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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Oct. 
to this most destructive form of blight, for those soils 
and situations most exposed to it? 
“It is with a view of suggesting such a remedy, that 
we have called attention to the subject at the present 
time. We propose to prevent the frozen-sap blight 
entirely, by whitewashing the stems and principal 
branches of all valuable pear trees every autumn , after 
the leaves have fallen. By this simple operation, we 
think the injurious action of the sun will be entirely 
prevented; its rays will be, for the most part, reflected, 
and the rapid thawing of any large part of the bark 
rendered entirely impossible. 5 ’ 
Next we have an article, with an engraving, of the 
noted FastolfFRaspberry. This fruit was first brought 
into notice in England, in 1842, and has been the prize 
variety at the leading horticultural shows there ever 
since. Mr. Downing thinks it will be as highly es¬ 
teemed here as it is there. 
An article “On the Cultivation of the Lily 
Tribe, 55 by that judicious cultivator, Joseph Breck, 
of Boston, cannot but be valuable to those engaged in 
that branch of floriculture. 
“ A NEW MODE OF GROWING SEA KALE AND RHU¬ 
BARB, 55 appears to consist in covering the plants, in the 
month of November, to the depth of fourteen inches 
with peat earth. The dark color of the peat is sup¬ 
posed to draw the heat of the sun, keeps the frost from 
the roots, so that they are “ in a fit state to be excited 
into growth by the first bright iveather in March. 55 
The “Design for a Rustic Gate, 55 of which the 
above cut fig. 86, is an illustration, is pretty and tasteful. 
In reference to this kind of structure it is observed:— 
“ Rustic work is very perishable, if it is made of little 
bits of rough branches of any kind that are picked up in 
the forest after the wood-chopper. On the other hand, 
ifitisalways made of the branches of the common 
Red Cedar, so abundant in most parts of the country, it 
will last a long while, and prove both strong and ser¬ 
viceable* 55 
The article on the “Carnation, its History and 
Culture, 55 is a capital treatise on the culture and ma¬ 
nagement of that fine flower. 
The third number opens with a description, with 
neat cuts, (figs. 88 and 89.) of “ The Simple Rural 
Cottage, or the Working Man’s Cottage. 55 This 
article is also by the editor, who introduces some ex¬ 
cellent remarks in regard to the various styles of archi¬ 
tecture, and their adaptation to different edifices. In 
regard to the class of buildings under consideration, the 
writer remarks—“ we wish to see the working man's 
cottage made tasteful in a simple and fit manner. 55 In 
the two views here given, the object is to call attention 
to the exterior of the dwellings, leaving the internal 
arrangements to the taste or circumstances of the 
builder. The following remarks in reference to these 
plans will afford the necessary explanations. 
“ Whatever may be thought of the effect of these 
designs, (and we assure our readers that they appear 
much better when built than upon paper,) we think it 
will not be denied, that they have not the defects to 
which we have just alluded. The style is as economi¬ 
cal as the cheapest mode of building; it is expressive of 
the simple wants of its occupant; and it is, we conceive, 
not without some tasteful character. 
“ Last, though not least, this mode of building cot¬ 
tages is well adapted to our country. The material— 
wood—is one which must, yet for some years, be 
the only one used for small cottages. The project¬ 
ing eaves partially shelter the building from our hot 
sun and violent storms; and the few simple details 
which may be said to confer something of an ornamen¬ 
tal character, as the rafter brackets and window dress¬ 
ings, are such as obviously grow out of tbe primary 
conveniences of the house—the necessity of a roof for 
shelter, and the necessity of windows for light. 
<e Common narrow siding, (i. e., the thin clap-boarding 
in general use,) we would not employ for the exterior of 
this class of cottages—nor, indeed, for any simple rural 
building. What we greatly prefer, are good strong and 
sound boards, from ten to fourteen inches wide, and one 
to one and a fourth inches thick. These should be 
tongued and grooved so as to make a close joint, and 
nailed to the frame of the house in a vertical manner. 
The joint should be covered on the outside with a nar¬ 
row strip of inch board, from two to three inches wide. 
The accompanying cut, fig. 90, a, showing a section of 
this mode of weather boarding will best explain it to 
the reader. 
“ The rafters of these two cottages are stout joists, 
placed two feet apart, which are allowed to extend be¬ 
yond the house two feet, to answer the purpose of 
brackets for the projecting eaves. Fig. 90, b, will show 
at a glance, the mode of rafter boarding and shingling 
over the^e rafters, so as to form the simplest and best 
kind of roof.* 
“ The window dressings, which should have a bold 
91 .—Cottage Window Dressing. 
and simple character, are made by nailing on 
weather boarding stout strips, four inches wide, fig 
* The simplest mode of forming an eave gutter on a projecting 
roof like this, is shown in the cut, fig. 90, at c. It consists merely 
of a tin trough, fastened to the roof by its longer portion, which 
extends up under one layer of shingles. This lies close upon the 
roof. The trough being directly over the line of the outer face of 
the house, the leader d, which conveys away the water, passes 
down in a straight line, avoiding the angles necessary in the com¬ 
mon mode. 
