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course we and our readers will desire to 
hear from Eva again. She writes charm¬ 
ing, and (which is far more important,) prac¬ 
tically.— Eds. Rural New-Yorker. 
ness, nearly always killing to the ground 
every severe winter; is a very rampant 
grower, needs constant close pruning; does 
better on poor lands than rich. In soils 
where it has not proved productive, and 
where it has winter-killed, it. has often been 
found best to seed the land down to grass, 
which restrains the growth very materially, 
and permits the canes actually formed to 
going without. As you are aware, probably, 
there are many fruits that we cannot grow 
West; and if wc can’t get the befit flavored 
to grow we must do the best we can and 
grow such as will fruit with us; and this the 
Colfax does abundantly, besides going 
through our open winters without being 
damaged. So I say, until some of your wise 
fruit growers can give us a sort that is better 
than the Colfax and will hear half as much, 
don’t let them be too hasty in condemning 
those that wc can get fruit from.— William 
S. Johnson, Iowa, August, 1870. 
We did not know that Wilson’s Albany 
was unproductive in Iowa. Jt is certainly 
a far better fruit than the Colfax, which, as 
we have seen it, is most miserable. And we 
believe bo far as quantity (not number) of 
fruit is concerned the Wilson will produce 
to satisfy any family in Iowa. 
3pimculturt 
FLORAL WINDOW BOXES 
BROAD-LEAVED PLANTS, 
POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP, 
Nothing adds so much to the ornamental 
appearance of a room as flowers. They can 
he procured with little expense, aud4.be few 
moments required each day in water¬ 
ing and careful training and pruning, 
are amply repaid by the sweet fra¬ 
grance and rich bloom. A window 
box can he very easily and cheaply 
made of wood, and fitted to the win¬ 
dow sill of a south or east window', 
which can be made very attractive. 
Ours is made of pine boards; is about 
five inches deep, and covered with 
wall paper—it would he better painted, 
or, still better, made of zinc and neatly 
painted. The more expensive arc 
made of pot ters’ ware or of tile. Good 
rich garden soil is suitable for most 
plants. 
A plant of the German ivy is very 
pretty to place at either end of the box, 
and can be trained up the window 
casing and festooned over the top of 
the window. The KennilwortU ivy 
/ j is useful as a border plant on the inner 
% 'JH ‘ ul S e l JO * and allowed to trail 
but it. will re- 
Jn the construction of our home grounds, 
in the arrangement of artistic landscape and 
of bold points in cemeteries, there is often 
need of broad, strong leaved plants, hardy 
and yet showy in their season—plants that 
require little or no care beyond that of the 
first planting, and yet that will, year after 
year, make so hold a show in the hack 
ground of a border, or on a point of rock- 
work or tufted mound as to attract atten¬ 
tion and create admiration without creating 
a desire in the observer to approach or 
gather the object. The Bocconin Cordata, 
(by some sent out this year as Muleedia Ted- 
doeniss —a little item of which no honorable 
dealer should knowingly he guilty) is one of 
the good things for this purpose. Its foliage 
is of a light blue green, broad and elegantly 
serrated; but its flowers, in spikes, are in¬ 
conspicuous, and lienee it should ever he 
used in the foreground of planting. [We 
re-publish an engraving of this plant in this 
connection.— Eds. Rural New-Yorker. 
The Bupthalum eordifolum (of which here¬ 
with is illustration,) is another grand plant 
for such position; but it should be in the 
rear, ns its leaves are of a deep coarse yel¬ 
low green, broad and bold, while its llmvers, 
home on tall stems, are measurably in 
spikes, very striking, somewhat, like a Rud- 
beckta , but larger and more distinct, with the 
outer petals more fringed. The color of the 
flower is a deep, rich yellow. Addi. 
“That New Cln-rry.” 
The comments of your valued correspon¬ 
dent, F. R. Elliott, on the “new cherry,” 
in a late Rural New-Yorker ; as well also 
my own account of its origin, published sub¬ 
sequently, have brought me quite a number 
of letters of inquiry, and orders for trees. 
Parties seem anxious to try t he fruit any 
way, and are willing to risk being “ hum¬ 
bugged,” in order to satisfy themselves ex¬ 
perimentally, us to the fact, whether it he new 
or some old kind in a new locality. 
lam not a tree dealer; only an amateur 
cultivator for home use, and to gratify an in¬ 
herent fondness for horticulture. Mr. Elli¬ 
ott, whose opinions ail respect, in a note to 
me after inspecting some of this fruit, which 
I sent him, pronounces it the “Early Rich¬ 
mond,” In tliis, however, 1 doubt not that 
he is mistaken, us 1 had some of the Early 
Richmond sent me by a friend in the West, 
and after a careful comparison, men of dis¬ 
criminating minds and sound judgment pro¬ 
nounced them quite distinct. Moreover, 1 
consider the “Dye house" as much better 
than the “ Early Richmond ” or “ Early 
May,” us the Morello is belter than the best 
wild cherry. At all events, tins cherry is 
worthy of extended trial, and I have placed 
many specimen trees in the hands of men in 
various parts of our diversified climate, with 
a view to testing the matter fully. 
1 do not claim, beyond doubt, that this is 
a new fruit, hut, I do claim that no one i ever 
saw, who knows it, well, and has seen all the 
early cherries, will say that it is like any 
other kind. With the hope that truth will 
triumph, 1 rest the question here for the 
present.—H. T. J1., Stanford, Ay. 
The Hcnppernn'iir drupe for Wine. 
A. J. Bunter, > hileville, N. C., says in 
Carolina Faruie , that wine is made from 
this grape by adding to the juice of the 
grapes (called Must,) cither sugar or brandy, 
but without the use of either one or the 
other, 1 dr iht whether a palatable wine can 
he made of this species of grape. Yet I 
am not prepared to deny the fact that wine 
hns bee.ii, and mny be made, of Scuppernong 
juice without the use of sugar or brandy, 
but 1 believe the result will be acid enough 
to suit any amount of taste for “acids 1 '— 
probably a wine not dissimilar to a fair ar¬ 
ticle of Rhine wines. Not only can still 
wines, but by proper management, as above 
observed, an excellent quality of sparkling 
wine may bo produced from the Scupper¬ 
nong, not inferior to “ Sparkling Catawba," 
equal to the best French Champagne. Of 
course, all these wines cannot be expected 
to he produced, in their highest perfection, 
by an unskillful band—but if even such as 
you find them now sell readily, and the 
supply cannot, keep up with the demand, 
is not that sufficiently encouraging? 
A){i down over the sides 
quire severe pruning or it, will cover 
Wd and crowd out other plants. For the 
: center a few plants of verbena, geraui- 
mns, or fuschios, or the more common, 
^38 but not less beautiful, pansies, double 
stocks, pinks, camila-flowered balsams, 
'' and wall flowers. There is also the 
English daisy, {Beilis perennis,) “ wee 
modest crimson-tipped flowers.” 
Be careful not to get too many plants; 
two or three are suflicient, and will grow 
more luxuriantly than if crowded. Many 
oilier plants can be successfully cultivated 
in the same manner. I have mentioned 
only those which are In reach of all. 
A morning glory came up self-sown in 
our window box, and was allowed to grow, 
only taking care to pinch off the ends of the 
shoots occasionally; and common ns it is, 
it has given us much pleasure. The Petu¬ 
nia can he grown as a house plant; and, 
trained on a trellis, presents a much prettier 
appearance than in the garden. A very 
neat trellis may he made of old hoops, form¬ 
ing pieces of them into three circles, seven, 
five, and three inches in diameter, fastening 
each circle firmly with the clasps taken 
from the hoops. (This can easily be done 
with the aid of a knife and pair of pincers.) 
Then a fine stick, two feci long, nicely pol¬ 
ished, and sharpened at one end, must he 
put through the circles 
first under one side of 
the smallest, then over 
the same side of the one 
next in size, then under 
the other side of the 
first, &c., weaving them 
i, in and securely fasten* 
ing the upper side of 
H' the largest one with a 
little wire staple. 
a/. A very neat hanging 
^ ^ basket may also be 
made of old hoops and 
broom-wire, using these 
for a form and lining 
with moss. Some pretty 
trailing plant, inside, 
trained to hang over 
the sides gives it a very 
agreeable effect. I have 
one in which after lin¬ 
ing half way with moss, 
g p -j 1 placed a row of Ken- 
nil worth ivy, then, fill* 
. ing up with moss, a 
tf Geranium is placed on 
>>>^^\ & ’* lC 10 1 1 - These baskets 
require to be copiously 
watered. I have found 
1y/M pL the best way to suspend 
tlie about two 
'SgP? inches of water, allow- 
$ i'tg the soil to absorb 
the moisture, which it 
will do very readily. 
Wc have some very 
interesting wild flowers 
here, some of which are 
MM species of Mimosa, I 
, think peculiarly gracc- 
ful and pretty, with its 
delicate foliage and 
bright straw - colored 
bloom. Then the Pen- 
stem on, the Euphorbia 
£§ £^ 7i i mriegata and —but I 
* fancy I can see Mr. 
Editor, watch in hand, 
and hear him say 
“lime’s up.” So I will only add, that 
should he and my young friends desire, I 
will try and tell them something about our 
Western flowers, and perhaps of other 
things in our Western home.— Eva. [Of 
FLORAL NOTES AND QUERIES 
BUPTHALUM CORDTFOLI DM. 
mature thoroughly. This practice has 
nearly always proved a benefit with the 
Lawton, although not necessary for either 
of t he other varieties.” 
Dnulilc lailSfH. 
In the month of .June last, you gave your 
readers an illustration and description of a 
double Tiger Lily. In your description, 
you say you only know of two double lillios, 
the double white and double purple M irta- 
gon. Now, J have a double lily that 1 have 
never yet seen advertised in any catalogue 
that 1 have ever received or seen ; nor have 
I ever met with any mention of it in any 
newspaper devoted to the information of the 
people. We call it the double “Corn Lily,” 
the leaves being from eighteen Inches to two 
feet in length, from one to one. and three- 
quarter inches in width; the flower stalk, 
nearly four feet high, ldooms fine, cup¬ 
shaped, and usually well filled ; base of the 
flower greenish orange, running to a point in 
the center of each ; petal along the upper 
edges of the points flames up crimson red, 
which mingles more or less with the orange 
Color of the remainder of the petal, giving 
the blossom a radish-orange appearance at 
a distance. The plant, is a very profuse 
bloomer, each bloom lasting but one day. 
Does any of the readers of the Rt hat, New- 
Yorker know if it has any other name than 
“ Double Corn Lily ? ” That is what I want 
to know.—M rs. M. C. 
litiu-U-Uiip It iiwptx cries. 
We have a long communication from A. 
M. Purdy (which we cannot print as writ¬ 
ten) taking exception to some of Addi’s 
positions on page 140 , in Rural New- 
Yorker, August 27. vVe extract the essen¬ 
tial portions of l his communication:—“A inn 
names several of this family and says they 
are no bel ter than hundreds of the old, wild 
American black and white caps to be found 
in (lie. fence corners all over the country; 
and the man owning ground on which the 
natives grow who should cut them away for 
the purpose of planting either of the above 
(among which he names the Golden Thorn¬ 
less, Miami and Lilm’s Fall Bearing) ought 
to he sent to a lunatic asylum or made to 
attend horticultural conventions one year. 
* * * For six or eight years I have grown 
(in New York and Indiana) the Miami along¬ 
side the Doolittle, (which Addi so highly 
recommends,) and have found it. superior in 
every respect. I have noticed .a Hie West¬ 
ern Rural an article f -~m an intelligent 
grower of fruits a* .it. Joseph, Midi., who 
speaks of lit" Miami in the highest terms, 
claiming that it is but little, if any, inferior 
to the McCormick, (which Mr. Purdy per¬ 
sists in improperly calling “ Mammoth Clus¬ 
ter.”) 
“As to the‘Golden Thornless ’ wc gave 
the name to this last season only, we having 
obtained the original plant from Blue Earth 
Co., Minn. * * * * As wc never sent 
it out, and as the name was never given it 
before last fall we would like to know when 
or where. Addi ever saw it in full fruiting— 
especially two-year-old hushes. * * John 
J. Thomas says:—‘It is the largest and 
most productive yellow raspberry of the 
cap kind we have seen, being nearly or quite 
as large as McCormick.’ 
“As to Lum’s Fall Bearing:—For two 
falls it has fruited with mo; and without any 
hesitation 1 must, and can pronounce it the 
greatest acquisition yet made or developed as 
‘fall bearers.’ It. was a perfect mass of 
fruit on my grounds last fall and the fall be¬ 
fore. The fruit is very large, rich, and de¬ 
licious, with a while bloom on it. It is fully 
equal to Catawissa in show of fruit, but lias 
the advantage of that, sort by ripening two 
weeks earlier. It is a fruit that can be 
grown where the peach and pear fail to 
grow r , thus supplying the table at a season 
when it is very desirable. No matter if the 
plant does kill down, the new grow th that 
sprouts up in the spring is what bears the 
fall crop.” 
The Cotrnx Sm wherry. 
I noticed a statement in the Rural New- 
Yorker not long since that the Colfax 
strawberry was worthless. Now 1 am not 
engaged in strawberry culture only for my 
own family supply, and wish to say that of 
all the varieties 1 have tried it gives me the 
best, satisfaction. 1 know its flavor is poor 
and that it. is soft ; but such a crop as they 
bore for me this summer I never saw. While 
most other sorts were almost a total failure 
here, on account of the very dry season, this 
kind bore such a crop as to astonish all who 
saw it. On the table in sugar and cream it 
was good enough—certainly better than 
Sowinu BlaeUberry and Raspberry Seed. 
In answer to a correspondent, the Garden¬ 
ers’ Mont hly says :—“ Sow in a box of sandy 
soil at once, and place in rather dark place, 
until the seed germinates, and then gradual¬ 
ly inure to the light. They can he kept dry 
till spring, and sown, but then they will re¬ 
main a year in t he ground before growing. As 
we propose, they will come up in six weeltB, 
and it potted soon after sprouting, and their 
growth encouraged, they will, some of them, 
fruit next year.” „ 
grower; hears enormous crops, which iusi 
over a long period; has dark,glossy, black 
berries of fine, noble size and delicious flavor. 
Its only faults are its thick core and exces¬ 
sive Buckering. It requires severe pruning, 
which should never be omitted at the right 
time, and the ground must be well cultivated 
to cut down the sprouts which persist in 
making their growth. 
“ The Wilson, in New Jersey, Delaware, 
Maryland and the South, is our finest market 
variety. Is there per¬ 
fectly hardy, luxuriant, 
thrives finely on light 
soil, yields good crops, 
and is superior as a 
market fruit, on account 
of its brilliant color and 
firmness and large size, 
which makes it the most 
showy variety on the 
list; flavor sweet but 
not lively. During its 
first year the. shoots ex-, 
hibil a natural trailing 
habit, creeping close to 
the ground and over¬ 
flowing with bloom. 
After the second year it 
grows more stout, up¬ 
right and vigorous, and 
bears very abundantly. 
It is the earliest of all 
our market varieties, 
save the Dorchester, but 
its most valuable quali¬ 
ty is the rapidity with 
which it ripens up the 
ent ire crop, scarcely ten 
days elapsing between 
the first and last pick¬ 
ings. Blossoms not en¬ 
tirely perfect; hence 
many are infertile and 
fruit is lost. Still ah 
abundance are left 
which develop perfect 
fruit. It is well to plant, 
every fourth or fifth row 
with a perfect flowering 
variety. 
“ The Dorchester .— 
Not quite as large as 
either of the above, but 
longer in proportion ; 
flavor sweet, fine ; very 
early, and very desira¬ 
ble for market or family 
use. 
“ Lawton. — When 
perfectly ripened not 
surpassed by even the 
Kittatinny, nor excelled by any in pro¬ 
ductiveness. Main tains its reputation strong¬ 
ly in the market, and if sent in good con¬ 
dition never fails to bring the highest 
price. Its principal fault is want of ltardi- 
Orange King Raspberry. 
Mr. Arnold says this is a seedling raised 
by himself, which is perfectly hardy and of 
Ampelopsls <|nluqucfoltn. 
Nettie S. writes the Rural New-York¬ 
er :—“ I send you the leaves and berries of 
a vine which I would like to have named. 
Tt grows wild in the woods near here. In 
its natural state it trains on the trees by its 
tendrils, which fasten in the hark of the tree. 
Ill fall, after the first, frost the leaves turn 
red; the berries are a dark purple when 
ripe. Are they poisonous when ripe, or at 
any time?” 
it is Ampcbpsis qninguefolia of Gray and 
some botanists, or A. Tmleracm of others, 
commonly known as Five-leaved Ivy, Amer¬ 
ican Ivy or Virginian Creeper. The leaves 
are digitate, with three to live pctiolate leaf¬ 
lets. In the specimen sent, these leaflets 
had been cut off of the main petiole and 
sent, as five separate leaves. Persons desir¬ 
ing to have specimens named should he. 
more careful to send perfect leaves or flow¬ 
ers ; for it is frequently almost impossible to 
make out. what the plant is, when a little 
withered sprig of flowers, not over half an 
inch or an inch long, is sent, or as in this 
case, four or five pieces of a leaf instead of 
the whole leaf. ____ 
About n BnUnm. 
I have in my garden a stalk of balsam, 
of which all hut one branch is red, and that 
is a pale flesh color. Does it often happen 
so, and how ? I can not see any signs of 
two stalks growing together. I raised a 
purple and white, last season, hut it did not 
ripen any seed.— Nettie. 
The variation in the color of the flowers 
on the branches of the balsam is nothing un¬ 
usual; and many of our finest flowers dit- 
fering in color from the tj'pe species are due 
fLot Aste/SD 1 *- 
superior flavor, quite thornless, not as large 
a berry as Brinckle’s Orange. ITas grown it 
for seven years; has about an eighth of an 
aero; the fruit is too soft to ship to distant 
markets. 
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