ANSWERS  TO  OOERESPONDENTS. 
lleiu  ^utjlifntiotts! 
Note.— .4/i  Mters  of  inqiilri/  mcst  be  acconi- 
pfiuied  loUh  Hm  notnii  ond  (hiilrtufif  of  Ui>i  writvr, 
R  is  sel'Mon  w  can  name  pUinls  from  leaves 
or  Itoigs  alone.  Tlie  flower  is  qetu-ralhj  indis¬ 
pensable. 
(r.  Marti,  lIoust'M,  Texas. — I  iuclone  h  llower 
and  li-af  of  a  wild  i>laut.  nmeh  reaembliug  an 
Ageratum.  except  that  it  is  more  tlorifernus  and 
the  liower.s  are  of  a  pnro  white.  It  is  a  jK-ren- 
nial,  growing  in  its  wild  state  in  t%  iHior  upland 
soil,  attaining  the  bight  of  oriu  foot,  lint, 
planted  in  the  garden,  it  makes  a  stately  hush 
of  three  feet  in  liight  and  tliamoter.  complotoly 
covorud  with  its  thousands  of  snowy  white 
corymbs.  It  blooms  lato,  aomotimcH  with  (Jhi- 
nose  Ghryaauthomums,  with  which  it  contrasts 
finely.  It  is  Just  the  thing  to  mix  in  houquotH. 
Friends  that  see  this  plant  in  my  garden  ask  U» 
whom  I  sent  for  It  while  they  have  trodden 
npon  it  many  times,  perhaps,  in  its  wild  state. 
It  is  Kupaturinm  agernhides. 
J.  It.  IF.— The  Jerusalem  .Vrtichoke  has  long 
been  used  for  feeding  stock,  as  wo  liavo  already 
stated  in  the  Itou.vL.  We  published,  some  time 
since,  a  note  from  a  correspondent  residing  in 
South  Carolina,  if  wo  remember  aright,  who  said 
that  ho  Imd  fonti<l  tliis  plant  one  of  the  most  prof- 
itablo  of  any  Jio  hviover  tried  for  fodder  and  that 
his  flows  wore  cxcoi.^dlngly  fond  of  the  leaves  and 
young  etoins.  liad  you  road  the  “Domeatifl" 
colnnm  of  tiio  Ku».w.  Ni.w-Voukeb  cai'ofully, 
yoti  might  liavo  fouud  two  recipes  for  copkiug 
artichokes  in  tho  issue  of  Nov.  18,  which  see. 
But  tho  .Torusalom  Artichoke  of  which  we  have 
been  saying  more  or  lefls  of  late,  is  quite  a  dif¬ 
ferent  plant  from  tho  Ci/nara  scolymus  or 
Globe  .Ai  Uehoke.  Tho  latter  is  not  a  tuberous- 
rooted  plant,  and  tho  only  portion  used  is  the 
undeveloped  llowor-hoad,  or  tho  scales  of  tho 
involucre, 
A.  il.— We  are  inclined  to  think  that  your  f.ail- 
uro  to  make  Gatalpa  seed  grow  was  ovviiig  to  one 
of  two  causes.  Tho  seeds  borne  On  tnics  in  our 
northern  climate  Hometime.s  fail  to  fully  mature, 
and  although  they  may  appear  to  lie  well  fiUod, 
tho  seed  itself  is  immature,  and  does  not  possess 
vitality  enough  to  produce  a  plant. 
Again,  it  frequently  happens  that  whon  sneh 
deheate  seeds  ns  those  of  tho  Gatalpa  are  sown 
ill  the  open  ground  that  tfio  young  plants  are 
burned  off  by  tho  hot  sun  almost  so  soon  as  they 
appear  alxivo  tho  surface.  We  have  known  iii- 
stanocH  of  tliis  kind  where  a  very  good  show  of 
young  seedlings  could  be  soon  in  tho  morning, 
and  scarcely  a  vestige  of  them  remained  tho  fol¬ 
lowing  evening.  The  safest  {ilnu  Is  to  sow  such 
seed-s  in  frames  or  iu  a  narrow  bud  along  the 
north  side  of  a  board  fence,  where  tho  young 
plants  will  bo  jiartially  shaded  while  young  or 
during  tho  entire  first  soason  of  growth.  Get 
good  seed,  and  keep  them  iQ  Uio  pods  or  a  cool 
room  until  spring  and  then  sow  in  half  shady 
hods,  and  wo  think  you  will  find  no  ditiioalty  in 
making  them  grow. 
J.  ./, — The  ICrinnthus  /fayerinmisa  very  largo, 
coarse -growing  grass,  with  long,  haadsomo 
plumes  or  flower  spikes,  but  tho  leaves  are  too 
coarse  to  be  valuable  as  a  forage  [ilaut.  It  is 
quite  hardy  iu  ordinary  winters  in  the  vicinity 
of  New  York  ( 'ity  and  probably  much  further 
north,  but  will  probably  never  be  cultivated,  ex¬ 
cept  for  ornamental  purposes. 
E.  II.  jV.— Bead  tho  Poultry  department  of 
tho  JlDuxt.  during  the  past  two  months  ami  you 
will  find  all  your  questions  fully  answered,  with 
perhaps  the  one  exception  of  keeping  hens  iu  a 
plastered  room.  There  can  he  no  objection  to 
this,  for  the  neater  and  cleaner  thoir  quaitora 
are  kept  Uie  better. 
Farmer’s  Son,  Lake  Georye.—l  wish  to  ask 
upon  what  animals  subsist  that  live  in  a  half- 
torpid  condition  during  the  winter  ? 
Arf.s.  Wlien  there  Is  no  food  in  the  stomach, 
the  veins  and  what  are  calleil  lymphatic  vessels 
absorb  the  fleshy  parts  reintroducing  them  into 
tho  circulation.  The  action  of  tho  vessels  of  nu¬ 
trition  and  tho  lyrnpliaiic  vessels  when  unequal 
causus  either  eumciation,  as  in  siukness,  or  cx- 
C68.sive  ihsjh— according  as  tho  latter  or  former 
are  ;more  active.  In  prolonged  sicknesB,  as  in 
consumption,  not  only  the  fat  but  the  musclus 
are  absorbed . 
Those  animals  which  live  in  a  half-torpid  con¬ 
dition  for  long  periods  may  be  said  to  live  uiion 
themselves,  appropriating  that  which  may  for 
tho  time  be  spared,  for  the  support  of  the  vital 
functions  which  cannot  continue  without  nntii- 
rnent. 
J.  C.  Cartwriy'd, — As  soon  as  the  buds  of 
my  Camellias  are  well  funned,  the  scales  begin 
to  turn  brown  upon  tho  edges  and  after  awhile 
the  buds  drop  off.  What  is  the  cause  ? 
Ass,— Whon  Camellias  are  forming  and  ma¬ 
turing  flower  buds,  oartli  about  tho  routs  should 
never  be  pennittod  to  dry  out.  It  may  be  that 
your  room  is  kept  too  warm.  Either  this  or 
that  is  doubtless  llic  cause  of  the  buds  dropping 
off. 
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year  after  yivo-  .  to  bit,  In  its  peon 
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gain  in  favOT with'  |  1^  /  /  Imonts,  iii  on 
ingr‘;rnKwlth^tt;j  iQ  /  /  f^-TTTT^S^ 
besl  txjri'idU'alsof  I  ILP  n  u  I  i  >1  O  i 
tho  day,  ilydiiiinsi - .  vyilli  the  i»»'o. 
and  cuts  hkn  a  two-edged  sworil  lato  the  ntt'cctions  Of 
the  ladles  and  children,  os  well  as  the  memhers  of  tho 
family  who  vook  tustructiou  in  Uieir  daily  avocations. 
A.  8.  KULLEK,  the  celvhratod  ildrtiuultiirist,  is  Kd- 
ltor-in-ChU:f,aM8lstud  by  K.  H.  C’AniiAN,  the  woU-kaown 
Kloriculliiriat  and  writuc  on  Uucal  Topics  and  X .  A. 
Wi].t.Aia>.  the  great  praetuvit  Uatrymau,  who  I'jill  to 
their  aid  as  special  uoutributors,  H.  B.  I'aiisomk,  Flori- 
ciilturist  and  coJIeotor  of  rare  exotics;  William  Hub- 
I.*;sa>X,  Kditur  Loudon  Garden,  UoL  K.  G,  HxtvxKU, 
Eilitor  Turf,  Field  and  Farm;  I’rof.  Citas.  V.  BfLKV, 
Missouri  Htate  Bulumuloglst ;  HKa.MAX  fiTiii'x'KKii, 
Lepidopterlst;  WM.  J  Kowlkh,  writer  on  Farm  Econ¬ 
omy  ;  Thos.  MifEU.AX,  Editor  Gardeners’  .Monthly; 
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