be considered improved, until the street or road up¬ 
on which it lies is planted with trees. Plant only 
such trees us have grown well exposed to sun and 
air, and be sure that their roots are in proportion to 
their size. Trees for our purpose must necessarily 
be pruned high, which makes boxing essential to 
success, as well for protection against the rays of the 
snn as against the attacks of animals. Boxes formed 
of from eight, to ten upright pieces, are best, as they 
afford both ample ventilation and protection. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
First, we urge fcvery farmer to make a good 
garden; it would seem superfluous to press this 
matter on a class which, more than any other pos¬ 
sesses the facilities for making gardeus, and which, 
perhaps, needs, more than any other, its products 
and the influence which its culture and possession 
exerts on the physical and social elements of the 
household. The farmer has the land, the teams, the 
tools, the manures, and the time necessary to the 
creation of a garden, and if he does not use them to 
this end he comes short of performing a very impor¬ 
tant duty to himself and those dependent on him. 
Yet we fear it is a fact that, the majority of farmers 
in this country fail to perform this duty, and they 
suffer, as a natural and just, pnnishment, not only 
the waut of the comforts and luxuries the garden 
would produce, hut diseases are induced by the use 
of unseasonable food, and discontent of the farmer’s 
life and vocation reigns in the family. Make the 
farmer’s life and work pleasant, as it is designed to 
be, and another generation will see the cities over¬ 
flow into the country, instead of draining, as now, 
its energy, ambition and very life-blood for their 
maintenance. The garden should be for the whole 
family, and each member should plan for it, have a 
personal interest in the cultivation of some of its 
products, and share in its labors and rewards. It 
should produce vegetables, fruits and flowers, be a 
spot to which all turn with eagerness to labor, and 
where every rural desire may, in some measure at 
least, find gratification. 
It- is time now to engage vigorously in the work of 
planting; the fruit yard should be stocked with trees 
for a family supply,—early and late cherries, plums, 
pears, quinces, two or three early apple trees, 
peaches, nectarines and apricots. Place the hardi¬ 
est trees on the mo&t exposed side, and leave the 
sunny, warm part for tender ones and for vines, &c. 
Plant grape vines, and a very liberal space to cur¬ 
rants, raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, and 
lastly, but not leant, strawberries. The berry fruits 
will supply you for three months in the summer, 
each day, with fresh fruit, and if you are wise and 
grow enough, during the other nine months you 
may have them almost as fresh in cans. If wc could 
only persuade a farmer to grow enough of these fruits 
for one year, we would have no fears, unless he was 
decidedly heathenish in his character, that he would 
neglect their cultivation in the future. The vegeta¬ 
ble garden need not be so large as the fruit yard,— 
but the soil should be of the very best kind; it 
shonld be dry, free from stone, rich, and well and 
deeply worked. Get a good location and you can 
supply the other requirements. First in theBeason 
—as soon as possible now—plant peas, early and late 
varieties, potatoes, lettuce, onions, beets. Later in 
the season, corn, cabbage, melons, squshes, cucum¬ 
bers, beans, tomatoes, (tec, Have also an asparagus 
bed, and grow celery, parsnips, radishes, salsify, cec. 
We cannot here give a manual of operations,—but if 
you only get about the work in earnest, knowledge 
of its requirements will come in due time. 
We said you wanted to cultivate flowers. Perhaps 
we were mistaken ; you do not. You think these 
are useless, costly, and you can’t see that they pay. 
Well, your wife wants them, your daughters will 
prize them higher than the matter-of-fact corn, cab¬ 
bage and potatoes; and if you only aid them in the 
work of preparing the ground, furnish suitable tools, 
we will answer for it they will give you no further 
trouble about the flowers. Of course, you cannot 
be Belfish and refuse to their more refined tastes 
that which may not gratify your own, and we will 
predict that after the flowers have bloomed for one 
season you will make no objections to them, and, 
indeed, if need be, will be willing to devote consid¬ 
erable work to their cultivation. 
Sold with or without the Crape Vines 
PERFECTION ATTAIN k R AT FAST 
HOBTICTJLTT7RAL NOTES 
J—-i13" y is ci Sggc I 1 
of the " Gamut (.Thill,” originated la 1861 by Albert Brezee, 
EBq., an intelligent farmer, and the whole stock was sold by 
him to D. S, llelfron.Esq., (of Utica, N. Y.,) the well-known 
disseminator of the *' Goodrich Seed lings." 
In a letter to Messrs. B. K. Bliss * 8cm of New York, Mr. 
n. says of the “ Early ltosei" 
It has uniformly ripened ten days earlier than the- " Early 
Goodrich, produces less small tubers, is equally healthy 
and productive as that justly celebrated variety, and its 
superior In table quality. It is the best early potato that I 
have ever (/rrnrn or seen, all things considered. Skin thin, 
tough, of a 'lull blush color, Ilesh white, solid and brittle 
bolls through quickly, very mealy. ' 
Dr. John P. Oray, Superintendent of the N. Y. State Luna¬ 
tic Asylum, says: 
Last Spring (1887) I received rrom D. S. Heffron a quantity 
ot his new Vermout Seedling Potato, called the Early Hose 
It was planted the lust of May, in alternate rows with the 
Early Goodrich, in the same Kfud of soil and treated exactly 
alike. It came up rank,grew morn rapidly than the Early 
Goodrich, and flowered full two weeks before that variety 
H bexan to ripen Its large, thrifty grow lug leaves twelve" 
days In advance, of the other, and was fully ripe ami lit for 
digging at least ton dajs before the Early Goodrich. We 
carefully measured four rows of each kind across the piece. 
J 1 "'* found ilia yield quite equal to the Early Goodrich - In 
Health It was also (ts equal, while )< excels the other In table 
quality, i consider It the best very early sort with which I 
am acquainted, JOHN P. GRAY. 
(Dr. Gray has none of the stock for sale, having only raised 
a few for Mr. Ilctfron.) 
The " American Agriculturist,” (Jan. No., page 10,) pro¬ 
nounces It “ The Hext of All," 
CABD FROM D. S. HEFFRON, ESQ. 
Zb whom it may concern: 
Rose Pofato C 'Ho John* l! Conover KsawJp r'mV K f f ly 
W^esUfUtlca Ty t0 dellver a Mmto® 
' or Utica, k, x. _ D> g HEFFRON. 
1 have a very large stock of 
Tue Straw-berry Crop op Southern Illinois.—I t is 
estimated that the number of acres producing straw¬ 
berries for market purposes in Southern Illinois, will 
amount- to something over eleven hundred. From near 
Anna. Oobden and Makanda Stations, on the Central Illi¬ 
nois Railroad, It is estimated there will be shipped 
berries produced from six hundred acres. Besides these 
regular field cultivators, there are many small growers, 
who, after supplying family and friends, sell their surplus. 
But while we have estimated from our letters descriptive 
of main field culture, one of our correspondents says we 
may add from this private garden supply at least ono-tenth. 
Stir the Sort,.—This is a good text, and if space al¬ 
lowed we conid give a long homily on it. The season is 
very favorable for this work, and the gardener should 
improve the opportunity. The more the soil is commi¬ 
nuted the more food roots will extract from it, the more 
air will enter it to develop healthy plants, the quicker it 
will become warm to force an early and rapid growth, 
and the more moistnre It will retain to operate against 
the effects of a drouth. 8tir the soil deep, and you get 
more of all these results: stir it often, and they continne. 
Get plenty ef the best implements for stirring the Boil, 
and your labor will be lightened and cheapened. 
Plant Strawberries.—As early in the spring as the 
ground becomes settled is the best time to plant, out 
strawberry vines. Set at distances of two by three feet 
the plants will grow vigorously, and during the season 
throw out now plants by means of their runners, whereby 
the rows may be filled. Strawberry plants set early in 
spring will also often give more or less of fruit the same 
season. There is no risk of dronth or dying out wheu 
set in the spring, and, if desirable, a crop of potatoes, 
cabbage, etc., may be taken from between the rows. 
CHOICE NATIVE GRAPE VINES 
Consisting of the most deBlrable varieties, among v 
Adlrouduc, Allen’si Hybrid, Concord, Crc 
Delaware, Diana, Union Village, Ha 
ford Prolific, Rogers’ Hybrids, 
Iona, Israelite, Ac., Ac. 
Which I Intend to send out In connection with tin 
Rose,” or separate from them, as purchasers desire 
WUS-03L 
Good Varieties op Peas.—Sow all your peas at about 
the same. time. The following are among the beat, if not 
the very best, vizCarter's First Crop, McLean’s Little 
Gem, McLean’s Advancer. Waite's Caractacue Eugenie, 
and Champion of England, and if planted on. the same 
day, covering the seed uot less than five inches deep — 
better to be seven inches —will give a supply of the 
sweetest of peas from the very earliest until say middle 
to last of August. 
DAVISON’S THORNLESS BLACK-CAP RASPBERRY, 
T E HR. IvT S : 
FOR @5, (invariably to be sent with order) I will send 
Ten Choice Grape Vine* from tbe above Hat (reserving the 
right of selection for myself, but will endeavor to suit pur* 
chasers as far as possible,) and One Pound of Early Bone 
Potatoes all to be securely packed, and sent by mail, post¬ 
age pre-pald. 
Having received a large number of letters from all parts 
of tbe United States, from Nurserymen, Grape Growers and 
others who have all tbe Grape Vines they need, and are anx¬ 
ious to procure some seed of the ” Enrty Rose." I have been 
Induced to make a change In my Terms of Sale for their 
benefit, aud will sell the Potatoes alone at the following 
rates: 
1 pound, (postage pre-paid,;.. $3.00 
5 pounds. 1.1.00 
Parties purchasing 5 pounds may easily, with careful culti¬ 
vation, have a stock of five bushels next fall. 
Our engraving represents a cluster of the Davison 
ThoralesB Black-Cap Raspberry. Last season we 
received Borne branches of it with the fruit ou them 
from the original disseminator, Mr. Joseph Sxnton 
of Angola, Erie Co., N. Y., of which we made men¬ 
tion at the time. The fruit was fully equal in size 
to the far-famed Doolittle, and of excellent flavor, 
while the canes were smooth and free from thorns. 
It is evidently a black-cap to all intents and pur¬ 
poses ; it propagates from the tips of the canes and 
does not spread from the roots. We see no reason 
why it will not do well where the Doolittle thrives, 
and if so its thornless habit must make it a favorite 
with the growers of Bmall fruits. 
The Peach Buds. —From our exchanges and other 
sources we conclude that severe cold has caused no 
serious iujury to peach buds in most peach growing sec¬ 
tions. If the blossoms run the gauntlet of spring frosts, 
drouths and blights, there will be an overflowing crop in 
the land. Winter cold is not one of the worst enemies 
to the peach crop. 
It is curious, to an unsophisticated old codger of 
a farmer like me, bow these Western Horticulturists 
live through a series of “ annual meetings,” at which 
they talk a great deal and say very little; and where 
they recommend the planting and culture of fruits 
of various names, and trees of various sorts for 
shade, dec ., &c. Now, I am a believer in these 
meetings. But they are growing so fast, and the 
experience is so varied, that I am positively bewil¬ 
dered ! And I’ve noticed that at every meeting 
(1 thiuk) hold in the West thiA winter, somebody 
has a new seedling that beats all other seedlMga; 
and somebody else is able to prove that the fatuous 
seedling which made its advent a few years ago is 
only an old fruit with a new name ! 
It is torturing! 
A Committee is appointed to present lists of 
fruit and deciduous trees to plant. A nurseryman 
or two gets on the Committee. The whole cata¬ 
logue of each is incorporated in the list; and pretty 
soon the dear people receive circulars from nursery¬ 
men all over the country, informing them of the 
recommendations of the Society, and that the ac¬ 
companying catalogue will show them where the 
trees can be obtained. 
This is business! I like it! 1 do not murmur! 
But I like to recollect these facts, and put this and 
that together, to see how the links look! 
No, I am not cynical. Ingog. 
Duncan’s Falls Mammoth Blackberry.— One of our 
Ohio correspondents writes of a new blackberry under 
the above name, which he says is perfectly hardy in its 
cancs, and produces ” the largest, and best flavored berry 
in the world,” being one aud a half inches by ops inch in 
diameter. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLANTING. 
By cutting Into single eyes, and planting but one eye In a 
hill, one bushel may be readily raised from a pound, and will 
be worth next fall, at the very lowest calculation, double the 
Price paid for both t dues and potatoes. 
Not more than S packages seair. to one address. 
No orders accepted unless accompanied by the Cash. 
None bill strictly Amt-Class Vines sentont with the Potatoes. 
Orders will be booked In order as received, and potatoes 
and vines shipped as early in the spring as the weather will 
permit, fhrder early, as the stock Is limited. 
Parties wishing to purchase Grape Vines in quantity, either 
for planting or for sale, are particularly requested to send 
for my Catalogue, as I arn determined to sell cheaper than 
any other dealer in dm United States. Address 
Transplant raspberries, enrrants, gooseberries, straw¬ 
berries, blackberries and fruit trees. Prepare for a good 
supply of the berries clean ont old bushqs and beds, 
fork In some manure, tic up the canes and then mulch 
them. Increase gooseberries and currants by planting 
cuttings. 
To Destroy Wild Grape Vines, — A correspondent 
asks us what is the best time to cut wild grape vines in 
order to kill them. We should say in August, and then 
keep down the sprouts. 
Mushroom Spawn. —M. S., Schoolcraft, Mich., asks 
where mushroom spawn, or seed, may be obtained. Some 
of the seedsmen who advertise in our columns have it 
for sale, no doubt. 
shikg in a chines 
CLOTHES WRINGERS. 
FHi USE 2. 
Vandals roam the country every spring, claiming to 
know how to prune trees, and they are. set to work 
by men who, owning the trees, know enough to 
know they know nothing about it,—but, trusting to 
these professional prnnera, submit their trees, and 
after the work of destruction is done, learn, to their 
cost, of the injury. We hope what we have here 
said aud illustrated may save at least one good or¬ 
chard from this system of murderous pruning. 
There is, perhaps, uo one item in Horticulture 
about which bo little is really understood as the 
principles which should govern in the pruning away 
of limbs and branches from trees. Orchard after 
orchard is yearly despoiled in a ruthless, destructive 
manner, until we now rarely see a fine old apple or 
pear tree, with its many branches, broad and strong, 
extending from a head about five feet high, and, 
when loaded with fruit, almost sweeping the ground. 
Old orchards, those of forty aud fifty yearn, are pass¬ 
ing away, and we are told the apple “ does not do 
as well as it did when I was a boy.” We have pro¬ 
gressed in some things, but it is a question whether, 
as a people, we have progressed any in onr knowl¬ 
edge of pruning bearing apple trees. Certainly the 
system of modern pruning, as performed by some 
parties, does not exhibit any great knowledge of the 
physiology of trees. Large limbs are chopped away, 
leaving hold stumps protruding, of one to three 
inches, to gradually rot away and convey disease to 
the whole tree. Undue leverage is given by takiDg 
away the lower limbs, aud tbas bringing a great 
strain upon the roots at every high wind or storm, 
tearing, cracking or breaking them from their regu¬ 
lar aud natural course of supply and demand. 
The following illustrations will serve, perhaps, 
better than a long homily, to show how we would 
prune a tree and keep it in condition from year to 
year, healthy and productive. Fig. 1 exhibits a tree 
Peppermint Roots.—A correspondent asks if any one 
can inform him where peppermint roots may be obtained. 
UNIVERSAL 
e:'tra 
IMPROVED DOUBLE GEAR 
R.C .BROWNING. ACT. 
32 CORTLAN0T ST N Y. 
Pudding Sauce.— Stir to a cream a teacup of but¬ 
ter, then add a wineglass of wine or cider and flavor 
with nutmeg or rose water. If you wish to have it 
liquid heat two-thirds of a pint of water boiling hot, 
mix two or three teaspoonfuls of flour with a little 
water and stir it into the boiling water. As soon as 
it boils up well stir it into the butter aud sugar. 
Wedding Cake. — One pound of flour; one do. 
sugar, three-quarters of a pound of butter; two 
pounds of seeded raisins; two do. of Zante currants; 
one do. citron; one-fourth pound of almonds; half 
an ounce of mace, a tablespoonful of cinnamon; 
one of cloveB; a teaspoonful of rose water; a wine¬ 
glass of brandy; one of wine, and ten eggs. Stir 
the sugar and butter to a cream. The sugar should 
be brown. Then add a -wineglass of milk, a tea¬ 
spoonful of soda,—the eggs beaten to a froth aud 
stirred in. Dissolve the soda in the milk, mix it 
with the brandy and wine to curdle them; stir the 
whole into the cake. Fruit for cake shonld be cut 
up tine, rolled In flour just before putting into the 
cake. It takes over two hours to bake it, if the 
loaves are thick; if thin it will take lcs6 time. This 
kind of cake is the best after it has been made three 
or four weeks; it will keep good live or sLx months. 
Low Hampton, N. Y„ March, 1S68. Mbs. J. Peck. 
WORK TILE GROUND EARLY 
A writer in the Southern Cultivator sayB melons 
are something of a bobby with him, and gives direc¬ 
tions for planting and cultivation accordingly. Pre¬ 
pare the. gronud by deep plowing or spading, and lay 
off in ranges ten or twelve feet in width and trench 
for a seed bed from a foot to a foot and a-half deep. 
Fill these with a compost of mold, stable and poul¬ 
try manure atul leached ashes, well mixed together. 
Plant from three to five seeds in a hill as soon as 
danger from frost is over. When the plants are fairly 
up, thin them out to two and cultivate well. When 
they commence running, thin to one, being careful 
not to interrupt the vines that arc left. Melons may 
be grown on the lightest of soils, provided suitable 
manurial agencies are employed—a peck or more to 
each hill. No squashes or pumpkins shonld be 
planted in the immediate vicinity of tue melons. 
Jost as soon as the ground is dry enough it should 
be plowed. The earlier in the season this is done the 
better, as, by the loosening, warmth penetrates more 
rapidly than when left hard and dry ou the surface 
from heavy spring rains, and the roots of plants are 
sooner brought into activity, giving ft stronger and 
healthier growth to the plant. Gooseberry and rasp¬ 
berry plants are especially benefited by early stirring 
the ground. 1 practice plowing away from the rows 
of my dwarf pears, grapes, raspberry, gooseberry, 
currant, &c,, just as soon as I find the ground work 
well. I plow my center farrows as deep as I can, 
rolling them together; theu as I near the plant 1 
run more and more shallow until my last furrow 
cuts with the point of uhe plow only two inches 
away from the plant, and two inches deep. In 
about a week or ten days, if the ground is all right, 
go through twice in a row with the cultivator. 
Addi. 
ORANGE JUDD. 
ICev. ItlMIOI* SCOTT, 
- SOI.ON 1(0 HINSON 
HENIIY WARD HEECHEK, 
Sir*. LAURA E. LYMAN, 
Frol. E. L. YoniANK, 
. ....... von »haiD oty's Washing 
mversal Ci.nmss Wkim.ioi arc a real 
cost In clotliliqr every year, besides 
nr ! 1 1!: “ T 1MK aiul gxror of washing. Send 
Washer extra Wringer *9 - and we will 
.free of f rely hi, to places 
. ...and, so sure are we they will bo 
;u;ri-i> to refund the. money if nqy one 'ViMlOtf 
[lue.hfnn in... "V H month A trial 
Ami thousands or others,will tell 
MvcUirk and the I 
success, nod save t:,,,. 
saving more than half the time i 
the retail orient— V.'..ai,v, 
forward either or both mueldne 
whore no one is selling 
liked that we „ 
to return the machine free of freight, after 
according to directions. 
It. C. BROWNING, General Agent. 
. . .No. 155 Goiirtlaudt Street, N. Y. 
(Opposite Merchants' Hotel.) 951 - 4 t 
V^LA ODOBATA, (JEN«; L1SH SWEET 
, ” have several thousand roots of this 
beautiful Flower, double-blue, and exceedingly fragrant. I 
Will send them, post-paid, at the following rate*: 
Good roots, well packed, each hoc. : per dozen, *:>. 
Address SAM'L 1*. WAKELEE, 
bul-at Care Jab. Vtea, Rochester, N. Y. 
100 MOO ^TKAWBERRY PLANTS FOR 
J-'M>yVM r bale at low rates, viz.:-Wuson, Russell, 
Hooker s heed, Buffalo Seed, Brooklyn Scarlet, Monitor, Col! 
Kllsworth and Bartb-u. at 7C. rts. V lOO, f! * 1.000. Green Pro- 
*->’■ ’*»*•* 
951-lt M. N. WILSON. Maccdon. Wavnp. t!o v v 
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer says:— 
Nothing will go farther toward mal.iDg a neighbor¬ 
hood inviting than will its roads, when once lined 
with hardy, graceful trees. We would urge upon 
every one who owns land upon our public roads, to 
plant trees as far as his land extends. The beauty 
and grateful shade will well repay him, and the in¬ 
creased value of his land will be a noble profit. It is 
a pleasure to acticipate that time when our roads will 
be marked by handsome lines of trees, protecting us 
in summer from the burning rays of the sun, and in 
wlnterfrom nipping winds. These two lines of trees, 
planted as they would be, the width of the road apart, 
would go far toward supplying needed belts of trees 
to protect farms and gardens against inclement 
winds, so pernicious to exposed vegetation. Many 
already recognize the. importance of such protec¬ 
tion, both in summer and winter. 
An attempt at contrast should never be made up¬ 
on the street or road, especially by planting trees of 
different shades of color or habit alternately. Dif- 
frent trees love different soils. The selection they 
naturally make should be observed, and each tree, 
as far as possible, alio wed its choice, which, with the 
varied tastes of planters, will always give sufficient 
variety. All trees of conspicuous habit or foliage 
should be avoided, unless introduced for some par¬ 
ticular purpose. A very common mistake made is 
in planting trees too uear each other. When so 
planted, it is at the loss of both grace and symmetry. 
From twenty-five to thirty feet apart, owing to the 
habit of the trees planted, is the proper distance 
A marked feature in the beauty of a road, is its lib¬ 
eral width. Its boundaries are established by law, 
aud should always be respected. Vo property shonld 
As soon as the frost is out of the ground, peach 
trees should be examined and cleaned of the worm 
or borer. Take away the earth from around the 
crown of the tree, four or five inches deep, and with 
a sharp knife clean away all the gum aud cut out 
clean the worm, now found of a white color and 
from one-eighth to one-half inch long. Wash the 
wounds, or rather paint them, with soft soap; then 
wrap a piece of stout, coarse brown paper around 
the crown of the tree, extending one foot on the 
body; then draw the earth around. The object of 
this paper is to prevent the fly from depositing her 
eggs beneath the surface of the ground, as, when 
deposited at the top of the paper wrapping, and 
working their way down two or three inches, the 
taking away of the earth and paper in November 
next will expose them to the atmosphere and thus 
destroy them. 
Excellent Whitewash.— In the Germantown 
Telegraph we find what is pronounced to be a supe¬ 
rior whitewash composed of Paris white and white 
transparent glue. The proportions are 10 pounds 
of the white to half a pound of the glue. The latter 
is covered with cold water at night, and In the morn¬ 
ing carefully heated without scorching till dissolved. 
The Paris white is stirred in with hot water enough 
to give the proper milky consistency for applying to 
the walls, and the dissolved glue is then added and 
thoroughly mixed. It is applied w;th a brush in the 
usual way, and if the walls are not very dirty, one 
eoat will be sufficient. 
rs V E A (V 5I» Itbls. GENUINE 
*=>, n FkJSiper hu-n.-l, bv t!i- barrel 1 4 bushels.) 
SHERMAN & GA I'ES, No.8 FrontSt.. New York. 
AN & KATES, NO.8 FrontSt.. New York. 
jix RAWBER RY PLANTS. $-J per 1,000. 
t asPABAGCs, 2 years old, $4 per 1 ,000. Good aud true 
plants. SAM L r. DUFFELL, Yard Vllle,New Jersey. 
TV S E V K N * ' U A RISE STUCK OF 
L Karly York, Uhlan, Largo Red and Keyes’ Early Pro- 
Ufic Tomato Seed, for sale cheap to the .rade. 
(60-21 J. M. PETTIT. Fr> donla, New York. 
ftKAFE 'INES.-WITH OTHER VARIETIES 
YX wo have lOO.uOO very strong and thrifty 2 y.-ju s old Con¬ 
cord Vme8 at <13 per m Isabella, Same ago, <8 pcr 100. 
Concord Grape Cuttings, ft per 1,000; and other grape wood. 
Jucutula, Metcalf, Dmautt aud other Strawberries. Hough¬ 
ton Gooseberries aud Cherry Cnu-auts, all at low prices. 
Also the “ Walter " Grape, to be delivered next fall. 
960-11 FKRKIfi A CA YWOUD, Po’lteepsle, N. Y. 
T7ERIIENAS!! !—A IM A 14 N I KICENT 
y healthy stock, very largo assortment, at low prices per 
1,000 to the trade. 
3FU OSES. 
Marshal Nlel, Madame Charles Wood aud other fine Roses, 
wholesale aud retail. F. K. PHOENIX, Bloomington, Ill. 
Figure 1. 
which has had little or no pruning ; its top branches 
have become rather crowded, and some Bensons the 
fruit is not well colored. We take our long step- 
ladder and a pair of good, strong pruning shears, set 
our ladder just ontside, underneath the limbs, and 
with our sharp shears cut away the Bmall spray and 
limbs that cross one another aud crowd the extremi¬ 
ties, so as to prevent the sun’s rays penetrating to 
the center of the tree. The dark, short marks indi¬ 
cate some of the cuts that we should make in 
pruning this tree. 
Fig. ‘i exhibits the tree as it is often found after 
the mutilator, not prnner, has operated upon it. 
Floatino Island.—W e remember our first sight 
and toate of this delicious compound. And we re¬ 
member a 12 year old girl flying into our presence 
with cheeks as red as roses, crying out—“ I've learn¬ 
ed how to make floating island!” She found the 
way at her first effort! How eagerly we watched 
every mouthful with sparkling eyes as one and 
another pronounced it very good ! But here is the 
recipe. Set a quart of milk to boil, than stir into it 
the beateu yolks of six eggs; flavor with lemon or 
rose, and sweeten to taste; whip whites of the eggs 
to a strong froth. When the custard is thick, put it 
into a deep dish, and heap the frothed eggs upon it. 
Serve cold. 
Exposures for Orchards.— The old-time ruling 
of a Southern or Southeastern exposure being the 
best for orchard or vineyard, may hold good on the 
sea coast,—but throughout the Western States, and 
especially near the lakes or broad rivers, exposures 
having a northern slope are found to produce a more 
uniform and healthy condition of tree and vine and 
more regular and perfect crops of fruit; and less 
destruction or death to tree and plant from win¬ 
ter’s cold, and greater immunity from early and late 
frosts. In Missouri and Tennessee the north sides 
of the hills are also composed of a much richer and 
deeper soil, with more of sand, and therefore more 
perfect natural drainage. 
Li Wholesale ami Retail, a larfce i.uaiuu. of Lotus 
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