docs not afl'oct prudishnftss, nor does it disdain 
the gaieties of color. Yet it does not thrust its 
brilliant hues upon you,—nor make a show of its 
innocent love of fashion, even to the imitation of 
the modem taste for expanding garments, as the 
variety I,a Crinoline fully attests: for if you 
would see it in all its genuine loveliness, you 
have to seek it in the retirement of itB expanded 
foliage. Yet you must stoop to conquer its affec¬ 
tion. It will not be looked down upon. 
Under its spreading branches the flower 
takes refuge. It smiles only on those who 
humbly seek it. 
\ Perhaps, after all, its ease of culture lends 
to it a factitious charm. It grows pretty 
ill well at anytime, anywhere, anyhow. In 
HI the cracked teapot of the poor sailor’s 
6| mother, from whom, the tale goes, the 
nurseryman first bought it; equally as well 
as in the mosaic vase that adorns the 
v i marbled halls of kings. If you keep it in 
or, of mac'll tho sumo lint with the baric, its smaller end 
being paler and yellow. It closely resembles a minute 
Oyster shell pressed against the bark —a similitude so strik 
fog as to bo readily perceived by every one, and is fre¬ 
quently designated in common conversation under tho 
name of the Oyster-shaped bark louse. The shells or 
Missouri. You can now hardly give away a 
“Rochester Tree’' in any section of the State. 
There is one other reason for this, namely:—A 
few years since Rochester was looked upon 
throughout the West as General Headquarters. 
in all matters of fruit culture. No Other trees or 
plauts would sell but those from Rochester Nur¬ 
series. The business became immense, and pro¬ 
fitable. Hundreds throughout Ohio, Michigan, 
Indiana. Illinois and Missouri, went intuit.many 
of them sending out irresponsible and unprin¬ 
cipled agents and peddlers, who, learning by 
experience that “Rochester Trees’’ would sell 
much more readily than others, and for better 
prices, soon learned how to deceive their cus¬ 
tomers. They would procure catalogues and 
handsome plates from the Rochester dealers, 
scour the whole country taking orders, passing 
for Rochester agents. When they came to deliv¬ 
ering and filling their contracts, they would go 
to St Louis, Toledo, Cincinnati, Bloomington, 
Columbus, or some other convenient point, con¬ 
tract for a refuse lot at two to live cents per tree, 
regardless of variety, then nicely label them and 
pack them to suit their orders, and palm them 
off upon their, customers, at 25, 3(1 and 50 cents 
apiece, as first-class “Rochester Trees," war¬ 
ranted true to name. Is it any wonder that 
“Rochester Trees” should fall into disrepute 
under the practice of such impositions lor a 
series of years in succession, through the sauio 
THE PEACH CROP 
felt about 
A ROOD deal of anxiety is always 
the peach crop at this season of the year, and 
sometimes the tears of cultivators are published 
for facts, much to the alarm of peach growers, 
and all lovers of this delicious fruit. It is im¬ 
possible to elate just the amount of cold the 
peach bud will endure without injury, but it is 
generally believed that from twelve to eighteen 
degrees below zero will kill the blossom buds. 
This, however, depends a good deal upon the 
condition of tho tree, and when the wood is well 
ripened the previous fail, and the cold has been 
somewhat regular, without much warm, sunny 
weather, eighteen degrees below will not prove 
injurious. One of the lluest crops of peaches 
yve have ever known in Western New York, suc¬ 
ceeded a winter in which the thermometer fell 
to about twenty degrees below zero. We have 
had so much warm weather the present winter 
that peach growers have feared the effects of 
even moderately cold weather, and we now begin 
to receive reports from several localities that 
the buds are destroyed and the hopes of a crop 
blasted. The following is from a friend in West 
Macedon: 
Eds. Rural Nkw-Yorker: —Again are we doomed for 
another barren year of pouches in this locality. I observed 
vanned only a few inches in previous years, Another 
remedy is tts follows:—Boil tobacco In strong lyn till it la 
reduced to an Impalpable pulp, which It will be In a short 
time, and mix: with it soft soap, (which has been mado 
cold; not the jelly like soft soap, I to mako the mass about 
tho consistence of thin paint, the object being to obtain a 
preparation that will not be entirely washed from the tree 
by the first rains which occur, an lye, tobacco water, and 
most other washes are sure to ho. Tho fibres of Urn to 
baeco dill used through this preparation, cause a portion 
of its strength to remain wherever It Is applied longer than 
any application which ia wholly soluble in rain water can 
be. First trim the trees well, so that every twig can bo 
reached with the paint brush, ami apply this preparation, 
before tho buds have much swelled ,u the spring, to every 
part of tho tree. This will effectually remove tho scales. 
PANS i KH—Oarok.m no Hook. — Will you or sumo, of your 
numerous correspondents inform me through tlm columns 
of your valuable paper, how to prepare the soil for Van 
»u'S / and at what time Uiu seed should he sown, aud 
whether they need protection In the winter l Will you 
also inform mo what is tho best, practical Ladies Gardener, 
the price, and where it can be obtained? aud much oblige 
Sarau L. Park, Dodge. : i Comers, fifis. 
We have given mi article on tiio Pansy in another col¬ 
umn. The best tmok Is Uncle’s Hook of Flowers. The 
price is $1. Wc. ran send It for tins amount, by mail, free 
of postage. 
fruit buds were unseasonably large. I examined many at 
that time, and gave it as tny opinion that in their then 
state of forwardness they could not survive a temperature 
of one degree, below te.ro. Since that time the mercury 
has fallen, in this part of fruitdom, much below that 
mark; and on a recent examination I am well satisfied that 
the peaches are- killed for this year. Sorry am I to prophe¬ 
sy such a great calamity, and shall rejoice with thousands 
if the prophecy shall prove false.—B. 
[n 60 me localities, and particularly in the 
eastern counties of Western New York, where 
the cold has heen more severe than here, the 
peach buds may have keen destroyed, but we 
have yet hopes of a fair peach crop the coming 
season. The following is from II. N. La no wor¬ 
thy, one of the oldest peach growers in this sec¬ 
tion. His observations are always carefully 
made, but it soetus singular that the Early Craw¬ 
ford , that has always proved extremely hardy, 
and more so than most other varieties, should 
have suffered the worst. Perhaps they were 
more exposed: 
Eds. Rural Nkw Yorker:—M ade a thorough exami 
nation of tho peach buds this 24th inst., in this locality. 
Kind all the different varieties of the pencil buds to be »uf 
tieiently sound to warrant the hope, of a very fair crop, 
with the exception of the Early Crawford, which is very 
badly killed.—II. N. L., Greece, Mon. Co., N. Y, Feb., ’63. 
We are expecting reports from several other 
localities, and in our next issue hope to be able to 
quiet the fears of the lovers of the most delicious 
Iruit which a kind Providence has provided for 
our enjoyment. 
their customers, are the best trees in the world. 
We have planted “Rochester Trees,” those we 
know were genuine, with far better success than 
with any other. \V r e have planted over five 
thousand “Rochester Trees,” vinca and plauts, 
within the last, three or four years, while others 
have totally discarded the article. We have 
never lost, by disease, insects, or any other 
cause, more than one per cent. Out of a thou¬ 
sand or twelve hundred apple trees, not more 
than ten or a dozen are missing, and those more- 
from injuries by rabbits, or other casualties, Ilian 
from any defect, in the tree. 
The same remark holds good with peaches, of 
which we have about the same number, growing 
tinely. We have planted about twenty-threo 
hundred Dwarf Pear trees, also procured from 
Rochester, and not more than eight or ten dead 
ones can be found in the entire lot, most of them 
APPLE DUMPLINGS, JUMBLES, &c. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker:—As winter is the 
season of tho year when apple dumplings are 
most used, I send you my recipe fur making 
them, which my husband thinks is excellent: 
One pint of sweet cream; one teaspoonful of 
soda, (or Do Land's saloralus,) two teaspoonfuls 
of cream tartar, a little salt 
,—mix as for biscuit. 
Pare, quarter and core six largo apples, put in 
the quarters in the shape of a whole apple; wrap 
the dough firmly around each apple, and they 
are ready for cooking. Have ready some boil¬ 
ing water, take a tin steamer and sprinkle some 
flour over it to prevent, sticking, lay thorn in so 
that they will uol touch each other, set over the 
boiling water and covertightly. Lot them steam 
from three-quarters of an hour to an hour. Eat 
as soon as taken from the steamer, with any kind 
of sauce you prefer. I usually use sugar and 
cream, with a little nutmeg. 
1 also send a recipe for making jumbles. Two 
cups of sugar; one cup of butter; three eggs; 
one teaspoonful of saleratus, dissolved in a table 
’ spoonful of water,- mix soft, roll thin, and cut. 
Bake slight! Y in a quick oven. Season with 
use common tuny loam, with rotten cow manure. 
A very little, only, with thu loam at, the first pol¬ 
ling, and nearly one-fourth when the plant is 
receiving its last shift before flowering. 
In training the plants, l use only one central 
stake. Where tho leader was pinched a new 
shoot will come, which is early tied to this stake. 
Generally I get all tho shoots 1 want from the 
first pinch, if not, pinch again. 
Most persons fail in their Fuchsias during 
summer treatment. My last shift is given about 
the middle April, and about the middle of May 
l put them out of doors, under the shade of 
some old pine trees—that have lost their lower 
branches to a considerable height—on u wire 
stand I had made on purpose, and keep exclu¬ 
sively for Fuchsias. There is a free circulation 
of air under these trees, though the sun scarcely 
ever shines on them 
MISSOURI HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
“ ROCHESTER TREES.” 
Tue State Horticultural Society of Missouri 
commenced their Winter Discussions at the 
Court House, in the city of St. Louis, ou Tues¬ 
day, January 13th, and adjourned Friday eve¬ 
ning. after a very interesting session of four 
days, Dr. C. W. Spalding- presiding. Several 
very interesting and instructive essays were 
read; one by Dr. John A. Wauukk, of Cincin¬ 
nati, Ohio, on the subject of “ Propagation," 
full of the “Poetry of the Vegetable World,” 
aud when published, should be read by every 
Horticulturist in the land. The essay of Geo. 
Husman.v, of Hermann, Mo., who seems to be 
acknowledged here as the authority in all matters 
of vineyard culture, on the general subject of 
“Grapes,” win also be found worthy u perusal. 
That also of William Muir, of Melrose, Mo., 
on the subject of “ Pears,” will interest all culti¬ 
vators of that luscious fruit. 
J. Knox, Esq., of Pittsburg, Pa., added much 
to the interest of the session by his presence, 
entering promptly and ably into the discussions 
of the several varieties of fruit recommended for 
“Profit” and for “Taste,” the best methods of 
Propagation, Planting, Cultivation, Pruning, 
Ac., of t.be selection and preparation of ground, 
Insects and Diseases, and all other matters that 
came up. 
Strawberries, Grapes, and other small fruits, 
MEDICAL USE OF SALT. 
THE GERMAN PANSY. 
The German varieties are not as large as the 
English, and many of them would not bo con¬ 
sidered lit for show flowers, yet they exhibit a 
greater variety of coloring, and uro really beau¬ 
tiful. They are striped, blotched and mottled, 
and there is one very pretty sort with a white 
edge, like tho fancy geraniums. They appear 
to be more hardy, aud of a more dwarf and 
compact growth than do those of the English 
sorts. 
Our engravings show the German Pansy, as 
grown here last summer with quite ordinary 
treatment, and the English, taken from a colored 
plate received from London. 
The Medical World says that in many cases 
of disordered stomach, a teaspoonful of salt is a 
certain cure. In a violent internal pain termed 
ehollc, a teaspoonful of salt dissolved in a pint 
of cold water, taken as soon as possible, with a 
short, nap immediately after, is one of the most 
effectual and speedy remedies known. The 
same will revive a person who seems almost 
dead from a very heavy fall. In an apoplectic 
fit, no time should be lost in pouring down salt 
water, if sufficient sensibility remain to allow of 
swallowing; if uot, the head must be sponged 
with cold water until the senses return, when 
salt will completely restore the patient from the 
lethargy. In a fit the feet should be placed in 
warm water, with mustard added, and the legs 
briskly rubbed; all bandages removed from the 
neck, and a cool aperient procured if possible. 
In cases of severe bleeding at thu lungs, when 
other remedies failed, Dr. Rush found that two 
i teaspoonfuls of salt completely stayed the blood. 
and thore is a moister 
atmosphere under the pine trees, than 1 think I 
can find anywhere else. This slight, moisture I 
think helps my plants very much. 
Another frequent cause of failure, I have no 
doubt, arises from insects. This is generally the 
red spider, as I see on others, but never on my 
own. They soon mako the leaves fall off, and 
then the plants become sickly. I have no spider 
On mine. 1 use tho syringe on my plants often 
when I have time on a hot summer’s evening, 
which the spider does not like if he were there, 
and which gives the moisture about the leaves. 1 
have by experience found the plant much like 
tho winter treatment of the old plants — simply 
to stow them in the cellar, T depend on the 
young plants for my pot bloomers. In the spring 
I turn them out in my garden to do the best they 
can, leaving them to their fate the forthcoming 
winter—an ungrateful return I feel, and a course 
that often grieves me; but such it is, and I must 
confess all. 
And now, I hope, your experienced writers 
will be merciful with me. I may have given 
“nothing new ”or “nothing good.” It is perhaps 
no excuse for me that I gave way to a dimple¬ 
cheeked, arch-tempter; but oh! if they only 
knew her, they would see I could not resist.— 
Gardener’s Monthly. 
MELONS, &c.- MIXING SEED, 
1 have noticed 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker 
occasional remarks as to the blending of melons, 
squashes and other species, and of the mixing of 
the varieties belonging to the Cucumis family, 
with complaints of the consequent difficulty of 
preserving the purity of the seed of any estima¬ 
ble varieties. The Cucumis family belongs to 
the Class Morueda, Order Monaddphia, having 
Btamniferous and pistillate indistinct flowers, but 
on the same plant. Tho fruit of this or of any 
other tree or plant never sets until after the 
pistillate flower has fully expanded, and has been 
impregnated by the pollen disseminated by the 
male, or staminiferous flowers. Nature is all 
Older and harmony, and never varies beyond 
limited bonds, although the stupid teachings of 
men have so misrepresented. The female flower 
of any of the Cucumis family has tho rudiment 
of the fruit attached; hut if that flower is not 
impregnated, the rudiment is never matured. 
Different varieties, aud even some such as have 
been deemed species, do blend sexually, and t 
is, therefore, indispensably necessary that varie¬ 
ties of the same species be grown so far apart, 
(where the object is to save pure seed,) that 
neither the winds, nor the bees, nor sexual mag¬ 
netic attraction, can carry the pollen from the 
one plant to the other. Wm. R. Prince. 
Flushing, N. Y., 1863. 
MY FUCHSIA SECRETS 
BY AN EAR DROP, 
Besides my pits and frames, I have butone little 
greenhouse; but I love flowers, for all my limited 
means, and would as soon be w ithout sugar in 
my morning’s coffee, as without my morning’s 
stroll through my little plant house. Of all my 
flowers 1 lovu the Fuchsia best, aud I tell this 
to all my friends. They say because 1 have such 
success in growing it,—1 say because of its in¬ 
trinsic claim to rny regard. Thus we differ. A 
fair daughter of Eve insists that l shall tell her 
the secret of my success. What ia worse, she 
says, or rather orders it, to be given through the 
Monthly. 1 must obey. She ia a lovely girl. 1 
know Samson’s fate awaits me. The house— 
your house—the bricks of which your expe¬ 
rienced correspondents form—will fall about my 
ears, and I shall bo annihilated. Still it is sweet 
to fall by so fail’ a cause. She will weep I know 
at my literary death. A floral Cleopatra, she 
may even die herself for her Mad Antony. 
But I must insist I love the Fuchsia for its 
Your myrtle, your bay, your laurel, 
Barley Cream.— Take 2 lbs. of perfectly lean 
veal, or 3 lbs. of the scrag, free from fat; chop it 
well. Wash thoroughly 1 lb. of pearl bailey; 
put if, into a saucepan with two quarts of water 
and some salt. Let all simmer gently together 
until reduced to one quart. Take out the bones 
and rub the remainder through a tine hair sieve 
with a wooden spoon. It should be the same 
consistency as good cream; add a little more salt 
if requisite, and a little mace if approved of.— 
This makes light and nourishing food for invalids. 
lupine ami SVugums 
Apple Souffle.— Make a puff paste, cover 
the outside of a small pie-dish with it, and bake; 
when done it forms the shape of the dish. Take 
12 good baking apples, pare and core them, stew 
for an hour and a half, with a piece of lemon 
peel, sweeten to your taste, then put them into 
the paste, whip up the whites of 3 or 4 eggs to a 
strong froth; sweeten with loaf sugar; add them 
on to tho top of the apples, and put the whole 
into tho oven to lightly brown over. Serve in a 
napkin. 
served that. Hit* brunches of most of jay apple true* were 
nearly covered with what I term bark lie*) They are about 
the size of a ilea, tint a little longer, and somewhat like a 
dirty drab, not very far from the color of the baric, and 
when scraped off, which is a terrible job, next thing to im 
impossibility, 1 tlilnk, for it must he done witli u sharp in 
.■eminent, they are mere shells, I do not know what to do 
with them, perhaps you or some of your contributors, who 
have had experience in the matter, or the like, could 
tell me through Uie Kokxl. I saw some of them on my 
apple trees before now, and they retarded their- growth 
very much. I can't tell whether these insects will kill 
them or not. but I am afraid it will be. the result— ut all 
events lb*' dcatii of many apple trees in this section of 
country is attributed to them. I would be much pleased 
to hear thu opinion of others ou this subject, and the anti¬ 
dote, if found.— 1> Fi.bsu.ici, Co. Grey, 0. \Y. 
The Apple bark-louse, is about ouo-eighth of an inch 
long, of an trregular ovoid form, often bent in its middle, 
and more or less curved at it* smaller end, which is point¬ 
ed, the opposite end being rounded. It is of a brown col- 
beauties. 
with which you would coronet the brows of your 
warriors, your poets or your philosophers, have 
not so glossy a green, so perfect an outline in its 
foliage, as tho meanest of my Fuchsias. Its 
habit is as dignified anti as stately as any plant 
that grows; and this I will assert though you 
point me to tho most Royal palm, or the Queen 
of water lilies—the Victoria Regia herself. Amt 
as for elegance, what can excel it? Strong and 
vigorous, yet slenderly drooping; while it asserts 
its independence it courts you with modesty. It 
The Pansy is one of the most interesting and 
beautiful flowers we have in cultivation. It has 
long been popular in Europe, where exhibitions 
of this flower alone are often held. It has not 
been popular here, and it is only occasionally 
that poor specimens are seen in our gardens. 
The reasons for this are our hot summers, aud 
want of knowledge of the best manner to over¬ 
come the difficulties of climate. The Pansy 
[SI'KOIAL NOTICK.1 
Worth Considering- —Good diet makes healthy chil¬ 
dren and healthy adults. Good Saleratus helps to make 
nutritious, healthy diet. Hence use DbLand & Co.’s 
Chemical Saleratus, as it is perfectly pure, and better than 
8oda for all purposes. 
