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GRAPE CULTURE. 
BBIfrllT’a SYSTEM OF PRCKINO. Sec. 
Much has been published In the Horticultural 
journals during the past three or four years on 
Bright'$ System of Pruning the grape, and also 
upon his plan of detached inside borders for 
grape houses. In i860 we visited Mr. Bright's 
houses, and the vineyards ol Dr. IIouguton, 
near Germantown, Philadelphia, treated upon 
B RIGHT'S plan, and gave our readers the benefits 
of our observations. Wo have also called atten¬ 
tion to Mr. i, right's Grape Book, in which his 
system is fully explained. We have not thought 
it necessary to take part in the somewhat per- 
Honal.discussion w hich has burdened the columns 
of some of our contemporaries, believing that, 
time would settle the questions involved to the 
satisfaction of all — that the truth would ulti¬ 
mately triumph. The January number of the 
Gardener's Monthly contains an article from Mr. 
Bright, which we copy below, and in which lie 
acknowledges his errors, in a very candid man¬ 
ner. lie finds, what wc have always claimed, 
that the severe pruning beneficial to foreign 
vines is injurious to our strong-growing native 
frost.) but not elevated above the floor, or sus¬ 
pended above air conductors. This may give 
nearly all the advantages of a suspended border, 
with less trouble in watering, and for a cold 
house, or even a heated one, would answer very 
well. 
But the perfection of a Grape Border, for 
forcing early Grapes, or keeping late ones, is an 
Inside Suspended Border, heated by hot water 
pipes running through chambers under the bor¬ 
der. Tills is the plan on which the best early 
and the longest-keeping late grapes are grown in 
England. In one instance in such a border, 
(though partly outside.) grapes ripened in 
August, have been kept on the vines, sound and 
plump, even till the rising sap in April started 
the vines into new growth, and burst, the berries 
with excess of fluid. This extraordinary feat 
was achieved by Mr. Thomson, gardener to the 
Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Park, Scotland, 
the successor, as gardener, to the famous Mac¬ 
intosh, author of that splendid work, “The Book 
of the Garden.” 
During the past two years we have had a good 
deal of experience in Border-making, which has 
been instructive, if not profitable in any other 
respect. We have found that more injury may 
be inflicted on the roofs of vines by over-manur¬ 
ing, and the use of improper materials in the 
substance of the border, than by almost any 
varieties. We hope, however, that growers ot other cause. Among the substances employed 
hardy grapes will not rush to the opposite HS manures, we have seen much Injury arise 
extreme, and allow their vines to grow unpruned f roul the too free use of guano, superphosphate 
and uncared for. Wo have now before us an 0 f lime, and wood iveliea. Among the injurious 
article from one who seems likely to commit this gubstanc.es put into the border, wo are of opin- 
error. He found some of his finest fruit on a j ou that half-rotted leaf-mould, horse dung, and 
stray branch that, had run up an old tree. This, a | nnVj Mr „ perhaps the worst We are convinced 
however, would not have been the east) hud the ,,iore strongly than ever, that the beat compost 
vino been properly pruned. We do not know for a grape border, Is half loam, nearly half sand 
the condition of the vine referred to. but in simi- an ,j rott „ n rock) with 1V f ree Bupp i y of old n me 
lar cases which have come under our observa- rubbish and bone dust No dung or leaf-mold 
tlon, the vine was allowed to become a mass of at all; and all manures applied sparingly by 
small, worthless branches. Of course, when a top-dressing. 
young, vigorous shoot got out into the open air Now, says the reader, If the renewal system, 
and light, it bore the best lruit, but without (|,y cutting hack alternate canes,) will not 
pruning, in a few years this branch will be as answer, how shall I work my vines planted on 
badly off as thoso below, and it will require that plan? We answer, take out a portion of the 
another shoot to make a start further oil into the canes and beinl the others over so as to bring 
light and sunshine to produce good fruit All them three feet apart, and prune them on the 
this can be avoided, the vine can he kept in its short spur system, which is probably the best 
proper place, and be made to produce an abund- p j aQ now known. 
ance ot fruit on the trellis, by judicious pruning. ltumblo as we feel in view of our errors, still 
“ The Confession of William Bright, Grape- in view of what wo do know “for certain” in 
grower, who Immbly adcnowledgeth his Errors." relation to grapo culture, we have undying faith 
We do, in fact, candidly confess that in our zeal- in many of our old Ideas, and chastened hope in 
ous attempts to improve the cultureof the grape, respect to some of our new ones, which we shall 
we have made some mistakes, which we ought, proceed to develop and lest, and finally “ pro¬ 
to correct as speedily as possible; and “here pound” to the ever indulgent public —after the 
and now,” as President Lincoln would say, we tear—if not sooner. So look out for Bright 
will endeavor to show what these mistakes were. RcdMvun, and a new work on Grape Culture, 
And first, as to cutting back cuucs after fruit- when cheaper paper and better times shall 
ing, on w hich our renewal system was based, invite us to the task. 
hardy grapes will not rush to the opposite 
extreme, and allow their vines to grow unpruned 
and uncared for. Wo have now before us au 
article from one who seems likely to commit this 
error. He found some of his finest fruit on a 
stray branch that, had run up an old tree. This, 
however, would not have been the case hud the 
vine been properly pruned. We do not know 
the condition of the vine referred to, but in simi¬ 
lar cases which have couio under our observa¬ 
tion, the vine was allowed to become a mass ol' 
small, worthless branches. Of course, when a 
young, vigorous shoot got. out into the open air 
and light, it boro the. best fruit, but without 
pruning, in a lew years this branch will be as 
badly off as thoso below, and it will require 
another shoot to make a start further oil' into the 
light and Sunshine to produce good fruit All 
this can be avoided, the vine can be kept in its 
proper place, and be made to produce an abund¬ 
ance of fruit on the trellis, by judicious pruning. 
“ The Confession of William Bright, Grape- 
grower, ■who humbly adcnowledgeth his "Errors." 
We do, in fact, candidly confess that in our zeal¬ 
ous attempts to improve the cultureof the grape, 
we have made some mistakes, which wo ought 
to correct us speedily as possible; and “here 
and now,” as President Lincoln would say, we 
will endeavor to show what these mistakes were. 
And first, as to cutting back cuues after fruit¬ 
ing, on w hich our renewal system was based. 
We now find, after several years* experience, 
that the cutting back to two eyes, which answers 
a good purpose in pot vine culture, and in the 
grapery when vines are young, will not answer 
. at all when the vines are three or four years old, 
or more. The practice of Cutting back, to get 
strong canes, has been almost universal among 
grape-growers, while vines are young, and it 
was not doubted, by any one, I hat the same prac¬ 
tice would answer equally as well, at a later 
period ol' their growth. Among all the objec¬ 
tions made to our plans, no question was even 
raised on the point. But where we least antici¬ 
pated a defect in the system, a defect of the most 
serious and fatal nature has been discovered. It 
has positively been decided, by a great number 
of cultivators, ill this country and in England, 
within the last year, that grape vines, more than 
two or three years old, cannot be cut hack to two 
eyes with a reasonable expectation ol' obtaining 
a strong cane from the new shoot. Wn believe 
there can no longer be any manner of doubt on 
this subject,; we have tried It to our entire satis¬ 
faction. and so have many grape-growers in our 
immediate vicinity. In the Loudon Florist and 
Pomologiet, for June, 1862, we found the practice 
condemned in the most emphatic terms; and we 
had before this entertained a shrewd suspicion 
that the facts bore hard against our proposed 
plan of renewing canes. 
We now set it down as a fixed fact, that cutting 
back a cane, which lias made extended roots, to 
two or three eyes, with the idea of obtaining a 
stronger cane, is an error- a mistake- a practice 
opposed to the nature of the plant —that it 
creates a disproportion between the top or stem 
and the roots, which, if repeated, will prove fatal 
to its existence. 
For making this mistake, we are ready to 
receive nil the punishment that the Homological 
world may think we deserve. We can only say, 
in extenuation of our fault, that the practice was 
us old as vine culture, and no one would readily 
suspect that it could lead to such a fatal error 
when applied as we proposed. 
The ubove, wo have reason to think, is the 
“ head and front of our offending.” Wo cherish 
the belief that we have introduced some useful 
improvements Into Grape Culture, and that the 
balance of our errors are of minor consequence. 
To Dr. Putter we must say, (hat honest and 
complete as this confession is intended to bo, it 
does not include an acknowledgment that Inside 
Borders are a failure. On the contrary', we still 
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a. BLEACHING RECIPES. 
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imm 1 Ens. Rural NkVYorkkr:—H aving noticed 
Mil \ an inquiry iu your paper for a recipe for bteach- 
fW -a ing with chloride of lime, I send mine, which I 
«%§Wi know to be good l'or cotton materials, and I pre- 
f sume it would he for linen. I never have laid 
jL brown linen to bleach, but expect 1 shall have if 
1 the war lasts, for we are going to raising (lax in 
our section. I also send recipes for bleaching 
- X woolen and straw, us it will not do to put them 
. *•' , ' —* in chloride of lime: 
’ i'; if Bleaching with Ctir.onrtiK op Limb.— For 
§ ' v ' f .,/ live pounds of goods take one pound of chloride 
/ a ^ of lime, over which pour boiling water, and let 
U i it stand and settle. Have ready, iu a tub, warm 
I f soft water enough to cover the goods, into which 
. strain, through a doth, the solution of lime. 
Stir well, put in the goods, stirring them fro- 
" I quently, and let, them remain in the bleach from 
I ** fifteen to thirty minutes. Wring out, riuso thor- 
| oughly, and the process will bo completed. 
f Blkaoiiing Woolen Goons, Yarn, or 
1 % Crape Shawls. —Having washed the goods per- 
rnwim^' fectly clean, rinse in warm soft water, first put- 
H|« ting in a little blueing. Hang loosely on slats, 
/ or cord, fixed in or on the upper end of a barrel 
/ or hogshead, (a headless one is best, and a mil- 
liner’s bleach box is still bettor, but an article 
ff-sasas which wo farmers wives and daughters do not 
f!J often have attached to our list of convenient 
ja things.) Pound lino some roll brimstone. In 
an old tin or iron vessel put somo live coals, 
Humi vr a (they should ho made Of hard wood,) place the 
vessel below the goods, being careful that they 
a gem of unsurpassed beauty. j- y We have scon a are so situated as not to burn. Sprinkle over tho 
plant bearing hundreds of flowers every day for coals a tablOSpoouful of the brimstone, and closo 
a long time, but it is delicate in its habit and not up the bleach that no smoke may escape. Lot 
well suited to out-door culture in tills country, all remain covered closely, until it ceases to 
It does not seem to bear our hot sun well, and smoke, then proceed as before, putting in auother 
yet, when planted in the shade of trees, it usually smoke, and no on until the goods are us white as 
falls with us. We have had. the best success in required. Using the brimstone two or three 
ouidoor culture by growing tbo plants in a hot- times generally proves enough, 
bed or cold frame, transplanting, when quite Bleaching Straw.— If the straw is soiled, it 
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THE RHODANTHE, 
All our readers, we presume, have heard of a long time, but it is delicate in its habit, and not 
the Rlwdanthe Manglesii, a charming little ever- well suited to out-door culture in this country. 
pisting llowor, the seeds of which were brought 
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It does not serin to bear our hot sun well, and smoke, then proceed as before, putting in another 
yet, when planted in the shade of trees, it usually smoke, and so on until the goods are us white as 
falls with us. We have had the best success In required. Using the brimstone two or three 
out-door culture by growing tbo plants in a hot- times generally proves enough, 
bed or cold frame, transplanting, whoa quite Blkaching Straw.—I f the straw is soiled, it 
young, in rather moist, cool soil, shading lor a d r«t ho thoroughly washed with a brush, 
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LONGEVITY OF APPLES IN ILLINOIS. 
W. C. Flagg, of More, Illinois, says in a 
recent address: — “The oldest apple trees I 
have seen in Illinois wore not over 60 years of 
age, and were generally in a very decrcpid state. 
My own trees, the oldest of which are forty years 
old, have mostly succumbed to the infirmities of 
age, and tho hard winter of I wi5 and 1856. Of 
300 seedling apple trees act out in the spring of 
Is22, 121), or about 10 per cent., were living in 
IKG2. Of 217 grafted trees set iu the fall of 1822, 
80 were living in 1862, or about 4.0 per cent. 
The longevity of grafts and seedlings was the 
same, which is contrary to general opinion. 
“Of the grafted trees, the longest lived and 
healthiest, placing the best first, are the Pryor’s 
Red, Kirkbridge White, and Newtown Pippin. 
The trees of thoso living are of the Pryor’s Red, 
55 pei cent.; of the Kirkbridge White, GO per 
cent.; of the Newtown Pippin, 57 per cent. 
“ Considering these and other facts which have 
come within my observation, I have sometimes 
thought that the extremes of our climate, and 
still more, our retentive subsoil, will make the 
days of all orchards ‘ few and full of trouble,’ as 
well as fruit 
“ On the other hand, it is very probable that in 
a climate and soil which brings orchards into 
bearing with such rapidity, it may be the true 
policy of the orcliardist to raise all his fruit on 
young trees, and not expend his time in the less 
profitable task of renovation. 
“ The lruit of young trees is finer than that of 
old, and I should say that as a rule, after a tree 
becomes 25 years old, its place should be 
supplied by a younger. Let a man plant an 
orchard every ten years, and he can have a per¬ 
petual supply of fruit froiq young and vigorous 
trees.” 
BARBERRY FOR HEDGES. 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yorker:— As many of 
our Agricultural friends are inquiring into the 
value of the Barberry for hedging, I will add 
my mite, hoping it will assist them in making up 
a judgment. We have a bush of this kind grow¬ 
ing in the garden, and from 25 years’ acquaint¬ 
ance with il, send you the following observations: 
1. It is perfectly hardy in this latitude, never 
having been frozen like the Osage Orange, even 
after a summer’s luxuriant growth. 
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few days with an inverted flower pot, and pick - 
ing otf the dower hints as fast as they appear, 
until tho plant gets pretty strung. It may then 
bo allowed to flower freely, but llio blossoms 
must bo picked otf as soon as they begin to fade. 
Thoso who wish to preserve them for winter 
bouquets and ornaments, should pick the flowers 
as soon as they open, or Oven when half opened, 
Wo give ail engraving of the (lowers and buds. 
They are of a very bright, yet delicate rose. 
We have before announced the introduction 
into Europe from Australia of anew lihodanlhe 
named It. Maculuta , said to lie very robust and 
or cloth, in soap suds. Then it should be soaked 
one week in bout milk, or buttermilk, when it 
should again he washed, rinsed, and put In the 
bleach, w hich is prepared the same as for woolen. 
Gout Cnrltori, N. Y , j.803. Mrs. H. A. A. 
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Soda Gragkkrh.—S eeing a request in tho 
Rural for a recipe for making crackers, 1 will 
send mine, which I think a good one: Take one 
cup of shortening, two teaspOoufuls of cream 
tartar, and rub them in ten cups of flour. After¬ 
ward add one cup of sweet milk, one of water, 
one teaspoonfill of soda, and a little salt. Knead 
hardy, with large flowers, the plant growing until the dough is smooth. Roll thin, cut in 
about two feet in height, blooming profusely, and 
said to succeed well with common garden otll 
turn. The ray scales are of a bright, rosy 
purplo, the disc yellow, surrounded by a con- 
squares, and bake quick.—S. S. H., Ontaiio Co., 
N. Y, IHGiJ. 
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Recipe for Toilet Soap.—T ake six pounds 
RHODANTHK MANGLESII. 0 Ut dOttbt, SCO tills Him 111) 
from Swau River, New South Wales, in 1834. it should'prove as good 
When well grown it is a charming little plant,— he a splendid acquisition. 
spicuous crimson ring. We give an engraving sal soda, three pounds unslaked lime, and four 
of this now Tthodwnthe, taken from a fine coloicd gallons water, which put together in a kettle and 
plate sent, us by a friend in London. Wc have boil till dissolved. Let it settle, pour olf tho 
also received seeds, and next season will, with- liquid, add seven pounds clean grease, aud then 
out doubt, see this lino (tower for ourselves. If boil to tha consistency of honey. Cast in molds 
it should'prove as good as represented it will or pans. When dry it will be fit for use. Can 
scent with any perfume desired.—P. E., Otto, 
N. Y., 1803. 
minie.a hid a «i ura vn me con miry, we suit 2 . It will not sprout from the root, as we have 
chum that an inside border is the perfection of cultivated the ground around this for 15 years, 
all bordert, and that very early and very late cloao up to the stalk, and have not succeeded in 
grapes cannot be very successfully grown in any 
other border. 
We at first thought that our Inside Borders 
would be found tho most desirable-for even Cold 
Graperies; but we are now disposed to concede 
that a modification of our plan may bo best for 
many cultivators, aud that for cold houses, a 
border partly outside may bo found quite suc- 
ceesful, and iu houio respects less troublesome, 
and therefore more satisfactory. 
The modification of our Inside Borders which 
we propose, is to make the border entirely across 
Kino or To mi-kiv.i County Aimtk.—W ill you please to 
cUwcrtbn tho Kin,; ol‘ TotnpkiuH County uppliv Also give 
» cut anil oblige uuuy bubscinlmra.—<J. N. Hkkoukk, 
Woodbridge, Conn. 
Thu tree inukunu vigorous growth, is spreading in liubit, 
unit bears ubumbintJy, mid usually annual crops. Fruit 
large, globular, inclining to conic, no molt Oloa oblute, un 
guliir. Skin yellowish sluded und nearly covered with 
red, striped mid splashed with crimson. Stalk rattier stout 
and short, inserted in a large, somewhat irregular cavity. 
Calyx small and closed, set in a rather Hmali and slightly 
corrugated basin. KUisli yellowish, juicy, tender, with on 
agreeable, rich, vinous flavor, and finely aromatic, in 
eating from December to March. 
Adjkonoao Graph, Dbi.awarh, anu IIarth-oro Pro 
i.IHC.—I t - not too much tremble, will you please give me, 
through tho columns of your journal, your opinion us to 
the eaflint'ss, (when compared with the Delaware,) quail 
I'/ and Mir of the Adiroudac ami Hartford Prolific Gt apes, 
f saw. by the papers, a notice of Adirondac Grapes being 
on exhibition at the State Fair, it being a new variety, 
thought. I should like the favorable testimony of sonic one 
beside the teller before I uiado purchase, of any. —C. 8. 
ItCrt-r, b'ntitrn, N . i r . 
The Hartford Prolific is a little earlier than the Dela 
ware. The Adirondac appears to lie a grape of excellent 
quality, but we know too little of it to express an opinion 
witli confidence. Wc must all wait further developments. 
Usj! or Guano.—I wish some kind friend would tell ole 
through tho Burai, how much Guano to apply ou a rod of 
ground. It wins well manured last year, it, is a small gar¬ 
den, and I wish to raise vegetables. Should the guano be 
put below the sued, or put on top and dug under? W. G. 
Long Bland. 
From three to four hundred pounds an aere is about the 
right quantity Gf guano to use. Mix it well witli the sol! 
a short time before planting, or dissolve in water and ap¬ 
ply to the growing plants occasionally during the season. 
The former plan is the least trouble, but the latter will be 
fouud most effective. 
PLANT rote A Dry Roll.—Achillea Millefolium the com 
rnou Yarrow, it is said, will stay green where all other 
herbage dries up. 
getting young plants. 
3. It tillers somewhat liko the wheat plant, 
making a closo mass of stems from half an inch 
to two ami a half inches in diameter. Tho single 
stem, originally planted, ban increased to near 
100 stems, occupying a space three feet in diame¬ 
ter, and so compact a rat could not get through. 
4. It will bear somo cutting hack, or trimming, 
bo that the top can ixi kept within bounds if 
required. 
‘ :7 7" T v ooruere wmen 5 . Think the pollen poisonous to the grape 
we piopose, is to make the border entirely across when in blossom, but find it Is not injurious to 
the house, with a concrete bottom, and separated the apple and pear. u. j. u . 
from the aides and ends by brick work, (to avoid Fort Wayne, iml, Keb. 3,1863. 
Durum; ah out Fruit Turks.—Rivurs says: — The 
ground over tho root# of garden tree , as generally eulti 
vatecl i» dug once or twice a year, so that every Kurfaee- 
fibre is destroyed and the larger roots driven downwards; 
they, consequently, imbibe crude watery anp, which leads 
to much apparcut luxuriance iu tho trees. This in the 
end U fatjil to their well doing. 
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Gkrman Stocks. —The lUmlrirU. Gartm Zcitung says 
that the German seedsmen produce the fino double varie¬ 
ties so well known, by growing tbo plants in the richest 
soil; watching them, even from infancy, to see that they 
receive no check to their luxtiriauco, either through want 
of water, or from any other cause, until tho seed is fully 
matured. 
Tin: Manna os tub linioB flows from tho bark of tho 
Tarafa tree (Tamariz vkvmifmO in consequence of punc¬ 
ture# made into it by an insect —coccus manniparus 
which lives on tho tree. Solid pieces of some size can 
only be obtained before sunrise; later they molt. This is 
the rnanna on which the Jews, according to tho Bible, 
subsisted for forty years. Tho monks in tbo convents on 
the Sinni eat this manna, and make presents of It, done Up 
in tin boxes, to strangers visiting them. It, Is a soft, greasy, 
buttery mass, with plenty of the leaf scales of the T.imari x 
worked up in It. To get rid of those scales, It is only 
necessary to dissolve ttie mass In water. Shorbert is made 
Of it, and occasionally it is administered in Uio form of 
medicine.— TmUsluJed f rum JicgmutbUrgttr Flora. 
Ha i.t i'ok Quinck Trkkb. A correspondent of tho Cal- 
l/oivni, Culturi.il says:— I have about sixty trees, which are 
now live years old, and for the past three years have blos¬ 
somed full, and when the fruit became as large as a hazel 
nut would alt full olf. In the autumn of 1857, I applied 
salt at the roots of one half of them, and the result was 
Unit I iiad a good crop of fine fruit from the trees which 
were salted, whilst those without salt produced not me, 
although they all blossomed and set fruit, alike, and were 
of the same variety and on similar soil—a deep, sandy 
loam. 
What m Puub U.vacultkkatbd Wink ?—Wo have re 
drived a long letter from W. W. Kitchkn, of Grimsby, oil 
this subject, and detailing his operations in wine making, 
tree planting, fruit-growing, &o,, in Canada West, and also 
explaining what tho criticisms of A. M. Harm would 
make to appear contradictory. As the mans of our read- 
era, however, can have no interest in tills question, we 
must leave it for this present, hoping that our frienda iu 
Canada will continue in tho good work until every family 
iq supplied with an abundance of delicious fruits. 
Famkuhu Ai'Pi.s.—We are indebted to John 11. Uaoon, 
of Medina, for a lot of splendid Famcuao apples iu very 
excellent condition. Mr. 15 finds no difficulty lu keeping 
the Fume use in barrels in hi# cellar until March, and 
think# tho Fruit Grower# did not do this apple justice at 
the last aemrion. It is certainly a charming apple, aud 
those who have a tree or two in bearing, and call get tho 
fruit fair, are very fortunate. 
•- -——■ — 
Locust Roots Poisonous.—T ho Hungarian Quarterly 
for Practical Pharmacy rotates instances of children hav 
ing got poisoned by chewing freshly dug up root# of Lo¬ 
cust, K Jmua jurudji acacia. Strong emetic# cured them; 
and it was noticed that one of tbo children, who #ul Vo red 
of intermittent fever, icomod to have got completely cured 
of it by the poison The roots of *>iuio of the true acacias 
are also considered poisonous. 
“The Union Houticui.turai. Society or Penn Yan” 
met at the Court House, Jan. 31#t, adopted a Constitution, 
and elected the following officer# for tho year, viz; Fres- 
ident— Henry M. Stewart^ Vice President — 1 diaries M. 
Stark. Secretary—C. F. Dickinson. Corrr.rjxmding Scare- 
tary— Charles Ketchum. Treasurer— D. S, Wagoner. 
Ex. Cummilloe —George L. Cleveland, T. it. Locke and W. 
II. Olla. 
[special notice.) 
Always Gut tub JIkst,— Kgpeclally in getting Halcra- 
tus—a# the best costs blit a trifle for a year’s supply, and 
tho good cost# but a little more than the poor. The best 
goes further than the poor, and is much more healthy. 
Wo can recommend tho Chemical Soleratus to be Uio best. 
$It« iuiiUsIttv to the 
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Kickimm; the Ball in Motion. -Wo continue to receive 
tbo most encouraging totters and remittances from agents 
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Wish W 0 had space to give extracts from scores of letters 
from recruiting stations. 
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when the club Is completed shall send extra copy, Ac. This 
will accommodate thoso who do not wish to wait tor others. 
Aur person who Is not an agent, sending the club rate 
($1,5(1) for a slnglo copy (tho price of which is $2.) will only 
receive tho paper the length of time tho money pay# for at 
full single copy price. The only way to get tho Rural for 
tors than $2 a year, Is to form or join a club, 
Flower Sued:# for Rural Auk.nth. In remitting for 
an additiuu to her (stub the wife of a Post Master in Min¬ 
nesota says; -“Will get more subscribers if 1 can, as I am 
desirous that every family should possess a copy. * * 
If you have any favor# to bestow in tho way of choice 
flower seeds, they would bo very kindly received, as we 
have but little opjiortunity to obtain choice seeds,” Last 
year wo distributed a largo number of dollar packages of 
Imported seed# among our Agents, and aro almost daily 
receiving acknowledgment* of the unexpected favors. 
Wc intended to agreeably surprise many of our agents, iu 
like manner, this year, by sending without promising them 
in advance—but the above hint constrains u# to ray that 
wo purpose distributing '■<><> or more dollar package# of 
choice Mower seed# (imported by Uio most reliable seed- 
men in tbo country,) and that every lady Agent Friend 
will be remembered. And we shall take especial pains to 
send to every person forming a eiub of six, ten or more, 
previous to April 1st, amt who may full of securing any 
of the premiums already offered. Jon. 31,1863. 
