Pi ary of a Unraliot. 
DAILY RURAL LIFE. 
Krom llir IMiil'v ol ■< <■ •-»»*I«*»»*■(n tii'iir New 
York ( lit. 
May 8. - 1*1(1010(1 several groups of low- 
growing evergreen treon and shrubs. It is 
passing strange Iiow lew persons there an? 
who ever look ahead and make any calcula¬ 
tion# In regard to the space required for a 
ten or twenty-year-old Norway Spruce or 
Austrian Pine. In email door-yards, not 
more than t wenty feet square, we often find 
two or more of these coarse growing ever¬ 
greens planted, surrounded with u variety of 
Hinall shrubs and other ornamental plant*. 
The proprietors ol such places think that 
they want some kind of evergreens, and 
not knowing anything about the different 
species or their form of growth, a selection 
is made according to present appearances 
with no thought of the future. There are, 
however, hundreds of dwarf evergreens ex¬ 
actly suited to small gardens, us well uh to 
form groups and be interspersed among 
larger growing kinds In grounds of unlimited 
extent. These low growing evergreens are 
ull unique and elegant ornaments, and by 
using them we can secure a great variety Tn 
a very limited apace, and they never look 
pretentious nor out of place. One of my 
groups planted to day is composed ol the 
following species:- Abie* Gregoryaiui, A. 
pumila, Hum* Intifoliu, 11. aurea mrupata , 
Uunninghami lancMala, t'ryptouieria eleguii*, 
JumjwruK erJitHofonniH, ./. Mpmmata , ./. 
proHtrata, JHnu* cembra pumila, I*. Mtiyho, 
IMininjn/ra aurea plumom, ll. pwtfei'ti, 
Ta.ru* baacata, T. aurea, 7. adpre**a, T. 
Iliberniea, T. eleyantvmma, Tkpjopm* lbin 
biuita, Vet chin Jajnniea. A few of these 
plaids may require pruning occasionally to 
keep them down to required limits, hut they 
will never look coarse. Another group was 
made entirely of dwarf nrborvilics, which 
are not only elegant hul cheap. 
May 0. —A severe frost hud. night, doing 
considerable damage to strawberries, early 
vegetables and lender bedding plants. In 
high, airy locations no frost was seen, hence 
the value of situations where there is a free 
circulation of air. 
May 10. Weather cool and wind Iron the 
Northwest. Plowed ground for corn; it 
was occupied last year with potatoes, and is 
now in splendid condition. No weeds or 
sods to make hoeing dillienlt, or very hard 
work. When I Was a hoy, father always 
selected the roughest piece of laud on the 
farm for corn, and although lam ready to 
own Hint ll is a good method of subduing 
tough sod on newly broken Helds it Is, at the 
same lime, killing work for boys’ hacks and 
temper and inis spoiled many a good farmer 
by driving him into the elly. It did me,and 
I have always been thankful to that old hack 
lul which 1 cleared off and planted with 
corn the summer I was nineteen. I do not 
love the country or farming less for Bitch 
experience,hut think there me more pleasant 
methods of earning money than cultivating 
corn in new land, among slumps, grass and 
stone. • 
May II, Another frost last night, but, not 
severe enough to do much damage. Aspara¬ 
gus beetle (Ihioceri* a*parayi) is at work upon 
the young asparagus shoots; also depositing 
its eggs, and within a few days the larva of 
this pest will he abundant. Lust year I kept 
Ibis beetle checked by the free use of freshly 
slaked lime scattered upon the plants when 
wet with dew, hut no one wants asparagus 
Hint is covered with worms or lime, and were 
it not foi the hope I lint, these pests would de 
part at some future time, I should have little 
cneoiiragciniml lor combating them now. 
May HI A few weeks since the earliness 
of llm season was the general topic of con¬ 
versation among those who cultivate the soil; 
hut. now it is quite the opposite. Once with 
in the past live years my grape vines had 
made a growth of from twelve to eighteen 
inches at this date, and were then cut oil' by 
a severe host. At. this time there is suurcely 
a leaf to lie seen, and only a lew sorts have 
stalled, ll Is far better to have vegetation 
come on slowly than to he checked by cold. 
May 111,—Commenced planting late vege¬ 
tables, such Jim beans, squashes, melons, and 
oilier things that will not grow except in 
warm weather. Among watermelons the 
Mountain Sweet ih still my favorite, al¬ 
though 1 have tried various other Hurts. It 
is said that there is a 'variety of the Ice 
(beam Watermelon (white seeds) grown 
near I'hlladelphla that is really superb, and 
having secured some seeds I will give it a 
trial. In nmslunclntis I have hud consider 
able experience ; hut for home use, Ward’s 
Nectar suits me best. It is a small, green 
fleshed melon, but deliciously sweet and 
rich. The Alton Nutmeg was lusted thor¬ 
oughly lor two seasons, and although it 
might do for market, any one who had ever 
eaten a hist rate melon would never “ hank¬ 
er" slier the Alton,or any of the large, course 
growing sorts usually cultivated for sale 
lint llrst rale melons cannot ho produced 
from seed of the best variety unless the 
climate, hoi) and culture given arc suitable. 
A very rich, dry soil is required, and then 
add stimulants, such as ushes, poudrettc, 
bone dust or guano alter the plants appear, 
as these materials keep up a vigorous growth 
and aid In keeping off vermin. 
May 14 Many beautiful plants and trees 
arc in full bloom this morning, for the Hist 
till# season. A large Chinese Wi*taHa that 
1 have trained up and over a sassafras tree, 
seems to shake its long purple clusters just 
to attract the attention of passers by, and 
make them exclaim, " How beautiful !" A 
plant Of the Chinese white Wintaria is also 
in bloom, and although quite rare and beau¬ 
tiful,still I would not exchange, the old blue 
favorite for any or all of the dozen species 
and varieties that l have purchased from 
time to time during the past twenty years. 
If 1 could have but one climbing plunt, it 
would he a Wixtan'a (Jhinenni*. 
May H>, -The Ham Bw allow (Hirundo 
horrrurum,) and Ihc chimney swallow, (//. 
runtira) both appeared today, although they 
had been seen u few miles further Booth for 
several days previous. 
May 1(1, -The canker worm (.1 uiHoptery X 
vernata) has made Its appearance in consid¬ 
erable numbers upon my apple trees. The 
lemiilc. moth has no wings, she must there¬ 
fore crawl up the stems of the trees to lay 
her eggs thereon, and by adopting some plan 
that will prevent her ascent we may rid our 
trees of this great pest A hand of cloth,or 
even stiff paper put around the stems of the 
trees, and then covered with soli grafting 
wax, or tar, over which she cannot crawl 
without sticking last is an excellent trap. 
<)!' course tin* application of some such sticky 
substance must be frequently renewed, as it 
will get hard alter a lew days exposure to the 
sun and wind. There Is little use of light¬ 
ing insects unless we are determined to con¬ 
quer ill the outset. 
May 17. Wwither very dry and newly 
planted trees suffering considerably. I have 
been applying mulch about lUOl) trees, and 
find Unit Hie soil soon becomes moist under 
neiitli. Unless one Iuih abundance of water 
and means for applying it, is far better to 
use mulch than to sprinkle tin) surface of the 
ground with water. Our people have not 
yet learned the value, even of the old waste 
materials to be found about every home 
stead as a imileli for trees and shrubs. If 
Hie weather continues dry there will be a 
short crop of small fruits, simply because 
cultivators have neglected mulching. 
May 18.- Finished planting Held corn, 
The ground was manured broadcast and 
plowed In; and, although lids is not the 
most economical system Ibr a single crop, it 
leaves the soil in much better condition than 
when only a small quantity of manure 1 h put 
In cinch hill. 1 bellevu it in poor policy to 
allow the soil to become less fertile each 
year ; the man who does Ibis, (and there are 
many who do,) is a Clime to any country and 
ought to die in a poorhouHC. There is no 
spot on Ibis earth where (Ion has done so 
much and man so little iih in this country, 
where we find thousands of acres of exhaust 
rd soil. 
May 19.-—Thu weather continues dry, and 
the hoe and cultivator must be kepi going 
among tin; early potatoes, and all plants 
whore these implements can lie used Fee 
quell! stirring of the soil Ih the next tiling to 
middling, in the time of drouth, to keep the 
soil moist. Weeds are great exhausters ol 
moisture us well an fertility, and should not 
he tolerated, especially in time of drouth. 
May y<). -The llrst humming bird moth 
that I ha ve seen this season, appeared to-day. 
I caught It, nnd found that it was tin; Maria 
thyuhr of FaHU f0t.ru, a most beautiful species 
with transparent wings, resembling skeleton 
Izad loaves. These beaut iful moths are often 
quite common during the summer, as they 
feed upon tin- honey obtained from flowers; 
and many a person Iuih mistaken them for 
true humming birds. 
fentoniological. 
ANSWERS TO UORHEBPONDENTa 
11Y OIIAH. V. HII.KV. 
CiirtMillN <>f AnIoHii« IliinerUy. 
L. R IIaiuuhon, Forcstvllle, N Y.—The 
chrysalids which you found in large quanti¬ 
ties in your plum and cherry orchards dur¬ 
ing Hie winter were those of the above- 
named butterlly (Jbipilw aitrruu, Cham.,) ns 
its larva feeds on carrots and other Crucifer¬ 
ous plants ; you doubtless had Much plan Is 
growing in or near the orchards. 
Alii rill lied IIIImii-i- lli-i-llc on 1C u h I’ll. nl. 
Wm K Nbi.bon, Augusta, On,- The bee¬ 
tles which do much damage U) your egg 
plants in the fall of the your, though not 
confined to that vegetable, are the above- 
mentioned insect (Lytta viaryinata, Fa nil.) 
tinlU-lli e on I'liui ’ri'i'Cl. 
Tint onoloiHid twig of itiuiiUnn Inferior kind 
thill grown upon UicHuudy plainsalong the 'Vl« 
ooiimIii, near MiimooUh. II gravr III our imrsory 
upon prilltlo soil. Tliu lnsucU upon it ana now 
to ua nnd may be of Interest to you. The tree 
(about ill roe foot high) had ull Its twigs covered 
In like manner, but another tree of sumu kind, 
with whloli Us branches interlock, bus none of 
the liuinols. Our atieiitlon was drawn to it by 
the lllew that were swarming about It. We would 
like to know If ll Is likely to bo troublesome. 
Juki, & a w. ha a men. 
Tmc tree is infested with an undescribed 
species ol Bark-louse (Lecunium.) The same 
species often infests, and does great injury 
different specie# of climbing cut-worms, and 
your answer to C. 1C. B, in the same issue is 
hardly to Hie point; for (he climbing cut¬ 
worm is not the larva of the Lance Hustle, 
(Agrotiii tetifera) which happens to he a 
species not possessing the climbing habit. 
Moreover, 1 have shown that on the sandy 
shores of Luke Michigan these la/.y fellows, 
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QARLICK. 
to, the Austrian pine. If it is now confined 
to one tree, you had better by nil means de¬ 
stroy that tree, and prevent the lice spread¬ 
ing to others, for it is very dlfileult other 
wise to exterminate il after It once gets a good 
hold. 
IViicIi Iliiilt-IkH, 
I SKND you. to day, #nme fresh HpeelineiiH of 
tlioHcruKs found upon pencil I roes In my on-b¬ 
ard, mid trust ibid l bene innv r*-iicb ymi hi goon 
condition. Please Inform me, through your col¬ 
umns, wind they arc ; Imblis of Ibe “ varmint," 
and remedy.- L. II. lUUd.imi, IHILehury, I’a. 
Tub henilsplicrh.'jd bodies Unit covered 
the I wigs inclosed belong to n species of 
bark louse, known as the Peach Balk louse, 
(Liramam pirnior, MopKKit.) They vary 
from light yellowish brown to dark mahog¬ 
any brown, and look not unlike globules ol 
dark gum. The scales are the dried and 
extended bodies of the females, and the in- 
nuinemhlc white eggs which many of them 
cover will hatch about I lit? first of July, and 
scatter over the limbs of Hie tree. The 
young lien are minute, whitish, llallened 
objects, with distinct antenna*, six legs 
sparsely covered with hairs, and two long 
filaments or sela* issuing from each side of 
an anal vent. They are quite active, and 
can travel a considerable distance. They 
after they have mounted a tree and satisfied 
their appetites, prefer to make a short cut to 
Hie ground, as morning approaches, by 
dropping directly front the branches. The 
rags recommended would, consequently, he 
of little use. A bright tin lubu about six 
inches in length, opened on one side nnd 
closed around the base of the tree, filling 
close nnd entering at the lower cud an inch 
into Hu? earth, is, however, tin effectual pre¬ 
ventive of their disastrous work; nnd I ad¬ 
vise (!. 1C. B. to use such tubes next spring. 
—c. v. n. 
)f (()arbcncr. 
0ARLI0K. 
Wii.i. you U ll me how to cultivate gmllckH, 
an il Oblige A Mr HMciimien. 
Tmc common garllck (Allium autirum) . 
is propagated usually by offsets known 
technically ns “cloves”—Unit is, the 
old bulbs, shown in the left hand figure 
of the accompanying illustration, ap¬ 
palled apart and the small divisions plant 
soon fasten themselves to the bark, when a cd In spring. They are usually set in 
powdery secretion issues from all purls of 
the body, and helps to form tin- scale. The 
male scales increase very little in si//?, and 
in August the little male Hies with hut two 
wings, and with two long seta- at the tail 
rows eighteen inches apart, nnd the mi-Ih 
four to six inches in I lie rows; plant 
With a dibble, or by thrusting them 
into the soil with the lore Huger and 
thumb. (live the same culture as 
end, issue from them. The female scales onions, gathering in autumn, and tie in 
roulinue to grow until they present the up 
penrance of those sent. The scales may 
now he brushed off with a stiff brush, and 
the tree should afterwards have a syringing 
of whale oil soup, or of tobacco soap. By 
watching during July with a lens, so as to 
bundles, the lops being left; on for this 
purpose. The young bullm will throw 
up long stalks, ns shown (right hand 
figure), and if not checked are very 
likely to run to seed, which iuiimI be 
prevented by breaking down the stems, 
ascertain when the young lice are hatching, or tying them in a knot, which is the 
and by then syringing the trees thoroughly, 
for three or four consecutive days, you may 
practice of European gardeners. (Jar- 
licks are mainly used by foreigners, es- 
get rid of the trouble of brushing off the peeially the Germans, and by our people, 
Hoil to allow vines to grow unchecked in 
Northern localities and pinching may he 
practiced with beucHl. As soon us the plants 
are a foot high pinch off the top; this will 
force out strong laterals on the stems below, 
and on these blossoms and fruit will soon 
appear. When the. laterals are a loot, or a 
IIilie more, in length, their ends should also 
he pinched off, checking the growth of stems 
and leaves and throwing the whole strength 
of tin? plant into Hie fruit, and hiislen its 
maturity. If the object is to produce ripe 
tomatoes instead of green ones, then allow 
no greater number to start than is likely to 
mature, and this will he much larger and 
belter in consequence of the treatment it has 
received. On poor, light sandy soils at the 
North, or in Hint which is rich or otherwise, 
in the Middle or Southern States, pinching 
is seldom advisable, because it will usually 
weaken the plants no much .ih to cause the 
fruit to become diseased, or scuv being 
exposed to tlio direct rays of In. sen. 
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GARDEN NOTES. 
CnllCnraln Heel. 
Wifi cannot give It. W. M. the origin ef 
the California Beat, neither do wo know of 
any pnrliculnr variety by that name. Doz¬ 
ens ol' sorts have been sent Knit from Cali¬ 
fornia under this name, hut all that ive have 
seen were old and well known varieties. 
llaVMC KaUInli Ahioiiu Miniwherries. 
Tub correspondent of the Itiuui. Ntcw- 
Yoiikich who asks how to get rid of horse 
radish which chokes out his straw berry bed, 
is advised to dig it out. We know no 
other wuv. 
floriculture. 
FLORAL TRANSPARENCY. 
Mahy 8. contributes the following to the 
Beottish Farmer:—-The pretty transparency 
represented in the figure is made by arrang¬ 
ing pressed Ferns, Grasses, and autumn 
leaves on a pane of window-glass which 
should la* obscured, laying another transpa¬ 
rent pane of the same size over it, and bind¬ 
ing the edges with ribbon, leaving the group 
imprisoned between. Use gutn-trngiicunth 
m putting on the binding It i« well to se¬ 
cure a narrow strip of paper under the rib¬ 
bon. The binding should bo gummed all 
round Hie edge of the first pane, and dried 
before the ieuves, ferns,Ac., are arranged; 
then it can he neatly folded over the second 
pane without difiiculty. 
To form the loop for hanging the trans¬ 
parency, paste a binding of galloon along 
the upper edge, leaving a two Inch loop free 
in ihoccnter, afterwards to be pulled through 
a little slit, in the final blading. These Irans- 
i 
scales. 
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Oh (lie Issue of 1)1 iiy Cllli. 
OvHTicit Biiki.i. Dark Loosk.— Gonkmn’h 
specific name, coneh\formi», for this insect, 
lias the priority over Monte ten's, a riorum 
lincari*, which you use in your issue for May 
18th. Ah the former Iiiim given us the popu¬ 
lar iiume by which the species is universally 
known, and Iiiih been adopted by all modern 
writers, there cun be no good reason for 
iiHing the latter, us it only confuses the rend 
cr’s mind. 
for medicinal purposes. They are ex | 
tenslvely cultivated in the vicinity of New *“ 
York city, and large quantities are sold in 
our markets. 
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PINOHINd TOMATO VINES. 
We. hour much through agricultural pupm-s 
kIioii t, *• pinching In" tomato plunt* to make 
tlxaii mom oompnot. am) tlm fruit ripen earlier. 
Have never won any hist mot Ions how thlsplnoli 
lug In I# (lone. Is il uol from tin- In-ad ol llm 
vino Mutt llm fruit ooiiioh'/ 14. J IlmoOll. 
Tmc principal object sought in pruning 
tomato plants Ih to check the growth of the 
vine, and force out fruit buds. If tomato 
vines are planted in rich soil they will usually 
Botti.kh ok Vinicoaii von Tine Com .inci grow vigorously and expend their strength 
Moru. —Mr. Fi-oyd’h letter, quoted from the during the early part of the Henson in pro- 
Western Farmer, in the same Ihhih-, should 
not pass without comment. Nothing is 
dttcing stems and leaves, showing little Iriilt 
until the plantH have reached a largo size, 
more fallacious than the idea, altogether too and then only that which setH early will 
prevalent, that the Codling moth can he at¬ 
tracted either to cider, vinegar, sweetened 
ripen except in very favorable locations, 
livery one who has cultivated tomatoes in 
water, or to fires, in any considerable mini- the Northern Btntesand allowed the vines to 
hors. 1 have fully tested nil these methods, grow unchecked must have noticed that not 
and uni convinced that the persons who ad¬ 
vocate them labor under great nilsapprohen- 
more, than one half the Iruit upon them 
reaches maturity, simply because the season 
sion, from mistaking other moths for the is not sufficiently long to permit the plants 
genuine article, to exhaust their fruit-producing powers and 
CuMutNo Cut-Worms.—T here arc many ripen. It is, therufore, a waste ol time and 
pareaeies may either he hung before a win¬ 
dow, or, il' preferred, secured against a pane 
in the sash. In country halD, u beautiful 
effect is produced by placing them UguliiBt 
the side lights of the hull door. Where the 
Hide lights are each of only a single pane, il 
is well worth while to place u single trans¬ 
parency against each, filling lip the entire 
space, thus affording ample scope lor a Iree 
arrangement <»f the ferns, grasses mid leaves, 
while the effect of the light passing through 
the rich autumnal color is very line. Leaves 
so urniiigitd will preserve their beautihd ap¬ 
pearance throughout the entire winter. 
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Myrlinio !«*** 11 Name* 
Pi, BASIC lot me know, through the Kukai. 
Nkw YoltKKU, the name of the plant, u 
llower of which I enclose. I purchased it 
for a " I)iMl/.ia Bciibru," yet the party irom 
whom 2 got it told me Hint ha was not cer¬ 
tain hut that it was a " Byrluga (irandillo- 
ia." Flense let me know the proper iiiuno 
fig* H. — K W. II ., Ihibm Houge, La. 
Tine plant is rhitudriphuH earonurius— 
common syringa, or mock orange, quite a 
different plant from Ueuteia ticabra. 
