HORTICULTURAL NOTES 
Pruning Grafted Trees— (7r«/Vm? Wax. -(“Old Sub¬ 
scriber,” Wyoming Co., N. Y.) Trues which were freely 
grafted last spring, and on which the grafts have taken 
well, may be safely pruned this spring of all the natural 
branches, In cases where the strength of roots wo old 
be likely to produce a growth of the graft too luxuriant 
to withstand the effect of the climate, some other limbs 
should be left. One pound of resin, eight ounces of bees¬ 
wax, two of tallow, slowly melted over a Are, with a little 
linseed oil stirred in, make a good grafting wax. Pour 
it into a pail of cold water and work with the hands. 
More tallow will make it softer, and resin harder. 
VARIOUS ORIGIN AX RECIPES, &c. 
To Ivekp Meats Fresh During Winter.— Take 
all the pleceB you wish to save and hung them in a 
loft or out-house, until they are frozen solid; then 
wrap in paper and put them in your wheat bin, (if 
you are fortunate enough t» have oue,) and cover 
several inches deep with wheat; it will keep sweet, 
if the weather is not warm enough to thaw it, uutil 
spring.— Mrs. N. M. L., Omro, Win. 
Graham Biscuit. — With cold water stir good 
Graham Hour sufficient to make a batter that will 
quite readily regain, au even surface. Bake iu heated 
cast-iron bread pans, in a hot oven, from twenty to 
thirty minutes. 
Cornell Cakes.—1 cup of cream, 2 do. butter¬ 
milk, 1 do. molasses, 1 egg, 3 teaspoous even full 
saleratus; stir a little still - , and bake in cast-iron 
bread pans. The pans should be filled when cold, 
and the Cornell is best sifted.— e. b. 
The recent notes of Mr. Barry, one of onr best 
pomologists, upon the work of M. Andre Leroy, 
France, induces with us a thought relative to the 
synonyms given pears. The whole subject, as at 
present known, 19 one of doubt and diversity of 
opinion, arising from the fact that there is no head 
or authority for a name as applied to a pear. Bivort, 
Mas, Leroy, are all good pomologists, but so far as 
we can learn their observations are made from a few 
fruits in their office and the consulting ®f authors 
who have described them—not the result of a daily 
and careful comparing and noting of varieties grow¬ 
ing upon the trees, aud maturing on the same 
grounds and under the same inllaences. They have 
at times united under one name, two pears almost 
identical in fruit, as Beurre Bose and Jhradise d' 
AiUomne , which our American growers, with then- 
practical observation, have detected as distinct; 
but in so doing the public do not suffer, for no 
orebardist would ever desire to grow but the one, 
that is, if he have the Severe Bose he does not want 
Paradise'd' Autornne, and vice versa, although the 
Beurre Bose is really the best tree as an orchard 
variety. Again, the foreign authors have divided 
under two or three distinct names aud varieties our 
common Pound Pear. It is barely possible they are 
correct in making Amour, Zbutol, Belle Angevine, and 
one or two more of equal quality, distinct, but, in so 
doing they do not benefit the public aud only add to 
the multiplicity of names. 
Mr. Barry has touched one point of prime im¬ 
portance, aud that is the reduction of varieties, 
When he speaks of a large number beiug elaborately 
described, which might perhaps as well have been 
only named. So far as practical value ib concerned 
the mere naming is all that is requisite; but occa¬ 
sionally wo find on our horticultural tables a fruit 
under a sounding name, very showy, &e., and with¬ 
out the laborious work of some author illustrative 
and embracing synonyms so as to detect it, the pub¬ 
lic might be led to suppose it some reliable variety 
that heretofore had escaped notice of all pomologists. 
As we have said. Mas, Bivort, Leroy and others, 
are all good and enthusiastic pomologists, but they 
cannot agree upon any definite name for hardly any 
pear, and while we in this country, receiviug trees 
and grafts from them, may chance to obtain one and 
the same thing, the result of past years shows us 
that there is little reliability to be placed upon the 
varieties or descriptions as received from our wor¬ 
thy but inconsistent pomologists abroad. It is to 
such men as Barry, Wilder, Downing, &c., who 
are receiving aud testing these foreign sorts and 
comparing them with our American varieties, aud J 
also with their association to our climates aud soils, 
that we have to look for any reliable record of the 
practical value of fruits for planting. The author 6 
who, in doubt of identity, chooses rather to incor- 1 
potato under one name varieties which may possibly 1 
piove distinct, but not sufficiently so to make each 1 
desirable when the one is possessed, in our view is ' 
more to be commended than he who separates them s 
w ithout practical knowledge aud comparison, and ^ 
thus leads the people to buy and the nurserymen to c 
grow one aud the same pear under two names. With ( 
about eighteen hundred varieties of pears and no y 
experimental garden for testing them, we consider 1 
the whole thing a medley open to severe criticism I 
and only practically 0 / value when the good com- d 
mon sense 0 / nurserymen is brought upon it by 1 
only growing those sorts which are proved of value. 1 
Criticism.— We are not disposed generally to criticise 
the doings of others, because we know somewhat, of 
nature s lailings; but it has sometimes umnsed us to read 
the descriptions, copied l'rotn foreign journals, of pears 
as “ being striped with red," &c„ & c . We have seen and 
eaten a great many pears, but as yet we have never met 
with a regularly striped pear—except those termed “pan- 
achee," i. e., striped with shades of light and dark -n-een. 
Mr. Jab, A. Root of Skaneateles, N. Y., has s 
sold over nine hundred bushels of apple seedB 
growth of 1867. There seems to be a great demt 
fruit seeds and trees this season,—more, we thin: 
during any spring for many years, 
Queen Esther’s Bread.—T ake bard, dry bread, 
souk in milk salted to your taste; beat one egg well; 
take the bread from the milk, dip it on both sides in 
the egg; fry brown in butter or lard,—butter alone 
is best; do not soak the bread to crumbs, — Logy B. 
Marion, Geauga Co., 0. 
Bt. Louis Tlort. Society .—This is 
zation recently in St. Louis, Mo. 
Florists and Gardeners of that reg 
Pres't—J. J. Kelley. Vicc-Pres‘t— 
aud Treas’r—Charles W. Mnrtfeldt 
Toronto /fort. Society.—The of 
Hort. Society are:—Pres’t—G. W. 
Geo. Leslie, James Fleming. Tr< 
Rec. Sec'y— Geo. Leslie, Jr. Cor. 
Marblehead mammoth 
DARIA- SCHWEINFUKTU 
Cocoanut Pudding. —Beat six eggs very light, 
pour into it a quart of milk, aud sweeten to the 
taste; grate a cocoanut into the milk and put it in 
the oven to bake. 
’S ILLUSTRATED 
GUIDE FOB THE FLOWER GARDEN, 
CONTAINING ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF 
THE LEADING FLORAL TREASURES OF THE WORLD, 
WITH PLAIN AND FULL DIRECTIONS FOR 
SOWING SEED, TRANSPLANTING, AND AFTER CULTURE. 
ILLUSTRATED WITS XVMEMOUS ENGRAVINOS. 
ALSO, 
CHOICE SEEDS FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 
WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR CULTURE. 
PLAT DUTCH, 
DRUMHEAD SAVOY 
to varieties planted. For very early cabbage the 
seed should be sown in the fall and the plants 
wintered over in cold frames. Our illustration of 
varieties is taken from Vick’s Catalogue, so fully 
advertised elsewhere in this issue. The Marblehead 
Mammoth, Flat Dutch, and Drumhead Savoy, are 
large varieties aud good winter keepers; the others 
are early and valuable for summer and autumn use. 
Both early and late kinds should be grown. 
Tens of thousands of Rurul readers cultivate flowers,— 
hundreds of thousands grow vegetables,- the possessor of 
ten square feet of ground may derive great pleasure from 
one or the other, and even If nothing but a sunny window 
can be burl it may be made bright and attractive with the 
bloom ofbeautiful flowers, Vick’s Catalogue, the Title 
Page of which is given above, tells how to cultivate both 
on a large or small scale. As a 
GUIDE FOR THE FLOWER GARDEN 
it is superior to auy other published work. Ten cents, 
which is a very small moiety of the real cost, invested i 
this Catalogue, will bring more nseful, varied and accu¬ 
rate information, illustrated with numerous and splendid 
engravings, than can be found iu any flve-dollar book on 
the same subject. It has 
USEFUL HINTS ON SOWING SEEDS, &c. 
telling how to get seeds, how to prepare the ground, how 
to sow; warning agaiust causes of failure; describing j 
hot-beds, cold frames and hand-glasses. 
EVERLASTING FLOWERS. 
There is a line list of these, which have become very 
popular ol late; Ihey retain their form aud beauty for 
years. 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. 
A fine list, with illustrations of these, is given; they are 
very valuable lor cutting with flowers in summer, and par¬ 
ticularly so for the making of winter bouquets, wreaths 
&c., &c. ’ 
PLANTS FLOWERING THE SAME SEASON. 
Thu.-e embrace some of the choicest of our flowers and 
are very satisfactory to cultivate. The list, descriptions 
and illustrations give oue an excellent idea of their r-har. 
and cultivation, was the most prolific yield of the 
best developed onions we ever saw. This mode was 
pursued year after year and with unvarying success. 
HORTICULTURAL GLEANINGS 
Crafting.—The. Germantown Telegraph remarks 
on grafting as follows: — “A sharp penknife and 
a good fine saw are indispensable. Splitting the 
stalk so that the bark shall not be bribed — and 
shaping the scion wedge-fashion both /ways, pru 
serving also the bark uninjured—and ilacing the 
rim of the wood of both stock and scioifiexaetly to¬ 
gether, so that the sap can intermingle — there is no 
danger of failure if properly waxed. We make a 
shoulder to the graft aud think it adds to the cer¬ 
tainty of success, though probably weakens it. We 
prefer also two eyes or buds to a graft, and would 
rather have only one than more than two. One 
year’s wood should always be used when it can be 
obtained, as it is more certain to take and grows 
more vigorously. We wish to remind those prepar¬ 
ing graftiug wax, that we have found four parts of 
resin, one part of beeswax, aud one part beef tallow, 
to be the best proportions. Molt them together in 
a skillet, (which is the best,) or a tin cup, and mix 
well. It should remain in the vessel and be used 
as needed. Twenty or thirty scions can be waxed 
with one heating up. When much grafting is to be 
In a chapter on 
PLANTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 
it Instructs the reader in the province of taste, skill and 
arrangement of flowers, telling Imw to make the most 
brilliant and tasteful display at the least expense, giving 
hints that are invaluable to beginners It tells what flow¬ 
ers are best for a constant brilliant show, for masses of 
color, for fragrance, to stand hard frosts, for climbing, for 
summer hedges, ribbon bods, and baskets. It also illus¬ 
trates the manner of laying ont flower beds to advantage. 
THE ILLUSTRATIONS 
of this Catalogue are not equaled or approached by any 
similar publication in the world. They number more than 
One Hundred and Fifty, They portray the size, lorm 
and habile of growth of flowers and vegetables. Methods 
of training and pruning certain fluwers, which greatly add 
to to their beauty, are shown. For instance, the follow¬ 
ing method ol pruning the Balsam. The Frontispiece is 
The annual meeting at Cleveland, Feb., 1868, 
was well attended about two hundred members 
being present but not as many of our friends from 
a distance as we bad hoped to see. The discussions 
and proceedings were quite animated, aud gave evi¬ 
dence of progress, and of unabated confidence in 
the success of extended grape culture in this region, 
notwithstanding the partial failures that have occur¬ 
red resulting from mistakes in location, soil, cul¬ 
ture or varieties of grapes. 
The statistics presented at the meeting show that 
there are not less than twelve thousand acres of grapes 
now planted in the State of Ohio—about half of 
which arc located on the lake shore district, in¬ 
cluding the islands—aud one-fourth of the whole, 
or three thousand acres, have been planted within 
the past two years. The rate of increase in vine¬ 
yard planting has been considerably larger in the 
lake shore district than in other parts of the State 
and the amount of product per acre of the bearing 
vineyards is also greater, as shown by the assessors’ 
returns. The following statistics of the grape crop 
of the past season of the islands and vicinity of San¬ 
dusky, were presented by Mr. M. H. Lewis, as the 
lvurah ; — 1 nave had some experience in 
the raising of plums. In my former efforts, when I 
let them take care of themselves, my trees produced 
nothing hut a crop of worms and disappointment. 
But for the last three years I have succeeded in rais¬ 
ing as fine and as full a crop of plums as could be 
desired. My treatment was this: —In the spring 
as soon as the blossoms began to fall from the fruit 
scabioba. 
acter. The engraving of the Seabiosa is one of these, 
taken at random from the Catalogue. 
NOVELTIES FOR 1868. 
Each year more or less novelties in the floral world are 
introduced to the attention of cultivators. Some, on being 
tested, prove valuable, others not,—but the trial of them 
affords the amateur a great deal of pleasure. The list 
given Is large, and the collection was made from various 
parts of the world. 
THE VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT 
of the Catalogue would afford great, assistance to the cul¬ 
tivator of the most common garden. It names every 
vegetable one could wish to supply his table; tells how 
to prepare the ground, plant and cultivate; it illustrates 
varieties, showing at a glance the ililferences which mark 
thorn, and thus renders the eyej'amiliar with the form the 
seed should.'.produce. The illustrations of varieties of 
vegetables herewith given are taken from the vegetable 
department of the Catalogue. 
Arbor Vitae. For High Screens —Norway Spruce and 
American Arbor Vitae. For Screens of Moderate 
Height —Siberian Arbor Vita?, Norway Spruce, Ameri¬ 
can Arbor Vita?, Hemlock aud Red Cedar, Orna¬ 
mental .Specimen Trees —All the foregoing, and the 
White Black and Red Spruce, Fieca Fichta, Cembran 
Fine, Finus Mitis Irish and Swedish Junipers. 
Shrubs —American Yew, Tamarix leaved and Wauke¬ 
gan trailing Juniper, Savin, Finus Magnus, Finus 
Pumilis aud Andromeda Floribundi. 
The Davison tend Other Raspberries .—This thornless 
variety is in ripening from about the 25th of June 
until July 10th, when the Doolittle variety comes 
into full blast, uutil about the 2otL, then the Seneca 
black cap and the Miami black cap together, con¬ 
tinue to yield most fruitful ly until some days into 
August, thus adding very essentially to the profits 
of all growers of this most remunerating crop, as 
the earlier and later pickings of this fruit always 
command the highest prices. Lucky, indeed, is the 
man who has one week iu the market iu advance of 
bio fellows, and equally fortunate is he who can sup¬ 
ply the demand for berries for a few days, even after 
the ordinary season is closed up. 
Pruning Trees at Trnsplanting , — The Gardeners’ 
Monthly says : — As an abstract principle, there is no 
doubt pruning weakens vitality. Another abstract 
Principle , equally true, is, that the branches evaporate 
moisture, and that the roots must supply the waste. 
Very rarely is a tree taken up and transplanted in such 
a way as to give the roots a very fair chance to do its 
duty to the branches 5 and as to “ dry up ” is a more 
immediate evil than a “ weakened vitality ” we keen 
Balsam-Five Branches. Balsam—tangle Stem. 5 
a magnificently colored plate, composed of four different 
flowers, printed iu colors in the highest style of the art. 
THE LIST OF CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 
which bloom the first season, comprises nearly every 
plant, of this class, which is cultivated for its beauty or 
novelty. Fine descriptions, illustrations, directions for 
cultivation, and botanical names arc given. The Sunvi- 
talia, flowers of which of natural size arc hero shown 
... $ 750,860 
the average yield per acre was about two tons —the 
average income per acre being $227. 
'Thorough Ripening of Grapes.— Mr. Geo. C. Hunt¬ 
ington of Kelley’s Island reported the following 
interesting experiments: 
To the grower of grapes for wine purposes, it is a 
matter of no small interest to know how far it is 
profitable to avail himself of the greater length of 
season vouchsafed to him. So far as grapes for the 
table are concerned, it is generally conceded that 
Catawba are as good by the middle of October as 
they ever will be. The flavor is then more piquant 
move agreeable to the palate, than at a later season) 
or when they are, as the wine-makers eay, “dead 
ripe,” Still all were not agreed as to whether any¬ 
thing was to be gained in a pecuniary point of view 
by letting the grapes hang on the vines a month 
longer. With a view to determine this question, 
the Kelley’s Island Wine Company in 1866 com¬ 
menced a series of experiments, and have continued 
the same through the last Season’s vintage (1867.) 
These experiments will in due time, if tfcey have 
L not already done so, produce their legitimate refill Its 
and put the question at rest. 
0n the 22d of October, 1866, the Company com- 
J mcncL>d buying grapes for wine, and continued to 
i buy daily until the 13th of November, at which date 
4 the vintage was completed. The aggregate amount 
■J taken in was 103 tons, comprising 235 different lots, 
p each one of which was sampled by pressing the 
[i , jnice from part of the lot and testing the gravity of 
m the must by Oeschle’s must scale, the scale geuer- 
.JL ally In use among the wine-makers. The result! 
GROWING ONIONS. 
Lester's Perfected Tomato, Paris T Vhite Cos Lettuce. 
Toe high figures at which onions have been sold the 
past season will probably induce a more extended 
cultivation of this most valuable of vegetables. The 
most successful onion grower on a somewhat lim¬ 
ited scale we ever saw, kept his ground in high tilth, 
forming a deep, rich bed for the seed. The soil was 
thoroughly stirrred to the depth of a foot Or more, 
and finely pulverized. When thus prepared the 
party commenced tramping across the beds in the 
line of the extended roW 6 , thus compacting the soil 
quite hard. This done, a rake was used to stir up or 
scarify the surface sufficiently deep to cover the 
onion seed lightly or to assure its germination. In 
thus tramping the onion beds down, after the soil 
had been properly stirred and prepared, the onion 
was thrown, during the period of its growth, upou 
the surface, causing it to expand with more freedom 
than would have been the case if covered deep in a 
mellow soil. The result ol this mode of planting 
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SANVITXLIA, 
was a novelty in 1866, and has proved desirable. It is~a 
beautiful low plant, with brighi yellow double flowers. 
ORNAMENTAL CLIMBERS 
are described and illustrated. They are a very important 
class of plants and quite subject to the control of the 
grower. To cover unsightly places they arc invaluable. 
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