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NOTES OF TRAVEL SOUTH—VI. 
BY P. BAHKY. 
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 25th.—From Jackson¬ 
ville, we moved by way of Savannah directly 
to this place — the whole distance occupies 
about twenty hours. Immediately on our 
arrival, we proceeded to visit our friend, P. 
J. Berckmans, Esq , whose residence and 
nurseries (Fruitlands) are some four miles 
distant from town, finely located on high, 
rolling land of apparently good quality. 
The agricultural character of the country in 
the neighborhood of Mr. Berckmans’, struck 
us as being superior to any we had previous¬ 
ly seen in that State. We were fortunate in 
finding Mr. Berckmans at home. His men 
were busily engaged in tilling orders and 
performing other necessary work, which we 
at the North do in April and May. The 
day was clear and bright, thermometer about 
sixty degrees at noon in the shade — in the 
morning a slight frost. 
The approach t* Mr. Berckmans’ resi¬ 
dence from the main road, a distance of 
several hundred feet, is planted on both sides 
with Magnolia grandiflora , alternating with 
Cape Jasmines. The soil appears to ho a 
dry, gravelly loam. In the ornamental 
grounds about the house we noted the fol¬ 
lowing:— Deodar Cedars, twenty feet high, 
about six years planted; (this charming tree 
seems quite at homo here, and will no doubt 
be extensively planted. If 1 were a nurseiy- 
man at the South, I should endeavor to get 
a good stock of it;) a TAbocxdrus decurrcna , 
also twenty feet, a beautiful specimen; Mag¬ 
nolia grandiflora glorwrn —a variety with 
flowers, said to be twelve to fifteen inches in 
diameter; QuxrcuH saber, the Cork oak, twen¬ 
ty feet; Magnolia funcata, large, bushy plant, 
six feet high; Capt'caaua tiinenm pcndula, an 
exceedingly graceful tree; Qnpressu# Gooeni- 
ana, very large Agave, the “ Century Plant,” 
and masses of Gynerinm, the Pampas grass, 
which had produced hundreds of flowers; 
(the dry stalks and flowers were standing 
ten or twelve feet in height;) Pholinia mr- 
rulata, with its shining, dark green, holly¬ 
like foliage — a beautiful specimen. This 
tree is rarely met with. A few years ago its 
culture was attempted in our Northern nurs¬ 
eries, but it proved too tender. 
Mr. Berckmans cultivates the rose with 
great success, and makes it a specialty. The 
climate is so congenial that largo plants ran 
be had from one year’s growth. We noticed 
large squares of the nursery filled with roses 
in various stages of growth. We were told of 
a plant of Chrormtella —the Cloth of Gold 
Noisette—that covers a wall one hundred 
and twenty feet in length and seventy feet 
high, in the city of Augusta. It is said to be 
twenty years old. 
That’s the country for roses! 
We did not find pear culture so prosper¬ 
ous as we anticipated. 
In the orchard on Mr. Berckmans’ grounds 
many trees had been killed by the “ blight,” 
which seems to be quite as prevalent and 
destructive there as at the North. The rows 
of Seckel seemed to be less broken than any 
others. Beurre Gifford ripens here last of 
May; Bartlett in July,— Duchess d’ Angou- 
leme in middle of August — about two 
months earlier than with us. 
The soil of Mr. Berckmans' nursery did 
not seem to me exactly adapted to the pear. 
It is warm and gravelly. A cool soil of a 
more adhesive nature would doubtless pro¬ 
duce better results. The apple makes a fine 
growth in it and seems, both in wood and 
roots to be perfectly at home. 
The nursery business with Mr. Berckmans, 
and indeed all over the South, was seriously 
interrupted during the war; but planting 
has been resumed and the demand for most 
kinds of stock is greater than the supply. 
Augusta is an excellent point for a nursery, 
and Mr. Berckmans, with his experience, 
energy, acknowledged integrity, and ample 
means, cannot fail to maintain the leading 
position he lias for many years occupied. 
Having spent a considerable portion of the 
day in the grounds, examining the peculiari¬ 
ties of vegetation and culture, and having 
enjoyed the cordial hospitality of Mr. and 
-Mrs. Berckmaxs, we started back to Augus¬ 
ta, accompanied by Mr. Berckmans and 
Judge Schley, who most kindly joined our 
party at Savannah. We took a circuitous 
route for the purpose of seeing the most in¬ 
teresting suburbs of Augusta. 
Late in the evening we stopped at the 
cemetery which is on the outskirts of the 
city. The gates were about to be closed, 
and we were obliged to take a hurried glance 
at it. 
M e could see that it was kept in fine 
order. Around one lot we observed the 
finest hedge of Golden Arbor Vitae I ever 
met with anywhere. In some of the lots 
Camellias were in bloom. The Gape Jas¬ 
mine {Gardenia) is planted largely, and we 
saw beautiful specimens of Deodar Cedar, 
t'ryptomeria, Libocedeus decurrens,) and others 
that will not endure our climate. We also 
saw a fine Norway spruce here, though we 
understood that generally it, does not thrive 
so far South. The Himalayan spruce, (AMs? 
morinda,) will suit that climate, and make a 
charming tree. 
We were delighted with our visit here. 
Augusta is a fine city, and the country 
around it looks inviting. Northern people 
who contemplate moving South can find 
property here, both in city and country, that 
can be bought just now very cheap. If any 
one wants information on the subject I 
would recommend them to address Robert 
Schley, Esq., a well informed and reliable 
gentleman. 
Atlanta, January 27.—We left Augusta 
early on the morning of the 26th, the ground 
white with frost; arrived in Atlanta in the 
evening—a pleasant day’s ride. Some parts 
of the country looked very poor, others the 
reverse; cultivation generally, as far as we 
could see, very poor. In many cases we saw 
a small mule drawing a small plow, stirring 
the soil so lightly that one could scarcely see 
where it had been disturbed. At nearly all 
the stations, however, we saw preparations 
for spring work—manures, plows and other 
implements of culture. And I have no 
doubt but that the traveler through that re¬ 
gion, a few years hence, will find a prosper¬ 
ous and productive country. 
Atlanta is now the capital of the State, 
and is by far tins most enterprising, busy- 
looking place we visited. Indeed it looks 
much like one of our new Western towns. 
It is a great, railroad center, some six roads 
or more uniting there. The country around 
is good, and Northern people are attracted 
there in goodly numbers. 
Here, by appointment, we met Dr. L. E. 
Beiickmans, who now resides at Rome, the 
most, favorable locality in the State for fruit 
culture, prosecuting his experiments with 
unabated enthusiasm. We visited Colonel 
Richard Peters, well known to a large 
class of agriculturists and horticulturists of 
the North. Ilis fine mansion and grounds 
M ere unscathed by the war. 1 fe has a good 
collection of pears in his garden but the 
blight lias thinned them out. 
The “ Downing Hill Nurseries,” formerly 
carried on by Messrs. Peters, Harden & 
Co., were destroyed by the war. Mr. 
Peters is out of the business, but the other 
partners. Dr. Harden and Mr. Robinson 
are each starting for themselves. They 
have an excellent point for t lie business, and 
arc sure to succeed. 
The planting of orchards and the adorn¬ 
ment, of homesteads will he more thought of 
in the future than it has been in the past, in 
Georgia as well as in other States of the 
South, and good nurseries will find ample 
patronage. 
Our plan was to return from Atlanta by 
he way of Augusta, go through parts of 
South Carolina, and home by way of Rich¬ 
mond and Norfolk to take a look at garden¬ 
ing there; but we had engaged to lie in New 
York early In February, and so we changed 
our course and pushed homeward by way of 
Nashville, Louisville and Cincinnati, making 
a brief stay in each place to meet old friends; 
and pleasant meetings M r e had at all these 
places. 
Now at the close of these notes I am at 
liberty to give the names of the gentlemen 
who made up our party:—Col. Marshall P. 
Wilder and Robert Manning of Boston, 
and Mr. Eli.wanoer of Rochester. 
As 1 said in the beginning, the trip was 
exceedingly pleasant in all respects, and we 
all regretted the necessity for passing too 
hastily through the country. We hope at 
no very distant day to make another and 
more leisurely trip South. With even exist¬ 
ing communication it is at, our doors. 
-- 
northerner Co., Md.—EUGENE Hudson, Vien¬ 
na, Md., writes from and of this Southern East¬ 
ern Shore county, as followsIt has two noble 
rivers, the Choptank and Nantfcoke, both deep, 
navigable streams, full of fine oysters, fish and 
wildfowl; while smaller rivers penetrate it in 
almost every direction, affording unlimited fa¬ 
cilities for the transportation of produce, while 
the marshes and mud of the rivers make excel¬ 
lent manure. Our lands are generally poor, 
from the fact that no effort, has ever boon made 
to Improve them, excepting; in Isolated coses. 
Tho success which has attended the few efforts 
at Improvement are sufficient to convince the 
most skeptical that though our lands may be 
Injured by bad cultivation, yet very slight ef¬ 
forts will again make them productive. Steam¬ 
boats will carry our perishable produce to Balti¬ 
more—an excellent market—in five or six hours; 
while our railroad, complete excepting seven or 
eight miles, can take freight through to New 
Y ork in eight or tea hours. 
Of my own knowledge I cannot say, but those 
who ought to know say that strawberries, pota¬ 
toes, watermelons, peaches, &c., will ripen from 
ten days to two weeks earlier than in New Jer¬ 
sey. 
--- 
Sequatchie Valley, Tenn. J. W. Hknuy. Plke- 
vilie, Tenit., a native of Pennsylvania, writes us 
concerning the Sequatchie Valley, embracing 
Bledsoe and adjoining counties in Tennessee. 
Wo regret that we have notspaee for tho entire 
letter. The soil li<* says is No, 1 mulatto lime¬ 
stone; climate delightful; streams do not freeze 
over more than once in a quarter of a century; 
summers long, but not excessively warm; pro¬ 
ducts corn, tobacco, wheat, rye, oats, cotton, 
hemp, flax, gross, potatoes, turnips, cabbages. 
beans, pens, clover, etc.; it is also an excellent 
fruit country, Including in its products apples, 
pears, peaches, plums, cherries, and all kinds of 
email fruits. Water is clear, pure and abundant; 
health of the people good; Immigration is 
desired by natives, and the price of lands ranges 
from #5 to $30 per acre — average price abou t. £10. 
oncnllitrc. 
SPRING FLOWERS. 
The planting of spring flowering bulbs, 
such as Hyacinths, Tulips, Ac., in masses on 
the lawn after the manner of summer bed¬ 
ding plants, has given a great impetus to 
their culture. 
The English papers describe, in the most 
extravagant terms, the brilliancy and beauty 
of the Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, &c., which 
have been planted in Hyde Park, and made 
it so attractive in the month of April. 
Since the middle of April we and our 
friends and visitors have been greatly de¬ 
lighted with a bed of Hyacinths on our 
front lawn. It is circular in form, measur¬ 
ing twenty feet in diameter, I lie Center raised 
some two feet above the ground level. The 
Hyacinths are planted in ribbons which con¬ 
sist of two rows of bulbs; each ribbon runs 
clear around the bed, and is wholly of one 
color. The colors employed are red, white 
and blue, planted alternately, and the effect 
Is charming. 
The outer ribbon, next the grass, contains 
180 flowers; the next 166; the others, re¬ 
spectively, 125, 102, 96, 66, 50, 25, making a 
total of 810, 
The Hyacinths hi this mass were all single. 
At a short distance from it is another of 
about the same dimensions, planted in the 
same way, hut the colors not. being so bright, 
the bed has not been so effective as the other. 
How well nature has fitted the Hyacinth to 
endure the variations of spring weather! 
Since our Hyacinths commenced to bloom, 
we have had sharp frosts, heavy rains, high 
winds, A<\, yet they have retained their 
freshness and beauty through all, for a period 
of nearly a month. 
The Tulips are just, opening. IIow dreary 
would be our gardens during the leafless 
spring months without these flowers!—n. 
-—,- 
THE CENTURY PLANT. 
Messrs. Frost & Co. of Rochester, N. Y., 
own a Century Plant which promises to 
bloom the present season. Concerning it 
the Rochester Evening Express of May 10 
says:—The blossoming of Hie Striped Cen¬ 
tury plant, or American Aloe, tho coming 
season, Is a fixed fact. Tho Albany Even¬ 
ing Journal of Saturday says it is now in 
flower. Not so; the bud started from the 
plant on the 25th of April. Ifs average 
daily growth since that time has been about 
three and one-half inches, and last evening 
it was five feet, two and one-half inches 
from the ground and ten inches in circum¬ 
ference at the base. Being a strong, healthy 
plant, Mr. Frost is of the opinion thut it 
will reach the height of twenty-five feet before 
blossoming, anil at the rate it is now grow¬ 
ing that important event will occur between 
the first and middle of July. * The gardener 
of the Messrs. Frost informed us that he 
saw one blossom in Germany which reached 
the enormous height, of twenty-nine feet 
before the bud hurst. That remained in 
blossom about two months. The one that 
blossomed in tho Van Rensselaer Place, Alba¬ 
ny, about twenty years since, grew to tho 
height of twenty-five feet, and remained in 
blossom for a long time, and was removed 
while in flower to New York, where it was 
exhibited at Niblo’s Garden for a charitable 
institution. While on exhibition there, a 
certain worthy citizen of considerable social 
distinction, but not remarkably famous for 
clearness of strength of intellectual vision, 
happened to be one morning at the period in 
question describing to a fellow passenger in 
an omnibus “ downward bound” the marvel¬ 
ous production of nature which lie had just 
been visiting. The description, although 
more immediately addressed to his compan¬ 
ion, was leveled at the ten additional six¬ 
pences whom fate had thrown together in 
the same vehicle. Among the most earnest 
listeners was a meek little man who ven¬ 
tured to inquire mildly ‘‘if the plant be¬ 
longed to the family of the cactuses ?” 
“Not at all,” replied the dignified narra¬ 
tor, with evident compassion for the ignor¬ 
ance of the questioner, “ It belongs to the 
family of the Van Renssclaers 1” A gentle¬ 
man who saw it in full bloom says it con¬ 
tained 16,000 blossoms. 
The one now in possession of Frost & 
Co., is between sixty-nine and seventy years 
old, and has been owned by them thirteen 
years, and the average expense of taking 
care of it lias been in the neighborhood of 
two hundred dollars per year, saying noth¬ 
ing about the room it has occupied in the 
hot-house, which, to a floriculturist, is of no 
inconsiderable value. It formerly belonged 
to Mrs. John Greig of Canandaigua, by 
whom it was propagated. 
One of the Buffalo papers stated that a 
Century Plant bloomed in that city in the 
year 1850. Frost A Co. think the Buffalo- 
niuns are laboring under the same mistake 
as some of our own people, who also main¬ 
tain that they have witnessed one in flower 
in this city, until they were convinced that 
it was not the Century Plant, but the Night 
Blooming Ccreus, a variety of cactus which 
flowered in their green-house about eight 
years ago. If the Century Plant had been 
known to be in flower in Buffalo at that time, 
the Messrs. Frost, as well as other nursery¬ 
men in this city, who take a lively interest 
in all floral curiosities, would have been there 
to see it. We think our Buffalo friends will 
he convinced of their mistake when they in¬ 
vestigate. The Century Plant will remain 
in bloom a very long time, and then rot 
away at the* base and die. 
(Entomological. 
TOBACCO INSECTS. 
A Connecticut • correspondent of the 
Country Gentleman says.—The most des¬ 
tructive enemies to the leaves of tobacco 
plants, are the larvfe of the Sp/iinx qninqae- 
maruhita in the Northern States; in the 
Southern, the larvie of the Sphinx Carolina. 
These two spiiiges so nearly resemble each 
other that they are frequently confounded by 
the generality of cultivators. While both 
kinds are found in the middle section, the 
larval ot id phi nx Carolina — tin* true tobacco 
worm—arc only found in the Southern States, 
and the larv® of Sphinx qaingiumaxulata, 
tomato or potato worm, only in the Northern, 
A hornet or yellow wasp preys on the 
young larvai of the Sphinx qainqucmnc.uktUi 
while small. This Wasp has been observed 
in other sections to prey on the true tobacco 
worm—larval of Sphinx Carolina. 
In the American Entomologist for March 
there is quite a lengthy article on “ Wasps 
and their Habits,” which embodies an article 
copied from the Gardener's Monthly, written 
by A. Fkndlkii of Missouri, some two years 
ago, in which he states that he found hornets 
and orange-colored wasps busy from morn¬ 
ing till night, during the months of July and 
August, searching out the worms, and when 
one is found he is rolled up into a small ball 
and carried oil'; so faithfully did these little 
wasps and hornets work, that they kept the 
tobacco quite clear of the worms till the ap¬ 
proach ot cool nights and mornings iti Sep¬ 
tember, when they worked only in the middle 
ot warmer part of the day; and that, some 
years these wasps and hornets seemed less 
numerous than others, and that when the 
most plenty, the work in worming was very 
much less than when few were observed to 
aid in destroying the young worms. 
This agrees almost precisely with observa¬ 
tions in ihe Connecticut River Valley, in 
regard to the hornets and wasps destroying 
the lurvm of the Sphinx guiiu/uemarnlatii , 
which here work almost exclusively on our 
tobacco, although occasionally one is found 
on potato or tomato vines. These wasps are 
unable to carry off the worms after they get 
above one inch in length, and it is only after 
they attain this size that they arc the most 
destructive, but. if the small ones are kept oil' 
clean no large ones can trouble us. 
-- 
APPLE TREE PLANT-LICE. 
{Aplan mad, Linn.) 
From Georgetown in Ohio; from Colum¬ 
bia, Kirkwood and Eureka in Missouri; and 
from Bunker Hill and Alton in Illinois, we 
have received apple buds covered with the 
above named plant-louse, accompanied with 
queries as to what they are, and how to des¬ 
troy them. Wo have ourselves scarcely been 
able to find an apple tree in the vicinity of 
either Si, Louis, Mo., or of Alton, 111., that 
was not teeming with these lice, and the)' are 
in all probability quite numerous throughout 
the West, Our subscribers will recollect that 
we repeatedly received the little oval black 
shiny eggs of this Insect during the past 
winter, and that we predicted that under 
ordinary circumstances the lice would swarm 
on the trees in the spring. We have also 
suggested the proper remedy, namely, that 
of drenching the trees with strong soap suds 
or tobacco water. 
We are of the opinion that no great alarm 
need be felt on account of the great numbers 
of these lice. They swarm in like manner 
almost every year iu some part or other of 
the country, but they have so many enemies 
in the form of the different cannibal insects 
and ot the small birds, that their numbers 
are soon reduced. They are also susceptible 
to the influence of the weather, and a good 
sharp ftost would clean them oil" as with a 
besom. On the nights of the 12th and I3tlx 
of April there was frost in the Mississippi 
Valley, but as we proved from observation, 
it was not severe enough to destroy them. 
r I heir numbers, however, are now (April 19th) 
fast waning, which may he attributed to the 
late heavy rains, and to the perseverance of 
the birds.— American I'Jntot/iologixt for May, 
irsntsstons. 
NEW YORK FARMERS' CLUB. 
" K continue enir notes on (ho doings and 
discussions of this body of distinguished soien- 
tlflo agriculturists. 
How to Plant n Poor Tree.— John It. Waller, 
Dubuque, Iowa, having linen told that tho way 
to plant a pear tree Is to dig a deep hole, fill up 
eighteen inches with broken atone, then eight 
inches with soil, and then a layer of immure, 
soil, und iron tilings, asks for Information. Dr. 
Tiumulk did not. approve of tho plan, nild did 
not know that iron filings had any effect upon, 
tho pear, except to give fine color to tho fruit. 
Mr. FULLER thought t he plan recommended was 
about equal to that formerly recommended in as- 
punigiia culture, lo wit: dig a great trench, fill 
with stone, cover with^oll,and plant tho aspara¬ 
gus on it. It is all nonsense! Mr. Dlltj icn has 
tested iron in nil shapes applied to fruit trees, 
but never mili/ed any practical results there¬ 
from ; had rather have good barn-yard manure. 
And lie does not believe Iron Is any more essen¬ 
tial to tho coloring of fruit than to that of a 
flower. Dr. TRtmulk said, ” but it is not ridicu¬ 
lous,” 
lIncidentally, a learned gentleman who be¬ 
lieves books mid bruins arc all tho necessary 
aids to successful agriculture a farmers needs, 
gave the Club a sort of a Caudle lecture upon 
the frequent sneering allusions to deep and 
shallow plowing. He informed the gentlemen 
that they did not know anything that was not 
known ns well one hundred years ago and more; 
that he did not come to these meetings to get 
information, but to get encouragement and give 
cucoiirugciiHMVt to others in tins great work of 
redeeming I he oounfry from the thraldom of 
noxious weeds. Tho eloquent gentleman pro¬ 
duced a pro found impressioun 
About Hamle. Frank M. Fowler of Cali¬ 
fornia asks where seed of tho Hamle plant can 
bo obtained. Mr. Gregory replied that tliero 
are two kinds of ramie in this country. That 
being cultivated iu the South is only propagated 
by division of IIit; roots und cuttings. These 
may lx; obtained by addressing J. Buckner, 
New Orleans. 
Vx Grinding, a Professor of Ax Grinding, 
who had tho Club's grindstone a few weeks ago 
to sharpen what the Club supposed was a new 
ax, was arraigned, and the fact that it. was an 
old, dull concern, *• rejumped,” wits proved 
against him. lio was charitably defended by an 
eloquent Professor, but. it was uo uso. Public 
sentiment went: strongly against wearing out tho 
Club's grit, with old things. 
finpett In Poultry.- S. M. Disimow, Old Bridge, 
N. J., asks for a euro for gapes iu chickens. Tho 
accomplished Professor of Agricult ure had saved 
turkeys by looping a horsehair and fishing the 
worms out of lint throats of the fowls. Dr. 
Sanger had cured them by opening tho mouth 
und sweeping the mouth and I iirout unco or twice 
wilhastickof nitrate of silver. 8uid It would 
not harm the chickens if it. did not cure them. 
l)r. LYM.s n had saved ills chickens by mixing 
sweet till or molted butter with black pepper 
and with a small C ut her dipped in the mixture 
swabbing out. the throats. A Staton Islander 
novel* is troubled with gapes iu chickens because 
his young chicks are never allowed to run on tho 
same ground where old fowls have run. Nor 
does he feed raw Indian meal; If fed at all it 
should be scalded; but. cracked wheat, wheat 
screenings and bran mixed with water is better 
feed. Mr. Lawton never has any trouble with 
ohickvns, don’t lose any. feeds no Indian meal, 
but feeds cracked corn, bran, &c. Ot her mem¬ 
bers of tho Club confirmed tho Importance of 
keeping chickens in fresh, clean runs, away 
from the old fowls. 
l*rofc**or of Agricultural Chemistry. — The 
President, announced that in accordance with 
tho unanimously expressed desire of the Club, 
the Board of Managers of the American Insti¬ 
tute had appointed James A. Whitney Profes- 
sorof Agricultural Chemistry. Mr. Whitney 
very gracefully thanked the Club for its kindness 
and expressed his appreciation of the honor con¬ 
ferred. 
Ax Grinding. -ASouth Carolina machine or 
implement for transplanting garden plants, was 
shown. Mr. Fuller had one, but would not pay 
the freight on a car-load of them Tor them. A 
Professor of the Art of Grinding ground his ax 
in the shape of a machine designou to furnish 
power by means of a weight for pumping water 
from wells, etc. lie was ably assisted by mem¬ 
bers of the Club. Tho machine was referred to 
a committee to test and report thereon, 
** Mexican Everbearing .strawberry." A letter 
of inquiry concerning the fruit advertised un¬ 
der tho above nnme was read. Mr. Fuller said 
so far as being a now variety is concerned it is a 
swindle, lie hud the plan Is. Sent a botanist 
last season to Michigan to examine them, rt is 
nothing but the old red Alpine. It lias already 
been brought out at least ten times under new 
names. It is the same old berry under this now 
name not altogether worthless for amateur 
culture, but an outrageous swindle, so far as it 
is represented to bo a now and productive 
berry. 
White Clover. Ellen C. Rodman wants to 
kuow if Mio shall sow white clover seed on tho 
sod, or If it should be plowed up in the fall. How 
much seed is required for a half acre? Mr. 
Tom) replied that It might be sowed eiihcr way, 
but it was bettor to plow tho land. Five pounds 
Of seed per acre was recommended, though it 
was suggested that i f only one pound was sown, 
it would quickly spread und cover the ground. 
Peas with Bug*.—W. .1. MrLr.ER, Steuben Co., 
N. Y., wants to know what will destroy the bugs 
in peas. The Professor of Wit and llumor said 
that there la hardly a pea comes to the New York 
market which has not in it the worms which 
produce these bugs and which add highly to the 
flavor of the pea. A New .lerscyinan said there 
is nut a Marrowfat pea iu tho market Hint is not 
buggy. Others said that the least buggy peas 
Came from the .North, from Cunudn, and Eng¬ 
land. A Western New-Yorker said it hod boon 
found that by sowing the peas three or four 
weeks later than they are usually sown the crop 
escapes t he sting of tho fly mid tho need Is clour 
of bugs. [This fact has been repeatedly estab¬ 
lished. Those who grow peas for seed to com¬ 
pete with English grown peas, save for market 
tho second crop that is, tierop is grown early in 
the season, the product sown and the result is a 
emp of perfect peas.—E ds. Rural.) 
