THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
l?LOWER and VEGETABLE. alJ the SEED-’, flm*t 
J hud*. UNEQUALED in QUALITY. Packets wall- 
bv Dioseoridus as of great value in the coin- 
lity of a sitaplcif-u that we receive in any form 
A year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free, 
Address P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine, 
Ipomoen Lepfophylla (Man-Root) 
This is comparatively a new plant in cultiva¬ 
tion. and it is certainly a very remarkable one. 
The engraving is from a branch of a plant 
growing here, the seed of which was planted 
last year. A description of this plant was first 
published by Dr. Torrey. in his account of the 
plants collected by Col Fremont during bis 
first expedition across the Continent in 1841. 
It was also found by Lieut. Emory’s party in 
July 1846. So says Professor Meehan in his 
valuable work of The Native Flowers and 
Ferns of the United States. Sub¬ 
sequent collectors, according to the 
same authority, have found it in 
various localities in Western Kansas 
and Eastern Colorado, in the dry, 
sandy and barren region watered by 
the Platte and Arkansas rivers, and 
as far South as Northern Texas. It 
Is called by the hunter “Man- 
Root" from the similarity of its • 
root in size and shape, to the body 
of a man. It is esculent and serves 
to sustain life in some of the many 
vicissitudes of hunger aud priva¬ 
tion to which men who roam the 
pra'ries are subjected. According A 
to a communication handed to Prof. jmk 
Meehan by Dr. Lamborn from a Mr 
person in Colorado who had en- /' 
gaged to have one of the roots dug 
for the Centennial. '* it took two 
men working with picks and crow¬ 
bar a full day to do the job.” The 
flower possesses a satin-liko luster 
and a very delicate rose color. The 
leaf aud stein remind us of those 
of the Salix rosmariuifolia, ex¬ 
cept that its habit is prostrate. For sandy, 
dry banks or rockeries it must prove an almost 
Invaluable plant, while tor any garden border, 
it would prove equally desirable, except that it 
grows with great rapidity and spreads over a 
large surface. 
Iris Lievlgntn (R.-empferl). 
In speaking of this, Mr. Falconer has said 
in these columns (see Rural. Aug. 2) : “ Iris 
laevigata (Kaempferi), indigeuous to Eastern 
Siberia, Nortberu China aud Japan, is hardy 
and thrifty and bears its very deep purple 
blossoms in June. But the varieties of Lae¬ 
vigata that have been recentlv introduced from 
Japau, eclipse in size or showiness anything in 
the way of Irises we ever knew. The flowers 
arc flat, from five to seven iuclies across, and 
of every shade of color from the purest, white 
to the deepest purple, aud they are also most 
gaudily variegated—penciled and blotched. 
These varieties are among the most showy of 
all known hardv herbaceous plants, and tbey 
corne iuto bloom from two to four weeks later 
than the typical species, than which, also, 
most of them are far more robust.” 
We have seenred enough of the seeds of this 
Iri6 to enable us to ^ifcce it as one of the kinds 
in our free seed distribution. It.is couceded that 
as regards purity, richness aud depth of color, 
this species is not equaled by any other of the 
entire genus. We are. ourselves, delighted 
with this happy selection, and are confident 
our subscribers will also be pleased—the more 
as they learn of its surpassing beauty. It will 
grow quite readily from seeds, and the seed¬ 
lings may l»e relied upan to produce an end¬ 
less variety of colors and marks. Our seeds 
are saved from seedlings of Iris ijevigata—the 
engraving is an accurate copy of one blooming 
here July I5ih. 
Aristolochia Sipho. 
Thi6 noble viuo. so hardy, so rapid in its 
growth, so striking for its immense leaves, 
which so thickly cover the rubber-like stems as 
to remind one of shiugles upon a roof, is rarely 
seen iu our Nortberu gardeus. Its leaves are 
no less remarkable for their tropical breadth, 
firmness of texture aud heart shaped outlines 
than the flowers are odd iu shape aud color. 
Our eugraviugs of the flower aud fruit are 
from life; the leaves, which often measure a 
foot In diameter, we can scarcely afford the 
6pace to portray. 
Aristolochia is the name of aidant mentioned 
piaiuis uixeiiuiu^ cnuuuu in. at is uunveu 
from ariston , best, and lochia, parturition. 
Sipho has reference to the siphon-like tube of 
the flower, or rather calyx, as it has uo corolla 
properly. It is of tea called, in other couu. 
tries, Siphon Birthwort, oi Aristolochia, but is 
here best known as Dutchman’s Pipe, of which 
“impiemeut" it is certainly suggestive. The 
stems of this viue, which ofteu measure bix 
inches iu circarafereuce, are yielding and plia¬ 
ble, like India-rubber tubes, so that, while they 
never break, they conform themselves readily to 
whatever support is provided. Even the green 
petioles bend aud twist like tbe stems, and 
when ouce the vine is established, it so holds 
upon the nearest object that lying is rarely 
necessary. There is not one of the many kinds 
of vines growing in these grounds that we 
would part with more reluctautly than with 
this. It covers trellises, arbors and stumps 
completely, aud being perfectly hardy (we 
have never known it to be inj ured), when once 
Bebb’s aquilegia. 
other structures where a cooling shade is de¬ 
sirable during the heat of summer, Iu com¬ 
pany with other hardy vines, sucli as Honey¬ 
suckle, Clematis, Akebia, Trumpet-Creeper, 
Canadian Moouseed, Periploca Grteca.Virginia- 
Creepcr. the great tropical leaves of the Dutch¬ 
man’s Pipe stand out iu bold aud beautiful re¬ 
lief. 
Many authors might be quoted to show the 
high estimation iu which this viue is held. 
Loudon says: “Striking from the magnificent 
appearauce of the leaves, aud remarkable for 
the form of its flower, which is bent like a 
siphon; for the trifid border of tbe flower, 
and for the very large brae lea placed on the 
middle of the peduncle." 
Scott, in his not-half-apprcciated “Suburban 
Home Grounds,” says: •• This is a twiner and 
climber Its great heart-shaped leaves, from 
seven to twelve inches in diameter, borne with 
tropical luxuriance, make tbe finest exhibition 
of massy foliage for covering isolated artificial 
structures of anything we know of.” 
A. J. Downing says: “Oue of the most pic¬ 
turesque climbing shrubs or plants which we 
cultivate is the Pipe-vine. Aristolochia Sipho. 
It is a native of the Alleghany mountains and 
is one of the tallest of twiuing plants, growiug 
on the trees to the hight qf 90 or 100 feet, 
though iu gardens it is ofteu kept down to a 
frame four or five feet high. The leaves 
are of noble size, being eight or nine inches 
broad aud bearl-thaped in outline. The flow¬ 
ers, au inch or more iu length, are very singu¬ 
lar. They are dark yellow, spotted with 
brown, in shape like a beut siphon-etc." 
Aristolochia sipho begins to bloom from the 
middle to the latter part of May aud continues 
in bloom about three weeks, when the fruit 
forms (if at all), forming a naked six-valved 
pod and flat seeds. The seeds germinate very 
freely, as a number of our subscribers can tes¬ 
tify to whom we have already seut a few, aud 
seedliugs make strong plants the second year. 
Whether it is hard to procure seeds iu the 
native habitat of this plant, we cannot say. 
But we do know that the seeds are at present 
very scarce aud sold (if sold at all) at a very 
high price. 
The Entire List 
will be forwarded to each aud every one of our 
subscribers who applies, and to them only to 
auy address in the United States or Canada. Of 
the postage expense, we prefer to bear a small 
nrt.rf nnrtti‘1 vftx Thia i« in urpvnnt 
tne slimmest comp elation lor our labor or lor 
the heavy cost of the undertaking. We shall 
require for the uiue kinds of seeds a two-ceut 
stamp; for the CttlhtK'rl Raspberry a four-ceut 
stamp. Each kind of seed will be put up in a 
strong envelope, the name printed thereupon— 
not upon slips as heretofore—aud all will be 
packed iu a strong bag of suitable size which will 
be folded UDd riveted. Two strong plants of the 
Cutbbert Raspberry for each subscriber will be 
so packed in moss as to insure safe carriage to 
the remotest parts of the country. Each letter 
of application will be numbered when received, 
aud the seeds and plauts will he sent iu that 
older. It will save us trouble , and it will save 
our subscribers trouble ami expense if they will 
make their application for the seeds and plants in 
the. same letter in which they renew their subscrip- 
tions. We would also thank them merely to 
say: “ send seeds.” Those two words will 
convey all the instructions we need. All ques¬ 
tions appertaining thereto should be written ou 
established, it needs no other care than an oc¬ 
casional cutting back to keep it within desired 
bounds. It may readily be tra'ned upon a 
temporary frame-work in the form of a grotto 
or oval arbor, when the frame-work may be 
removed and the arbor of Aristolochia alone 
remain. The firm texture of its large leaves 
overlapping oue another, the little care re¬ 
quired to keep it in health, its comparative 
freedom from insect depredations, render it 
especially desirable for covering piazzas, or, 
indeed, wash-houses, henneries, fences, or auy 
separate slips of paper, otherwise there is a 
chance of their being entirely overlooked, or, 
at least, of not being promptly answered. 
Finally, in order to provide against the 
possibility of mistakes, disappointment or sny 
dissatisfaction, we agree to duplicate all orders 
that from any cause may have failed to reach 
their destination at the close of the Distribution. 
The most careful details of instruction as to 
the treatment of the seeds sent, will be given 
In future numbers of the Rural New-Yorker. 
conclusion. 
So. good l eaders of the Rural New-Yorker. 
we have now presented you with a list which 
6hall comprise our uext Free Seed Distribution. 
Applications may be made from now until the 
1st of April, unless due notice of modification 
be given. 
W. B. JONES, 
BIRDSVILLE SEED AND STOCK FARM, 
(via) HERNDON P. O.. GEORGIA. 
Producer aud Dealer in Choicest varieties of South- 
era aco'imated Field and Garden Seed. Special atten¬ 
tion given to Forage plauts. Drop a postal for circular 
and price list. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Newest and. Lest Varieties, 
INCUUDISS 
“SHARPLESS” 
Grown in Pots and ready for shipment 
now. Now descriptive price 1 cata¬ 
logue and a colored plate of Sharplesa 
FBEE, Address 
ELLWANGZR& BARRY, 
Rochester, N« Y. 
By mad, post-paid, ion own roots) 25 c-nts apiece, $2.00 
per dozen. $12 00 per hundred. Large plants iburtdeU or 
on own root*' per express at. purchaser’s expense, 60 cents 
apiece, $1 00 per aozen. Tin*, most select collection 
in America, bend for Catalogue, with colored plate, 
10c; plain, tree. 
WINTER WHEAT, 
WINTER OATS, 
Qriiss Seeds of all Kinds, Ae., &,<*., 
Catalogues and prices on application. 
R. II. ALLEN A- CO.. 
189 & 191 Water bt., N. Y. 
GflAPE VINES.SE 
GRAPE VINES. 
Also Trees. Sninll Kinds, etc Wholesale 
rate- very low to Nur-eiymen, Dealers and large 
Planters. Send stamp for Deso tpi-ive T 1st. Price 
List free. T. 8. H U rtliA Rli, Fredoiiin, R.y. 
Beauty of Hebron 
For plantlne'. A fine stock this new Potato now ready 
for tall delivery. Large, smooth and very choice. $3.00 
per bbl.; 2 bids, for $5. 
E. & J. C. WILLIAMS, Montclaiz*, N. J. 
100 Acres Planted in Berries, 
100 Selected Varieties. 
Plants grown for transplanting- and fruit for market. 
Send for Catalogue, free to 
JOHN S. COLLINS, 
_Moorestown, N. J. 
JAPANESE MAPLES. 
Rhododendrons, Hardy and Greenhouse 
Azaleas, Camellias, Roses Magnolias, Pur. 
pie Beeches, Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Vines, etc. 
LAWN PLANTING 
Plans and advice to purchasers free. Staking out 
and phtnttng,*2.ou to*;.no per day. Price List free. 
Special Catalogue of New and Karo Plants. 
PARSONS SONS A- CO. (Limited,) 
_ Kissona Nurseries. Flushing. L. I 
SMITHS & PO WELL 
SYRACUSE, ZKT. Y. 
The Largest Important and Breeder* of Holstein 
Cattle in (he United Slates. 
Also large Importers of Clydesdale Horses and Breed¬ 
ers of the famous Hambletonlan Horses. 
Stock Unsurpassed. Prices Low. 
Photographs of animals sent to those wishing to 
purchase. 
Send for a catalogue. 
Blooded Stock and Seeds. 
The Farm Annual, our illus. 
totted catalogue of thorough¬ 
bred Jcn-oy and Ayrshire Cat 
tip, Cotewold and Southdown 
Shrap, Chaster White, Poland 
China, Berkshire, Small York¬ 
shire aud Jersey Red Ptysi, High 
Class Laud ana Water Fowls and 
Shepherd Dogs, and Rehublc 
Oi- 1 ' bin. Farm and Flower Seeds 
may be had on application in 
w person or by mail to 
\% ATLKi: BIJR FEE * CO , 
I*. O. Box I8l>o. 221 Church Hlrccl, Phila. 
IfPll 
ifesiy 
SEND 
EILWANGER & BARRY, 
Rochester, N, Y. 
niied witii TKh.SU ShEDS, «ure to crow and give 
satisfaction. Illustrated FLORAL GUIDE and RE¬ 
DUCED PRICE LI9T of 38 pages. FREE. Address, 
COLK &; ltRO., Seedsmen, Pella, Iowa. 
BI?E KEEPERS! 
Send to H. H- BROWN, Light Street, Col. Co., Pa., 
for price list of Italian Bees, Queens, Nuclei and 
Apiarian Supplies. 
K. «&: J. C. WILLIAMS, Montclnir, N. J., 
have all the new and leading kinds of 
STRAWBERRIES. 
!»liiirpl«*»s and Pres. Lincoln, One. per do/.-; $3. 
per Kill i eii-euiiinl Fuvurlle, Forest Hose, 
Miue.’s Un-iii Prolific. 60c. per doz.; $3 per Im). 
C. c-eeel nod . Inis. Downing, S6e.jier Ho/-: $1.25 
per UK). HniMljwlne It u»pt>C I'I'Y Pin lit*, ftt $1 
i ier 1(H); $6 per l.oou. Gooseberries, Currants, Grapes, 
te„ so., at popular prices, 
.Vo plants of our New Raspberry “ MONT- 
CL A lit' jor sate until autumn or' 18 S 0 
ONE MILLION 
WlXTEH-FLOWERLHiG 
Plants i Bulbs 
Apply Oy letter for " Special Low Priced Lint" 
35 Cortlandt Street, New York. 
D Great Seedling 
MINER’S r.fTi.. 
The best variety of his 10,000 Seedlings 1 and 2 
^«- ar plauts of black aud white grapes are now 
oliered. 
AU particulars furnished free ou application to 
MRS. T. B MINER, 
__ Linden, N. J. 
H OLLAND BULBS, and Roman Hyacinths. 
Best quol.ty direst from grower. Fall catalogue 
anu reduced price list, free. 
C. W. DORR, Seedsman, Des Moines, Iowa. 
RASPBERRY PLANTS 
strawberry plants 
ill pots or Strang layers. Stock pure and first-class. 
Prices low. f»”.See new list. Address 
GIBSON & BENNETT, Woodbury, N. J. 
TtFT?T?T1?<5f largeht and be«*t. 
XiLIULlLa I Longfellow, Warreu, Huddle! 
Eton's Favorite,Back Giant, bnarpleas, and Queen of the 
Market. Pomona Nursery. 100 acres devoted to small 
fruits. Price-List free, bend ac. stamp for colored illus¬ 
trations and testimonials. 
wai. PARRY, Clnnamlnson. N. J. 
1,000 000 sharpless ~z 
f J ' w ” grown or from open ground. Noted 
fonts great vigor, proctUGtiVmuuw, large sue, and best 
tuaUtu,for market, and /'untilt - use. Got plants direct 
from Central Pennsylvania, - the home of the Sharp- 
hiss.” and be sure they are genuine. Descriptive Prioe- 
List of this and other varieties free. 
J. L. D11.1,ON, Florist, Bloomsburg, Pa. 
—STRAWB’RIES- 
New aud old, In eluding SHARPLESS and PRES. 
I T \l l W it M . 1 ...... .. ....i 1 a a* ,. ■, — 
(Late Ferris. Minaixo it Co.) 
■■ W* '\. lar K 0 awRortment of Fruit, 
ft# L L Shade, Ortin men( nI Trees 
■ I H_ ffZ. I] an<1 Hbrilbs. Rose*. Gl-een- 
■ ■ ■■■ ■ w house Pliuils, etc.; Gregg 
R:i«pbei- y, Hiiydcr alnelihetry, HioleSeed* 
liuuN. New Fall Catalogue free. Established 1852. 
BAIED & TUTTLE, Agents, Bloomington Nursery, Ills, 
SEEDSMEN I 'SS” 
New Crop. Best a rleti es. Pure Stock, 
Illustrated price-list for dealers only, free on appli¬ 
cation to FKANcl-l BKILI., 
Mattituck, L. I.. N. Y. 
STRAWBERRY F LA NTH.—A choice stock of 
~ Old aud New varieties at moderate prices. De¬ 
scriptive List sent free to all applicants. Address 
P. M. AUGUR & SONS, Middlefield, Conn. 
Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Vines and plants, per dozen 
UK’ and 1000, New P*rio«* i^int H- ow lf t-ucly, 
and sent vrek to all applicants ORNAMENTAL 
CATALOGUE, I Illustrated | |u cts. FRUIT CATA¬ 
LOGUE fi cts. Both free to customers. Fine thrifty 
stocij and low prices. Address 
W. 8. LI i’TLE, Rochester, N. Y. 
Kennel! 
] Twelve ceuts for copy of Poultry 
Monthly,or hive cents for the Fanciers’ 
Weekly. Leading papers of the euntry 
devoted to Poultry, Pigeons, and The 
Address, Ennuis Pun. Co., Albany, N. Y* 
J. M.Thorburn &Co., 
15 JoHn St., 
New York, 
Beg to announce that their 
New Descriptive Catalogue of 
DUTCH BULBS, 
For the AUTUMN OF 1879, is ready for mailing to 
applicants. 
