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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, July 6, 1858, 
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plement. It deposits grain or seeds of any kind in straight 
rows, at various distances, and at a uniform depth in the row. 
We have had no experience of this instrument, but it appears 
to act easily and effectively. 
In statuary, vases, and flower-bordering, there was great 
variety, some of which was highly ornamental. These were 
exhibited by Messrs. Ransome, Austin and Seeley, Teagle 
and Selden. The subjects consisted of statues, vases, flower- 
baskets, tazzas, and pilasters. The Patent Siliceous Stone , of 
Messrs. Ransome, seems peculiarly adapted for this description 
of manufacture, from its great durability and stone-like ap¬ 
pearance, by which painting is rendered unnecessary. The 
material consists of flint or fine siliceous sand, combined into 
a solid mass with silicate of soda (dissolved flints), by ex¬ 
posure to intense heat in kilns, which renders the whole per¬ 
fectly vitreous, and so durable that specimens exposed for 
twelve years to the weather are now quite uninjured. 
There was an abundance of Garden Seats , Chairs , and 
Tables , in ornamental iron, of which the public took free use. 
These were supplied by Messrs. Barnard and Bishop, Messrs. 
Deane, and the Panklibanon Company. We observed, also, 
seats made of earthenware, to resemble stumps of trees, and 
adapted for lawns and pleasure grounds. Some of these were 
admirably executed, and required a close inspection to be able 
to distinguish them from natural productions. 
We were pleased with a very nice garden ornament, ex¬ 
hibited by the Cosmopolitan Glass Company, which is a 
large black glass globe, surmounted on a pillar, and serving 
as a convex mirror to reflect the scenery all round it. For a 
lawn, or the centre of a large flower-garden, it is particularly 
adapted, and in itself is a very nice ornament. 
Among the sundries were Henderson's Patent Brooms , 
which we are glad to hear are becoming popular, and de¬ 
servedly so. Ornamental Pots and Vases , in porcelain, were 
exhibited by Messrs, Apsley Pellatt and Co. Cullingford, of 
Islington, was there, with a variety of netting, as well, also, 
as Hay thorn, of Nottingham, with his hexagonal netting; 
and in the conservatory were exhibited several ornamental 
Marine Aquaria and Fern Cases. 
THE HOUSEHOLD. 
Drying Raspberries.- —Spread the berries on earthen 
plates, place them on a hot oven until they are scalded; then 
turn them on drying boards, or hurdles, and dry in the sun. 
Drying Blackberries. — Place them in a hot oven, until 
they are thoroughly heated. Lay newspapers on your drying 
scaffold, spread the berries thinly on it, and dry thoroughly. 
Currant Apple Sauce. —Take the strained juice of ripe 
currants, and boil it till it has evaporated one-third; skim 
from it all sediment that may rise to the top while heating; 
when reduced to the proper quantity, cool, and set it away in 
proper vessels, in a cool place. It is then ready for use, and 
will keep any length of time without fermenting. To three 
quarts of juice add one quart of water; take sweet apples, 
either dried or green, and cook the same as with boiled 
cider ; sweeten to taste. 
Raised Biscuit.— Heat three cups of sweet milk with 
one of butter; work it warm into the flour, with a tea-spoon 
of saleratus. Have ready some yeast or light sponge, the 
same as for bread; work this in when the mixture is milk- 
warm ; mix it well, but not stiff’, and set in a warm place to 
rise. When light, mould into cakes, let them set awhile, 
(five minutes or so), prick the tops of each ; bake in a quick 
oven. These are similar to those made from bread dough. 
Cold biscuit can be warmed to taste like new, by turning 
cold water upon them to wet the crusts, then warm through, 
in a moderate oven. 
Soda Biscuit. —One quart-bowl of flour, one tea-spoon of 
soda, two of cream of tartar, salt, sour milk, and sour cream, to 
mix; bake quick. 
Lemon Pie.— One grated lemon, one beaten egg, one tea¬ 
cup of sugar, one and a half tea-cups of sweet milk, three 
tea-spoons of flour. Must not add the lemon till just as you 
set it in the oven. Bake with two crusts. Mix and bake as 
common custard pie. 
Another.— Beat the yolks of four eggs, add the grated 
rind and juice of one lemon, and five tables-poons of sugar; 
bake with an under crust. When done, add the whites of 
the eggs, beaten to a froth, with five table-spoons of white 
sugar; bake again a few minutes. Try it. 
Extra Cup Cake. —Mix as written. One cup of butter 
stirred to a cream, two cups of sugar, the yolks of four eggs, 
teaspoon of essence of lemon or sweet almond ; one teaspoon 
of soda dissolved in a little hot water put to one cup of sweet 
milk; then three cups of flour, the whites of four eggs 
beaten to a froth; lastly, two cups of flour with two tea-spoons 
of cream of tartar, well infused ; one cup of wine, if you like. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Large Truss of Unique Geranium {IV. D .).—Your seedling from 
Unique contained sixteen flowers in one of the trusses,—a fine thing ; 
hut we mentioned the same occurrence three or four years back, from 
Mr. Salter’s collection. The latter has the largest flower of the two. 
We may state, generally, that Unique is already prepossessed by the 
first cross breeder in Europe, that we receive a sample of his work 
yearly, and that this season he shows symptoms of a possibility of 
converting a large number of Pelargoniums into Uniques. One of his 
seedlings is an improved Priory Queen Uniqucified. 
Mildew on Grapes ( One in Trouble) .—Dust your Grapes with flowers 
of sulphur, whenever, and wherever, the mildew appears. Do not 
syringe, but keep the air of the vinery very moist, by watering the 
paths two or three times daily. Take out all the pot plants that will 
not bear so moist an atmosphere. Your Grapes shrivelling indicate 
that the roots do not supply the sap fast enough. Water and mulch 
them. 
Fruit Trees in Orchard House (A Constant Reader). — These 
having the red spider and aphis, show that you have not kept them 
well syringed, and the air of the house moist by watering the path. 
The trees must have the dead branches cut out at once, the stems 
and branches be dressed over with sulphur paint, and flowers of 
sulphur dusted over the leaves. Keep the air very moist; fumigate 
with tobacco smoke, to kill the aphis. Give liquid manure. 
Diseased Grapes (A Constant Subscriber). —They have the spot, a 
kind of gangrene, occasioned, we believe, by sudden changes of tem¬ 
perature. The side next the light is usually affected. We do not 
remember to have seen the spot in any vinery with a westerly aspect. 
Hose Leaves Grub-eaten {Idem). — The upper surface has been 
eaten by the grub of the fly Salandria aitliiops. Dusting the grubs 
with quicklime destroys them. 
Various (A New Subscriber). —You must be more particular. What 
are the grubs, and which fruit trees, you mean ? Send us specimens 
of the grubs, and tell us the kinds of trees. If by “grubs” you 
mean caterpillars, dusting with white hellebore powder kills them. A 
mixture of half water and half sand will best serve to raise Verbena 
cuttings in. Buy our No. 494, for full directions. The paper you 
refer to is no authority on gardening. What do you mean by “ white ” 
on your Apple trees ? Let us see it. 
Hooper’s Seedling Strawberry (Sells). — Any nurseryman can 
get it for you. 
Keeping a Coav (Alpha).— Your space could keep a cow, but one 
would not answer your purpose. A cow is occasionally dry, and then 
you would have to buy milk. In an economical point of view, keeping 
a cow for one family is a loss. 
Matting Loops (Evadne). —The ends of these thrust into the ground 
three inches deep. By means of the finger and thumb take hold of the 
soil sufficiently to keep the spray of Verbenas, Petunias, &c., in the 
desired position. 
Names of Plants (Alethea). —Y'ours is a rare native plant, Oxalis 
corniculata. ( Varro). —Yours is a beautiful shrubbery plant, Spircea 
aruncus, or Goat’s-beard Spiraea. (Clericus). —Your specimens were 
so carelessly sent, small, and altogether in a bit of whity-brown paper, 
as to render certainty as to their names needlessly difficult. We be¬ 
lieve the following are correct 1. Clitoria ternatea; 2. Tor a go 
laxiflora ; 3. Adianturn cuneatwn ; 4. Cyanotis vittatus, otherwise 
called Tradcseantia zebrina. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
July 16th. York. Sec., Mr. B,. Smith, cutler, 10, Pljgh Ousegate, York. 
Entries close July 8th. 
August 7th, 9th, 10th, and 11th. Crystal Palace (Summer Show). 
Entries close July 10th. Sec., W. Houghton. 
August 18th. Airedale. Hon. Secs., J. Wilkinson and T. Booth, 
Shipley. 
August 28th. Halifax and Calder Vale. Sec., Mr. Wm. Irvine, 
Holmfield, Halifax. Entries close August 14. 
October 7th and 8th. Worcestershire. Sec., Mr. G. Griffiths, 7, 
St. Switliin’s Lane, Worcester. Entries close September 23. 
November 29th and 30th, December 1st and 2nd. Birmingham. Sec., 
Mr. J. Morgan, Entries close November 1st. 
