tially the same. effect on the health of the 
vine as ordinary summer priming. 
Mr. Crane (Lockport) — We find the 
same diseases attacking vines that are never 
pruned, that devastate the German summer 
pruned ones. We are liable to run to ex¬ 
tremes. 1 lad seen young Concord vines that 
had never been summer pruned, and half the 
fruit rotted. 
Mr. Elliott—I spent weeks one season 
examining into the cause of grape rot. 
Found vines running over trees that never 
had been summer pruned, and the fruit 
rotted. 
Mr. Hickson (Vine Valley) inquired if 
mutilating the roots by deep cultivation had 
not some influence on the health of the vines. 
Mr. Elliot advocated winter pruning, 
and rubbing ofT in the spring, what appear 
superfluous buds, before they become shoots. 
This is the simplest and most consistent 
method of vine pruning. 
Mr. Babcock (Lockport)—We plant wide 
apart, and do not summer prune or “ pinch," 
much, and have good success. Cut away 
shoots after the blossoming period, so 
as not to interfere with the fertilization. 
The strong growing varieties must have 
plenty of room. 
President Pottle advised extreme cau¬ 
tion in regard to deep summer plowing; 
would use only a cultivator. The tendency 
of deep plowing is to drive the roots from 
the surface to the subsoil, and it is of great 
importance to have plenty of surface roots. 
Deep rooted vines ripen their fruit late, if 
at all. 
Mr. Elliot —Has any one practiced root- 
pruning theviue? I have tried it two years, 
but am not prepared to state the result. 
Dr. Pkukine (Dansville)-—Close planting 
and Summer pruning are injurious. 
Pres. Pottles— Mr. Byington also holds 
that if the vine be pruned in the fall or win¬ 
ter close enough, so that, it requires no more, 
the sap is forced so strongly into the few 
canes left, that the fruit sloughs off; but 
leave wood enough to allow summer pruning, 
by taking oil’entire shouts or canes, and the 
flow of sap is balanced and the fruit remains 
healthy. 
Mr. Cuane— Apple, pears, peaches, &c., 
have a higher flavor if exposed to the sun. 
It is not so with grapes. 
Mr. Wells (Canandaigua)—There is this 
fallacy in Byington’s theory: However 
large the vine may be, the equilibrium be¬ 
tween top and root must be preserved. He 
should introduce root-pruning. 
Mr. Youx glove (Vine Valley) stated that 
on the middle of October last Mr. Bylng- 
ton’s Delaware grapes were not ripe and 
that a large quantity froze on the vines. 
President Pottle—T liat ivas because he 
let bis vines overbear greatly. 
Mr. Hoao thought one cluster, at least, 
should be removed from each shoot. 
Mr. Elliott —Wc need facts in regard to 
the point of temperature which, from the 
time the fruit begins to color onward, is re¬ 
quisite to ripen the fruit. The degree of 
heat necessary varies with difl'erent varieties. 
If the heat be not, sufficient at this time, no 
amount a month or so later can avail. 
President Pottle described the seasons 
in Naples; one when the weather was fa¬ 
vorable up to tin; time of coloring of the 
fruit, then cold and wet and the crop failed; 
the other when the weather was bad up to 
the same period followed by sufficient heat 
and dryness, and the crop was good. 
Mr. Qci.m uy (Irondequoit)—Does bleeding 
in the spring injure the vines V 
Mr. Yolnglove—I have pruned during 
nine years, when more or less of the vines 
hied profusely, and 1 have never seen any 
bad effects. 
Mr. Cuane — The only trouble 1 ever 
found from bleeding, was that the bud near¬ 
est the cut would push feebly—sometimes 
not at all. Late pruning would probably so 
relieve the vine of ils sap as to prevent the 
fruit from sloughing. 
Mr. Wells —Dr. Mahr proved by experi¬ 
ments that the sftp wasted in bleeding is of 
no value. 
Mr. Rinouebeug (Lockport) — I prune 
from as soon as the leaves begin to fall up to 
the first of March. We often leave too much 
bearing wood. After the fruit lias set, we 
often take off a portion, especially of the Del¬ 
aware, to prevent over-cropping. I prefer 
small, well-ripened wood to large, overgrown 
shoots, except with the Delaware; would 
choose the largest shoots on that. 
Mr. Wells alluded to the fact that the 
base buds of some varieties do not produce 
fruit, and the best fruit buds vary in position 
on different varieties, sometimes being the 
second or third, or fifth and sixth, farther or 
nearer the base of the cane according to the 
variety. If pruned too close, some vines 
will be barren because the fruit-bearing buds 
are removed. This is a point which the 
primers should understand. 
Mr. Crank— The Delaware will not pro¬ 
duce its best clusters from the base bud ; the 
third or fourth buds are better than the first 
or second. 1 rub out the two middle, leave 
the fourth for fruit bearing, and the base bud 
for growing wood. The Concord is best on 
the sixth bud. The cluster is formed in the 
bud the preceding year; one can add noth¬ 
ing to it. 
President Pottle—I have learned that 
the first or base bud is nearly worthless, ex¬ 
cept for the purpose of growing wood. I 
depend on the third and fourth buds for 
fruit. My experience has been with two or 
three varieties. 
Mr. RrNGUEBERG — I never leave more 
than three buds on the Delaware, and one 
is sufficient, to bear fruit.—[To he continued. 
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Hoot Pruning (irnpe*. F. R. ELLIOTT says he 
“ has long had reason to believe Hint one reme¬ 
dial agent toward excessive growth of wood, 
imperfect maturing bunches, and rot of tho 
berry, may be found in an annual or biennial 
root pruning. He would dig away tho soil, and 
with a sharp spade out the one I wo or three main 
leading tap or vertical roots at about sixteen to 
eighteen inches below tho surface.” We hope 
growers wilt try tho experiment. 
pot. When the weather gets warm oul of 
doors the bulbs may be turned carefully out 
of the pots into the open ground, being eare- 
fiil not to loosen the soil among the roots. 
The blooms will be much better than will 
those which are not planted until the frost 
leaves the ground in the spring. 
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CYCLAMENS. 
^loriniUtirr. 
CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. 
Tins is one of the best of tho Caladiums 
wherever it is warm enough for its growth. 
It produces the best effect when planted in 
a compact group, or in circle or ring about 
some, central object, or in some 
position where its fine leaves may 
contrast immediately with those ot 
a different type of vegetation, it is 
very beautiful. With all kinds of 
stone work, vases, &c., it contrasts 
admirably. Although a stove peren¬ 
nial, it is very easily kept over win¬ 
ter in a dry spot under a stage or in 
boxes of sand in places where hot¬ 
house room is scarce, it is readily 
propagated by first starting tho 
plants in heat, and when they have 
pushed forth eyes near the base, 
cutting them in pieces—an eye or a 
bud in each. In spring the older 
plunts should he potted and grown 
on in heat, so as to he lit to plant out 
in June. In our hot months it grows 
in the greatest luxuriance; often, in 
such soils, the leaves measure 
twenty-four inches in length and eighteen 
in breadth. 
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SOWING VERBENA SEED. 
Seedling Cyclamens sown this spring 
should be pricked off into small pots,.and be 
pushed along freely as soon as they show 
the second or third leaf. This is the real 
secret by which the fortunate few grow these 
lovely plants to perfection. There must be 
no rest—no check, until they are produced 
in full and abundant bloom. They like a 
nice brisk and moist growing temperature. 
Above all, they must be kept entirely free 
from scale, red spider, and especially thrip. 
When the latter attacks them, or gains a 
lodgment, they invariably heeome safely en¬ 
sconced upon the crown, amongst the ten¬ 
der young leaves ns they form, and these 
they oftentimes eat entirely away before 
they arc observed by the naked eye. Thor¬ 
oughly good drainage is an essential point 
in the successful cultivation of these plants. 
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Ornamental-Leaved Plant*. Plants with or¬ 
namental leaves are becoming popular In all 
parts of the world. They produce n very tine 
effect when grown in a group ol' half a dozen or 
more together. For usefulness In this respect, 
not a particle of salt. At this time many 
who had never thought otherwise than that 
salt must, bo given at least onoe a week, on 
seeing my yearlings thought them equal to 
many of twice tlieir age, and that I might 
take a premium upon them at a town fair. 
About tho first of Juno Inst they dropped 
calves, very strong and large, I have muked 
them, as also an older now, during the past sea¬ 
son,none of t In- three having a particle of salt, 
save what their Creator combined for them In 
their natural food. Besides supplying milk, 
cream and hutler Torn family of four persons, 
in which no lard is used, as we do not patronize 
the hog. and fattening one calf to tho age of 
nearly five weeks upon new milk, they have 
made four hundred pounds of hutter, most, of 
which has been sold, and never a pound for 
Other than tlmt-class butter. T will remark that 
for two years past I have followed the same rule 
With horses a.ml sheep, and with equally sal is- 
factory results. For six yeans I have myself 
adopted t he same rule ms tar as It. ts possible to 
do so in society, and t am acquainted with 
scores, and I may say hundreds, of those who 
have done the same.” 
A recent number of the English Journal 
of Horticulture contains the following:— 
“To have good strong plants for blooming 
early next year, you may sow the seed now. 
Well drain a seed pan, and fill it to three- 
fourths its depth with two-thirds turfy light 
loam and one-third leaf mold, then to the 
rim, or nearly so, with the same soil sifted, 
adding one-sixth part of silver sand. Level 
the surface by pressing it with the bottom of 
a small flower pot, and scatter the seeds 
evenly, just covering them with flue soil. 
Give a gentle walering, place the pan In a 
Cold frame or under a hand-glass, and shade 
from bright sun. Keep moist and close until 
the young plants appear, then admit a little 
air, increasing the amount with the advance 
in growth of the plants. When these are 
large enough to handle, they may be pricked 
off’ in pans at about one and a half to two 
inches apart, and kept rather close and sha¬ 
ded for a few days uutil established. Harden 
them well off’, protecting them only from 
frost and heavy rains, and giving them all 
tho air possible ; before severe weather sets 
in, remove them to a shelf or light, airy posi¬ 
tion in the green bouse. 
In February or March the plants may be 
shortened to two or three inches, and cut¬ 
tings made of the parts removed, which will 
strike freely in a mild hot-bed. When the 
plants have made fresh shoots an inch long, 
they ought to be potted off singly, or placed 
four inches apart in pans, and shaded until 
established; then harden then off and re¬ 
move them to a cold frame, protecting them 
from iVost by a covering of mats. You may 
obtain one or more lobs of cuttings from 
them, and these, with the old plants, will be 
fit for planting out in May. Seedling Ver¬ 
benas are of little use for bedding except in 
mixed beds. The seed may be sown in 
March, and the plants from that sowing will 
be large enough for planting out at the end 
of May. 
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LILIUM BULBS. 
It may he that some of our readers have 
not obtained and planted bulbs of the choice 
lilies during tho past fall, and yet they may 
feel a desire to have them in flower the 
coming summer. To such we say, obtain 
the bulbs as soon as you can, and pot them 
in a soil composed of tvvo-tlurds sharp sand. 
Place them in a warm, dry cellar until 
March, and then bring them up into a cold 
frame or the window of a common living 
room; water just enough to keep them 
moist, not at any time wet or dry, and as 
soon as they begin to grow, give them a po¬ 
sition in a spent hot-bed frame, plunging the 
CALADIUM ESCUT.KNTtTM. 
wo know of nothing hotter than the Caimas, Rl- 
einus, Amavanthim, Perillu Nanklncogls and the 
Striped-leaved Japanese Corn. The seed of all 
those, but thoCamms, may ho sown in the open 
ground, and. will produce w iidid effect the 
first season; or they may be transplanted from 
the hot-bed. 
tscussioits. 
AMERICAN INST. FARMERS’ CLUB. 
We continue our notes of tho sayings amt 
doings of this distinguished body of scientific 
agriculturists. 
Management of Halve*,-— ft. I’. OooDALE, Hol¬ 
ton, N. Y., lias been very successful In raising 
calves under tbc following system of feeding: 
“ I fod on new milk a few days, no longer than 
was necessary to teach them to drink, Thou 
they wore fed on sour milk, and nothing besides 
but. grass. I fed them ull they would out without, 
scouring loo much. If they did scour i gave 
them rennet, 1 think, among other things, 1 
have proved this, that calves ought never to ho 
fed together. Each should have a mess separate, 
as no two drink alike. Some drink faster than 
others, I hen. Lire get more I han is lor their good, 
while t he others do not get. enough. I think il. 
pays to wateli them closely, ant 1 see that they 
get just enough and no more. 
Ventilating Hoof Room*. —W, G. Mouse, Plain- 
field, N.gives tho following effectual and In¬ 
expensive mode of ventilating attics: 
“Boreholes under the cornice, In communicate 
with the spaces between the rafters and over the 
eeilings, and then one or two small wooden ven¬ 
tilators on the roof will he snllh lent to Insure a 
constant current of air over the entire upper 
Story of the building. Also small ventiluimg 
registers placed in the eeilings, would In 
connection with the others Insure Hie most 
thorough ventilation ol Hie rooms. Of course 
the holes in Hie cornice could be closed in win¬ 
ter. It docs not seem to be generally known 
that to raise tho bottom sasli ami to lower Hie 
top sash of the same window, fitch a very little, 
serves to veiltitaton room toleruldy well." 
Tho Commander of the Club ventilates his 
rooms by 111 l ing a piece of hoard, as long as the 
window Is wide,and three or four inches Wide, to 
the window sill, for the lower sash to rest upon 
closely. This is sot under the lower sash, and 
tho air thus passes in and out ot the room be¬ 
tween the upper and lower sash without cre¬ 
ating Objectionable currents, and Inconvenienc¬ 
ing t hose who may Bit near the window. 
siftlt for Farm Htock. I). M. J(7DP, Drayton 
Plains, Onklaod Co., Midi., remembers an inci¬ 
dent mentioned In the account of an expedition 
made several years ago under Lieut. MehNdk*, 
of the United States Navy. Tho expedition 
started on tho west coast of South America, mul 
when near the center of the continent, where 
grass was the most luxuriant, the cuttle ami 
horses were afflicted with weakness,would stag¬ 
ger and He down and could not get. up. They 
would draw themselves about and oat off every¬ 
thing within their reach, until they Could draw 
themselves no farther, and would die of weak¬ 
ness and starvation, the appetite holding good 
to Hie last. The lieutenant said lie could dis¬ 
cover no cause for this strange disease, except 
tho want, of salt. There were no salt springs or 
" licks" In tho country, and it was so far inland 
that the sea breeze did not reach It, and no way 
of getting sail except by a long up-stream water 
communication with small boats. 
It. L. Lamb, Riutsomvllks N. Y., writes the 
Club: 
“Two years ago last April two calves were 
dropped in rny yard. I gave them good ordinary 
keeping, feeding not more than one bushel 
apiece of meal up to the age of one year, and 
Mr. Fuller hoped the correspondent felt hot¬ 
ter after giving tho public this Important Infor¬ 
mation. Dr. Trimble regarded the statement 
ns very unfair, one which ought to lie answered. 
Mr. Curtis said, exceptional cases like that, de¬ 
tailed do not prove nnythlng against the value 
of salt for stock any more Hum tho fact t hat a 
neighbor Of initio kept a cow some months on 
dry feed without water proves that water is un¬ 
necessary for animals. Mr. CUvanagh has a 
hoi's© which has scarcely had salt, in tour years 
other than that derived from his feed ; bill it. is 
more tho result of carelessness than intention. 
But. horses that have for some reason run down 
in flesh have been greatly benefited, to my 
knowledge, by Hi© feeding of salt. Mr. Fuller 
said, feeding salt is known to stimulate the ap¬ 
petite, and in consequence of this fact 1 learn 
that its use is being discouraged in cheap board¬ 
ing houses. 
Water Pipe and Water Bums. —GUY P. VAN 
Waters, West Salem, Win., wants to use a water 
ram for forcing water and desires to know what, 
kind of pipe to use. Thu Commander of tho 
Club says block tin pipe Is probably the best, but 
Iron pipe is good enough. Mr. Fuller suggest¬ 
ed Hint they confer with and bo guided by the 
parties of whom (hey porelio.se (lie wfttCr nun. 
Killing Cranberry Worms.—W. G. Sears, East 
Dennis, Mass., asks if there is any way to kill 
aranberry worms other than by Hooding. Mr. 
FULLER says yes. Patch and crush them be¬ 
tween tho thumb and forefinger, which is Hie 
only other way he knows of. 
How to Keep Apples.—W m. W. HOUSEMAN, 
Batavia, N. V., tells how apples are handled and 
kept In Ids locality: 
“The varieties mostly cultivated are Ifoxbury 
Itussetts, Greenings and Baldwins. They are 
hardy, good keepers, and generally prolific, 
especially when care is taken with tho orchard. 
They are frequently held by farmers mil it 
spring, and Russets sometimes until the middle 
of May. In packing, cure should ho taken to 
leave the steins oil as ranch ils possible. 'They 
arc barreled Immediately if dry ; the barrels a re 
then corded up under the trees on dry ground, 
and if COVCfcd With a few board- Would keep oil 
the storms. Let them remain there until there 
Is danger of freezing. Then, on some cool, dry 
day remove them gently to tho cellar, which 
should bo dry and very cool. Keep the collar as 
near the freezing point as yon dare to; do uni 
disturb them by rolling or opening them until 
they are wanted for market. In this way I have 
kept Baldwins until March without any loss, 
and eighty barrels of Russet.ta witha loss of only 
t wo barrels. 
Management of Old Orchards.— Mr. HOUSE¬ 
MAN says: 
“Old orchards should be highly manured, un¬ 
less i he soil i.s naturallyvery rich, and on Rivaled 
every third your nt least, the plowing being 
rather shallow. Mulch the trees in the fall with 
a luinl of burU-ynrd manure to every four trees, 
summer Billow the next year, spread the ma¬ 
nure from the trees, and you unit grub around 
the Irens very easily, as the Hirf will be rotten. 
Throw some "ashes and a lit tle salt around each 
tree, wash the hark with ley, and your orchard 
will hear fruit unless something serious is tho 
matter. Young, healthy trees are mil. apt to 
bear as well by being manured very highly, but. 
will grow wood very fast. I have frequently 
noticed that young trees that, have been stunted 
or mutilated are apt to hear, r think mm rea¬ 
son why many young orchards do not bear 
sooner is because our nursery men are not oa re¬ 
fill enough iu selecting cions from hearing trees. 
Slim, smooth cions from trees that do not bear 
are not fit to be used. Cions cut from the 
whips or suckers that, grow out from tho body 
or large limbs will never bear." 
Mr. Fuller said the Idea that a graft taken 
from any purl, of a tree will netltor bear is all non¬ 
sense; every man of experience* who knows 
anything about, It, knows better. Mr. Curtis 
asked if grafts from suckers will succeed? Mr. 
Fuller said, yes; for at least a hundred years 
the nurserymen of this country who got up our 
first stoeksof pear trees, used nothing but suck- 
ms; and to them wc are indebted for our older 
pear orchards to-day. If It had been so bad a 
practice, would they have persisted in It so long 
as they did? True, nurserymen to-day do not 
use Ihwm; but It would make comparatively 
little i ill roueo if they did; for the success of 
the orchard depends more upon after culture 
than the kind of stock used. Mr. Caki* enter 
says hohnowa that grafts from stickers will grow 
ns well and produce as well as stocks worked 
from any other part, or the treo with the same 
treatment. Mr. Quinn, in selecting cions, pre¬ 
fers the young and healthy wood, and from 
young trees, to those from old trees. Professor 
Cook said that when a lit tle hoy, forty years 
ago, he used to hoe corn In an orchard consist¬ 
ing of a single variety of fruit, every tree of 
which was the result of splitting off a sucker 
from an old tree and planting It, Anil in that 
locality they continue to split off suckers from 
these trees-which are over one hitlulred years 
old—and plant them and make orchards thereby. 
Patent Mole Catchers.—A ltoverond gentleman 
from Now Jersey road a long paper, embracing 
a stupid lot of twaddle about tho habits of the 
mole—all preliminary to advert ising a patented 
machine for catching moles, with which be had 
the past, season caught the enormous number of 
twelve! Big thing! If the good old man ts not a 
more skillful agent iti saving souls than catch- 
Ing tho mole and enlightening the publio con¬ 
cerning its habits, we fear the stars in his crown 
Of rejoicing will tie few. Wo give the following 
as a sample of the distinguished gentleman's 
wisdom. In answer to Ihe question, “ Whatdoea 
the mole eat?” he says: 
What does It eat? This is the important part, 
of the matter. 1 am perfectly satisfied that, the 
common earth-worm is the principal, If not only, 
food of Ihe mule, and herein lies tlit* great nils 
chief that the mole perpetrates, by destroying 
that worm. Tho blind, or angling worm. Is a 
hi 1 1 iso it worker, whose agency In enriching the 
soil lias not been suspected or understood. I 
think it more than probable that the rich soil on 
the surface of the earth is mostly the work of 
the blind-worm. As you are doubtlessly aware, 
it. comes up from the subsoil every night, during 
the proper season, for the purpose of propa¬ 
gating its species. On each occasion it emits a 
quantity of matter, variable according to Hie 
size of the worm. It is to be found In all direc¬ 
tions around your dwellings, and In special 
abundance h l. the root of the white plantain, a 
plant of vigorous growth, which 1 attribute to 
the matter ejected by t he worm. 
Mlily Morgan on the Improvement of Ameri¬ 
can Horse*.— Miss Morgan read a paper In 
which she says there is little reason to doubt that 
the Arab horse Is the parent of the equine race. 
There are now in Arabia five distinct, families of 
the clean-bred Arab horse, directly bred from 
the live favorite mares of tho Prophet. These 
horses are guarded with JeiUous care; their ped¬ 
igrees are kept without an error, and to purchase 
a mare of any one of those families Issfmpfy im¬ 
possible. No sum will tempi the Bedouin to 
part with his mare. Intrigue or powerful inter¬ 
est will at a high figure occasionally obtain a 
stallion of some one of those fine breeds. She 
has never seen lad throe pure-bred Arabs, and 
she warns Americans against, so-called Arabs, 
Imported direct from Africa. These horses are 
invariably Barbs or Syrians or Gulf Arabs, more 
or less Impure In their strain of blood, and rare¬ 
ly, if ever, worth anything except us park-hacks 
for timid ladies or for young children to ride. 
She describes the pure Arab as follows: 
The bony structure of the Arab Is small, he 
rarely exceeds fourteen hands two inches; Ins 
hem! Is beautiful, the furohead Is 0recian in pro¬ 
file, the ©ye Is large and full of tire, the nostril 
Is expanded, tital the lips are thin and the mouth 
small: the ears are fine, pointed, and erect, and 
always in motion: Hie gullet Is remarkably deep 
cut, and the head consequently well set, mi ; the 
chest Is arched; I he shoulder Dim oblique line, 
mul Invariably the withers are rounded; the 
Spine is straight. and the lull Is placed high and 
curried like a plume ; the barrel is large and the 
ribs deep. The chest, also. Is wider in proportion 
than is generally seen In other deun-bred horses. 
The limits arc delicate to a degree, and appear 
almost too fine, mil.il wu recnliool thiil, Hie can¬ 
non bone of an Arab is proportionately heavier 
Hum t linl of any other race of homo; It* texture 
is almost thu! of Ivory, so dense Is It. The Arab 
Is of varied colors; ileu-bliteii gray the most, 
common; next, chestnut; the i black-,and some¬ 
times dapple brown, and rarely, Indeod, a deep 
bay. The temper nf Hie Ardi is generous and 
fiery; reliable under flic guttle role of bis no¬ 
madic owner, hut ho he aim as, in unworthy 
hands, a very fiend In for icily. IDs powers of 
endurance two almost i no edible. He will gallop 
on hour after hour, folk, k deep in the burning 
Bands of the Sahara, wl' mut oilier food than a. 
few dales, a swallow or two of earners milk and 
a handful of parched r iti. lint then, as soon as 
he roaelies Ills master' lent, no care is too much 
for him. He is the | t of tho family; lie sleeps 
under the warmest ilailki ts; lie drinks of 1110 
most choice, and ••'its of Hie best that, loving 
hands can give him ; lie Is what Ihe hors© should 
ever be, the friend nod companion of man. 
Now, let us consider his descendants. As all 
English authorities regard the English thorough¬ 
bred© as the direct descendants of the Godoiptiin 
and Derby Arabians, bred from with English 
mares, I will particularize a lew of th© changes 
that, food and climate have effected. Tho Eng¬ 
lish thornugh-bred is larger, Hwit'ter, less lovely, 
but more Bountiful than his progenitor. Ho 
stands from 15.1 to 10 hands tn height; he is ca¬ 
pable nf immense Hungs; at two years old he 
wins a Derby, and does h in lass tlinu no time; 
If he carries off the blue ribbon, he goes on for 
Hie Ascot with Increased wei«Id and rli.aauee, 
where, if hu wins, he goes lit for handicaps, 
weighted again and again on e\ cry fresh victory, 
until having proved his Worth, he roll rep, from 
the mrl’ to transmit Ids mono to future ages. 
Blair Athol Is now Ihe most fashionable of 
• ii ' '.eel' 15 hand, scarcely a 
inches; he Isa golden chestnut, and Ian, fiery as 
horses of that color generally are. Hu was a 
iiiohi afiooesaful rats- horse, and, as I have no 
doubt you all recollect, he IH the fourth Soil of 
Blink Bonny by Stookwell. Hifl wonderful 
mm her won the Derby and Oaks, and did so, 
though at the moment nor health was so feeble 
that she had three veterinary surgeons in hourly 
al tendance upon her, and gold fish were made to 
swim in the water she drank of, lest the crystal 
element should contain anything noxious to tho 
delicate aristocrat. 
Another glorious descendant of tho same 
noble line was Faugh-a-Ballagh, ami never did 
the bal.He-ory Of the Connaught Bangers ring to 
a more hearty cheer than when Ireland's dash¬ 
ing race-horse carried his colors to tho front, 
and the almost fearless Faugh-a-Bulliigh was de¬ 
clared the winner of the Lc-gcr. Leamington, 
one of his best sons, j* now iu America; he was 
imported by Mr. Cameron of Staton Island, who 
sold him a short time since to Mr. Welch of 
Philadelphia. Leamington'? late stable com¬ 
panions, Hampton Court by Young Melbourne, 
and Warminster by Nhwiu luster, are just two as 
good stallions jls it would bo possible 10 pur¬ 
chase. They wore imported by Mr. Cameron, 
who we may cordially congratulate. on llll own¬ 
ing them. Hampton Court Is a bay horse with 
a splendid trotting action, and now thatWur- 
mlnutei's mighty sire is no more, lio must of ne¬ 
cessity stand still higher m thu estimation of ull 
sensible breeders of racing stock. 
There is still another race of horses peculiar 
to Ireland. I speak of the three-fourth bred 
Irish steeple-chase horse, an animal unrivaled 
for pluck and determination. Active as a tiger, 
bold as a lion, reliable as trusty steel, yet <11111- 
eiilt to manage. In unskilled hands he is worse 
than useless; Ills haughty spirit brooks no curb, 
and Ills rare intelligence enables him lodiscover 
in a moment whether he or his rider be the bet¬ 
tor man of tbe two. 
For heavy draft the Clydesdale Ls pre-emi¬ 
nently suited; his intelligence and docility arc 
UUHUrpassed. Ills motive power is immense, 
and, when pure bred, htaaction ts always splen¬ 
did. Wore l commissioned to-uinrrow to pur- 
eluuHo horses to Improve the blood in Hus coun¬ 
try, I should not, be careful to select Derby 
winners: on the contrary, I should secure young 
horses ot undoubted purity of descent, of fault¬ 
less shape, or reliable temper, and with superb 
act ion. I would import thorough-bred English 
stallion*, hrilf-lired and three-quarter-bred Irish 
mares, Clydesdale stallions and mares. Both arc 
necessary there is at. the moment such a press¬ 
ing want, of handsome, showy, heavy team horses 
in this country; and last, though not least, I 
would at any cost secure some clean-bred Arabs, 
although to effect this I had t" pendtute, re¬ 
volver in hand,even Into the heart of the Sahara. 
From these sons of the desert, I should expect 
great things, mating them, as I would, with tho 
most Choice mures ol't his country. Derby win¬ 
ners soil at high prices, from £5,l»K) to .£*0,000; 
tlrst-ehisa English stallions, from £1,000 to £3,000. 
Irish mures of the approved classes vary from 
£75 to £300. Gydcsdule* cun he porybased from 
£100 to £500. I entirely disapprove of French 
blond. At best, It is but mongrel, and must 
want the staying poworof tbe clean-bred animal. 
At the conclusion of Miss Morgan's interest¬ 
ing address there wasa great, excitement among 
certain proverbially gallant members of tho 
(Hub. Gallant member No. 1 moved a vote of 
thanks with great promptness; «isecond veteran 
seconded the motion and moved a vote of thanks 
to member No. 1 for bis motion. (No. ff* speech 
whs only a half hour long.) Gallant member No. 
a was followed by gallant member No 3, who 
had ridden an Arab horse on the Sahara Desert, 
and who added his third to tho motion, and 
moved a vote of thanks to member No. a., who 
had moved a vote of thanks to member No. 1, 
who had moved a vote of thanks to tho beauti¬ 
ful, accomplished and queenly Midy Morgan. 
Miss Morgan got her vote of thanks in tho 
original package; but what became of the gal¬ 
lant Professors of Hifalutin wo did not wait to 
leant, 
