EUEAI* 
petals pf which were light maroon, and the throat 
light, shaded with purple. Anolber, called 
Penelope, had the top petals dark maroon edged 
w ith rose, and the lower ones epotteduud mottled 
with maroon. Of Mr. Beck's wet. Prince of Wales 
and Princess of Wales were the most note- 
bright crimson 
, since we crossed the 
neer trip. Mr. Fono 
tables and fruits. His 
ids the art of gathering 
up out of the earth the 
tions of forms and colors 
>s and petals. We must 
vers first It is a pretty 
iere they are cherished, 
fn seven minutes after the sun gets up in the 
^commendMlons made ihere by practical morning, his bright messengers are among the 
nd even extensive cultivators. Wo have modest pinks and coquetting with the more 
bt that, growing strawberries in hills, and aspiring sword-lilies and riioney-suckles. He 
g thetnnners o,f. will be found .be most goes to bed after kissing be pansies ‘-good 
_ " inner Will be night” So the livelong day that lour rods 
red-keeled arching leaves, came trom three 
sources. Mr. Veitch's Miconia? argyrnneura, 
the same as that mentioned as a possible Melas- 
loma. was hardly so fresh-looking aeon the occa¬ 
sion when we previously noticed it; but wo have 
some faith in it as a useful stove plant, requiring 
less space than Cyanophyllutn, and thereful use¬ 
ful in many places where that could not be well 
accommodated. A beautiful Aflantbad from Peru, 
si i ppoaed to be an E ran thetmi m,also came from M r. 
Veitch; this was dwarfhabited like Erantheraum 
leiiconeurum, but had the obtusely oval leaves 
picked out all over with rosy-pink reticulations, 
whence it might be designated rubronervittm; but 
whatever name it may get (and It will soon be in 
flower,) it is a remarkably elegant plant 
The yellow-centred Yucca lineata lutea’ 
and the ivory-ribbed Piefl’enbnehia Ver- 
chaffeltii were again shown. Areca deal- 
IHfltitifttiinjBl 
ing will give h good promise of another ana 
larger lot of locusts In seventeen years. It will 
injure the trees but little to cut off . very limb 
punctured, whether the trees be stun . or large. 
I’o-d iv there can hardly be found a tree in mj 
nursery that shows any stiugs of the locusts, ifbd 
in Missouri I cut scions in February trout trees 
t wen tv-two years old, where the locusts have been 
STRAWBERRY CULTURE 
worthy, the former being a 
marbled with rnuroon in the lower, and bright 
maroon with a broad edge of crimson iu the 
upper petals; tho latter marbled with blight 
maroon on a crimson ground below, and daik 
maroon above, both being remarkable for their 
effectiveness. 
We also noticed Eurydiee, a beau¬ 
tiful light variety, which received a high awaid 
last year, but is, we believe, nut yet let out. Of 
the hosts of mediocrities and inferiorities in this 
and other flowers we have no room to speak. Wo 
observed examples of the hybrid spotted Mimu- 
luses, to which we have already adverted, both 
from Mr. Bull and Messrs. E. G. Henderson ifcSon 
gorticulturat gotfS 
Ptki.ia Trifoliata as a Scbstitctm for thk Hop.— 
Prof Kirtland says in Harry's Magazine —“I have re¬ 
cently tested the wiiiiteil seeds (Saviarci) of the PUlia 
Crifaliata, as a mbtuilute for the hop. In their membra¬ 
neous Investment Is contained a lurue amount of an nro- 
matlo and bitter princide, »kln to luputine, the essential 
requisite for flavoring ami preserving of yeast and malt 
liquors. For domestic purposes tuny are the equal tt not 
superior to the hop, and I am firm iu tin- belief, that tor 
the extensive demands of the tm-wer* and distiller* they 
will furnish a cheap and riflefont Mihatitute, 
The I’teHa i* a handsome Shrub attaining in favorable 
localities IK or 'JO feet In height, It is Indigenous to Ohio 
but grows iu great abundance among the «ainly downs on 
the east shores of Lake Michigan, and will flourish uuder 
neglect iu a variety of soils and wa-te places. A heavy 
erop of seeds never fails to lie produced annually, exempt 
from all contingencies of frosts, had weather and dost! uct- 
ive Insects. They vegetate freely. 
The seeds aud hoi k of the root have been used empiri¬ 
cally, and it is said successfully, as a substitute for quinine 
in the treatment of certain form* of malarious diseases in 
the West. Vegetable chemistry may perhaps detect in 
them either an alkaloid or resinoid which will prove an 
acquisition to the Materia Mcdiea. This shrub deserves 
further attention.’ 1 
which is very promising, thickly white, 
spotted on greeu, with yellow-green ribs 
and primary veins, Cannartii which, what¬ 
ever it promises, has not yet caught up to 
Chantinii, which it was said to beat, and 
Lamaireonum, which is not half so good as 
argyrites; several ferns, of which Adiantmn 
Feei and Litrobrochia nobilis have already 
obtained the highest testimonials; Litrobrochia 
alcyonis, one of Linden's plants, which is noth¬ 
ing but L. sagittata, breaking out into the sub- 
hastate form which is iis highest development; 
and Gymnograiunia‘‘Stel/.nerii," which was not 
crested as Stelzneriana ought to be, and wanting 
die cristate appendages, is worthless. A Dieho- 
izaudrn, called argentoe-marginata, from the 
-ame exhibitor, was a good thing in its way, but. 
loos not differ, if our memory servesus, from one 
vhieh Linden Bent over some two or three years 
igo uuder the name of alhnmarglnufa, and for 
.vhieh a second prize was then awarded. Here 
also Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son showed 
DAPHNE CNEORUM. 
Thk accompanving engraving ol inis inn n 
ing plant in cut from the Gardeners' Monthly 
The editor says, though one of the oldest ot 
plants in European cultivation it is new to mos' 
American cultivators, but it ought to be in^even 
garden. It is a native of the inoimtains o' 
Franco and most of that section of Fasten 
Europe. The flowers are purple and verj 
sweet, and in Europe appear only in early 
spring. In this climate we have heard of i 
flowering several times through the season 
Like all evergreens of this class, it does best in 
places shaded in winter; but if grown in an open 
anot. should have a few branches thrown over it 
Flkmixq’s Skkim.i.vi Stkawbkrry. — This new berry 
wax origiuuted by if. A. Fl.kmi.no, ot Curwensville, id., 
several years ago, anil has proved to he nil that could he 
expected. IMargc size, great hearing qualities, ami pecu¬ 
liar rich aromatic (If it can be called aiotnnUcl flavor lend 
to make it a great, acquisition, it will yield one fourth 
more on the same ground than Die great Wtl*on'« Albany, 
and the flavor is so much better that tho Wilson will be 
discarded wherever this variety is cultivated Some peo¬ 
ple object to it mi account of it- being a pistillate variety, 
hut it is very easily fertilized with any hermaphrodite va¬ 
riety that we have had growing with it It* fruit ripen* 
with the Wilson’* Albany, so that we u*e that variety for 
a fertilizer. 
The fruit bring* u* 30 cent* a quart till* year, and tho 
Wilson's, Early Scarlet and Hovuv’s Seedling sella for 15 
and 20 ets. per quart. The Triornphe lie Uand sells for 
for &*j cts. per quart The prices ure high, as berries are 
scarce with us this year on account of the drouth.—F. A. 
Fi.kmi.no, CwwctuvUle, Pu. 
through bearing the first season, 1 then pass be¬ 
tween the rows with a plow, throwing together 
three furrows, which leaves the old furrows only 
from six to eight inches wide; I then pass over 
the bed the way the rows run with a barrow, and 
drag the ground down level, and have boys pas- 
over and puli out wbat. few weeds may be in the 
r0W3 _(there will be none to speak of if they 
are kept clean the first year, as they are like a 
Clover crop, killing out weeds if they get the 
start of them;) I then have a quantity of ma- 
nnr0 _the more the better— scattered over the 
ground. This is all the expense I am at, except 
between the rows two or three times 
LAYERING PLANTS 
In our remarks last week on the culture of the 
Carnation and Picotee, we gave quite briefly the 
process of layering—a work so simple that it can 
l,e done most successfully by the amateur, with 
t very little experience. But in making up the 
page, the engraving designed to illustrate the 
subject was accidentally omitted, aud we there¬ 
fore give the necessary information in connection 
with the engraving. 
passing 
with a cultivator, to keep the weeds down ami 
the plants from setting too far out between the 
rows. I claim that I ca get as many berries lh> 
second and third years as the first pear—that is. 
Of those varieties that succeed the heat in the 
ro ws—such as Wilson's, Jenny Lind, Early Scar¬ 
let, Ac. I claim also, that the great expense ot 
growing them in the rows, is in theyirsf year, 
killing out the weeds, arranging the runners. 
Ac., while alter the first year the expense is very 
trifling, especially when manure can be had at 
reasonable prices. 
Now for the proof of my position. I have a 
bed of Jenny Linds which was set in the spring 
of 1860; the first year it bore a good crop; the 
second year a 
THE PEACH BORER 
Eds. Bubal New-Yorker:—I beg to offer, 
I believe, an effectual means to check the ravages 
of this destructive pest. As you observe in your 
late number on the subject, the Borer seeks the 
soft bark near tho ground, but for the due matu¬ 
rity of its eggs it roust have a portion of sand or 
toam whereon to deposit them. My plan is to 
carefully remove the earth to the depth of three 
or four inches and to the extent ot ten or twelve 
" ' , which, with 
i, I carefully clean trout dust or soil, 
a border of bricks, or any other material, 
- I the a carefully sift from 
-r particle of soil small gravel stones (the 
smaller the better,) washing is the most effectual 
way, and with them I fill in the space to about 
two inches above the land line around the trunk 
jonstantly abortive iu the plant shown) of clear OPODELDOC, 
night rosy mauve-colored flowers, not very . — — 
largo but abundant, the lip fringed all over, and Take two pounds white bar soap, cut it in 
of the same rosy hue as the sepals and petals ihin slices and boil it till melted, over a slow fire 
down its center, but marked with two large late- in three quarts of sof t water, or more if necesaa- 
ral intense crimson-purple blotches. 1’halicnop- ry. Get three piuts of alcohol, take one-half of 
sib Lobhii, the same as intermedia, was shown the same and add to it one-half ounce oil rosema- 
by Mr. Veitch, and next to rosea is perhaps the ry, one-quarter ounce oil wormwood, take the 
least attractive species in our gardens of a genus other half and add to it two ounces camphor gum, 
which generally takeB the highest rank amongst well pulverized. Next take a quart bottle, till it 
Orchids; its white flowers were about the size ot with warm soil wafer and add one-half pound 
those of Schilleriana, and had a rose-colored Up. gaits of hartshorn pulverized, cork it tight, place 
Mr. Peuny, of St. Dunstau’s Lodge, Regent’s where it will deep warm until dissolved. When 
Park, had a very fair sample of Qdontoglossum the soap is melted Ft, rain it off into a pan while 
TTro-Skitineri. hot, then pour in all the ingiedienta, stir it rap- 
Passing on to the new or rare hardy ornar idly, bottle or jug iu, while warm, aud cork it 
mental plants, we find tho judges attached the tight This will make five ur six quarts. Sumo 
most importance to some healthy examples of the people add one-fourth ounce oil peppermint, but 
Japanese Abies lirma. now about a foot in height ; we do not 
these were from Mr. Veitch. It is singular that _\ | a< jy friend hands in the above. We have 
' j Jfo inches round the trunk of tho tree, 
./fit. a brush 
round the outer edge, 
The proper season for layering is J uneor July. 
When the time arrives for performing the opera¬ 
tion, procure a quantity of small hooked pegs 
££ take a trowel and remove the earth to the of the tree; and it from accident or 
depth of an Inch or so directly under the shoot to the stones become fluxed with earl 
be lavered. Take the shoot iu one hand, and with cleanse and replace them. I he BO 
and thumb of the other hand remove ing the necessary adjunct ot soi 
- •• •• , geeks other more congenial 
quarters, for instinct teaches tho uselessness of 
depositing Us eggs upon the arid and inhospitr 
- - • - - arLsh. The recommendation is 
simple, and I may say costless, and what is of 
greater importance, permanent In its conse¬ 
quences. If the habits of insect life were more 
carefully studied, such absurd theories as tor¬ 
turing trees with “tenpeonies” would not be 
entertained for a moment, aud it is surprising 
how intelligent people can sutler themselves to 
be deluded. It is my course, at all times, to 
better crop, (notwithstanding the 
great frost on the night of the 20th of May,) and 
this year, regardless of the severe dronth, it was 
one perfect mass of fruit, yielding a larger crop 
than at any previous season. I also have Wilson 
beds set the same vear, and the yield was as 
heavy last season and this as then. 
A neighbor of mine Iras a small bed of Wil¬ 
son’s, (quarter of an acre,) set in the spring of 
1861; he gave it extra cultivation, growing them 
in row's. Last year being what is termed the 
first fruiting season, be obtained about t wenty- 
five bushels—(the frost cut off the first part of 
the crop.) After they were through bearing, he 
gave it the treatment I have above descrilwd, 
and, notwithstanding the severe drouth, It has 
yielded this season over thirty hushels. Now, 1 
should like to have any person convince me that 
it would have been better, or paid him or myseU 
better, to have plowed under our vines after they 
were through bearing the first year, and got 
nothing the next year from our ground but a few 
cabbages or potatoes. 
My practice, after a bed has borne three or 
four years, is to allow the plants to run broad¬ 
cast uver the ground, and after the berries are 
through bearing, plow up the old original rows 
aud leave new rows half way between. If the 
ground becomes too foul or weedy the third or 
fourth year. I would then plow them under. I 
claim, however, it plenty of manure is used and 
they are plowed deep, that this rotation system 
can be carried out for a number of years, and 
still pay better than to “plow under” and lose 
the crop from the ground one season. 
I have given very close attention to all the 
new varieties, (many of which I have paid fabu¬ 
lous prices for.) but have yet to find varieties 
that pay me as well for marketing as the Jenny 
Lind and Wilson. They both Btand the drouth 
well, and last season the first variety named was 
hardly affected by that severe frost 
the Huger- 
the leaves from the body of the shoot, and shorten deposit its eggs, 
those at the top an inch or so. With a thin, sharp quarters, f... — 
knife, cut through the strongest joint on the body depositing its egj 
of the shoot, cutting upwards until within a short able stone to pe 
distance of the n«-xt joint, aud if the joints are 
close it may be necessary to cut through more 
ihan one. The slit may he from oue to two inches 
in length. Then press the center of the shoot 
down to the earth, beiDg at the same timuCareful 
to keep the slit open and the top in an upright, 
posilion; take one of the pegs and secure it in 
this situation. A little clean sand placed around 
the cut, will aid In the formation of roots. In 
September or October the shoots thus layered 
will be rooted sufficiently to separate from the 
parent plant, when they may be cut away and 
removed to winter quarters. The operation is 
pretty plainly illustrated in the engraving. 
oblong leaves of a deep green with a bright 
golden blotch in the center, and was a very 
effective shrub. Two or three ferns here shown 
also deserve mention, namely, a handsome 
crested variety of Lastrea montana. which came 
from Mr. Williams 
Atbyrium Filixftoinina diffissum. from Mr. Bull 
Tub following notice of the new plants shown 
at the London Exhibition, the present year, is 
from the London Gardener's Chronicle : 
The novelties produced at tho Great Show held 
on Wednesday at South Kensington, deserves a 
separate notice. We take them in the order ot 
entry. 
HOW I “ RE tD ” THE LOCUSTS 
a much cut Lady Fern 
V Mia 
and from Mr. Ivery a sport of the Lady Fern, 
called Applebyannm. a curious plant in which 
the characteristics of Prize)Ike aud Fieldite ap¬ 
pear in about equal proportions, adichotomously 
forked apex being superadded. 
Among seedlings the Pelargoniums formed the 
most conspicuous feature, but few of them were 
fully up to the mark in technical properties. 
The heBt and most effective were Diadem and the 
Artist, two of Mr. Hoyle's flowers. The first of 
these, Diadem, was remarkably telling, being 
decided and distinct in color, which, added to a 
good form and habit, and a considerable freedom 
in producing its flowers, left little to be desired; 
the color was a deep and bright rosy purple, 
very decided in the lower petals, the tbroai 
clear white, and the upper petals very dark 
m»roon, edged with rosy purple. The Artis) 
had a good deal of general resemblance to 
this, but was more of a rose color, le«s of 
| a purple. Mr. Hoyle also had an attractive 
1 orange red flower called The Prince, the upper 
Through the 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker 
Rural, I wish to Fay a word about the “Lo¬ 
custs.” We had them in ihis poition of Kansas, 
and also in Western Missouri, last year. In the 
timber and on the prairie where the brush 
patches were, they were very thick. On the 
smooth prairie they were few, and did but little 
damage, comparatively. I had ten acres of nur¬ 
sery trees two years old on the prairies, and 
watched, as you will readily believe, the coming 
of the Locusts with deep interest. Their song 
boded ruin to my trees; but the assurance given 
me that in six weeks they would all be gone, 
gave me courage to persevere in attempts to 
destroy them. 
Yon will notice that in the morning before the 
dew is off they are very sluggish, seldom flying 
as you sppiouh them. Then is your time. 
The first class, consisting of new or rare tender 
plants iu flower, was not very fully represented. 
mi .• n •_j it . 
Tho finest subject was Clematis Fortune!, and the 
two next best, Clematis fiorida Blandish ii, and a 
Dracophyllum from King George’s Sound. A 
white-flowered Japanese Wegeliafrom Mr. Stand- 
ish was quite novel, and seemed likely to be a 
very useful shrub in its class—but it would sure¬ 
ly have classed better with hardy than with len¬ 
der plants. Anthurium leiiconeurum, a rather 
nice-looking Oroutiad taken in respect of its 
foliage, is not at all improved in appearance by 
the addition of its green spathe and spadix, as 
shown by Mr. Bull. Two or three garden seed¬ 
lings were wrongly set up in this class. 
The new or rare tender plants not in flower 
were more numerous. The best of them was, 
Corn Breakfast Cake. —A housekeeper con¬ 
tributes the following to the American Agricul¬ 
turist, with a sample of the result for the editor, 
which he pronounces “not bad cake.” The 
writer says My cook, Ka'e, is to be credited 
with the mixture if you like it” Mix well by 
sifting one pint Indian meal, two tablespoontuls 
wheat flour, oue tablespoonful sugar, one tea- 
npoooful salt, one leaspoouful soda and two tea- 
-poonfuls cream ot tartar. Mix rapidly and 
thoroughly with one pint sweet milk, one beaten 
q n,t hi it. ter the size of an egg. Bake in a 
GARDENING IN KANSAS 
Some friend in Lawrence, Kansas, has kindly 
forwarded ns the Kansas State Journal . contain¬ 
ing the following notice of the garden of the Hun. 
George Ford, which we copy not only for the 
benefit of our readers in Kansas, but elsewhere. 
The people of this country have yet to learn how 
much of beauty and real utility can be produced 
on a feto rods of ground: 
One day last week we accepted an invitation 
from Hon. George Ford, to go and take a walk 
through his garden. It is the rarest little bit of 
