SnOORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
Jlorirultural. 
FLORICULTURAL  NOTES. 
Lilies.— Tot  the  past  three  years  we  have  been 
nnsucoetis fill  with  many  Lilies,  such  as  Excel- 
sum,  Chalcedonicum  and  Humboldti— and  pre¬ 
viously  as  well,  with  Browni,  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  of  Lilies,  which,  thouffh  we  tried  it  re¬ 
peatedly  with  every  care,  never  once  bloomed, 
and  after  a  more  or  less  feeble  summer-exist¬ 
ence.  was  heard  of  no  more  forever.  Sometimes 
— as  with  Excelsnm  more  strildugly  —  a  good 
stem  would  shoot  up  a  foot  or  more  with  every 
appearance  of  perfect  health.  Here  it  would  re¬ 
main  for  weeks  without  further  growtli  and  tien 
dwindle  away.  Wo  have  found,  upon  removing 
the  earth,  that  these  stems  had  drawn  their  sub¬ 
stance  from  the  bulb  itself,  no  roote  being  found 
upon  the  disk,  and  that  the  stem  must  have  died 
when  the  bulb  had  yielded  all  its  store  oi  nutri- 
tient.  E.'ttensive  growers,  we  have  foimd  upon 
inquiry,  are  troubled  iti  the  same  way.  In  some 
instances  wire-wonus  are  said  to  do  the  mischief 
—destroying  the  first  iibors  of  the  bulbs  when, 
the  stem  having  commenced  growth,  the  bulbs 
become  exhausted  in  its  supjwrt.  We  were  told 
by  one  gentleman  of  experience  that  in  planting, 
the  scales  should  he  held  closely  together,  so  as 
to  prevent  the  earth  from  falling  hetwoen  them 
— or,  planting  in  tisane-paper  was  recommended. 
Another  had  met  with  good  success  by  smTound- 
ing  the  bulbs  with  |iui  e  sand.  Another  planted 
potatoes  between  the  rows  with  good  results,  the 
wire-worms,  hv  which  he  al  Iributed  all  the  troiili- 
le,  preferring  the  jiotatoea  and  leaving  the  bulbs 
unmolested.  We  have,  however,  tried  all  but  the 
potatoes— a  remedy  w’orse  than  tlie  disease  for 
garden-plots  with  only  failure  lor  the  result ; 
eo  that  for  the  present  we  shall  try  to  content 
ourselves  with  the  Anratnms.  LancifoUums  (Rpe- 
cioanms),  TJmbellatums.  I,ongiflorimis,  Candi- 
dums.  double  Tigers,  and  others  that  always  do 
well  'Without  exi  ra  care. 
Pachyphytum  Rraeleosum.  -This  is  one  of  the 
very  best  of  succulent  plants.  AVe  saw  this  plant 
for  the  first  about  four  years  ago — it  was  rare 
then,  though  proiiagated  now  iti  almost  every 
hot-houHO.  The  leaves  are  two  or  three  inchos 
long,  spatidate-oblanooolate,  and  as  smooth  and 
plumj)  as  if  molded  of  wax.  llie  edges  are  round¬ 
ed  and  thick,  without  a  wrinkle  or  imevenness. 
The  color  of  the  le.ares  is  glaucous,  suffused  in 
some  parts  with  a  most  delicate  lilac  bloom,  in 
others  witli  a  sh  le  of  pink. 
Like  Erheitenti  and  Klonia.  it  is  pettiest  when 
young,  so  that  instead  of  retaining  old  plants 
season  after  season,  it  is  hotter  to  raise  them 
from  seeds  or  le!ive.s,  From  seeds,  hundreds 
may  be  raised  from  a  single  spike  and,  sow  n  in 
pans  of  light  soil  in  the  fall,  they  germinate 
freely  and  will  lie  large  enough  to  bod  out  by 
late  spring.  Propagated  by  the  leaves,  the  sand 
should  he  kept  rather  dry,  as  they '  are  prone  to 
damp  oft.  Indeed,  dryness  suits  this  plaut  in 
every  stage  of  its  life,  and  we  have  found  that  it 
thrives  just  as  well  in  a  hot,  dry,  dusty  sitting- 
room  as  in  any  other  place.  As  a  bedding-plant 
it  has  no  .superior  among  succulents. 
JTcmthoceras  sftrtdfolin,  -Out  Tea.dev>{  will  not 
have  forgutten  and  must  not  forget  this  beauti¬ 
ful  shi'ub,  of  whicli  a  life-sized  engraving  of  the 
inflorescence  was  given  in  a  late  RmiAi,.  NVe  see 
that  a  specimen  was  oxliibited  in  fine  condition 
at  a  meeting  of  the  Royal  Ilort.  Bociety  about  the 
15th  ult.  W'e  shaU  be  glad  to  make  it  known  to 
our  readers  as  soon  as  it  is  offered  by  our  nurs- 
eiymen. 
BJwdodendrmis  do  well  in  .shade — that  ia,  the 
foliage  thrives,  though  the  bloom  is  not  so  good. 
A  very  pretty  arrangemout  for  a  sunny  situation 
is  a  m!xod  bed  of  Rhododendrons,  Roses.  Gla¬ 
dioli  and  the  Japan  Lilies.  All  will  do  well  in  the 
same  soil — one  composed  of  poat  and  loam,  if 
destitute  of  lime  and  manure,  either  of  which  is 
injurious  to  the  Rhododendron.  Peat  until  lately 
has  been  used  in  England  almost  exclusively  for 
Rhododendrons,  and  the  behef  was  general  that 
no  other  soil  would  answer.  Now,  however,  or¬ 
dinary  gai’den  soil  is  used.  In  this  countiy  there 
18  no  doubt  but  that  It  Is  just  as  good  as  peat. 
EucalyjituK  glohulns.  -  We  have  sketched  a  leaf 
of  the  famed  prophylactic  of  those  two  posts— 
not  to  say  scourges— of  mankind,  viz.,  the  mos¬ 
quito  and  the  feoer  mui  ayiu',  from  a  seedling 
four  months  old.  The  seed  was  planted  in  a  jxit 
of  sandy  soil  Doc.  .^d,  and  placed  in  a  conaerv- 
atory  in  which  dmiug  the  winker,  the  thennome- 
ter  has  several  times  fallen  as  low  as  35  kt  38 
dega.  during  the  night.  In  two  weeks  tlie  coty-  I 
ledons  appeared,  one  of  which  ia  shown  In  the  I 
cut.  Jan.  10  the  plant  was  IJv  inches  liigh,  and 
it  is  now  7  inches  in  hight.  The  leaves  are  op- 
ixisite,  sub-aeaaile,  of  a  light-green  color— the 
midvein  tinged  with  rod.  The  stem  i.s  round  at  ' 
the  base  but  quite  square  above,  and  hears  11  ^ 
leaves  besides  the  eotyledoua  which  still  persist. 
A  note  in  the  Ruwai.  has  brought  us  a  number 
inquiries  as  to  its  cultivatiou  and  where  the 
seeds  could  be  obtained.  Its  cultivation,  as  may 
be  judged  from  the  above,  is  as  easy  as  possible, 
and  the  seeds  can  be  procured  of  leading  seeds¬ 
men.  Not  one  of  these  inquiries,  strange  to  say. 
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has  come  from  our  own  (adopted)  State.  But 
New  Jersey  is  proud  and  self-reliant  though  dia- 
owmed,  and  she  will  stand  faithful,  through  thick 
and  through  thin,  to  her  allopathic  quinine  and 
her  homeopathic  mosquito  (!)  E.  S-  Carman. 
Tilioflodendrons.  -Spealdng  of*  the  injury  done 
to  those  by  deep  planting,  the  Gardener’s  Month¬ 
ly  says : — “The  balls  of  roots  of  Itbododcndrona 
should  be  set,  as  a  general  rule,  on  the  ground, 
and  the  earth  clrawm  up  about  the  roots  and 
pressed  very  Ann."  Anything  from  the  leaf  of 
experience  respecting  these  noble  shrubs  which 
the  veteran  Mr.  R.  B.  Parsons  deems  the  -‘finest 
hardy  plant  in  cnltivation,”  is  worth  noting. 
Flotoers  and  Patioiee. — Mr.  Vick  says  in  the 
March  “  Floral  Guide:"  “Garden  work  needs  a 
large  stock  of  patience,  and  we  are  pleased  that 
It  ia  80  ;  it  is  an  excellent,  discipline  for  an  irri¬ 
table  temper.  Things  will  not  all  prove  satisfac¬ 
tory  the  first  season  ;  but  we  see  reason  to  hope  , 
for  better  things  next  year,  and  we  have  enough 
success  to  give  ua  faith  in  the  future.  What  a 
grand  school  for  the  culture  of  patience,  faith 
and  hope  !  Then,  some  of  our  work  proves  to  be 
in  exoellenit  taste,  while  a  portion  we  dislike,  and 
resolve  to  change  and  improve  another  year. 
Thus,  while  we  improve  our  gardens  we  improve 
ourselves,  and  while  they  get  handsomer  we  get, 
at  least,  bettor.  Wo  propose  no  model,  there¬ 
fore,  for  any  garden,  and  only  give  a  few  sugges- 
tiens  to  set  people  thinking  and  working— just 
the  keynote  to  get  the  tune  properly  started." 
Burns  says,  appealing  to  his  master,  the  Duke 
of  Athol: 
Would  then  toy  uoble  maater  please 
To  srrant  my  hiKbeat  wishea, 
He’ll  shade  my  banks  wi’  towering  trees 
And  bonme  sproading  buahea. 
Nature  gives  us  volumes  of  fruits  which  she 
always  prefaces  with  flowers. 
Irborixitltitviil, 
GROWING  QUINCE  CUTTINGS. 
The  different  varieties  of  the  common  apple 
and  pear  quince  are  usually  propagakd  by  cut¬ 
tings.  They  are  not  diliioult  to  make  grow,  still 
it  is  not  every  person  who  tries  that  will  succeed, 
for  there  .^re  many  unforeseen  cirenmstances 
which  frequently  interfere  with  the  success  of 
such  operations.  We  have,  in  years  past,  grown 
many  a  thousand  quince  bushes  from  cuttings, 
and,  although  always  endeavoring  to  give  the 
best  of  care  and  close  attention  to  the  presorvti- 
tiem  and  planting,  the  results  were  W)t  always 
uniform.  Sometimes  ninety-nine  cuttings  out  of 
every  hundred  would  grow,  then  again,  with  the 
same  care,  and  ■ft-ith  no  apparent  reason  for  it, 
the  losses  far  outnumbered  the  suocesses.  Our 
usual  mode  of  procoedure  is  to  make  up  the  cut- 
tings  during  the  fall  and  winter,  using  one,  two 
or  three  year  old  wood  for  tliis  purpose,  always 
gh-ing  preference  to  the  former  if  of  large  size 
and  vigorous. 
The  branches  selected  for  this  purpose  are  cut 
up  into  lengths  of  six  to  eight  inches  and  tied  up 
into  convenient-sized  bundles,  say  from  fifty  to 
two  himdred  cuttings  in  each,  according  to  their 
size,  and  then  set  uprighi.  and  partly  bnried  in 
moist  soil  or  sand,  either  in  a  coal  cellar  or  the 
open  ground,  and  thus  protected  from  frosts. 
The  object  in  placing  in  such  a  position  is  to 
hasten  the  devedopment  of  a  callus  at  the  base 
from  whence  the  roots  are  most  likely  to  issue  at 
the  proper  .season.  The  strings  used  in  tying 
the  bundles  should  be  of  a  kind  that  will  not 
rot  away  before  the  bundles  are  taken  out  for 
planthig.  Taned  twine  or  osier  will  answer  well 
for  this  purpose. 
If  the  cuttings  are  kept  in  a  cellar,  care  is  re¬ 
quired  in  preventing  them  from  becoming  too 
dry  as  well  as  too  warm,  for  if  the  latter  occurs 
growth  follows,  which  cannot  he  cliccked  with¬ 
out  desti-oying  the  Ufa  of  the  cutliug.  Upon  the 
whole,  we  have  foiuid  that  bedding  the  buiuUos 
in  the  open  ground,  thou  covering  with  hay  or 
skaw,  just  sufficient  to  prevent  freezing,  and 
keep  out  a  surplus  of  moisture  tlie  safest  place 
to  keep  quince  and  other  outtings  of  woody 
plants.  If  such  a  bed  is  made  on  the  south  side 
of  some  outbuilding  the  production  or  proooss 
which  precedes  roots  called  callus,  can  be  hast¬ 
ened  a  little  by  proper  c.are.  The  cuttings  should 
be  uncovered  as  soon  as  freezing  weather  is  past, 
and  if  the  hnndles  are  set  close  together  only  the 
upper  ends  will  he  exposed  to  the  cool  air  at 
night,  this  will  keep  the  buds  in  check  while  the 
base  of  the  aittings  being  wanner  the  root-form¬ 
ing  process  continues.  If  the  outtings  are  dry 
give  water  from  time  to  lime,  for  moisture  is 
quite  important  In  softening  the  bajk  and  hasten¬ 
ing  the  formation  of  roots. 
As  soon  as  the  ground  where  the  cuttings  are  to 
be  planted  has  becomes  warmed  by  the  sim,  and 
in  a  fit  condition  for  working  easily,  the  planting 
out  may  commence.  But  it  is  not  best  to  be  in 
too  great  haste,  so  long  an  tlio  cuttings  do  not 
show  signs  of  growtli  in  the  bundles,  beenuso  to 
take  out  of  a  warm  situation  and  put  into  cold, 
wet  gi’ound,  ia  pretty  cei-tain  to  check  the  forma¬ 
tion  of  roots.  We  generally  delay  the  planting 
until  tlie  weather  ia  warm  enough  to  stimiilato  a 
rapid  production  of  roots  and  loaves,  if  the  con¬ 
dition  of  the  cuttings  will  admit  of  it. 
In  filaiitlng  set  the  cuttings  upright  iu  shallow 
trenches,  leaving  about  one  hich  of  the  top  un¬ 
covered,  and  pack  the  soil  very  firmly  about  the 
lower  end.  Df  course,  a  rich  soil  ia  required  to 
insure  .a  rapid,  vigorous  growth,  and  rank,  fresh 
barnyard  manure  Bhonld  not  be  placed  in  imme¬ 
diate  contact  with  the  cutting.  In  some  soils 
mulching  will  bo  beneficial,  iu  otliors  it  may  do 
more  hann  than  good,  but  of  this  every  cultiva¬ 
tor  should  bo  the  best  judge.  We  have  grown 
quince  plants  by  the  hundreds  and  thousands 
from  cnttiiigs,  managed  as  described,  that  would 
average  four  feet  high  at  the  end  of  the  first  senr- 
flon.  Then  again,  a  long,  cold,  di-izzling  rain,  of  a 
week  or  more  has  followed  the  planting  out  of 
cuttings,  rotting  the  leaves  as  fast  a*  they  ap¬ 
peared.  and  almost  a  total  failure  ensued. 
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SEEDLING  TREE  CULTURE. 
We  find  the  following  timely  and  practical 
remarks  respecting  seeds  of  hardy  trees  in  a  cir¬ 
cular  received  from  Mr.  Tiioma.s  Meehan  of  the 
Germantown  Niu-soriea,  Philadelphia. 
The  Hoimdness  of  any  st.tcds  may  be  ascer¬ 
tained  by  cutting  them  ojien.  Most  failures 
arise  from  not  sowing  iH  portinl  shade.  If  hot 
bur.st3  of  sun  come  on  the  seed-beds  while  the 
seeds  are  swelling,  and  cold  follows,  many  are 
liable  to  rot.  For  raising  seeds  on  an  extensive 
scale,  many  now  use  artificial  arbors,  tall  enough 
to  work  under.  For  smaller  lots,  brushwood,  or 
a  thin  shade  of  corn-stallsH  on  a  skeleton  frame, 
is  an  excellent  plan.  Seeds  take  some  time  to 
swell  their  seed  coats  after  going  in  the  ground, 
;  bonce  all  should  be  put  in  as  early  as  possible — 
even  though  the  frost  bo  not  out  of  the  ground ; 
if  any  dry  soil  can  be  had  to  cover,  maai.v  find 
advantage  in  sowing  even  on  frozen  soil. 
For  evergreens  of  easy  growth  from  seed,  and 
which  will  grow  rapidly,  making  beautiful  onia- 
ments,  capital  wind-breaks,  and  at  length  valua¬ 
ble  timber,  the  Norway  Spruce,  A-ustrian,  Scotch, 
White,  Corsican  and  Pitch  Pinos  stand  preemi¬ 
nent.  The  Hemlock,  White  and  Black  Spruce, 
are  on  a  par  with  the  others,  except  that  the  seeds 
must  have  shade  t<i  germinate  well. 
Of  the  deciduous  trees  which  grow  very  easily 
from  seed  and  make  a  very  rapid  growth  at  once, 
the  following  stand  foremost  t  Ailanthiis,  Catalpa, 
Perairamon,  Honey  Locust,  Yellow  Locust,  Pau- 
lownia,  Taxodiimi  distichum,  and  Uie  Englisli 
and  Chestnut  Oaks.  In  Kansas  and  Nebraska, 
the  two  former  have  grown  two  feet  the  first 
year  from  seed.  The  Oaks  make  usually  but 
about  two  inches  the  first  year  ;  but  an  average 
of  two  feet  every  j-ear.” 
We  have  noticed  of  late  several  inquiries  as  to 
where  seeds  of  the  Honey  Locust  could  be  pro- 
ciu-ed.  This  circular  offers  fresh.  Honey  Ijocust 
seeds  for  76c.  per  lb.— ^16  per  bushel. 
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PROFITABLE  TREE  PLANTING. 
Me.  Heney  Ives,  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  sent  a  paper 
to  the  N.  Y.  Farmers’  Club  on  Forest  Tree  Cul¬ 
ture,  which  we  find  in  the  N.  Y.  Times.  Mr. 
Ives  belives  that  tree  planting  pa3rB,  but  .ailds 
that  in  Western  New  York,  and  through  many  of 
most  fertile  parts  of  other  States,  it  ■will  not  pay 
to  try  to  keep  a  portion  of  tho  original  forest  for 
a  wood-lot  as  it  is  found  on  most  farms,  for  they 
wore  left  without  any  reference  to  their  ever  act¬ 
ing  as  a  windbreak  or  an  ornament  to  the  farms, 
and  are  generally  deteriorating  ;  besides  wliicli, 
they  occupy  tlie  host  virgin  soil.  I  tried  twenty- 
five  years  ago  to  keep  the  original  wood-lot  on 
my  farm  renewed,  and  a  good  stand  of  timber, 
by  drossiug  up  and  planting  in,  hut  it  proved  a 
failure.  But  I  am  uow  growing  all  the  timber 
I  want  on  tho  farm  by  planting  seedlings,  which 
T  have  propagated  of  such  thrifty  kinds  as  I 
chose  and  in  such  rows  and  belts  for  windbre.ak8 
and  protection  as  my  orchard  and  fields  require. 
Theso  trooa  are  making  a  very  satisfactory 
growth,  and  it  ia  all  done  very  cheaply,  so  that  I 
would  roccimmend  all  farmers  to  plant  out  such 
I  groves  and  belts  of  timber  as  his  farm  and  loca- 
t  tion  would  require,  and  that  he  would  find  that 
after  a  few  years  ho  might  clear  off  his  old  wood- 
lot  and  have  acres  of  new  land  in  place  of  the 
old  laud  ho  planted  Ids  trees  on,  and  he  woidd 
have  a  very  thrifty  growtli  of  timber  instead  of 
hia  decaying  forest  timber ;  he  would  have  it 
where  it  would  be  useful  and  ornamental  to  his 
promises,  and,  besides,  tho  orop  of  old  timber 
would  probably  much  more  than  pay  the  cost  of 
starling  hia  new  timber  growth. 
Five  or  six  years  ago  I  planted  two  acres  with 
four-yeiu-  old  seedlings  of  white  ehri  and  soft 
maple  into  forest  rows,  sixteen  foot  apart  and 
tlireo  feet  apart  in  the  row.  Now  the  bo.st  of 
them  are  twenty  feet  high  and  twelve  inches  iu 
cu'ciimforenco,  and  for  thinning  out  tho  rows 
I  sell  trees  for  more  money  than  vvlton.1;  would 
have  brought  gro'wn  for  these  years,  and  I  can 
continue  to  sell  so  until  tliey  ai'o  so  large  I  ivlll 
take  tlicm  for  firewood,  and  I  am  growing  a 
good  crop  of  orchard  grass  between  the  rows. 
So  that  theso  acres  in  forest  timber  are  paying 
as  well,  and  are  likely  to  pay  for  years  to  come, 
as  any  other  acres  on  tho  fai’m.  I  am  cutting 
now  the  second  crop  of  wood  where  tho  fh'st  or 
original  timber  was  lalseu  off  about  twenty-five 
years  ago,  and  last  Wintfir  a  thonsand  rails  were 
taken  by  a  noigbbor  from  one-tlih'd  of  an  acre  of 
growth,  besides  a  tpiantity  of  wood  from  the  top 
and  fiinber  not  making  rails.  Another  neighbor 
used  nice  black  walnut  Inmhcr  in  building  a  fine 
farm-house,  sawed  from  troos  that  lie  had  helped 
to  plant  when  a  hoy. 
Onr  village  of  Batavia  is  admired  for  itii  fine 
rows  of  thrifty  growing  forest  trees  along  its 
sti’eets.  One  soft  maple  on  Main  street  was 
broken  down  by  the  wind,  and,  when  out  up, 
made  two  and  one-quarter  cords  of  18-ineii 
wood,  and  the  owner  of  it  said  lie  planted  it  there 
twenty-ono  years  before.  'I'he  stump  measured 
10,1^  inohoH  across  inside  tho  bark,  and  I  could 
coimt  about  twenty  annual  circles  outside  its  red 
heart.  Of  other  trees  on  tho  same  street  that 
were  planted  seventeen  years  ago  last  spring,  the 
largest  elm  masurcs  4  feet  round  two  feet  above 
tho  ground.  I  could  give  many  more  facts  and 
figures  to  show  that  it  does  pay  for  Amoricans 
to  plant  forest  trees,  both  for  fuel  and  timber, 
and  that  very  few  onterprisoa  they  can  take  hold 
of  will  pay  hotter. 
TOULOUSE  GEESE. 
This  variety  is  doubtless  the  largest  known. 
Men  in  general  have  an  aversion  to  geese,  and  we 
don’t  blame  tlicm  oil  her,  for  what  could  tlie 
little,  noisy,  voracious,  unruly  common  gccao  bo 
considered  on  a  farm  but  a  nuisance,  unless 
securely  penned  In  some  swampy  field  ?  This 
natural  aversion  we  wore  not  exempt  from  till  we 
tried  tho  magnilicent  Toulouse,  aud  thou  it  was 
changed  to  a  liking  for  theso  geese,  in  appear¬ 
ance,  they  are  uoblo  aud  (.bgoiliod.  and  will 
tlirive  without  water  to  swim  in,  if  plenty  be 
provided  for  drink.  'They  lu’c  never  unruly, 
and  can  be  fenced  as  easily  as  sJicep  i  are  very 
quiet,  not  noisy,  and  o.\tremely  hardy.  They 
are  good  layers,  averaging  about  forty  eggs 
eiMih,  in  a  season,  aud  are  solilom  broody.  If 
tho  old  stock  is  not  kept  fat,  and  after  spring 
opens  only  on  pasture  and  vegetables,  without 
grain,  nearly  every  egg  will  hatch. 
The  goslings  are  much  stronger  when  young 
than  tho  commou,  and  ai'o  more  easily  raised 
than  a  pig.  Wo  use  hens  for  hateliing,  aud  in 
summer  have  placeil  them  on  a  fresh  grass-plat, 
and  reared  them  witKout  any  mother.  Theii’ 
growth  is  BO  rapid  that  at  four  weeks  old  they 
will  weigh  from  six  to  eight  pounds  each,  and  at 
three  months,  from  fifteen  to  eiglitoon  pounds. 
At  foul’  weeks  old,  they  need  no  further  housing, 
and  can  bo  taken  from  the  nursery  and  placed  in 
the  open  pasture  to  graze  and  shift  for  them¬ 
selves,  provided  they  have  their  regular  meals  of 
soft  feed,  which  should  be  continuotl  till  they 
are  three  or  four  month.s  old.  In  Franco  and 
England,  Toulouse  geese  are  prized  for  their 
great  size,  excellent  flesh,  and  abundant  yield  of 
soft,  fine  feathers,  of  which  they  will  average 
about  half  a  pound  to  the  “  picking, "  and  would 
be  profitable  for  this  purpo.so.  Iu  the  severest 
weather  they  require  no  uhelter,  and  wo  never 
feed  mature  birds  any  grain  when  tho  ground  is 
bare,  where  they  liavo  access  to  pasture  fields. 
In  color,  geese  and  ganders  are  exactly  alike, 
viz ;  a  uniform,  hand.some  grey,  with  breast  and 
under  parts  of  body  a  shade  lighter.  They  are 
HO  mild  and  tractable  Iti  disposition,  and  possess 
HO  many  good  traits,  that  they  are  profitable 
whore  tney  can  he  kept,  and  ospecially  where 
grain  and  grass  are  cheap.  Tliere  are  himdreds 
of  waste  places  upon  which,  witli  a  trifling  ex¬ 
pense,  largo  numbers  of  these  geese  could  bo 
raised.  To  sliow  liow  prolific  they  oro.  wt:  have 
known,  for  two  sesHons  past,  one  bundi'od  gos¬ 
lings  to  be  raised  each  year  from  tho  eggs  of 
eight  <’emalc«,  besides  a  largo  number  being 
sold  for  hatehing  purposes.  For  all  purposes, 
tho  Toulouse  should  be  voted  the  “  gooso  of  the 
period.’’ — The  PouUry  Nati/>n. 
