Cabbage.— Fottler’s Improved Brunswick 
Drumhead, after four or five years’ experiment¬ 
ing with a score of sorts, has come to be our 
main reliance for whiter cabbage, yet Savoy 
Drumhead and Marblehead Mammoth, may 
prove equally valuable with us, aa wo have them 
under trial now. Noticing in his catalogue that | 
Mb. Henderson had been giving a tew seeds of 
his new cabbage, " Henderson’s Summer," to 
several planters for trial last year, I had the 
impudence to ask him for half a dozen this sea¬ 
son ; but as it was already late, he kindly sent 
me the plants, which were large. 1 put them 
out, and my wife declares they are the best early 
cabbages we have yet tried, aud we have tried 
every sort named in catalogues. It heads inva¬ 
riably, as does the Fottlcr above spoken of as a 
winter cabbage. 
Beans.— The Black-seeded and White AN ax 
hush beauB are the beaus in every respect. We 
•i.«n <mit Karlv Valentino, Baohael—all, and 
what would meet the wants ox one ungm u» 
from satisfying another. Then, it seldom ball¬ 
pens that a person in planting an orchard fer 
his own enjoyment, plants out all of one variety, 
hut instead, selects an assortment of early, me¬ 
dium, and late vanities, and though a novice 
he soon learns to distinguish and appreciate the 
different kinds- And for the same reason, no 
one particular strawberry should be allowed to 
monopolize the garden, but a suitable selection 
will add greatly to the enjoyment to bo derived 
from such a plot, as well as assist in rendering | 
the season nearly twice as long as it frequently 
is. The following seem to combine qualities 
that will make them specially desirable. 
ESSEX iEAUTY. 
one of the earliest, as well as one of 
aw kinds that are now claim- 
It certainly lias been well- 
ill testify, when they shall 
the fruit, 
deep, rich, crimson color, 
with what 
Among its 
IS THERE A RISING SAP 1 
We tap maples to rob them of their sap to 
make sugar. Cut down a maple while the sap 
is flowing, and sap continues to run from the 
trunk. Very little, if any, rises from the fresh¬ 
ly-cut stump. Let a frost check the flow, and 
another thaw will bring very little sap from 
either stump or trunk. When a maple is tapped 
and sap flows at all, the fact is unmistakable 
that nearly all of it comeH from above—little if 
any from below. 
The talk of a foreign wiseacre has induced the 
Rchab New-YoBKEB to head its editorial leader, 
“ Is there a Descending Hap ?*’ An phew Mur¬ 
ray may “ talk like a book hut 
Why call that poor fellow a saphead ?- 
Does }| i* blood all rise through his toes 1 
What marvel ir then it hath hap’ned 
That sap through his hair overflows! 
I cati send yon a slip from a plant, if you wish 
it, that will live for months on the sap which it 
gathers through its leaves—having neither root 
nor soil nor water from which to receive it. 
You can place it in your sanctum, suspended 
by a thread from a nail or peg, only being care¬ 
ful to keep it from dry winds, sunlight, and ex¬ 
cessive cold or heat. HaB that plant an ascend¬ 
ing sap ? 
Possibly you or FrofesBor Murray may be 
able to show another plant which will afford as 
positive evidence of no descending sap. But if 
you should, neither your example nor mine 
would prove that all plants are devoid of circu¬ 
lating sap. 8 - Folsom. 
Attica, N. Y. 
This is 
the largest of the 
ing our attention, 
named, as nearly all w 
have an opportunity of examining i 
The berries are of a < 
and their flue flavor fully keeps pace 
their appeurauce seems to indicate, 
desirable qualities that should not be o 
are the properties of remaining on 
for some days after ripening withou 
and of standing transportation or si 
distant points with very little injury, 
bize of the berries, and the great productiveness 
of the plants, when combined with the qualities 
already mentioned, will warrant it in being 
classed among “ the best." 
BOYDEN, NO. 30. 
This popular strawberry has again proved this 
season that it is well worthy of a place in nearly 
every garden, coming later in the season it wi 1 
make a very good companion for the variety just 
mentioned. Its large size-frequently 6 and 7 
inches in circumference—will make it a favorite 
for table use, while its other good qualities ren¬ 
der it specially desirable for profitable market 
culture. Success seeuiB to attend its cultivation 
almost everywhere. 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, 
e berries, will soon find its wax 
on of nearly every amateur. Its 
jerries—too large to be oaten at 
and their deep rich color will 
euticiug to all lovers of this 
Readers" of Julv28tb, lam so strongly umi^- 
ed, that I say “ I will," and take pen and paper 
before my courage fails me. 
Dame Nature has dealt more generously with 
us tbiB year, than last, although we had a 
drought of several weeks, which materially 
shortened the corn aud potato crops, but at the 
same time aided in securing the hay and gram 
in good shape. Our thoughts often wander to 
the Rural Ground*, and we nioet sincerely vitsh 
we might accept your cordiat invitation; but 
with young farmers at least, it is impossible. 
I wish to inclose a blossom of my Pelargoni¬ 
um from the “ Rural Seed." I have two others 
nearly ready to bloom that will be different vari¬ 
eties.* judging from their foliage, and several 
more that show the difference between care and 
ncclect. I have a beautiful carnation that is 
GARDENING PEN TALKS 
by MBS. ANNIE L. JACK 
How glorious is a September morning . xne 
family poet came in to hreakfust with hands and 
lips stained a rich dark purple after a saunter 
among the grapes and blackberries. A large red 
apple graced each hand, while golden-rod, and 
the first, rod-tinged leaves made a magnificent 
button-hole bouquet. 
Tho Coucord grape is of luxurious growth, 
with splendid foliage and immense hunches, but. 
nothing we have yet. seen can equal the Humeian 
iu point of flavor. “It iH not what makes the 
most show that i* the best, mother," said one of 
i," as w'o gathered tho rather small 
this vine, aud I 
as the case iu many 
i. Tho rich bloom 
* • , strlkiug contrast to the bold, 
of tho Hartford, and some other 
friend's remark that “ to see 
pleasant as a pioturo,” is 
Yet how few farmers' 
,’c this easily grown 
A vine well tended, 
stake and 
, feast of 
season of the year when we miss the 
ACHANIA MALVAVISCU8. 
Achania rnalvmriscus is a Texas plant grow¬ 
ing profusely wild here. It is called bcarlet 
Mauve. The negroes ascribo great medicinal 
virtues to the root of it. Their doctors use it as 
an emolient. Au amateur florist told me that he 
had seen it grafted upon an A 1 tine {Hibiscus 
Syriacus), forming in this way a beautiful 
standard. This seems to be one of those stable 
plants on which cultivation forever so long, does 
not seem to have any effect. By comparing a 
plant you had sent me last spring, and which is 
blooming profusely now', with a wild one in a 
piue-wood, outside my fence, I am at a loss to 
find tho slightest difference iu construction, 
habit, size or color of foliage or flower. 
Houston, Texas, Marti. 
it or half as pretty, and 1 want yon to seen. 
,salem, Whs. __Mrs- D. L. Burgess. 
August, 3 ist, 1877. 
I have been greatly interested in the late edit¬ 
orials, and I was almost sure when I read " Edu¬ 
cation as it may affect labor," that it was written 
bv one acquainted with the school-room aud its 
drawbacks. One great fault of parents is, to 
think that children who only go to school, know 
nothing of tiresome labor, aud so tho child is 
often mado to work upon the farm three and 
four hours in the morning, till he is tired, and 
then sent to school with the understanding that 
no mmil. hurrvhomo as soon aa school is out, 
the “girls, 
and delicate bunches from 
thought how often this w 
other things as well as grapes 
of the Concord is a t 
rubbed berry e. 
varieties, and a 
them growing was as 
not far from the point, 
wives know what it is to hav 
autumn fruit in profusion 1 . 
cuttings propagated and planted out, a i 
a small amount of caro, will give one a 
grapeB at a- . 
rest of what arc called the small fruits. True, 
one can l o comforted with apples, but then one 
does like a little variety, and there is a tropical 
air as of luxurious living about the purple clus¬ 
ters, when in profusion, that is charming. 
Felecite, in her scarlet sack, with skirt of 
homespun gi ey, goes daintily out to gather them, 
and as her shears go carefully through the twist¬ 
ed stems, ne lays them tenderly with many an 
endearing epithet, in the Indian baskets pre¬ 
pared for them. “ Qu 'elu’s soul belles!" she 
murmurs, which little four-year-old indorses 
with many a knowing smile, as ho tastes the 
purple juice. . . , , 
Pleasant to children’s fancy with their love of 
sweets, is the old and admirable “ Sweetwater,’ 
which I have seen, even in this province, heavily 
loaded and fully ripe. But tho tendency to mil¬ 
dew some seasons, causes growers to he a little 
shy of them, although when their fruit is per¬ 
fected, it is the favorite with our sweet-toothed 
judges. In an ancient garden iu the Indian vil¬ 
lage of Caqnawaga, is a vine of Isabella, wbiob 
is trained to the southern wall of the old stone 
house, and in this exposure, tho fruit grows and 
matures in wonderful quantities, much to the 
delight of the owuer, who is of the Iroquois race. 
But I might go on iu my “ talk” or this fruit 
until I wearied the reader, aud will only add: 
Plant grape vines two or throe sorts suitable to 
your locality, and you will have your reward 
without lcnutheued waiting. How independent 
EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENTS’ 
LETTERS. 
blossom. I raised six plants irom a pari oi ruo 
seeds you sent; three of them are budded and 
one in blossom. It is a bright rod, aud very 
large and beautiful. I see you do not mention 
Geraniums. Are they the same? [Botanically, 
Geraniums are. for the most part, hardy herba¬ 
ceous plants. Pelargonium is the proper name 
for the house and summer bedding plants 
we call Geraniums. — Ensl The leaves look 
alike. I have a double red, a piuk, a single white 
and a single salmon and white. I always have 
a bed of Phlox, one of Petunias, one of double 
Portulacas, and one of Pansies ; also one of Ver¬ 
benas. I have four Double Petunias in boxes, 
several kinds of Stock, Carnations, aud Picotees 
now in blossom. I have a single Datura, which 
lived iu the ground last winter and is very large 
and full of flowers. Have some double ones, 
also, which I raised from seed this year. 
Two vears ago I carried to the fair a basket of 
1. Follow Mary 11. Brandon (.kuual, xhv 
Sept..) in usiug Hie Hathaw ay variety. 
2. Follow Maky also in the use of bottomless 
cans. 
8 . Watch your 
pinch or rub 
starts below a 
as often as i_ 
stalk aud its fruit 
where it 1 - 
Gould Brothers. Rochester, ». — 
sale Catalogue or Trade Ll.t of the Monroe 
Comity Nurseries ; Fruit Trees. Orape-vtne., 
Small'Fruits, Ornamental Trees and Sluu , 
Roses, Bulbs, Bedding Plants. 
W» S. Little, Semi-annual Circular of Whole¬ 
sale Prices, Rochester Commercial Nurseries. 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Roses. 
James Fleming, G7 Nassau Street New York. 
Hyacinths and other Flowering Roots. All 
about their culture. Free. 
Catalogues of Premiums of the Nort tru 
Iowa Agricultural Society, Postville, Iowa. Ex 
totttion to he held Oct. 2-5. Public sale of 
stock and all other articles, will b “ h j d 0 “^ 
4th and 5th. Tho catalogue contains a g 
deal of useful information, and is worth presc 
iQK- 
s. B. rARSONS & gONS-Kissena ^enes. 
Flushing, Lo»g_U.nr Tbelaet page 
Mri™ u“w aud rare pl.nts for "tell tto 
lid jet enterprising eetablishmeut b». dt. 
tinguished itself. ,. 
Tri-State Fair-OHio, Michigan and Indiana 
to be held at Toledo, September 24-29. Pr 
gramme and Premium List, Rules and Regula 
tions. 
Peter Henderson 
for Fall Planting ; PI 
sucker that 
i blossom hud. Repeat this operation 
useless sprouts start, letting the main 
* "5 branches only grow, except 
branches nearly equal, both forks may 
be spared, and in case you want a spreading 
plant, one or two of the strongest suckers may 
also be permitted to grow. 
4. Profit by Mary’s failure and don’t feed 
your Colorado tramps with tomato vines early or 
o — Catalogue of Bums 
for Winter Flowering. 
