FOL. XXXVII. No. lti.| 
WHOLE No. 14?3- i 
NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 20, 1878 
PRICK SIX CENTS. 
$2.50 PER YEAR. 
[Entered according to Act of CongreBa, In the year 1878, by the Rural Publishing Comp any, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.] 
Second story—A, D, E and F are bed-rooms of 
the following dimensions respectively: 15 by 12, 
15 by 11, 10 by 19 and 14 by 14; between A and 
D are closets, and one wash-stand; C is the hall 
with stairs to attic ; E, wardrobe (4.6 by 6 2) ; 
G, bath-room, (4 11 by 10) with wash-stand, 
bath-tub and water-closet; H, entry to bath¬ 
room with tank ; J, roofs. 
The main dimensions of the building are 
shown on the plan j two additional bed-rooms 
can be arranged in the attio; a small winding 
staircase loads to the tower room. 
The lowest estimate for this building (includ¬ 
ing heater, range, etc., all modorn improve¬ 
ments) amounts to a trifle over ©3,900. This is 
the cost at which it can be built in the imme¬ 
diate neighborhood of New York, where mater¬ 
ials and labor are both dearer than in many other 
parts of the country; and in calculating the ex¬ 
pense of this and of other structures, the plans 
of which are from time to time given in the 
Rural, and the figures given must be scaled in 
accordance with local conditions in these respects. 
view of the case, and a view quite in advance of 
the one generally now maintained by most 
farmers. Biennials and perennials are most 
troublesome in pastures and meadows while 
annuals are the worst for the garden and culti¬ 
vated field. 
A large majority of onr most enterprising 
weeds come from Europe, Asia, or from the 
South. They have been brought in by mankind 
in the seeds selected for the field and the garden, 
in the fleeces of sheep and in a great variety of 
other ways. 
Of weeds which may be called troublesome 
and which are never of any known value, we 
have perhaps eighty species, while twenty or 
thirty others are quite annoying. 
It is quite a common opinion with many 
people that hoeing and cultivating are mainly 
carried on to kill the weeds which cover the 
ground. This is, or ought to be considered a 
mistake, even so far as the weeds are concerned. 
We should cultivate to prevent their growing— 
to destroy them before they get out of the 
PLAN OF A COTTAGE COMPLETE 
FOR $3,900. 
L. F. ORAETHER. 
The following is a description of the plans of 
the cottage herewith represented: (For plans 
see page 248.) 
Cellar aed basement plan—A represents the 
hall; B, kitchen, (14 by 17.3) containing sink, 
wash-tubs, boiler and range, &c. C, pantry (4 by 
5.6) with shelves and dumb-waiter; D, cellar 
steps; E, vegetable cellar; F, coal and wood 
cellar and heater. 
First story—A, piazza; B, vestibule; O, hall, 
with main stairs ; D, parlor, (15 by 18) ; E, sit¬ 
ting-room, (15 by 16 3) sliding doors between 
parlor and sitting-room; F, dining-room, (14 by 
19 3) ; G, pantry, with dumb-waiter, waHb-stand, 
etc.; H, green-house (12.10 by 19.3) connected 
directly by a door with the dining-room. 
THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE WEEDS, 
PR0FE890R W. J. BEAL, 
A plant may be classed as a weed in one 
country and not a weed in another. Purslane 
is not troublesome in England, nor chickweed 
in a dry, warm climate, but reverse the plants 
and eaob becomes troublesome. 
Some writers define a weed as a plant growing 
out of place. Perhaps this is as good as any 
definition, but I like the one given by R. W. 
Emerson the other day. He said : “A weed iB 
a plant whoBe virtues have not yet been dis¬ 
covered." And he adds, “Every plant probably is 
yet to be of utility in the arts. There is not a 
plant in the whole magazine of material nature 
that cannot be made a power in the hands of 
thinking men.” Certainly this is a hopeful 
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