varieties, and the Black Naples will be found 
superior to the common or Black Euglish. 
HASP BERK IES. 
Hyde — I would like to inquire about Britickle's 
Orange. It has been rejected by some as a mar¬ 
ket berry. Is it grown for market? 
A Member— It is not much grown for market, 
for the reason that no yellow berry sells well, 
and it does not bear so well as Kuevitt’s Giant 
and Franconia. 
Downing— I think it the finest berry in the 
collection. It is the best berry we have, and 
the finest flavored, but not good for market. 
Lyon —Does it bear equal to Fillbasket? 
Downing —Yes, sir. 
Wokcrstek— It is the first and last berry we 
pick. It continues in bearing longer than any 
other. It is not tit for market purposes, but for 
the family, I think it decidedly the best 
HORNET. 
Reid — I would inquire about the Hornet 
Raspberry. 
Prince— A very fine berry. 
IIyde— I grew it this year, and found it very 
fine indeed] pearly as prolific as the Orange. It 
is red and ypry large, and 1 should think would 
be a capital market berry. 
Elliott—Is it a firm berry? 
Hyde—V ery, with me. 
Reid— It is one of the largest red berries I 
have. I think a great deal of it, as one of the 
best reds. 
IlotKiurON—Very much esteemed in Phila¬ 
delphia, and considered about the best for pri¬ 
vate gardens. 
RED ANTWERP. 
Prince —I don’t see the Red Antwerp on the 
list It is superior in flavor to Brinckle’s 
Orange. I doubt if the real Red Antwerp 
is so different, and at (he same time so refresh¬ 
ing, that people seem to want it. I sent some 
fine specimens of La Constanta to market as late 
as the last of July, and persons who bad paid 
$125 a quart for them, would not pay twenty- 
five cents. The Catawissa raspberry beats 
numerously in autumn, an/1 the fruit ia fine and 
delicious; but there can be no doubt that it 
would prove a very poor investment to cultivate 
it for the market For amateur culture, and for 
those who like a good fruit, even if it is what is 
called ‘‘out of season,” it is a valuable variety. 
The Belle de Fontenay raspberry, as Dr, Hough¬ 
ton says, is imperfect. You cannot get a good 
crop. _ 
placed in damp earth, and kept in a tow temper¬ 
ature, and they will most likely rot, though some 
seeds will remain dormant a long time under 
these circumstances. But place them in moist 
earth, in a warm room, and they will commence 
growth at once. Another difficulty with heavy 
or clay soil is. that it becomes hard on the sur¬ 
face, and this prevents the young plants from 
“coming up,” or, if during showery weather 
they happen to get above the surface, they 
become locked in, and make but little advance¬ 
ment, unless the cultivator is careful to keep the 
crust well broken. 
If seeds are sown in rough, lumpy ground, a 
portion will be burled under the clods and 
never grow, and many that start will not find a 
fit soil for their tender roots, and perish. A few 
may escape these difficulties, and flourish. 
All of the above cases show good reason for 
failure, but there Is oue cause of failure in which 
the reason is not so apparent. The soil, we will 
suppose, is well prepared, fine, as it can bo 
made, and of that, loamy or sandy character best 
fitted for small seeds. We will suppose, too, that 
the seeds were sown on the surface with a little 
earth sifted over them, and this was not done 
until the season was so far advanced as to furnish 
the warmth necessary to secure vegetation. 
Under these very favorable circumstances, many 
seeds will grow, and if the weather is both warm 
and showery, very few will fail. But If, as is 
very common at the season of the year when we 
plant our seeds, we have a succession of cold 
storms, many will perish. If, however, the 
SPRING NOTES. 
HOW TO MAKE CONE FRAMES 
Noticing an inquiry in a late Rural as to 
making cone frames, I will give the Inquirer the 
benefit of my experience. I prefer the use of 
putty rather Ilian glue. The face of (he frame 
should be left rough, as the putty is held more 
firm. Alter the putty has been well worked and 
colored, by working in a little red lead, it should 
be spread upon the frame about half an inch thick, 
covering a small place at a time, as it soon hard¬ 
ens. Usually the inside edge is put on first, then 
the outer edge, and then the (lowers arranged be¬ 
tween. After the cones are all set in the putty, 
the frame should bo placed upon the back and 
left where it will dry slowly, and until the putty 
Is hard and the cones firm. Then dissolve 2 oz. 
gum shellac in a pint, of alcohol, and putltou with 
a small brush. Wben this is dried it may then 
bo stained with Vermillion or burnt umber, and 
two coala of coach varnish will finish. 1 have 
never been troubled by the cones opening when 
they were thoroughly seasoned before using. 
Clarkson, N. Y., 1863. A. B. 8. 
ASPARAGUS 
My Brother Farmers, have each and every 
one of you got a good bed of Asparagus planted 
out? If not, then let mo urge it upon you not to 
let it pass another season. Most people consider 
that a fine dish of this delicious vegetable is alto¬ 
gether preferable to green peas, and it comes in 
at a time when you canuot get polls, and con- 
linues for a long period. A bed ten feet square 
will furnish a common family, and a hundred 
roots will set such a bed. If you cannot find 
young roots in your vicinity, send to any seeds¬ 
man you please and get a paper, costing five 
cents, which will produce plants enough for five 
beds. In autumn prepare your bed, at the edge 
of your garden where you do not wish to plow, 
by simply spading and raking, then set on your 
plants, at one loot each way, cover about four 
inches deep, and it is finished. Cover well with 
mulch every autumn and it requires no further 
care. A bed thtts prepared is good for forty 
years. Rusticus. 
HOW TO “HEAD” THE BED-BUGS, 
1 HE ladies, “ (.On bless them, 7 are sympa¬ 
thizers with the afflicted, and ever ready to help 
the sniveling. To them, therefore, I appeal for 
assistance. Will you aid me, one aud all? I am 
nightly besieged by one of the worst pests 
known— bed-hugs. My landlady is neat, agreea¬ 
ble and pleasant. She hired the bugs with the 
tenement, and cannot clear the premises, as they 
have a pre-emption right. Can any of the lair 
readers of the Rural inform me how I may be 
speedily rid of these obnoxious pests? 
Caledonia, N. Y , 1863. A Bachkl»«. 
Remedy.—G ot a nice Yankee girl with curly 
hair. Call on the minister, who will say a few 
“magic words,” and in duo time your wife 
will bo “after” the bugs with, a sharp stick. 
i They will disappear.—w. 
rain 
weather should prove warm and without show- 
era, the surface will become very dry, and the 
seeds having so slight a covering will be dried 
up and perish as soon os they germinate, and 
before the roots attain sufficient size and strength 
to go down where the soil is more moist 
It is to overcome these evils that Llol-Beds are 
By being protected on the sides and 
useful _ 1 _ 
ends with boards, and covered with glass, they 
confine the moisture which arises from the earth 
in mist, and thus the atmosphere is kept humid 
and the surface moist, and the plants are not 
subjected to the changes of temperature, as a 
Trkk Planting.— “ to t linos of war prepare for peace.’’ 
Peace will certainly come sooner or later. We shall not 
always have war. Tree planting haa been sadly neglected 
since the commencement of our unfortunate national dif¬ 
ficulties. It is time that the planting spirit should again 
be renewed and intensified. No man ever planted out a 
good tree without being well recompensed for it. Il pays 
to plant trees whether for Irult or for ornament. The treo 
planting spirit should more widely prevail. How shade 
trees and evergreens adorn home I What a benign milu- 
enco they exurt over the family aud especially the rising 
generation 1 But too many think money thus expended 
Ig wasted. Oil, that they could he undeceived—converted. 
If the almight dollar is what they are after, they enhance 
the value of their places by every dollar they expend in 
trees, if they are for ornament, llow desolate a house 
looks without a tree or a shrub about it. How delightful 
it looks, if but a humble cottage, when embowered with 
trees.— Valley Farmer. 
DAPHNE ME7.ERE0N. 
The early flowering shrubs are also beginning 
to show their buds. The Forsythia Viridissirna 
is a very pretty shrub, giving abundance of 
bright yellow flowers early in May. Everybody 
should plantone at least- The Daphne Mezereon 
is the earliest of all our spring-blooming shrubs, 
of a dwarfish habit, and bearing abundance of 
pink flowers, succeeded by bright red berries. 
the weather may be. The bottom-heat of the 
hot-bed warms the soil, and enables the grower 
to put in his seed early, and obtain plants of 
good size before the soil outside is warm enough 
U> receive the seed. The principal advantages 
of the Mot-Bed, however, can be secured by 
what is called a Odd-Frame. 
Blackberries for Pickles.—D id you ever 
pickle blackberries, good lady? I never saw 
any, but have heard of them to day. A Michi¬ 
gander, (Yom the blackberry region, has told me 
how it. is done in bis neighborhood. He Rays:— 
Pick the berries clean, and put them, sih they are 
picked, in a stone jar that will hold about, four 
gallons. Pour in u quart of vinegar for each gal¬ 
lon of fruit, and add sufficient water to cover the 
fruit. Cover the jar as nearly air-light u» may 
be, and sot away in the cellar. The berries 
should be put in before they have begun to sour, 
SOWING OF ANNUAL FLOWER SEEDS. 
Many of our readers have supplied themselves 
with a good stock of Annual Flower Seeds, with 
the hope of having a fine display for the decora¬ 
tion of the garden, and for cutting during the 
Whether these hopes are 
A Simrc Curb son tub Arm.K Bark Locate.—Say to the 
readers of tho Uukal that Petroleum (Hrncca Oil,) will 
kill the apple bark louse, Thp.ro is no failure or uncer¬ 
tainty in thin remedy. Don’t forget it. Apply it now, as 
it will kill tho new growth during Bummer.—O. T. Hobos, 
Randolph, Fa. 
summer and autumn, 
to be realized, depends much upon the treatment 
We presume, of course, that the 
they receive, 
seeds in possession of our readers are not poor, 
worthless things, picked up here and there, but 
good varieties, obtained of those who under¬ 
stand their business, and deal honorably with 
their customers. As a general rule, the poorest 
flowers seed the most abundantly, a fact that 
should bo remembered by those who save their 
own seed; a fact, also, which always makes poor 
seeds cheap and abundant, and those that arc 
good scarce and dear. At this point we may as 
Light Tea Cakes.— One pound and a half of 
fine flour, two ounces fresh lard, one pint of new 
milk, one large egg, one teaspoonful of Fait, 
ounce and a half of fresh yeast. Beat the egg, 
warm the milk, and mix very well; let it. rise as 
common dough; then put into tins, aud let it 
rise quickly before the lire. It makes nice buns, 
with spices added after the dough is risen. 
This is simply a hot-bed frame, with sash, as 
shown in the engraving, placed upon a bed of 
fine, mellow earth, ia some sheltered place in 
the garden. By tho exclusion of air, and the 
admission of sun, the earth becomes warm, and 
the moisture is confined, as in the hot-bed. 
After the frame is secured in its place, a couple 
of inches of fine earth should bo placed inside, 
and tho frame closed up for a day or two before 
the seeds are planted. As the cold-frame de¬ 
pends open the sun for its warmth, it must not 
be started as soon as the hot-bed, and in this lati¬ 
tude the latter part of April or the first of May 
is early enough. Plants will then be large 
enough for transplanting to the open ground as 
soon as danger from frost is over, and as a gen¬ 
eral thing they will be hardier, and better able 
to endure the shock of transplanting, than if 
grown in a hot-bed. A frame of this kind any 
one can manage. Watering occasionally, will 
be necessary, aud air must be given on bright, 
warm days. The frames may be made very 
small, so as to be covered with two or three 
panes of glass, which may be simply laid on the 
box. Some meet with very fair success in 
growing plants in the house in shallow boxes. 
When it is determined, however, to sow the 
seeds in the open ground without the aids we 
have suggested, make a bed of light, mellow 
soil, in a sheltered situation in the garden, and 
as soon as the weather becomes settled and the 
ground warm, (which in this latitude is not 
usually until about the middle of May,) sow the 
Beods, covering them with a little fine earth, and if 
very small, sift it upon them. Some one has given, 
as a rule, that Beeds should be covered twice the 
depth of their own diameter, that is, that a seed 
one-sixteenth of an inch through should be cov¬ 
ered one-eighth of an inch. Perhaps this is as 
near correct as any general rule can be. If the 
weather proves very dry after sowing, it is well 
to cover the beds of small seeds with damp moss, 
or what is better, with evergreen boughs. 
Our remarks, of course, apply to seeds of ten¬ 
der and half hardy plants, those that are per¬ 
fectly hardy, like Asters, Sweet Peas, Candytuft, 
Larkspur, <fcc., may be sown as early as the 
ground can be got in order. 
Plant rou Namk.— Ax you are expected to know every¬ 
thing wortli knowing, 1 prosumn you can anil will tell me 
tho name of tho inclosed flower It has been out full 
two weeks. It ia quite fragrant— built compact and about 
two feet in height, and remarkably hardy.—3., Wit. 
Daphne Maxcrwn, which wo describe and figure in 
another column. 
Prince —It came from the Catskill Mountains. 
I found it growing wild there thirty or thirty-five 
years ago. 
Bergen —Mr. Prince is entirely mistaken in 
regard to the Purple Cane. It was raised in my 
vicinity much earlier than thirty years ago. 
Prince— Tho Purple Caue has been cultivated 
ever since my childhood at least. I was merely 
mentioning that 1 realized Us origin when I vis¬ 
ited those mountains. I don't mean to say It 
was originally found thirty years ago. It grows 
wild all over the North. 
Bergen— The Puryle Cane requires no pro¬ 
tection on Long Island. 
barnett’s red Antwerp. 
Prince— Barnett’s Red Antwerp is perfectly 
hardy—never winter-kills. 
CULTIVATION OF LATB KINDS FOR MARKET. 
Mr. Cook, of Mass.—Has any gentleman 
To Kick i- SquAan Bugs Off.— Knock tho bottoms out 
of cheese boxes, nail on screen cloth, and set them over 
the hills. Any box will answer. 
For Flea Bites, Bee Stings, &c. — I think 
there are many of your readers who would be 
glad to know that soda, just moistened and ap¬ 
plied, will immediately stop the unpleasant 
itching caused by the bite of the little pests, 
yclept fleas. It is also the best remedy I have 
ever seen used for the stings of bees and 
wasps.—u. 
Battle Crkkk (Michigan) Hort. Society. —Tho fol 
lowing are the ollicers elected for the present year: Freni 
denir— EltABTCB HcsSEY. Secretary— George W. Hyatt. 
Treanurer —Isaac O. Mott. . 
fmlintltuval gUtmliKmenttf 
[SPECIAL NOTICE.] 
No better Proof Reqcirbd.—I t has not yet been pub¬ 
licly denied that tho Chemical Saleratus made by D. B. 
DeLanb & Co. is all that its friends have claimed—that is 
a pure and wholesome article. This cannot be denied in 
face of tho testimony of chemists and those best qualified 
to judge. 
riOULECTISNHOF KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS BY 
M All..—-Collection No. 1 contains 20 varieties for $1,00 
Do. “ 3 " AS " ” 2,no. 
These collections are made up of the most desirable varie¬ 
ties in cultivation, aud are put. tip oi quantities sultlciont 
for an ordinary Garde round will be forwarded, imsl-paid, to 
anv address, upon receipt of lbe price. For further infor¬ 
mation, please send for a Catalogue 
OttMt MoKl.WAIN ItROS., Springfield, Mass. 
t)/ t/uwt WILSON’S ALBANY HT It A W KBit It Y 
Plants. SO,ML 1'nio.MFHK on Ganu and 
Ward’s Favorite. 2/1.000 oilier good sorts at low raics. 
^Address E. WILLIAMS Mont Clair, I*. 0., Essex Co . N. J. 
®kr fuMista to the fuMir 
JYKW' UUJtRTEIt F !. MJ/8JB JVOTICH! 
tlfA.NHEHU Y PLANTS of the Bell and Cherry varie 
J ties for sale at low prices. Send for a Circular, addresi 
otto-fit P. D. CflILSON, Bellingham, Mass, 
Houghton —I have tried them for market, and 
I wish to correct my report in the last proceed¬ 
ings, in which I rather rejoiced that we had the 
ever-bearing raspberry. I have tried them for 
market for four years. I have Died them, not 
only by allowing the wood of last year to grow, 
and the suckers to come up, so as to got a first 
and second crop, (that was a failure,) but I have 
had them this year by cutting down entirely the 
plants of last year, and keeping down the suck¬ 
ers; but the fruit, (tho Belle de Fontenay, I sup¬ 
pose it is,) though cultivated carefully, is very 
imperfect. That has been the character of tho 
fruit, whether grown from old or new canes. 
KIRTLAND. 
Elliott —The Kirtland, with us, corresponds 
with one I have received from Mr. Allen, and 
which I think I can trace hack as having gone 
from Cleveland under the name of the English 
Antwerp. 
Prince —I think so. The Purple Cane is the 
identical raspberry that has been cultivated 
until very recently, and called the English Red. 
Reid —Does not this raspberry, sent out by 
Allen, grow all around in Now York, Massachu¬ 
setts and New Hampshire? 
Elliott—I cannot answer that question. 
Hovby—I would Hay, that the profitableness 
of a fruit depends Bomewhat upon the publie 
taste. I believe it has been supposed by most 
persons, that if we could have a late strawberry, 
ripening say fifteen days after our usual straw¬ 
berries, it would be a most valuable variety; but 
my experience is that it would be entirely worth¬ 
less, because at the time the strawberry is about 
over bearing, people seem to have got tired of 
The Second Quarter of present Volume of the Rcral 
commenced April 4th. Now, therefore, ia the time to 
form new dubs to commence with the Quarter, or add to 
those formed. Additions to clubs ran be made for one year 
from April, at tho name price as one year fiom January— 
or we will rend from April to January next for $112)4 per 
copy, if ordered by any one who baa formed a club for 
present Volume. We have added several thousand to our 
edition in order to supply now subscribers from April iRt. 
—Thanks to Agents and othura for uontinoud effort« in 
behalf of Rural. This morning's mail (16th) brought ub 
dubs from Canada, California, Missouri, and anveral of the 
Eastern, Middle and Western States and the remittances 
were accompanied with very encouraging remarks in a 
number of instances. For all which we bend in grateful 
acknowledgment, and shall endeavor to render the Rural 
more and more worthy its wide and increasing popularity. 
About Club Terms, he.— We endeavor to adhere strictly 
to our Club rates, which require a certain nnmber of sub¬ 
scribers to get the paper at a sped lied price — say ten to 
get it at $1,40 per copy, dtc- But, In answer hi frequent 
Inquiries, we would state that, in cases where from four to 
nix copies are ordered at $t,S0 each, with a reasonable pros¬ 
pect of filling op a club of ten, we will send them —and 
when the club is completed shall send extra copy, ike. This 
will accommodate those who do not wish to wait tor others. 
Any peiMti. a Ju- ir not an .qiinit. aeudiug the clnli rate 
($1,80) for a single copy (the price of which !h $2 .) will only 
receive the paper the length of time the uioue.v pup s foi at 
full single copy price. The ante wav to get the Rural for 
less than $2 a year, is to form or join a club. 
Baur Volumes. — Bound oople* nl Volume XUI, Tor 1862, 
are now resily for dallvery— priire, : 3. We would again 
state that neither of the first five veJuinos of the Rural 
can be famished by ns at any price Thn subsequent vol¬ 
umes will be supplied, bound, at ®«ch — or if several are 
taken, at %1M each. The only volumes we Can furnish, 
unbound, are those of IHfiH, '60, ’#1 tod ’62 —price, »each. 
Select Your Premuthl—I f U forming clubs will 
specify the premiums preferred, where they lui vs the 
choice, and nemo Express Office (in cases where they are 
to be sent by Express,) in the letter* containing their re¬ 
mittances, we shall be saved some trouble, and perhaps 
subsequent scolding. We desire to Pay all premiums as 
promptly u possible. 
QKNEOA to. NUHHKUIEH, WATERLOO, N. Y. 
0 10,000 Phiio stocks, Asniuagiis roots. A tine thrifty lot 
of Standard ami Dwarf rear Trees, Downing's Mulberry 
Trees. 
2,000 2 year old Delaware Grape. Viues; 2.000 do Concord; 
10 ,1)00 1 year old Delaware and other varieties. 
Also, a good asHortmentof Trees generally. All of which 
will ho sold cheap R. TAYLOR, Proprietor. 
Waterloo, N. Y., April 6th, 1S63. 692tf 
C linton Y SEED. - I have a supply of Chicory Seed, 
/ and ran supply those who wish to test this root as a 
substitute for cnlleo. Sent by mail, postage paid, at 10 cte. 
an ounce, or $1,25 per pound. _ 
JAMK8 VICK. Rochester, N. Y. 
My NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE ol 
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Is now ready to send out. It contains descriptions of all 
the F1NK8T FI.OWKR8,both old and now, with Engrav¬ 
ings showfug the charterer of some of tbosn that are new 
and particularly valuable, with a full List of the 
NOVELTIES FOR 1WCII! 
My Seeds are imported from the best Florists aod Seed- 
Growers of England, Franok, and Gkkmawy, and are 
unsurpassed. 
CATALOG UTCH 
Sent by mail, khbb of postage, to all who apply. Send 
for a copy for yourself, anil also send the names and address 
of the lover# of Cljlllim slower* in vnur pe'gMs.rhorvt, (n 
whom 1 will promptly forward the Catalogue free. 
t.y Mv customers of last year will receive the new Cata¬ 
logue without writing for it. 
Address JAMES VICK, K-jchctw, N. Y. 
CURRANTS, STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, 
-While some may express 
Eds. Rubai. New Yorkbk 
doubts about the profitableness of pear culture, aud some 
of the other large fruits, we eon all grow the small fruits, 
even in small gardens, with ordinary culture, and with 
very limited knowledge. Will you please inform the 
readers of the Rural what experienced fruit-growers con¬ 
sider the best varieties in cultivation. Unfortunately most 
of our Emnll gardens abound with poor varieties entirely 
unworthy of cultivation.— A Lady Amatxub. 
\l EX [CAN SWEET CORN,—This is an exceedingly 
HI nw*'et, rich flavored variety of coin for table nee, sur- 
pu»Mtiflr in sweetness every variety cultlvaled. A great ac¬ 
quisition. Rackets containing I'UUicient for M hills, 16 cte.; 
8 packages for $1.00; Hubbard Squash [trwi per package, 
15 cts. Ornamental Gourds —a greet variety in oue pack¬ 
age—IS cUi. JAB. J H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mans. 
DEEDS :_S K £ r> S! 
\'LAX SEED, 
CLOVE It SEED, 
TIMOTHY SEED, 
HUNGARIAN GRASS. 
IT A I.IA A MILLET. 
ORCHARD GRASS, 
KENTUCKY It DUB GRASS, 
UED-TOF SEED. 
p WARE BROOM SEED, 
HENRY DAW A SON, Buffldo, N. Y. 
688-131 
For aede by 
