overflow. So far as I know, it is not protected 
l»y patent, and I was assured by farmers 
there that it is not. 
with clear river or rain water, and it is ready 
to he stocked. 
Plants can he obtained from atiy fresh 
water brook, but it is not desirable to have 
large leaved or coarse growing species. The 
most suitable are those which grow wholly 
immersed in the water,as they give out large 
quantities of oxygen to the water, while 
plants with large, floating leaves, like water 
lilies, do not. The most common or readily 
obtained, as well as the most desirable, are 
the different species of (Jallilmhe , or water 
alurworl, and Poiamogeton, or pond weed; 
the ZannicheUia palustm, or horned water 
weed; Hottnnia inflate, or water violet, a 
very curious plant; Leplanthus gramineus, 
or water star grass; the different species of 
Mgrwphylluin, or water milfoil; Isoeles , or 
quill wort; and Nasturtium officinale, or wa¬ 
ter cress. To these may lie added the Lemna , 
or duckweed, which makes a very pretty ad¬ 
dition to the aquarium, floating on the sur¬ 
face of the water. 
In gathering these plants, provide your¬ 
self with a can or pail tilled with water; 
remove them with a ball of earth or mud to 
their roots if possible, placing them in the 
pail of water for transportation, and then 
plant them with the hall of earth attached, 
in the sand, laying some pebbles or small 
stones upon their roots to keep them in 
place. 
After the plants have been introduced the 
aquarium should be placed in a well-lighted 
position for a week or ton days, to give the 
plants an opportunity to establish them¬ 
selves, before putting in the fish. Care must 
he taken to remove every dead leaf, stem, or 
other decaying vegetable matter, A sure 
sign of the plants being in a healthy condi¬ 
tion is to see the sides of the tank and llie 
rock-work Covered with clusters of air bub¬ 
bles when exposed to the sunlight. 
bined with very high cultivation ; 
pruning, has become a complete p 
of mildew for the last six years, H< 
every year for that lime splendid 
large, sound berries; some of them 
large as small plums. 
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arm 
concrmti 
Iii'fi and It lulu fin tided Plan'd, ■ " tZZI 
A correspondent of the Kansas Farmer AQUARIUMS 
says. The question of left and right-handed - 
plows is a subject which has been talked Tuev are exceedingly ornamental and in- 
aboUt for years; and it appears the question teresting features of homes; and there is an 
is at this day just where it was forty years opportunity for almost unlimited study in 
ago. For one I am willing to give the ver- connection with them. Wc give herewith, 
diet in favor ol the left-handed plow, though in answer to sundry inquiries from corro- 
I have always used the right-handed. The spondents of the Rural New - Yorker, 
only advantage I conceive to he, that in place illustrations of recent styles which are np- 
of throwing the ground year after year into proved, and which may suggest something 
PLAN FOR A FARM. 
Rcntricc Punch. 
The American Agriculturist has received 
from Mr. S. G. Bilgcn of Littleton, Halifax 
Co., N. C., specimens of the Beatrice peach 
a seedling raised by Thomas Rivers of Saw- 
hridgeworlh, England. Like all early peaches 
it is small, but of high color, very fragrant 
and of good quality fora very early variety 
Mr. Bilgcn finds it at least twenty days 
earlier than llalc’s Early, and possessed of 
superior shipping qualities. 
Tito Plnwdun Punch. 
Last year’s Rural New-Yorker called 
attention to this peach, sent us from Wash¬ 
ington, in advance of all others. Thomas 
Meehan says of it this season * 
Fop some time peach growers have been 
exercised about a new peach which origina¬ 
ted some sixty miles below Washington D 
C., which was said to lie ripe twenty (lays 
before Hale’s Early. As this was ten days 
earlier titan Early York, a peach a month 
earlier Ilian this old standard, seems too im¬ 
possible to be true, aud we have so suggest¬ 
ed in a former number of Ibis paper. “ We 
supposed it might be, perhaps, a sickly tree 
of Hale’s Early which lmd borne premature 
fruit, as diseased trees sometimes will. But 
we have to-day, July the 5lh, a fruit before 
us from a tree btidded from the original,and 
we can see that ft is not Hale's Early’,nor 
any illy ripened fruit, but a distinct kind, of 
delicious flavor. We hove in our market 
miserable colicky Tillotsons from Florida,— 
if such A lot us ibis one from Washington 
could he put on the market, one’s fortune 
would he made. 
We do not yet understand how so good a 
peach can ho a mouth earlier Hum Early 
Voile, and fancy there is yet something un¬ 
explained about Ibis; hut we lnusi say that 
it is the best early peach we have yet seen. 
The fruit is of about the same ’size, hut 
lighter than Halo's Early; flesh wholly while 
and remarkably juicy,—aud the while some¬ 
what smooth stone free, from the flesh. The 
leaves are very long and very narrow,—as a 
botanist would say linear lanceolate,—and 
it belongs to the glandless section. 
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House 
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PUBLIC HIGH-WAY 
PLAN FOR LAYING OUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRE FARM 
the fence-row you plow it to the field, and 
there is less turning on the plowed ground. 
The advantage claimed by plowing with a 
single line, is all extra; fori claim that, a 
horse, without he is broke to plow with a 
single line to a right-liandcd plow, is not 
thoroughly trained. The same will apply 
to a team turning to the right or left; if you 
use a cultivator in plowing corn, you are 
compelled to turn right, ns well as left. 
llow lo Destroy IInnlot-U. 
The St. Louis Journal of Agriculture 
thinks that August is the time to attack and 
destroy burdock. It says the old stems with 
burrs on them should he cut with a spade or 
mattock just below the surface, and piled 
carefully together while green. After a few 
days of dry weather, set fire to them, and 
stand by till the last, burr goes to ashes. 
This done, the young plants that have grown 
from the seed this year should either be 
pulled tip or the rows cut off below the 
collar, and thrown upon the manure heap 
How to get ltM of Slump*. 
The following is recommended by one 
who has tried it, ns the “speediest, safest 
and surest way to get rid of slumps of any 
and nil kinds 
Lf you have many acres to clear of stumps 
get one barrel*of black machine oil; then 
take an inch and a quarter auger, and bore 
four holes in the largest stumps, lulling the 
auger stand toward you at an angle of ioriv- 
fi ve degrees. Bore eight inches deep. Then 
till the hqles three-fourths full ofl.be oil, and 
plug Up l,ig?t.l. Pour, also, one-third of a 
pint on top, in the center of a foot circle, aud 
let it spread well. When done preparing, 
or say in live days, kindle your fires on top 
of the stumps. 
Post iiittl Rail Fence. 
Will some of the Rural readers furnish 
the Editors with sketches of the best styles of 
Post and Rail fence known to them, stating 
length of posts, rails, size of holes in posts 
and manner of making, number of rails high 
better to those interested. A recent article 
In the Scottish Farmer says the aquarium 
should lie of rectangular shape, as then the 
objects within it are not liable lo appear dis¬ 
torted to the eye through unequal refraction ; 
this form also admits of their better con¬ 
struction, it being less liable to accidental 
fracture, and also enabling us to use glass of 
sucli even strength and thickness as will 
best sustain the weight of water within. 
The &>7" 4s unimportant. It may he square, 
six-sided or eight-sided. Fig. 1 represents a 
hexagonal or six-sided one They are made. 
1G by 9 inches; 18 by 10 inches; 20 by 11 
P0M0L0GI0AL GOSSIP, 
N.'iomi vk. Frnncouin. 
Louis Rrrz, a small fruit grower near Cin¬ 
cinnati, writes Hu* Kura list;—“We had the 
true Naomi and the true Franconia at a 
meeting of the Cincinnati Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, and though they were considered as 
being nearly related to each other, yet every 
fruit grower pronounced them distinct, and 
so do we. Our Franconia suffered consid¬ 
erably from the frost last winter, while we 
diil not lose a single cane of the Naomi. The 
most profitable sorts were the Clarke and 
Naomi.” 
ltiiKpliia'rii'B in ('iiiciiniall IHiii-Uc-r. 
Sir. Rrrz, above referred to, says of the. 
merits of red and black raspberries ns a 
market fruit:—“The yield of Black Caps 
was large and prices ruled low ; too low, in 
fact, to pay for raising them. If some of our 
fruit growers woidd plant more of the red 
and less of the black varieties they would 
find it more profitable. Black Caps have 
been selling during the season from $1 to $5 
per bushel, not averaging, in many cases, 
more than $2 to the grower, while the Ant- 
werps have ranged from $8 to $10, and have 
been scarce at these prices. During the last 
ten years red raspberries never sold for less 
than from $5 to $(», most higher,and always 
averaging at least $0 during the season. 
The purple cane family, however, including 
the Philadelphia, does not sell much, if any 
better, than the Black Caps.” 
Iporirultttrj 
TRAILING ARBUTUS, 
(Epiirtea Kupuu*.) 
If not intruding too far on your kind¬ 
ness, will you tell me something about the 
Trailing Arbutus? I am informed that this 
plant is indigenous to Virginia; Unit it is 
sweet scented, also suitable aud beautiful for 
bunging baskets, if some one will describe 
it plainly, perhaps 1 can find some of the 
vines in our wood lands. 
I have a number of plants and vines, 
treasures that the woods have yielded up to 
me, of which 1 should like to ascertain the 
names, and would gladly send a few speci¬ 
mens lo you for that purpose, if 1 knew 
how to put them up. How would it do to 
pack them in dump cotton?—V irginia 
Forest. 
The Arbutus is a low, evergreen trailing 
shrub, with heart-shape entire leaves. The 
stems are covered with rust-colored hairs. 
Flowers sal ver shaped, five cleft, in dense, 
short racemes, either white or rose-colored. 
The flowers appear very early in spring. 
The Arbutus is found in shady pine woods 
and on dry sand soils from New England to 
Florida, aud is to he found in Virginia. It 
is, however, one of the most difficult of all 
our native plants to make succeed under 
cultivation. There would he little use to 
attempt growing it in n hanging basket. 
It is not necessary, in sending plants for 
name, to have them in u fresh state. Gather 
when in bloom, and press a lew flowers and 
leaves between blotting, or even common, 
wrapping paper. When dry, take them out, 
and place the samples to be sent between 
thick pasteboard or thin strips of wood (two 
pieces of shingles will do), then wrap up aucl 
send by mail. All that is required is to 
have the Specimens reach us iu good order 
for identification. 
Notes for Florists. 
We hope every one who grows fiowets 
keeps a note-book and makes memoranda 
of what the season brings forth—of the pe¬ 
culiar development, beauty and treatment 
of flowering shrubs and plants on different 
soils, exposures and latitudes, Such notes, 
if exchanged through the medium of the 
Rural New-Yorker, will prove exceed¬ 
ingly profitable to all interested in Floricul¬ 
ture. We pray our readers—especially tu 
lady florists—to carry and use note-book 
and pencil when they visit their gardens. 
Dictiunniis Fraxiuclla. 
It is to be feared that the rage for nou' 
lies among plants is driving out many o <> 
old and equally beautiful favorites. « 
instance the old Fraxinellas iwliio.i " 
formerly seen in almost every garden aic 
seldom cultivated except by those w.i * I 
predate plants l’or their real wort.), n 
cause they arc new. The D. Fraxine < 
native of Southern Europe, and mtroi 
into English gardens nearly three buiuirea 
years ago. 
ECONOMICAL NOTES. 
Fig. ii.— Aquarium with Onittn and Fountain. 
inches; and 24 by 12 inches; the bight and 
depth being alike; with frames of bronze, 
or gilt, or silver plate. Some persons have 
a cover of plate glass raised about one inch 
from the upper edge, to keep out the dust 
and to prevent the fish from jumping out, 
which they will sometimes do in their play; 
hut we think a line wire gauze on the top 
(see Fig. 2) is preferable, as it gives more 
air. It in.ay lie laid either flat or as in the 
engraving. A cover of either soi l is indis¬ 
pensable if cats have access lo the room in 
which it is kept. It is also necessary to 
have a piece of muslin the size of one side of 
the aquarium, to hang oil the outside of it, 
between it and the window, to protect it 
from the direct rays of the sun, which arc 
very injurious to the fish, frequently destroy¬ 
ing them. 
Having procured the aquarium, the next 
thing to do is to procure some rather coarse 
sand (such as building sand,) this must he 
well washed with clean water, to free it from 
clay or other impurities. About two inches 
in depth of the sand, so cleansed, is to be laid 
On the bottom of the aquarium; on this place 
a layer of fine, well washed smooth pebbles. 
It is also desirable to build up a small piece 
of rock-work in the center oral either oml, 
made of material from the bottom of some 
running brook, taking care in building it to 
leave open spaces or passages between the 
Stones, which not only give a picturesque, 
grotto-like appearance, but also affords dark 
nooks in which the fish delight to hide. If 
a pipe for a fountain can he attached, so 
much the better. Then fill up your aquari¬ 
um to within two or three inches of the top, 
Preftfilent Wilder Strawberry in l J eunt>yl- 
vuuia. 
The editor of the Gardener’s Monthly 
says:—“We are very much pleased with 
President Wilder. Our plants were not 
strong enough to bear well, having been all 
Flu. 2 .—Aquarium with Gauze Tap. 
transplanted in spring; we cannot, there¬ 
fore, testify to whether it is an abundant 
hearer or not; hut, the size, color and flavor 
of the fruit, and the remarkable vigor and 
healtlifulness of the foliage, seemed to leave 
nothing more to he desired in this respect. 
Moreover, they had the quality of firmness 
—a point dear to the hearts of all market- 
men.” We cannot speak highly of its fla¬ 
vor as we have seen and tasted it. 
Fig. 1 .—Rustic Hexagonal Aquarium. 
etc. Also what is the best material for posts. 
Such in formation will be of great benefit to 
me and others in this prairie country. I 
have never seen such a fence. Walnut, Oak, 
Mulberry, Ash and Cottonwood are the prin¬ 
cipal timbers here.—R. R., Fort Smith, Ark. 
To Pruvcm Lnixl* Washinn. 
A Virginia correspondent writes:— “I 
am here from t he North; have purchased a 
fine farm and have no complaint to make 
concerning it, except that it, washes so badly. 
Is there a best way of preventing this? If so, 
and any one has found it out let him report 
through the Rural New-Yorker for his 
fellows’ benefit.” 
To Prevent 31 iMow on Hoonebervics. 
A writer in the Toronto Globe says that 
for the past six years, as soon as grass can 
be cut, he spreads a quantity of newly cut 
grass under his gooseberry bushes and lets it 
remain all summer. That treatment com- 
