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YOL xxm. NO. 8. 
larirulturr. 
PEPEEOMIA MACULOSA. 
This pretty hot-house plant is a native of 
South Brazil. It is of ilwarf, compact habit, 
growing only a foot high. Its handsomely 
formed leaves are thick and wax-like, of a 
bright green color, and distinctly marked 
with broad silver stripes, as will be seen from 
the annexed engraving. It thrives in a light, 
rich soil, and Its silvery foliage appears to 
the best advantage when grown in the shade. 
It will no doubt prove a valuable house 
plant, and is quite an acquisition to the list 
of basket, vase, and fernery plants.—W. C. 
B., Rochester, N. Y. 
The above description and the sketch of 
this plant came to us from Mr. W. C. 
Barry, whose opportunities for the study of, 
and for obtaining accurate knowledge con¬ 
cerning plants, are not only extended but 
improved. 
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ABOUT MY FLOWERS. 
Last season I had Kolana, violacm running 
all over rock-work, and such fine asters 
filling a small bed! My new Rose Asters 
were superb. La Superbe , two years ago, 
were the most beautiful I ever grew. Cen- 
tranthi/8 macrosyphon is a rare plant for mass¬ 
ing. Cmtaurm in-mlucrata is a fine trailer 
for stumps, when well grown. I tried 
Cuphea- zimpanii, in front of Euphorbia 
vamgatu, trusting to the catalogue statement 
of bight, and found that in rich soil it would 
go up nearly three feet high ; think if it was 
shaded during the heat of the day it would 
give the host satisfaction ; it is well worth 
cultivating. Simula )ia speculum is charm¬ 
ing for small beds, being an abundant 
bloomer, and enduring heat and drouth well; 
does well on rock-work, too. Vinca rosea 
alba —pot was plunged in the border—at¬ 
tracted universal admiration; it is a perfect 
flower in my estimation, hut does best in 
partial shade. Clianthus dan\peni I have had 
the two past seasons, but have failed to make 
the plants bloom; Bent seed last spring to 
several friends to experiment with, one of 
them set the plants in the border, and they 
grew nml actually bloomed, creating quite 
an excitement; all the others lost their 
plants by “ damping off" after a warm rain, 
and mine, as usual, went in the same way 
after it came cool weather. Shall try it 
again until I see the blossoms of that plant, 
it it takes years; seeds germinate freely in 
gentle heat. 
Two years ago I Bent for a double white 
lily, planted the bulb, and the past season it 
bloomed, white inside, but the leaves and 
outside of the blossoms were blotched, 
striped, or shaded with a reddish brown; 
the dry weather seemed to affect it badly, 
and I should much like to know svhat name 
it hears, as 1 can find no description of any 
lily approaching, unless it is the “ Brownii}' 
Did I get one of them by mistake of the 
dealer ? Canna’s sanguinea Chalet, a )u \ 
Warsceicicm are very fine when mimed with 
Zen Japonic'a. Another variety of Canna, (a 
stray seed,) with large light green leaves, with 
a narrow silvery border, was an immense 
affair, throwing up nineteen- stalks of all 
bights, from one to five feet, with monstrous 
leaves, all from the one seed lust spring; 
numbers of shoots coming out when taken 
up last fall; it occupied a mound of rock 
work, filled with rich soil. 
I must tell you of my vines : — Loplmper- 
mum maidens, on a trellis over a south 
window, was a mass of bloom ; cobea scan- 
fans, on trellis over another south window, 
traveled up to the eaves and then along the 
oaves each way, as if running a race to see 
which branch would reach the ends of the 
house first and bloom the most. Ipomea 
linihata elegantissinia is a beautiful vine and 
NEW YORK CITY AND ROCHESTER N. Y. 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FERRUARY 11,1871. 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S71. h? I). I). T. Mooke, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.] 
free bloomer; the flowers 
are quite evanescent in the 
sun ; does better in the shade 
or north side of the house. 
Ipomea coccinm, has always 
self-sown with me ; but last 
season only one plant came 
up—and proved a “ sport,” It 
perhaps not a new one to 
others although it was to K 
mo — a bright orange in \J 
color and a decided acqui¬ 
sition. Coccina Indica is a 
beautiful vine with its ivy- 
Iike leaves and white, starry 
blossoms. Of Calmnpelis 
scabra, have had plants 
three years but no blooms; 
treated them as Vick recom- 
mends, for the house; hot Qvjfir 
sun burns the beautiful foli- J3[b£ z 
age, leaving the vines bare. / 
I must tell you of one of 
my “ window gardens”—a stlM 
bright crimson Verbena in 
bloom, a white Chinese , JfW 
Primrose—a beautiful clus- 
ter of blooms—“ Mountain _ 
of Snow ” Geranium, and on 
the table an Acacia lophan- ( VI 
tha overshadowing die rest "V, J 
and filling the window full 
of green leaves. I' Vfim l ; / 
When I commenced this y lm/ x 
article, it was with a view 1 m/ 
of soliciting information of Vy 
growing some of the more 
rare plants and flowers, 
which I have failed to grow, 
and some that I wish to obtain. Who can tell 
me about, Barlonia nuda , either variety of 
Wigandea, Scyphanthus, Twee-din, Adonis au- 
tumnalis flammea, lacsonia mnvolxemi , Phy- 
gelins c-apensis f In fact, all you “ knowing ” 
amateur flower-growing readers of the Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker, take up your pens and 
tell us of Hie beauties 
that adorn your homes, 
so that other lovers of 
the beautiful may share 
with you. M. c. 
Oconomowoc, Wis. 
PLANT S TOR NAME. 
E, L. M. of Burn- „ rji tij 
hamsville, Minn., sends 
Moss for name. It is 
Lycopodium denclnide- 7 j 
■um, a plant known in 
some localities by the [.<jr jjw Tor 
common name of |J f jpl S § ^€ \ 
Ground Pine; but. this / 
and its allied species \ 
are generally called ?. 
“ Christmas Greens,” as fwKMjmM'W m 
they are used extensive- m ^ 
ly tbr making wreaths Jfan / 
for decorating churches imHm'iWM m 
and houses about I'M 
Christmas time. There ’WM|J 
are eight or nine native WlM QwML 
species of Lycopodiums, ijf 
growing, evergreen v v If Jr-’’ 
deep woods and shady 
places. We will again 
remind our readers of 
the necessity of sending 
good specimens of 
plants when a name is 
difficult, if not impossi¬ 
ble, to name a plant 
from a single flower or 
leaf, hut if both are 
sent, the chances for 
giving correct in forma- ' 
tiou are increased. 
Mrs. G. B. D., Provi- 
Wa'P, 
M \ B j 
ft [Uc- 
jrT//N /Util 
OOLUTKA ARBOItKSCEISTS. 
dencc, it. I.—The two small leaves sent, as 
“Wandering Jew,” are those of Saxifraga 
sarmentosa, a dwarf trailing plant introduced 
into European gardens as early as 1771. 
The plant referred to as Red Cypress vine 
is the Ipomea qimnoclit of seedsmen’s cata- 
! logues, or Quamoclit coccinea of our latest 
botanical works. The seed 
should be soaked in warm 
water for twenty-four hours 
before planting. Many per¬ 
sons have experienced the 
same difficulty as yourself 
in making the seeds of this 
plant germinate; but if they 
are good, a few hours’ steep- 
iug in warm (not hot) water 
before planting will be a 
great assistance. 
S. C. II. of Penn A an 
(no State given) sends a lit¬ 
tle tuft of leaves, of some 
herbaceous plant which he 
says bears a double crimson 
flower, and a name is want¬ 
ed. It is one of the many 
cultivated species of Lychnis 
—cither L. Llos-cucili plena, 
or Jj. rosea pleno. A flower 
would have enabled us to 
decide positively which. 
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ELORAL NOTES. 
P I The (tolntca. 
The Colutca, or, as com¬ 
monly called, Bladder Sen¬ 
na, is not a -new plant with 
which to ornament our 
home grounds, but it is, l 
think, too much neglected 
in the making up of lists of 
desirable hardy flowering 
shrubs. I have grown of 
the different varieties many 
years, and their appearance 
in the grounds has always 
been admired because of their light and 
airy foliage, the profusion of their flowers, 
their clear, distinct colors, their rapid and 
upright growth, and last, though not least, 
their bladder-like pods, which, aside from 
the balloon-like appearance, always afford 
amusement in gathering ami popping by the 
young. They are put 
down in the books as 
flowering from June to 
August; hut my plants 
have blooms until into 
November. The color 
of the flowers varies in 
_\ the variety from a deli- 
cate pale yellow to a 
reddish copper color; 
but the beauty of the. 
shrub is much cn- 
hanccd by 
Houmc IMnnt* - White 
Worms. 
Mrs, II. PI. S., in an¬ 
swer to Mrs. II. A. P., 
Rural New-Yorker, 
Jan. 7, says site scat¬ 
tered the litlle white 
worms, by sprinkling 
on each pot of earth 
from oue to two table¬ 
spoonfuls of salt—the 
amount depending up¬ 
on the size of the pot 
and how badly the 
plants are affected. 
PEPEROMIA maculosa, 
ISouvardia Vreelandii. 
The Horticulturist 
for December says: — 
“ This new variety was 
originated by 8. B. 
Vreeland of Green¬ 
ville, Hudson Co.,N. J., 
from the Bouwrdia 
Hogarth, which it re¬ 
sembles in hardiness, 
vigor of growth, and 
profuse blooming.” 
________ .(11 Pork Row, New York, 
OFFICES ••jgg Uull'nlo Hi., Rochester. 
WHOLE NO. 1098. 
entomological. 
APPLE WORMS. 
There have been various opinions expressed 
concerning the worm that has destroyed the 
apples in this part of the State. Tho apples, in 
some instances, wore apparently as sound as 
they could be; but upon cutting' them open 
they were decaying at the core, caused by th« 
working of tho worm. Again, other apples show 
a small round hole penetrating frOm I lie surface 
to tho core, but in this Instance, as in the pre¬ 
ceding one, tho worm is deposited at the core. 
'Phis worm is a white small one, with a black head, 
and upon examining it closely with a ions it pre¬ 
sents four flue hairs, which I take to be the au¬ 
gers they bore their way through tho fruit with, 
from tho fact that they use them as if trying to 
take hold of some! hi tig. They do an immense 
damage, both In forcing the fruit, to drop before 
it. is matured, and oauBfllg it to decay so last 
after being barreled, even when carefully hand¬ 
picked. Out of eighty barrels of itnwle’s Janet, 
which we had not had on hand exceeding three 
weeks, we lost eleven barrels rotted, in assorting 
them over. Now that I have given you tho 
effect, have you or any of your renders given 
this subject a careful and thorough study? We, 
out West, are at a logs to determine Just whut 
causes the worm to form in the fruit. I would 
like some information upon the subject. lam 
directly interested, as 1 am a fruit packer and 
shipper, and all that 1 have shipped arc reported 
as rotting more or less. 
Some advance the idea that the worm deposits 
its eggs in the roots of trees m flic fall, and when 
the sap goes up in the spring the eggs are carried 
upward to the blossom, and thus are formed in 
tho apple; others again argue that an insect, 
st ings the blossom which creates the worm. Is 
there guy logic in those two reasons? J. Q. A., 
Quincy, III. 
From the description given we conclude 
that the worms in your apples are the larva} 
of the well known codling moth, CJarpa 
capsa pomondla. These moths are about 
three-eighths of an inch long, and the wings 
spread about three-quarters of an inch. 
They are of a whitish-gray color, beautifully 
marked with brown and bronze, and appear 
early in spring, soon after ihe apple begins 
to bloom. The moths tly from one blossom 
to another, dropping an egg into each ; these 
soon hatch, and the young worms bore into 
the fruit, causing many to drop long before 
maturity. The worm bores itself a passage 
outward, and soon leaves the fruit, and after 
crawling away into some suitable place, 
spins itself a cocoon, where it remains for 
from four to six weeks,and then comes forth 
in the perfect or moth form, and immediate¬ 
ly commences laying eggs for a second brood, 
and upon the late apples. 
As there are no blossoms at this time, the 
moth proceeds almost as in the first instance, 
placing the eggs in the calyx, which answers 
every purpose. Occasionally, the moth will 
glue an egg to some other part of an apple ; 
but as a rule, the calyx is the place selected 
for deposit. This second brood seldom 
comes to perfection until tho apples are 
gathered in autumn, and the worms are 
found in the fruit, as you have staled, but 
after a while you will find them leaving, 
and spinning themselves cocoons in the bar¬ 
rels, If they cannot escape to some other 
place. 
The past season seems to have been a fa¬ 
vorable one for this insect, there being no 
rains to interrupt or prevent the females 
laying all the eggs with which nature pro¬ 
vided them, consequently, the late as well 
as early apples are badly damaged. 
We hope our correspondent (or any ono 
else) will never believe that the eggs of 
insects can he carried up from the roots by 
the sap in a tree, particularly eggs large 
enough to be seen by the naked eye, like 
those of the codling moth. Nature has pro¬ 
vided a more reasonable as well as scientific 
way of propagating insects than sending 
their eggs wandering up through the pores 
of a hard-wooded apple tree. 
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We shall resume next week the publica¬ 
tion of Air. Riley's paper. Other entomo- 
I logical matters will receive attention. 
