Tub Oldest IToimatir.Tt'RAi, Society. — A nnt also 
writes us:-In the an mini address made by the President 
of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society lu January last, £ 
notice he speaks of it as “ the oldest Horticultural So¬ 
ciety in America.” Now I am willing to give Cincinnati 
credit for some things, but. r think such a statement 
assumes a little too much. If my memory serves me cor¬ 
rectly, the Horticultural Society of Cincinnati was inaug¬ 
urated iu 1813, and I think there were then several other 
associations of the kind in existence in America. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 
It is possible our heading may not be fully under¬ 
stood by all, nod we will therefore say that garden 
architecture is an art equivalent to church architec¬ 
ture, and by a knowledge of it one is enabled to ar¬ 
range the walks and positions of trees iu the garden 
and grounds that surround the house so that they 
will be in the most convenient position and occupy 
just as much and no more room than is desirable for 
the health, longevity and beauty of the tree, and the 
the giving a pleasing appearance of the whole when 
completed. The architect who designs a church, or 
building of any sort, has only inanimate material 
with which to work, and his knowledge is compass¬ 
ed with the immediate exhibit of his creation,—but 
the garden architect has active vitality for his mate¬ 
rial, which is changing and increasing in volume 
from year to year, and his first creation is no more 
a completion than a new bora babe is a full grown 
man. He needs, therefore, a full and perfect knowl¬ 
edge of the habit, growth, color of foliage, «fcc., &c., 
of all his materials, the shape of tree and shrub, 
with a full, complete and comprehensive imagina¬ 
tion, enabling him, wiien planting, to 
■ A w « jti < > \v i<; u 
and 
(TIPPER ItFOWIVh NTV 
Send stump for descriptive circulars und » 
953-5teo U. II. AI.r.KN A. CO . P. (). it, 
Street Shade TnKEs.--Let tie commend the-example 
of Worcester, Mass., to other town and city authorities. 
In that bureh one dollar la paid by the city authorities 
for every tree that l» planted as a public shade tree on 
the highways, And kept vigorous aud heailhy one year. 
The planter, however, innst be the owner of the land on 
which it is planted. We only suggest that the bonus 
should not he paid until the tree has grown two sum¬ 
mers, and then it should have some stipulation made as 
York. 
vy * uiu.n »*!• w I liSUS’h KAItT.V 
H Blackberries, *2 V u/i, fin p i.mi. fsu V 5,M Kiuatin- 
ny *1.50 V 10 ( 1 , flO * l.uoo. *41) * 5,(100. Extra line Plantanf 
these kinds of Strawberries and Raspberries Uauts of 
_ GEO. II . LAMBERT. New Brnnswlck, N. J. 
A LIBERAL tilT EK. MIR SIO KNCI-OSEtT 
I will send in eoml conrllr.lou. >0 Inibi-lla, HI Concord 4 
uciaware,2 Iona, 2Israelis, No. I two year-old vines, und Urn 
Kunvl New-Yorker, or Jouriiwl cj t UorucUltUiv i'or one year 
For five dollars will send lmlf the above assortment of vines 
and American AgrlmilturlHt lor one. year. Now In the time to 
or dor. J. H TUVON, Willoughby, Lalcc Go.» OhlQ. 
SA (UIA MAffAIiKK, FIRST It ATE Stocks, 
f J'***f***r 1 ,U< 0 $i«J, H),IKK> $ 101 ); Ma/./uvd, Plum a i\d 
Louts Philip CHEimr.-Let mo advise every ono who 
can to piant one or more trees of the Louis Philip cherry 
There may be a better sort, but it is the best sour cherry 
that. I know,—P. R. Elliott. 
see the crea¬ 
tion of his work as it will likely appear at the expi¬ 
ration of fifteen to thirty or more years. 
Almost every man who buitds a house becomes 
convinced of the incompeteucy of many professed 
building architects, 
S EED POTATOES.-Early (Goodrich, Har¬ 
rison, Capstone Kidney, Cn/.co, Early Cottage, Sebec, 
Fluke, White .Sprouts, Colon, Coppermine, Andes, Shakers’ 
saucy, and fifty Other varieties Sour pounds of either va¬ 
riety will he mailed to anv address, postage pro-paid, upon 
receipt of ft. For larger nuiiutities and desertotlve price 
list, addruBB KEISIG At IIEXAMICIi, 
ur.rt- 3 t New Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y. 
CATALOGUES, PAMPHLETS, &c., RECEIVED, 
•but after the house is com¬ 
pleted nearly every one supposes himself capable of 
acting the part of garden architect, thoughtless of 
ted had they undertaken to direct the 
S EED POTATOES. J AM TTC* 
burud to receive orders for Um following 
'is, 1 otatoes, warranted true to nameEarl 
tu.r-phu., Sshhi, Hartsou, *t bu.. ?|d bid 
I'. . 1 , 1 ?!--. Itarly Yore *2 bu., *1,50 bbl-t r 
ISwuV, < - l 4 aV» t . OJ. 111 **.50 bu., *6 bhl. 
bu.. fa bhl. 1 eniis i.’Asn to need) 
tiers received tor less than a ImMm] at 
DM R .5* or ba,?8- .. No cbar q'' for barrels. 
95H ' jt P- B, MESKKOLE,204 Lake St., Chicago, HI 
NOW PRE- 
-C varieties of 
Early Goodrich, 
.; Gleason, $4 bu,, 
Casco White. $2,50 bu., 
Pinkeye Kustv-CoaC 
mpany orders. No or 
the above rates. Add 
Wholesale Price List for the Spring of 186S of tho 
Washington Street Nurseries. Bronson, Graves, Sel- 
ovkk & Co., Geneva, N. Y. 
Catalogue of Seed Potatoes. L. D. Scott & Co. 
Ilurou, Erie Co., Ohio. 
Catalogue of “The Evergreens” Nursery aud Fruit 
Farm, Samuel. Edwards, La Mollle, Bureau Co., Ill. 
Price List of Strawberries, Raspberries and Black¬ 
berries. Ira N. McCall, Rochester, N. Y. 
the blunders they would themselves have commit- 
carving or 
proportions of the house, and yet more thoughtless 
of the greater knowledge and just remembrance of 
future results that are requisite to the making np of 
a satisfactory piece of garden architecture. 
Garden architecture, as we view it, is not defined 
by a capacity', as some have it, to arrange a railing 
aDd steps Ieadiug from terrace to terrace, harmon¬ 
izing ODly with tropical plants and statuary sur¬ 
roundings,—but, it is constituted in a perfect knowl¬ 
edge of every tree and plant, its habits, height, 
length, breadth, depth .of coloring in foliage, as well 
as spray when devoid of leaves in the winter, and at 
the same time a knowledge and capacity to design 
steps or rails, cross paths or bridges, depressed or 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 
fjorncstic C’cowomir 
WHY DON’T THEY? 
“Alu. Incog,” said a farmer’s wife to me the 
other day, “why do not the women discuss house- 
, hold economy through the papers, as you men do 
farm economy?” 
“Exactly, why don’t they?” I replied. “You 
ought to answer that question, being ono of the 
women. The only conclusion i can come to, look¬ 
ing at the subject from one stand-point, which 
overlooks the kitchen whenever one of our modern 
misses rules there, is, that they do not know how to 
practice household economy, aud hence cannot dis¬ 
cuss it.” 
“ Well, I declare! If you aint-” 
“But wait a moment, please! You have two 
daughters, Mrs. Household Economy y ” 
“ Yes.” 
“And they are large enough to do all your house¬ 
work for you?” 
“ Yes, but-” 
Exactly, but they don’t do it; you have never j 
required them to do it; they don’t know how to do 
it; and if you were to die suddenly, like Safphira, 
they would make more wry faces than rye bread, and 
shed more tears over household woes than over your 
coffin.” 
“You horrible-” 
“Tut! tut! You know it is so. They do not 
know anything about household economy, except 
that kind which helps them to economize their own 
strength — or ral her prevents its development. But 
I do hope you’ll write something, Madame, and pro¬ 
voke others to do so too. It would be a curiosity in 
industrial literature. I’ll pledge you space in the 
Rural if you’ll do it. But I’ll bet a bag of beans 
you’ll not write a wor—” 
“But I will! You’ll Bee, air! ” 
And she went off in a towering-. it was the 
chignon that towered, come to think of it. But now, 
friend Moore, if you hear of any woman who can 
write on and practice (mind!) household economy, 
pray employ her on a big salary. It will be the 
greatest stroke of lack for you yet. If she is un¬ 
married let ine know. I can send her men with 
unexceptionable references who are great catches. 
(Would apply myself, but am married, fortunately— 
that is to say, am fortunately married^) Incog. 
This juice would make a nice drink with sugar and 
water,—but lime or lemon is preferred. To the eye 
of each apple grows a nut, heart-shaped, as large, as 
a large hickory nut. The skin or shell is tough like 
leather, and is full of oil so pungeut. that it will im¬ 
mediately blister the lips or tongue if an attempt is 
made to open tho nut by the teeth ; the only way is 
to roast in tho tire. The kernel is solid and large, 
and the King of all Nuts Common, and grows wild. 
tility of the soil. This is the whole system in a nut 
shell. It is not ‘our’ system. When a hoy we 
could not but note the superior health of trees in 
pastures, and cm lawns which were regularly mowed, 
over those grown in vegetable gardens where the 
soil was constantly dug about the roots; and all 
we have binee said has been only this aud nothing 
more.” 
Temperature for Muscat Grapes. 
of the Garden 
f T?A £RCHIT,n’H F11 trlit IIAG-TTOLD- 
L M! ami TCNNKL Uoinbfiiod.—Tho hurst out 
me Cbean vst nail Rest-etiniminivg (hr Ti’XNFL 
ivllb tho holtler, wlllnmt which Ihe Bao-Ooldkk 
11 linpvae! Ic»l id 
jjiiHMit meets a want, toner fed by Formers, Millers 
V iTl Dealer*, Country Store-keeper*, News-’ 
>.jf) paper furnisher®, Postmasters, anti bv ail 
wh< ,>l'av<s Units 1,11 till. Nt?efl» only to besom 
Jfi tu be iifipi'reluted and wanted. Durable 
J j compact, simple, and very cheap. -Will soon 
m t>I' all driller* In Agricultural 
’i Tools. Made by the Belcher * Taylor /Wi- 
<W cultural Tool Co., Chicopee Falls, Will ba 
I HI sent to any address oil receipt or retail price 
*3,50. Liberal discount to the. trade. Clrcul 
Mrs, with cute and (all description rent on 
request. State Rights, except New Hmdand 
will be sold on [e i>onal applientjon. Ad-’ 
dress E. 0. FAIRCHILD, Chicopee Falls 
Je. without standard, *3.25. 
13P~ t 'reserve this advertisement, j 
A correspondent 
ers’ Mouthly adopts with successful 
results the following rule of temperature in keeping 
up Muscat houses: 
To During Night. Bay. Sun. 
1 o commence with. 45 1 50 ° HO” 
After the second week. 50 55 55 
When breaking,. 55 50 70 
When in bloom,.50 70 80 
When setting.65 75 90 
Afierseumg...60 70 80 
When coloring, . 65 75 00 
By observing the above temperature the grapes 
are found to ripen as follows exactly five months 
after starting the vines: 
Royal Muscadine. 
. _ „ ,, Chasselas Masque. 
After 5# months. 
Fromignau White, 
Golden Hamburg, 
tj *» s.u Joslin’s Saint Alban. (?) 
By the 6 th month. 
Bowood Muscat, 
Cannon Hull Muscat, 
Muscat of Alexandria, 
Muscat Hamburgh, 
Muscat Rose de La Doree. 
Quassia for Insects.—At a meeting of the Alton 
Horticultural Society, W. C. Fi.agg read the follow¬ 
ing communication from G. G. Migatt, Richmond, 
Illinois: — About eighteen years since I had some 
W ILLIAMS’ I’ATE.NT FIKM FENCE.— 
Letters iMient dated May Sid, 1866, and April 2d. 1867. 
[See cut On first paar. of Rural All persons arc Invited to 
inspect this fence tvs ip use on the farm of the patentee and 
others in that vicinity, and to the perusal ol’ trie Pdlowlnir 
commendation: s 
“ Wv the undersigned. Otlicors of the Chautauqua County 
Acricultural Society, do certlfiy, that a sample, of • Wm,. 
I.rs MS Patent Faiim Fence’ has been erected for two years 
on our grounds at FrcdonM. N Y.. and ha* not heeii dls 
turbed by wind or float, and we commend It to the use of 
farmers, as a cheap anil durable fence and as an invention of 
great value and utility, 01 
March 18, 1*68. L. L. HYDE. President 
Wm. Moors, 8. T. Christy, 
A. IfUCbLNUUAU, M, J. Tookk. 
Alexander Mori an. Trustees." 
The patentee Is ready to «, ; !l Farm KUhts and Territory 
and to appoint reliable Agents to canvass on commissions 
Any person desiring further Information will receive, with 
tall details, a prompt reply to any communication addressed 
to S. r. WILLIAMS, bhericlam CliaULumiiia Go. V V 
JJAtUiTS OR JAMAICA.-No. IV. 
The Naesberry. The tree bearing this delicious 
fruit is an evergreen, and attains the height of our 
apple. The main limbs start at. four to five feet 
from the ground, top consequently low, foliage 
dense and shining dark green; not very common 
and fouud only in inclosed laud. The fruit is round 
and about the size of a small apple; color brown- 
skin thin and rough; fiesh light brown ; very juicy,’ 
and more like a very luscious pear than any other 
fruit; melts in the mouth like ice cream. Seeds 
four or five like black beans, but much llatter. The 
fmit is gathered while quite hard, and takes four or 
five days to ripen, aud is esteemed above even the 
orange and the pine apple. 
Fine Apple.— This fruit needs no description. It is 
propagated from the small suckers growin ir at the 
base of the fruit. The crown is worthless as°a plant. 
The negroes plant them in rows as a dividing lin* in 
CASHEW LEAF AND PLANT. 
I send yon a piece of lace bark. This is the bark 
of a tree, a native of the mountains. A complete 
child’s drees was made of this bark by a lady of 
Jamaica, and sent to the Exhibition of 1851. 
Akron, Ohio, April 7, ’68. T. B. Pickton. 
iraw^sur*' 
#> Fast Seneca Street), Buffalo, N. y. 
T DON'T SCRATCH YOU ! 
Llotlieu—f — 
OR TEA R YOUR 
l»ix\ Ison l hornier* l51;t<?k‘Ciip KtNffpbcirv is the 
barely. pruUuctive. k a rlv and BWret anS Us a 
pleasure tu cultivate it. p or origin, (le»crlpUtiu nrices 
testimonials, <fec., sotirt lor Circular, to pnuu, puces, 
JOSEPH 8INTON, Angola, Erie Co., N. Y. 
M arblehead mammoth s wru ■< 
VPL'N.—Tills is the Lttrgi-*t of all variette* of Sweet 
ooiH, the eors aro oi an vnoriuouH stxo. often woli'liiiur ho 
tweeii two and potuuta; very swou jtnd eveollcnt 
able use. My ^ciwvnHof tins < lorSTeutnito took CbeFirsfc 
rfraTsoeTore "p, ,,f 'b"ffilIonicuh 
i irai »]>eioty. ^. r pa* k i^a *5 cents, or 5 liken for ii hv mnii 
post-paid, Mv S.*o4 Cauiotr.n, lm* ,t .< to iSl. 1 Kt 1 
_ Ja.mes j . It. Greg ory, Marblehead, S! 
i^UOSBY'S EARLY S\\ ICKT ( ORN.-Thlg 
ue\v Coni lb Utii kind lor Marker (inpflhnuiw. r.u 
CULTIVATING THE APPLE. 
"the^Orehatrl > 5e9t Method of Cultivating the Apple in 
My attention has recently been drawn to the dis¬ 
cussion by members of the Western New York Hor¬ 
ticultural Society on the above question, and there 
are some points there advocated by L. F. Allen, 
so much at variance with good common-sense, that 
I am surprised at reading them. Mr. Allen is one 
of those good common-sense, but obstinate, opin¬ 
ionated men, whose general teachings are well worth 
heeding,—but when he advocates the trimming of 
trees up so high as to admit the runniug of a horse 
and wagon under the lower limbs, it is so much in 
opposition to the laws of nature in growth, bo much 
in opposition to all reasoning of exposures to injury, 
of suit-burning of the bodies, and of breaking or 
cracking of roots bv extra Ip.vuvh nf n fi-M» uf r» 
Indelible IaNk.—D issolve two in. hes of nitrate 
of silver stick in a little water, and mix it with one 
gallon of common writing ink in which considerable 
mucilage of gum arable was used in making it. Test 
it aud if it spreads too much on the cloth, dissolve 
some gum arabic in a little warm water and add 
enough to correct it. If the right kind of ink is 
used no gum will have to be added. If the article 
to be marked is first starched and ironed, where the 
name is to be written, it will present a better sur¬ 
face for writing. Expose the writing to the light 
for several hours. Keep the bottles containing the 
ink wrapped up in dark-colored paper away from 
the light. 
-» « < » - 
Recipe fob a Cough Bibup.— Take 1 quart thick 
flaxseed tea, l pint of honey, }.i pint of vinegar, 2 
spoons saltpetre. Boil all together in a new earthen 
pot that is well glazed, until it becomes a pretty 
thick sirup; keep stirring while boiling, with a pine 
stick; if fresh from a green tree the better. 
Dose —One tablespoon three or four times a day, 
If there is any patent mixture for sale as good as 
this for a hoarseness or cough, I have been unable 
to obtain it as yet. 
LOVE elowers.- 
ui' Flower 8ceds ou hand' 
German Astern, Trcip*Olum 
- - -r.vlKul PlnKs, Splendid 
„ -- n -.carta Scaltiosa, CnrdmaUs, 
, F °r SO cents aud stamp I will send lj 
' *1 Address 
. .N. Y. 
X L have a choice variet 
Double /.frinlati, French und TO11W n 
r-cnelt Marigold, Ati-tcan Rotr, Heddewl ret 1 ' 
English Pansies, Mignonette, ifuu ' ’ 
<£c„ fisc.—all choice. For 
kinds, and 24 kluds 1'ov $1 Address 
ljrn R _MRS. H. U. KENT, Scl|)t'Ovfl!e, 
f’RAl’E VINES.—1 
YT we have iOG.wxi very 
cord Vines at $10 per !( 
Concord Grape Cuttings, 
Jucuudu, .Metcalf, Duran 
ton Gooscberiiei * ‘ 
Also the ** Walter 
Pkkicik 
thrliiy 2 years old Con- 
siuoe age. *6 per too. 
and other grape wood. 
- -s,. strawberries. Hough- 
'j u ;lt low prices. 
• ^^oliiSHlrj au(T Kf’l&lL a lanTtt u 
FLANTS. For partlonlars ini 
IMS-fat WARRBN J. BtTKl 
P each trees, cut a he vin 
oral Nursery stock for sale at cheap 
Address p- modi 
946-Bt Niagara KuVfuutw 
nianai* for I86S mailed to applicants. W8-8t 
agents wasted for g v 
l{ TIMES 1 ' or I .redlug Patriots of tile Day An 
vo volutiir, richly lllnstiretud with ,s beauUfm 
lugs, and a portrait of the author • UU1 
Cream Pudding.— One quart of milk, five eggs, 
four tablespoonsful of flour, one teaspoonfid of salt; 
boilthemilk; moisten the flour with cold milk; add 
to the hot milk, and boil three minutes; add the 
eggs, aud boil up half a cup of sugar; flavor, turn in¬ 
to a dish for the table, and just before sending to the 
table strew half a cup of sugar over the top. 
MANGO FRUIT AND LIME, 
The Mango. Tree thirty to forty feet in height’; 
ends of lower limbs bend to the ground, if not eaten 
oh by cattle; leaves five to sixinches long, and nar¬ 
row and very dense. Tree strongly impregnated 
with turpeutine, and the fruit of many onjyjit for 
hogs on that account. The didorent kinds are 
known by numbers, I suppose from the first im¬ 
ported trees being numbered; they were brought 
from the East Indies. The fruit grows in bunches 
like the horse chestnut. It is heart-shaped, but 
rather flatted; color, yellow when ripe, till then 
green ; skin quite thick and tough; flesh yellow 
sweet and luscious; seed shape of fruit, tough and 
leathery. All animals are fond of the Mango. When 
green the fruit is much used for pickling, and if 
taken just before it begins to turn, a beautiful 
starch is produced by grating and washing the pulp 
Very abundant, and grows readily from the seed. 
The Gwtow Apple .—Tree size of a good peach * 
open, straggling top; foliage scant; fruit size of a 
small apple; rather straight-sided; color, some trees 
bright red, others yellow; skin thin; flesh like a 
very tough curd, when the a c id juice is expressed 
To Whip Cream. —Sweeten a bowl of cream with 
loaf sugar and flavor with any extract or flavoring 
that suits you best. Whip the cream with a whisk, 
and as it rises in a froth take off with a skimmer, and 
place upon a sieve to drain. 
-«»♦.-» -- 
Ginger Brscurrs.—One pound of flour, half a 
pound of fresh butter, half a pound of powdered loaf 
sugat, three-quarters of an ounce of ground ginger, 
two eggs; bake five minutes in a quick oven. 
-«« »■——- 
Snow-Flake Cake.— One and a half tumblers of 
powdered white sugar, one of flour, one teaspoon of 
cream tartar, one half teaspoonful of soda and the 
whites of eight eggs. When cool, frost it. 
< a caucus .—in answer to an inquiry 
as to the best system of cultivating a pear orchard 
which has just been planted in sod well enriched, 
subsoiled, ifcc., the editor of the Gardeners’ Monthly 
replies: —“ We should seed the orchard down to 
L’rass this spring. If the trees were planted origi¬ 
nally with the view of cultivating between, and of 
course set very wide apart, plant another lot so as 
to make double the number, and give the whole 
piece up, to the trees. Be careful not to let the 
grass grow long about the young trees, or it will 
take away the moisture which the young trees ought 
to have. Cut down the grass several times a year 
and this will do it. Let your trees braneh very low 
and they will soon keep the grass down for them¬ 
selves. Top-dress occasionally to maintain the fer- 1 
Grai-k Growers' Association of Pleasant Valley.— 
I’lii* Association held its annual moetiai; at Harnmonds- 
port April 1st. Geo. W. Nichols was elected President, 
Frank M. McDowell, Vice President, A. A. White, 
secretary, and A. J. Switzer, Treasurer. It was voted 
unanimously that the name of Croeked l ake be changed 
to its original one of Lake ICeuka. 
Macaroni Pudding. —Take three-quarters of 
pound of macaroni, boil it till quite soft, add a h 
pound of sugar, a quarter of a pound of currantsai 
juice of one lemon ; bake till browned. 
