Jfloritulluual 
A  LITTLE  ANNOUNCEMENT. 
Last  year  it  was  stated  in  the  Rural  that 
seeds  of  Hardy  Phlox,  saved  from  a  collection 
imported  from  England,  would  be  forwarded  to 
Rural  subscribers  upon  the  rec<;i|)t  of  a  stamped 
and  tliroctod  envelope.  Though  wo  had  saved 
seeds  enough,  as  wo  suiiposed,  to  sup¬ 
ply  the  largest  domfind  which  was 
likely  to  follow,  the  supjdy  was  after 
awhile  exhaubted,  of  which  fact  pains 
were  taken  W  notify  our  readers. 
Afterwards  many  letters  wore  received 
re<]U0Bting  seeds  for  next  (this)  fall. 
All  of  the  miters'  names  wore  record¬ 
ed  as  received  and  the  seeds  will  bo 
sent  accordingly  as  soon  as  ripened, 
For  this  fall  we  offer  upon  the  same 
terms  seeds  of  the  following  jdants :  ^ 
1st.  Dwai'f  Antirrhirm’in.  Our  seeds  ^ 
were  imported  last  year  from  Hr.  R. 
S.  Wij.liams,  Jjondou,  Eng.  Ihough 
we  had  cultivated  Autirrliiniims  for 
ten  years  cr  more,  with  a  view,  for  a 
jjart  of  tbo  time  at  least,  to  improving 
tlicm,  some  of  the  flowers  from  3Ir.  Williams’ 
seed  are  the  largest  and  brightest  wo  have  over 
seen.  The  following  are  the  colors  which  will 
be  mixed  in  each  packet :  While  and  lemon  dis¬ 
tinctly  blotcheil,  striped  and  spoekled  with  crim¬ 
son.  White  tubes  with  crimaoiL  pink  and  orange 
lips.  Tubes  and  Jij'S  of  the  same  color  tor  seifs), 
maroon  and  crimson. 
The  accompanying  sketch  was  talicn  both  to 
show'  the  size  of  the  flowers  and  also  a  peculiar¬ 
ity  of  those  of  one  plant,  viz.,  having  upon  the 
upper  lip  a  spur  or  tooth,  as  shown  at  1—1  in 
the  engraving 
2d.  Chater’s  8train  of  Double  Hollyhocks. 
Among  several  of  these  was  one  of  a  dwarf 
habit,  bearing  immenso  racemes  of  lemou-col- 
ored  flowers  as  perfectly  double  as  it  is  possible 
for  a  bollybock  flower  to  bo.  It  is  from  those 
that  our  seeds  have  been  saved. 
.Sd.  Zinnia  Dariirini  has  been  several  times 
referred  to  in  those  columns.  From  its  praises 
abroad,  as  well  as  on  account  of  tbo  absiuxlly 
high  price  cliarged  for  a  half-dozen  seeds,  wo 
had  anticipalcd  a  marlnsd  improvement  upon  tho 
common  Z,  t^Legans.  It  is  true,  however,  this 
season  has  not  been  one  during  which  the  merits 
of  any  new  flowers  ought  to  bo  judged. 
4th.  Green  Gage  Tomato  A  part  of  tho  Ru¬ 
ral  ground.;  i.;  devoted  to  tho  testing  of  new 
.  vegetables  as  they  arc  introduced.  Among  those 
cultivated  the  present  sea.sou.  tho  above  Tomato 
— an  English  novelty — impresses  as  favorably. 
Two  tomatoes  ripened  Aiigu.st  15,  the  larger 
measm’ing  seven  inches  in  circumference.  They 
were  perfectly  smooth,  without  a  furrow  and  of 
tho  shape  of  an  orange.  Many  of  those  ripening 
later  wore  much  smaller  and  of  an  oblong 
shape,  from  which  and  from  the  color— a  bright 
yellow— the  name,  wo  suppose,  was  suggested. 
The  smallcir  ai'O  excellent  for  preserving,  tho 
others  very  good  either  rixw,  cooked  or  for  mak¬ 
ing  catsup.  All  of  them  are  Iirm,  Imt  two-ccUed 
and  smaU-seeded,  Trained  mion  a  trellis  this 
Tomato  is  ipiite  ornamental  after  the  fruit  begins 
to  ripen. 
5th.  Pelargcmiwns.— k  year  or  more  ago  a 
serial  account  wa.s  given  in  these  columns  of 
ci'ossing  relargoniums.  From  the  seedlings 
there  referred  to  we  have  before  and  since  been 
selecting  tho  host  of  tho  plants,  tlirowing  tho 
others  away.  I'l-om  tho  best  of  those  remaining 
(about  100  plants)  we  have  selected  oiu'  seeds. 
Now  wo  will  forward  a  few  seeds  of  any  two 
of  tho  above  mentioned  plants  to  any  Rural 
subscriber  whoso  name  we  find  upon  oiu-  books 
and  who  cares  enough  for  them  to  forward  to 
the  Floricultiiral  Editor  (or  F.  R.)  a  stamped  and 
addrofsed  envelope. 
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MISCELLANEA. 
Nympikea  onoRATA. — Tho  I'enusylvania  Rail¬ 
road,  along  its  winding  course  to  the  Centennial, 
passes  through  or  over  several  ponds,  iu  which 
this  fragrant  and  lovely  iiympJi  of  tho  waters  is 
quite  abundant  aud  now  (Sept.  20)  in  bloom.  At 
several  of  the  stations  they  are  offered  in  bimchcs 
for  sale. 
We  have  tried  repeatedly  to  start  Keluiiihhnn 
luteurn  in  a  spring-water  lake,  averaging  four 
feet  in  depth,  with  precipitate  banks,  both  by 
seeds  and  roots.  We  have  also  tried  seeds  of 
Hyniplura  odorala,  without  in  cither  case  hav¬ 
ing  been  successful  in  a  single  instance.  V/o 
conclude  that  they  do  not  like  spring  water. 
nvURANOEA  QIIEBCU’0I4A.— Mr.  W.  B.  HeMSLEY  ; 
gives,  in  the  London  Garden,  Sep.  0,  quite  an 
exhaustive  account  of  Hydrangeas.  He  says  of  i 
this  species  that  it  is  a  native  of  Florida  and  i 
scarcely  hardy  in  any  part  of  this  country  (Eng¬ 
land). 
It  stood  in  this  latitude,  winter  before  last, 
over  20"  below  zero,  and  it  would  bo  unaccount¬ 
able  if  not  hardy  in  any  part  of  England. 
Its  fine,  largo  foliage,  resembling,  as  Mr.  H. 
says,  more  the  leaves  of  a  Plane  than  of  an  Oak  ; 
its  terminal  cymes  of  grceiii.sh-whito  flowers, 
more  the  shape  of  l.ilacs  than  of  other  Hydran¬ 
geas,  blooming  in  mid-Juno,  render  it  an  attract¬ 
ive  object,  cither  aiono  or  in  shrubbery  borders. 
Mr.  HK.MSLUYsays:  ''Bautram,  who  first  de¬ 
scribed  tliis  species,  says  that  it  has  crimson 
flowers.”  Perhaps  the  flowers  vary  iu  color.  Wo 
with  some  coarse  litter — swamp  bay  being  pre¬ 
ferable  to  straw'  where  field  mice  ai'o  abundant. 
The  roimd,  smooth-leaved  spinach  is  the  best 
for  fall  sowing,  as  it  is  more  hardy  than  the  long¬ 
leaved  sorts. 
Tootiiei)  a  ntirhiiinum. 
j  have  never  seen  or  beard  of  any  with  other  than 
I  tho  color  mentioned  above. 
■  * » >  —  ■■  ■ 
NOVELTIES. 
A  NEW  Lilac. — M.  Lemoine  has  raised  a  dou¬ 
ble-flowered  Lil.an,  w’bicb  be  ha.s  named  Sgrbiga 
hi/aclnihi/olia  jlon-pimio.  Ho  ajiplied  pollen  of 
one  variety  upon  100  flowers  of  another,  obtain¬ 
ing.  in  tbo  first  instance,  but  seven  seeds.  S. 
(Main  and  azunn  plena  were  tho  varieties  used. 
Other  elTorts  were  somowLat  more  successful. 
Ho  has  raised  forty  plants,  of  wliioli  number  but 
throe  have  bloomod.  ouo  of  wlilcli  is  the  above. 
The  flowers  roscmblo  those  of  very  small  Hy.a- 
ciuths,  hence  the  name.  Wo  have  an  abiding 
faith  that  tlie  Lilac  is  suBceptiblo  of  groat  im¬ 
provement,  and  that  it  will,  in  the  not  distant 
future,  be  prized  as  it  has  been  in  days  long  gone 
by. 
Crurella  Sinensis.— Tho  Gardeners’  Chroui- 
clo  of  England  says  tJuit  at  a  recent  meeting  of 
the  Academio  des  Sciences  (Paris),  Prof.  De- 
uaih.ne  exhibited  a  flowering  bi-iinch  of  Vedrdla 
ainensis,  an  excoeilingly  ornamental  hardy  tree, 
rosombliug  Aihinthus  glandnlosus  in  habit  and 
foliago.  Being  a  native  of  the  North  of  China, 
it  is  perfectly  hardy  in  the  climate  of  I.ondon, 
and  from  the  doscidptions  of  it  in  French  jour¬ 
nals,  it  i.s  n  gi'cat  accpiisition  to  tlic  small  number 
of  hardy  hx-us  with  pinnate  loaves.  'J’ho  white 
flowers  nre  small  but  numerous,  and  homo  iu 
erect  panicles,  often  more  tlian  18  inches  in 
length.  Borne  parts  of  this  tree  are  said  to  pos¬ 
sess  something  lilce  tho  flavor  of  Garlic  and  to  be 
used  by  the  Chinese  in  cookery. 
NOTES. 
A  ^VRTTUii  in  the  Jahrhiich  dcs  Prcnum'schi'n 
Gaatimlian^  I'erin,  on  tho  “  Change  in  the-  Colors 
of  Flowers,”  says  that  tho  changes  in  tho  colors 
of  tho  flowers  of  Gladiolus  versicolor  are  among 
the  most  rernarkahlo  and  wonderful  of  this  class 
of  phenomena.  Indeed  this  plant  may  be  dubbed 
a  vegetable  cbameleou,  so  varied  are  the  changes 
tho  colors  of  its  flowers  undergo.  Iu  tho  morn¬ 
ing  they  are  bj'own,  and  during  tho  day  they  as¬ 
sume  varion.B  hues,  mitil  iu  the  evening  they 
become  blue,  and  remain  so  during  tho  night ; 
the  following  morning  they  are  again  brown,  and 
during  tbo  day  they  jiass  through  tho  same 
changes  as  on  the  iirccediug  day. 
- ♦♦♦ 
CoimEOTiON.  — M.  J.  Wills  of  Oregon,  Mo., 
dosii-es  us  to  state  that  it  is  Lilium  aurautiaciwi  , 
not  L.  aw-atuin  offered  under  “Exchange  ”iu 
Rural  of  Bepl.  2. 
©ar&fii. 
EARLY  VEGETABLES  FROM  FALL  SOWING. 
There  arc  a  number  of  kinds  of  garden  vege¬ 
tables  which  may  bo  secured  for  early  spring  use 
by  sowing  the  seeds  iu  tho  fall.  TJie  tii’st  requis¬ 
ite  is  a  very  ricli  soil,  and  one  that  is  deep  and 
naturally  diy,  or  has  been  well  drained  artifi¬ 
cially. 
SPINACH. 
This  excollout  aud  much-esteemed  vegetable  is 
generally  started  in  the  fall,  the  seed  being  howu 
early  enough  to  secure  plants  with  leaves  an 
inch  or  more  iu  diameter  before  cold  weather 
sets  iu,  or  tlic  plants  maybe  grown  large  enough 
for  use  in  the  fall,  then  by  giving  a  protection 
of  straw  aud  hay,  one  may  ent  a  supply  diu-mg 
every  thaw  until  spring.  But  for  an  early  crop, 
and  for  homo  use,  it  is  not  best  to  start  tho  seed 
too  early,  but  merely  get  tho  plants  well  estab-  I 
lished  before  cold  weather,  then  cover  lightly  | 
CABBAGE  AND  CAULIFLOWERS. 
For  an  early  spring  supply,  the  seeds  should 
be  sown  early  enough  in  the  fall  to  obtain  plants 
two  or  three  inches  high  beforo  freezing  weather. 
The  plants  may  ho  prok'cted  by  being  heelcd-in 
out  in  tho  open  ground  and  then  covered;  but 
the  bettor  way  ia  to  put  them  into  fi-ames  where 
a  little  light  and  air  can  be  given  ocoasiouaJly 
during  the  winter.  Caro  should  bo  given  to  have 
the  jilauts  well  hardened,  as  the  gardeners  call 
it,  before  severe  freezing  weather  comes  on.  If 
grown  in  the  open  air,  there  Avill  be  little  danger 
of  tho  ]ilarits  becoming  tender  through  rapid 
growth,  as  the  cool  nights  will  check  over-lnx- 
uriancc. 
BRUSSEL  SPROUTS. 
This  is  atiothcr  excellent  early  spring  greens, 
tho  seed  being  sown  in  tlic  fall,  sometimes  as 
late  as  Octobirr,  aud  tho  plants  protected  during 
winter  the  same  as  spinacli.  “  Sprouts,”  as  this 
2>]ant  is  gncrally  termed,  are  extensively  culti¬ 
vated  in  the  vicinity  of  Now  York,  and  immense 
quantities  brought  to  our  markets  early  iu 
spring. 
LETTUCE. 
There  are  few  persons  who  do  not  enjoy  a  crisp 
lettuce  sakd  in  early  spring,  if  not  at  other  sea- 
sons.  Tlioso  who  have  gootl  hot-bods  can,  of 
coiuse,  bring  along  their  salads  long  before  tbo 
cold  weatlier  is  jiast ;  but  persons  not  lla^•ing 
such  convcuiencos,  may  forward  tbo  “season” 
considerably  by  sowing  their  lettuce  seed  in  tbo 
fall  and  then  protecting  the  plants  witli  a  light 
covering  of  bug  hay. 
The  varieties  known  as  the  Black  Seeded  Biit- 
kr  and  Brown  Dutch  aro  jirobably  tlio  most 
hardy,  aud  witJistand  the  cold  of  wilder  with  very 
sligld'  protection,  and  como  forward  very  rajiidly 
at  tlic  appi'oacb  of  warm  woatlicr  in  spring. 
Those  who  want  a  supply  of  early  vogotabloH 
next  season  sbonld  make  i^roparations  for  the 
same  this  fall. 
^ciriititc  anil  ialsffiil. 
SERICULTURE  IN  ENGLAND. 
There  are  probably  few  of  our  readers  who 
have  any  i<lca  of  the  vast  amount  of  money 
annually  oxi>eudod  for  tho  eggs  of  tho  little 
moth  producing  silkworms.  Those  eggs  arc 
called  “grain,”  for  they  have  the  appearance  of 
some  of  tlie  smaller  grains  or  grass  seed,  being 
about  tho  sizo  of  oommon  millet.  Many  of  the 
rca<lers  of  the  Rdual  New-Yorkuu  doubtless 
think,  (if  they  think  about  it  at  all),  that  tlioso 
who  raise  aud  feed  the  •worms,  should  bo  able  to 
raise  moths  enough  to  produce  all  tbo  eggs  re¬ 
quired,  but  tho  experience  of  serioulturists  show’s 
Kucli  a  snjiposition  is  erroneous  to  a  griNit  extent, 
and  tlie  old  saw  of  not  “  counting  the  chickens 
before  they  aro  hatched”  is  quite  as  applicable 
in  tills  siJlt  industry  as  in  many  otiiers.  Numbers 
of  our  poultry  men  liiivo  learned  to  their  loss 
that  there  is  a  disease,  known  a.s  Chicken 
Cholera,  which  someUines  sadly  interferes  w’ith 
their  plans  .and  ostimates  of  final  results  and 
ju-ofits,  and  the  raisers  of  silkworms  have  a  little 
disease  to  contend  with  in  raising  these  useful 
insects,  hence  it  becomes  necessary  to  procure 
fresh  eggs  from  healthy  stock  almost  every  year, 
for  in  many  districts  in  Southern  Europe  where 
tho  silk  industries  have  for  generations  been  tho 
lu’incipal  ooimpation  of  tho  inhabitants  it  has  of 
late  years  boon  impossible  to  raise  a  healthy 
progeny  from  the  homo  bred  moths. 
To  give  up  and  abandon  tbo  silk  iudusti-ios  in 
these  districts  would  bo  a  fearful  blow  to  the  in¬ 
habitants  thereof  for  their  lands  aro  planted 
w’ith  Mulberry  trees,  upon  which  the  woinis  are 
fed,  aud  buililiiigs  erected  in  which  to  roar  and 
feed  them,  besides  the  various  other  afiparatus 
and  machinery  requh-ed  are  all  on  hand,  aud 
what  is  most  the  skilled  labor  is  there,  ready  and 
waiting  to  be  used.  Owing  to  tho  jirescaco  of 
the  disease  referred  to  immense  quantities  of 
grains,  (eggs)  have  for  several  yeai's  jiast  been 
imported  from  Japan,  coming  to  Ban  Francisco 
thenco  by  railroad  to  New'  York  and  here  re- 
sliiiqiod  to  France  or  other  Eiu-opcau  ports. 
Very  fail'  success  attended  this  enterprise  of  im¬ 
porting  these  eggs,  Imt  now  it  is  reported  that 
the  same  disease  which  has  been  so  destructive 
to  tlie  worms  in  Europe  has  hroken  out  iu  Jaiiau 
which,  if  wideiquead,  wiU  prevent  any  further 
suiqilies  coming  from  that  source. 
Under  these  cii'cnmstances  it  is  no  wonder 
that  silk  has  lately  advanced  in  price,  aud  our 
scientists  begin  to  seek  remedies  for  tliia  great  evil, 
or  new  sources  of  supply.  Wo  sLall  jirobably 
have  occasion  to  refer  to  tins  subject  again,  giv¬ 
ing  Uic  results  of  some  oxiiorimcuts  conducted  for 
tlio  purpose  of  eradicating  the  silk-worm  disease, 
but  iu  the  mean  time  we  copy  a  very  iuteresting 
article  on  this  subject  by  Alexanuer  Walla.ce, 
-  M.  D.  in  the  London  G.arden,  wherein  he  advo- 
.  cates  the  raising  of  the  grains  in  England  by 
t  the  aid  of  artilici.al  beat  when  necessary.  If  it 
■  can  bo  done  iu  England  with  profit  we  see  no 
reason  why  it  cannot  be  done  here  witliout  such 
assistance.  There  must  be  somewhere  witliin 
1  our  vast  range  of  territory  and  climate  regions 
I  of  country  where  the  silli  worm  can  be  reared  in 
bealtli, 
1  Doctor  Wallace  says  that  having  experimented 
;  in  Colchester  during  tho  past  fifteen  yeai's  on  all 
,  the  known  varieties  of  silk-worms,  with  the  view 
•  of  their  introduction  into  England  and  its 
coloiUGs,  and  having  ascertained,  by  actual  ex¬ 
periment,  that  the  most  profitable  race  was  that 
of  the  Bombyx  Jlori,  and  that  tho  growth  of  tho 
white  Mulberry  tree  and  tlic  cultivation  of  its 
silk-worms  were  ea-dly  .accomplisbod  in  tho 
greater  iiart  of  tho  English  Isles,  it  has  given 
me  great  pleasuro  to  read  a  letter  from  Mrs. 
Noilo,  who  has  done  so  much  for  Mulberry  silk 
culture  in  .\ustralia,  advocating  the  cultivation 
in  England  of  “grain,”  or  the  jirodnction  of 
c-88**  of  rile  best  races  of  Mullierry  silk-worms 
for  sale  in  Houtlieru  Europe.  As  1  believe  tbo 
main  features  of  tho  case  are  unknown  in  En¬ 
gland,  aud  as  tbo  introduction  of  a  now  industry, 
so  easy  aud  simple  to  carry  out,  yet  so  lucrative 
in  its  results,  will  bo  bailed  as  a  boon  by  all 
friend-s  of  tho  British  farmer  (whi>  now  finds 
himself  unable  to  compete  with  the  world  in  tbo 
growth  of  oeroalfl,  and  liable  to  sudden  and 
heavy  losses  from  disease,  Ac.,  if  ho  venture  on 
breeiliug  or  roaring  stock),  1  crave  tho  iudulgcuco 
of  a  few  linos  to  exjjluLn  the  position  iu  which 
this  country  stands  witli  regard  to  sericultiu-o, 
and  to  indicate  what  may  rea.sonabIy  bo  expected 
to  bo  elTectcd  if  tbo  matter  bo  gone  into  with 
prudonoo  and  perseverance. 
When  1  found  out  some  ton  years  ago  that 
about  1’1,000.0()0  sterling  was  annually  sent 
from  Europe  to  Jajian  by  those  interested  in 
soricnlf nre  to  purchase  fresh,  healthy  “grain,” 
their  own  stock  having  been  cither  worked  ont 
or  enfeebled  by  disoaHO,  it  occurred  to  mo  that 
some  of  Uiis  money  might  lie  diverted  to  this 
country  to  emich  our  own  jieoplc.  I  found  that 
several  scientific  Frencluncu  of  oruinence— 
notably  M.  Guerin- Jluiincvi  11c,  Government  In¬ 
spector  in  J'ranco— had  lieeu  very  favorably  dis- 
jiosed  towards  “silk,”  or  rather  “grain”"  cul¬ 
ture  in  England.  I  found  that  on  the  borders 
of  Hampsliirc  and  Hiirrcy  t^iptain  ilason  had  for 
years  grown  tbo  white  Mulberry  tree,  aud  pro¬ 
duced  silk  whicli  had  lieen  exhibited  with  first- 
class  honors.  My  lii-st  trials  at  Colchester, 
being  deiiendcnt  on  bonghl.ir  borrowed  Mulber¬ 
ry  leaves  (an  unoertuin  supidy),  were  not  very 
successful.  Having  now  got  a  good  supply  of 
white  Mulberry  trees  iu  tliriviug  condition 
(about  2  acres  arc  idauted  out),  ray  oxporimeiits 
during  tlie  last  two  years  have  been  very  success¬ 
ful.  I  Iiavo  liad  shoots  on  these  trees  which  in 
one  year  grew  from  5  p)  G  feet  long.  I  havo 
ediicaUal  and  fed  the  worms,  derived  from  oho 
of  the  best  soui'cos  iu  Europe,  in  a  room,  almost 
witliout  disease  and  almost  without  fire  iu  Juno, 
July  and  August,  aud  havo  produced  lioth  years 
a  small  lot  of  lino  grain,  the  parent  cocoons  of 
which  have  been  pronounced  excollout  by  good 
judges. 
Moreover,  tho  introduction  of  several  now 
kinds  of  stoves,  whicli  produce  a  higli  tempera¬ 
ture  in  tlie  sills-wonu  room  without  giving  off 
any  deleterious  gases,  gives  us  these  great 
advantages  —that  the  education  of  tho  worms  is 
most  rapidly  liasteuod,  reducing  tho  iieriod  of 
the  caterpillar  stage  from  six  to  three  weeks ; 
they  render  the  cultivation  of  tho  wormindo- 
poudont  of  any  weather ;  and  no  carbonic  acid  or 
other  noxious  gas  is  given  off  to  injure  Uiem. 
In  tbs  words  of  one  of  the  invenPirs,  Dr.  Carret, 
“HealUiy  silk-worms  can  by  means  of  those 
stoves  be  educated  iu  any  country  where  tbo 
Mulberry  tree  grows,  iudepondoiitly  of  tho 
weather.”  Tnereforo,  the  ed  ucatiuii  of  Mulberry 
silk-worms  iu  England  ought  to  bo  au  assured 
facL  I  wisb,  however,  to  correct  a  prevailing 
misconcejition.  The  ordinary  silk-worm,  snch 
as  obtained  in  Covent  Garden,  being  an  Indian 
(Dasce)  race,  producing  the  yellow  or  white- 
pointed  cocoon,  is  for  commercial  purposes  use¬ 
less  ;  the  cocoous  do  not  produce  sullieient  silk. 
The  most  paying  iirodiict  in  sUk-worm  cultm’o 
is  tliat  ot  good  grain  or  eggs,  and  evidence  of 
the  quality  of  the  parent  cocoon  is  always  re¬ 
quired  before  eggs  can  bo  sold  in  silk-growing 
countries.  Hence  the  best  races  free  from 
disease  must  be  obtained,  or  those  who  R'ish  to 
take  lip  sericulture  will  ho  disappointed  in  the 
result.  Tho  old  Brienza  I'ace,  regenerated  by 
Mous.  iColand  of  Switzerland,  cxhihilcd  in  the 
International  Exhibition  of  1873,  is  the  best  now 
extant  in  Euroiie,  aud  the  one  wliich  I  have 
reared  in  England  with  success.  Lastly,  any 
person  going  into  tbo  subject  must  be  prepared 
during  tho  mouths  of  Juno,  July  and  August,  to 
devote  much  time  regularly  and  constantly 
every  day,  a.s  the  worms  require  close  attention, 
or  the  result  will  be  worthless. 
Now  as  to  the  commercial  results,  Japan,  as  a 
grain-producing  country,  is  now  worked  out. 
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MOOnS’S  RURAL  WEW-YORKER. 
