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T11H RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 2, 
when there will he ns many blooming 
bulbs as were planted, and twice as many 
of smaller size. Orders will be taken 
for a Rood many, more can be purchased 
and planted, and the small ones may be 
planted elsewhere to grow to blooming 
size, A small stock to begin with, with 
careful management and love for the 
work, will increase rapidly and bring 
quite an income annually. I have done 
this myself, and see no reason why any 
one could not. October is the time to 
plant tulips, but they can be planted any 
time in December if the ground is not 
frozen. 
Just one Other scheme: Plant an acre 
of Snyder blackberries next Spring. Let 
the plants stand eight by eight feel. I his 
will take (iso plants, worth about $5. (live 
shallow cultivation, and sow grass seed 
over the whole surface in September. 
Any time after the leaves fall in Octo¬ 
ber, cut off one half tin season’s growth. 
This annual pruning is all the care re 
quired for perhaps It) or 15 years. The 
grass will grow up and ripen and fall 
down, and the blackberry roots wil grow 
as they ought to, and will never be broken 
with cultivator or plow. 'Phis is not the 
best way to raise blackberries, but prob¬ 
ably the most profitable way. Do not 
send to me for bulbs or blackberry roots, 
for I have none for sale, except a few 
very high priced (iladioli that one can 
not afford to buy for profit. 
M, CRAWFORD. 
Garden Notes. 
Thk Moon - I'I.owkr.- If a vine is de¬ 
sired that will grow rapidly, give a dense 
shade, in short to he all that a good 
vine should he, a mistake will not be made 
in choosing the moon-flower. I started 
the seed in the house the last of Match, 
Frost came when the vines were filled 
with hnds in the Fall, one beautiful 
white llovver alone having had a chance 
to open. Since then I have a plan for 
starling vines in February in the house, 
so that when it is safe to pul them out 
of doors they are so large that if they 
were to he transplanted as usual from 
the seed boxes, they would not live 
through the ordeal. lake tomato cans, 
as they ate the largest, put in lire until 
they come to pieces—top, bottom and 
side seam. Tie together with a stout 
string. Fill with good soil, putting in 
first a few cinders and some well rotted 
manure not enough to burn the plant. 
Strong growers are strong feeders. Sow 
two seeds in each can. II both germinate, 
pull out the weaker. When it is safe to 
transplant, put each can in a hold, where 
the ground has been well worked, and 
enriched. Cut the cord holding the tin 
together, fill iii about the can, which is 
to he left for several days, until you are 
sure llie vine is comfortably settled ill its 
new home; then it can lie worked out 
gradually with no injury to the plant. Hy 
this method large plants can be trans¬ 
planted successfully, 
Tiik Uskmii. 'line. Every family 
should have one vine. It will apparently 
grow anywhere. We have a vine, which 
clambers up with the woodbine at the 
back of the house. In the Fall w<* have 
for some weeks genuine old fashioned 
flop yeast bread. We find this yeast to 
he excellent in the buckwheat batter. 
(loop Sw. dm.— No money yields a great¬ 
er return than that invested in good 
seeds. Plants that are raised for seed 
alone, give without question much better 
seed than what you can raise in your 
own garden, Seed growing is something 
of a science to day. 
Fruit Turks for tub Ciiiu>rkn.- If at 
least 2 !i cents were invested for each 
child before its first birthday, in a fruit 
tree, it would not he many yenr-H before 
the tree would he hearing returns. A 
cherry tree would he a good kind to 
choose; though it takes them several 
years to come to hearing, they live for 
years. I call to mind a friend who has 
but little fruit (they own half an acre 
in town). She said once, “I like cherries, 
hut we've never planted any, as it takes 
them so long to come to hearing." They 
have lived foi nearly 10 years in this 
home, and in the side yard arc some u <• 
less willow trees. Perhaps if some fruit 
trees were planted specially for the chil¬ 
dren, it would help give them an interest 
in farm life as they grow older. I have 
yet to see the farm where there is not 
room for “one more fruit tree." 
HICI.KN C. ANDREWS. 
Ways and Means. 
1 shall never forget the look on my 
mother’s countenance when we went over 
the house after purchasing the place. 
I-'.very one said we had bought “ii5 of 
tlni best acres" in a town where excellent 
farming land is the usual thing hut no 
one told us that the house had been oe 
copied by careless tenants. I remember 
distinctly the smoky ceilings, torn dirty 
wall paper, and never shall I forget the 
vividness of the green paint in one of 
the rooms, positively desecrating tile fine 
old panelling. Mother never said much; 
and at that time she only turned her back 
on it all, and demanded a goodly supply 
of pails, powder, soap and a broom for 
the next day. She engaged a strong 
helper, and for two weeks all hands 
spared neither “elbow grease" nor scrub 
bing brush. That nightmare in green 
war paint was changed into a soft old 
ivory; and a huff and blue paper covered 
the walls. This room was to he the 
living room. It had a great beam through 
the middle; four sunny windows; smaller 
brums in each corner and all around the 
tops of the four walls. One side was 
wholly panelling with a huge fireplace ill 
the centre. Two fluted columns on each 
side of the fireplace ran from floor to 
support the beam on that wall. The room 
is l(»x IM feet. Imagine it in that ter 
rible greenness! Not having a carpet 
large enough, mother got some brown and 
huff oilcloth for a border. Some one of 
a long departed generation had owned a 
large square bureau, solid and heavy, 
which had come into ottr possession. 
I'"our simple shelves were set on the flat 
top, for a china closet. A curtain on a 
brass rod covered the front of these 
.helves, keeping out much dust and dirt. 
Closet room was terribly tacnrcc, w«* 
found. I have often wondered how they 
managed with such big families and such 
woefully meagre cupboards. On the oth 
<r side of the "front entry” (for it isn’t 
big enough to say hall there is so much 
chimney in the house*!) we found some 
misguided inhabitant had “finished in" 
the old beams. Hut I rejoiced to find 
the same generous fireplace, and a huge 
crane behind a hideous fircboard. There 
were deep window seats in three win¬ 
dows, and a cunning little niche held 
the fourth window, A deep wainscoting 
had been papered over, and I spent a 
good many tiresome hours digging with 
an old case-knife, after a good soapy 
soaking, before I put on two coats of 
white paint. Hut it was worth it. The 
little paper required was a soft green, 
embossed with white and palest old rose, 
roses and a narrow band of plain gilt 
for a border. The floor hoards were not 
so bad, and we had a mahogany-painted 
bordci around the green and white car¬ 
pel. (I roil I-grandmoltier's andirons were 
resurrected for the fireplace, With dark 
green shades and plain while muslin cur¬ 
tains the loom was ready for our parlor 
furniture. We had some quaint old pic¬ 
tures belonging originally to a great- 
aunt of mine. They harmonize beautiful¬ 
ly, and have been coveted by some col¬ 
lectors. Lately, since grandfather’s es¬ 
tate has been settled, I have come into 
possession of bis old desk, where he used 
to it each night and keep his accounts. 
(Iratidmolhci said he used to sit there 
and reckon up, and he’d say, "Well, 
Hannah, we're so much ahead I” Ami no 
doubt the old desk beard and sympa¬ 
thized and helped them on. At least it 
kept faithful guard over tlie- secrets and 
hopes and papers committed to it. That 
old desk is full of precious memories. 
There are a few heirlooms for the china 
closet too, and now I want glass doors; 
a blue cream pitcher of great grandmoth 
er’s, an old wine-glass and some silver. 
I be kitchen is an afterthought, down 
two steps, with beams and fireplace and 
the tiny closet two fe-t deep I have a 
large wooden l*ix fitted with shelves for 
tinware, and use the i<<- chest for food in 
Winter and Summer. The floor is a 
wreck, hut everyone hates to begin re¬ 
pairs of an old bouse that has been neg 
lected, so nothing has been done to 
that. Lately I have thought it would he 
an excellent plan to cover the knots and 
'‘hubbies" with hay, put down an old car 
pet, and then an oilcloth. It would cer* 
(CwnlAmied onnr.rt p<HJ6.) 
“Macbeth” is lliu sterling 
mark for lamp-chimneys. 
You can’t get a poor lamp- 
chimney with my name on it. 
Macbeth lamp-chimneys 
fit, don’t break from heat, and 
are so shaped that they get 
t ho most light from the oil 
consumed. 
All lamp-chimneys break. 
Mine break only when they are 
dropped or knocked over. 
My Index is free. 
Address, MACBETH, Pittsburgh. 
Two MiTlion 
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increase th e Yield 
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Japanese Clim 
Cucumber 
Tills cticu in- 
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a irong nnd 
vtitorou • 
grower that 
Uni vlnen nU 
tain twice Dm 
length of ordi¬ 
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or t re 11 Is e n. 
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much valou 
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When picked 
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will continue 
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