sometimes  sadly  misled  us,  as  is  illustrated  in 
the  word  Bimn-e,  which  so  frequently  recurs  in 
lists  of  French  pears.  It  should  not  ho  ])ro- 
nounced  Burray  as  we  have  been  taught,  hut 
Burr."] 
[How  is  this  ?  The  French  word  Bcun’O — the 
final  letter  accented — means  butter-pear.  It  is 
pronounced  Bcuray.  The  French  word  Beurro 
regardless  of  these  provisions  will  simely  meet 
with  di«Hi)pointment. 
The  north  side  of  a  building  and  as  far  from  it 
as  the  Kha<ie  extends,  is  the  best  place  to  make 
the  bod.  Big  at  least  a  spade  deep  and  fill  hi 
or  mix  with  old  manure,  decayed  sf>d  or  soil 
from  tho  woods,  with  a  aullicient  quantity  of 
sand  to  prevent  it  from  becoming  too  oonijiact. 
Sow  seeds  in  tho  house  in  lioxos  or  jiots,  tho  lat¬ 
ter  part  of  I'’obruary,  an  inch  apart.  (Nothing 
is  gaitiod  by  sowing  seeds  now.  Wo  have  bntthe 
unnec^'ssary  trouble  of  protecting  them  through 
the  winter.)  They  will  germhiato  in  ton  days. 
Prick  out  and  plant  in  tho  prepared  bed,  as  soon 
as  Hjiring  opens,  about  ten  inches  apart.  They 
will  scarcely  need  artificial  watering  until  sum¬ 
mer.  But  then  whether  the  season  bo  moist 
or  dry— it  must  bo  given.  A  constant  moisture 
will  secure  fair-sized  llowers  during  July  and 
August.  And  to  this  rule,  a  single  exception 
will  cause  a  noticeable  diminution  in  their  size. 
Many  of  your  reailors  may  know  how  finely  tho 
Pansy  thrives  in  tho  moist  climate  of  JCngland. 
Even  iu  the  way  I  have  directed,  we  cannot  equal 
their  ilowers  in  size,  because  they  grow  in  a 
moist  ttk  which,  during  the  hottest  of  our 
weather,  we  cannot  supply.  \  shady  position — 
ono  that  rivccives  tho  sun  imt  after  nine  in  tho 
morning,  or  before  live  in  the  evening — and  pre¬ 
serving  the  soil  iiniforndy  moist  aro  tho  nearest 
ajqjroach  we  can  make.  In  this  way  we  may,  it 
is  true,  fail  to  produce  flowers  four  inches  in  di¬ 
ameter  a  size  I  have  often  roail  about  in  catal- 
ogno  harangues,  but  have  never  scon,  even  in 
tho  best  of  Sjiriug  conservatory  plants ;  but  our 
own  liavo  averaged  from  to  2  iaclies  llirough- 
out  tlio  sunuiicr.  and  with  tJiis  result,  as  com¬ 
pared  with  what  1  Itare  seen,  I  am  well  satisfied. 
There  are  many  lovers  of  herbaceous  plants 
wlio  are  ciqiecially  fondof  UiisC4iptivatingllowor, 
wlio  have  failed  in  Its  successful  cultivation,  be¬ 
cause  its  roquh’ements  have  not  been  pro\  ided. 
As  you  have  never  given  tbe  Pansy  a  verj' liberal 
8]>nco.  I  have  made  hold  to  do  so,  ns  it  it  a  most 
particular  favorite  of  mine. 
Permit  mo  to  say.  however,  Editors  of  tho  Ru- 
KAL,  that  I  have  read  your  ])aper  for  neaidy  six¬ 
teen  years  and  that  I  nave  never  hked  it  so  well 
as  of  late  months.  Its  vigor,  originality,  avoid¬ 
ance  of  all  words  that  might  grate  upon  delicate 
feelings,  the  evident  i)ains  with  which  every  de- 
imrtment  is  worked  ujj — entitle  it,  iu  my  poor 
estimation,  to  an  ultimate  success  greater  than  it 
has  ever  a<fiilovcd.  A.v  Oi.n  (lAKDENEn. 
[We  tliank  An  Old  Gardener,  with  whom  wo 
have  not  tho  pleasure  of  being  acquainted,  for 
’(is  agreenhle  Pansy  article,  and  hope  to  bear 
fVoin  lilm  again.  We  have,  indeed,  neglected  tho 
Pansy  and  huiulreds  of  other  fine  old  plants ; 
hut  only  because  others  have  boon  deemed  of 
paramount  interest. 
Let  us  say  that  liis  kind  words  as  regards  tho 
R.  N.  y.  aro  but  ono  instance  of  many  that  wo 
have  of  late  received.  Such  exprosaions  encoiu'- 
age  11  a  to  every  effort  of  which  we  ai’o  capable  for 
the  future.  But  our  Iwst  friends  will  agree  with 
us  that  their  publication  would  cou-stitute  one  of 
those  forms  of  “domnition”  self-praise,  the 
seeming  necessity  for  which  iu  American  jour¬ 
nalism  is  greatly  to  be  deplored. 
Excuse  us  then,  kind  friends,  if,  when  such 
ilattering  exjjressions  occur  in  the  body  of  arti¬ 
cles  intended  for  publication,  we  cut  them  out 
for  our  oft^l  private  edification. — Ens.j 
leaves.  The  same  sand  will  serve  as  long  as  need 
be,  if  washed  out  occasionally,  and  it  is  less 
trouble  to  arrange  llowers  In  Ibis  way  than  in  the 
usual  boquet  form,  where  the  stems  are  cut  long, 
tied  together  and  immersed  in  water. 
J’t'Jarfjofiium  Sord.—lt  is  now  a  good  time  to 
collect  tlie  seeds  of  bedded  Pelargoniums.  Tbe 
hot  season  which  lias  retarded  loaf  and  stem 
growth,  has  liecn  favorable  to  the  production  of 
flowers  and  seeds— though  quite  unfavorable  to 
tho  beauty  or  eudiiranoo  of  tho  trasses. 
The  seeds,  if  sown  onl-of-doors  in  little  pre¬ 
pared  bods  (ono  foot  square  is  large  enough  for 
fifty)  will,  by  frost,  form  little  plants  tliat  may 
easily  bo  potted  and  cultivalwl  in  the  bouse 
through  tho  winter.  Thus  treated,  they  will 
bloom  when  turned  out  in  the  spring  as  early  as 
old  plants. 
From  such  seedlings,  symmofry  of  fonn  and 
inferiority  of  flower  are  alike  certain. 
RAMBOUR  PAPELEU  APPLE, 
This  is  one  of  tho  very  good  apiiles  Avhich 
liave  originated  in  Russia.  Most  of  the  varie¬ 
ties  from  (his  source 
have  provoil  k»  be  har¬ 
dy  and  valuable  for  tho  ^ - 
more  Nortliern  States, 
and  the  linmhonr  Bap-  / 
elm  promises  to  be  no  / 
exce|)tion  to  tliis  rule.  / 
The  tree  is  very  vig-  / 
orous  and  productive.  / 
Fruit  large,  roimdish  / 
oblate,  conical,  deep 
rich  yellow,  spotted 
striped  and  sjilasbcd 
with  shades  of  rich  red 
and  small  russet  dots. 
Flesh  yellowish  -  white,  \ 
rather  coarse,  breaking, 
sharj)  subacid ;  excel-  \ 
lent.  Season,  Novem-  V 
her  to  January.  The  \ 
accompanying  outline  \ 
is  from  an  average  8j)o- 
cime/i  when  well  grown. 
This  variety  gave  prom-  X. 
iso  a  few  years  since  of 
becoming  quite  popular 
and  we  should  bo  pleased  to  hoar  from  those 
who  have  had  experionoo  with  it  as  to  their 
success. 
NOTES, 
James  Vick  thus  cozily  expresses  himself  in 
his  No.  4  of  the  Floral  Guido  just  received: 
"Four  bushels  of  Grass  to  tho  acre  for  a  quick, 
good  lawn,  and  anyone  who  sows  Rye  or  Oats  or 
Tnrnips  with  the  seed  to  protect  it,  ought  to  be 
sent  to  the  lunatic  asylum.” 
Why  ham  you  no  Iavoi  >  Too  late.  Tho  hot, 
dry  weather  of  Juno  sot  in  before  the  seed  had 
obtained  any  root-hold  of  the  earth.  If  you  sow 
in  Spring,  do  it  as  soon  as  the  ground  can  possi- 
hly  he  got  J'eady.  A  little  White  Clover  it  will  be 
well  to  sow  with  tho  grass,  and  a  few  ounces  of 
Sweet  Vernal  Grass  wUl  give  a  Vanilla  flavor  to 
an  acre.  Uo  I  suppose  the  seo<l  you  sowed  for 
grass  seed  was  pretty  much  all  woods  ?  No,  not 
at  all  likely.  You  luive  a  crop  of  weeds,  to  he 
snro,  hut  suiqxisc  you  had  planted  Corn  or  Pota¬ 
toes  iu.stcad  of  sowing  grass  seed,  and  had  not 
used  the  hoe,  don’t  yon  tlnnk  you  would  Jiave 
had  a  pretty  good  crop  of  weeds?  Most  of  uur 
soils  are  thickly  seeded  with  seeds  of  many  kinds 
of  weeds. 
not  accented  means  butter  and  is  jironounced 
Beu-r.] 
APPLES  IN  -WISCONSIN, 
I  NOTICED  in  a  late  nuinher  of  tho  Rvual,  an 
article  under  tho  heading,  "  Ajqilos  in  Wiscon¬ 
sin.”  In  which  tho  writer  conveys  tbe  idea  that 
the  raising  of  apples  in  this  State  is  a  failure. 
Now  Mr.  Editor,  I  claim  tliat  apples  have,  and 
can  lifl  raised  snoeessfully  in  Soiitliern  Wiscon¬ 
sin.  Tho  writer  lias  an  orchard  of  jierbaps  75  or 
100  thrifty  bearing  trees,  and  out  of  tbo  whole 
lot  not  more  than  10  have  been  reiilanted  since 
it  was  first  sot  out  15  years  ago.  In  this  country 
nearly  every  farmer  raises  his  own  fruit.  I 
have  now  iu  my  mind  two  largo  orchards  of 
perhajiH  COO  or  800  trees  oacli,  and  should  you 
ask  their  owTiors  to  Jay  if  apiilo  raising  in  Wis¬ 
consin  was  a  failure,  their  answer  would  be  no  ! 
Docs  a  farmer  expect  a  harvest  wthout  sowing 
grain.  Neither  can  lie  reasonably  expect  to  raise 
apples  unless  he  takes  gtsid  care  of  his  .Qfcho'‘(l. 
c»re ^-Beins’a^lK.r^/orco^ 
A  man 'Tltar^iH  sot  out  an  orchard  and  not 
prune  or  cultivate  —  let  tho  borer  get  iu  and 
take  uo  care  of  it  whatever,  ought  to  fail.  I  say 
again  that  apples  can  be  grown  iu  Wisconsin. 
Respectfully  Yom's,  o.  n.  ii. 
PANSIES, 
BY  AN  OLD  aABDENER 
A  BED  of  Paiisios!  Did  you  over  observe  the 
expression  of  Pansies’  faces?  'riiero  is  not  ono 
that  is  B.ad,  though  no  two  are  alike.  All  aro 
ji’illy.  Some  wear  a  wise  look  of  irony,  as  if  to 
say:  "Rebold  (bo  depth  of  my  knowledge!" 
Others  wear  a  labored  look  of  saiictimoniousnesK, 
as  if  they  had  to  l>i(o  tbeir  lijis  to  refrain  from 
laughing  outright.  Some  wear  the  look  of  an 
owl — serious,  comic,  wise.  They  form  a  miniature 
encampment  of  crazy,  pautomimic  fairies. 
“  P&lrles  Ma<‘lc,  blur,  yellow  and  white 
of  upstart  caricaturists,  and  the  coiiY^sion  of 
every  wise  look,  that  mortals  put  on,  iin^ilHcule. 
is  their  special  ty  and  delight.  Even  the  pistil  de¬ 
prived  of  its  leaves  ro.HemhIcs  a  skeleton-bust  and 
head  that  has  laughed  itself  into  a  clu'ouic  state 
of  scorn- or  a  scornful  state  of  chronic  laugh 
ter.  Is  t  here  auothcr  flower  that  one  can  look 
upon  ami  enjoy  a  smile  at  its  f!xpre.ssion  ? 
Piiit  it  is  only  those  Pansies  that  present  a 
contrast  of  colors  that  seem  tlius  to  live  for  tbo 
gratification  of  their  sarcastic  mirth,  Tlio  dark- 
colored  or  self  Pansies  have  uo  faces,  and,  of 
course,  no  sai’donic  expressions— but  they  make 
it  up  in  tho  almost  uncqualcd  richness  of  their 
velvety  shades. 
"  King  of  the  Blacks,”  tho  tjqic  of  a  hundred 
dark  varioties,  is  as  black  as  its  name  indicates 
I  have  grown  this  Pansy  so  block  that  a  silk  hat 
beside  it  seemed  faded.  Some  of  these  have  a 
tiny  yollow  eye,  encircled  by  a  tiny  band  of  deep- 
blue  that  blends  into  the  black,  forming  a  flower 
that  should  ho  examined  under  a  glass.  I  have 
raised  others  of  tho  most  inteuso  shades  of  blue 
—from  ns  nearly  black  as  Idue  can  be,  to  a  shade 
lighter  than  tho  sky.  Others  have  presented  the 
same  range  in  pm-plo.  Beds  of  Pansies  of  tho 
same  color  aro  not  uncommon  now-a-days. 
Early  in  tho  season  was  one  in  tho  Centennial 
grounds  that  attracted  some  notice.  They  were 
Blacks— evidently  selected  plants— all  in  full 
bloom  and  bearing  lai-ge  (lowers,  iu  which,  with¬ 
out  a  close  sci  utiny,  uo  dilVereiico  in  shade  could 
bo  detected.  Ilia  hod  was  fairly  black  a  tid  green. 
My  own  Pansiea— or  rather  those  that  I  still 
prize  most— were  raised  years  ago  from  seeds, 
tho  parents  of  which  received  a  first  prize  iu  an 
English  horticultural  exhibition. 
Wo  have  every  season  since  cultivated  them 
with  care,  marking  and  solocting  seeds  only  from 
tho  best  marked  and  largest  llowers.  It  is  the 
only  way,  not  only  by  which  Pansies  can  be  im¬ 
proved,  hut  by  which  they  can  he  made  to  hold 
their  own  in  this  cotmtry. 
But  no  matter  how’  choice  our  seeds,  we  need 
never  hope  to  raise  large  llowers  unless  the 
plants  bo  kept  moLst  and  sliady.  They  cannot 
endure  oiu:  summer  sun  -and  uo  amount  of  pre¬ 
paration  of  soil — of  watering,  of  mulching  will 
EXCHANGE, 
M.  T.  WiLiJi,  Oregon,  Mo.-  I  .am  so  jiloascd 
with  your  announcement  of  last  spring  rt'gard- 
ing  tho  exchange  of  seeds,  plants  and  bulbs  (hat 
I  take  this  ojiportnnity  of  availing  myself  of  it. 
I  have  bulbs  of  JMiuiii  auratuin,  also  a  native 
Lily  [you  should  givo  tbo  name.  -Eds.  |  that  I 
wish  to  exchange  for  any  other  kinds  of  Lily 
bulbs  the  Ritkal  friends  may  have  to  exchange, 
Or  I  will  oxc!^ngo  for  other  hai-dy  bulbs,  such 
us  Tulips,  etc.,  as  long  as  my  stock  holds  out. 
A  LITTLE  MORE  ABOUT  KANSAS 
THE  SURPRISE  RASPBERRY 
Editob  Rubal  New-Yokkkb:  Permit  me, 
thiough  your  columns,  to  say  a  few  words  in  an¬ 
swer  to  ray  friend  "Philo,"  who  claims  to  bo  a 
neighbor  of  mine,  although  I  never  met  him,  to 
my  knowledge.  He  seems  to  carry  tho  impres¬ 
sion  that  I  have  failed  to  tell  tho  whole  truth  in 
regard  to  this  country,  and  iiavo  only  presontotf 
the  bright  side  of  the  picturo.  ill  admits  most 
of  what  I  say  iu  regard  to  tho  country — that  it 
is  beautiful,  rich  and  fertile,  and  holds  a  central 
position  in  the  Union,  all  of  which  are  facts  that 
cannot  be  denied,  but  opposes  me  on  the  aver¬ 
age  jiold  of  crops  which  1  had  not  moutioued  in 
my  article  referred  to. 
It  would  seem  that  my  neighbor  must  have 
taken  his  data  from  a  class  of  farmers  tliat  are 
represented  in  every  comitry  as  weR  as  iu  Kan¬ 
sas,  who  farai  to  the  halves,  and  think  that  all 
tliat  is  required  to  raise  a  crop  Lh  to  work  the 
ground  In  an  indiCTerent  way,  and  after  that  leave 
the  oro]»  to  take  care  of  itself.  My  observations 
have  been  very  eloso  while  iu  this  country,  and 
have  never  known  a  crop  to  fail  hero  from  any 
deficiency  in  the  soil  or  climate  when  iiropeily 
gotten  iu  and  attended  to,  and  am  of  tho  opinion 
that  the  average  yield  of  all  the  cereals  here  In 
Kansas  is  far  ahead  of  most  of  the  other  .States 
in  tho  Union,  which  can  be  demonstrated  by 
statistics.  I  am  surprised  to  hoar  my  friend 
talk  as  he  doe.s,  and  never  heard  so  low  an  esti¬ 
mate  of  the  average  yield  of  our  crops  before, 
and  concluded  that  he  must  belong  to  that  class 
of  croalicrs  of  which  we  have  many  m  those 
parts. 
I  will  agree  with  him  thatwc  got  rid  of  at  least 
one-thud  of  that  class  at  the  time  of  tho  great 
"hopper  raid,”  two  years  ago,  who  rushed  East 
to  get  under  the  protection  of  their  viivo’s  rela¬ 
tives,  but  were  very  glad  to  get  bock  to  Kansas 
again  as  soon  as  they  were  funiisliod  with  means 
to  do  so.  Corn  will  yield  from  50  to  100  busliels 
per  acre,  by  proper  care. 
Wheat  he  arhuits  to  average  20  bushels,  which 
he  says  is  fair,  yet  I  have  known  instances  where 
50  and  oven  GO  bushels  have  been  taken  from  an 
acre.  We  had  uumoiwis  instances  last  season 
I  NOTICE  in  the  Ruiial  New-Yoekeb  of  Aug. 
6,  in  speaking  of  tho  introduction  of  a  new  rod 
Raspberry  to  which  this  name  has  been  given, 
you  refer  to  the  fact  that  the  name  of  "  Sur¬ 
prise  ”  had  already  been  used  for  a  Black  Cai> 
v.ariety,  aud  give  tho  credit  to  Kamdkl  Miuleu 
as  tho  originator.  I  think  this  variety  was  not 
a  seedling  grown  by  Mr.  Mii-lkb,  but  an  acci¬ 
dental  wild  variety  discovered  in  a  fonco-cornor 
at  Hermann,  Mo.,  by  Gko.  Husmass,  who 
named  it  "Surjiriso,”  on  account  of  tho  surprise 
tho  large  size,  iioculiar  shape,  prdluolivoupss 
and  oxoellenoo  of  tho  fruit  created  in  his  mind 
when  ho  fiiat,  saw  it.  I  have  often  wondered 
why  some  of  tlio  prominent  Raspberry  growers 
have  not  taken  some  pains  to  glow,  and  pmh 
this  variety,  for  1  bolieve  it  would  prove  valuable, 
and  take  a  liigh  jilaco  as  a  standard  and  rehablo 
fruit  among  Ilaspborries  of  its  class.  I  know  no 
other  Black  Cap  having  tho  pointed  or  conical 
shape  of  tlie  "  Surjiriso,"  nor  ono  which  I 
believe  would  ho  more  valuable  in  cultivation. 
Now  I  beg  that  none  of  your  readors  will  write 
me  for  plants  of  tho  •‘Surprise,”  for  I  have 
none  for  sale  ;  uor  do  I  know  that  Mir.  HD8^UNN 
has  any.  I  make  those  remarks  however,  hoping 
it  may  iudneo  3Lr.  Baubv,  or  some  of  our  largo 
raspberry  growers  to  rescue  from  undeserved 
neglect,  a  fruit  that  may  be  found  valuaole  for 
general  cultivation.— Geo.  W.  Campbell,  iJda- 
tciare,  Ohio. 
We  stand  corrected  on  tho  origin  of  the 
“  Surprise  ”  disscmimicfl  by  Mr,  Samuel  Mil¬ 
ler,  but  found  by  Mr.  Geo.  Hdsmann  ;  also  join 
our  correspondent  in  commending  it  to  tho 
attention  of  the  cultivators  of  this  fruit.— [En, 
Rural. 
MISCELLANEA, 
Jleiiiuving  Aijuaiio  1‘lanta. — W  e  paid  a  visit  to 
the  baulis  of  tho  Guadalquiver — uo,  it  was  tho 
ilackensack  (a  name  scarcely  less  liquid  aud 
euphonic,  is  it  ? )  and  there  procured  several 
roots  of  Fontederia,  one  of  the  most  charming 
of  water  plants  ;  of  the  Swam))  Rose  Mallow,  tho 
gem  of  tho  meadows;  of  tho  Cardinal  Flower, 
etc.  These  were  removcsl  with  a  quantity  of 
muck  adhering  about  the  roots  and  placed  in  a 
liait  of  our  W^ild  Gaiden.  'This,  from  its  situa¬ 
tion  upon  a  sloping  hank  of  ono  of  the  loveliest 
litUo  lakes  in  the  world,  we  have  designated  as 
Tho  ruluster — uol  to  call  up  noedloss  thoughts 
of  mosquitoes  aud  miasraat.a,  wliich,  upon  our 
conscience,  j)Ositively  ai’o  unknown  hero.  They 
all  Urn  VO — (the  are  meant  of  com’se,  not 
tlio  uiosijuitocs  aud  mia-simat  a) — and  wo  belie vo 
tliis  to  bo  tho  best  way  of  establishing  aquatics 
in  suitable  parts  of  one’s  grounds. 
Balsam  Edging.— We  have  lately  seen  Balsam 
planted  as  an  edging.  Three  himdrotl  plants, 
more  or  loss,  were  employed  iu  this  way.  They 
were  all  pure  white,  very  double  aud  of  tbo  Ca¬ 
mellia  sort.  These  double  white  Balsam  are 
very  useful  for  floral,  table,  or  hall  displays. 
S-ancers,  iilales,  low  baskets  of  any  size  may  be 
u.^ed.  Fill  with  moist  sand  and  jiress  to  an  oval 
shape.  Little  hollows  may  Lo  made  with  the 
fingers  in  which  to  insert  tho  base  of  the  flowers. 
AiTango  T.hom  so  tliat  tho  petals  everywhere 
touch  and  so  as  to  conceal  the  edges  of  tho  ves¬ 
sel.  The  Center  may  consist  of  more  prominent 
llowers  of  any  color,  and  the  whole  relieved  by 
Bi'rays  of  Smilax,  Myrtle  or  other  endtuiiig  green 
PRONUNCIATION 
Dr.  J.  .V.  Warder  in  his  essay  road  before  the 
Ohio  State  11.  S.,  says  "  uiifortimately  for  those 
w  h  o  difiie  to  strive  toward  perfection  in  this 
matter  of  foreign  names,  our  teachers  have 
