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one hundred varieties of wheat growing— from 
2 to 31 inches high, the latter a Russian variety. 
Also a large number of varieties of clover, 
including Alsike, Chinese, and many others — 
curious and interesting. The grounds also em¬ 
brace plots comprising different varieties of peas* 
roots, encumbers, and other vegetables, sor¬ 
ghum, Ac., <fcc., many of them rare, and likely 
to prove of value to the fanners and gardeners 
of the country. 
Leaving Washington I passed “on to Rich¬ 
mond," and spent two or three days in the late 
Confederate capital — calling upon Messrs. Al¬ 
lan & Johnson, Seedsmen and Nurserymen, the 
editors of The Fanner, and of the Southern 
Planter, and visiting some fine places in the 
vicinity of the city. Here I found many more 
evidences of taste and good culture than antici¬ 
pated. Many of the places about Richmond are 
very beautiful, the gardens and grounds giving 
little indication of the severe ordeal through 
which the people have passed. The fruit pros¬ 
pect is good here, as in other places T have 
visited, aud fruit growers, florists and nursery¬ 
men are quite encouraged. A Horticultural 
Society is about being formed, and increased 
attention is being given to landscape gardening, 
horticulture, floriculture, &c. A visit to Holly¬ 
wood Cemetery gave me an exalted opinion of 
the taste and refinement of the people. But I 
must omit mention of many matters of interest 
in and about Richmond, and speak of the place 
from which this letter is dated, and 
A NORTH CAROLINA GARDEN. 
This is written in the front room of the hos¬ 
pitable. mansion of the Hon. Lake Blackmkh, 
formerly of Wheatland, near Rochester, N. ¥., 
who has been a prominent, lawyer here for some 
twenty years. As I write on this 2d day of 
May — after a stroll through trie garden and 
fruitery of my host — the air is warm and balmy 
and the wide windows open on the spacious 
verandah. In the flower and vegetable garden, 
principally superintended by Mr. B., I found 
that the early flow era (such as hyacinths, daisies, 
etc.,) were all withered and gone: but the roses, 
tulips, sweet syringas, virgin bowers, 6pireas, 
and many others, are in perfection — fragrant 
and beautiful, and especially attractive to a 
Northerner at this season of the year. Of veg¬ 
etables, lettuce, radishes, &c., are mostly past 
their season. New potatoes, poos and strawber- 
PRUNING-MAKING THE CUT 
THE IMMENSE PROFITS OF THE 
TEA TRADE. 
Tire PROPRIETORS OF THE GREAT AMERICAN 
TEA COMPANY became fnlly convinced, several years 
ago. that consumers of Tea and Coffee were paying too 
many and too large uroil Is on Uo no. article.- of every day 
consumption, ,md therefore organized THE GREAT 
AMERICAN TEA COMPANY,to do away ,as far as poH. 
glide, with these enormous drains upon the Consumers, 
and to supply them with these necessanc. at the small¬ 
est powinfe price. 
To give oor readers an Idea or the. profit* which have 
been made In the Tea Trade, wo will start with the 
American Houses, leaving out of the account entirely 
profits of tile Ghlne.se factors. 
h'irnt The American llonse In China or Japan makes 
large profits on their ^ales or shipments and some, of 
the richest retired merchants In this country have made 
their Immense fortunes through their Houses In China. 
Second : The Hanker makes large prollts upon the for¬ 
eign exchange used in the purchase of Tea. 
Third: Tue Importer piakes a prutlt of 30 to 80 pfir 
cent. In many cases. 
hburth On Its arrival here It Is sold by the cargo, and 
the Purchaser sells it to the Speculator In Invoices of 
1,000 to 3,000 packages, at an average profit of about 10 
per cent. 
Ftflh: Tilts Speculator sells It to the Wholesale Tea 
Dealer In lines, at a profit of 1(1 to IS per cent. 
Sixth: The wholesale Tea D«ulvr sells it ho theWholo- 
Domestic 3>con,otiiii 
In pruning branches from trees with the knife 
the method of making the cut is a matter ol 
some importance. We have had some illustra¬ 
tions made, showing several ways, often fol¬ 
lowed, however, which are wrong, and the one 
which is right. 
[Editorial Correspondence.] 
SEMI-HORTICULTURAL MATTERS SOUTH, 
TO ROAST PIGEONS 
These should be dressed while they are fresh ; 
if extremely young, (says a work on Modern 
Cookery,) they will be ready in twelve hours 
for the spit, otherwise in tw enty-four. Take off 
the heads and necks, i.ir im. f+y&t.'s. 
and cut off the toes at ‘ 
the first joint; draw {*£ jtI 
them carefully, Unit WlLjr | f / Jr 
the gall-bladders may l ll f \i 
not be broken, and Vlr 
pour plenty of water ” T 
through them, wipe pigeons Trussed for Roasting. 
dry, and put into each bird a small bit of butter 
lightly dipped into u little cayenne. Trass the 
wings over the backs, and roast them at a brisk 
lire, keeping them well and constantly bant^i 
with butter Serve with brown gravy and a 
tureen of parsley and butter. About 20 minutes 
will roast them. 
Salisbvby, N. C., May 2, 1807. 
Though I did not promise to write any 
“hasty” letters for publication during my 
Southern - trip for health and recreation — but, 
rather to take full notes of matters and things 
seen and heard en route , for future use — I am 
constrained to send a few facts about Horticul¬ 
tural affaire, which may interest your readers in 
the North, West and East. 
To begin right and before saying too much, 
will first speak of what I saw - in and about 
Philadelphia, ten days ago. In the city, visited 
the seed establishments of onr friends Paschall 
Morris and Robert Btust, both of whom 
were doing a thriving business. Friend Mor¬ 
ris is a veteran in the Seed and Implement 
business, and is now extending his trade and in¬ 
fluence through the pages of his well-conducted 
Practical Farmer. R. Buist, senior, has given 
up bis seed trade to his son, but continues the 
superintendence of the Nursery, which lack of 
time prevented me from visiting. Mr. B. in¬ 
formed me that the season was some two weeks 
later than usual, and the winter had been the 
most severe (in and about Philadelphia) that he 
had ever known — some plants (the Camelia, for 
example, i being killed for the first time in his 
experience there. 
Of course one of my first calls was at the 
office of that able and always excellent horticul¬ 
tural journal, the Gardener’s Monthly, edited by 
Thomas Meehan and published by W. (L P. 
Brtnokloe. Was glad to find the publisher in 
good spirits, and to learn of the prosperity of 
the Monthly, which is receiving increasing sup¬ 
port, though not in proportion to its merits. 
Subsequently called upon Brother Meehan at 
his nursery in Germ an town, and had a very 
pleasant visit while looking over his grounds 
andithelr surroundings. As T have not my note 
book at hand, will not attempt to particularize, 
bat impressions «f what I saw and heard are 
generally quite favorable. M r. M. has a fine lo¬ 
cution (about five miles from Philadelphia,) and 
is apparently doing a thriving and increasing 
business, In flowers, plants and trees. Many 
gentlemen about Philadelphia plant largely of 
frnit and ornamental trees, aud of course pur¬ 
chase extensively of such reliable men as onr 
friend Meehan. The season was late for the 
regiou, yet some three weeks ahead of Western 
New York. 
In Germantown I also had the pleasure of 
visiting Maj. Fkkas, editor of the popular and 
practical Germantown Telegraph, and found 
him (though temporarily couflucd to his house 
by illness,) a very pleasant and hospitable mem¬ 
ber of the “press gang." His son showed me 
through the garden and grounds — the finest I 
had thus far seen on my route— and I was sur- 
(a,) Shows the right method of making the 
cut, at an angle of about forty-five degrees, and 
having the hud at the back in the best position 
for throwing new bark aud wood quickly over 
the wound; (6) 6hows too mnch of the wood cut 
away, leaving the bud exposed and liable to 
death by drying or freezing, (c.) This cut was 
VARIOUS ORIGINAL RECIPES, &c 
and brokurnyes, cartages, rtoragen, cooperage* and 
waste, with tlm exception ot small commission paid for 
purchasing to our correspondents in Chiuu ami .Japan, 
one cartage, and a small profit to ourselves which, on 
our.large sales, will amply pay ns. 
Through our system of supplying Clubs throughout 
the country, consumer* in all parts of lhe United Staten 
can receive their Teas at the some price (with the small 
additional expense *.( trausporUtiou) as though they 
bought them at our Warehouses In this city. 
Parties getting UielrTeim from us limy confidently rely 
upon gelling them pure and Irtish, as (hey come direct 
from the Custom House st ores to onr warehouses. 
We warrant all the goods we sell to give entire satis- 
taction. It' they at- not satisfactory they cuTi be retaro- 
ed at- our expense within SO days, and have the money 
refunded. 
"Wedding Cake. — Four lbs. of flour; three 
do. of butter; three do. of sugar; two do. of 
currants; three do. of raisins ; twenty-four eggs; 
one ounce of mace; three nutmegs. This will 
keep two or three years. 
Pound Cake.— Four lbs. of raisins; three do. 
of currants; one do. of citron; one do. of al¬ 
monds; one and one half do. of butter; one lb, 
lour oz. of sugar; one lb. flour; sixteen eggs; 
one glass of brandy; one of wine; do. of molas¬ 
ses, nutmeg, cloves and alspice. 
Ginger Pound Cake.—S ix cupsful of flour; 
two do. of molasses; one tlo. of sugar; two do. 
Of SOW milk; one do. of butter; four eggs; two 
tahlcBpoonsful of soda; two do. ol’ cinnamon. 
Bread Griddle Cakes. —Soak a few pieces 
of stale bread until soft; then rub thorn through 
a sieve; put into one quart of buttermilk and 
add two eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, do. of 
soda, and flour enough to make the batter of 
the right consistency. 
To Mend Broken China.— White lead grouud 
in oil will mend china or glass-ware, and will 
not come apart with the most constant use. It 
can be hud at any paint shop. 
Renewing Velvets. — Place old velvets in a 
wet cloth and steam them well; take out and 
brush them thoroughly with a clean brush 
while warm, and they will look as well as new. 
Washing Rtubons.— All ribbons, except those 
of the cheapest sorts, can be washed In cold 
coffee, with tolLot soap, without fading, aud will 
look nicely. Iron on the wrong side before they 
get dry. — 3. M. i. 
The Company have selected tlm following kinds from 
their stock, which they recommend to meet the wants of 
Clubs. They are sold at Cargo Price*, the same as the 
Company sell them In New York, as the list of prices 
will show. 
PRICE LIST OF TEAS. 
OOLONG (Black,) 70c., 80c., 80c., best $1 V lb. 
MIXED (Green and Black,) 70c.,80c.l)0c., best |1 F n>. 
ENGLISH BREAKFAST' (Black,) 80c., 90c., »I.»1,10,heat 
$1,3d ?< is. 
IMPERIAL (Green,) BOe., 90c., * 1 ,91,10, best $1,35 V lb. 
YOUNG HYSON (Green,) 80c., !X)c., $1, $1,10, best $1,36 
lb. 
UNCOLORED J APAN, $1, $1,10, best $1.35 ¥ lb. 
GUNPOWDER (Greco,) $1,35, best $1,50 p n>. 
All goods sold arc warranted to give satisfaction. 
These Tens are elnusen for their Intrinsic worth, keep¬ 
ing In mind health, economy, and a high degree of pleas¬ 
ure In drinking them. 
Our Black and Green Mixed Teas will give universal 
satisfaction and suit all tastes, being composed of the 
best Foo Chow Olacka and Moynno Greens. English 
Breakfast 18 not recommended, excepting to those who 
have acquired a taste for that kind of Tea, although It U 
the finest imported. 
Coffees Roasted and Ground Daily, 
Ground Coffee, 20c., 4 r ,e.., :10c., H5c., best 40c. per pound. 
Hotels, Saloons, Boarding House Keepers and Families, 
who use large quantities Of Coffee, can economise In that 
article by using our French Breakfast- and Dinner Coffee 
which we sell at the low price of 30c. per pound, and 
warrant to give perfect satisfaction. 
started right but owing to a dull knife or want 
of firmness in the hand, the cut was made too 
sloping. This will not heal over so quick as the 
cut at a. (<!,) («,) and (/,) arc all wrong; the 
wood above the bud dying will cause knots and 
perhaps decay. Crooked limbs will also result 
from these ways of cutting. 
POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP 
Fruit in Ohio .—A note in the Ohio Farmer 
from Columbiana Co., reports the apple and 
other Units safe np to April 24th, but the 
weather was very trying and the chances rather 
against the fruit crop. 
Grapes in California .— A Mr. Keller of Los 
Angelos estimates the wine yield of that county 
in 1866 at 1,190,000 gallons, and for the .State at 
4,000,000 gallons. The yield per acre in grapes 
Is about 12,000 pounds, aud the value about $190 
per acre. 
Piwhrs in Illinois, 
Dutch Suoktcake. — One pound of flour, a 
quarter of a pound of batter, a few carraway 
seeds, a quarter of a pound of sifted sugar, a 
tcaspoonfnl of carbonate of soda in a cup of 
warm milk. Mix, then let it stand a quarter of 
an hour before the tire, roll out, and cut in vari¬ 
ous shapes. 
The Salem Republican 
thinks that in exposed localities in the West 
three-fourths of the peach buds are killed, while 
in sheltered ones the damage Is trifling. Ii one- 
fourth of the buds survive a fair crop may be 
anticipated. 
Grapes on Lake Erie. — From the islands on 
the Ohio shore of the lake; from Toledo all the 
way down, even to Dunkirk aud Fredonia, the 
Catawba now abounds in vineyards of one to 
fifty ora hundred acres; and about “North- 
East” in Pennsylvania they count the vineyards 
at some lumdreds of acres in a compact body. 
The Concord Grape .—In a recent number of 
the Oneida Circular is a communication from a 
very competent judge of fruits. 
Cousnnicrs can save from 50c. to $1 per poond by pur¬ 
chasing their Tun* of the 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
Nos. 31 and 33 Vesey St., 
Post-Office Box, 5518 New York City. 
No. 6-10 BROADWAY, corner Bleooker street. 
No. 101 EIGHTH AVE., north corner 34th street. 
No. 2W BERING STREET. 
No. 205 FULTON STREET, Brooklyn, cor. Concord St. 
No. 1S8 GRAND STREET, Winiamshurg. 
SILVERS’ EXCELSIOR BROOM 
The great virtue of this invention is its sim¬ 
plicity. Possessing the metallic parts, any per¬ 
son can make a new broom, as often as one is 
needed, In far Icsb time than a broom maker, 
with all the appliances of his simp, can produce 
one of the old-fashioned kind. Nor is this all. 
If the handle of an ordinary broom gets broken, 
the whole is destroyed ; but in this a new han¬ 
dle can be supplied as easily as new corn, It is 
more clastic than the common broom, and is 
said by those who have used it to wear more 
evenly. Its lightness, beauty and portability 
(it can be sent by mall) are also worthy of note. 
The first cost is of course greater than that of 
a common broom; but then you have a most 
perfect sweeping instrument, which, when the 
brush is worn out, can bo re-mude in a moment, 
at two-thirds the cost of a broom, if you buy the 
corn, or at almost no cost, if you raise a few hills 
yourself. Thus it is equally adapted to city and 
country. The bell-shaped head is a marvel of 
mechanical ingenuity, being stamped from a 
single piece of brass, without seam. 
This patent is owned by C. A. Cl. egg & C'o. of 
No. 20o Broadway, N. Y. For terms. Arc., see 
their advertisement, on the ltftd page of this 
paper. 
Some parties Inquire of us bow they shall proceed to 
got up v club. The answer Uslmply thisLet such por¬ 
tion wishing to join in a club, say how much tea or coffee 
he wants, and select the kind and price, from our Price 
List, an published In the paper or in our circulars. Write 
the names, kind*, and amounts plainly on a list, ami when 
the club Is complete send It to us by mail, and we will put 
each party's goods In separate packages, and mark the 
name upon them, with the cost, so there need be no con¬ 
tusion In their distribution - each party gutting exactly 
what he orders, and no more. The cost ot transporta¬ 
tion the members of the club can divide equitably among 
themselves. 
The funds to pay for the goods ordered can he sent by 
drafts on New York, by Post-office money orders, or by 
Express, as may suit the convenience of the club. Or, If 
the amount ordered exceed thirty dollars, we will. If de¬ 
sired,send the goods by Express, to •* collection delivery .” 
COUNTRY CLUBS, Band and Wagon Peddlers, and 
small stores (of which class wc arc supplying many 
thousands, all or which are doing well,) can have their 
orders promptly and faithfully tilled; and in case of 
Clubs can have each party’s name marked on their pack¬ 
age and directed by seeding their orders to Nos. 31 and 
33 Vesey-st. 
Parties sending Club or other orders for less than thirty 
dollars had better send Post-Office drafts, or money with 
heir orders, to save the expense of collecting by ex. 
press; but larger orders we will forward oy express, to 
collect on delivery. 
Hereafter we will send a complimentary package to the 
party getting up the Club. Onr profits are small, but we 
will be as liberal as we can afford. We send no compli¬ 
mentary package for Clubs of less than $30. 
in which the 
Concord grape Is spoken more highly of than is 
customary among fruit-growers. It is assigned 
to about the position among grapes that Wilson’s 
Seedling holds among Strawberries. 
Strawberries .—The editor of the Germantown 
Telegraph is of opinion that strawberry plants 
sown, as it were, broad-cast, will produce bet¬ 
ter than when planted in hills. When a good 
bed hits been secured it is not advisable to renew 
it so long as it. continues to produce well. Trans¬ 
planting may be done till quite late in May, but 
earlier is better. 
A Three'Acre Orchard .—Last year Capt. Pierce 
of Lexington, Mass., raised apples and pears on 
three acres of ground, and sold of these to the 
amount of $1,727.07. He took care ol his trees; 
killed the insects on them as they appeared; 
mulched the ground between the rows and 
cultivated squashes in the open spaces. Care, 
at the proper times and seasons, was that to 
which he imputed his success. 
War in the Orchard .—In a recent number of 
the Boston Cultivator, Joseph Brooks gives his 
experience about canker-worms in his apple 
orchard. He fought the werms persistently for 
a couple of years, availing himself of all the aids, 
natural and artificial, with which he was acquaint¬ 
ed. He used, too, “protectors,” and the aid of 
the birds was not repelled, and the result of the 
conflict has been the vanquishment of the enemy 
in his orchard. 
Apricot Growing, — The apricot tree when 
young is a rapid grower, and if left to itsell 
will produce long naked branches in conse¬ 
quence of its growing only from the termina¬ 
ting buds aud those near the top of each year’s 
growth, leaving the lateral branches and fruit 
spurs feeble. In order to obviate this and de¬ 
velop the fruit wood all through the tree, there 
should be only branches enough to form a nice 
open bead aud these shortened every season. 
Pomology—Kansas.—A State Pomological So¬ 
ciety has been organized in Kansas, and Wil¬ 
liam Tanner of Leavenworth chosen President 
of it. His Inaugural address appears in the 
Kansas Farmer for May, and is a creditable 
effort. It speaks hopefully of the future with 
respect to fruits, as the climate and soil of the 
State are deemed congenial to their production. 
Complaint is made of some of the eastern fVuit 
tree venders as palming off stock tinder false 
names. 
N. B.— All villages aud towns where a large number 
reside, by ciubl/ing togelbur, can reduce the cost of their 
Teas and Coffees about one-third by sending directly 
to us. 
BEWARE of all concerns that advertise themselves 
as branches of our Establishment, or copy oar name 
either wholly or In part, as they are bogus or imitations. 
Wo have no branches, and do not, in any case, authorize 
the use of our name. The numbers of our Houses are 
advertised above. 
TAKE NOTICE.-(.lubs ar.tl quantity buyers arc only 
furnished from onr Wholesale and Club Department. 
l?r Post-office orders and drafts make payable to the 
order of Groat American Tea Company. Direct letters 
and orders to 
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
31 and 33 Vesey Street. 
Post-Office Box,5643 New York city. 
t pliICS1K Vli YOUR FRUIT. 
SPENCER’S PATENT 
Self-Sealing Fruit Jars, 
The Most Reliable.—A Perfect Success. 
Z3T The Easiest to Open and Close. Will 
Produce the Greatest, and Most Perfect 
Vacuum, without which Fruit will not 
Keep. Consult your Interests and buy no 
other. COLEMAN A. BARNES, 
tit~ Merchants through the West can or¬ 
der from the follow lug A iron (aH ack, 
Fuacki lton & Co., Milwaukee, Wia; F. 
Wktmork * Co., Detroit, Mich.: Eaton, Maoi irb & 
Co., Chicago, Ill 900-17t 
Established, 1861 
Is endorsed by the leading newspapers, religions and 
secular, in this and other cities, viz: 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Orauge .1 ttdd. Editor. 
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, New York. City, 
Duuiel Curry, II,II., Editor. 
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
J. ill. Reid, D.D., Editor. 
CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, Chicago,Ill. 
Thomas M. Eddy, D.D., Editor. 
CHRISTIAN INTELLIGENCER, 
E. S. Porter, D.D., Editor. 
EVANGELIST, New York City. 
Dr. 11. M. Field A .). ii. Craighead, Editors. 
EXAMINER and CHRONICLE, New York City. 
Edward Bright, Editor. 
INDEPENDENT, New York City. 
Win. C. Bowen, Publisher. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
I> D. T. Moore, Editor and Proprietor. 
THE METHODIST,—Gee. R. Crook* Editor. 
TRIBUNE, New York City. 
Horace Greeley, Editor. 
We call attention to the above list as a positive guar¬ 
anty of our manner of doing business; as well us the 
hundreds of thousands of persons in our published 
Club Lists in former editions of the leading papers of 
the country. 
Pruning Apple Trf.es.—A correspondent of 
the N. E. Farmer says he has transplanted some 
apple trees ten or twelve yeare old, and wants 
to know whether it would be a good plan to 
trim them this spring, or let them go over till 
autumn orwiuter. The advice given is not to 
cut much, at this season of the year, but if the 
trees have not sufficient vitality to imparl foli¬ 
age to all the branches, It may be well to shorten 
most of them somewhat—taking care to preserve 
the top In such a form ;u> to produce a suitable 
equilibrium. 
