Fruit Growers' Society of Western New York.— 
The Autumn Meeting of the Fruit Growers’ Society oi 
Western New York will be held in the Court House in the 
city of Rochester, on Tuesday the 29th day of September. 
The session will commence at 11 o'clock A. M. Mem 
hers are invited to bring Specimens of Fruit for e.xliibi 
MmtiniltitrnJ 
THE EVENING PRIMROSE - (ENOTHERA 
LARMARCKIANA. 
The Evening Primroses are a very interesting 
class of flowers, very showy in the garden, espe¬ 
cially in the evening and early in the morning. 
The flowers open suddenly, and for this reason 
are peculiarly interesting, as like the Sensitive 
Plant they seem to possess something more than 
vegetable life. There are two varieties which 
surpass all others, one of these is (Enothera La- 
marckiann. and the other (Enothera Acaidis 
Alba. The latter we will describe in a future 
number, to the former we called the attention of 
our readers in the spring of the present year, in 
season for planting, making the following re¬ 
marks : 
“ The best variety that we have ever grown is 
(Enothera Lamarckiana, which we flowered for 
the first time last season. So well pleased were 
we with its fine, strong habit, and the abundance 
of very large and beautiful flowers that it pro¬ 
duces through the whole season, that we had a 
drawing taken of the plant in flower which we 
intended to present our readers: but a few days 
since we received an engraving of this flower in 
a French journal which is so truthful and life¬ 
like in all respects that we determined to adopt 
it. in preference to our own. Lamarckiana is a 
vigorous growing (Euothero. branching very 
freely, as may be seen by the engraving, and 
reaches a height of about three feet The flow¬ 
ers are very abundant, bright yellow, and from 
three to four inches in diameter, and often more.” 
The present, season this flower has done better 
than last year, and now we have a large bed 
that presents every evening, and, at this season 
of the year, almost until noon, an array of large 
golden flowers that we have never seen excelled* 
The plant grows some three feet or more in 
height, and branches freely as shown in the en¬ 
graving, each branch having every day three or 
four flowers. Thus each plant exhibits in blos¬ 
som from thirty to sixty flowers each day, and 
when we state that the flowers average four-and- 
a-hulf inches in diameter its beauty may well be 
imagined. 
In the Gardener’s Monthly for August we find 
the following notes ou this flower by a corre¬ 
spondent, with remarks by the editor : 
(Enothera Lamarckiana.—A u Philadelphia 
Header ” writes : — “ Reading in the English 
journals glowing accounts of this new plant, 1 
imported some seeds last year, and now have it 
flowering—to my disgust. I find 1 have it grow¬ 
ing by the thousand already on all the waste lots 
near me, aud have been trying to eradicate it for 
years past from my grounds. Is it not a duty of 
our Horticultural journals to expose these frauds 
before we suffer so by turn ? At any rate allow 
me to warn yonr readers against this new hum¬ 
bug.” 
“ 1 Horticultural journals’ would huve enough 
to do were they to make a practice of watching 
the errors of their contemporaries. For our part, 
we have our hands full with our own deficien¬ 
cies. So far as (f\ Lamarckiana is concerned, 
our correspondent is mistaken in considering it 
the same as the wild one common around Phila¬ 
delphia, <E. biennis, although it is near enough 
to it to divest it of interest to an American. The 
flowerB are a trifle larger, and the plant a little 
bushier than the'eommon form of Evening Prim¬ 
rose. DeCandolle, who adopts it as a species on 
the authority of Seringe’s manuscript, probably 
never saw the plant himself. Torrey and Gray, 
much better authority on American plants than 
any foreign author, class it as a mere variety of 
(K biennis, and scarcely that” 
Biennis does not usually flower the first year, 
Lamarckiana always: Biennis 13 hardy, while 
Lamarckiana must be treated as an annual, and 
will not endure our winters unless well protected; 
and the flowers of Biennis are not half the size cf 
Lamarckiana. It seems passing strange that this 
does not establish sufficient claim to the distinc¬ 
tion of a variety at least. There are, however, 
Other points of difference. 
Mr. Hoyey, in his Magazine of Horticulture, 
expresses far different, and, we believe, more 
correct views of this flower. We copy from the 
August number : 
••Many of the (Enotheras are beautiful flower¬ 
ing plants, and contribute much to the decoration 
of our gardens. The perennial sorts, several of 
which we noticed in our last volume, are highly 
ornamental, and the annual varieties very showy: 
most of them have yellow* flowers, and their 
stately habit, gay colors, and sweet odor, give 
additional attractiveness to the flower garden. 
“A greater part of the species are natives of 
North America, and grow abundantly in the 
Southwest, spangling the prairies with their gol¬ 
den flowers. 
“(Enothera Lamarckiana is a Texan species 
recently introduced to notice, the seeds having 
been sent to London three or four years ago, 
where the plants attracted attention, and were 
supposed to be entirely new; it appears, how¬ 
ever. that some French botanist discovered it 
nearly forty years, but failed to secure seeds or 
plants. 
- Our engraving gives a good idea of the habit 
of the plant, which is similar to the old Evening 
Primrose, though more branchy and taller in 
growth. The flowers are so large that our 
page is not large enough to contain an engrav¬ 
ing of the full size; measuring, as they do, 
more than four inches in diameter. These are of 
the deepest golden yellow, and are displayed in 
inquiries atta 
Plant tor NAaik.-I nclose*". U s leaf taken from a 
Hbrub which came up in thiManl, and which I presetted 
for the purpose of learning what it is. As no one in this 
part,,! (lie country enn tell me, will you please giiwmo 
the name through the Kcrai. ?—Chari.ks F. Cook, West 
C CISCO 1 lSvv, 
The name is Rhus copaltina — Mountain Sumac, Dwarf 
Sumac. Found in various parts of tho tluitcd States and 
Canadas, grow ing on dry, rocky places, or sandy hills. It 
is one of tt,e most beautiful species of the genus, and is 
frequently cultivated as an ornamental shrub. 
£>Ju* 9 , VVD Fl i’°TEE8.-I observe that 
P < }“® tho dealers in «eeds are advertising Carnation and 
™ th ? r f ° r aT ’1 commending the present time 
as th. best for sowing Is this so 1 1 lowed some at this 
time last year, and they only just got started when winter 
set iti, and they were <0 fccl.lo that they could not endure 
the hard frosts. Give us a little light on this subject._W. 
The present time will answer for sowing Carnation, 
Pleotee and Pink vends, if you have a conservatory in 
which to keep them growing all the winter; but it in use¬ 
less to sow out of doors now with tho expectation of get¬ 
ting flowers next season by ordinary Out ot'door culture. 
The seed should have been sown in May, or early in Juno 
by this time you would have had good strong plants that 
wonld have passed through the winter without injury, and 
flowered well in the summer 
CF.NOTHERA LAMARCKIANA, 
spring we saw upou the grounds of Mr. Bu¬ 
chanan. at Astoria, a bed about 8 feet wide and 
20 feet long, filled with gorgeous blooms of every 
Bhode of color. It was certainly worth going far 
to see. 
Then there art? Tulips, less sweet and more 
gay, and Crocuses which so early in spring lift 
up their spires of tender green, and theu, before 
we are aware of it. throw out their delicate flow¬ 
ers. Snow Drops, Ixias, the various Lilies, the 
stately Crown Imperial, and many others,‘all 
come under the head of "bulbs,” aud are to be 
planted in the Fall. A rather sandy piece of 
ground does best, which should '>e enriched by 
spading in well-rotted manure. The bulbs 
should be planted in October, rather deeply, 
Hyacinths and other large bulbs should bo put at 
least three inches deep, aud two inches is little 
enough for Crocuses and other small bulbs. In 
planting, if the colors of the flower are known, 
very pleasing elleels may be produced by muk- 
ing contrasts of color. Before the ground is 
frozen, cover the bed with a good coating of sta¬ 
ble manure,—no matter if it is coarse. When 
spring fairly opens, tho manure may be raked 
off. The bulbs will live year after year, but bet¬ 
ter flowers will be produced if they are taken up 
every season after the leaves wither, and allowed 
to dry until the proper season tor setting them 
out. Moat of the bulbs produce a better effect 
when grown in masses than when scattered 
through the borders.—Am. Agriculturist. 
mens, which flower abundantly all the season. 
It is ft rich acquisition, and worthy a place in 
every collection.” 
For the benefit of all lovers of beautiful flow¬ 
ers we give an engraving of the plant—a flower¬ 
ing branch with a blossom of the natural size we 
designed to accompany this article—but not re¬ 
ceiving it in time, we must defer its publication 
until another number. 
TOMATO PICKLES 
Dear Rural: —Being on ft visit to Pine Farm 
a short time since, and seeing your old familiar 
face, reminded me of my recipe for tomato pick¬ 
les, which “our folks” think are excellent, and, 
as it is almost pickling time, thought 1 would 
give your many readers the benefit thereof. 
Scald and peel as many tomatoes as yon please, 
-the medium-sized red variety are the best,— 
and not too ripe; sprinkle over them a little 
salt, and allow them to remain over night, then 
strain thoroughly and place in a jar, putting 
between each layer a few slices of horse-radish 
root, and all kinds of spices ground fine, with a 
sufficient quantity of both black and red pepper 
to season properly, or to suit the taste. When 
your jar is nearly full, add one cup of brown 
sugar to every four gallons of tomatoes, and till 
up with good vinegar. If at any time they show 
signs of working, add a little more sugar to 
keep the vinegar good. Bessie Ladle. 
Conncautville, Fa., 1863. 
REJECTED STRAWBERRIES 
VARIETIES HITHERTO DENOUNCED BY THE 
AMERICAN POMOLOOICAL AND OTHER 80- 
£ CIETIES. _ 
It Is quite necessary that we should bear in 
mind which varieties of Strawberries have been 
fully tested and decided upon as unworthy of 
culture, as it ia noticed that some of these are 
frequenllybroughtout,againasnew and valuable. 
In the American Pomological Transactions, and 
in tho Report of Horticultural Societies, Ac., 
Rejected Lists have been published, which it 
seems indispensable should be placed in con¬ 
densed form, and the following list has been 
thus prepared: 
Adair.i'Admiral). Dundas, Asa Gray, Alice 
Maud, Arnazone. Athlete, Ajax, Burr's Scioto, 
Barnard's Early. British Queen, Burr’s Pine, 
Bnist's Prize. Bishop’s Orange, Blake's Incom¬ 
parable, Black Prince, Brighton Pine, Britan¬ 
nia, Boyden’s Mammoth, Brooks’ Prolific, Burr's 
Columbus, Burr’s Seedling, Belvidere, Bartlett's 
Synonym, CuthiU’s Princess Royal, Crystal Pal¬ 
ace, Climax Scarlet, Cole's Prolific, Charles’ Fa¬ 
vorite. Captain Cook, Cremout Perpetual, Cush¬ 
ing. Comte de Paris, Comtesse de Marne, Crook- 
shank, Crimson Globe, Cuthill'a Black Prince, 
Chester, Comte de Flandres, Charlton’s Proliflo, 
Delices d'antomne, Deptford Piue, Downton, 
Due do Brabant, Durfee's Seedling, Dundee, 
Dundas, Dutchess, Duchesse da Brabant, Duke 
of Kent, Eberlein, Excellente, Elton, Early 
May, Exhibition, English May Queen, Early 
Scarlet. Fillbasket, Goliath, Glen Albin, Golden 
Seeded, Gen. Havelock, Genesee, Germantown, 
Georgia Mammoth, Garden of Eden. Highland 
Mary, Honneur de Belgique, Harlaem Orange. 
Hooper’s Seedling, Huntsmau's Pistillate, Hud¬ 
son, 1 Iowa, Isabella, Ingram's Prince of Wales, 
Improved Black Prince, Jenney’s Seedling, Ken 
tucky Seedling, Keen’s Seedling, La Reine, La 
Perle, Lizzie Randolph, Lucy Filch, Maryland- 
ica, Macey’s SeedLing, Myatt's Mammoth, Mary 
Stuart, Methven Castle, Monstrous Swairwtone. 
Monroe Scarlet, Monroe Pino, Moyamensing, 
May Queen (Nicholson,) Magnum Bonurn, 
Merveille, Madam Louesse, Myatfa Eliza, 
Myatt’s Prolific, Nicholson's May Queen and 
Superb, Nimrod. Nero, Ne Plus Ultra, Newport, 
Nicholson's Ajax and Fillbasket, Necked Pine, 
Nonsuch. Ohio Mammoth, Omar Pasha, Osband's 
Mammoth, Peabody, Pennsylvania, Prince of 
Wales. Prince Albert, Pistillate Keen, Prince 
Royal, Princess Alice, Reine Hortense, Rhode 
Island, Robinson Crusoe, Rival Queen, Ruby, 
Read's No. 1, Read's Black Prince, Rival Hud¬ 
son, Richardson’s Late and Cambridge, Robin¬ 
son's Perfection, Rivers’ Eliza Seedling, Scott's 
Seedling, Scarlet Nonpareil, Scbiller. Sir Adair, 
Sir Harry, Scotch Runner, Schnetke’s Pistillate. 
Scarlet Cone, Swainstone Seedling, Surpasse 
Triomphe, Sterling Castle Pine, Tingley's Scar¬ 
let, V ictoria (Trollope's,) Vicomtesse Hericart, 
Voorhis, Washington, Wardlaw, Walker, Ward's 
Seedling, Western Queen. An Amateur. 
gmtifuUural Sous 
PlSTIM.ATB AND STAMI.YATS STRAWBlSHtlY PLANTS.— 
Dr. Lindley, In a late number of tho Gardeners' Chroni¬ 
cle, notices Mr, W. it. Prince’s article oil tho 6trawbcrry, 
which was published in tho Technologist, and treats Mr. 
Prince rather touteinpfouily for his statement that Eng¬ 
lish botanists have ignored tho existence of pistillate 
plants. That Mr. Prince is entirely correct, and the great 
Doctor entirely wrong, the concluding paragraph of his 
criticism will »how. It is ns follows: 
“ Our reason for noticing nil this is not for tho sake of 
Mr. W It. Prince, or his Scientific Trealiso on llorticul 
ture," published in 1828, tl but to elicit truth. Is it true 
that tome plants of the American strawberries are abso 
lutcly female '! Is it true that those females are far more 
productive than our hermaphrodites ? If so, tho fact U 
worth knowing, and we venture to ask the following ques 
lion:— Can any of our readers ou this Si do of the Atalantie 
confirm these statement* ? If they can wo shall ho only 
too happy to publish their replies. We trust, howevor, 
that these communications may be authenticated by their 
name*.” 
This proves nil that Mr. Prince stated, via., that tho 
English botanists know nothing of the sexuality of our 
American strawberries, which every intelligent cultivator 
In America well knows, aud which Dr. Lindley considers 
“the fact is worth knowing.” Is there notcommeudablo 
merit In Mr. Prince in 11 thinking,” as Dr. Lindley re¬ 
marks, “more of himself than he docs of EnglishcM,” 
when the above paragraph shows that Dr. Lindley, and 
undoubtedly many other eminent botanists and cultiva 
tors, know as little of what has been contributed to our 
horticultural literature as If we spoke an unknown lan¬ 
guage. What American horticultural writer Is not famil¬ 
iar with everything that is published ia Great Britain ? 
But if tire abovo is a specimen, what English horticultu- 
i*l writer, unless we except Mr. Rivers, could havo ever 
heard of an American horticultural magazine, or work on 
pomology I 
To show further the ignorance of English writer*, even 
the Rev. Mr. Itadcliffe, a most eminent cultivator of the 
strawberry, says, in a subsequent paper, when speaking 
of American strawberries, that he wrote Mr Prince that 
Hovey’s Seedling was a had setter, (H) and ho told him 
to plant “ by Its side a stroDg hermaphrodite,” and Mr. 
Raddilfe says, that * i unless X am better instructed lshall 
not, believe that a pistillate rej wires for fruit in ,j either slam- 
incite or hermaphrodite plants With such evidence as 
this from »o intelligent a man, we fear Dr. Lindley will 
never be “only too happy ” to lind any of his readers on 
M this side of the Atlantic” confirm Mr. Prince’s argu 
ment. In fact, Mr. Hadclifl’o itatos that the American 
sorts are discarded. Singular is the fact that Americans 
discard English strawberries, always poor and watery, and 
Englishmen discard American sorts, always sour and 
pasty, (pasty in tho strawberry being synonymous with 
buttery in the pear.) The. truth is, the English climate 
has not sun and dear air enough to ripen an American 
strawberry, or perfect their own kinds, beyond a cold, 
watery sloppy, juice. We never saw the first English 
strawberry that would he eaten when our American vari¬ 
eties could he had.— Uovey'S Magazine.. 
MAKING SOAP. 
Dear Rural:—I think F.’h method of making 
soap, in a late Rural, is quite a tedious process, 
though perhaps shorter than the old method of 
boiling soap. I wish to give you my mother’s 
mode of manufacture. Have tho lye strong 
enough to bear up an egg and put it in your 
soap barrel. Put a little in your kettle, and put 
in your grease and melt it. Have a tin pan with 
holes punched in tho bottom, and strain the 
grease through thi3 to get out all the lumps, then 
turn It in the barrel with the lye. It wants 
about three pails of lye to one of grease. Stir it 
up once or twice a day for a few days, and you 
will have a fine barrel of soap. If there is too 
much lye it will settle to the bottom, and if not 
enough the grease will rise, and more must be 
added. e. 
Strykemille, N. Y., 1863. 
NOTES ON ILLINOIS FRUIT CROP. 
Clear Coffee.— As our Rural admits of the 
concentration of utile dulci, you will please ac¬ 
cept an item from my laboratory of experience. 
There is some difficulty experienced in the man¬ 
ufacture of clear coffee, and there are numerous 
substitutes In general use, among them, peas, 
barley, carrots, <tc. Some use eggs to settle the 
sediment, but a method I consider superior, is to 
tie the barley or peas, after grinding, in a cloth 
and boil, and you have a decoction far prefera¬ 
ble to tho muddy compound often prepared by 
many, even with the use of eggs. A cloth may 
be formed into a little bag for the purpose. Car¬ 
rots, cut, dried and browned, added in small 
quantities, are said to be a great improvement to 
the flavor. -Monroe. 
PREPARE FOR SPRING FLOWERS 
Nothing gives more gratification than tho 
early flowering spring bulbs. These are usually 
classed under the general term of “ Dutch Bulbs,” 
for the reason that they are largely grown in 
Holland, whole farms being devoted to their cul¬ 
ture. This class of plants comprises the Hya¬ 
cinth, Tulip, Crocus, Narcissus, and numerous 
others. Dealers are already out with their cata¬ 
logues for the fall trade, and it will soon be time 
lbr our readers, who intend to plant bulbs, to 
prepare their ground and select their varieties. 
If we could have but one spring flower it would 
bo the Hyacinth, so charming in both color and 
fragrance. To those who can procure them, we 
say, make a bed of Hyacinths this fall. A single 
one, if no more can be had, will be a charming 
thing in the garden next spring, but a bed of 
them is a mass of sweetness and beauty good 
enough for any poor mortal to possess. This last 
A Good Substitute for Buckwheat Cakes. 
—To three pints warm water add a dessert¬ 
spoonful of salt, three tablespoonluls of good 
yeast, and stir in middlings (coarse flour) to the 
consistency of thick batter; let It stand over 
night, and if a little sour in the morning, udd a 
little soda dissolved in warm water, and bake as 
you would any other pancakes. They are a 
nice healthy dish for breakfast, and not so iuju- 
rlous as buckwheat. Try them.—Mrs. J. D., 
Kcndalldlle, N. K, 1808. 
Enough Or in ions <>*■ Fkk.nch Stkawhkkuiji* —If the 
vegetables were indifferent, X cannot say much for the 
fruits. There is a M Ferdinand Gloedc, a correspondent 
of Mr. Raddiffe, who has written prodigious things con 
eerning -trawberae*. and I expected, when 1 saw his 
name amongst the list of contributors, that one would 9ee 
a wonderful collection. Hu had a basket containing 21 
varieties—but what a basket I It was divided into nora- 
partmtn'M about four Laches square, and in each of these 
were placed some half a dozen -Strawberries, many of them 
—most of them, indeed, i should say—English varieties. 
But oh I could Mr. Smith of Twickenham, or Mr. Turner 
of Slough, have seen the Sir Charles Napiers, Sir Harry*, 
Victorias, tkc-, they would have wondered that any one 
calling himself a strawberry-grower could bavo sent such 
poor specimens of his skill. It was interesting, however, 
in one point of view, vi*: showing that there is a prob¬ 
ability of the French having something belter than the 
“ fraise de quatre saisons,” which up to this time has been 
the sole stay of the lovers of the Strawberry among them. 
Chapped Hands.— The following is said to be 
a sure recipe for the cure of chapped hands:— 
Dissolve three cents’ worth of clarified beeswax 
in three cents’ worth of pure sweet oil, by beat¬ 
ing over a moderate fire. Apply at night, be¬ 
fore retiring. 
