EXCELSIOR 
41 Pnrli flow, New Yorl( 
82 Ilnffnlo St., Rochester 
) 81.00 PER YEAR. 
( Single No., Eight Cents, 
WHOLE NO. 1088 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOY. 28, 1870 
accord! tin u. Act of Congress. mo.e year .870, oy 1). 1>. T. Books. in the QiUce of the Librarian otConurew. WusblnRtonJ 
riage, she expressed it only by appearing 
one evening dressed in an exquisite violet 
toilet—violets in her hair, in her dress, even 
to a branch in her hand. Loots Napoleon 
understood, and it was his only answer. 
Napoleon, while consul, selected this ns 
his flower. It was through Josephine ask¬ 
ing him to bring her a bouquet of them on 
her birthday—a desire he was only able to 
serve after very great difficulty. He culti¬ 
vated them assiduously while a prisoner at 
St. Helena; and they were profusely planted 
bottom of the glass, unless it begins to look 
woolly, when I change it; then I bring them 
out of the dark cellar and keep them in ft 
room that will not freeze, changing the water 
once a week, and being careful to liavc it ol 
the same temperature when put in, as that 
removed. 
The remainder of my hyacinths and cro¬ 
cuses for winter I put in boxes, small pots, 
&c., containing sandy soil, and let them re¬ 
main in the cellar until the roots arc well 
started ■ then brine: them up. water occa- 
JtTormthurf 
of the species will thrive in a cool green-house 
or room. They thrive best in a light, turfy 
loam or peaty soil, with a slight admixture 
of sand. Keep in the warmest part of the 
room and give plenty of water at all times. 
They may be propagated rapidly and easily 
from cuttings r>f the stems or leaves. A leaf 
taken off and laid down flat upon the surface 
of pure wet. gaud, and a half dozen or more 
easily I of small wooden pegs driven through it, will 
FLORAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
About the Uerkshlre Hocr. 
Mr. Moutpeldt, during a discussion by 
the St. Louis Farmers’ Club, said this breed 
“ has one fault; bis ribs spring out too far 
from his back, and he looks larger than he 
ally is; but he takes to grass readily, and 
will take caro of him¬ 
self if allowed good 
pasturage. He is, in 
fact, a hog of sense. 
Within the past, fifteen 
years lie lias won the 
most fViends. In all 
points lie is the most 
admired of our bogs.” 
The Poland and China 
Hour. 
Mr. 8rn ekson said 
that this is a dark bog, 
or black and white, 
Eg with a dark skin. n« 
yj had it from good nu- 
—thority that a Poland 
months old weighed 
m one hundred pounds 
more than the Berk- 
K9 shire, with the same 
' feed. It. can he told by 
its characteristics. They 
arc raised now more 
Srer extensively over the 
Igk'l country than any other 
TOmL' may possibly be origi- 
sated hereafter. It was 
by some of the owners 
of the Poland and China 
seventeen months old, 
| heavier than any other 
months old. 
(. i. i.ii.,-..... 
it Is as good a hog as we 
jjp&rv, if | can get. lie believed 
^SgB|!|=d|^ that our pork packers 
~~ here will prefer a lighter 
hog, weighing say from 
three hundred to three 
hundred and fifty lbs.” 
«rr/io (Suffolk is found 
an entire failure, lias 
very little hair on it, 
and is generally not worth raising, as com¬ 
pared with other breeds. As to size, the 
probability is that, a hog of three hundred 
and fifty pounds is about the right size. Tor 
Double Floirerlut Fnchsin, Warrior. 
Nothing in the floral world can lie more 
beautiful than a well grown plant of Fuchsia, 
either double or single, studded all over 
with its bright wealth of pendant floral 
gems—so elegant and beautiful, so < 
grown, and now so 
well appreciated. The 
fuchsia delights in a 
light, rich soil, and re- 
quires a partial shade to 
succeed well through 
the hot weather of sum¬ 
mer; above all, to be 
kept free from the red 
spider, which is the 
worst pest it lias to con- i 
tend against. They \i i \'\ 
may he grown in pots, ” 
(taking care they do 
not suffer at any time 
for want of water,) or l 
planted out in the open 
ground in a partially nS* 
shaded place, where nb 
they will succeed and 
bloom finely, if the soil 
has been prepared to ^ 
suit their wants. ^ 
The accompanying 
illustration represents s*m** Z~?*Y, 
one of i he finest of the f/ yW 
double-flowering kinds, Lgp/ 
with scarlet tube and 
sepals well reflexed, and 
very large Corolla of a 
rich violet purple. The /C. 
plant is a good grower, / 
and Js among the very 
best for decorative pur- 
ton, JRoo/mtcr, A r . Y. /fMwMMS 
.delicate hot-house ^ 
plants thrive in any DOUBLE FLOWERING FUCHSIA, WARRIOR. 
apartment, and a case 
judiciously filled forms one of the most 1 soon be found to have taken root at every siona 
beautiful as well as interesting ornamental place whero broken by the pegs. Alter the Ins 
for the parlor or sitting-room. ront3 Imve became two or more inches in hyac 
Though most stove plants of dwarf habit nr ' ! |nlll1l ' ( * oa t,ic . 
and fine foliage are suitable to grow in this «<*g es > ^refully lift the leaf and divide into (Nas 
manner, some are peculiarly adapted for the a3 sec “ nn<J ■» ther « are cll, ™P 3 . ot r00ts J ™ 
purpose. Among them the Fittonins, or and buds - To insure success with leaves m bloss 
Oyrmostachys (of which there are five va- mannei, >e glasses or 10 ets aie 
rief.es,) hold the first place. The variety usually necessary, but our lady readers mjy So 
represented by the accompanying illustra- find it an interesting experiment, and worth Rtm 
tion is a native of Peruvia. It is of creeping lr y* u S tn their parlois. destr 
habit, a good grower, and lias bright green- ~ soms 
, ’ v • 1 I 1 .,, Window Plants tor Winter. (Jid f 
colored leaves, conspicuously marked with , , . , nP .• onmn . 
. .. . V . i 1 have live kinds of petunias and some Rme 
pure white veins. It is everywhere pro- , , . , T - v „ n 
, , . . . ' verbenas, which I slipped fiom seedlings f. ir lt 
nonneed a charming plant. Although but , ’ ,, T . . , 
, . . , , , ,, . ■ , - when they were small. It is not too late to m t 0 
recentlv introduced, it can be obtained of ' , 3 . utuu 
- . ii- place hyacinths, crocuses and tulips m sou E M 
most florists at a very reasonable price.— 1 „ A ,, 
n J v 1 or moss lor winter flowering. No plants 
AV. C. B., liOchix ei, N, I . „„„„ m nrn nlonaiO-O for winter flow- 
FITTONIA ARGYRONEURA. 
over the grave of Josephine After Ins 
death, his coffin was covered with the hum¬ 
ble flowers lie loved. It is even aaid that in 
the earlier days of Lotus Napoleon, he 
was silently mude acquainted with who his 
secret friends were by a cautious display of 
violets.” _ 
Taking tip Tulip*. 
Mrs. C. Henry, Farmington, O., asks if 
tulips should be taken up when they have 
done blooming. It is the usual custom to 
take up tulip bulbs after the leaves and stems 
have died down in summer, although it is 
not necessary to do so every year. Large 
bulbs usually divide up into several small 
ones, and if they remain for a number ol 
years undisturbed they became crowded and 
weak, consequently produce few or very 
poor flowers. If taken up and replanted 
every season they usually do better than if 
allowed to remain undisturbed. 
Begoufas* 
A lady asks us to tell her something of 
the habits of a plant called Begonia and the 
best method of keeping it through winter. 
Begonias are soft, succulent plants, natives 
Other Floral Notes :i re necessarily crowded out 
We are iflud to receive and auswer questions. 
