THE BUBAL WEW-Y0B8IER. 
l'ects;” several to annual-; one to seedling Phlox; 
one to plants of the Lily kind; one to UladioU; 
several to mixed bedding plants, Buch aB Pelar¬ 
goniums; ono to double Portulaca. which, to 
obtain and to preserve “ double,” is a task that 
need not be undertaken by those who arc un¬ 
willing to spend a half hour in the hottest part 
of every day itt cutting off single and nomi- 
double flowers ; one to Grasses: several to the 
dwarf Snapdragon and the Shell Flower or Mo¬ 
lucca Balm. So far as the bedding plants and 
annuals of last summer are concerned, wc have 
to remark that the Antirrhinum and Shell Flower 
' 'were the only ones that, though never artificially 
watered, preserved, throughout the unparalleled 
heat and drought, a fresh and thrifty appear¬ 
ance. 
THE LAKE.—SEE PAGE 24. 
To return to our scenes. Fig. 2 is* a view of 
the southern and larger portion of the little lake, 
to which wo have already had occasion to refer 
more than once in these columns. Four years 
ago, a little streamlet, four or five feet wide, and 
a sunken meadow, of a basin shape, with natural 
banks, were all that existed. Clumps of wild 
trees grew hero and there, and evergreen patches 
of grass among the hogs indicated the presence 
of many springs that afterwards, to the number 
of a hundred, wi re found to Issue from the bot¬ 
tom. The wild trees were dug up; the bogs and 
muck wore carted out and either used for com¬ 
post heaps or for grading purposes. A hard 
bottom was finally reached, consisting, for the 
most part, of red sandstone. Beside the north¬ 
ern boundary of the lake, a heavy, rustic bridge 
was built upon piers of rockB that also served as 
supports for the road approaches. The south¬ 
ern boundary was now alone incomplete. There 
was hero no natural hank. A stone and cement 
dam was first erected, eleven feet long, live high, 
and flvo wide at the base, sloping upon the lake 
side to the top, which was finished w ith smooth ' 
flags for the water to run over. A twelve-inch 
extending half around it. is a rock-work well 
filled with Sedum, Echeveria, Cactus, Aloe. 
Plumbago, Lobelia, Ivy, etc., etc. The upright 
poles, as well as those of the roof and peak of 
the summer-house, are reversed, so that the 
larger ends are placed where the smaller ones 
usually are in structures of this kind. A sub¬ 
stantial—almost massive -look is thus produced. 
The vines spread over a greater part of the roof, 
and, ascending tbo peak, attach thomselves to 
the twigs of the trees near by, or flow back again 
upon thoarbor in festoons, quite in keeping with 
the disorderly beauty that this intricate piece of 
gardening has been designed to display. 
Between tho summer-house and tho rock- 
work, a deeply-shaded space of several feet is 
•filled with hardy llrrng, Pansies and Violets. On 
the back and other side, n, connecting semicircu¬ 
lar plot is filled with Rhododendrons, Kalmias, ( 
Mahonias, Azaleas and Roses. These, exposed | 
partly to tho EaBt—partly to the South and 
planted in muck, taken from what is now the 
lake, mixed with ordinary garden soil, grow sat¬ 
isfactorily and bloom abundantly. 
A part of the summer-house on this side is 
reserved for rapid-growing summer vines, such 
as Ooboea and Maurandya. Plants started in 
the bouse and put out in spring, very soon cover 
this space, and add a freshness and variety of 
blossom and foliage that cannot be produced 
when hardy vines alone are employed. 
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EFFECT OF MUSIC ON PLANTS. 
where-placing them now along the fences—at short time without hurrying them to premature 
iwIVwMt I il.sr.,1 _i. XL . X_ J* I'lll 1 . . _ ° * 
other times in spots that are of little value for 
other purposes. If a more kindly treatment is 
bestowed upon them they will quickly show 
their gratitude. Enrich the ground thoroughly 
around them in spring or fail Let them have 
the benefit of the wood and coal ashes, waste 
water Ac. from the house. Everything in this 
lino will bo thankfully received, and will soon be 
repaid with interest. R. H. Haines. 
Tun “ Versaillaisc ” Currant as we have often 
stated, is the same as tbo Cherry and not a dis¬ 
tinct. variety, and some of the best European 
small fruit cultumts, who know the history of 
both much bettor than It is known in this coun¬ 
try, toll ns that the former name should bo i-on- 
ftidcrod only ns a synonym of tbo lalter. Wo 
were told this sixteen years ego by e. French 
gentleman, who served his apprenticeship in ono 
of the largest, nurseries in France, and who bad 
fin.t. ra te opportunities of knowing tho history of 
tho supposed-to-be two sorts.— Ed. Rural. 
NOTES. 
An Old Change Thee.— The death of an Or¬ 
ange Tree at Versailles, which was in its 455th 
year, is announced. It was known by tho name 
of Grand Bourbon. In the year 1421 the Queen 
of Navarro gave her gardener the seed at Pam- 
peluna. IJs head was 17 yards in circumference. 
immi jiiu o, ilu najiuniouu. jothjuu IUU I*UX LJ1- t j* v i 
era boundary of the lake, a heavy, rustle bridge tko 11Ult “ mUfiic hath charms ’ not 
was built upon piers of rocks that also served as onJy t 8 ° otl f Ul ° breast,” but bath 
supports for the road approaches. The south- a “ actual , efl [ ect n P on llf0 —m tLc dearth 
ern boundary was now alone incomplete. There ° ! ' 1 ^ !na ldeas ' following from the English 
was here no natural hank. A stone and cement ma - v have Bome barest alJ lover « 
dam was first erected, eleven feet long, flvo high, of ( ?' anl hfo ’ form soever: 
and flvo wide at the base, sloping upon the lake ni account of ill-health, I went to Trefaria 
side to the top, which was finished wit h smooth < b P? n) ’ on ,hootht ‘ r fikl ° of Tagus. Tho 
flags for the water to run over. A twelve-inch Hod even of the monntains-was entirely 
drain pipe was set at tho bottom and side of the “ f ™* aad 8 " aterile 1L,lt in Ul ° whol ° ,iei 6 h ‘ 
REPORT on the centennial 
DISPLAY. 
DAIRY 
dam, to which a plug, with staple and chain, was 
fitted. The hank on either side of the dam was 
then formed of stones ami dirt the dirt driven 
between them as firmly as possible —and elevated 
two feet above tho dam, so that an outlet was 
provided eleven feet wide by two deep, which, 
by our neighbors, wasdeemod ample to carry oil' 
the greatest amount of water likely to flow over 
it during spring freshets. 
All completed, the plug was placed in t he out¬ 
let-pipe. Tho lake filled in loss than forty hours, 
assisted by a heavy rain that, as if especially to 
test the strength of our now banks, came down 
thicker—faster. The water at length filled <he 
daiu-outlet, roaring over it in a solid column— 
then it spread over tho banka—then the banks 
spranlt a leak—first in one place, then in num¬ 
berless places in a few hours our southern 
banks wore in ruins! 
The rocks, dirt, all had to be removed. A 
trench was then dug. 75 feet in length, and a 
solid stone and cement wall constructed. Over 
this the bank was formed, planted, sodded. We 
have had greater freshets since, but tbo dam and 
banka have not been materially harmed. 
The water averages four feet in depth, and is 
alive with pike, uuudsh and tho like—not to 
speak of water-snakes, turtles, musk-rats, and 
that most romautio of all aquatic creatures—the 
ingenuous, amiable, pathetic bull-frog. 
On the near bank in the picture maybe seen 
several Yuccas (fllamenlom') and a single plant 
of Aralia spinom. On tbo opposite bank, to the 
right is the Wild Garden [tho reader must take 
our word for it, since the engraver, not knowing 
what to make of such a snarl of weedy herbage, 
leftit out] that, though begun only two years ago, 
promises to become ono of the most interesting 
features of the grounds. Either because the 
water is too deep or too cold, seeds of such 
aqnatios as the Nelumbo and Nyinphiea havo 
never germinated, though often sown. The 
Wdd Garden is so situated—extending" from the 
water’s edge up a slope to perfectly dry ground, 
that all hardy native plants, from Golden Rods 
and Baptjaias to Arrow-Heads and Pickerel- 
Weeds, grow luxuriantly. We hope, therefore, 
in this little piece of ground, to be able to estab¬ 
lish a living herbarium of all tho low-growing 
plants of our own locality, at least. 
Of tho trees and shrubs planted about the lake 
we must not now speak, further than to say that , 
wo have found that there are mauy species, gen¬ 
erally supposed to thrive only in dry situations, I 
that seem to do admirably there. A lake of 
blirhood there was not a scrap of vegetation to 
bo seen. On becoming convalescent, I had a 
greenhouse built, and cultivated Roses and 
other llowdrs known in tho country. They did 
not., however, thrive well. I had a harmonium, 
which—with the view of enjoying tho cooler at¬ 
mosphere of tho green house 1 had removed 
thither, and so for some months largely indulged 
hi music. I was surprised to observe a gradual, 
yet rapid, recovery of health on the part of my 
plants. Tho recovery was wo marked that I have 
often thought it quite possible to impute it to 
the influence of music. The whole country, as 
I liavo said, was barren and, with the exception 
of a few sparrows, entirely void of bird life and 
song. I have often thought that in this fact 
there might lurk a proof that music was, to 
some extent, a necessity of vegetable life at 
least; that music, tho song of birds especially, 
was conducive to tlio health of plants ; or, 1 may 
otherwise state it, that Nature is not complete 
without music.” 
A friend of the London Garden, upon reading 
tlm above, suggests that tho fine development of 
the trees in bouio of their squares may now be 
easily accounted for, seeing that there are so 
many organ-grinders! 
We call the attention of tlio Commissioners of 
our Central Park to the above. Organ-grinders 
should no longer be excluded! 
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THE VERSAILLAISE CURRANT. 
So popular has this variety become, that nearly 
three times as many of the Versaillaise are now 
planted out as there are of the Cherry. Resem¬ 
bling the latter in size and general appearance, it 
forms another instance of the fact that the lees 
worthy often carries off the greatest hon< rs. Ex¬ 
ceeding the Cherry Currant in the amount of fruit 
that reaches our city market, yet the name 
“ Yersailiaise " seldom if ever greets the ear of 
the purchaser. All largo currants are classed 
Mr. L. B. Arnold, one of the jurors of Dairy 
products at the Centennial Exhibition, read a 
paper, before the N. Y. State Dairymen Associa¬ 
tion, which purported to be a history of tho dis¬ 
play. a description of the butter and cheese fac¬ 
tory, the manner in which the awards wore made 
and the practical benefits derived from the exhi¬ 
bition. There are some errors of statement in 
j this report which in behalf of American dairy¬ 
men and especially of tho dairymen of New York, 
it would be well for Mr. Arnold to correct as it 
does serious injustice to our dairymen, and 1« of 
a kind they will not bo likely to lightly pass over. 
He commenced first by charging that the disaf¬ 
fection among dairymen in regard to giving this 
movement a hearty support, grew out of what 
he terms the “politics of tho dairy.” But not¬ 
withstanding the discouragement that impeded 
tho work of the committee, the dairy display he 
states, was a great success. This certainly must 
he a surprise to the largo number of dairymen 
and others who visited the an-called “model 
butter and choose factory,” as they bad all along 
supposed tlie. said Dairy Exhibition to be a 
stupendous failure. Ho says: “With commen¬ 
dable exertions money was raised by private sub¬ 
scription in New York, Vermont, Pennsylva nia 
Ohio, and also by legislative aid in New York ; 
and a "model butter and cheese factory.” with 
ample rooms for display and for a complete out¬ 
fit of apparatus, was erected at a cost of *10,000 
of which *2,000 was contributed by the Canadian 
Government.” 
While stating the exact sum contributed by 
Canada, Mr. Arnold forgets to name flic sums 
contributed in addition to tbo *8.000 appro¬ 
priated by tbe legislative action of the State of 
New York, and no allusion is made to (he surplus 
money above the >10,000 paid for the factory or 
its disposition, at the hands of the notable com¬ 
mittee which had this matter in charge. Again 
he says: " The butter and cheese display rooms 
were fitted with shelving, and tho room for but¬ 
ter was supplied with tho necessary moans of re¬ 
frigeration.’' From this statement wo are left 
to infer that tbo butter department, was refrig¬ 
erated for the entire season, when it is a notori¬ 
ous fact that such was not tho case and that tho 
pore spring water, w ithin easy distance of the tivoitosBtod vigorous habits of growth, combined 
dwelling, and within full view from its windows, i " lf " 1 * kc °* tlicir being equally as large and 
Kiirrminctail liv tiaf.n nUv-irrm,nnH possessing all the desirable merits of tbe 
dwelling, and within full view from its windows, 
surrounded by well-selected, naturally-grouped 
plants, both deciduous and evergreen, is one of 
the most enjoyable and captivating surroundings 
of a country home. 
SUMMER-HOUSE. 
The third sketch, Fig. 3, is a rustic summer¬ 
house, of heavy red-cedar, with the bark left on, 
and even the branches for several inches, except 
upon tho inside, w here, upon tho seats at least, 
they might occasionally unsettle a careless re¬ 
pose. To one 6ide of this summer-house, and 
under the head of “Cherry” and as such they butter on exhibition was in part injured from 
are sold. So closely indeed do they resemble • heat. In our conversation villi Mr. Pope, tlio 
each other that many prefer not to commit Superintendent, in August, when on a visit to the 
themselves into giving a separate description, butter and cheese building, he said, his requisi¬ 
te is however usually understood among fruit (ion for ice had not been honored by the Oen- 
growera that tho Versaillaise has somewhat tennial Commission, except at first, and honce 
longor bunches, and is not quite as add as the the building was not in condition to keep butter. 
Cherry Currant. In habits of growth or general To our inquiry why the Committteo of the Amer- 
appearanco of the plants they arc much alike icau Dairymen Association did not purchase the 
—the Versaillaiso however at times having leaves necessary supply, as funds had been subscribed 
a shade darker than the other, and exhibiting a for that purpose, he replied that tho Committee 
more vigorous growth. Their greater prodne- did not see lit to do so. It has been'charged 
Mvottoss and vigorous habits of growth, combined that butter on exhibit was injured from the heat, 
With the fact of their being equally as large and and that some exhibits were removed under pro- 
possessing all the desirable merits of the tost. 
“Cherry,’ have been tbe means of their out- Again in the report he says: “Against mv 
stripping their highly favored rivals. They are protest and as it proves mnch to the injury of 
certainly a great improvement over tho old-fash- the display of cheese, this precaution (refriger- 
:oned small varieties so common in many of our ationj against extreme heat was left out of the 
gardens. When properly grown they make a annexes where cheese was to be phown. Though 
ine display winti placed upon the table, so that no positive injury necessarily resulted to tho 
hose most indifferent to the eharmsof this fruit cheese*placed in them from this omission, Yet 
ire easily enticed into tasting them. in the hottest, part of the summer, the tempera- 
Hardlv any fruit so well repays good cultiva- tore in these rooms conld not without refrigera- 
, ion and care as does this \ and yet how common . tlou be prevented from becoming too high to 
s the practice of planting out the currant any- i allow of keeping cheese in them, more than a 
possessing all tho desirable merits of tbe 
“Cherry,” have been tire means of their out¬ 
stripping their highly favored rivals. They are 
certainly a great improvement over tho old-fash¬ 
ioned small varieties so common in many of our 
gardens. When properly grown they make a 
fine display when placed upon the table, so that 
those most indifferent to the eharmsof this fruit 
are easily enticed into tasting them. 
Hardly any fruit so well repays good cultiva¬ 
tion and care as does this : and yet how common 
is the practice of planting out tlie currant any- 
>r ripeness, and to a depreciation of value.” 
is “Dairymendirlnot dare or could not afford to 
v risk the dangers of long transportation by rail, 
y and the long carting to and from the dairy buil- 
c ding and therefore the frequent relays of cheese 
e necessary to keep up a continued show were not 
3 provided. This worked a double disadvantage, 
e It gave the croakers—always too abundant in 
every public enterprise—a handle for diseonr- 
j aging exhibits, and the result was the cheese 
display room for the United States was nearly 
, ' empty daring tho months of July and August.” 
f Sir. Arnold might have added for the most if 
. not all of tlio ntonth of September also. Wo 
. visited the butter and cheese factory during tlie 
3 middle of September, and there were but 3 
i cheeses in tho United States department on ex- 
, hibition. According to tho statement of Mr. 
5 Reale who handled tbo Wisconsin exhibit. Ihe 
f cheese was badly injured while in the exhibition 
building. Now it will be remembered that on 
the completion of this “ model butter and cheese 
factory,” Mr. Arnold notified dairymen through 
the Tribune that the building was all ready, and 
- that ample provision had been made to keep 
i cheese thorp in good order, and ho urged dairy- 
! men to Bend on exhibits. All through the »um- 
i merhe and Harris Lewis, and Mr. Siiclt, and 
■ Scoville were urging dairymen to send on ex¬ 
hibits to the model factory. They were at 
; Little Falls and at Utica. But, the dairymen did 
not respond, because the committee in charge of 
this display had so managed as to impair public 
confidence as to the usefulness of the movement. 
It is a remarkable fact that up to tho October 
display, New York State with her 1.500 or 
more cheese factories, and with an appropriation 
from the State of *8.000, and subscriptions 
amounting to some *2,000 more for tho exhibi¬ 
tion, had only made the paltry display of about 
17 exhibits. 
Tho commrnittee and Mr. Arnold failing to 
get exhibits during the summer—the letter then 
employed Mr. Moon of ITerkimCr to visit facto¬ 
ries in tho central counties of the State, and ho 
also failed to induce factories to send forward 
their goods. Wo submit that these facts should 
have been plainly stated in tho report, but fur- 
ther-••instead of representing that New York 
dairymen exhibited largely at tbe October dis¬ 
play. the plain facts of the case should have been 
stated, namely, that the committee in charge, 
fearing that there would be no display of chec-so 
from New York, employed Mr. Moon to go upon 
the market and among tho factories to purchase 
enough choose for <\ show of exhibit; anil tin's 
Mr. Moon did, the Committee guaranteeing to 
pay him for the labor, and also taking tho ri.-k 
of any loss on account of said pnrehaso. In 
order then to mislead tho public this purchased 
cheese was entered as being exhibited freely by 
tbe several factories. Among the cheese spoken 
of by Mr. Arnold as belonging to tho best, ho 
names samples exhibited by E. C. Rice and Geo. 
W. Davis of Herkimer County, N. Y. Neither 
i of those gentleman made any exhibit on their 
own account. The cheese was purchased and 
sent forward by Mr. Moon. 
These fuets have an important bearing when 
the average grading of tlie several exhibits are 
given, for Mr. Arnold says tho “ sweepstakes ” 
for finest cheese was given to Canada tho mark¬ 
ing being 100 or perfect. Herkimer County gets 
as tbo highest murk 8L7G-100, New York Stale 
79.05-100, United States 70 82-100, while the 
average for Canada is 87.3G-100. Assuming that 
tho Jurors were perfectly competent for their 
work, and made true and just awards&s to merit, 
how unfair and damaging to New York dairymen 
is it for Mr. Arnold to represent that they made 
a free exhibit, sending (heir best cheese to com¬ 
pete with Canada and were thus worsted in the 
contest. Tho facts show that while the Cana¬ 
dians were in earnest and sent their best cheese, 
the dairymen of New York refused to exhibit but 
are compelled to shoulder the loss of reputation 
bv the act of this committee which sent its agei t 
around to pickup cheese where he could find it 
and place it on exhibition as coming forward by 
tho direct wishes and on. account of the several 
factories. 
Mr. Arnold must have known all these facte, 
and we think he made a mistake in evading this 
question at the close of the reading of his report 
when it was asked him, “ if the New York cheese 
was not purchased for the display.” In order to 
do no injustice to Mr. Arnold we quote from 
his report as fellows. * • The display of cheese 
was much larger than that of butter. There 
were exhibited at the dairy buildiug and on the 
grounds (?) 2,080 packages of cheese, weighing 
66)<£ tons, which were presented in ill exhibits. 
There were from the United States 1.012 pack¬ 
ages weighing over 2G tons; from Canada 1,003 
packages weighing over 20 tons; from other 
countries G1 packages estimated at 50(1 pounds. 
Cheese was offered from the different States 
as follows: New York, C21 boxes; Ohio, 48 
boxes; Connecticut, 4 boxes; Wisconsin. 284 
boxes; Pennsylvania, 55 boxes. “ Over 100 
awards were recommended for exhibits of cheese. 
