1884 .] 
the AMERICAN GARDEN. 
237 
OUE BOOK TABLE. 
Tlte Jersey World, rndianapolh, In,I „vc- 
sontsitsoK umonsour exchnogos. As itH'nn.uo 
HKllcatos. Its Hold 1« “ tl.o .lorsoy Woi-ld.*-'.nd nnv 
one lutorcstod lu this pcorloss brood of oaWlo cun 
Hardly do wlHiout tbia oxoolloid, wocuiv imbiioa- 
tion. It Is very noiit in apponrimco, mid odllod 
with rcmnrknblo enro and inastorNhlii ot (,bo sub 
joct. A sorlos or articles on tUo dillbront Uinds ol' 
oliecscs of tbo world, and (bo modes ot tbolr 
innnufaoturo, fi-oni tbo pen of Dr. a. s. dcuU, 
assooiato editor, is of spooial Intorcst, anil full of 
valuable iutormaiion for every one engaged in 
dairying. 
Godoy^s I.ady's lloolc for Deeciuhor' (.1 II 
Haulcnbcck & Co., Pbila.) contains one'of tbo 
prettiest steel plates (bat bavo ever boon issued 
with (be Magazine. “ Sleeping Love ” is really a 
work of art mnob above tbe par of ordinary en¬ 
gravings sneb ns aocoiupany tbe average periodi¬ 
cal. Tbo samo'niigbt bo said of tlio other illus¬ 
trations in tbo book, all of wbicb indica te good 
taste and a liberal policy in the managcnicnt of 
the Magazine. 
During tbo eoming year tbe literary atlractions 
ot Godey’s Lady’s Boole, will be largely multiplied. 
Tbe Two Himdrcd Dollar Prize Story will appear 
in tbe January number, wbicb will also be accom¬ 
panied by a Christmas card and several special 
featiu'cs. The Magazine has never done so much 
for its snbsoribors as it is doing now, and tbo 
large increase in its patronage is well deserved. 
Wheat CtUtiu-e, How to double the yield .and 
increase the profits, by D. S. Curtis. Published 
by the Orange Judd Company, Xew-York. Price, 
40 cents. Tbe importaneo of the Wheat crop as a 
source of revenue to the country has induced tlio 
publication of this pamphlet, the principal oljject 
of wbicb is to teach farmers how they may in¬ 
crease their crops and improve their lands. The 
author, than whom there are few more familiar 
with this subject, has sifted and here brought 
together in a small space an immense .amount ol 
valuable information, thus supplying a seriously 
felt want, that of a condensed yet comprobeusivc 
manual of practical Wheat-growing. Perfect 
Drainage, Deep Cultivation, Alkaline Matter, 
Clover and Plaster Rotation, Carefid Selection of 
Seed,Cultivating and Earlj' Harvesting, the .author 
considers the requisites essential to produce in¬ 
creased yield of IVheat and continued good crops. 
The Health Jliscellany.—This is the title of an 
illustrated octavo pamphlet, published at twenty- 
five cents, by tbe Fowler & Wells Co., 753 Bi-oad- 
way, New-York. It contains a series of papers 
devoted to important he.alth topics, opening with 
an excellent article on the External Senses, with 
illustrations of tbe eye, ear, no.se, tongupj and 
skin, giving important information hi regard to 
the functions and also tbe care of these important 
organs of the body. The next is an illustr.ated 
article on tbe Cause and Cure ol tbe Backache, 
especially found among so many women. -V 
chapter on Ethnology is illustrated with a num¬ 
ber ol portraits showing the I’aecs ol men. A very 
important paper is one devoted to Bodily Posi¬ 
tions and Dress in relation to health and lorm. 
The Teeth, their use and c.are, containing iUus- 
tratlous showing how the teeth are formed and 
grow, why aiid how they decay. 
Many other hygienic topics upon winch the 
people need educating are Intelligently discussed 
in this pamphlet, the reading ol which is amp y 
worth its sniall cost. 
Kdwln Aldcn & Bid’s American Newspaimr 
Catalogue, Oincinnali, O .—This large, elegan ly 
gotten up volume of nine hundred pages con n u 
lists of all Newspapers and Magazines pu 
lished in the United States and the Can.adas; t - 
gother with the Population of the Cities, Towns, 
Counties, and States in which they -are ’ 
their Politics, aass, or Denomination, size, a 
estimated Circulation. Also Spooial Lists oi 
iigious. Agricultural, the various 
tious, and of all Newspapei’s pubhshed ui 
languages; and a Ustof aUNewspapers and g 
zlnos in the United States and the 
Counties. The whole especially arrange 
convenience of advertisers. 
llshod "®"^*'I’apei’N and magazines pub- 
can Prn l'^“^" *^^®‘'®'^'*'^‘^»“"‘lllioBrltlHliAmcrl- 
thoUiiHV.i'm’'’,“"’‘“'‘’‘'' ‘="'^'"«e"cd,is: Total in 
P''l‘o«>-ltlsh American 
•157 'r!r^o“”i- as follows: Dallies, 
- 71; SoiiiI-AVcokllcH, ftuii- 
"'"'■■'‘"""-“-'Wti Bl-Weekllc8,39i Seml- 
iT’ Mcnthlles, 1502: Bl-Montlillcs, 28; 
01 cs, 8.1. These si atlstlcs show an increase 
tills year over last 
01 1520. Iho Introductory cliaiitcr on the Science 
niul Art of Advertising contains many valiialde 
hints, and is full of Inroniiatlon useful to every 
advertiser. 
How the Farm Pays: Tlic Experiences of Forty 
Siicccssriil Farming and Gardening, by 
« llliani Crozlcr and Peter Henderson. Publlslied 
by P. Jlendcrson .c Co., New-York. Price, liand- 
somely bound lu cloth, $2.50. 
lliis largo octavo volume of four hundred iiagcs, 
richly and oxeelleiitly illustrated, and elegantly 
Iluislicd In every respect, is the result of the 
“ Iiaiipy tliought ” of the authors to lay before tlie 
world their life-long experiences in fanning and 
gardouiug, not in tlie usual form of treatises, but 
in au easy colloquial or conversational style. No 
one cau read a few p.agcs of this work before 
becoming impressed of the great advantage of 
tiiis metliod. One becomes involuntarily drawn 
into the conversation, and while listening to an 
answeror explanation, another question suggests 
itself t o the reader, the .s.ame probably which soon 
follows lu tlio book. 
Both authors arc so well known in the agi'ieul- 
tural and horticiUtural world that It will hardly 
be necess.ary to state tli.at the entire work is emi¬ 
nently practical, concise, and brimful of useful 
information and advice, ol value to every one en¬ 
gaged in the cultivation ol the soil. No one can 
read tlie work without feeling amplj’ rep.ald for 
its cost, and the time devoted to its perusal; and 
no one who commences it will laj’ it aside before 
having read every page, so pleasing and attractr 
ive is its style. 
IVe cannot refrain from quoting the following 
admirable remarks ol Mr. Crozier, whioh, if they 
could be printed iu golden letters before the 
vi.sion of every city-bred man longing for the 
delights and profits of farming, how many for¬ 
tunes could be saved, how many sad disappoin^ 
meats avoided. Farming can only be made to pay 
by those who Imow how. “ No man,” Siiys Mr. 
Crozier, “ should attempt fanning or gardening, in 
(he hope ol making it a profitable business, un¬ 
less he is willhig and able to take hold with his own 
hands, and employ his own brains in the work. 
M.any educated city people delude themselves 
with the belief that theh- want ol knowledge 
ol rural att'airs will bo more than compensated 
by their advantages of education .and business 
experiences, when they conclude to engage in 
farming. This delusion draws hundreds from the 
city to the farm to their ruin every ye.ar. The 
only Yruc way lor a man who has previously been 
engaged iu other business, and who wishes to be¬ 
come a farmer, Is to get the privUogo pi taldug 
active hold of the work, under the iustructlou of 
some farmer who has made the business a suc¬ 
cess. I do not, of my own luiowledge, recall a 
single Instancelu which so-called gentlemen farm¬ 
ers h:ive ever received their original bivestment 
l)aok, although mauy of them, Inaviug competent 
overseers, arc handUng their fancy stock in a 
manner which, if energetically followed up ns a 
business, ought to pay them nearly as well as us 
farmers who have to make our living by it.” 
To this, Mr. Henderson adds: “ With all our 
care in selecting young men who come to learn 
the finer parts ol horticulture, not more than one 
in ten over attain to any prominonee, and such 
usually develop superiority from the first.” 
The ch:ipter on “Tr.alning for the Business of 
F:irming” is followed by discussions on Manm'es 
and the Modes of Application, Plowbig, Harrow¬ 
ing, .and Cultivating, Rotation of Crops, Crops lor 
Soiling and Fodder, Grass and its Management, 
Cutting and Curing ol Hay, Live Stock on the 
Farm, Pests of the Faiau, Farm Machinery, etc.; 
Vegetables and Fnilts, descriptions of the lead¬ 
ing v.arieties and their culture, are toeatod in 
separate chapters by Mr. “ 
special view as to their management on the farm 
and in the market garden. AR the 
ments in methods and varieties are here brought 
to tile notice of the reader, making the work of 
imicli value not only to the fanner and market 
gardener, but to any one interested in the cultiva¬ 
tion of fruits and vegetables. 
ANSWERS TO OOEEESPONDENTS. 
D:indcIlon Culture.—77. Jf. S., Savannah, Ga. 
—Dandelion is raisetl from seed sown as early iu 
spring as possllile. The seedling plants are kept 
cultivated during summer, and in the fall taken 
up and transferred to frames or greenliouses, 
where tliey may be forced .as desired during win¬ 
ter. The cai'lior they can be brought to market 
the better. The young leaves arc the part used, 
for K:ilad principally. Tlie dried roots used in the 
preparation of medicines are imported from 
Europe at a lower cost than tlioy could probably 
lie grown here with profit. 
Top-dressing Lawns. — J7. F., New Haven, 
Conn. — well-decomposed barn-yard manure 
makes tlie best top-dressing for a lawn. If put 
on now Its fertility will seep in the gi-ound during 
winter, .and the loss from evaporation is so small 
as to be hardly worth considering. Coarse, fresh 
stable manure is, although better than none at 
all, olijectiouable on account of the untidy ap¬ 
pearance it gives tlie place all winter, and in 
spring all the litter has to be raked off again. Of 
concentrated fertilizers, fine bone-dust produces 
the most permanent benefit. 
Potato Scab.— N. C., Jloxbury, Hass .— “What 
c.auses scab in Potatoes?” Don't know! Why 
will people insist on askingquestlons that nobody 
can answer ! Wireworms, grubs. Potato beetles, 
and what not will eat holes into Potatoes; but 
these are not seab. According to our present 
knowledge scab is caused by some minute .animal 
or vegetable parasites which attack some varieties 
In preference to others, and are more dlsastrons 
in ground fertilized with stable manure than 
when commercial fertilizers are used. 
CATALOGUES EEOEIVED. 
J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J— A beautiful 
colored plate of the new Grape Jessica, with 
numerous testimonals as to its value .as an early, 
hardy white Canadian Grape. Mr. Lovett Is the 
sole agent for the United States. 
V. H. Hallock, Son & Thorpe, Queens, N. T .— 
Catalogue of Bulbs and Plants, containing a full 
list of all the best spring-flowering bulbs, also 
Lilies and other bulbous plants. Agrcat number of 
illustrations, and an excellent introductory article 
on “Flowers ol Spring,” by Jlr. John Thorpe, gives 
special value to this catalogue. 
A Great Expense Saved in bujung a farm lu 
Michigan. It is not necessary to transport heavy 
or bulky material auy great di8t.anee. Agricul¬ 
tural implements adapted to the soil, and house¬ 
hold goods can bo purchased here as cheaply 
as in the Eastern and Middle States. Cattle and 
horses need not be brought unless of a superior 
class, as good horses and eattle can be purchased 
for muoh less than they can bo lauded hero: be¬ 
sides, Jliohigan farmers find a market lor the 
products of their lands right at their doors. 
Write to Hon. 0. M. B.ames, Lansing, Mich., for 
particulars. 
MUSICAL. 
, From the Boston Evening Traveller, 
The Knabo Plauo, which has such a wide 
popularity, is considered by many experts to be 
superior in every way to auy other Plano in the 
world.. The success of this Plauo has only been 
attained by years ol carefid study, andthcKnabc, 
with its excellent singing qualities, its gi'eat 
power, the elasticity ol touch, and superior work¬ 
manship, is justly the favorite. Herr Faelton’s 
piano solos at the recent Worcester festival, the 
Schumann’s concerto, in A minor, op. 64, and 
Liszt’s Rhapsodie No. 4, which were so highly 
praised, wore both performed upon a Enabe 
Plano, Herr Faelton pronouncing it to be the 
best Plano he had ever seen. 
