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The Koses of Cnlifonila. by 
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Year, by J. C. Plumb, Ou Heuderson; 
J.K. Johnson i Z TUorpe; Pioneer 
Artificial Fertilizabon, y . uepovts on 
Surscry-inen, by Edgar S > puUmnn 
Stock, ote. A trip to t"® toturesto 
was only one of the many ®^lwaW 
wMcb those present were treatec 
able entertainers; in ^®®*; not time 
entertainments planned that ®®‘® ]^ ,nbers, 
enough to get around, and tberefore the men 
very properly, voted to return to Chica=o ne^i 
year and dispose of theunfinished business. 
Agrlciatm-e of Pcnnsylvauia.- Repmds ^ 
State Board of AgriciUture, the Stat® 
society, the State Damj-mons Ass^i.rion^^^^^ 
State Horticultural Association, and „ 
College The combination of these various Re¬ 
port aU of value to every intcUlgent farmer of 
theState. a noble volume, wbicb 
credit to its editors and the progi’cssnc spirit of 
the Keystone State. In the limited space at oui 
command we can notice only a few of thecssajs 
and papers which, in adiUtioii to the reports o 
the various committees, appear to us of most 
value. Insect Pests of the Garden and Farm, by 
Th. J. Edge; the Tobacco Season, by F. R. Ditlen- 
derfer- Black Knot in the Plum aud Cherry: 
Diiiraal Rapacious Birds, by B. H. Bhirreu; the 
Guenon System, by tV. P. Hazard: Studies for 
F.anners’ Boys, by C. B. Cochran; Peach Yellows, 
by Prof. D. P. Penhallow; G athering and Market¬ 
ing Fruit, by G. Heistcr; the Lmig Plague, by 
Prof. R. S. Huidekoper; Root Crops, by E. Reeder; 
Bee-keeping, by G.Pfizer; Carp Culture,by Capt. 
M. P. Pieree; Food and Feeding of Domestic Ani¬ 
mals, by Dr. E. Harvey; the Corn Worm, by Prof. 
S. S. Rathoon: Potato Culture, by 31. W. Oliver. 
The Horticultural Report especially is brim-full 
of interesting articles, among them p.ipers on 
J?ew Fruits, Pear Blight, Forcing Hardy Roses, 
Ra.spbeiTies, Grapes, the Codling 3Ioth, Y'ellows, 
Insects in general, Orchards, aud many others of 
not less importance. Taking it all in all the 
volume is worth many times its cost to the agi-i- 
cultural interests of Pennsylvania. 
Bllwanger & of ^ruit^ 
jlochesler, A^ ?®Z catalogue of Small Friilts; 
also ai cat"'"®"® 
Descriptive and lllu- ^ ,,,,,u(iag ; Supplemont- 
FlowcrRoots,ctc.,foi g,,ccinltics, promiuonl 
£zrs,;r.Sur.t-— 
OATAIOGUES EECEIVED, 
Jenkins’ Kurseries, Winona, 0.—Fall Catalogue 
of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Small Fruits, etc. 
Tree Seedlings a .specialty. j 
Geo. S. Josselyn, Fredonia, y. F. —Catalogue j 
of American Grape-vines and Small Fruits. Head- I 
quarters for Fay’s Prolific Currant. I 
.John E. & A. Jlurdock, Pittsburgh, Pa.—De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental 
Trees; also Fall Catalogue of Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Lilies, and Winter-blooming Phiiils. 
Win. Parry, Furry P. 0., A'. ./. — Circular and 
life-size illu-stration of an entire branch of Wilson 
.Innior Blackberrj-, .showing the marvelous pro- 
ductivene.s.s of this excellent new Blackberry. 
Chas. A. Green, ICochesler, .V. F.—Illustrated 
Catalogue of Trees, Plants, aud Vines, with many 
valuable hints on Fnilt Culture.—James Vick 
Strawberry, Shaffer’s Colossal Souhegan, Gregg, 
Marlboro Raspberries, Kieffer Pear, and Nelson 
Apple are specialties. 
J. T. Lovett, Lilih .Stiver, A'. ./.-Illustrated 
Catalogue of Small Fruits, Trees, and Plants, giv¬ 
ing “honest” descriptions and iniich useful and 
practical information. Also special aud very 
original circular about the Hunscll P.aspbony, 
for which this establislirnent is head-quarters. 
The Alapcs Alanures.-Aiinlyses by tlie Stale 
Experiment Stations of New Jersey and of Con¬ 
necticut, together with the Guaranteed Standard, 
showing that they are not only uj) to their piib- 
Ushed guaranteed higli standard, but that tiiey 
have improved In concentration and solubility. 
Goff’s Hand-book of Ready Reference, for Ad¬ 
vertisers, with Universal Compendium for Busi¬ 
ness Men, published by Asro Gojf, ir,o Nassau St., 
New-York.—Ancat volume, eontalnlngacliissmcd 
list of nil the leading newspapers of the United 
States, and a large amount of useful infonnnlloii 
about business matters in general 
ANSWERS TO OOBRESPONDENTS. 
I along ro.ad-sidos as to be almost a weed. The 
I was fonuerly used as medicine. 
^ Kenovnting Lawns— Heteral .Subscribers.- On 
I page 150 of our August number wo 1’^'*®''®‘‘ 
! excellent article on the sub.lect, by 
! Parnell fVc could not improve it It we tried, and 
' as wc do not feci iucliued to reprint it, the m- 
quiroi-.s are referred to the same. Do preserve 
i .vour papers. 
Tomatoes in Grecniiouses. —H- F. T., Fram- 
\ imjhum, Moss.-Thc object of brushing the flowers 
I of Tomatoes growing in greenhouse.s with a 
■ camcl’s-hair brush is to produce better fertiliza- 
tiou or poUeuizatlou. It is but little trouble to do 
; this and insm-cs a better setting of fruit, altliough 
we have seen good crops of greenhouse Tomatoes 
■ raised without this operation. 
W’intcr Garden at Oic Holidays. — .S’. C. P., 
Laprairie, Canada. — To have Holland bulb.s 
bloom at Christmas, they should bo planted at 
I once in pots, which are to be kept out-of-doors 
until hard freezing weather, when they h;ivo to be 
brought to a warmer place or covered so that the 
pots will not break. When the pots have become 
well filled with roots they may bo brought to a 
warm room, watered more copiouslj’, and forced 
into bloom. 
Stiawberi-y-ti’ee.-.S. w., Mexico u 
ijotaiilcnl name of this small tree U p "'tlie 
j,mcricanus. It grows wUa on woodM’‘''®'«i« 
Ijaiilts from Western New-York to Dh 
southward, and Is frequently found lu 
tion, as its crimson fruit is very ornam 
autumn. The fruit is not edible, how^®"*"' h 
except in color, resembles a Strawberry 
,„iich ns a dry Peitrpod resembles a 
Apple. Plants of this, as well as the sM 
ornamental species, F. atropurpurcus m 
lind at any good nursery estahUshmem t ^ 
gi-ow readily In any good garden soil ani 
worthy of a place lit every extensive 6hi-m,j,j^®* 
The Niagara Grape. —It wilTbr^^^ 
news to all who imvc for the past half a, 
years watched the development of this rem”^" 
lible white Grape, Hint the company which 
the stock has decided to place the vines on'ir 
market. T. S. IHibbard, Fredonia, N. r., has he 
appointed general agent, and will sitpifly 
men ami dealers at a fixed, unifonu rate, n 
favorable opinion wc had formed of this Graep 
wbeii we fliwt saw and tasted It has been con 
firmed with each succeetUng year, and wc ||,j 
fully convinced that Grapes like those now re¬ 
ceived from 3Ir. Hubbard wiU more tbaii satisfy 
by far the greater majority of people. 
.Meat-choppers—We call the attention of out 
readers to the Enterprise Jleat-choppers, adver¬ 
tised in our present issue. The demand for these 
choppers has attained such immense proportions, 
Unit the manufacturers have been compelled to 
largely increase tbeir facilities for making them, 
and we are assured that they are now being 
turned out at the rate of 2500 per week, 150 hands 
being steadily employed on them. 
There can be no doubt as to the excellence of 
these clioppers, as they have been tested by the 
editors of nearly 100 agricultural papers, who 
have given them a hearty indorsement, Wc 
cordially recommend them to our subscribers as 
the best machine of the kind ever introduced to 
public favor. 
■Wintering Antignon ieptopus.— P. F. S., 
Medford, N. ./.—This is not hardy in tho latitude 
of Philadelphia, but the tubers may bo easily 
lifted after the vines have becu touched by frost, 
and kept in dry sand in a warm cellar, similar to 
Dahlias. It propagates easily from cutlmgs. 
Ipomma noctipluiton (grandiflora), tho Queen 
of the Night, is an annual species, and has to be 
raised from seed every year, or it may be propa¬ 
gated by cuitiugs ill the fail, planted in small pots, 
and wintered in the greenhouse. 
Reducing Bones.-ir. i. C'., Efdmf, Pa.-To 
prcparca ton of bones for mnuiirc it will Imrdly pay 
tobuy a bone-mill, and to dissolve them In acldsls 
a dlsagi-ceable and not undangcroiis work. Wo 
lavcpreporcdmanytOTiHot bones by crushing the 
largest ones with a heavy sledge, iiiul mixing tho 
pieces through a frcsbly made compost heaji, or 
with the manure or a hot-bed. For vegetables, and 
In fact foi cverytliing growing In (,i,c garden 
such a compost Is invaluable. Bones may also Im 
decomposed by placing them In wuler-tlgi t 
Hogshead, in alternate layers with uni,bached 
wood-ashes, keeping all constantly moist w M 
house-slops. Thoy will crumble into pie,.te Utri , ' 
one summer. «;..all quantities of Imnes inuum't 
soit::';':?"."-"" "■■••yhem 
Art Note.—Jean Robie is unquestionably one 
of the foremost living flower-painters. His pict¬ 
ures excel in their ficlelitj’ to nature, the warmtli 
aud richness of their coloring, and his .subtleren- 
deriug of the spirit of the flower. His Roses are 
unrivaled. Like every artist of genius, RoWc 
has been veiy imwilling to permit the publica¬ 
tion of copies of his most cherished works. R 
a matter for just congratulation to Americans 
that he has, at last, accorded this privilege-toon 
of the most famous Art publishers. Mr. 
Primg 1ms undertaken to reproduce one o t 
artist’s masterpieces ns a satin print. Thep o 
selected is of medium size, and includes 
various kinds, intermixed with Spirceki an 
ranged lu a deep blue vase, which con n 
channingly with a crystal bowl in ®® .j,f 
ground, wMcli rcficcts, ns it seems, ®3’®®^ '‘jiki 
light. Tlio copy is nbsolutelj’ fnlthfid w 
origlual, and is the most ambitious pubuea 
tbc kind over attempted. 
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one siitniiicr. 
be used to betlei 
near Ornpe-vliies or fiiiK-irol 
Bearing Ago of , 
rcr—Blackberries, Raspberries i..i r. 
planted in spring, will biair a If 
lowing year, and a full one llm v 
freight rates are very high ' 
Hclcctcd, to weigh not over four i , 111' " 
dred plants. I’lum-trcosbea,. their f 
produced oil wood iwo yeavs old l„Ii ' 
Hint under favorable ooiidltloiis it,' 
■Jllchlgnn Fnriuliig.-TUo following 
from a eorrcspoiulout of tho co., 
tni Ocnllcman, referring lo lA”*'® of 
Mich., gives a fair Idea of Hie pretli'®*' njjtt’ 
Mlelilgaii lauds. Those desiring more e ^ 
InforiimHon should writ o to lion. 0.31. B® noirir 
sing, Mich.: " Dr. N. L. Farinatev, who has 
stead of liio acres, tour miles iiorth-wes > ^ 
lord, with 25 neves under cultivation, fc 
average yield of corn at CO B'leti®^® ^ .jgro"' 
and potatoes 250 bushels. J/iist.voai’hls 
live foot high, and wolgliod '10 1’®“'“,.,^whlc'’ 
biishol. 'rhl8,yoar ho has alleldof 
must yield two Ions or more to Hie Ljitti' 
liaiKlsonm field of wlnter-wheat,Mlile' 
return ;i() bushels to Hio iicro. 'Thodoo j^^yidcsl 
HIM) stiindard and (Ui dwarf applo-li’ecB.^ 
setoui two years ago, and nil thrifty- ajtl 
an iiverngo growlh of .18 Inohos *‘'® , yest li® 
about 12 inohos to duto tills your. .g jo 1''® 
raised riila-biigns at the rate of 800 b'ls jjgjpio- 
aoro, sown broadoasl, aud a' *1’®®*®^. otte® 
lioad cabbage,’ wliloli wolgliod 20 
stem and loose loaves had boon renio 
