tlieir plants by the dry weather, because they 
had a manure pile underneath the plants. 
I raise Mountain Sweets altogether, which 
I think is the sweetest melon grown; but it 
does not grow so large as this. I hope that 
readers of the Rural New-Yorker who 
have not raised them heretofore, will try 
and raise some this year, according to direc¬ 
tions above, and enjoy eating them for a 
month or two in the fall, as we do; they 
will do you good.— Oilas. I. Jones, Fair field 
Co., Conn. 
cover it—to make it look neat. Fill the 
space with water; mix some of your old ma¬ 
nure with the soil which you have removed; 
set in the pot; till with water again; till in 
the soil around the pot, pressing it. closely ; 
lake time to do it, as on this depends suc¬ 
cess, for the soil must he compact to prevent 
drying out and the plants dying. Some¬ 
times I have three hundred or more of these 
pots to set out. You see by this process 
your plants require no more care after set¬ 
ting than to water occasionally if the season 
is dry. 
sensibly perfumed. All these, to use a fa¬ 
vorite expression of the florists, are * decided 
acquisitions.’ ” 
vaccination been of a very mild form, it 
would argue that 1 lie former was only par¬ 
tially lost; and had you been exposed to 
small pox, you would have taken varioloid, 
for the very obvious reason that you had a 
vartial protection by vaccination. 
I have been thus prolix and particular, 
for the benefit of thousands who cannot be 
supposed to have information on a subject 
so very essential to their personal safety 
against small-pox. They would do well to 
apply the scissors and save this article for 
future reference. 
How Vaccination Works. 
Hut I have not as yet given a full descrip¬ 
tion of the disease through its different 
phases, and will now endeavor to do so. 
T luce or four days after the operation you 
w’ill see a red spot, resembling a large flea 
bite; and in six or seven days it is a small blis¬ 
ter; in nine or ten days it. is at its full. The 
blister has obtained its full size, when about 
one-fourth of an inch (a litLlo more or less) 
in diameter. It is flat, the edge a little 
tabled, and the center depressed and con¬ 
cave, with a dark spot in the center, white 
with a bluish tint. If at this time a small 
needle wound is made in it, a very clear, 
white and wutery appearing fluid will escape, 
and is (Ik? true vaccine virus, and is some¬ 
times used for vaccinating others; but it 
should never he used, as it endangers the 
safety of the arm thus robbed, and if done 
repeatedly, it often converts the pustule into 
an ill conditioned and filthy ulcer that may 
ho many weeks in healing. It is better to 
wait for the scab, which, in five or six days, 
succeeds the blister. Around this pustule, 
when it is full, is a red halo, or areola, two 
inches or more in diameter, The arm is 
more or less swelled and painful with the 
swelling and pain in the armpit, with pain 
in the head and hack, restlessness ami loss 
of appetite. 
These symptoms continue from one to two 
days, and soon disappear. I cannot give 
the reader a clear description of the appear¬ 
ance of the arm at this stage of the com- 
Sgtenrc Jnformaticw 
Dwarf Cnlla l.ily.-Culla vEtliinpicn Naim. 
Tine Calia Lily, as it is commonly called, 
is one of our best house plants. "With prop¬ 
er care it will thrive in almost any atmos¬ 
phere, and is on that account a universal 
favorite. Strange as is may appear, however, 
this plant often receives improper treatment. 
People often say to us, “ I can’t understand 
it; my calia did so well last winter, but this 
VACCINATION. 
From about the twelfth century, when 
ilie small-pox was first seen in Europe, until 
the year 1790, it. reigned sole master, and 
wilii no helping hand to prevent its progress, 
of desolation and death. In 1796, Dr. Jkn- 
ner, a respectable physician of Gloucester¬ 
shire, England, was told by some milkmaids 
in charge of a largo dairy, they had taken 
the cow-pox while milking the cows, and 
afterwards discovered that they could not 
receive small pox. Ho treated the subject 
• with ridicule, but was again told that it was 
certainly true, and he at once began to in¬ 
vestigate the subject. lie inoculated some 
forty or fifty persons from the cow with 
complete success. He afterwards inoculated 
the same persons with small-pox, hut it pro¬ 
duced no effect. He immediately perceived 
that he lmd made one of the most, useful 
discoveries that a kind Providence lmd 
vouchsafed to the human race; he was san¬ 
guine in the belief that by spreading the 
process through the civilized world, small¬ 
pox might lie totally and forever extinguish¬ 
ed, from having nothing to feed upon. lie 
labored with great ardor and indomitable 
energy to further his much-cherished object, 
little thinking of the persecution that await¬ 
ed him, or the obstacles before him to be 
surmounted. The Royal Medical Society 
ot London, of which he was a member, 
took the alarm, lest the honor of the Society 
and of its members was to be sacrificed by 
POKEWEED GREENS. 
(Pliytolaccn decamlrn.) 
Few of our readers arc probably aware of 
the excellent quality of the young shoots of 
Pokeweed for greens. The root of this plant 
so well known as Garget, root, poke, scoke, 
Pigeonherry,&c., has had, and still possesses, 
quite a reputation among fanners for its 
medicinal virtues; hut we fear that, very few 
know that the young steins in spring are a 
very good subst itute for spinach or asparagus, 
and may be prepared for the table in a similar 
manner. 
We have used it for a number of years and 
think it. answers the purpose very well, and 
is more easily produced than either of the 
other two plants named. The Pokeweed 
will grow in almost any kind of soil provided 
it is not too wet; but the richer lliu better, 
and more abundant and tender the shoots. 
Severe cutting docs not injure it any more 
than asparagus, and a new crop will he pro¬ 
duced in succession during the entire sum¬ 
mer if desired. 
The small, one or two-year-old plants are 
preferable to larger ones for transplanting, 
and they should be given plenty of room. 
Rows four feet apart, and the plants three 
feet in the row is none too much ; and liberal 
manuring and good, clean culture will show 
its effect in strong and vigorous shoots. 
Those who are fond of spring and-summer 
greens, and have no bed of spinach or other 
plants to furnish a supply, can scarcely do 
belter than set out a few roots of poke weed. 
To prevent plants becoming too numerous 
in the garden, cut off the flower stems soon 
after they appear. 
utumeiei, ami lay it. on the arm, and on this 
t l'itli, in t.lio center ot it, place a large pearl 
shirt button. The picture will be beautiful 
and instructive, as it is a fair picture of a 
genuine case of vaccination. 
At twelve days the blister turns to a dark 
brown scale, and at from fifteen to eighteen 
or twenty days can bo taken and used for 
vaccinating others; but it must lm pure. If 
you take it on the point ot a pin, and place 
it in the direction of a bright light, if it is 
pure it will have a transparent appearance, 
much resembling a piece of brown resin. 
You need not have much fear as to its 
purity. But it it is a straw color, and not 
transparent, the sooner you burn it the 
better. 
Tim Way to VaccJnnto a Person. 
There are a variety of ways for the per¬ 
formance of the operation. I have tried 
i Item all many years since. Some are rea¬ 
sonable; some verv foolish and cruel n 1 1 
GARDEN NOTES. 
< II., West harmingtoii,0,,nsks:—“ Will 
it be a good place to grow Hubbard squashes 
where there has been a hog pen a number of 
years, (now removed,) and the ground is very 
rich with hog manure?" Yes. 
“Allluaior Penr.” 
I pee a communication from F. W. H. of 
Butun Rouge, La., in Rural New-Yorker 
of April 8, asking for the scientific name of 
a vegetable pear that he has. When I was 
in Die U. 8. ship Dale, on the West Coast of 
Africa, I came across such a penr as he de¬ 
scribes, at Prince’s Island, and they there 
called them “ Alligator Pears." They were 
very solid In the center, but had about of 
an inch of soft pulpy stuff around the out¬ 
side of them which we ate with salt and 
pepper. We used the center for marking 
our clothing, The way we did was this: 
«-e put the center of it in the cloth and then 
drew it down tight over it and took a pin or 
ner.lle and pricked through the clothing to 
Hie heart of the pear, and when the pin 
was withdrawn it was followed by a fluid 
similar to indelible ink, which would not 
wash out.— James S. Ralston, Did. Co., Pa. 
The plant you refer to is not the Chocho 
hut Persea yratmima ; belongs to the laurel 
family. 
DWARF LILY 
Something for the window? A Mauran- 
dia vine, by all means—scarlet color—as you 
can have other plants with it; set it in any¬ 
thing; a pot is best, or a hanging basket. A 
scarlet Verbena can stand on the bulge of the 
window, or a white one for contrast; or per¬ 
petual flowering Geraniums, in different col¬ 
ors. Chinese Primroses are fine for winter 
blooming. I have a bright crimson Verbena 
that has bloomed all winter, which I consid¬ 
er a prize. My plants arc all kept in my sit¬ 
ting room, (except such as will keep in the 
cellar;) no fire at night; but they are packed 
close and well covered at night. 
Mrs. Martha Crandall. 
It is proper to state that Mrs. Crandall 
writes three or four pages, explaining that, 
she has received letters asking for flower 
seeds, which contained no seeds in exchange 
therefor, no stamps to pay return postage, 
and inquiries for instruction in culture, &c., 
all of which proved both expensive and an¬ 
noying. For this reason we omit the lady’s 
address, and call the attention of those who 
have written her to the fact; for they will 
understand the matter. Persons who offer 
to send seeds free through our columns, or 
ask to exchange, and give their post-office 
addresses, little know to what fate they arc 
tending. 
• (Calia. -^Kthiopicu Nana.) 
winter it looks sickly and there is not a sign 
of a flower upon it.’’ 
Wc inquire then about the treatment of 
the lily during the summer, and receive this 
reply •—“ We took good care of it and it grew 
splendidly.” Very natural then that it does 
not blossom now. To succeed well the fol¬ 
lowing directions should be observed : 
Plant in a rich soil, give plenty of water, 
and alter it blossoms allow it a period of 
rest, ell her hy letting it dry up in the pot, or 
planting it out of doors as early in the 
spring as the weather will permit. It will 
then die down of its own accord, and about 
the 1st of July make its appearance above 
ground, and grow luxuriantly. It should be 
taken up and potted before frost. The an¬ 
nexed Illustration represents a comparatively 
new variety. It is of dwarf habit, and the 
flower is smaller than that of the common 
variety. Its compact habit, pretty flower, 
and deep green foliage make it a very desi¬ 
rable plant.—W. C. B., Mt. Hope Nurseries, 
lioehester, N. Y. 
laricttlhtrr 
’’ Jennie oeaton, here is my method, 
or was until my soil was in fine condition ; 
Take decayed leaves, or the very oldest ma¬ 
nure, and mix thoroughly with thesoil until 
you have it quite light; fill a box, pan or 
flower pot with this soil well pressed down 
aml wa fered ; take a few strips of a heavy 
paper box or of pressboard, an inch wide, 
and make your divisions to keep seeds from 
running together,” or getting mixed after 
sowing; j| you have a hot-bed, set them in 
it; it not, cover with some old thick cloth, 
and keep near the stove. 
„J! ie 1 See ! ls will soon come up; and when 
■ 1 ’ , tluclc br°wn paper, cut strips six 
lon ° , and four inches wide; lap the 
and ° lie illC l and sew up ; cut slits Up, one 
. a-liuif inches, in equal divisions, in one 
vo ’W SCWmg l ' P 1 tura ships in and 
VOur nvA ? l T 1 ' POt ' t,mt y° U <»" '‘‘'I With 
■uid 80111 cU ™ ] y Packed down, 
and into it set out the plants as they appear • 
wacr well, but not too much; give water 
iust mi in n ,ea,S ’ an<1 llAve YCrl,ena plants 
-S 2 ^ f" " OK; ”" 11 lmvc >» 
get the plants out without disturbin'' them. 
ou can take these pots out to the border 
• - planting time; dig ont a good steed space 
deep enough to set the pot in, and entirely 
(Jolil of Pleasure. 
I send you, per mail, this day, a honey 
ami pollen producing plant of great value to 
the beekeeper, which I wish you to name. 
It came up spontaneously last fall, grew all 
winter, and blossomed in February or March, 
and has been in constant bloom since—over 
six weeks, and appears .as if it was good for 
six weeks more.—T. B. Hamlin, Davidson 
Co., Tenn. 
The plant received is Camelina sativa, 
sometimes called Gold of Pleasure, False 
Flax, etc., etc. It is a noxious weed, intro¬ 
duced from Europe, and somewhat resem¬ 
bles in growth our common Shepherd’s Purse 
{Capmlla Bursa Past oris.) The plant grows 
from six inches to one foot high, in dense 
bunch or tuft. Flowers, small yellow, suc¬ 
ceeded hy a small oltovoid pouch, pointed, 
turgid, or slight ly hairy. Seeds very numer¬ 
ous, oblong. 
Water Lilt cm. 
Some one, of Brownsville, Texas, speaks 
of yellow water lilies in Minnesota. We have 
a small, single yellow lily, but our chief 
pride and delight in that line is the large, 
double white, creamy white lily, which 
abounds in many of the lakes and ponds of 
this country.—S. O. L. B., Meeker Co., Minn. ' 
HYGIENIC) NOTES, 
Sirup for Couch!ns Children. 
In reply to Sarah, who wishes to know 
of a safe sirup to give children, I give a 
recipe of a very good one indeed: — Two 
pounds loaf or coffee crushed sugar, dis¬ 
solved to a thick molasses; when cold, sta¬ 
in two ounces strong essence of camphor; 
two ounces antfmoniiil wine and one ounce 
laudanum. Dose—Half teaspoonful every 
half-hour until you get relief. One tea¬ 
spoonful of the sirup will cure summer com- 
lalllt if taken immediately.—E. V. 8., War¬ 
ren Co., N. Y. _ 
Remedy for Sore Nipple* nnit Caked Breu«t. 
Mv remedy is:—Take the inside of hem¬ 
lock hark, steep or soak it ; wet a linen 
cloth in the solution and apply often until 
cured. The child will not have sore mouth. 
Use Anderson’s Pcrniudou for caked breast. 
—II. F. T., Harmony, N Y. 
ELORAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
New Lilies in England. 
The London Field of March 4, says: 
“ The attention which has been turned of 
late to that hitherto somewhat neglected 
tribe, the lilies, bore good fruit during 1870, 
in that some fine now types put in appear¬ 
ance. These comprised a finely-marked va¬ 
riety of L. auratum, named Charles Turner, 
also Rubro-dtt/Uum and Viryinalis, hand¬ 
some and distinct forms of the same species; 
L. Leitchlinii, having much recurved pale 
yellow flowers, deeply spotted with dark; 
L. lonyijtonivi alio-inary inalum, the leaves 
distinctly margined with white; L. triyinvm 
Jlore pteno, a double form of the Tiger lily, 
with several tiers of petals overlaying each 
other; 7rujinum splendent, with flowers of 
a greater depth of color set on panicles of a 
greater size than usual; and a remarkable 
hybrid named L. purity, obtained from a 
cross between L. aurutom and L. specie sum, 
and intermediate between both parents, and 
to fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, or 
forty years. Suppose you have a sack filled 
with liquor of any kind ; hy leaking two 
drops per day, it would, in twenty years, by 
estimation, lie nearly empty, (the cask bold¬ 
ing thirty gallons.) Then your liquor is 
“run out." Had yon, at the end of fifteen 
years, replenished the loss, then it would 
have been all right again. So, if a case of 
vaccination should he renewed in fifteen 
or twenty years, and would n..t work, it 
would show that the vaccination was not 
lost; but should a full operation ensue, it 
would prove that the first had lost its pro¬ 
tecting power. Had you not have been re- 
vaecinated; you would, on exposure, have had 
genuine small-pox; but had your second. 
Hygienic Inquirkvi. L. S. C. asks wbat is best 
to remove tun and freckles from the faoe with¬ 
out Injuring the skin ; algo, the best remedy for 
a " cold sore." 
