can be filled to the letter; there the Ever- 
Blooming Roses are hardy, and they bloom 
as nearly all the time as any plant can reason¬ 
ably be expected to. Blit in the North the case 
is different; here the Ever-Blooming Roses 
thrive and bloom beautifully, but are not hardy, 
while the Hybrid Perpetuate, Mosses and 
Climbers, which are hardy, do not bloom all 
the time; therefore as neither class combines 
in itself perfect hardiness and constant bloom, 
a choice must be made between them, or, what 
is better, a bed of each kiud may be planted. 
Seed from Tip, Middle and Butt of Corn 
Ear. —At the time Dr. Sturtcvant gave figures 
as to results of planting kernels from the tip, 
middle and butt of Indian Cora he was not 
aware that similar experiments had been tried 
by others, but his attention has been called re¬ 
cently to a statement made in Flint’s “Grasses” 
edition of I860, wherein it is said: “The experi¬ 
ment of planting seed taken from different 
parts of the ear has been repeatedly tried, and 
the result has almost uniformly been better 
from that taken from near the tips, however 
contrary it may be to the theories followed and 
received in regard to the full and complete de¬ 
velopment and perfection of seed. One farmer 
within ray knowledge followed up his experi¬ 
ment for 10 years, planting only the corn from 
the small end of the ears, choosing such as 
were well filled out, then selecting only that 
from the middle of the ears and then only that 
from the large ends. After 10 years he found 
that in seven yearn of the 10 the crop from the 
small ends was the largest and best." 
In 1858 two acres were planted with seed 
from the different, parts of an ear upon the State 
farm of Massachusetts, The yield harvested 
was— 
Sound Corn. Soft Corn. 
Butt kernels.738 lbs. 77 lbs. 
Middle kernels.003 lbs. 16-1 lbs. 
Tip kernels.717 lbs. 53 lbs. 
In 1876 Professor Roberts, of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity, planted seed from the tips, butts and 
middles of the ears, and obtained the following 
results:— 
FIRST SERIES. 
... 20 bushels per acre. 
.S3 bushels per acre. 
.31 bushels per acre. 
SECOND SERIES. 
Butt kernels. 40 bushels per acre. 
Tip kernels.. ..38 bushels per acre. 
In 1877 J. J. Carter, at the Pennsylvania 
Agricultural College Forai, reports a trial with 
the butt and tip grains, extending over seven 
years, including 12 duplicate trials and one 
single trial. Of these 13 trials, the yield from 
the butt kernels was 7,022 pounds; from the 
tip kernels, 7,192 pounds—the tip kernels being 
superior in six of the 13 trials. 
In 1874 Professor Daniels, of the University 
of Wisconsin, reports that in 1870 com from 
the tips, butts and middle of the same cal's was 
planted, and each year since tho tips, butts 
and middles of that raised from like seed the 
previous year have been again planted. No 
difference was visible in the quality of the com. 
The result of five years’ experiment is that it 
makes no difference from what 
poition of the ear the seed is taken. 
These quotations certainly do 
L not throw discredit upon the results 
obtained by the N. Y. Ex. Station. 
In the planting of small plats 
with corn, the loss of a few hills, 
or of a few seeds, through 
Illustrated catalogue of seeds of all kinds. 
Three pages of novelties. 
Alfred Bridgeman, 37 East 19th Street, 
New York City. Market gardeners’ list of seeds. 
F. K. Phoenix, Delavan, Wis. Price-list of 
fruits. Apples a specialty. 
•l. B. Sabot & Bon, Ml Water St., N, Y.—Pamphlet, 
20 pages, of Sardy’s Phosi ho-Peruvlnu Guano, Aeld- 
pbospbafe and Atomlml-phoaphate. 850.00 Is offered 
for the largest yield from one-half acre of land ma¬ 
nured with the Phospho-Peruvtau Guano. 
Pamphlet.— The National Continuous Stone Con¬ 
duit Company Drain Tile Machine. General office, 62 
William Street. N. V. 
eral cuts of corn, the best we have seen. The 
potato list is full of the latest and best novelties. 
W. L. Ferris, J r. Combined seed and nur¬ 
sery catalogue. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Estab¬ 
lished 1863. One of the beet-selected lists of 
novelties we have seen. We commend an ex¬ 
amination of this catalogue to our readers. 
Sent gratuitously. Apply to Mr. Ferris. 
John G. Burrow, Fishkill, Dutchess Co., 
N. Y. Illustrated catalogue of grape-vines, 
etc. A highly-colored plate of the Jefferson, 
a grape of fine quality. Ricketts’s Hybrids a 
jiliscellatuous 
Isaac F. Tillinghast, La Plume, Lack. 
Co., Pa. This catalogue offers the New Pro¬ 
lific Tree Beau, of which we do not think veiy 
much, being no novelty that we can see; the 
New Golden Dawn Mango, the New Queen 
Onion, a white early sort; Longfellow’s Field 
Corn, a really excellent kind; Waushakum 
Corn, lately illustrated in this journal; Wall’s 
Orange Potato and many others of the new 
varieties. The catalogue speaks of a new 
“Nest Egg” in the form of a white gourd 
which is almost exactly the shape and size of 
a hen’s egg. They are useful as nest eggs, as 
they do not break or freeze. 
Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Ches¬ 
ter Co., Pa. The New Guide to Rose Culture. 
Rosas by mail a specialty. In this catalogue 
there are two colored plates of roses, which are 
beautiful to look upon. Really everything 
that one needs to know about roses may be 
found in this book. Probably this company 
are the most extensive rose-growers in the 
world. The catalogue, which will be sent to 
all of our read ere who apply as above, should 
be in every home. Besides roses, new or rare 
hardy ornamental shrubs, vines, gladioli, Ja¬ 
pan Lilies, etc., are offered. 
J. A. Everett, Watsontown, Pa. Besides 
the usual lists of seeds, much space is given to 
uew potatoes, and the many illustrations are 
very good portraits. Mr. Bveritt is the intro¬ 
ducer of a number of good potatoes, chief 
among which is the Mammoth Pearl. He now 
offers the O. K. Mammoth Prolific, which he 
considers the ‘ ‘most prolific potato now in ex¬ 
istence.” Mr. Everitt has also secured the 
stock of Jones’s Prize-Taker, which from the 
description seems also one of high promise. 
The catalogue will be scut gratis to our read¬ 
ers upon application as above. 
William Parry, Parry P. O., New Jersey. 
Established in 1838, A catalogue of 40 pages 
of all kinds of fruits (especially small fruits), 
trees and shrubbery. Judge Parry is one of 
our most experienced nurserymen. What he 
has said of the Ki offer Pear has no doubt been 
read with interest by our readers. He is 
also a strong advocate of the new Hansell 
Raspberry. He also offers the James Vick, 
Manchester and Nigh’s Superb Strawberries, 
together with the usual lists. 
V. H. Hallocic, Son & Thorpe, Queens, 
Long Island, N. Y. This Is a very interesting 
catalogue and the firm is a trusty one. The 
opening remarks, “A Feast of Flowers,” should 
be read by all who propose to enjoy a credita¬ 
ble garden. There are 16 pages of plant nov¬ 
elties, besides well-selected lists of grapes, 
small fruits, lilies, gladioli, shrubs, climbers 
and hardy herbaceous plants. The catalogue 
of 72 pages will be sent gratis to our readers. 
They must apply to the above firm. 
Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St. Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa, Garden Calendar for 1883 de¬ 
signed to furnish brief directions for the cul¬ 
tivation and management of the vegetable 
and flower garden, 128 pages. This house 
was established in 1838. A 16-page supplement 
presents a special list of vegetables and flower 
seeds and new or rare plants. It is surprising 
how much information is uow-a-days cram¬ 
med into our catalogues. 
Joseph Harris, Moreton Farm, Rochester, 
N. Y. Illustrated catalogue (75 pages) of field, 
garden and flower seeds. Mr. Harris is well 
known as an agricultural writer. The cata¬ 
logue is written in a free and sociable style 
that inspires the belief, as one reads, that Mr. 
Harris’s seeds are about as good and fresh as 
seeds can well lie, He will send this interest¬ 
ing catalogue without charge to all of our 
readers who choose to apply. 
Hiram Sibley & Co., Rochester, N. Y.— 
The Grain and Farm Seed Manual—88 pages 
—price 10 cents. This presents histories of 
of Indian corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, etc., 
written by Dr. E. L. Sturtevant and Mr. B. 
F. Johnson. Also an essay on valuable grasses 
by Dr. W. J. Beal. It is, as it professes to be, 
written in the interests of the American fann¬ 
er and the increase of agricultural prosperity, 
and we cordially recommend the work as 
worthy of a careful perusal. 
A. D. Cowan & Co., the American Seed 
Warehouse, 114 Chambers Street, New York. 
A large, handsome catalogue of 56 pages, with 
a long list of novelties and specialties. Seeds 
of all kinds—grasses, forage plants—every¬ 
thing for the garden or field. We note among 
the novelties a new pea called the Dwarf 
Champion of England and the Gray Boulogne 
Pumpkin, which originated in France. This 
catalogue is sent free to applicants, we believe. 
J. C. Vaughan, 42 La Salle Street, Chicago, 
Ill. Corn and Potato Manual. This opens 
with a history of Indian Com, which first 
speaks of its antiquity and ends with its culti¬ 
vation. The manual is embellished with sev- 
mvrn- 
■wA 
Polled Heifer 
Maydew ’’—From Life—Fig. 114. 
Pamphlet. —Address of the Hon. George B. Lorlng 
before the Mississippi Cane-Growers’ Association. 
Washington. D. C. 
Robert & James Farqohar, 19 south Market Street, 
Boston, Mass. Illustrated catalogue (50 pages) of seeds. 
W(lliam Boll, 5!iti King’s Road, Chelsea, London S. 
W,, England. Catalogue of flower and vegetable seeds. 
Annual Report of the Connecticut Ag. Ex. station— 
11 1 pages. Apply to the station. New Haven, Conn. 
William F. Bassett, namraontown, Atlantic Co., 
N. J. Pamphlet of small fruits, fruit trees, etc. 
Twelfth Annua) Report of the Board of Trustees of 
the Ohio State University, ColumbUH—175 pages. 
GconuE L. Miller, Jones Station, Butler Co., Ohio. 
Catalogue of strawberries and bedding plants. 
Woolson & Co., Passaic, N. J. Catalogue of hardy 
perennial plants, bulbs, ferns and climbers. 
P ami* u let. —A barn door lecture on Artificial Fertil¬ 
izers by Dr. James R. Nichols, Haverhill, Moss. 
Jacob W. Mannino, Reading, Mass. Catalogue of 
fruit and ornamental trees, etc. 
Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Agri¬ 
cultural College, Auburn, Ala. 
Third Annual Report of the Now Jersey State Ag- 
Oollege, New Brunswick, N. J. 
A M. Purdy, Palmyra, N. Y. Descriptive catalogue 
of small fruits, etc. 
Little a Ballantyne, Carlisle, England. Catalogue 
of seeds of all kinds. 
specialty. Mr. Burrow’s descriptions are con¬ 
servative and trustworthy. 
H. S. Anderson, Union Springs, Cayuga 
Co., N. Y. Descriptive Catalogue of the Caj - 
uga Lake Nurseries, established 1855. A first- 
rate list of small fruits—cherries, plums, 
quinces, peaches—ornamental shrubs and trees, 
roses, lilies. Free. 
Johnson, Gere & Truman, Owego. Tioga 
Co., N. Y. Illustrated circulars of Whipple’s 
Cross Floating Harrow: Expanding Corn Cul¬ 
tivator; Hop Cultivator; Six-foot Wheel Har¬ 
row. These implements have given great sat¬ 
isfaction. 
George W. Campbell, Delaware, O. Price¬ 
list of hardy grape-vines, fruit trees, small 
fruits, etc. This is probably one of the best 
lists of grape-vines issued. All who are inter¬ 
ested in hardy grapes should send for it. 
A. W. Livingston’s Sons, 105 North High 
St. Columbus, O. Seed and seed potato cata¬ 
logue. Headquarters for Livingston’s Para¬ 
gon. Acme, Perfection aud Favorite Tomatoes 
Butt kernels... 
Middle kernels 
Tip kernels_ 
non- 
germination or through accident, 
will affect greatly the results as 
calculated to the acre, and in order 
.< to obtain parallel trials at differ- 
■/ ent places, it is necessary to found 
our calculations upon the number 
„ of plants which survive upon given 
ti . areas of soil. The true experiment 
Better must be carried 
V ou *> under strictly parallel eoudi- 
^ 4.- tdous, the best seed being selected 
from the middles and the tips in 
each case, the plantings to take 
y r place at the same distance, using 
*t , seed in each hill iu excess of the 
tpp. ynumber required to grow, and 
A ”\ \ then, after vegetation has taken 
V place, thinning down the stalks in 
* each hill to the same number. 
Unless this precaution be carefully 
taken we should expect, in dealing 
with small areas and multiplying 
by largo numbere in older to 
get the results calculated to tho aero, to liud 
discrepancies which arc to be accounted for 
from our neglect rather than from the actual 
difference in the yielding capacity of seed used. 
Gem”—From Life—Fig. 113. 
Polled Heifer 
Vanderbilt Brothers, 23 Fulton Street, 
N. Y. Seed and Illustrated List for 1883. 
Farm and garden implements. Seeds of all 
kinds. Soluble Pacific Guano, laud plaster, etc. 
Wm. Rennie, Toronto, Canada. Mr. Ren- 
uies’s catalogues improve every year. The 
present is excellent in every way. The list of 
grasses is full and each kind well described. 
David Landrktii & Sons, Philadelphia, 
Pa. Pamphlet treating of the cabbage family 
—its varieties, qualities and culture. Price 25 
cents. 
W. S. Collins, Moorestown, New Jersey, 
wholesale price-list of small fruits, trees, etc. 
A colored plate of the Kieffer pear. 
L. W. Goodell (Drawer K), Amheret, Mass. 
Third Biennial Report of the State Ag. College, 
Manhattan, Kan. 
Aaron Low, Essex, Mass. Illustrated seed catalogue. 
R. S. Cole, Harmans, Mil. Price-list of small fruits- 
J. O, Manson, Harford, Pa. Catalogue of seeds. 
Mu. W. F. Brown remarks in the Ohio 
Farmer that it will do to plant potatoes quite 
If early if put in tolerably deep and pressed down 
yfA -into the bottom of the furrow with the foot, 
and some half-rotted manure put over them 
* — - ■ ■ ..before covering with earth. He tlvJtiks it is safe 
-— to plant In this way on a well-drained soil as 
Hardy Roses. —People often write to the early as the middle of March, He likes to be 
Dingee & Conard Co., saying “ I want Roses able to put in all crops early, and is of opinion 
that are hardy and that will bloom all the time.” that four times out of five early planting will 
When such requests come from the South they | give the best results, but good judgment must 
