Ultra! Architecture 
paper, glueing them on the panels, and coat¬ 
ing the whole with clear varnish. 
“Let the walls he tinted plain, with gar 
cornice and ceiling mouldings. Ornamen¬ 
tal hinges, door-knobs, and key-holes if not 
obtrusive, are appropriate additions to 
prattiness in the style we are considering. 
The surbase must be narrow, and have a 
single bevel on the top. Alx mouldings to 
retain dust are nuisances in a room where 
the genius of sweetness and brilliant order 
should preside. 
season; and the upholsterers in that coun¬ 
try follow a aeries of simple rules by which 
they entirely avoid the ravages of these 
peats. They never put on a burlap or cot¬ 
ton covering without first steeping it in a 
solution of sulphate of oepper, made by dis¬ 
solving about one ounce in one gallon of 
boiling water, and then quickly drying the 
material in the sun or by a hot stove. For 
over coverings, especially if of wool, a solu¬ 
tion of corrosive sublimate dissolved in 
patent colorless alcohol is frequently used 
with good effect. The boiling solution of 
sulphate of copper is often applied to a floor 
previous to laying a mat or carpet, and in¬ 
variably under heavy articles of furniture. 
GARDEN COTTAGE 
USEFUL AND SCIENTIFIC NOTES, 
Anything in the shape of suggestion that 
■will help the working people of America to 
more comforts and conveniences, and help 
to build up Houses, is always desirable. To 
this end we give an elevation- perspective 
view—of an English woman’s cottage,—a 
Cottage Orne. It needs little explanation. 
Tile ground plan and elevation are given. 
The upper story—a plan of which is not 
given — consists of four bed-rooms and a 
bath-room. No specification* accompany 
the plan. It is a fac simile uf a Cottage 
that exists. Those who build after the 
model will have to base their estimates 
upon the size they desire, the material of 
which it is to be built, and the character of 
the finish, inside and outside. 
The lady who furnishes the sketch has 
some ideas about the interior, which it may 
be well to find space for. She says:—“ 1 like 
small, square entries, like vestibules, for 
cottage orne*. They separate elT'eotually 
the front and back of the house, so that, the 
noises and other attendants of work do not 
invade the sitting-rooms. The lobby, as 
well as the porch, should belaid with mosaic 
or encaustic tiles, if not considered too ex¬ 
pensive or too pretentious for the petite 
simplicity of the cot tago. If economy, how¬ 
ever, is to be strictly studied, choose an oil¬ 
cloth of a marquetrie pattern, (like gay in¬ 
laying,) or white India matting, with a col¬ 
ored border. For the side lights, obscured 
glass with colored borders, seem a desirable 
addition. Home may censure them as meri- 
tricious; but. 1 own to a catholicity of taste, 
even in the smallest matters, that adopts a 
bit of color or relief wherever it can be 
seized. 
“ From the ordinary stair carpet, with 
dingy enameled cloth cover hiding the pat¬ 
tern, us deliver and forfenxl! Either you 
can afford to have a stair carpet and use it, 
or you can't have one at all. Cover the en¬ 
tire stair wit h one with a small-figured in¬ 
grain, moss-like pattern of crimson, green 
or drab, with large patent stair-rods—not 
the wrote hod little bits of brass wire that 
are too commonly seen. The advantage of 
these is that they are handsomer ami last 
longer than the small brass rods, and the 
price is said to be not greatly in excess of 
the old-fashioned kind; but I don't see how 
this can be. They are, however, certainly 
worth more in every way. 
“ The lobby table is preferred to the hat 
stand in cottage orucs. It should unmis¬ 
takably vary from othur tables in being 
long, low and narrow. A square, plain glass 
must hang above it; for a lobby without 
this convenience, whereby a guest may ar¬ 
range his appearance before entering the 
presence of his hostess, is inhospitably fur¬ 
nished. Below tile glass, or on the opposite 
wall, should hang a wall-basket, of carved 
wood or iron, of opext pattern, to receive 
gloves, papers or parcels. An ornamental 
whisk-broom should hang near. 
“About the furnishing of the rooms, 1 
have some decisions which will scarcely bo 
accepted at once. They come from notic¬ 
ing the French and Flemish country styles. 
The cloth-covered door is one of these ideas. 
This is a frame of plain deal, with broad 
cross-piece, on which the lock is fastened, 
the whole covered with baize or rep, 
stretched tight, and studded with gilt nails 
on the edge. Else it maybe covered with 
jacquard linen, and covered by a curtain, 
like the French portiere. The advantage 
of those doors is, that they are lighter, more 
noiseless, anti less expensive than wooden 
ones. When covered wit lx woolen stuff, 
lined with several thicknesses of common 
paper, t hey arc even warmer than wooden 
doors. They deaden sound effectually. 
For these reasons, I urge their adoption.—at 
least between communicating rooms, if the 
doors opening into the entry are of wood. 
The quest ion of expense lies between the 
upholstering and the price of three or four 
coats of paint and nice graining. 
“If ordinary wooden doors aroused, let 
them be 
Sugar from Corn.—Under this head, 
the Rural Nicw-YonKKR of Dec. BO says: 
“ We confess we have little faith that many 
fortunes will be made, or much sugar put 
into the mouths of the American people, 
made from the saccharine matter in corn. 
A Brick Filter,—W. A. M., Medina Co., 
O., asks if “a reliable filter can be obtained 
by buihliug a brick partition through the 
middle of a cistern and allowing the water 
to enter one of the apartments, aud to filter 
through the brick into the other.” We have 
never seen any such experiment and cannot 
give an opinion upon which to base action. 
The nearest approach to it is that tie scribed 
in the Rural New-Yorker of Sept. 9, 1833, 
page 155, which is in our judgment, an ex¬ 
cellent self-filtering cistern. 
Nutrition in Charcoal. — Charcoal 
as a fertilizer only by absorbing the gases 
that woxxld otherwise escape into the air, 
and delivering them slowly to the roots. It 
remains intact in the earth and does not it¬ 
self feed the crops. It is only dissolved by 
melted iron, and it could not be digested by 
animals without being dissolved. For these 
reason*, which, I think are correct, it can 
only act to separate the particles of food, if 
it was of any benefit in feeding stock, which 
I doubt.— m. 
Fia. 1. — My Carden Cottage—Perspectvie View 
“Bright brass fire-guards and brilliant We shall be glad if so imp 
steel implements rentier a fire-place attrac- happens.” Fox & Wtlu 
five in the winter. The mantel, unless of Y., are now turning live 
marble or slate, should correspond with the of corn into sugar, daily 
rest of the wood-work, whether grained or works in Buffalo. It can 
plain. The mantel-shelf should be covered made equal to the best lx 
with Utrecht velvet or rep, with either Europe. We have used tlx 
fringed or scalloped pattern hanging down, it as sweet, clear aud plei 
" The carpet should be of small figure, and the best cane sirup. But 
t he rules for choosing apply equally t o Brus- able t o sell it to brewer* i 
selsor tapestry, as the patterns are repeated state, and also to make hit 
in both. 1 should sav that a tapestry is in found to be a great iinpr 
better taste for a simple house than a Bras- liquor, Increasing the value 
sels, just as muslin and cashmere suit a vil- terially.—s. w._ 
luge laxly better than moire aud velvet. Knw . t of C oM on Ire 
1 heso carpets are fine, and wear nearly as F( „. m year8 it has bcen 
long as Brussels, i he effect, after a year’s amotlg oivil engineers, that 
wear, is almost the same. The patterns ud to prodlloe u brittl( , n , 
lancied now are mottled crimson, green or and Bte<d( and thftt this hy , 
drab, m three shades of the same color. „ d (h( . , dloged increase bl 
Ihese are monotonous, perhaps, in them- tmis> axle8 aud rails in 
selves; but ft live-inch border of brilliant According to the recent 
color ,S usually added, which gives a heauti- Joi:ijK aild oth( , r8 , howcve 
ful finish. Drab carpets are specially fancied that iron aud steel , instead 
now; small figure* in oak yellow and oak ened b freeziug weathu 
brown, (marquetrie designs, quite __ 
different, from the “oak” carpets g Jl 
formerly chosen for dining-rooms.) PJ g 
small flowers ami leaves strewing I 
the ground thickly, without, any set Ltamcia 
grouping, are favorite styles. The I 
floral oak patterns need no border, j 
Rugs should bo made of the mot- ] 
tied carpeting, with bright border. ] 
“Stuffed chairs are preferred to | 7 __ _ta*se# 
common cnac-seata. When the latter I 
sire used, a border of blue or crimson [ *•£ 
velvet should be placed round the [ 
cane work. Ebonized wood is in re- j 
quest for the din wing-room suits of 
cot tage omes, beyond all other dc- I £ < 
script ions; and to lighten the effect 
a few clmirs ol'scarlet or white lac- ~ s “J q . 
quer are introduced. LI 
“Muslin with 1 luted borders and : — ! — 
Chintz under-curtain* are the appro- j__ x 
priatc style for cottages. If chintz {J §"“"1 
is disdained, draperies of rep over g __ |L I i 
full muslin certains are used; but J- ■ 1 
never Long curtains of wool or silk I 
materials. They uiv t oo heavy. Mils- 1 
lixl, lined with colored Silesia, pink g_ * 
or blue, is pretty where a touch of paanB 3 , 
color is want ing. Sofas and chairs I 
should be of light, graceful form — 
ottomans of carpeting, for corners, if ■ 
make a room pict uresque. x 
“The ornament* for a cottage 
must be unpretending, but choice. 
No gilding or inlaid ware should be - ILm m—-■'-r — 
seen. Forcelain clocks, vases of china ,, _ T . _ 
or engraved crystal, pencil sketches, ^ IG- "• Ground 1 lan of Gari 
and chromo-lithographs ojf the best, description. — 1. Entrance Porch; 2. L< 
in narrow, plain gilt frames are up- Room; Library nr Boudoir: 5- Outsld 
propria to ornaments. A handsome to ^Conservatory ' 8 ‘ Boulury ‘ NtJ 
lamp, of luuthemutical pattern, to 
swing over the table, gives a good effect in capable of resisting greater 
the absence of gas. These swinging lamps . . ,, 
area great Improvement on the old stand- il surumer temperature. D 
inglamps, which are so unpleasantly near tku greater frequency of ra 
tlie eyes. The lamp can be taken out to be in winter to the increased 1 
Alligator Hide Boots, says the Amer¬ 
ican Artisan, “are much believed in, and 
cost more money than can be cheerfully 
paid by any person unless he has cash in 
plenty and a passion for keeping Ids feet 
dry; yet ordinary leather is now stamped 
to resemble alligator skin.” 
Deodorizing Skunk-Perfumed Cloth 
ing.—C. C. writes the Rural New-York¬ 
er, he has found one or two thorough appli¬ 
cations of spirits of turpentine to the per¬ 
fumed garments a sure deodorizer. 
POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP 
The Alligator Pear (Laurus Persea;) 
says the Pacific Rural Press, grows upon a 
tree about the size of a common apple tree. 
It is a native of the West I ndies. Tlie fruit, 
which is the size of a large pear, is consid¬ 
ered the most delicious In the world—fio suy 
the inhabitants of the West Indies, ami the 
best authorities in books on Tropical fruits; 
but allowance in t hese things must be made 
for different, palates. De {pistibus non > at 
diaputundum , is a common and true saying. 
The fruit contains a kernel, enclosed in a 
soft rind; ami the yellow pulp, which is 
firm, has the delicate, rich flavor of tlie 
peach, but is said to be infinitely more grate¬ 
ful. This must be a nectar, then, for the 
gods, to use a strong term. It is .sometimes 
called “ vegetable marrow,” and is eaten 
with pepper and salt. It appears that it is 
necessary, on uccouut of the richness of the 
pulp, to apply some spice or acid; and thus 
lime-juice is also frequently added to it, 
mixed with sugar. Of the three kinds—tlie 
red, the purple, aud the green—the latter is 
the best. The fruit is eaten with avidity, 
not only by man and beast, but by birds and 
also insects. 
Cherries for California.—E. J. Hooper, 
in the California Horticulturist, gives some 
notes on fruits worthy of cultivation in 
California. Among these he names, <>1 ehcr- 
ries, Black Tartarian, which he says is ad¬ 
mirably' adapted to the dry climate of Cali¬ 
fornia. Early Rivers cherries are also 
named us worthy of trial in that State. 
well painted, and if really good 
graining is not to be thought of, inconse¬ 
quence of the expense, paint them in solid 
color. The dark Etruscan coloring, deli¬ 
cately lined with white, crimson, or black, 
is coming in vogue for town houses, and is 
in far truer taste than the imitations of 
walnut which show t heir shabby edges on 
the “genteel” squares and side streets 
This style is too heavy for cottages, which 
may have the doors treated in the salon 
fashion of some gay French houses, the 
panels painted with fruit and flowers on 
white or neutral ground. This effect may bo 
given by cut ting the figures from line wall 
The Bartlett and Seek cl Poai* were 
the only varieties unanimously' agreed upon 
as worthy to recommend for general culti¬ 
vation by the American Pomological Society 
at Rlohmond. 
Geer's Seedling Pear, is the name of a 
new Oregon pear grown by R. C. Geer. It 
is said to resemble the Winter Nellis in fla¬ 
vor, and ripens about the first of October. 
The Best Paint or Roofing Material,— 
What is the best paint or roofing material 
for a leaky tin roof?— D. F. Cannon. 
We do not know. Several of the miner¬ 
al puiuts have been commended in these 
columns. White lead has been condemned. 
Indian Mode of Preventing the Rav¬ 
ages of Moths,—The Journal of Cliemis- 
istry says :—In India, both upholsterers 
and saddlers were badly troubled with 
moths in their work, especially in the rainy 
The New Seedling Peaches seen at 
Fairs during 1871, by' F. R. Elliott —none 
of them, he says, came up to the standard of 
Crawford’s Late Free or Tippecanoe Cling. 
