Ihe 1' >'0'id a Air riant .— We extract a paragraph 
from Hovey’s Magazine: — This plant grows freely 
in all situations, adhering to the barks of the live 
oak, cypress, cedar and maple. It iB occasionally 
fonnd growing on the pine, hut very rarely. Its 
must favored locality seems to be on those large live 
oaks which overhaug our glorious river (the St. 
Johns.) Lnlikc the mistletoe It does not penetrate 
the bark and woody libre, but ramifies its sparse 
roots into the cracks, crevices and inequalities of 
the bark, and maybe truly said to be an “air plant,” 
as it derives no nourishment rrom the bark, but 
wholly and solely from the air and moisture, 
yon plnek it from the tree, 
throw it it will live, 
bruise it. 
SUMMER PRUNING, 
Eos. rural New-Yorker: —I am a weekly reader 
of the Rural. I have become very much interested 
In the “Domestic Economy” column, in which I 
dnd a great many valuable recipes. May 9 th con¬ 
tains a recipe for making Hop Yeast, which I have 
tried, and dnd it most excellent. I have several 
recipes which I think very valuable. Shall they re¬ 
ceive a place in your columns ? 
Washing Fluid.—T ake X oz. gum camphor; dis¬ 
solve in X Pint alcohol; also X lb. borax, and the 
same of Bal soda, and dissolve In a gallon of hot 
rain water. Stir all the ingredients together, then 
udd one gallon cold rain water, and the iluid is 
ready. In using, add about four tablcspoonsful to 
each pint of soap needed, and apply to the parts of 
clothing most, soiled; soak in warm water a half 
hour, and then proceed with your washing as usual, 
not boiling over live minutes. I have used this for 
about a year, and /enow it is good. 
Cajuowg Lemons.—I n answer to an inquiry, I 
send my way * 
Cut the lemon iu thin slices, the same as for pies; 
put in a porcelain kettle or new tin sauce pan; add 
X lb. white sugar to each lb. of lemon ; place over 
the lire ami simmer about fifteen or twenty minutes; 
have ready glass cans (Belf-seallng I prefer;) fill and 
close immediately. But little water is required. 
Bluing for Clothes.—T ake 1 oz. Prussian blue; 
X oz. oxalic, acid; put in a quart bottle, and fill up 
with soft water ; this is a very economical bluing, 
and far preferable to indigo. 0 . m. b. 
Attica, Ohio, 1803, 
When 
no matter where yon 
You cannot kill it save you 
It seems to live alike without, as well as 
with, moistnre, though from their abundance on the 
banks of our river, it would seem as though it were 
a favored locality. This plant is one of the kindest 
friendB to the hunter and traveler, for no matter 
where found, whether on the stunted live oak in 
our burning almost endless sandy barren scrubs, 
where no water can be found for ten or even twenty 
miles —or by the river bank —wherever found, if 
you pluck it from the tree and Invert it over a tin 
enp you will obtain from two to trhee ounces of the 
finest, purest, coldest water that ever it was the for¬ 
tune of a thirsty traveler to partake of. Where this 
water is obtained from I cannot imagine, unless it is 
from the heavy dews we have here at night. 
Hanging Bankets .—Of these tasteful, little bouquet, 
holders there is an almost infinite variety. Rustic 
baskets, made of knot chopping bowls, ornamented 
with willow, bamboo and gnarled roots, fastened on 
with small brads, and finished with a coating of 
good carriage varnish; embossed terra cotta; co- 
coanut shells, trimmed with burrs, acorns and small 
nuts; sea shells, suspended by wires; woven wire 
baskets, and even ox muzzles and wire dish covers 
answer quite as well for this purpose as many of the 
move expensive kinds. To cultivate a basket plant 
is much more diilicuit than in any other manner, 
they being so exposed to the heat and wind. To 
prepare a wire basket, first fill in the Interstices 
with moss, (that which grows on logs and the roofs 
of old houses is preferable,) then sprinkle in a little 
sandy loam, putting a bit of coarse sponge in the 
bottom to retain sufficient water to moisten the 
earth in very dry weather. Over that lay a piece of 
muslin, then fill the basket with rich soil. 
For basket culture for the house or piazza, the 
ivies rank highest. English and Coliseum Ivy, Ivy- 
Leaved Geranium, Lycodedias, Climbing Ferns, 
Chluese Saxifrage, Strawberry Geranium, Myrtle, 
Monewort, Maherina, Lobelia, Maurandia, Dwarf 
Nasturtiums and Mignonette will all flourish if the 
basket be properly prepared, and they are well 
watered, which should be done every night when 
the weather is windy and very warm. A coeoanut 
shell filled with the common Stone crop will soon 
become a perfect ball of a lovely apple green. To 
enrich the soil in the above mode of flower growing, 
sprinkle a little pure bone dust on the surface, near 
the bottom of the plant, about once a month during 
the season. 
tne results which it may be desirable to reach, are 
known. In regard to the objects and effects of 
summer pruning or pinching, we will quote from 
some eminent and standard authorities. 
Thomas says —“The production of fruit buds 
may be accomplished by summer pruning, which is ef¬ 
fected by pinching off the soft ends of the side 
shoots after they have made a few inches' growth. 
In this the sap immediately accumulates, and the 
young buds upon the remainder of these shoots, 
which otherwise would produce leaves, are gradually 
changed into fruit buds. To prevent the breakiug 
of these buds into new shoots by too great an accu¬ 
mulation of the sap, a partial outlet is left for its 
escape through the leading shoot of the branch 
which, at the same time, is effecting the enlarge¬ 
ment of the tree. This constitutes essentially the 
art of summer pruning dwarf and pyramidal trees, 
more especially the pear and apple. It may be ap¬ 
plied with advantage to young standards to produce 
early frilltfuLnese.” Downing sajs: — “ There arc 
advantages and disadvantages attending all seasons 
of pruning, but our own experience has led us to 
believe that, practically, a fortnight before mid-sum¬ 
mer i3 by far the bestseason, on the whole, for prun¬ 
ing in the Northern and Middle States. \Vuund3 
made at that season heal over rapidly and freely.” 
House Kueitng—Maggie vs. Jennie.—I think 
cousin Jennie must have forgotten to say through 
the Rural that before preparing her breakfast she 
had from ten to thirty chickens to feed, two or 
three cows to milk -, that when breakfast was over 
she had from teu to twenty pans of milk to skim ; 
pans to wash and scald; then prepare the churn 
and churn from half an hour to an hour. I think if 
she had done these chores she would not have found 
time to sit down one hour before dinner.—M aggie. 
Pick fine red, but long, ripe currants from the 
stems; bruise them and strain the juice from a quart 
at. a time through a thin muslin; wring it gently, to 
get all the liquid; put a pound of white sugar to 
each pound of juice; stir it until it is all dissolved; 
set It over a gentle fire; let It become hot, and boil 
for fifteen minutes ; then try it by taking a spoonful 
into a sancor; when cold cover with tissue paper as 
directed. Glass should be tempered by keeping it iu 
warm water for a short time before pouring any hot 
liquid into It, otherwise it will crack. To make 
currant jelly without boiling, press the juice from 
the currants and strain it; to every pint put a pound 
of fine white sugar; mix them together until the 
sugar is dissolved; then put it into jars, seal them, 
and expose them to the hot sun for two or three 
days. The above is said to bo a correct recipe, and 
produces the very best of jelly, and I shall give it a 
trial the present season. 
Strawberry Short-Cake. — Make and bake a 
light short-cake—that Is, make it up with buttermilk 
or sour cream, with sodaiu it; some lard, also, of 
course. Then split in three pieces, put the bottom 
crust on a plate, strew ripe strawberries and sugar on 
It, then the middle or soft part of the cake aDd cover 
the same way with the berries and sugar; theu put 
on the top crust and return it to the oven awhile. 
Raisin Cake. —Beat one cup of 6ugar and one cup 
of butter together, add six well beaten eggs, one cup 
of milk or cream with half a teaspoon of soda in it, 
also a teaspoouful of cream tartar in the Hour. Add 
Hour Bullicicnt for poundcake batter—about three 
cups full. Have ready half a pound of stoned raisins, 
Hour them and stir them iu the last thing before 
baking. This amount will make two medium 
loaves .—Germantown Telegraph. 
PROFITS OF FRUIT GROWING, 
Edmund Mounts, the talented author of “Ten 
Acres Enough” contributes an article to the Ameri¬ 
can Journal ol Horticulture on the comparative 
profits of ordinary farming and skillful fruit and 
vegetable growing. As the profits of farming are 
practically understood by the most of our readers, 
we transfer to our columns a few paragraphs rela¬ 
tive to fruit growing: 
Within twenty years rye has given place to as¬ 
paragus, which we plant in great fields of ten to 
twenty acres. Well planted, it will cost a hundred 
dollars to set an acre: but it will continue produc¬ 
tive for twenty years; and, if properly cared for, 
will clear two hundred dollars annually. It comes 
gratefully into market directly after the ground is 
clear of frost, and is eagerly sought after in every 
mnrkct. There are men all around me who have 
made small fortunes outof this &lngle article. Then 
comes the strawberry, for which there is the same 
ever-recurring public impatience. I have seen 
patches of this fruit, from which the runners have 
been carefully cut, and the plants covered with 
coarse manure in winter, from which a clear profit, 
over picking and marketing, of five hundred dollars 
per acre, hus been realized. I know that there are 
hundreds who do not clear a fifth of this per acre; 
but the difference does not lie either In the soil, the 
berry, or the market, but exclusively in the man. 
It is not muscle that produces the strawberry crop 
which carries oil the top price in market, but brains. 
Yet so wonderfully hardy is this plant, and so gen¬ 
erously doeB it hear even under the unklndest treat¬ 
ment,, that the veriest sluggard has been known to 
greatly exceed the Vermont standard of eight dol¬ 
lars per acre. Thus one acre of strawberries cun be 
made to produce as much as two of asparagus. 
These continue in bearing until the raspberries are 
ready to be picked. Now, two acres of raspberries 
will require no more labor to keep them iu condi¬ 
tion than one of strawberries; yet it is an every- 
ycur result to take three to four hundred dollars’ 
worth of fruit from a single acre. The reasons for 
this are conclusive. The plants do not blossom tin. 
Utm Illustration of this foreign strawberry was 
drawn from fruit and foliage taken from a bed of the 
variety growing in Rochester, N. Y. The fruit is 
large, sometimes irregular and cockscomb-shaped; 
color, brilliant crimson; liesh, firm, white, finely 
and delicately flavored; seeds, small and uot deeply 
set. The plant appears vigorous, and the foliage 
endures the sun well—keeping fresh until late. 
The tlowerB are hermaphrodite. 
Ihos far no foreign sort introduced in this country 
has proved equal to some native ones for general 
market culture. Hud we nothing but foreign varie¬ 
ties to depend on our cities would be poorly supplied 
with the inscious strawberry. On the other hand 
some of those foreign kinds have done remarkably 
well iu localities and achieved good reputations as 
profitable fruits for market and amateur use. 
Uf these we may mention Tviomphe du Gand, 
Jucunda, lrollopes Victoria, La Constante and 
Napoleon II f. For amateur culture these foreign 
varieties, where they succeed, are desirable on ac¬ 
count of quality of fruit, and, with some, as the 
Napoleon 111, ju addition, lateness of season. In 
Pennsylvania the variety illustrated seems to find 
congenial elements, and it is cultivated with success 
in the grounds of E. J. Evans A Co., York. Some 
testimonials regarding its merits will he found in 
the advertisement of that firm in our present issue. 
Ihe Napoleon has been injured in reputation by the 
HORTICULTURAL NOTES 
TnE Nicanok Strawberry.—Wo have inspected again 
this new strawberry of Messrp. Ellwanoer & Barry, 
on their grounds, where It Is, and has been for years, 
grown to furnish fruit for market, by the side of many 
varieties of old and acknowledged excellence. So fur us 
correct judgment of Its value can be formed by Its appear¬ 
ance and behavior In Ono locality, It Is evidently without 
a rival, and it, promises to supplant even the Wilson as 
I he great source for supplying t he markets. It. is distbi- 
gulshed among the many and leading varieties grown in 
the same Held by rich, strong, healthy and enduring 
foliage, productiveness, earline** ol ripening the first 
fruit, great length of bearing season, berries of uniform 
size, and a flavor approach! ug more to the Triomphe 
de Hand than the Wilson, of which two varieties it Is a 
cross. The color of the fruit Is bright, scarlet, and the 
berries are of a uniform conical shape, solid, and must 
bear transportation well. It was Illustrated in our issuo 
for August 24th, 1*07. 
Messrs, E. & B.’s collection of varieties of the straw¬ 
berry, both native and forolgn, and also of seedlings, is 
vory large, and much valuable information concerning 
this fruit can bo gathered by a few honrB devoted to their 
inspection. 
lars an acre! Yet 1 should be unwilling to'disturb 
the perfect satisfaction which this modest return 
appears to have brought with it. Ills happy temper 
shows us that contentment does not consist in the 
number of dollars that one annually gains, and that 
money is far from being every thing in this world. 
True comfort lies In a nutshell. 
Hnglnjr aiiyly, Unit, come at my caH,- 
Gtvc me these, with sweet peace or wind dearer than all." 
But, changing off for a moment from fruit to 
truck, let me give some items from the note-book 
of a small trucker. He marketed a hundred dollars’ 
worth of tomatoes from ono-tbird of an acre; from 
a quarter acre of cantelopes, fifty dollars; from an¬ 
other quarter acre in early cabbages, fifty dollars; 
from two and a quarter acres in turnips and to¬ 
matoes, four hundred and eighty-eight dollars and 
titty cents; and from the fortieth of an acre of onions 
and peppers, twenty-live dollars; making a total 
of seven hundred and eleven dollars and fifty cents 
from less than four acres of extremely light land, or 
within a trifle of the gain upon thirty times the 
same number of acres devoted to grass and grain In 
Vermont. True, the Vermont farmer is uot alone. 
Even the choicest Pennsylvania land, within thirty 
miles of Philadelphia, sometimes affords an equttlly 
meager return. A Pennsylvanian came here recent¬ 
ly lu search of a location among us. He owned a 
farm of a hundred acres, worth fifteen thousand 
sylvauia. The bunch is about the same size as the 
Clinton, with larger berries; bunches shouldered; 
color of juice very dark red, almost black, and strong 
flavor, making a very dark red wine. Wine and fruit, 
entirely free from rot or mildew. It is a strong 
grower, and hus stood the severest winters, while 
others have been frozen to the ground. 
Oil Lake for L'ut-Worms .—An exchange says that 
a handful of oil meal in a hill of corn, will occupy 
the cut-worms till the kernel Is decayed, and no 
longer liable to be injured by them. As ft manure, 
it is worth about as much as guano, so that where 
cut-worms abound it will pay to use it freely. If 
this preventive is effective iu saving corn from the 
ravages of the cut-worm, It would be of great use 
m preserving cabbage and sweet potatoes, of which 
a very large proportion is destroyed every year, 
after they are transplanted. 
Strawberries — A correspondent of the 
Southern Cultivator writing from Alabama, says: 
“I take pleasure in notiug the following varieties of 
the strawberry aa having beeu tried. The numbers 
represent productiveness, letters quality, — com¬ 
mencing with 1 and “ a,” aa representing highest 
qualities: —Russell’s Prolific, 1 , d; Wilson’s Al¬ 
bany Seedling, ,2, c; Triomphe duGaud, 2 , a; Stlug- 
er’s Seedling, 1, a, on trial, not certain; Jucunda, 
0, 0—worthless; French’s Seedling, 4, e; Downer’s 
Prolific, 4 , e; Lady Finger, 2, b; Longworth’s Pro¬ 
lific, 2, c; Crimson Cone, 2, c; Agriculturist, 4, d; 
Green Prolific, 5 , b ; Golden Queen, 4, e. 
Ihe Currulio and Tar Water .— A fruit grower gives 
gas tar the credit of being an extinguisher of the 
curcullo. He says: — “1 had just emptied a bar¬ 
rel of gas tar. This l filled with water, which in two 
days was dark colored as coffee and pungent as cre¬ 
osote. On the first appearance of the curcullo, with 
a small hand forcing-pump, I cave the trees an 
Rich cheese feels soft under the pressure of the 
linger. That which is very strong is neither good 
nor healthy. To keep one that is cut, tie it in a 
cloth, put in a cool, dry place, if mold appears on 
it, wipe it off with a dry cloth. 
Flour and meal of all kinds should be kept in a 
cool, dry place. 
To select nutmegs, prick them with a pin. If 
they are good, the oil will instantly spread around 
the puncture. 
Keep coffee by itself, as its odor affects other 
articles. Keep tea iu a close chest or canister. 
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped close in 
soft paper, and laid In a drawer of linen. 
Bread and cake should be kept in a tin box or 
stone jar. 
Soft soap should be kept in a dry place la the cel¬ 
lar, and should uot be used till three months old. 
Bar soap should be cut into pieces of a convenient 
size, and laid where it will become dry. it is well to 
keep it several weeks before using, as It spends fast 
when it is new. 
From the Lake Erie Islands.—E. B. Siulev sends 
us some notes from Put-in-Bay, Ohio“ Grapes on tho 
Islands are quite promising so l'ar this season, especially 
the Delaware, Norton's Virginia Seedling and Ives’ Seed¬ 
ling. The Delaware stands at the head of the list. Many 
leading German and other vincyardists -ay the Delaware 
and Norton will be tho two leading wine grapes of Amor, 
ica. The Catawba vineyards are somewhat spotted this 
season. Some ure showing for a very full crop, and 
others, especially those on low grounds, are showing the 
effects of winter freezing, which happened In February, 
owing to an easterly storm of rain, that froze on the 
vines, followed by severe weather; but this only hap¬ 
pened on this (South Bass) Island, so for as I have 
learned. On the whole, should nothing befall the vine¬ 
yards for the next six weeks, there will he a large yield. 
We have had a good demand lb- all tho wine made here 
last fall, at fair, Indeed, I may say, good prices. We are 
having a tine growing time. Wheat, erass and fruit gen¬ 
erally look well. We are visited by the seventeen year 
locust in a small way. They are not, however, doing much 
damage; thoy confine themselves to tho woods chiefly.” 
The Ohio IIortiCULTckaL Society.— Tho failure of 
the cherry crop lu Ohio caused an abandonment of tho 
proposed summer exhibition of the Society of that State. 
A committee meeting for the examination of fruits will 
be held at Cleveland on the 8th and 9th days of July. 
They will visit the grounds of fruit growers in tho vicinity 
of Cleveland, and report on what they see, and on such 
samples of fruit as may tie forwarded for examination. 
To Preserve Hams from Flies.— The best way 
to preserve hams from flies is, as soon as they are 
smoked, to wrap them in two old newspapers, first 
with one end and again with another, and tie the 
ends of the paper or paste them down. Let the 
string to hang them up by come through the paper, 
being very careful that the hole shall only be large 
enough to lot the string through. No insect can 
get through paper. Woolens and furs can be kept 
perfectly in the same way, being careful that the egg 
of the moth is not previously deposited. 
Patentb in Horticulture.—a. 8. Fuller furnishes 
an articla to the June number of the Horticulturist, ad¬ 
vocating protection to Horticulturist- who originate now 
fruits and plants, Doubtless there arc many cases In 
which adequate remuneration Is not returned for value 
received by the people, but we think It difficult, to devise 
a system of protection which would obviate this without 
Inflicting greater wrong. 
Boned Chicken.— This Is nice for picnics. First 
take out the breast-bone; then remove the back with 
a sharp knife, and next the leg bones; keep the skin 
unbroken, and push within it the meat of the legs. 
Fill the body with alternate layers of parboiled 
tongue, veal force-meat, the liver of the fowl, thin 
slices of bacon, or aught else of good flavor which 
will give a marbled appearance to the fowl when 
carved, then sew up and truss as usual. 
Variegated Foliage Plants from Seed.— It has been 
my experience that there is no reliability of reproduction 
from seed of uny variegated foliage plant. I have sown 
seed of pitrple leaved barberry, purple leaved filbert, 
striped leaved corns or maize, &c., &c., and never ob¬ 
tained more than three per cent, of like reproduction, 
the other ninety-seven reverting back to the natural 
order.— Addi. 
Early /has.—An English writer states that he sowed 
Sutton’s Ringleader and Dan O’Rourke, on the first 
of February, in boxes, under glass, and transplanted 
them out Iu a south border, about the middle of 
March. On the 15 th of May he had a good dish of 
Sutton’s Ringleader fit for gathering. The pods 
were small, but well tilled, while Dan O’Rourke 
will be folly a week behind. 
Aughwlch Grape .— Ibis is another new variety, 
which has been offered to the public as a wine 
grape not equaled in America. It was found grow- 
Beef Cakes. —Pound some beef that is underdone 
with a little fat bacon or ham; season with pepper, 
salt, and a little shalot; mix them well, and make 
into small cakes three inches long, and half as wide 
and thick; fry them a little brown, and serve them 
in a good thick gravy. 
BuaaTED Blaok Car Rasi'merries.—W e have noticod 
In several localities a blight, on the half grown berries of 
the Doolittle raspberry. They turn dark colored, shrivel 
and dry away. May it. not be owing to tho flowers being 
Imperfectly fertilized, or the pollen being washed out by 
heavy rains ut the period of blossoming ? 
Horticultural Books.— We refer oar correspondents 
asking for information about Horticultural and Agricul¬ 
tural books, to the book list which we publish frequently 
In the advertising columns. 
Tongue, after it has been boiled, cut into thick 
slices, and stewed in a rich, brown gravy, makes a 
very nice corner dish. 
