beginning to look around for sub¬ 
stitutes, may obtain a cheap and good one in the 
l first obtained the 
Phlox Drummondii. — This popular flower 1 
has sh’ared in the general improvement, and now 1 
we have an assortment that, for brilliancy and i 
delicacy of coloring, are altogether unsurpassed, i 
The bright scarlets are dazzlingly bright, while 
the light shades, with scarlet, pink and purple 
eyes, are gems of beau ty. The new striped varie¬ 
ties, are also very fine. 
The Ten Week Stocks have always been 
desirable, as far back as we can remember; but 
the newer varieties have larger flowers, and the 
best are more dwarf in habit, the spikes more 
dense, the blooms larger and more perfectly 
double. 
Petunia. —This flower, though unfit for cut¬ 
ting:, makes a veiy showy bod, brilliant from 
early summer until frost, and constantly improv¬ 
ing from the time the first (lower appears. The 
newer varieties are very superior in the bright¬ 
ness of their color and their beautiful markings, 
many being very singularly mottled. 
We are compelled to bring our remarks to a 
close to make room for an i uteres ting letter on 
this subject from a correspondent of Ohio. 
NEW VEOBTABLEU AND FLOWERS. 
Edr. Rural Nkw-Yoiikkr I appeal to 
those who cultivate their broad acres, and grow 
lots of corn and potatoes, who have herds of 
cattle, horses, &c., but who entirely exclude from 
their premises all flowers those beauties of na¬ 
ture which God has given us to cultivate for our 
own good pleasure— I would ask in sincerity why 
you have “no room" and “no time” to devote to 
new vegetables and flowers? Why don’t you 
surround your home with a few of these soul- 
cheering beauties of nature ? You have great 
facilities for doing so, and 1 would advise you to 
spend a few of your leisure moments in their 
cultivation; and the splendid draperies which 
, they will weave lor themselves ‘white you are 
absent in the toilsome days of planting and liar 
vesting, will make your home delightful to your 
children, friends and neighbors, and the stronger 
that passeth by will exclaim, “How beautiful!” 
It is right that you should care for the welfare 
ut' your cattle, and raise a good supply of corn 
and potatoes; but do not, formcrcy’B sake, spend 
all your days in growing corn and potatoes, and 
think of nothing else but how to expand the “old 
leather wallet.” There is a latent fire buried in 
your soul that, must be buried still deeper than 
at present, or the beautiful flowers of (lie advane- 
1 ing spring will shiuo in at the windows of your 
1 soul, and the brightness thereof will cause that 
’ latent fire to kindle afresh, and your love for the 
beautiful in nature will overcome your love of 
■ money, and you will find yourself studying and 
cultivating (towers, adorning your habitation 
with the choicest of Flora’s riches; and as you 
' study, and plant, and admire, and watch for the 
opening buds of beauty, you will find both your 
1 soul and your purse expanding, and instead of 
' looking down and oaring only tor the expansion 
> of the wallet, your soul will be fired with love, 
1 kindness and affection, until things terrestrial 
will k»e insufficient to satisfy your desires, and 
- you will be seeking celestial and eternal kap- 
i piuess. 
) 1 would say again, cultivate a few flowers.— 
3 Your sons, perchance, will construct the flower¬ 
beds, and deem it a pleasure to do «o, and your 
i daughters will take much delight in cultivating 
t the dowel's—and if need be, can help milk the 
f cows, and feed the calves, or Rhine in the parlor ; 
Fruit Growers’ Society or Western New York.— 
The Annual Meeting of Uio Fruit Grower*' Society of 
Western New York will bo hold at the Court House, in 
Rochester, N. Y., ut II o’clock A. M., on Thursday, the 
15th day of January, ISO.'.! A. lino show of Fruit may be 
expected. 
G a rui a xzo— Oicer arielinum, 
seed of this plant of Judge A. N. Morin, of 
Quebec, Lower Canada, he recommending it its a 
good substitute for coffee. The plant, attains the 
height of about 13 inches, and branches very 
much. The seed pods are \ cry numerous, being 
thickly set throughout the plant, and is veiy 
Ornamental. Tho seed somewhat resembles the 
“Java,” aud when prepared the same as the 
latter, it is considered nearly equal in its quality. 
We have given it a fair trial, and deem it a rich, 
pleasant aud hcaltlttul biweragc - superior to any 
of tho other “substitutes for coffee.” It being 
very productive, it. will not require but a 
a small spaq- of ground to produce enough to 
last a common family through the year. It 
should he planted in drills two feet apart, and 
one seed, six' inches apart, in the drill. 
Of Tomatoes (our favorite dish,) tin' French 
7Vce, the Perfected, and the While Sweet Ch.tr 
ncxe. All of the jood qualities we lind in the 
above three varieties. The Asparagus Dean is 
not only a luxury, but also a curiosity—as tho 
pods attain to tho length of two to three feet, and 
KOmewhat, resemble the stem of the asparagus. 
These, pods, before fully grown, we prepare iu 
the same way as for asparagus, and find them a 
gooil substitute. The True Boston Curled Let¬ 
tuce. we find to ho an and excellent variety.” 
We could mention many other varieties, late 
improvements on the old varieties, but would 
occupy too much space In the Rural; but would 
merely say, that there are vast improvements made 
of late, in the vegetable and floral kingdom, and 
T hope that all will participate in these luxu¬ 
ries, and enjoy the good of their labor. 
Windsor, Ohio, Doc., 180*2. L. Norris. 
Ogle do., 111., 1863. Wm. Hkdoks. 
We don’t know where Barberry seed can bo 
obtained. Plants form so readily from shoots 
and suckers, that no one thinks of growing the 
Barberry from seed. Our correspondent can 
soon make a thousand plants from those lie lias. 
In the Rural for 1850. we recommended this 
plant for a quick, growing, hardy hedge, and 
have alluded lo the subject since that time. The 
liar bony is a prickly shrub, growing from five to 
ten feet high. It is very hardy, and of rapid 
growth, bearing almost any kind of ill usage. It 
throws up a great many suckers and young 
shoots, and hoou forms a thick bush. This dispo- 
Mirsouri Statu Horticultural Society. — This Soci¬ 
ety holds its annual meeting at the Court House in St. 
Louis, commencing Tuesday the 13th iust. 
TREATMENT AND CARE OF MEATS, 
/II size in the engraving, and is 
JL/jk quite ornamental. It is used 
§Mh\ for preserves, jellies, Ac. The 
Barbary is propagated by 
r n Heot l H > but mostly by suckers 
//■ : M and offsets. Small plants fit 
JFmHHI for » hedge can no doubt be 
M -Jwzfpk m obtained at most of our nur- 
series, and also large plants, 
which can be divided like our- 
rant bushes, making a large 
number of each plant. There 
\W v ;is an old prejudice against the 
W use of this plant for a hedge, 
many believing it causes blight in grain growing 
near, but we think without foundation in truth. 
Indeed, this seems now to be the general opin¬ 
ion. We would like to see it generally tried for 
hedging. The branches are uot very strong, but 
they grow up thick so as to leave no opening, 
and are furnishod with sharp spines, as described 
by our correspondent 
WHAT KILLS TREES?” 
$0vtifultuuU 
Illinois Hort. Society — Annual Meeting 1862. - 
TIiis meeting was held at Bloomington, commencing the 
2nd day of September, and continuing four days. It was 
largely attended, and the papcis arid discussions were tn- 
terenting, and in tho main profitable t have full notes of 
the discu&gions, liut shall only give tho gist of the facts 
elicited, omitting some of the topics discussed altogether. 
The place selected at which to hold the next exhibition 
is Rockford—probably the livett horticultural town in 
the State. The time is to be lixed by the Executive Com 
inittce The place for liolding the next annual meeting is 
to be announced at Him lime of tho annual exhibition. 
Tile Society is inclined to go into Egypt to gain knowl¬ 
edge. Centralia seems the most feasible point, but with 
out an Invitation from the Egyptians, Bloomington will be 
the next place of meeting, 
Officers Elect tor 1863, — Pretidtfli—G. W. Minskii, 
Mackinaw, Tazewell Co. Vice /‘residents —At large, O. B 
Galusha, Lisboti; 1st Diet., Jno. l’eriam, Hope; 2d, C. N. 
Andrews, Rockford; 3d, A R. Whitney, Franklin Grove; 
4th, .1 If. Stewart, Quincy; 0th, W. A. Pennell, Granville; 
6(J|, J. O. Dent, Wcnonu; 7th, M. L. Punlnp, Champaign , 
8tli, O. M. Column, Bloomington; Oth, G. C. Stiirtevant, 
Beanlstown, Kith, J, Huggins, Woodbtjrn; 11th,C. A. Mon 
trues, Centralia, 12th, Geo. Barry, Alton; 13th, T J, Evans, 
South Pass. 
CORN BREAD. 
Tub Harvest Club, at a recent meeting, were 
regaled with a dodger that was universally praised. 
A committee of one was finally appointed, with a 
private secretary, to wait upon tho skillful hostess 
arid learn her choicest methods of cooking King 
Corn. The behest was obeyed, and the committee 
made the following report: 
Recipe for a single Cake. Two table-spoonfuls 
Indian meal, two table spoonfuls molasses, one 
tco-spoonful Raleratira, one tuuJ a half tea cups 
buttermilk. The whole to be thickened with 
canaille or rye (lour till of the consistency of thick 
paste, and then baked about half an hour. Of 
course cream and eggs improve the mixture, If 
one’s palate is educated for such delicacies. 
Tho more simple the taste the greater the joy. 
We are assured that a cake made in this way is 
fit to set before a king. It must be a mutter of 
patriotic pride that a native and peculiar cereal 
should bo such a staff of life. Corn grows every¬ 
where in this country abundantly and without 
disease, and is cheaper than potatoes as an article 
of healthful diet. At a show of 2b 0 specimens in 
the New York Agriculturist office one year ago, a 
Pennsylvania lady took a $10 premium for a loaf < 
made as follows: , 
“ Take two quarts corn meal, with about a pint , 
of (thin) bread sponge, and water enough to wet ft 
it. Mix In half a plat of wheat (lour and a table- T 
spoonful of salt- Let it rise and then knead well .1 
the seednd time. Bake one and a half hours.” 
TIub loaf was of good form, cut light, and was w 
of fair quality when three or four days old. For ."j 
cheapness and quality this stood pre-eminent. V 
Who says com isn’t king? & 
Oor. Secretary —VV. C. Flagg, Moro. Rec. 
Secretaries —W. G. Ferguson, Rockford, and K. H. Fell, 
Bloomington. Treasurer —Samuel Edwards, La MoilJe. 
[Wc will give notes of the discussion next week.] 
Rolls for Window Plants. —Prom lhe German — 
Watering. Practice tells the eye whether or not required. 
Tim collar of the plant allows it. Better still, knock at the 
pot. If it sounds hollow, water; if it gives a vnntltod 
sound, don’t. 
Watering when not required sours the earth and the 
fibres of the root will rot. To correct sourness pour hot 
water—40° or 50" Reamur—if that won’t do repot. 
Wcrae than too often watering is too seldom watering. 
Once neglected water, little and often till normal health Is 
restored. 
In warm days, the surface may appear moist and the 
root may be dry, plunge in water. 
Water in the morning In preference, with rain or river 
water 
Let the water be of equal temperature with the air, the 
plant should be kept from gus, keep the toil loose. 
